Zhao Xiaowei's eyes lit up, and he looked at Li Xiang eagerly: "The county magistrate is clever, he will definitely be able to do it." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Li Xiang looked at the Li brothers: "I want to set up a carpentry workshop for this purpose, and I need to hire people, are you willing to join?" ”

"Yes, it is an honor for our brothers to be able to do things with the county magistrate," Zhao Xiaowei smiled happily and hurriedly agreed to become the long-term worker of the county magistrate, which made these craftsmen who did not worry about food and clothing also very envious.

For Zhao Xiaowei, a person who doesn't like to work and likes to toss blindly, it is even more difficult to get a fixed salary.

Zhao Dawei hesitated: "Changgong? ”

Li Xiang nodded: "Similar to long-term workers, we sign a contract between us, agreeing on the term, treatment and labor methods, etc., and pay you monthly wages, and you go to the workshop on time every day to work." ”

"How much does it cost?" Zhao Dawei looks honest and honest, but his mind is also delicate, and he wants to figure out all the key issues.

Li Xiang is obviously better at such things: "My rules, wages are divided into basic wages and performance wages, and the specific will be discussed with you by Zheng Shu, the account office, and what I can guarantee is that as long as you work hard and make achievements, the performance wages of the workshop are still very generous." ”

During the Great Song Dynasty, craftsmen were managed by craftsmen, and they were not allowed to move at will, and at the same time, craftsmen needed to bear heavy labor, and they had to go to the capital to perform labor every three or five years.

Even so, the method and level of monthly wages and performance rewards proposed by Li Xiang are still quite attractive, at least they have a stable income every month, unlike craftsmen who often have to worry about no work and no income.

Zhao Dawei looked a little hesitant, Li Xiang didn't force him, but asked him to think about it first, and then gave Zhao Xiaowei the first task of work, which was to strictly configure several refills with different degrees of softness and hardness.

Holding a few pencils made by the Li brothers, Li Xiang returned to the backyard of Chunfeng Building, which was already the office of Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House, and saw that the south-facing wooden window of the wing room was open, and Yuya was holding a dipping pen in her hand, holding her chin and thinking about it.

The warm autumn sun hit Yuya's delicate face, the white jade skin rippled with a healthy luster, a pair of small crescent eyes squinted slightly, long eyelashes flickered, and the focused appearance looked particularly cute.

Li Xiang walked lightly to the window, put his arm on the windowsill, held his chin, and looked at Yuya with a smile!

"Oops!" Yuya seemed to be startled by Li Xiang's sudden appearance, picked up a dipping pen and knocked on his head, and giggled: "Li Lang, scared me to death, how could you suddenly appear?" ”

"Here's this for you," Li Xiang shook the pencil in his hand.

Yuya put down the dipping pen, held the pencil in her hand, and smiled sweetly: "Li Lang, is this the pencil you said?" ”

"Yes, this is a pencil," Li Xiang nodded, and picked up the manuscript paper drawn in front of Yuya, this time it was not those patterns of Fulu Suxi, but some hollowed-out flowers, Li Xiang quickly saw that this was the style of the pane.

In ancient times, windows were framed and lattice made of wood, and then pasted with window paper, which was generally densely packed with various geometric patterns in order to protect the fragile window paper.

Most of these patterns drawn by Yuya are also of this kind, mainly based on simple squares, ball patterns, and begonia patterns, and they are all relatively simple because they are not familiar with them, and they look like they have a simple beauty.

In addition, there are some more special, which are patterned with the images of flowers and animals and animals, which are somewhat lively and smart.

"Oops, I drew it randomly!" Yuya stretched out her hand to grab it, where could Li Xiang let her succeed, shrank back, took the manuscript paper and left the windowsill.

"Yuya. The drawing is good. I'm going to talk to the master carpenter. Follow these patterns. Make your room pane. Li Xianglang laughed. Strode out the door.

Yuya pursed her lips. Stamped his foot hard. Suddenly he burst out laughing. And quickly realized something. Hurriedly looked left and right. He sat down with a hot face.

In the opinion of an experienced carpenter. Yuya's drawings of these patterns are child's play. Not only crude. It's also not serious.

However, at the request of Li Xiangdi. Naturally, they had to obey. Anyway, it's working for people. If you can get paid, you can do it.

By communicating in close proximity. I know that there are many kinds of patterns and patterns of doors, windows and various wooden designs in this era. Li Xiang moved his mind to collect.

It just so happened that these carpenters already knew that Li Xiang wanted to recruit Zhao Dawei and Zhao Xiaowei to work for the brothers for a long time. He took the opportunity to ask if he could recruit them.

Li Xiang originally thought that these craftsmen would be more willing to work alone, in the words of later generations, after all, it was their own business, but he did not expect that the craftsmen of this era could not get so much work, and there were always many days in a year when they could not find work.

What's more, most carpenters do just coolies and earn some hard-earned money, anyway, they are hired by others, and the long-term is naturally better than the short-term.

Knowing this idea of the carpenters, Li Xiang was immediately overjoyed, and he was worried about the lack of manpower, so someone sent it to the door.

What is most lacking in the Song Dynasty? Naturally, they are talents, although these carpenters are not very outstanding, but at least they can be regarded as "skilled workers", and their craftsmanship is exactly what Li Xiang needs.

Li Xiang decided that all those who were willing to join would sign them and then rearrange them.

Although the capital and printing houses were under construction, and there was still a lot of carpentry work, Li Xiang still sent some carpenters to work in the newly opened carpentry workshop machine tools to try to make two kinds of machines that could improve the labor efficiency of carpenters: sawing machines and round bar machines.

If saws and planers are just tools, then sawing machines and round bar machines can be regarded as real machines, which can open the era of lathe manufacturing.

In modern times, lathes are also known as the "mother of industry", which shows that its role is very important, although woodworking lathes are only one of them, but they can lay the foundation for making more functional lathes.

Thinking that he could build the earliest lathe in history, Li Xiang was also full of fighting spirit, and Zhao Xiaowei, who was as enthusiastic as him, was more confused and didn't know what to do. Of course, Li Xiang can't use a printer to print at this time, but the woodworking machine tool is also simple, and it can be manufactured using current materials.

They held the saw in their hands and kept shaking their heads: "Let the saw move on its own, it's impossible, right?" ”

"Yes, of course!" Li Xiang doesn't know much about lathes, but he has a super 3D printer, so he answered in the affirmative.

The human mind is like this, things that are commonplace seem to be commonplace, but before new things are born, even a saw or a planer may be unimaginable. (To be continued.) )