Chapter XXVII
"I understand what my husband said, that is, my husband is a carpenter, but he has never seen anything on my drawings, so he can't do it, right?" Helan Minzhi asked Sun Laosan with a smile. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Eh, the little master is right, that's what the old man meant." Sun Laosan also looked a little aggrieved, this is so suspenseful that they will be beaten, what is going on.
"That being the case, it is easy to do, since the old man can do carpenter's work, then he might as well give it a try, this thing is very simple. I believe that with my husband's experience as a carpenter all his life, he will definitely be able to do a good job. There was a slight hint of demagogy in his voice. Picked up the old peasant man.
But what surprised Helan Minzhi a little was that this old man didn't seem to be as honest and simple as he looked. He didn't lose his mind about Helan Minzhi's deliberate pick-up, but poked out a mouth of teeth that looked a little black, and smiled at him embarrassedly: "This, little master, it's not that Xiao Lao'er doesn't want to do it." It's really that I've been in bad health lately, and when this person gets old, he often can't make new things. When I was younger, I was good at tinkering with small things myself, but I can't do it when I'm old! ”
Looking at Sun Laosan's appearance, Helan Minzhi couldn't help but want to laugh. In this vast world, there is really no one who can be underestimated. Even such an inconspicuous carpenter old man dared to bargain with the young master of the mansion in the mansion of the family. And the farmer who seems to be honest and honest is secretly quite familiar with this bargaining thing.
But Helan Minzhi didn't have the time to bargain with him. When he came out of Helan's house, the money he brought with him was almost used. Only a few high-end silk silks were left to exchange for copper coins, and the rest had to rely on Mrs. Yang's help.
As the old saying goes, money is not everything, but no money is everything.
As long as they survive in this world, whether it is the emperor or the general, or the poor people, they are all worried about money. Although in a few years, he will have a prominent status and a lot of money, but at that time, there will be not only money, but more places to use money. Therefore, it is necessary to make money now, not only to support the family, but also to prepare for the future.
"How much does my husband think can make my husband's body feel neat?" Straight to the point, he has time. Helan Minzhi didn't have so much time to spend with him here. Since he dares to bargain, it means that he thinks he is worth the price. From another point of view, it's also a good thing.
"The little master is a happy person, your identity is there, naturally you won't care about this trivial matter like us. But looking at it, I don't know if you want to settle by day or by finished product? ”
"Oh? How to calculate by day, how to calculate by finished product? "Suddenly I was a little interested, and I also wanted to know how the people of the Tang Dynasty calculated this salary.
"If you go back to the little master, this will be settled on a daily basis, and the little old man will have to pay twenty yuan on this day. If you are billed by finished products, this finished product may cost 40 yuan. ”
"It's high... didn't need Helan Minzhi to react, Ah Da directly opened his mouth and returned, and Ah San immediately said: "You don't pee according to what kind of virtue you are, twenty wen a day, you go and grab it." ”
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, it had already experienced the prosperity of Zhenguan during the Tang Taizong period. In recent years, there have been abundant products, peaceful and peaceful, and there have been few natural and man-made disasters. So all over the country, large and small granaries have been piled up. For five or six cents, you can buy a bucket of rice. If converted into kilograms, it is more than 6 kilograms.
Twenty wen a day, let alone a carpenter. Even the first-class servants of the big family can't get this money.
"People can be greedy. But sometimes, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, husband, you can bid again, as long as it is reasonable, I will consider it. Don't think of me as an ignorant child, for there are some things I don't know less than you do, like how much a carpenter on the street costs a day. Helan Minzhi still said this with a smile. But there was no warmth at all, and even the old man felt the hissing chill behind him.
"Ah, hahaha, the little old man is joking with the young master. If you settle by day, you can give Xiao Lao'er five coppers a day, and the finished product is probably more, what do you think of twenty? ”
"Hmph" sneered, Helan Minzhi threw out twenty copper plates from his sleeve, and Sun Laosan caught them from the air with a smile, and this hand was perfect.
"How long does it take to get a finished piece?"
Touching these twenty copper plates, Sun Laosan's old face smiled like a chrysanthemum. He Lanminzhi bared his teeth: "If you give Xiao Lao'er two days, I will definitely make it up for you." Put your heart in your belly. ”
"Two days is too long."
"Oh, little master, you're really embarrassed for me. Although the production process of this thing is not complicated, but the little old man has really never seen it, can't you give me some time to think about it? I promise to make it the first one, and it will be easy in the future, and it will definitely not take two days. ”
Hearing him say this, Helan Minzhi also knew in his heart that if he wanted to make good things, time was still necessary, not to mention that it was all manual work.
"Okay, that's it." After speaking, he just took two steps towards the house, and suddenly turned around and looked back at Sun Laosan.
"You may not know how important this thing is, but I can tell you that it's important, it's important. Whether it's before or after it's made, you can't leak half of it. Otherwise..."Looked up at the sky, and suddenly stopped the topic.
"I don't know if my husband knows how many people there are in this Chang'an City?"
"Huh?" Sun Laosan was a little puzzled, why did he suddenly change the topic. But he still replied: "This little old man doesn't know, but I am afraid that there are too many people who come and go every day to count." ”
"That's right, I can't count them. Let me tell you, there are about 70 to 1 million people in this huge city of Chang'an. After a pause, he continued: "In such a huge population, there is suddenly not one person every day, two people, just like throwing a stone into the water of a moat, and they can't even make a splash, do you understand? ”
Helan Minzhi's tone was gentle, and his voice was a little shrill with a child's voice. But listening to Sun Laosan's ears, it was like the voice of a soul envoy, and it made no difference. From Tianlinggai to the heels, the whole body seemed to tremble: "I understand, I understand, the little old man understands." He Lan Minzhi reassured him again and again, and he didn't dare to have a trace of disdain on his face.
"It's good to understand. Ah Da, you have been following your husband for the past few days, you don't have to be polite if you need anything, just take it directly from the house. ”
"Yes, young master."