"Sharpen your hands and feet, quick, unload all these stones into the open space over there!"

With the successful development of cement, Laoshan was busy again. Due to the urgency of the assassin Cao Wei, the cement workshop accelerated the pace of construction after the return of the self-defense Shuo.

At this time, a number of wheelbarrows were parked at the door of the workshop, all of which were used to transport limestone and other raw materials, and at this moment, a number of wheelbarrows were parked at the door of the workshop. At the same time, many craftsmen were in a hurry, coming and going inside and outside the workshop.

The road in front of the workshop was already potholed by the passing traffic, and two deep ruts stretched out in a zigzag way. However, Wei Shuo has made a promise that when the workshop will mass-produce cement in the future, the road in front of him will be repaired first.

"Brother Zhang, come here and help."

The car in front seemed to be stuck in a cradle, and the strong man who was driving the car pulled it out with all his strength, but he couldn't pull up the wheels that had been stuck in the pit.

The coachman couldn't help but be anxious, and when he was just on the road, he didn't pay attention to his feet when he was in a hurry, and as a result, he accidentally entered the pit and almost knocked the coachman down. The coachman cursed and turned to his acquaintance behind him for help.

The coachman surnamed Zhang laughed kindly twice, hurriedly stopped his car, and came over to help push the cart. Unexpectedly, the two strong men didn't push it, and their whole faces were red.

"Let's go and help." Wei Shuo, who came from a distance, saw this scene and hurriedly said to Zhang Dalang and the others beside him.

"Brother Wei, just leave this kind of rough work to a few of us, where is the need for my brother to do it himself? Don't be idle, hurry up and help the fellow push the car out. Zhang Dalang saw Wei Shuo roll up his sleeves and hurriedly persuaded.

"Brother Zhang, don't treat me as a child of a family who has never done anything, I also followed my parents to work in the fields when I was a child. It's just helping to push the car off, what can it be counted? ”

"Don't be strange to adults, the small ones will get the car away immediately, and never delay the traffic behind them."

The two coachmen saw that Wei Shuo and Zhang Dalang were extraordinary, and there were a few guards behind them, and they couldn't help but feel worried, for fear of being blamed by the people in charge of Laoshan.

Since the beginning of Laoshan Zhoufu homeless people, more and more low-level people have come to Laoshan to beg for a living. In addition, Laoshan has a good reputation and never bullies the market, which makes the surrounding people obedient. However, the long-term fear of the people at the bottom of the hierarchy of powerful people still cannot be erased from their hearts in a short period of time.

"Don't panic, the fellows didn't panic, in Xia Weishuo, I saw that the two fellows were in a little trouble, and they came to help. Alas, this road still has to be repaired in a hurry, otherwise it will have to delay the big thing. Wei Shuo looked at the potholed road under his feet and couldn't help but sigh.

Zhang Dalang replied while pushing the cart: "Brother Wei, don't worry, Ziwen has already started planning, he is planning to build a main road to Zhuqi, and then lead a branch line here from it." After the cement workshop is built, presumably the road will be built quickly. ”

With the help of Wei Shuo and others, the car that fell into the pit was quickly pushed out, and then someone filled the pit, and the convoy blocked on the road was finally able to pass.

"Let's go, let's go and have a look."

As soon as Wei Shuo and his entourage entered the visit, he smelled a pungent smell of lime, and by the wall of the courtyard, there were some freshly ground cement, and it seemed that they had arrived at the right time, just in time for a new furnace of cement to come out of the kiln.

"See your lord!" As soon as Wei Shuo entered the visit, he saw an old craftsman with a group of people coming to greet him, this craftsman is the master craftsman who is currently in charge of Laoshan cement. Before this, the old craftsman was just a porcelain worker, and then he followed Wei Shuo to get some primitive cement, but now he has become a skilled cement craftsman.

"Master Craftsman, please get up!" Wei Shuo hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the master who was about to bow to the ground, he has always respected technical talents. No matter what kind of craftsman he used to be, as long as he arrived in Laoshan, he would be warmly entertained by Wei Shuo. Now, the highest status on Laoshan is actually a craftsman, a teacher and a doctor.

"Master, how long will it take for this workshop to be put into production?"

The old master carpenter touched the beard on his chin and said cautiously: "My lord, in fact, it is not impossible to produce small batches, the reason why the output of our cement workshop cannot go up at the moment is that in addition to the time it takes to build a new kiln, the most important thing is that we do not have enough skilled craftsmen." ”

"At present, these dozens of people are all transformed from the craftsmen who burned porcelain before, so they can get started quickly. But others can't, and it takes at least three months to train an ordinary craftsman. ”

"How could it take so long? How do you arrange production? Wei Shuo frowned, according to his estimate, dozens of craftsmen, plus the master craftsman in front of him, were enough to meet the first phase of the cement workshop's expansion task.

Wei Shuo, who was confused, followed the master craftsman to the production area, but Wei Shuo knew at a glance that the crux of the problem was there. It turned out that the cement workshop was still operated in the original production method, and the assembly line method promoted by Wei Shuo in the military workshop was not implemented here.

"No, no, the production efficiency of your arrangement is too low, come on, everyone, let me tell you a way to save manpower......"

Subsequently, Weishuo carried out drastic reforms to cement workshops, the most important measure was the introduction of assembly line production methods. In this way, those dozens of skilled craftsmen can be distributed in several key positions, and other unimportant production procedures are carried out by ordinary people.

After some transformation, the problem of expanding the production of the cement workshop was finally solved. It is estimated that the new workshop will produce about two stones of cement per day, and the annual output will only be 50 tons. This is to be placed in modern times, and I am afraid that even the cement plants at the township level are far from comparable.

After learning this news, the others were extremely excited, but Wei Shuo was a little dissatisfied. In his opinion, this little output is not enough to supply the construction of Guanggu City in the future, and I am afraid that it will not even be enough for Laoshan to build roads by itself.

"Master craftsman, I hope you will train a new batch of craftsmen as soon as possible, and strive to more than double the size of the cement workshop in the first half of next year. It is best to have a daily output of about 10 stone in the cement workshop in the future, so as to meet our basic needs. ”

"Please rest assured, as long as I wait a few more months, I will definitely train some more craftsmen for my lord, and I will not delay the expansion of my workshop next year." Master Hu patted his chest and reassured.

"Well, there will be Master Lao in the future!" Wei Shuo is very satisfied with this person, not only has certain management skills, but also is very smart, willing to study and bend down to study technology. This kind of person is not only reliable, but also flexible, and he is a manufacturable material.

Although they all know that Laoshan people respect craftsmen, when most craftsmen see the famous Wei Daren so amiable, they can't help but burst into tears. For many years, since the unification of the Qin and Han dynasties, the status of craftsmen is no longer the heyday of the pre-Qin period.

During the Warring States Period, the craftsmen in the government-run handicraft industry were hired and their personal dependency was relatively relaxed, while after the Qin Dynasty, they were craftsmen, prisoners, and slaves who served regularly, and their control over people was relatively strict, and the craftsmen gradually lost their former status and gradually became untouchables who were slightly better than slaves.

Wei Shuo's greatest wish was to change the current difficult situation of craftsmen and return to the relaxed environment of the pre-Qin period, especially to restore the employment relationship between the government and craftsmen. They must no longer be treated as slaves, and the development of the productive forces in the future depends entirely on them.

"Master, have you ever found the best ratio of raw materials?"

"After dozens of attempts, I found that limestone and clay produce the best quality cement in a five-to-one ratio, and now the entire workshop is produced according to this ratio."

"Well, that's good, but don't rest on your laurels, try more other proportions, and at the same time add some gypsum and other additives to it, in short, we must continue to develop new proportions."

"Rest assured, we are always experimenting with different ingredient ratios."

Wei Shuo was very satisfied with this trip to the cement workshop, although after seeing the wisps of black smoke, he was a little worried about the pollution of the surrounding environment, but in order to enhance his strength as soon as possible, he couldn't care so much.