Soon, at Chen Fei's request, those ordnance supervisors and the original steel-smelting craftsmen began to teach their apprentices, and some of them even opened their mouths to take ten apprentices at a time. And these are actually the attractions given by Chen Fei, every time an apprentice is released, then he can get an acre of land presented by Chen Fei, so who doesn't want to! Ancient people had a perverted obsession with land, and as long as they could get it, it would be absolutely at all costs. And these craftsmen were originally landless, but now they can have land, of course, they are happy.

When Chen Fei first asked these craftsmen to recruit apprentices, many of the businessmen who contracted the smelter also began to organize people to follow suit. And Chen Fei also signed relevant agreements with those students, that is, about repaying the so-called tuition fees in the future. The land that Chen Fei gave to those craftsmen, these students have to bear it. However, Chen Fei will not be too harsh, just ask them to repay the capital, and they will be able to repay it in five or six years after completing their studies, which is not too high. After all, they have just gone through troubled times, the population has decreased suddenly, and the pressure on land is not high, so they can afford to pay it back.

"Ning Shuyu, after a while, you will give these craftsmen who are willing to teach their apprentices an extra salary, which can be regarded as the treatment of a teacher in our Qiushi Academy. As for the treatment, it is given according to the number of disciples they teach. Each time they teach ten apprentices, they will also improve by one level. In short, they are all to be included in the category of teachers of our Qiushi College, and they are also one of the teachers. In addition, the teacher's certificate should be issued, and in the future, we will also give them a copy of the teacher's welfare for the New Year's holiday. Chen Fei said.

But Ning Shuyu said: "Aren't they working in the Ordnance Prison? Isn't it appropriate for us to do that? ”

Ning Shuyu was worried that he was robbing the people of the weapons prison by doing this, and the government would resent him at that time? So Ning Shuyu didn't do it like this, but Chen Fei, the big benefactor of the academy, said so, and Ning Shuyu was not very good at directly opposing it.

Chen Fei immediately shook his head and said, "I'm not robbing people with the ordnance supervisor. I'm just letting them nominally be attached to our Qiushi Academy, not just letting them come and work for us directly. ”

"If they don't do it for us, then we will pay them wages and benefits?" Ning Shuyu was puzzled.

Chen Fei continued: "Actually, the distribution of benefits is secondary, the important thing is to make them feel that they have status. Let them feel that their status as craftsmen has status, no less than those who teach. As long as they feel that they have status, then they will be willing to continue to do this craft and not change careers. ”

Chen Fei's meaning is actually very simple, that is, he hopes that this craftsman can feel that his status has improved. In ancient times, the common people were all scholars, farmers, and businessmen, and the scholars must have been the first. Because the gentry are the ruling class, they are also the highest status. Farmers are related to the security of grain production of thousands of households, so the interests of farmers are most valued, so farmers are second. Next, both the industrial and commercial classes were the lowest in the back ranks. However, the vast majority of merchants possessed richer wealth than the peasant and industrial classes, which elevated the actual status of the merchant to that of the peasant and laborer.

And the peasants still have land to inherit, and their reputation is much better. And the profession of craftsman has wealth but no wealth, land without land, and it ranks behind agriculture in status. It's completely inside the mezzanine of a society. In fact, there are many reasons why the various techniques of ancient craftsmen cannot be developed, and the status of workers is definitely a big problem. Chen Fei hopes that in the future, scientific development will naturally encourage craftsmen to continue to engage in this industry. Continue to be able to engage in product invention research, so that they can invent more things to create wealth for everyone.

And Chen Fei can't give them too much money, because this is not a problem that money can solve. Many times when people have money, they want to have status. Why many people in ancient times had money. Do you want to buy land again and become a landlord? In fact, many businessmen are richer than landlords, but they would rather be landlords than continue to be merchants. Because the landlord is qualified to let his children take the imperial examination, and then become an official! If not for this benefit. They will not go to the Lord. If you can't change the class composition of your family, then you may be a businessman for the rest of your life.

So in many cases, it is useless to just have money, if you want these craftsmen to improve their status, so that they can really feel that being a craftsman is promising, can make a fortune, and can bring respect from others, then they will have the enthusiasm to do this craftsman. Therefore, Chen Fei also included them in the industry of the teaching gentlemen of Qiushi Academy, so that they have the same income status as the teaching gentlemen, then they are the same as those teaching gentlemen of Qiushi Academy, which makes them feel that their status is no less than those literati. As long as they really feel that their status is no less than that of literati, then the rest of things will be much smoother.

"However, Chen Langzhong, I'm afraid that those teaching gentlemen in the original Qiushi Academy will be disgusted by this! If they are allowed to look up together and not look down, then those literati will not be satisfied with these 'vulgar' craftsmen. What do we do then? Ning Shuyu said.

In ancient times, the so-called literati despised those farmers and craftsmen very much, and if they were to be together, it would probably have the opposite effect. Therefore, this must be seriously considered, otherwise it will really make them make a fuss.

"In this way, we set up a vocational college in the academy, then an agricultural college, and finally a Confucian college. The three academies were responsible for the advanced education of those students, one-tenth of them studied Confucianism, six-tenths of them studied agriculture, and finally three-tenths entered this vocational college to learn the crafts of craftsmen. When the time comes, you should guide them so that they can take the initiative to learn. In this way, the three subjects are taught separately, and they generally do not meet. Chen Fei replied.

"That's all it can be for the time being, and it's too hard, at least for the time being, to get those literati to change their minds. This is a long-term thing, and I can't rush it! Ning Shuyu said. (To be continued......)