"But, have you ever wondered, what county are we? Fengcheng! Fengcheng County is the highest-ranked county in Jiangxi Province, and it is second to none in the province in terms of money and grain handed over and local security. Let's think about it, if we fall in the middle and lower reaches of the province in the matter of drilling wells, what is the face of the county magistrate? ”

Su Hao waved his arms and began to speak passionately, and all the officials, including Dai Qi, were put into it by him, and they were so engrossed that they didn't dare to come out.

"If the magistrate loses face, who do you think he will send this breath to? Does this have anything to do with the clerk's room? ”

The crowd shook their heads.

"Does it have anything to do with the house?"

The crowd continued to shake their heads.

"Is there anything to do with the ceremonial room, the military room, and the torture room?"

The crowd shook their heads.

"Does it have anything to do with the workshop?"

Everyone subconsciously shook their heads again, shook them twice, and then felt that something was wrong, and they all nodded again. After a little bit of a shake, everyone's heads were a little dizzy, and they couldn't figure out if there was any flaw in Su Hao's words.

"By the way, it's good that everyone has this sense of crisis!" Su Hao affirmed everyone's correct reaction in a timely manner, this is the basic skill of fooling people, "Think about it, if the magistrate wants to trouble us, will it be very difficult?" Dai Qi, when you organized the project, you falsely reported the expenses and filled your own pockets, do you think the county magistrate doesn't know? ”

"I didn't!" Dyche subconsciously pleaded his case.

Su Hao didn't bother to entangle with him, he actually didn't have any evidence of Dai Qi's corruption, but based on Fang Mengjin's previous points and his own experience, he decided that Dai Qi would definitely not be so clean. He was originally bluffing to scare people, so he had to seal his throat with a sword, and never make up for it. He didn't look at Dai Qi's flushed old face, but turned to the gang of officials and said, "When you buy materials, you ask the merchant for a kickback, do you think the magistrate hasn't received a report?" ”

"The little ones don't dare to ......" The officials also panicked, who hasn't done this kind of thing? Besides, this rebate is not what I want, and other businesses have to fortress themselves, and it doesn't seem close enough to the people if they don't collect it, right?

"As the saying goes, if the water is clear, there is no fish, and the county magistrate has long known that everyone has made these famous halls, but his old man is considerate of everyone's life difficulties and has not been investigated, which is the adult's care for everyone, and it is also to encourage everyone to work hard. But! Su Hao came to another divine turn, "If everyone gets benefits and can't share the worries of the magistrate, but instead makes the magistrate humiliate in front of his colleagues, do you think that the prison of the county government is only for the people?" ”

"Ask the master to save my life." Wu Da's knees were the softest, and he was frightened by Su Hao like this, so he knelt down with a plop, "Master, the villain was fascinated by porridge, and I ask Master to forgive me." ”

The collapse of a small group always begins with the most vulnerable link. But as long as one person starts, the others can't hold on. Seeing Wu Da kneeling for Su Hao, the other servants also knelt down one after another. Seeing that he had become a loner, Dai Qi sighed in his heart and knelt down behind the officials.

"Get up, everybody." Su Hao sat firmly on the main seat and raised his hand to everyone. At this time, the shelf must be held, if you triumphantly hurry up to help everyone up, then the majesty that you just pretended to be gone, and as soon as everyone's minds are sober, maybe they will come back to their senses and know that Su Hao is scaring people.

"It's not easy for you to get a messenger in the county office, the family is pointing to everyone's salaries to live, if you lose the messenger because you can't do it well, the whole family has to drink the wind, isn't it?" Su Hao said bitterly.

"Master is right." The crowd replied.

"But, you haven't done this kind of thing in the past, so you have more than enough heart but not enough strength, and you want to do it well but can't find a way, so everyone is also anxious, isn't that so?"

"That's right, Master is so right."

"So! The magistrate entrusted me to guide the work in the workshop to help everyone and improve the success rate of drilling wells. Have you ever heard that I pointed out 5 wells in Zhegui Township, and each well was drilled with good wells. ”

"Scrivener Dai, is that so?" Some of the officials didn't know about this matter, and they asked Dai Qi for confirmation.

In the face of the facts, Dai Qi naturally couldn't deny it, he nodded slightly, indicating that Su Hao was telling the truth. This time, the officials looked at Su Hao with completely different eyes, five wells, each of which can produce water, this is simply a thing against the sky. These officials in the workshop have all gone below to direct the well, and they know the difficulty of finding the location of the well, if Su Hao has such ability, then it seems reasonable to be a master in charge of the workshop.

Facing the admiring eyes of everyone, Su Hao smiled slightly and said, "These are all small skills of carving insects, and they are not enough to worry about." Since I am the master of this workshop, then you are all my colleagues, and I will naturally help you make achievements, so that everyone can be praised by the county magistrate. Drilling a well is the biggest thing in front of us, and I hope that everyone will work together to do this mission well in these days. As for the future, when I have some free time, I will find some other earning jobs for our workshop, and I promise that everyone will earn 10 times more money than they used to get by stealing chickens and dogs. ”

"10 times!" Everyone was shocked by Su Hao's words. The workshop is a place with oil and water, even if it is an ordinary servant, he can get a dozen taels of silver in his hands a year. If, as Su Hao said, you can have 10 times more income and it is not illegal, it is really a wonderful thing.

However, everyone is more skeptical. The matter of drilling a well has been successfully done by Su Hao, and everyone has nothing to say. But to say that a showman can actually find some earning income, so that everyone can earn 10 times the silver, and the dozen people in the entire workshop can get thousands of taels of silver a year, which is really a bit too big. If Su Hao really had this ability, would he wear a shirt with a patch to work at the county office?

Su Hao saw everyone's suspicions, and he asked, "Who in our workshop has been a mason?" ”

In the Ming Dynasty, there were not many government-led industries, but there were many construction projects, so several of the servants in the workshop were masons, stonemasons, and carpenters. Hearing Su Hao's question, two officials raised their hands and said, "The villain used to be a mason. ”

Su Hao saw that one of the people who raised his hand was the first to kneel to him just now, so he asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Villain Wu Da." Wu Da replied.

"Oh, Wu Da, do you know how to cook?"

"Back to Master, I used to be Dr. Stove, and in this county, my skills are the best."

It really didn't take any effort to get it, Su Hao was secretly happy in his heart, and he continued to ask: "Okay, Wu Da, let me ask you, how much firewood and grass do you need for a family of four to make a stove?" ”

Wu Da couldn't help this question, he replied: "If it is straw burning, a family of four will use almost 3,000 catties a year." ”

"3,000 catties of straw is 30 quintals, almost 9 yuan of silver, isn't it?"

"Almost, sometimes the price of firewood and grass is a little more expensive."

"If a stove can save half of the firewood a year and only burn 1,500 catties of straw, how much do you think this stove can be worth?"

"It can't be!" Wu Da said categorically, "For a family of four, 1,500 catties of straw is simply not enough, and no kind of stove can do this." ”

"My family is in Longkou Village, Zhegui Township, two days ago I made a few stoves in the village, each stove can save more than half of the firewood in the past, a family of four, 1,500 catties of straw is completely enough."

"Is this true?" Wu Da's eyes were shining, he was not competent enough to be a servant, but as a former Dr. Stove, he had a fanatical interest in technology.

"When I have time, I'll take a look at the stove and show it to you, and you'll believe it." Su Hao said, "Wu Da, let me ask you, if we promote this kind of stove in the county in the name of the workshop, and charge 2 yuan of silver for a stove, do you think the people are willing to accept it?" ”

"If the effect of saving firewood is really as the master said, I think the people will accept it." Wu Da said.

This account, Su Hao and his mother Yang Gendi have calculated this account together in the past, and came to the conclusion that the provincial firewood stove can save more than 3 yuan of silver for the farmer's firewood and grass in a year. The most important thing is that a provincial firewood stove can be used for at least ten or twenty years, so the value of firewood and grass saved is very considerable. Spending 2 dollars of silver to build a stove that can continue to save money is definitely a cost-effective thing for a shrewd person. And those who are short-sighted for a while, under the example of other people, will also follow suit.

Su Hao helped people make stoves in the village, but he could only repay the favor, and he didn't dare to accept everyone's money. But if this technology is brought to the workshop, and the firewood stove is promoted in the name of the government, and a stove is charged 2 yuan of silver, the people will probably think that it is a project to benefit the people.

"Master means that you are willing to teach this craft to the villain?" Wu Da asked suspiciously.

Su Hao said with a smile: "If you have money, everyone earns it together, this master is well-read, there are countless crafts like this, why not take a few things out to help everyone get rich together?" Besides, I have a reputation for showing off my talents, and now I am still young, will I be mixed in this Fengcheng County Yali for the rest of my life? ”

"Of course not, a talent like Master must be a person who can enter the Jinshi, how can he stay in our small temple." Everyone complimented in unison.

Su Hao stood up, walked to Dai Qi's side, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Old Dai, if I wanted to rob you of the position of a scribe, I would have snatched it a long time ago." Don't worry, I'm just here to gild, this workshop is your world at all times. I can help you cross this hurdle in front of you, don't you still have friends and foes? ”

was smoked by Su Hao's Wang Ba's anger, and Dai Qi couldn't stand it. He stood up, knelt down to the young talent in front of him, and said: "Dai Qi is clumsy, thank you Master for a lot, don't worry about villains, Dai Qi is willing to serve Master Dogs and Horses." ”