The armor guards took Huang Zhong's family to the edge of a settlement: "Look, it's here." In this settlement, all the people living in the ironworks are located. ”

The armor guards shouted, and a big-footed woman came out. The armor guard shouted: "Sister-in-law of the Tang family, this is a newly arrived ironworks worker, who can repair the armor, so he will send it to Tangtou." ”

Before the woman could speak, Huang Zhong shouted first: "Tang family, you can recognize me, I am Huang Zhong." ”

"It turned out to be Brother Huang, and he told me yesterday that the brothers in the former Ordnance Supervisor would be able to come over. I didn't expect Brother Huang to arrive today. ”

The armor guard said: "You know, that's great, these few forms of testing technology, please find a document to fill in." Little brother, I won't delay. He said a few polite words to the sister-in-law of the Tang family, and turned to leave.

The sister-in-law of the Tang family said: "Come, settle down with you first, how many levels of work did they set for you?" ”

"Level two. Said that he could take a public servant. ”

"After the public officer has to be assessed, he will declare it from the factory, and he will not care about it for now. If you are a second-level mechanic, then your family of three can live in two rooms. These two young men have been following you for years, have they become teachers? ”

The eldest apprentice was about to speak, but Huang Zhong glared at him and said to the sister-in-law of the Tang family, "The two of them are still tender." ”

"Not out of school? That's a pity, it can only be regarded as an apprenticeship, four people in a room, and you have to share it with other people. If you get out of the school, you can be a force, and if you pass the technical assessment, you will be a technician like Brother Huang. One room per person. ”

As she was talking, the sister-in-law of the Tang family led Huang Zhong to a room: "Your family will live in this room and the next room, wash first, rest and rest, and when my family comes back, let's eat together tonight." ”

Huang Zhong stopped her: "Sister-in-law of the Tang family, how to calculate this room fee?" ”

"The house is free, as long as you work in the factory, you can live for as long as you want."

"And I want to buy a house?"

"Brother Huang, let's joke, a single family, aren't you afraid of being washed by gold thieves?"

The sister-in-law of the Tang family took the two apprentices to go elsewhere, Huang Zhong pushed open the door and found that the room was very simple, a big bed, a table, and four stools. The room was dark, with only a one-foot square hole.

Huang Zhong walked to the front of the hole and looked at it: "This is a perforation, the brick wall is very thick, ordinary ballistas can't shoot in at all, let alone bows and arrows." It's just that this shot outward, the angle of view is too small. ”

He thought for a moment: "No wonder the roof of this house is made like a city wall, and arrows can be placed on the roof." ”

"After all, there are no walls that are tall and solid." Huang Zhong's wife said.

"You don't understand, these circle-like settlements are all built together, and to break this one settlement, all four surrounding settlements can attack the enemy's back."

"Yes, I don't understand, it's not like you've been a robber, sir."

"What are you talking nonsense? I'm doing the right thing for heaven, and if I don't say anything, the court won't pursue it. ”

Huang Zhong was originally a small soldier during the Liangshan Uprising, and he had a set of armor repair skills, and after Song Jiang recruited An, he was sent to the ordnance prison because of this set of income, and worked under Chenggou Tang Long. Tang Long is the husband of the Tang family's sister-in-law, and he is the best at building weapons, because the iron is burned by the furnace fire and is covered with scars, and he is known as the "money leopard".

At the end of Shen Shi, Tang Long came back and invited Huang Zhong's family to dinner. The children ate by themselves, Tang Long and Huang Zhong sat alone, sold a little sour wine, and Huang Zhong asked Tang Long about the situation here.

Tang Long said: "Brother don't worry. Here are the workshop director responsibility system, the younger brother is not talented, but also took a third-level technician, from the nine products under the letter Lang, with the brother's skills, plus the care of the brother, you can live a safe and stable life. ”

"That's good, what is called the workshop director responsibility system."

"Here in Hebei, the production of a thing is gathered together, which is called a workshop, for example, brother, you have to follow your brother to the armor workshop."

"Specializing in weapons and armor?"

"Exactly. Each workshop is divided into several production teams, the brothers are in charge of the armor production team, and there are also iron arrow production teams, spear head production teams and so on. ”

"So how to be responsible?"

"Each production team leader has a task every month, and is only responsible for the task, in addition to the basic salary every month, to get a monthly bonus, you need to overcomplete the task. Although everyone has the distribution of bonuses, who has more and who has less, is determined by the workshop director and the production team leader. ”

"In order to exceed the task, the production captain can reward and punish his subordinates, but he can't hurt people, let alone cause death, and he has to pay for killing and hurting people."

"Brother, it's not aimed at you," Huang Zhong hesitated for a moment before saying, "Even if you don't hurt people and kill people, you have to toss one person, but there is a way, if you offend the production captain, it will be uncomfortable." ”

"Anyway, the production captain is also a sesame official, of course it's uncomfortable to be a bad official." Tang Long smiled proudly, "But if the trouble is too unpleasant, ordinary workers can go to the workshop director and bigger officials, such as the factory supervisor, to complain." You can also ask to be transferred to another workshop, such as your brother who originally made weapons, and transferred to make farm tools. ”

"What about the mechanic grade?" Huang Zhong finally remembered that there was also a second-level mechanic grade to protect him.

"Here, the technician is treated as an official, a second-level technician, after passing the technical examination, he will be awarded the rank of lieutenant Yong, and he can serve as the head of the production team." Tang Long didn't know much about the meaning of the title, so he explained it according to his own understanding.

"What kind of grade is Lieutenant Jinyong?"

"There is no grade, but brother, you have good craftsmanship, and you may be able to rise to the ninth grade after a while."

"How many levels of mechanics are there?"

"Brother doesn't know how many levels, the highest will be the chief technician of the division, it seems that there are seven grades."

"Isn't that twenty or thirty levels? With your and my craftsmanship, how can it be only the second and third level? ”

"Brother Hugh is in a hurry, it is said that the machine will be used in the future, we have to retrain, and when the new training is passed, we will open the machine, then at least raise one gear, from the ninth grade to the ninth grade, and cross two levels at once."

Huang Zhong pondered in his heart that he had to hurry up to the bottom of the ninth grade, and when he could turn on the machine, he jumped to the ninth grade at once. If you go up from nothing, then you can only go from the ninth grade.

But he didn't say it. Instead, he said, "My two apprentices are also with me, brother, you need to take care of me more." They are ignorant and only teach. ”

"Where did the elder brother come from, both of them are laborers, and it is no problem to arrange them in the group of the elder brother. But there are other people in my brother's group, and my brother must treat them equally, otherwise it will be difficult for my brother to be complained about. ”

"Anyone else? Do they worship the master? I don't know if I have understanding, but I don't want to have understanding. ”

"I don't worship the master here, but my brother has any unique skills that can be dedicated to the workshop. If it is recognized, it is also possible to raise the elder brother on the spot. ”

"Let's talk about this again, then I don't want outsiders, just a few of our masters and apprentices."

"Each group's tasks require ten people to complete. The three of you are a master and apprentice, but you have taken off everyone's hind legs. And I remember my brother's stunt, which is to hit a nail piece with eight hammers, but the same group will also match my brother with a master who is the best at dressing. ”

Huang Zhong lowered his head and drank for a while: "Then I won't go to the workshop, okay?" I bought my own shop, and made furniture and farm tools. If the government has a levy, I will also use weapons. ”

Tang Long was silent for a while before he said, "Brother, if you have to do this, no one will stop you, but think about it, where do you buy a shop?" In Tanggu City, it is all wine-colored and wealthy, and it is not suitable to put an iron-striking shop on the side. The farm tools here are all purchased by the farmers' association, and the people must be the farmers' workshop, even if you have more than a dozen pieces a month, you are not more, you are a lot, who do you sell to. ”

"Not to mention weapons, you are not allowed to build them privately."

"Then why don't you go to Bianliang?"

"Brother, that's not what I said, in fact, here, I do a lot and get a lot. And there is no need to do business, no need to pay taxes, the housing is free, and you can really save money, which is not less than Bianliang. Sometimes, our brothers go to Tanggu to drink. ”

"If you don't do it yourself, you always feel that it's not cost-effective."

"Brother, is the gold thief still in Hebei? Was it cost-effective to be cut off by a gold thief and arrest our daughter? ”

"Alas, let's do it first, tomorrow the rating, brother, you have to help me. I knew I was going to Jiangnan. ”

"Shu Kang, this arrangement is not appropriate, why don't you guide people to Jiangnan?" Zhang was silent in the capital hall, and asked Hu Yangeng in private.

"Tianguan, those who are willing to go to Jiangnan have all followed the emperor south."

"This is not a reason, there is grain in the south of the Yangtze River, there is wasteland, and there are prosperous places like Yangzhou, Jiangning, and Hangzhou, which are better than a port on the Bohai Sea."

"The heavenly official can know that the persimmon picks up the soft pinch. The gold thief will soon go down to the south of the Yangtze River, and when the time comes, the grain, grass and goods in the south of the Yangtze River will all belong to the gold thief. ”

"You mean, the gold thief will ignore Bianliang and go straight to Jiangnan."

"The last will have this judgment."

"Why?"

Of course, Hu Yangeng can't say it, because the history of another time and space is like this, after Yan Wushu searched the mountains and picked up the sea, Jiangnan "cannibalism". However, he now has the prestige of fighting with Jin Bing for more than ten years, and judging from the military point of view, he is enough to convince the public.

"Heavenly official, the gold thief is greedy and cunning. Bianliang Jiancheng, Hebei gold thief and the last general fought more than ten battles, but they were not cheap, and the emperor was in Jiangnan, and the gold thief already knew. The wealth of the south of the Yangtze River is well-known in the world. If the gold thief attacks Bianliang, it will be a waste of troops. ”

Hu Yangeng's tone quickened: "If the gold thief goes south, first, he can seize the emperor and coerce my Great Song army and people, second, he can loot the goods in the south of the Yangtze River, and third, he can cut off the grain and grass in Bianliang and the north." This matter kills three birds with one stone, and the gold thief will definitely go south. ”

"I see." Zhang Suo groaned, "Shu Kang, are you ready to go south to rescue the driver?" If you go to the rescue, who will guard the beam? ”