Brother Zhu, no matter if it’s a master blacksmith or an apprentice blacksmith, I’ve already prepaid their salaries in advance, so all you need to do is manage the food when the time comes.”Li Shu Jiaojiao said to Zhu Pingan.
That’s really sweet, even the salary has been paid in advance for me. With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for.
Zhu Pingan looked at Li Shu with a touched face, if not for the fact that the times were not right, he would have held Li Shu and nibbled on her.
Li Shu saw Zhu Pingan’s eyes that could not wait to eat people into his stomach, which can not know what he was thinking, in broad daylight, what to think of, suddenly cheeks crimson glared at him angrily, “Say business, there are a few situations Zhu brother you have to pay attention to, that crippled blacksmith called Ou Zhi Ge, every day to give him an hour or two of free time for research, he wants to research those dangerousFirearms, during this period you can not to his near, his own legs are fried limp; there is that one-eyed blacksmith called Zhang Hong, he had gone down to the South Seas to steal the teacher of the red razor artillery, is an Anxi Hui Hui, can not eat pork, donkey and dog meat, and can not drink wine, the other is not much; there is also ……”
“Hmmmm, okay, thanks to sister Li for reminding me, I’ve made a note of it.”Zhu Pingan nodded with a smile and answered.
“Auntie, their salaries are all expensive, just the five blacksmiths alone are several thousand taels of silver a year.”Qin’er mentioned the salaries of several blacksmiths, Woods couldn’t stop the flesh pain and said, “Auntie, you have to squeeze their skills well, let them work well, and let them get more than their money’s worth.”
“Oh, the wool comes from the sheep’s body, those salaries are mostly used by them to buy saltpeter, sulphur, iron ingots and other materials.”
Li Shu smiled like a little fox, pointing to the continuous stream of wagons filled with materials behind her, covering her small mouth and explaining in a small voice.
“Talent is the most expensive in any era, Sister Li sent me these blacksmiths, especially there are also three firearms smiths, the value is immeasurable, if used properly, one firearms smith is enough to top a thousand armies. The salary of several thousand taels is a bit more, but it is worth every penny. With these three firearms smiths, my Zhejiang army will be like a tiger with wings, sister Li has really helped me a lot, in the future when my Zhejiang army builds up its success, half of the credit will go to you.”
Zhu Pingan thought that the salary of several thousand taels of silver was worth its weight in gold, and now there was an acute shortage of firearms smiths in his own battalion.
After all, he is not a science student, for gunpowder ah, cannon ah these are only know about, can provide some ideas to improve, direction, but how to improve, how to operate, he is more than enough.
Now with these firearms master craftsmen, they have a leading centuries of ideas and directions, such as black powder ah fire rope gun ah, flintlock gun ah, etc., they know a little about it, and can guide them in the right direction and on the road, I believe that you can play a plus one about a hundred of the effect.
For the future of the Zhejian army, Zhu Pingan has gained more confidence, and the light in his eyes shines like the sunrise.
Looking at the confident Zhu Pingan, Li Shu’s eyes were filled with stars.
“Lock Zhu, go to the camp and tell Da Gang to bring his logistics battalion out to meet the master blacksmith and the supplies. Regardless of how far they’ve come in the selection of the logistics battalion’s captain, tell Da Gang to put it all down for the time being and hurry up to bring people over.”
Zhu Pingan called out to one of the soldiers guarding the gate and said.
“Nuo.”
Lock Pillar answered and ran all the way quickly.
“All of you smiths all the way far away hard work, to the zhejiang army, just like home, all of you rest assured, I zhejiang army will not treat everyone badly.”Zhu Pingan smiled and walked arching his hand up to the blacksmiths and apprentices.
Seeing Zhu Pingan, the supreme commander of the Zhejiang army and a high official of the fourth rank of the Great Ming, treating them with such courtesy, the five blacksmiths as well as a group of apprentices were all excited and touched, and this was the first time they had been treated with such importance and courtesy.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi Chancellor Guanzhong put forward the four people divided into four major social groups according to their occupations – soldiers, farmers, workers and merchants, the status of the feudal society of soldiers, farmers, workers and merchants was basically established.
Blacksmith is a kind of craftsmen, craftsmen as the third ranked handicrafts producers, in the feudal society for a long time in the environment of agriculture and suppression of business, both exploited and no freedom, low social status, especially there is “play with things to lose their minds,” the saying, in the society was despised, and waved away at the beck and call.
Daming belongs to the peak of the feudal society, the feudal hierarchy, but also has a craftsman registration, and even more despised.
Now, Zhu Pingan treated them with such courtesy, how could they not be excited and moved.
Soon enough, Liu Dagang arrived with their battalion trotting all the way, “Your Excellency, meet Madam.”
After arriving, Liu Dagang paid his respects to Zhu Pingan and then went forward to pay his respects to Li Shu.
Li Shu nodded slightly.
“Dagang, you take these five master blacksmiths and the apprentice blacksmiths into the camp to settle in, whether it’s the tent or the bedding and toiletries, etc., all use the latest and best. These five master blacksmiths will be treated like your battalion, each one will be assigned a separate tent, and the apprentice blacksmiths will be treated like the sentry, with two apprentices in one tent. In addition, tell your battalion to go and drive the wagons to the main camp, separate the supplies into categories, deposit them into the storehouse, do a good job of preventing moisture and fire, and don’t let anything go wrong, these supplies can be all good things.”
Zhu Pingan gave careful instructions to Liu Dagang and urged again and again.
“Ah, such high treatment?”Liu Dagang couldn’t help but sound surprised when he heard the treatment of the smiths and apprentices.
He is the standard Daming thinking, in his opinion, these blacksmiths regardless of master or apprentice or not, is not just working craftsmen, craftsmen origin, the status of the scholar-peasant-industry-industry, the status is still not comparable to their farmers it, how to give them such high treatment.
“High? If not the handsome tent is used by me old, I want to give the handsome tent to them. Dagang, each one of them is the treasure of our Zhejian army, each one of them can top a battalion, if used properly, a firearms smith is enough to top a thousand armies and tens of thousands of horses. Tell your logistics battalion to be careful and take good care of them, if any one of them is missing a hair, the person responsible will be severely dealt with under military law.”
Zhu Pingan patted Liu Dagang’s shoulder, gently smiled and shook his head, emphasising him to him once again.
“They are that powerful?”Liu Dagang looks sceptical, how can a blacksmith who makes iron stand up to a thousand armies.
“Of course, in the future, our Zhejian army will have to rely on them a lot, when you know how powerful they are in the future.”Zhu Pingan said with a serious face.
Although he didn’t believe that the blacksmiths were that powerful, Liu Dagang believed in his own son and nodded his head vigorously, “Don’t worry, son, since you value them so much, we’ll definitely take care of them as if they were our babies, and we’ll never let them lose a single hair on their backs. If they lose a single hair, I’ll be the only one to blame.”
