Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 647

Craftsmen are graded from level one to level six, and salaries vary depending on the position.

For example, in the military industry category, if the craftsmen who make cotton armor and gunfire guns are both level [-] technicians, the salary will definitely not be the same because of the technical content and importance of the post.

Those who make cotton armor will be called light workers.

The monthly basic salary of the first-level light industry is eight qian, and the highest level six is ​​three or two qian.

Making firecrackers will be classified as heavy industry.

The monthly basic salary of the first-level heavy industry is one tael, and the highest level six is ​​four taels.

The ratings are made by the officials of the military supervisor and the general supervisor, based on the comprehensive performance of the craftsmen over the past few years. In order to prevent the situation where someone gets a senior title and does not work hard, the rating will be carried out every two years. Unqualified Or, regardless of your previous levels, you will be directly downgraded to one level, allowing you to start over.

These assessed monthly salaries are only basic salaries. In order to improve the enthusiasm of craftsmen, piecework system is an indispensable measure, and strict management and supervision are even more indispensable.

Because of his age, Bi Maokang had already resigned from the position of military supervisor, and returned to his hometown to retire with the title of Dongge University Bachelor.

The supervisor of military weapons has been handed over to his disciple Zhang Jimeng to take over, and Bi Maokang's nephew Bi Dengfu will be in charge of the bureau.

Judging from the information reported by Jin Yiwei, Zhang Jimeng and Bi Dengfu are still diligent and conscientious.

These two have inherited Bi Maokang's rigorous and pragmatic style, and they never slack off in daily management. As long as they don't go home after taking a rest, they will patrol around every morning and night after arriving at work, and they will discover and deal with various major and minor issues at any time. Their serious and responsible attitude also makes it very rare for craftsmen to slow down their work.

Due to the combination of interests and literacy, the adult school has achieved remarkable results in the past six months.

When the school was first established, when the Shangguan announced this regulation, the craftsmen’s resistance was still very common. Many people discussed and complained in their spare time, saying that it would be better to let the big guys work overtime instead of learning to read.

Most craftsmen believe that they rely on their craftsmanship to eat, so what is the use of literacy and reading?

Being able to live such a good life now is something that I never dreamed of. Smoke is already rising from the ancestral graves. If I have more literacy, don’t I still do my current job?
I didn't expect to be able to take the exam and become an official. That is the privilege of Wenqu stars. As a commoner who has just been revoked for a few years, I still need to support my family with my skills.

Besides, if we really want to talk about it, those who are officials may not be able to catch up with us and earn more.

Liu Lao Er, the only six-level technician in the Military Weapons Supervision, combined with salary and piece rate, has a monthly income of six or seven taels of silver, which is about 100 taels a year. The three sons in the family are two fourth-level , one level three, and four of their masters, the annual income is several hundred taels.

I didn't see Liu's second child playing around all day long, but he actually put on moccasin boots in winter, and the shoe shop sold them for four or two yuan a pair.These are half-buried people, and they spent several stones of food money to buy these broken boots, and when they see people, they deliberately bow their heads and bend down to wipe the non-existent soil on the boots, lest others will not see it, shit!

This is not the time to pick up vegetable leaves and eat them at the door of my house.

The villain is successful.

But when Shangguan mentioned that literacy was related to salary, all the complaints immediately disappeared without a trace.

This is a rule set by the imperial court. After several years of good food, the imperial court rewards you. Don’t say anything. We have to follow what the Shangguan says. Where will I find such a good job in the future?
The newly established adult school is divided into four classes, each class has forty seats. The tables, chairs and benches used are also made by Zhu Youjian according to the description of the school in later generations. exactly the same.

Blackboards, chalk, and erasers are all easy to make. The teachers who teach are all older students. They pay three taels a month and take care of two meals. This salary is quite good.

Originally, when Shuntian Mansion posted a notice to recruit scholars to come to enlighten the craftsmen, most of the scholars thought it would be degrading to deal with these old bastards, so only two old students who were forced to make a living came to apply. The adult literacy class also had to open two classes first.

But after the first month's salary was paid on time, the two old students took out their money to buy chicken, duck, fish and other ingredients, and put them on the table at the door of the house. , as a way to demonstrate to the neighbors who have been laughing at their poverty.

Unexpectedly, this matter quickly spread in a small area. The next day, more than a dozen scholars came to Shuntian Mansion to sign up for the recruitment. As a result, there were only eight instructors for the adult class and the children's class. After some comparison and selection, Shuntian Mansion left six people behind, while the rest left with loud curses.

According to the information obtained by Zhu Youjian, after passing through the initial stage when the gentlemen were beating, cursing and getting angry, nearly a hundred people in the adult literacy class have already read more than [-] characters, and most of the rest of the craftsmen have also read more than [-] characters. There are only a very small number of idiots who can't read more than twenty and don't have their brains and thoughts on it. They will cry when the exam is over for a year.

The progress of the children's class is much better than that of the adult class, which is what Zhu Youjian is most concerned about.

Due to the fact that they are absorbing a lot of new things, and there are no other chores to worry about, the four children's classes that attend classes on a daily basis have a total of 150 students. The average literacy rate has exceeded [-]. Internal literacy reached nearly two hundred.

This kind of achievement not only praised the teacher who taught the class, but also made Zhu Youjian feel happy from the bottom of his heart. One of the old students who taught the class even proposed that he should teach the scriptures and articles of the most literate child alone one year later, so as to let him go. The road to become an official through the imperial examination was ruthlessly rejected by Zhu Youjian after being reported to enter the palace.

Zhu Youjian only intends to let these children be able to read and write, and does not want to cultivate that old-fashioned bureaucrat.

After the children generally knew a thousand characters, it was Song Yingxing, Tang Ruowang and others' turn to be their teachers.

They will pass on basic mathematics knowledge to these children. When Fang Yizhi and Zheng Zhifeng, whom Zhu Youjian has placed high hopes on, return, these craftsmen's children should already have a certain foundation in mathematics.

When he left Beijing for his voyage to the West, Zheng Zhifeng received a secret order from Zhu Youjian, asking him to try his best to travel more in the Western Yi countries, to inquire about those Xiyi people who have achieved achievements in mathematics and general work, and to find ways to lure them to Daming. , and at the same time collect as many relevant books as possible and bring them back.

Zhu Youjian specifically instructed that he must go to the Netherlands and bring a Frenchman named Descartes who lived there back to Daming.

That is the big man known as the "ancestor of modern science".

It is a pity that Newton could not have been born at this time, otherwise, he would have become a citizen of Ming Dynasty in a few years.

Zhu Youjian ordered Zheng Zhifeng to recruit as many talents as possible no matter how much money he spent, and he could even give them titles, as long as they come.

If you don't want to come, you can step on the spot first, and forcefully capture them when you return to Daming.

(End of this chapter)