The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 42 The shop needs to hire a worker!

Not long after the news of the emperor's death spread in Wuying Town, another news came.In order to hold a funeral for the old emperor, the imperial court imposed a silver tax on the people all over the world.

It means that the emperor's house is doing funeral affairs, and all ordinary people have to be forced to follow.The additional tax is collected according to the household registration. The national household registration is the fifth class. Song Yingkui's family is the fourth class, and they need to pay one or two silver apportionments.

Grandma's legs, traveling to the Dazheng Dynasty, did not enjoy the welfare at all, did not pay less taxes, and worked as a coolie for more than half a year. It feels pure and innocent.

Fortunately, there is no tax to open a blacksmith shop in the village, so the iron materials you buy are more expensive.If the shop is moved to the streets of Wuying Town, it will inevitably pay taxes to the government, and at the same time, all kinds of messy apportionments will follow!

After the family paid for the royal funeral, there were no major issues, and the spring plowing was carried out step by step.The spring plowing of the Song family this year is similar to that of previous years, the change is that they planted more than four acres of potato seeds from the Guo family.In addition, the tofu dregs left over from grinding tofu are fertilized and put on the ground as fertilizer.

Song Yingkui, who worked in a fertilizer factory before crossing, knew the value of bean dregs as fertilizer, and this stuff should not be wasted.Originally, his plan was to take time to level the mountain land at home and build terraced fields, which would be convenient for farming.But I haven't taken the time, so I can only put it on hold temporarily, and wait until the autumn harvest.

Spring plowing is not as labor-intensive as autumn harvesting. Under normal circumstances, grandfather and father can do it with their second brother. Occasionally, Song Yingkui and third uncle close the shop to help out for a day or two.

Because spring plowing needs farm tools, the work in the shop is actually quite busy these days.Ordinary small tasks do not take up manpower.The key is that there are a lot of people who have come to the shop to order shelf cars recently!In just 20 days, nearly [-] trucks were hired.

According to the current manpower of the shop, it is estimated that it will take two to three months to complete the delivered cars.I don't know what's wrong, but the rack car is in Wuying Town, and it seems to be very marketable. Without much promotion, it has brought a lot of orders to the blacksmith's shop. The asking price for a car is between two and three hundred yuan. Only the current orders, if completed, can charge seven or eight taels of silver.Throwing away the expenditure on iron materials, there is still five taels of silver left. To be honest, for a small workshop that has just opened, the profit is quite considerable!

"San Dae, there is a lot of work in the shop, relying on us to do it, it takes too long. I'm going to hire another person, let me tell you." Although Song Yingkui alone can make decisions in this shop, but Third Uncle is an elder after all, so it's better to communicate some things in advance.

"Hire people? Let's work slowly. We can finish the job. What good is it to give the money to others?" The third uncle raised different opinions on hiring people. He thought it would be better to put all the money in his own pocket.

"It can't be said that if we hire people, we can work faster and take more orders. In actual calculation, we can earn more than just the two of us."

"Really? I'll do as you said. I feel that we are doing more and more work on this car. Such a useful car, let alone one, at least one family in Wuying Town has to make one. Only the two of us, when can we finish it?" After Song Yingkui explained it, the third uncle easily figured out the matter.The main reason is that he is very optimistic about the shelf car market and feels that every household needs this kind of car.

Is the shelf car market really good?Song Yingkui didn't think so.Wuying Town is a mountainous area, so the shelf car is really suitable.But the problem is that the technical content of this thing is not high, as long as you are a carpenter, you can do it.Now the order volume is huge, which means that everyone still thinks that Song Yingkui is the first person to make this thing.Over time, the first effect is not obvious!
In the future, if the shop wants to develop for a long time, it has to find a way to produce flagship products that are not easy to be imitated. It is impossible to survive for a lifetime just by making a shelf car.

In Song Yingkui's view, the shop opened along the mouth of the Sichuan Gorge should be defined as a workshop rather than a shop.A workshop that has no products and only relies on processing incoming materials cannot be regarded as a real workshop.

It's just that so far, I haven't thought of any products that have a market!How about getting a new plow out?Good agricultural tools are just needed, and it is easier to hit the market.In Song Yingkui's memory, there happened to be a plow that was very different from the current popular plow.The current popular plow is a typical ancient Chinese plow. Song Yingkui wants to make a plow that can plow the ground. Some people in the rural areas in later generations call it a step plow, which seems to have been passed down from the former Soviet Union.

Step plows can plow the ground, and the depth of plowing is deeper than that of traditional plows, which makes it easier to raise the ground. It should be very suitable for plowing the ground in autumn in the northwest to maintain entropy.

"Huanyi, do you have a lot of work lately? Let me tell you something. My family shop in Xiakou wants to hire someone. After much deliberation, I think you are suitable. To be clear, it is not hiring people, but hiring workers. There are five hours of work a day, and there are four days in a month when you are not working. The wages are based on the month, [-] yuan a month. During the Chinese New Year, there are [-] days of annual leave! If the situation in the shop is better this year, I will also pay bonuses!" Thinking about going, I think Ding Huanyi is the most suitable.So when I went home at night, I went around to his house and blocked Ding Huanyi at the door, and told the story.

"The monthly salary is [-] Wen, and you can stay in the house for four days? Do you care about the food?" After hearing the salary, Ding Huanyi first asked whether he could care about the food.If you don't care about food, the salary of five hundred Wen is not worth it.

"Take care of meals, two meals a day at noon and night, and eat with us. After work at night, you can do whatever you want. My shop only works five hours a day. If you work overtime at night, you will get overtime pay!"

"That's fine! When do you think I will work in your shop?" Ding Huanyi readily agreed when he heard that he could take care of the meals.

"You can start working at any time. From the day you come, you will be paid after working for one month. By the way, you may have to discuss this matter with you. It is hard to say whether he can agree." With Ding Huanyi's craftsmanship, [-] cash is not a small amount for short-term workers, but if you hire long-term workers, the salary is very good.What Song Yingkui was most worried about was that his father, Ding Degui, would not agree. The old man is still spreading gossip about the Song family.

"You don't care about my father's side, but he doesn't agree. I want to work in your shop. If you work with him, you won't even learn a craft. I still think that working with you will improve your skills quickly." Ding Huanyi worked with Song Yingkui in the carpenter camp for nearly half a year in the first half of last year. During that time, he felt that his skills improved the fastest.After he came back, he had doubts about his father's level. He is also a carpenter, so how can he work with his father, but his level can't be improved?Could it be that there is something wrong with Dad's ability!My eldest brother has been working with his father for several years, and his level is now about the same as his own. It seems that he has to work with someone with a higher level!

(End of this chapter)