The king behind the empress

Chapter 73 Recruitment Order

Hearing what Mo Zizai said, the hearts of the few people who had just sank immediately became very hot again.

Mo Zizai was right, although the identity of the inventor has nothing to do with them, but the glory of being the first manufacturer is enough to leave their name in history.

"As for the court's reward, this king can't decide, so let's leave him alone."

Mo Zizai looked at the excited three people, and continued: "What this king can decide is, if the steam train is really built by several people, this king can give the three a reward of no less than 10 taels, and I hope the three An adult can use his heart."

If 10 taels is calculated in terms of salary, it is enough for master craftsmen like them to work for decades, so even those of them who don't have much desire for money can't help but feel excited when they hear this figure.

"Two million taels..."

He gave both the name and Li Mo Zizai, which made Deng Zhi not know what to say. He smiled wryly, and said to Mo Zizai: "Your Majesty, you don't have to do this. We are craftsmen of the imperial court, so we don't need special rewards."

"Two different things." Mo Zizai shook his head and said, "10 taels is not too much for the abilities of a few of you. If this king is not worried that the treasury will run out of money at that time, I will not be stingy with a million taels."

What Mo Zizai said was sincere. The imperial prison is the place with the highest status of craftsmen in Dazhou, and being able to become the first and second in command of the imperial prison shows that Deng Zhi's forging ability is the top in Dazhou.

In other words, in terms of forging ability alone, if a few people are at the level of Da Zhou, they are number one in the world!

If it wasn't for the time constraints that limited them, it would not be too much for them to get 10 taels a year just by relying on their forging ability.

Because of the low status of the craftsman, Deng Zhi thought that Mo Zizai was just being polite to him, so he could only say: "My lord, don't worry, I am willing to issue a military order to get this steam train out."

Zhao Ran, who had been silent all this time, seemed to want to say something, hesitating all the time, until Deng Zhi issued the military order, he asked tentatively: "My lord, is it better to build this steam train as soon as possible?"

"Of course."

Mo Zizai gave Zhao Ran a strange look, wondering why he would ask this question, "The sooner the steam train can be built, the sooner it can be put into use."

Hearing Mo Zizai's answer, I found my heart to be overwhelmed, and asked directly: "In this case, can I invite some friends to participate?"

"To tell you the truth, if there are only people from our imperial prison, it will take at least a year or two to make this big guy by hand, not to mention the steam train and the carriages that need to be built, it will take even longer. "

"So I want to invite some old friends to participate in this matter."

"Old friend?" Mo Zizai asked, "A master craftsman too?"

"Yes."

Zhao Ran nodded and explained: "Because some people are not willing to be restrained, they did not join the imperial prison. If the prince agrees, I am willing to persuade these people to join the imperial prison."

The so-called master craftsman refers to the level of craftsmen. In Dazhou, craftsmen are divided into three levels, namely craftsman, craftsman, and master craftsman.

And to reach the level of a master craftsman, in addition to superb forging techniques, there is another most basic threshold, that is, to reach the seventh-rank bone forging state.

Although this condition seems harsh, it is also reasonable from a certain point of view. After all, there are many ores with extremely high hardness in this world. If you can't even shake the ores, there is no need to talk about casting.

For this kind of thing, Mo Zizai would naturally not refuse, "This kind of thing is of course no problem, as long as it is a master craftsman, it doesn't matter how many kings come."

After listening to Mo Zizai's words, Deng Zhi and the two were also slightly moved. After all, likes gather and people are divided into groups, and they don't have many friends who are master craftsmen.

Because artisans are not valued very much, some people with a more arrogant temperament are not willing to take office, but now it is different. Hearing Mo Zizi's tone, he wants to reuse their artisans, and he also mentioned them as the same as Yuzhisi. status.

What is the status of Yu Zhisi, the imperial power franchise, beheaded first and then played, all officials can be killed, although the reputation is not very good, but who dares to deny their status, can sit on an equal footing with them, it is very prestigious to say it.

What's more, there is still a temptation of a steam train, let this matter out a little bit, to ensure that those master craftsmen will break their heads and squeeze into his imperial prison.

Deng Zhi shared his thoughts with Mo Zizai, and Mo Zizai was immediately inspired.

The Great Zhou is similar to the ancient times in the previous life, divided into four levels: scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen. Now the lowest-level businessmen have already relied on money to counterattack, while the status of craftsmen is still so low that they are not taken seriously.

Like the three of Deng Zhi, if they have an official, even if they are master craftsmen, they are still craftsmen.

If I can issue a recruitment order and recruit folk craftsmen with high salaries, I think it will definitely attract many people.

"No, not just artisans, many things can be solved with rewards."

For example, the high-yield grain that Mo Zizai has been looking for can also be found by posting a reward. Mo Zizai doesn't believe it. In such a big week, he won't be able to find high-yield crops like potatoes and sweet potatoes.

"Producer Deng, the matter of recruiting master craftsmen is left to you. After you write the list later, this king will also ask His Majesty to issue a recruitment order to recruit master craftsmen from within the Great Zhou."

After Mo Zizai explained the matter, he went straight back to Shangyang Palace and wrote two recruitment orders and one reward order.

The content of the two recruitment orders is to recruit master craftsmen and farmers respectively, and the reward order is to offer rewards for high-yielding crops.

Needless to say, the conditions for recruiting master craftsmen are more general, and Mo Zizai doesn’t know what the standard for a good farmer is, so he simply and rudely writes that it can increase by [-]% people with more than food production.

As for the rewards for high-yield crops, Mo Zizai has no restrictions. It doesn't matter whether the crops are edible or not, as long as the yield is higher than the current grain, Mo Zizai will.

Don’t be afraid of making mistakes, just be afraid of missing out. Anyway, this kind of reward is calculated with a minimum guarantee. The minimum guarantee is ten taels, and the useful ones are 10 taels. If you can’t find useful ones, it won’t cost you much. .

After Mo Zizai finished writing, he gently dried the rice paper. No matter who wrote it, as long as it was stamped with a jade seal, it would be an imperial decree, and it would be sent to the cabinet. If the cabinet had no objections, the three decrees would be issued. .

But looking at the handwriting, they should be able to tell that it was written by themselves, and no one would dare to object.

As soon as Mo Zizai put down the rice paper, he heard Tang Weiyi's footsteps outside.

"Huh?" Mo Zizai glanced at the sky slightly strangely. Tang Weiyi usually didn't come back until six o'clock when she was discussing in the cabinet. Now it's only four o'clock at most. Why did Tang Weiyi come back?

When Mo Zizai was looking out, Tang Weiyi just walked into the hall, her face was as frosty, and she exuded an aura that no one should enter, she was obviously angry.

(End of this chapter)