Datang all-rounder

Chapter 55

Seeing more and more people on the street, Wang Si also began to go to court, and Wang Ke finally survived the first Spring Festival in Datang.

When he said that he could work, Wang Ke immediately felt full of energy, and wished that he could do all the things he thought in his heart immediately.

Wang Ke waited at home all morning, but didn't see the housekeeper in the village bringing anyone to him, so he drove anxiously to the village.As soon as I entered Zhuangzi, I saw the housekeeper and a large group of people sitting in twos and threes in the front yard.

Wang Ke shouted at the housekeeper angrily: "I have been waiting at home all morning, why are everyone still here and not brought to the mansion?"

The housekeeper was stunned, and murmured, "Master, didn't you tell the old man to call someone up, and start repairing the kiln when you arrive?"

Wang Ke was taken aback, recalling what he said years ago, only to realize that he did not ask the housekeeper to bring a few people to the mansion to demolish the house, so he quickly said: "I'm sorry! Uncle Wang, I misremembered. Then I will start again now." Arrange it. How many masons are there now?"

Seeing that Wang Ke admitted that he was wrong, the steward also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "Young Master, it's okay. Anyone remembers something wrong, as long as you don't get angry."

After speaking, he pointed to the people in the yard and said, "Master, please see that there are a total of thirteen masons in our village. If you want to do something, you can arrange it directly."

Wang Ke looked at the group of people in the courtyard, counted them in his heart, and asked the housekeeper, "There are more than thirteen people here, what are the rest doing?"

The butler replied: "The extra ones are all kilns. There are five brick kilns and two porcelain kilns. The old man was afraid that the young master had something to tell them, so he called them together."

Wang Ke nodded and said: "That's fine, let them rest for a while, I'll arrange the stonemason first, and then I'll talk to them."

The butler hurriedly called all the stonemasons to Wang Ke, and said to these people: "Listen up, everyone, the young master has something to arrange for everyone to do. You just need to do things with peace of mind. The Wang family will not treat you badly."

Wang Ke understands that these people usually farm the land in the village. Now that they are doing things, no one will have time to look after the land at home. The housekeeper's words like this are meant to dispel their worries.

So he said to this group of people: "Masters, I believe you have heard how my Wang family treated the carpenters in the village before. I know that everyone has concerns in their hearts, and they are afraid that I will let you do things for me. The family’s land has no harvest, and if I don’t give money here, the family will not be able to survive.”

As soon as he said this, Wang Kebian saw that one of them, a slightly older mason who looked like a head, was about to speak, so he quickly reached out his hand to stop him: "Please let me finish first."

Seeing that the person shut up, he continued: "Please rest assured, what I can tell you now is that you can work with peace of mind, and I will pay you according to your work. I dare not say more, but I will never be less than you One year's income from farming. To be precise, it should be a little more. But this will only be achieved if you do your job well. If anyone wants to mix food and drink, then go back to farming now, and don't follow me. !"

After Wang Ke finished speaking, she stared at the mason who wanted to talk just now, and signaled that he had something to say and now he can say it.

The stonemason saluted Wang Ke respectfully and said, "Master, you are overthinking. We heard from the steward that the master wanted us to do something, and no one would say anything. The Wang family is very kind to us. The entertainer is the best among the hosts the old man has ever seen. How can we have anything to be afraid of! The young master can just say what you want."

Wang Ke looked at the stonemason and said, "I don't know the name of this master? In the future, these people will ask the master to lead them, and they will have to remember how much they work. In the future, if Ke has anything to do, he will directly talk to the master. Let the master arrange them."

The stonemason quickly replied: "Master, please don't call me master. The younger one's surname is Chen. You can just call him Mason Chen. If you have anything to do, you can just talk to the old man. The old man can still greet you." living."

Wang Ke knew that she had found the right person, and said with a smile: "Then I will trouble Master Chen. Now I have several things that I can do at the same time, so I ask Master Chen to arrange someone. We can start work after the arrangement is made. "

As he spoke, he took out the drawings he drew and the process of writing, and handed them to Chen Shijiang.

Chen Shijiang took it over and looked at it, and said to Wang Ke in embarrassment: "Master, the old man can understand this picture, but the old man who can't read can't read what you wrote."

It was only then that Wang Ke remembered that not everyone at this time could read and write, but if he had to tell them what to do, then he wouldn't even try to do anything, just hang around them for a day.

Wang Ke was in a dilemma when the housekeeper next to him said, "Master, why don't you give the old man what you wrote? The old man and Master Chen said that if you have anything to do, you can do it to me. Do you think this is okay?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Ke nodded quickly and said, "Ok! Why can't it work! I'll trouble Uncle Wang."

Chen Shijiang hurriedly passed the process in his hand to the butler, and he went to the butler himself, and listened to the butler explaining to him the requirements for what to do and how big it should be.What to do first.

Taking advantage of the time between the housekeeper and Mason Chen talking, Wang Ke hurriedly called several kiln burners to his side, repeated what he had just said to the masons, and then asked for their opinions.After getting a positive answer, they also began to assign tasks: several brick kilns will no longer just burn bricks in the future, and the work of burning lime will also be handed over to them. Now the kiln mouth has not been repaired , you can make adobes first, and start firing directly as soon as the kiln mouth is repaired;
As for the two porcelain kilns, Wang Ke spent a lot of effort.Because now he does not want them to burn porcelain vases and bowls, but to burn the tiles used for flooring and wall tiles in later generations, as well as what later generations call foreign tiles.

Wang Ke said his request carefully, and then took out the craftsmanship and requirements he had written, and said it to the two porcelain workers word by word, and did not stop until they nodded and answered that they all understood.

After calling the blueprints of tiles (pieces) and foreign tiles to the two of them, Wang Ke told them in detail again before he felt relieved.As for the burning of lime, Wang Ke just said it briefly, and several kiln workers understood it, because the process is too simple. It is nothing more than a layer of coal and a layer of oilstone when the kiln is installed, and the kiln can be ignited when it is full. , until the coal is burned out, and the lime is also burned.

After talking with the kiln workers, Wang Ke sent them away before turning back.Seeing that the housekeeper and Chen Shijiang were still discussing, they also leaned over and added a few words from time to time, adding what the housekeeper hadn't explained clearly.

You said something to me, a few people spoke dryly, and finally said what they wanted to say.Wang Ke then told Chen Shijiang that the house needs to be demolished first, and several people need to be arranged to work there.

Chen Shijiang thought for a while, and then said to Wang Ke: "Master, let's do it, we have just enough people to build these kilns in the village, but in the future, we will have to add more people to build houses in the mansion, so it's not as good as now." Let the old man find a few more people. Some of our gang will go to the mansion to demolish the houses, and the newly recruited people will follow the old man to repair these kilns."

Wang Ke thought about it, this is also good, so as not to look for someone later, and he can hurry up in time.He nodded and said, "Just do what Master Chen said. Master Chen will ask the people who went to the mansion to come to the mansion with Uncle Wang tomorrow morning. I will make arrangements for them before they come. Before I came, Chen The master will lead them to work first, and if there is any problem, I will talk about it when I come. I will go back to the mansion now and free up the room, and I can start working as soon as the people arrive tomorrow morning."

The housekeeper and Chen Shijiang agreed again and again.Just as Wang Ke was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and said to the butler, "Uncle Wang, when you bring people to the mansion tomorrow, remember to call two more carpenters, the house cannot be demolished without carpenters."

Just as the butler was about to agree, he also thought about it, and hurriedly asked: "Master, if two carpenters leave, then there may not be enough manpower to make furniture, and it will take a lot longer to make. What about the goods ordered by others?"

Wang Ke smiled bitterly and said: "There is no way, time is too tight, and this matter cannot be delayed. Slow down, it will take a few days to demolish the house, and let them come back after demolishing."

The butler thought for a while and said, "Master, why don't you find some carpenters, don't you need people to repair the house in the future? At that time, you can't stop the furniture."

Wang Ke is right when he thinks about it. His goal is not only to repair his own house, but also to build a professional construction team. It is not a long-term solution to arrest people everywhere to make do with it.

So he promised: "Uncle Wang, you can ask Master Yang to find a few more carpenters when you have time. They will be needed anyway in the future. But you must be able to endure hardships and be honest. You can't find some half-hearted people who just learn something. I want to run away!"

The butler smiled and said, "Young master, don't worry, that's for sure. To find someone, you must find someone who we all know. Besides, it is his blessing that our Wang family finds him to work. Where can we go to find someone who can make money like this?" Live. The boss is so kind to people, whoever comes will want to leave!" Chen Shijiang also echoed.

Wang Ke patted the shoulders of the two, left Zhuangzi and rushed home. He had to go back and work with Dongyue to vacate the house he lived in so that the workers could start working as soon as they arrived tomorrow.

But where to move, Wang Ke is really troubled.The front yard is definitely not allowed to move in, not to mention the servants who live there, even Wang Si and Mrs. Wang would not agree, but there are only a few rooms left in the backyard where Wang Si and the others live, can they live there? Still two to say.

Wang Ke has been thinking about this issue all the way, which really makes Wang Ke a little undecided.

(End of this chapter)