The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 107
Along the way, Yang Xuan was obviously still sulking, and followed like a wooden man without saying a word.

This is the best way, so that the ears are quiet, and Lu Changle doesn't care about her, and walks straight towards the blacksmith shop.

From a distance, black smoke from the blacksmith shop could be seen.

When I came to the blacksmith's shop, I saw several masons from the clan busy laying bricks. Lao Zhou was always watching and instructing the masons how to do it from time to time.
It seems to be building an iron furnace,

Xu Yiming and the three apprentices, some with hammers and others with blowing bellows,
Xu Yiming, who was working vigorously, swung the sledgehammer himself, his face was covered with sweat,

As soon as he entered the door, Lu Changle felt a wave of heat rushing towards his face.

Seeing Lu Changle coming, everyone quickly put down their work and saluted Lu Changle respectfully: "I've seen my boss."

"I'm all busy on my own, don't worry about me," Lu Changle said with a smile.

Lao Zhou got busy again with a few apprentices, and Xu Yiming followed Lu Changle.

"Master Xu, didn't you say it would take about ten days to remodel it, so it can be done so quickly?" Lu Changle asked casually while looking around.

Xu Yiming said respectfully: "If you go back to the owner's house, it will indeed take about ten days to complete the complete remodeling, but the original tools are well maintained. I will discuss it with Lao Zhou and make some modifications to it. Forging weapons will definitely not work. However, repairing damaged weapons is no problem, while remodeling and repairing weapons at the same time, both sides are correct.”

Brought here by Liu Rufeng, several people thought they had fallen into a fire pit, but they didn't expect people from the Lu family in Fuzhou to treat them as honored guests, eat well and live well,
Seeing that the clothes were a bit torn, I gave them new clothes to change into.

People from the Lu family said that food and lodging are included here, as long as they work hard, there will be wages.
Now Fujian is in a mess, and the five of them have become fugitives who can't see the light. Where can I find such a good boss?
No need to rush, get up early the next day, take the initiative to start the renovation project,
When passing by the grain drying field, I accidentally saw some people using wooden guns for training. I knew that there was a shortage of weapons here.
Together, the two decided to carry out renovation and restoration at the same time.

Lu Changle casually picked up a repaired long knife and danced a few times, feeling good, very smooth,
He held it up to his eyes and took a closer look. It was well repaired without any cracks. When he touched it with his hand, the repaired place was also very smooth.
If the color of the repaired fracture is not obviously different from other places, I really think this knife has not been repaired.

"Boss, this knife was originally broken in two, and the smaller one was connected. It hasn't been quenched yet, so it doesn't look very beautiful. After the transformation is completed and the whole body is quenched, it will be a new knife. No, it is better than the original one. The quality of the new knife is not bad, because it was tempered one more time." Xu Yiming explained.

Lu Changle nodded, and put the fire back to its original place: "Very good, Master Xu, I'll leave it to you to take care of this place. If you need anything, just ask. One thing, the quality must be guaranteed, and it is better to be short than to overuse."

"My boss, don't worry, the little one will be well checked." Xu Yiming said overjoyed.

Unexpectedly, the boss asked me to be in charge here, which meant to reuse me.

Lu Changle looked at the masters and apprentices working hard in the blacksmith shop, and asked, "Master Xu, when you were in the Fujian Military Bureau, how much was your monthly salary?"

These craftsmen were rescued by Liu Rufeng and brought here, but Lu Changle didn't intend to use them as slaves,
I didn't ask them about their wages last night, now I ask them clearly, and then discuss about their wages,

They cannot be made to work in vain.

Xu Yiming hesitated for a moment, and answered truthfully: "If you go back to the boss's house, the young one and Lao Zhou are master craftsmen, and they will be given five buckets of rice every month. Little Shitou and the others are still apprentices, and they will be given two buckets of rice every month."

After a pause, Xu Yiming quickly said: "Thankfully, the people from the boss came to the rescue. We all escaped death. The boss treats us so well, we don't dare to ask for wages, just give them who stutter."

I don't know how to repay the grace of saving my life. In this troubled world, it would be nice to have a stable meal.

Lu Changle was shocked when he heard the words, a master craftsman with decades of experience, only five buckets of rice a month?

Before the plague in Fujian, the price of goods was relatively stable. A stone of rice was about one tael, and five buckets of rice were less than one tael.
As for the apprentice, it was only two buckets of rice, which was so cheap that it couldn't be any cheaper.

However, the treatment of officials in the Ming Dynasty was notoriously low, and officials were all low, let alone craftsmen with low status.

Official craftsmen are better off, with some income,

If you are a craftsman, not only do you have no money to work for the government and the court, but you also have to bring your own travel expenses and dry food.

It is recorded in the "Instructions to the Factory Warehouse of the Ministry of Industry" in the Wanli period that the craftsmen who were engaged in "mounting jade documents" in the clan's mansion at that time had 1.5 taels of silver for work and food per month, and their annual income was about 18 taels. This is still in the clan's mansion There are only 1.5 taels for fine work. For example, the official craftsmen who work in the Suzhou Weaving Bureau earn only "four buckets of rice per month".

It's too awful.

Lu Changle shook his head and said: "It's too low, how about it, the two master craftsmen have five taels of silver per month, the three apprentices have less, one tael of silver per month, full board and lodging, and more if they do well."

"Dongdong's house, it might be too much, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it." Xu Yiming was startled, and quickly whispered.

There are really so many, working here for a month is equivalent to half a year working in the Military Weapons Bureau.

At this time, when Lao Zhou and several apprentices heard that they stopped their work one by one, they couldn't believe their ears.

Lu Changle waved his hand and said: "Not many, a few of them are rare talents, as long as they work hard, they will never be treated badly."

"My boss is righteous, I will do my best." Xu Yiming saluted Lu Changle seriously while speaking.

That feeling of being valued is really beneficial.

"Okay, I won't hinder your work, and try to repair all these weapons as soon as possible."

"Please don't worry, my boss. We will work overtime and fix it as soon as possible."

Lu Changle walked out of the blacksmith shop, Yang Xuan followed behind without saying a word.

"Hey, Lu Changle, do you have so much money that you have no place to spend it? People said they don't want money, but you are better off, just double the monthly money." Yang Xuan couldn't help but said.

To a lively and active person, not talking for a long time is more uncomfortable than being beaten.

Look at Lu Changle, the clothes on his body are only [-]% new, it doesn't look like the patriarch of a big clan at all,

Those young talents, rich and noble sons, who are not decorated with gold and jade, are handsome, but Lu Changle is good, there is no valuable thing on his body,
Just like that, you didn't get caught by the door to give those craftsmen such generous monthly money, right?

For some reason, seeing Lu Changle being swollen and fat, Yang Xuan was upset.

"How much?" Lu Changle shook his head and said, "A craftsman with decades of experience who can forge all kinds of weapons costs five taels of silver a month, which can't be cheaper."

"Build all kinds of weapons? Lu Changle, what are you going to do?" Yang Xuan said in surprise.

Lu Changle said disapprovingly: "I even have cannons, so it's nothing to build a few self-protecting weapons. It's such a mess now, if I don't get some good weapons, I can't let the clansmen go with wooden guns every time they fight."

Yang Xuan just snorted coldly and stopped talking.

After watching the blacksmith shop, Lu Changle returned to the sun-drying field again,

The children of the Lu and Yang clans sat on the ground to rest one after another, and some of them kept patting their legs, they should have just finished standing in the military posture.

"Teacher Gan" Lu Changle shouted loudly.

If the rural protection team is going to be standardized, rules must be established in many things, especially when there are more Yang's children practicing together.

"Master Chief Trainer, here!" Gan Hui trotted to report.

No need to remind, Gan Hui understood it with just one look.

"Coach Gan, take the people from Group A, go out with me, let them change into new clothes, be more energetic, by the way, bring weapons."

Take the Yang family, it's time to expand the territory, take down the nearby clans and towns,

In the name of the head trainer of the Fuzhou militia, they were asked to form a militia to protect themselves,

Of course, the militia has to obey the orders of the head coach of the militia.

"Yes, Manager Lu, I'll go right away."

Gan Hui went to gather the people, and Lu Changle asked Lu Changwei to prepare horses and carts.
It’s so far away, it’s too time-consuming to walk there, and I can’t spend a whole day on the road.
Riding on horses and carts, and taking a large group,
One can defend oneself, so as not to be robbed by bandits halfway,
Second, you can show off your force and frighten them.

When Gan Hui and Lu Changwei went to prepare, Lu Changle was not idle either.

Turn around and go home to change into your official uniform,

People rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. In the eyes of dignitaries and dignitaries, a head coach of a militia is smaller than a sesame seed.
But no matter how young you are, you are still an official, and you can easily take the initiative when talking to ordinary people.

A quarter of an hour later, four horses and fifteen carriages drove northward in mighty force,

Lu Changle's first goal was Jiahe Village, about fifteen miles away from Xingping Village.

(End of this chapter)