Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier, sir? I thought..."

"Forget it, I won't say any more. I'll go find someone right now."

After saying that, he turned and left the duty room.

Daming's current machine tools are still at the two-axis stage, that is, they only have X-axis and Y-axis, and can only perform horizontal or vertical processing.

Although it is completely different from the five-axis machine tools of later generations, it has the advantage of simple structure and is relatively easy to manufacture. This technology has been thoroughly mastered by craftsmen over the past year or so.

Whether it is manufacturing or making slight modifications, it is no longer a difficult task.

After Xu Guangqi brought the people back, he started designing the drawings on the spot based on the needs.

Metal parts are relatively small, so machine tools are generally about the size of an ordinary desk.

But shipbuilding is completely different, as the pieces are often several meters or even more than ten meters long. Therefore, both the distance from the tool to the table and the size of the tool itself must be changed accordingly.

Fortunately, ordinary steel is sufficient for wood processing knives, so even if the performance is poor, it can be compensated by quantity.

Dozens of craftsmen brainstormed and used ready-made machine tool drawings to modify a vertical saw machine in just one day.

It was a temporary task, plus the 40-cent wage and an extra 20-cent reward, so these craftsmen were almost risking their lives to do it.

After the drawings came out, he completely ignored the dissuasion of Wu Chunfu and Xu Guangqi, and plunged into the shed to start trial production.

Another group of people are continuing to work on the modification and design of other machine tools.

Five days later, a vertical sawing machine was assembled in the factory.

This is a sawing machine specially used for processing logs. Its core part is three meters high and three meters wide, and the table top is a terrifying ten meters long!

In order to verify the performance of the machine tool, Wu Chunfu ordered the use of fire bulls to pull back more than a dozen logs from the Tianjin Shipyard in the past few days. He also brought back more than a dozen ship workers so that he could make customized modifications to the machine tool according to their needs.

At the same time, another group of craftsmen were called back.

The identities of this group of people are extraordinary!

They were all old carpenters from the Construction Department. All the carved beams and painted buildings in the imperial palace were made by them!

It can be said that each of them has his own unique skills.

And most of these unique skills are inherited from ancestors and passed down to men but not women!

Wu Chunfu had wanted to teach them these skills a long time ago, but he couldn't think of a good reason.

but now!

He has a solution!

As soon as these craftsmen came in, they saw a notice posted inside the factory:

Any unique skill can be patented with the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry will pay patent royalties depending on the subsequent use of the patent.

Depending on the difficulty and applicability of the patent, it ranges from 1 to 10 cents.

On-the-spot assessment and on-the-spot certification.

The seal of the Ministry of Works, fair and honest!

When these craftsmen saw this notice, they were stunned.

"Can our little bit of craftsmanship be exchanged for a patent certificate?"

"That's a patent. Isn't it only Your Majesty who is qualified to obtain it?"

"Old Zhou, aren't you worried that no one will learn your craft? Hurry up and register. If you get a patent certificate, you will have a steady source of income for the rest of your life. When you have money, you can buy a few maids and have as many sons as possible. I don't believe that your craft won't be passed on!"

"Go away, you have one hand, one leg and three teeth, but you are the best here, why don't you register?"

"How can they be the same? One leg and three teeth. Most of the craftsmen here know how to do it. Didn't you see what's written on it? It has to be a unique skill! What is a unique skill? It has to be something that only one person can do!"

"Wait a minute, look, there's another notice posted..."

While the craftsmen were talking, they saw a clerk coming over with a new notice.

After posting the notice, the clerk turned around and faced the craftsmen and shouted loudly.

"The Minister has given an order!"

"The registered patent for the unique skill is a Type A patent!"

"Where there is A, there is B. Patents with the letter B are skills that are passed down from generation to generation. As long as you have superb skills and do the same job better than others, you can obtain the letter B patent and get the same patent fees!"

"If you want a Type B patent, please leave your work. We will hold a unified selection in March next year. The winner will receive a certificate!"

"From now on, the patent works with the B-grade will be kept in the archives of the Ministry of Industry, and will be selected every three years. The loser this time can continue to challenge next year!"

"what?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the craftsmen widened their eyes at the same time!

Although people can get paid for their work now, laziness is innate. People just want to meet the requirements and few people will choose to strive for excellence.

But once these two notices came out, their inherent ideas were completely changed!

A-grade patents can be passed down from generation to generation, but this may not be possible for me.

But the B-type patent......

As long as your craftsmanship is good enough to surpass other craftsmen, you can get at least three years of patent royalties after obtaining the patent!

Take the mortise and tenon for example, it can be found in almost all tables and chairs. The Ministry of Industry has to make at least tens of thousands of them every year, or even hundreds of thousands of them!

Even if you only pay one penny for each item, it would still be a considerable income.

At least, after getting the patent, you can just sit back and collect money, right?

All you have to do is hone your skills and surpass others!

"Done! One leg and three teeth, I'll go first!"

The craftsman who had previously said that many people knew this craft immediately stood out from the crowd and smiled at Old Zhou.

"Old Zhou!"

"This is the imperial court's compassion for us, and they specially gave us a chance to make money. Don't miss it. What are you waiting for?"

Chapter 595 Play the little song for me

Faced with these two notices, most craftsmen chose to give it a try.

It is a bad habit to cherish one's own things. After all, everyone knows that teaching a disciple will starve the master.

But if after teaching an apprentice, you can make money without doing anything, then there will be very few people in this world who will refuse.

Most importantly, they can use the proceeds to work on their second, third, fourth, or even countless patents.

Wu Chunfu threw the task of machine tool modification to Xu Guangqi. He personally took the clerks from the Ministry of Industry to set up an office in the factory to be responsible for patent registration.

There were too many craftsmen, so they had to temporarily recall some of the officials who were on vacation.

There is no overtime pay, but these works will give them extra points in next year's Beijing Examination, which is the best condition.

This lasted until New Year's Eve, and the factory was filled with a bustling atmosphere.

In the past few days, the Ministry of Industry has issued more than one hundred patent certificates, and all of them are Class A patents.

In other words, these things are the unique skills passed down from the craftsmen’s ancestors or masters!

As for the Type B patent, the certificate will not be issued until after the selection in June next year. But even so, there are already three to four thousand people who have come forward to submit their works!

Those works alone filled six warehouses!

Xu Guangqi's achievements were also remarkable.

From saws, planers, lathes, drilling machines to mortisers, sanders, etc., they made everything you can think of.

For this purpose, a total of two thousand craftsmen were mobilized!

New Year's Eve.

More than seventy machine tools are neatly arranged in the largest warehouse in the factory.

When Wu Chunfu looked at these machine tools, he couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in his heart.

"Now there are only about 70 units, but by next year, there will be more than 700 or 7,000 units!"

"With these machine tools, I have the confidence to build not only 4,000 ships, but even 40,000!"

"Come here, give out the reward!"

Following his order, the officials from the Ministry of Works carried the boxes to the door of the warehouse.

Wu Chunfu walked out from inside and opened a box casually. Under the light of the fire, a silver light was reflected from inside in an instant.

"Foremen, line up and step forward. Each shed will take fifty taels!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was excited.

The extra twenty cents per day in overtime pay was already a surprise to them.

Now, each work shed is given fifty taels of silver. On average, each person can get at least two taels of silver!

This is equivalent to more than one month's salary on weekdays!

Xu Guangqi stood behind Wu Chunfu, looking at the silver ingots in the box, and fell into deep thought.

Perhaps, the Ming Dynasty should add another currency?

At least, between copper coins and silver, there should be another kind of...

"You old fool, it's New Year's Day and you've made me search the whole city for you. What's wrong? Can't you live like this?"

Suddenly, a woman's angry shout came from outside the crowd.

Everyone subconsciously looked back.

When Wu Chunfu saw the person coming, his old face turned pale instantly.

"Madam, why are you here?"

The person who came was none other than his first wife, Mrs. Du!

"Why did you say I'm here?"

"It's Chinese New Year, if you don't celebrate it, then these old brothers under you won't celebrate it either?"

Mrs. Du was like an angry lion, pointing at Wu Chunfu and cursing him.

Then he turned around and shouted loudly outside the factory.

"Sisters, everyone is here, come in!"

Before he could finish his words, he heard the rumbling sound of footsteps coming from a distance.

That scene almost frightened Wu Chunfu to death...

"Madam, what are you doing......"

"Who on earth did you call......"

He was halfway through his words when he froze.

I saw a group of women breaking through the darkness and approaching this side.

The one at the front is...

Zhu Youxiao? ?

And beside him, there is the Queen?

In addition to them and their spouses, there is also Prince Xin and Princess Xin?

Further behind, there are countless women in simple clothes.

These women are old and young. The old ones even need someone to support them to walk, and the young ones are still holding babies in their arms!

what's the situation!

"Hahahaha, Lord Wu, are you surprised? Are you surprised?"

Seeing Wu Chunfu's confused look, Zhu Youxiao smiled brightly.

"Your Majesty....What's going on here?"

Wu Chunfu couldn't understand why the emperor came here during the New Year instead of enjoying himself in the palace...