Chapter 261: One Hundred and One Useless is a Scholar (1)
After Ma Zhou bid farewell to the king, he immediately turned around and rushed towards the Ironware House.
Now, as long as it is the work assigned by Wang Ye, he will strive to complete it as soon as possible, not for flattery, but for a responsibility.
Whether it is to compare myself with being a teacher in Fuzhou before or as a guest at my old friend Chang He's house.
Today, Ma Zhou has to be much more glorious in terms of money, status, or fame. Even if a family member wants to meet him, he must first apply in writing.
Although they are doing business as merchants, they are doing livelihoods that benefit the country and the people.
Don’t make money just to make money. This is what Wang Ye once said, and Ma Zhou has always kept it in mind.
Thinking of the large number of refugees placed in various industries of the Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce, Ma Zhou always felt honored.
When the Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce used various low-cost mirrors, perfumes, soaps, etc. to exchange a large number of rare commodities such as herbs, slaves, cattle and sheep, and even jade from other countries, Ma Zhou even lamented his short-sightedness before.
As soon as he arrived at the Iron Products House, Ma Zhou saw a group of people surrounding Yan Lide and shouting something. When he got closer, he realized that everyone was asking for people.
"Li De, Uncle Shi, my father and I are both teachers and friends. I need three hundred strong men in this steelmaking workshop. There are no technical requirements. You must recruit people for me first, otherwise I will be powerless to do anything about the steel and other metals in your workshops."
"Fuck, ignorant, your steelmaking workshop is nothing. Do you know the importance of our artillery workshop? The saint issued an order personally. This year, six hundred artillery pieces will be built and put into six major trade centers. Do you know what it means to issue an order personally?"
"Old man Hu, you've enough. Several of our workshops have been dug up by your artillery workshop. Now our ordnance research team doesn't even have a small apprentice. Have you ever thought about our feelings?"
"Li De, we have been classmates for seven years. As classmates, I beg you once, and I will recruit some skilled craftsmen for me first. If our lathe is successfully developed, it will be a magic tool to accelerate the production of spare parts."
"The lathe is very important. I agree with Brother He's opinion. But do you understand the pressure of our textile machine workshop? I heard that the Chamber of Commerce needs two million new cloth to dump this winter, and the female officials of the textile factory have urged me dozens of times."
"That's right, right? Now everything is mainly based on the needs of the Tang Chamber of Commerce, to ensure that the goods can be produced in time to make money. However, Lao Liu said so, then our agricultural equipment workshop will also get a mouthful."
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Ma Zhou covered his mouth and laughed secretly. Looking at Yan Lide with a flushed face, he hurriedly increased his footsteps.
Everyone actually saw Ma Zhou early in the morning, and they said those words to him on purpose.
Now Ma Zhou is the first person under the king. As long as Ma Zhou can take their affairs to heart, it will be much faster to deal with them.
"Yo, Mr. Ma is here." Yan Lide asked knowingly.
Ma Zhou looked at him angrily before saying, "I'm here to cooperate with your work this time. Lide, don't take a few managers to act for me."
"The city lord just asked me to cooperate with you to improve the production process of the pendulum clock. However, I just saw that you are all asking for people, so let's solve it together."
Everyone scratched their heads awkwardly, but they didn't expect that Ma Zhou was so easy to talk today. He took out a piece of rice paper from his arms in a unified manner.
Ma Zhou was stunned at first, and after seeing the contents on the rice paper clearly, he could helplessly blanch the workshop managers.
"You are prepared for your relationship? Are you even ready for the recruitment list?"
Yan Lide said with a shy face when he heard this: "Mr. Ma, I'm sorry. We are all craftsmen who do fortifications. To be honest, this may be okay for us to teach people, but it's a bit vague to recruit people. Besides, most of the apprentices in the workshop are apprentices we used to take with us."
Ma Zhou nodded, reached out to take the list from several managers, and looked down: "Manager Hu, I remember that the craftsmen who have been created in the Iron Artifacts Workshop are all in your artillery workshop, why do you still need so many people?"
Manager Hu is quite old, with white hair hanging on his back. It is said that he was Yan Lide's father's apprentice and a friend who is both a teacher and a friend. When he heard Ma Zhou's question, he hurriedly responded bitterly: "Mr. Ma doesn't know that this cannon is not that easy to build. There are more than twenty cannons from shaping to completion. None of them is missing. Now the saint wants me to have six hundred. You see, it's really a shortage of people."
Yan Lide also hurriedly explained: "Ma Zhou, there are more than 3,200 craftsmen and apprentices in our entire ironware workshop now, but the ironware workshop can no longer be called a ironware workshop. There are many workshops in the lower division, such as artillery workshop, agricultural ironware workshop, textile workshop, waterwheel workshop, generator spare parts workshop, etc. Every workshop is short of people."
When Ma Zhou heard this, he wrapped his hands in his chest, his face showed a contemplative look, and after a while, he said, "Maybe he should give a suggestion to the city lord to separate each workshop. Then each workshop will be responsible for its own profits and losses, and it may be better."
When all the managers heard Ma Zhou say that he was self-bearing, they were confused, but Yan Lide's eyes lit up.
However, in the end, Wang Ye, the big boss, decided on this matter. Ma Zhou looked at the recruitment list in his hand and said, "This is the case, you don't have to worry about recruitment. I will ask Jiuzhou Business Daily to cooperate. With their publicity, it probably won't be a problem."
"As for the watch workshop explained by the city lord, Lide, I will draw up a plan later. When someone is recruited, we will discuss it again. What do you think?" Ma Zhou said resolutely.
Everyone looked grateful when they heard this, and Yan Lide breathed a sigh of relief. It was okay to ask him to be responsible for R&D work, but it was reliable to leave these trivial matters to professionals.
"It's so good, then I'll wait for your good news. Don't worry, I will definitely cooperate with all the instructions of the Chamber of Commerce."
Ma Zhou nodded with a smile and said goodbye to everyone. Time waited for others, and he wanted to find all the people for each workshop as soon as possible.
The next day, the new issue of Jiuzhou Business Daily was released, and the homepage was the recruitment information of the Datang Chamber of Commerce.
This time, Ma Zhou's move was very big. The home page not only had recruitment information from various workshops, but also needed personnel replenishment in various industries under the Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce.
In a teahouse in Chang'an, a group of scholars gathered together in groups of three or five to recite poems and write pairs, how happy it was.
On a table in a corner of the teahouse, a seventeen-year-old man was surprised at the newspaper in his hand.
At this time, the waiter in the store came over, first filled in a cup of new tea for the boy, and then stood beside him, wanting to speak but stopping.
The boy also noticed the waiter's abnormality and looked up at him in confusion.
"Zhou Xiaohou, what are you doing?" The young man looked at the waiter with disgust and scolded.
The waiter was not annoyed, pointed to the newspaper and said, "Wenbin, can you help me see if there is a recruitment information from the Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce in this newspaper?"
Zhou Xiaohou and the young man are fellow villagers this time, but one of them is from a poor family and is ignorant of the people. Zhou Wenbin's family is better, and now he is waiting for the exam in a small private school in Chang'an City.
Zhou Wenbin originally wanted to drink this fellow villager away, but remembered that he could drink a few bowls of tea for free when he came here on weekdays, and thanks to Zhou Xiaohou, he endured it.
"There is recruitment information, but I don't think you have any hope. People have high requirements. A waiter in a teahouse needs to know 500 words. Can you do it?" Zhou Wenbin pointed to the recruitment information of Yuye Teahouse on the homepage and joked.
Zhou Xiaohou was happy when he heard this and asked hurriedly: "Apart from knowing five hundred words, are there any other requirements?"
Zhou Wenbin shook his head: "There are no other things. There is no limit on men and women. You can just look upright. The treatment is a bit high."
"Is the salary a salary? How high is it? Wenbin, tell me quickly, how high is it?" Zhou Xiaohou couldn't wait.
Chapter completed!