Chapter 128 Recruiting People
After dinner, the two families sat under the eaves, enjoying the cool while talking about this year's harvest.
It is indeed a miracle that Qin Yao's family produces 500 kilograms per mu, because the best dozens of mu of land in Liu Laohan's family only produces 320 kilograms per mu at most.
The rest of the crops yielded about 280 kilograms each. The most remote and barren ten acres yielded only 160 kilograms per acre.
There is no way, I really can't take care of so many fields.
Hearing this, Liu Ji suddenly felt a little proud, "Madam, the two acres of wheat fields we harvested in February had a pretty good yield. We didn't care about it at all, and we still got 80 kilograms per acre."
Qin Yao was speechless and didn't want to pay attention to him. She looked at Old Man Liu and brought up the rice transplanting method again, recommending that they try it next year.
Old Man Liu had exactly this idea. No, it should be said that everyone in the entire Liujia Village wanted to follow Qin Yao and use this rice planting method.
It is definitely not possible to use it on a large area, but you can reserve the best land at home. Even if the yield can only be increased by ten kilograms per mu, dozens of mu added up to hundreds of kilograms.
Moreover, judging from the harvest of Qin Yao's family this year, it is more than this number!
If the weather is good next year, it will no longer be a fantasy for every household to have enough food.
Thinking of this, Old Man Liu and the Liu Bo brothers couldn't help but get excited.
Night fell. After such a busy day, everyone was exhausted and went home.
Liu Ji boiled several large pots of water, and the whole family washed from head to toe and slept comfortably.
Liu Ji was the last one to wash, and he washed particularly slowly.
He would have to get up before dawn tomorrow and rush to the county town to go back to the academy to study. There was no shower room in the academy dormitory for him to take a bath, so he naturally had to take a thorough bath at once in order to survive the remaining half month.
Qin Yao was going to the town to buy some meat, so she gave Liu Ji a ride and dropped him off on the official road outside the town. It would take another hour to walk to the county town.
It's still early, the sky is just getting light, if you walk faster you won't be late.
"Remember to bring back the past exam papers and reference answers that I asked you to copy when you go home next month." Qin Yao instructed.
Liu Ji nodded dejectedly, carrying his small bag, and moved forward step by step. He was so sleepy that he could not even open his eyelids.
Qin Yao watched him walk away until he could no longer be seen, then she rode her horse into the town street to buy meat from the butcher.
Bring two pounds of spare ribs, two pounds of pork belly, and a piece of pork liver, take them home and make soup to nourish her and her four children.
It was Qin Yao's cooking skills that made the pork liver and vegetable soup taste a little weird. She drank half a bowl of it and stopped eating, going to eat the stir-fried pork instead.
The ribs are put in a long bamboo tube and then placed in a bucket filled with cold water in a cool place. They can be kept for another day. Qin Yao plans to use them to make meat soup tomorrow night.
After finishing breakfast, Qin Yao asked the four children to spread out the millet in the yard to dry, and then hurried to Carpenter Liu's house.
His family had a lot of land, but also a lot of people, and they had harvested most of the harvest in five days, so they had some free time.
After the two of them discussed it, they started recruiting people to set up the production workshop as soon as possible.
Not to mention how sturdy it is, at least a thatched hut is needed to shelter from the wind and rain.
Qin Yao had already thought about what kind of building she wanted to build. When the blueprint was spread out, Carpenter Liu came forward to take a look. It was a house that was surrounded on all sides with an open air in the middle.
Four rectangular houses with roofs were built on the four sides and surrounded by walls. Two of them were used to process wood, one was used to dry paint, and one was used to grind stones.
There is a large open space in the middle, which can be used to pile stones, and a shed and a stove can be built to serve as a staff canteen.
That's not all. Each room is divided into several areas, some dedicated to planing wood, sawing boards, assembling, painting, and inspecting.
Each one has a sign with the name of a certain workshop written on it, and the areas are clearly divided.
The process for stone is much simpler, there are only two steps, one for grinding and one for engraving, so one room is enough.
Carpenter Liu looked at the blueprint again and again, exclaiming that it was exquisite.
But he was puzzled by one thing, and pointed to the small signs of certain workshops on the map and asked, "Why are they called workshops?"
Qin Yao was stunned. "Ah, what do you think it should be called? A certain branch?"
She simply copied the modern production line, forgetting to adapt to local conditions. The word "workshop" is indeed not appropriate in ancient times.
Carpenter Liu was also stunned for a moment. "Branch doesn't sound good either. Let's just call it a workshop."
"By the way, you mentioned an assembly line before. Is this the one in the picture? It's easy to get started with just one of them."
Qin Yao nodded, "That's what I mean."
Carpenter Liu repeated the word "assembly line" several times. The more he repeated it, the more he felt that the word was very accurate.
With the blueprint in hand, Carpenter Liu knew what materials to prepare. He led the two temporary workers to move the wood that had been collected in the yard to the new factory site.
Once the two tripods were set up, the long logs were placed on the shelves, and then tools were picked up to start processing the wood in preparation for building the factory.
Qin Yao took the freshly-printed recruitment sign, came to the village well, chose a big rock, and stood on it.
Put the sign in front of him and shout, "The water mill is hiring!"
All of a sudden, the villagers who were turning over and drying the grain in the open space all looked over.
The villagers had been looking forward to this matter since Qin Yao's family rented the wasteland.
So, as soon as Qin Yao finished talking about the number of workers to be recruited and the conditions, most of the people on the vacant lot disappeared - they all hurried back home or ran to the fields to notify the men at home, young and old.
As for the heavy physical work involved, Qin Yao plans to recruit eight male workers in the stone mill department.
Four are responsible for quarrying and transporting stones, and four are responsible for grinding and chiseling.
The quarry workers were paid twelve cents a day, including breakfast and lunch.
The daily wage for grinding and chiseling workers is ten cents, including breakfast and lunch.
The waterwheel department needs ten skilled craftsmen, regardless of gender, for twelve cents a day, including breakfast and lunch.
We are also hiring a chef to be responsible for breakfast and lunch, regardless of gender, and the salary is 300 wen per month.
The number of workers will be increased or decreased depending on the situation, and the tentative number is eighteen.
Everyone was only concerned about how much the monthly salary was, and selectively ignored the fact that it did not restrict genders.
Therefore, among those who came to respond to the call, there were only two women.
One is Ms. He, and the other is Yunniang, the daughter of Liu the peddler.
When He saw Yunniang, she felt that she must be here for the position of chef.
The firepower was instantly directed at her, "You don't need to look after your little shop? Why do you have the time to cook for others? With your small body, you probably can't even lift the iron pot for the big pot, right?"
Yunniang said helplessly: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I don't want to compete with you for the position of cook. I am here to apply for the position of carpenter."
He was surprised, "You can also do carpentry?"
Yunniang nodded and said confidently: "My father is a carpenter. I have seen him grow up. When I was at my mother's house, I helped my father make tables, chairs and benches for people every day."
But despite her confident appearance, when the men who were also recruited for the carpentry job looked at her, she was so nervous that she clutched her sleeves, breathing rapidly, and felt a little regretful in her heart.
She just heard that the wage was 12 wen a day, two meals were provided, and there was no gender restriction, and she came here because she thought about what she had learned from her father.
In the past, there were no opportunities for women to work. Even if there were, they were only in very remote places in the county, working as maids or wet nurses. Not to mention that her in-laws would not allow it, she herself did not dare to do so.
But this time, she was doing work at her doorstep, and it was serious carpentry work. She was so excited that she just wanted to give it a try!
As for why she dared to act so excitedly, it was because the person who was recruiting the workers was Qin Yao.
With her around, I'm not afraid anymore.
(End of this chapter)