When he entered the arsenal again, the heat wave inside had already made Ma Chao unbearable.
It's June, already the hottest time of the year.
Fufeng extends to the north of Beidi County.
Although it is a bitterly cold place, Fufeng County is east of Xianyang County, Shaanxi Province in later generations.
The summer at this time is still quite unbearable.
What's more, there is a forging room in the arsenal, where the molten iron and hot air are flowing across it.
It is already as hot as a steamer, making it too hot for people to stay.
However, the slaves in this arsenal never had any complaints.
In fact, I felt a little grateful to be able to come to the Ma Arsenal.
As soon as Ma Chao stepped into the gate of the research and development institute, Zheng Hun, the chief craftsman supervisor, and Pu Yuan, the blacksmith supervisor, were already welcoming them out with a group of craftsmen.
Nowadays, the two newly promoted by Ma Chao have almost taken charge of the technology, research and development, and production affairs of the arsenal.
Only personnel and management are still in charge, and Han Feng is still in charge.
Regarding this, Ma Chao is quite proud: Know people and make good use of them.
In ancient times, the status of these craftsmen was very low and they had no official official positions.
However, Ma Chao decided to distinguish experienced masters from ordinary craftsmen in order to increase the sense of responsibility and honor of all craftsmen here.
Therefore, Ma Chao specially asked the women in the prison camp to sew 2,000 work clothes for these craftsmen to wear.
And these work clothes are also particular about the materials used.
Similar to the soldier hierarchy, these craftsmen are graded based on their contribution and skills.
Hammers, wooden cones and other objects are embroidered on their work clothes, and colors are used to indicate the grade of the craftsmen.
For example, Zheng Hun's work clothes at this time were made of fine silk cloth, and there were hammers and wooden vertebrae sewn with white thread on his chest, indicating Zheng Hun's identity as a carpenter and blacksmith.
The white color represents the silver level, just like the gold, silver, bronze and iron medals of soldiers, belonging to the second-class masters with superb skills.
As for Pu Yuan, there is only a hammer symbol on his chest, which is also sewn with white thread.
Under them, there were already several team leaders with red hammers and wooden spines, but the work clothes of those team leaders were made of ordinary cloth.
The red copper mark means that they are all third-class craftsmen, and below that there is a black iron mark made of linen that marks ordinary craftsmen, and further down, there are slaves who don't even have work clothes.
Those who can wear work clothes mean that they are already free, and they also receive salary from Fufeng County's finance.
The higher the rank, the better the benefits.
Ma Chao almost laughed when he saw the two people coming up to him, because although these two people were already managers, due to the need for testing or supervision, the color of the white work clothes on their bodies was almost unclear, and even their faces were stained with...
It was covered with black ash, and the several craftsmen behind them all looked like their group leaders based on their costumes.
"I have met the young master."
Zheng Hun, Pu Yuan and the craftsmen saw Ma Chao approaching and quickly saluted respectfully.
Ma Chao smiled.
The two of them were basically familiar with him, but they bowed to each other.
However, the team leaders under them still looked like they were about to kneel down and kowtow.
Ma Chao stepped forward to stop them and said with a smile: "Everyone, since you are already officials of Fufeng County, you will not kneel down and kowtow.
You only need to raise your hands."
Ah, these team leaders were stunned.
They took their official positions seriously.
But when they saw Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan looking natural, they didn't believe it in their hearts.
One of them, a bold blacksmith, asked: "Young Master, so and so is an official in Fufeng County."
He always thought that he was just a head craftsman, and compared with ordinary common people, he only had little more.
It's just a general skill.
Even those of them who had just escaped from slavery still had a faint sense of inferiority to those ordinary people.
"Of course you are an official."
Ma Chao said with a hearty smile: "I don't care about other places.
In the three counties of Fufeng, Xinping and Beidi, you are an official, and it is a very important official.
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Otherwise, why should you be given the equivalent of ninth rank?"
official salary" The blacksmith's lips were trembling a little, and the group leaders around him all turned red and their breathing was rapid: "And the young master of the salary leader, you are here to make me happy, right?"
"Well, Zheng Hun, Pu Yuan, you are the first to be freed from slavery.
Haven't you received your salary yet?"
Ma Chao asked doubtfully: Zheng Hun, let alone Pu Yuan, became the blacksmith supervisor three months ago.
Equivalent to the rank of an eighth-grade official.
Why has it taken so long?
Haven’t you received your salary yet?
"Young Master, you are busy with everything, and you may not understand some situations.
It is not that Mr.
Han has deducted the salary of a certain class, but it is only June now, and there is still half a year before a certain class receives his salary.
Naturally, he has not received it at this time.
It's more than the salary."
Zheng Hun was a smart man.
When he saw Ma Chao's unhappy expression, he immediately thought that Ma Chao might blame Han Feng and hurriedly explained.
"Annual salary system" Ma Chao shook his head and continued: "This is not possible.
You were all slaves before.
You have no savings at all.
If you are short of money, how can you only receive your salary at the end of the year?"
Thinking of Han Feng's usual busy schedule, Ma Chao didn't want to blame Han Feng harshly, because this was not Han Feng's fault after all.
The main reason was that the ancient organization was too simple and there were no dedicated accountants or cashiers at all.
"I will discuss it with Meng Da and Han Feng when I get back.
The monthly salary system is unlikely, but you must receive your salary quarterly.
Otherwise, how will you live?"
"I can live, I can live."
It was the same bold blacksmith who said with tears of gratitude: "Young Master is kind-hearted.
I have food and clothing here, and there will always be some meat for three days out of ten.
There is also a house to live in." , these are much better than before.”
"What about marrying a wife and raising a baby?"
Ma Chao smiled.
These people's requirements were really low.
He couldn't help but stimulate them again: "Work hard.
You will be promoted to the silver level in the future, and you will have fields and a house of your own.
We even have to invite servants and guests.
If we are late in receiving our salary, how will we explain it when we get home?"
Ma Chao originally wanted to make a joke to stimulate these people's enthusiasm for work.
But when these people heard what Ma Chao said, they all seemed to be stupid.
The bold blacksmith reacted quickly and fell to his knees on the ground, shouting: "Young master is kind, this villain will sell out in this life."
Give it to the young master.
If anyone dares to be lazy and not work hard in the future, I will chop him alive."
Although the team leaders behind him had different words of gratitude, they were all grateful to Ma Chao.
It made even Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan burst into tears.
"Get up, get up, didn't I say it before?
You are now an official of the Ma family.
You don't need to bow down anymore."
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Ma Chao was also a little sad.
These craftsmen are so simple and touching.
"Young man, when I receive my salary, I will definitely send a generous gift to General Huang first."
After finally appeasing these craftsmen, Zheng Hun suddenly said this.
Ma Chao was surprised and later learned that Zheng Hun was not a slave before, but planned to take refuge in Yuzhou.
Unfortunately, he was kidnapped by thieves and sold to the slave market.
It happened that Brother Chou Huang Yuan was buying slaves in large quantities, so Zheng Hun, who had some skills as a carpenter and blacksmith, was naturally bought by Brother Chou first.
Unexpectedly, in just three months, he actually became the owner of a house and land, and even became an official of the Ma family, and could still receive a salary.
In addition to thanking Ma Chao in my heart, I also thanked Brother Chou: without him, I would not have the status I have now.
Originally, I still had a trace of hatred for Brother Chou, but now it has disappeared.
"Zheng Hun, I can warn you, our Ma family officials are not into this kind of thing.
If you dare to be the first to form a clique and bribe the superior, I will definitely not spare you."
After Ma Chao thought for a while, he said again: "There are still you, although Although you are already an official of the Ma family, you must not think that you can bully the people in the future.
If you do anything to protect each other and form cliques for personal gain, if you can make you stand up, you can also go back to where you started."
These people have a strong sense of small-farmer mentality and have had many experiences of being oppressed and whipped.
If all his attention is focused on this, Ma Chao is definitely not happy to see it: "You are only responsible for the affairs of this arsenal.
Although your rank is the same as those of the officials, you are still bound by the law.
Even a certain person is not If you dare to dominate one side, don't blame me for not warning you at this time."
"Young Master, don't worry, all this can be saved."
Pu Yuan was the first to respond, while most of the remaining craftsmen were trembling.
"I just want to express my gratitude."
Zheng Hun wanted to say more, but Pu Yuan pulled his sleeve.
"These are fine, I just want you to know your responsibilities.
You can neither belittle yourself nor be arrogant.
Do you understand?"
Ma Chao also felt that he was making a fuss out of a molehill, but it was still necessary to wake him up properly.
However, seeing that these craftsmen looked a little afraid of him at this time, Ma Chao laughed loudly and said quickly: "Don't worry, as long as you work hard for the Ma family, the Ma family will naturally not treat you badly.
In this way, just Take someone to see how the javelin is made." s: Warmly celebrate Mr.
Fang Geci’s return.
I’m so touched.
You always disappear for a long time: