The Rise of the European Emperor

Seeing Marin smirking with the drinking cup he made from the public oil, Hans, the person in charge of the sauerkraut and fish canning workshop, was so frightened that his legs went limp and he almost lost control of his urine.

The conscience of heaven and earth... Ah no, the emperor can testify that he has never done anything corrupt. Not only is the bottle stopper defective, but even the glass bottle is out of shape. Otherwise, he would not dare to use it as a water cup.

However, the cork can be handed over to other units for processing to make smaller corks. After all, cannery corks are large, while perfumery corks are small. The defective cork he intercepted was sent to a perfume factory, and several perfume bottle stoppers could be processed...

Therefore, Hans is trembling nervously now, for fear of being punished by Marin.

But in the end, Marin did not punish Hans. Instead, he was given a handful of gold coins as a bounty. Because, he helped himself solve a huge problem. Of course, Marin still gave him a verbal warning for his greed for defective cork stoppers that can be reprocessed—not as an example...

In addition to glass bottles, Marin also "designed" outer packaging wooden boxes for canned fruit and bottled fruit juice. After all, glass bottles are cumbersome to transport and can break easily. Therefore, it is necessary to put the glass bottle into a wooden box and fix it in public. In this way, the glass bottles can be prevented from colliding with each other and causing breakage.

This design is relatively simple, and a fixed space row is designed according to the size of the glass bottle. Of course, when packaging, some soft thatch will be stuffed into the wooden box as a buffer to avoid the collision between the glass bottle and the wooden box and cause breakage. As for the sponge foam as a buffer? It doesn't exist, industrial sponges and foam marlin don't exist, and I don't know how to make them. As for the natural sponge, that thing is too expensive, it is too extravagant to use it to cushion the bottle, and thatch is cheaper...

As for the cost of the wooden box? Marin acts as the endless forest of the North American continent, and wood is not a problem...

However, the craftsman who made the wooden box is a big problem...

The status of craftsmen in Beihai is very high. Even a novice craftsman earns 3 pfennigs a day, which is 1.5 times that of ordinary people. As for skilled craftsmen, their daily wages are as low as four or five pfennigs, more than twice that of ordinary people. The daily wages of powerful craftsmen can even reach as much as 1 shilling per day. Of course, it's an old craft that has been done for decades.

If these craftsmen are used to make wooden boxes, the expenses are really not small. But Marin suddenly remembered—it seems that he can go to Daming to get craftsmen...

Craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty were very hard-working, not only had extremely low political status, but also had no guarantee of income. In particular, craftsmen who have been listed as craftsmen have to work voluntarily for the court every year, and are often dragged by officials to do private work. The most exasperating thing is that there is no money for private work for officials...

That's all, the officials who usually manage craftsmen and craftsmen are still doing it, greedy for the wages of the craftsmen...

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, craftsmen serving the court belonged to hard labor. Therefore, the salary was very low, and it was not bad to be able to give 20 taels of silver a year.

Well, according to the European exchange rate, it is equivalent to 3 pfennigs per day. It looks pretty good, right?

But this is just an appearance, because there are many officials among the craftsmen of craftsmen...

If the wages of craftsmen are not deducted, is that still my official in the Ming Dynasty? Counting on the official salary of tens of taels of silver a year, how can these days be chic?

So, the artisans were out of luck. It was clearly agreed that there would be an annual salary of 20 taels or more, but after a few hands from the officials, the craftsmen could get 10 taels of silver in their hands, and the officials had a conscience...

If we get a group of craftsmen from Ming Dynasty, the salary expenses can be greatly reduced!

Moreover, according to the feedback from the New York shipyard, those shipbuilders from Daming are extremely satisfied with their current life...

Can you be dissatisfied? Marin's wages for them were not high, only 3 pfennigs per day, which was the lowest wage of craftsmen in Beihai.

However, this is much more than what Daming got in the past...

In addition, the most important thing is that their daily living conditions were much better in the Ming Dynasty!

For example, Marin stipulates that all craftsmen in the shipyard can eat in the canteen in the factory,

Wife and children can also eat.

This alone can save a lot of expenses for the craftsman's family every year. Because, in the Ming Dynasty, food expenditure accounted for more than half of the poor families.

Not only that, but the food in the shipyard was much better than that of ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty. First of all, because the New York Colony has a lot of wheat, you can eat food made of white flour. Generally European craftsmen eat bread, while Ming craftsmen eat steamed buns and noodles.

Although many artisans in the south who eat rice are not used to it, they are very happy because there are enough steamed buns. Poor people, it’s not bad to be able to eat enough, how dare you be picky?

And what makes the craftsmen of Daming most happy and satisfied is the fish that is openly available in the canteen of the shipyard!

Because it is close to the Newfoundland fishing ground, there is ample supply of salted fish all year round, and it is no problem to eat every meal. As for the meat? Colonial New York often sent hunting teams to the forest to hunt game such as wild deer, porcupine and turkey. And the shipyard, as one of the most important institutions in North America, is often given priority in supplying meat...

Therefore, the craftsmen of Ming Dynasty in the shipyard, it is not nonsense that there is fish every day. Although meat is not available every day, fish is available every day. Such a life is unthinkable in Daming.

In ancient China, poor people rarely ate meat. And those who can eat meat are mostly dignitaries and landlords. Therefore, in ancient China, the dignitaries were also called "meat eaters". There is a saying in "Zuo Zhuan" that "meat eaters are contemptible", and the poet Du Fu also wrote a poem "the wine and meat of the Zhumen stink". Therefore, in ancient China, eating meat was a characteristic of wealthy families. As for poor families, they don't eat meat a few times a year. Therefore, the ancient Chinese civilians were short of oil and water. And the children are especially looking forward to the New Year. Because, during the Chinese New Year, even if the Chinese people are poor, they will grit their teeth and buy a few catties of meat to improve their lives. Therefore, in ancient China, there was a saying that "children look forward to the New Year, adults look forward to farming".

However, in the New York Shipyard, these craftsmen from Daming were stunned—Nimma, the fish in the canteen of the factory is almost free. The three fish are usually on the table, and the shipyard also supplies a large amount of whale meat.

Whales are mammals, and the taste of their meat is more similar to that of land animals. Artisans often eat whale meat, which can be regarded as satisfying their meat cravings.

Also, because the New York shipyard is near a soybean-producing area, the supply of soybean oil is very sufficient. Therefore, when frying vegetables, a lot of oil was added to the vegetables, which caused the Ming craftsmen in the shipyard to have no shortage of oil and water in their stomachs, and even their appetite decreased.

What makes the artisans most happy is that the factory actually allows their wives and children to eat together...

Although there are restrictions on meat, the family members of the artisans in the factory usually have sufficient fish supply. As for meat, if the family wants to eat it, they have to spend extra money, but the cost is very low. After all, the wages of the craftsmen are usually useless, and there is no pressure to buy some meat for the children. That is to say, these craftsmen of Ming Dynasty achieved a good life of "one person working in a class, the whole family fish and meat" in the shipyard.

Such a day, they didn't even dare to think about it before, so they are naturally very satisfied...

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In fact, Marin never thought before that a simple supply of fish meat would make the craftsmen of Daming so happy.

Now, through the eyeliner placed in the shipyard, let Marin know one thing-if you go to Daming to recruit craftsmen, you don't need to say anything else, just say "food and housing are included, fish is enough", "family members can also eat ", guaranteed to attract a bunch of people...

Of course, the premise is that you have to make those officials willing to let people go. After all, they get rich by squeezing artisans...

And the supply of mere fish and meat is a big deal in North America? As long as there are enough fishing boats in the Newfoundland fishing grounds, there will be too much fish to eat, and it will make you vomit. As for meat, as long as a hunting team is sent out, there will always be a lot of game in the forest. If you are lucky, you can hunt bison and eat beef...

The New World is cool, fish and meat are readily available, and resources are everywhere. Unlike the Ming Dynasty, which has been developed for thousands of years, there are farmlands everywhere, and eating fish and meat all day long is a life only rich people can live...

Marin plans to send a group of craftsmen back to Daming next time, and tell his colleagues who are still in Daming that they have a lot of food in North America to attract more craftsmen to go.

With cheap craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, Marin did not worry about the insufficient production of wooden boxes for packaging. Those craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty were used to being oppressed by officials, and they worked very hard...