When he re-entered the arsenal, the heat wave inside had already made Ma Chao a little unbearable.

It's June, and it's the hottest time of the year. Fufeng to the north of Beidi County, although it is a bitter cold place, but Fufeng County is in the east of Xianyang County, Shaanxi Province in later generations, and the summer at this time is still very unbearable. What's more, there is also a forging house in the arsenal, where the molten iron is hot and steamy, and it is already like a steamer, so hot that people can't stay anymore.

However, the slaves of the arsenal never complained. Even, for being able to come to the Ma Arsenal, I am very grateful to Dade. As soon as Ma Chao stepped into the door of the R&D Institute, Zheng Hun, the chief eunuch of the craftsman, and Pu Yuan, the chief eunuch of the blacksmith, had already come out with a group of craftsmen. Now, the two newly promoted by Ma Chao have almost taken charge of the technology, R&D, and production affairs of the arsenal, leaving only personnel and management, which are still presided over by Han Feng. For this, Ma Chao is still quite proud: know how to make good use of people......

In ancient times, the status of these craftsmen was very low, and there was no explicit official position, but Ma Chao decided to distinguish between experienced masters and ordinary craftsmen, so as to increase the sense of responsibility and honor of all craftsmen here. Therefore, Ma Chao specially asked the women in the prisoner camp to sew 2,000 pieces of work clothes and put them on these craftsmen. And these work clothes are also particular about the use of materials. Similar to the soldier hierarchy, these craftsmen are graded according to their contribution and skills, and they are embroidered with hammers, wooden awls, etc., and the color is used to indicate the rank of the craftsmen.

For example, Zheng Hun at this time, his work clothes were sewn with fine silk cloth, and there were hammers and wooden vertebrae sewn with white thread on his chest, indicating that Zheng Hun was a carpenter and blacksmith. The white color represents the silver rank, like the gold, silver, bronze and iron medals of the soldiers, and belongs to the second-class master with high skills. Pu Yuan, on the other hand, has only a hammer logo on his chest, which is also sewn with white thread.

Under them, there were already a few team leaders with red hammers and wooden vertebrae, but the material of those team leaders' overalls was just ordinary cloth. The red copper logo means that they are all third-class craftsmen, and there is also a black iron made of linen to mark ordinary craftsmen, and further down, there are slaves who don't even have work clothes. Those who can wear work clothes show that they are already free, and they also receive a salary from the Fufu County treasury, and the higher the rank, the better the welfare benefits.

Seeing the two people who came up, Ma Chao almost laughed, because although these two people were already management, because of the need for testing or supervision, the white overalls on their bodies were almost unable to see the color, and even their faces were covered with black ash, and the few craftsmen behind them were all team leaders under them.

"I've seen the young master!" Zheng Hun, Pu Yuan and those craftsmen saw Ma Chao coming, and hurriedly saluted respectfully.

Ma Chao smiled, these two people were basically familiar with themselves, but they gave it up. But the team leaders under them still looked like they were going to kneel down and kowtow, Ma Chao stepped forward to stop him, and said with a smile: "Everyone, since you are already an official of Fufeng County, you will not kneel and bow, you just need to give your hand." ”

Yes? These team leaders are all stunned, official positions? Do you deserve to be an official? can see Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan's natural appearance, and he didn't believe it in his heart.

One of the bold blacksmiths asked, "Young master, is it still an official of Fufeng County?" He always thought that he was just a master craftsman, and compared with ordinary ordinary people, he only knew ordinary crafts. Even, those of them who have just escaped from slavery, psychologically, have a faint inferiority complex towards those ordinary people.

"Of course it's an official!" Ma Chao smiled heartily: "It doesn't matter if you are in other places, in the three counties of Fufeng, Xinping, and Beidi, you are officials, and you are also very important officials, otherwise why should you give you the same as the nine officials?" ”

The blacksmith's lips trembled a little, and the leaders of the group around him were all red, and their breathing became short: "And the Luling Collar?" Young master, aren't you here to find some kind of happiness? ”

"Huh? Zheng Hun, Pu Yuan, and Er were the first to break away from slavery, haven't they received Yulu yet? Ma Chao was puzzled: Don't talk about this Zheng Hun, Pu Yuan was a blacksmith eunuch three months ago, which is equivalent to the grade of an eighth-rank official. Why hasn't it been so long, and haven't you received it yet?

"Young master, you have a lot of opportunities, and some states may not be well understood. It's not that Lord Han deducted a certain level of money, but it's only June now, and there is still half a year before a certain class receives a certain level of money, so naturally he hasn't received a lot of money at this time. Zheng Hun is a smart person, seeing Ma Chao's unhappy expression, he immediately thought that Ma Chao might blame Han Feng, and hurriedly explained.

"Yearly system?" Ma Chao shook his head and continued: "This is not good, you were all slaves before, and you didn't have any savings at all, so how could you only use it at the end of the year?" ”

Thinking of Han Feng's usual busy situation that his butt didn't touch the ground, Ma Chao didn't want to criticize Han Feng, because it was not Han Feng's fault after all, the main reason was that the ancient system was too simple, and there were no special accountants and cashiers at all.

"I'll discuss with Meng Da and Han Feng when I go back, the monthly salary system is impossible, but you have to receive it quarterly, otherwise how should you live?"

"I can live, I can live!" It was still the bold blacksmith who said gratefully: "The young master is kind-hearted, and there is food and clothing here, and there will always be some meat for three out of ten days." There is also a house to live in, which is much better than before! ”

"What about taking a daughter-in-law? What about raising a baby? Ma Chao smiled, these people's requirements are really low, and he can't help but stimulate them again: "Work hard, and when you reach the silver level in the future, you will have fields and your own house, and even, you have to invite slaves and servants. ”

Ma Chao originally wanted to make a joke to stimulate the enthusiasm of these people. But when these people heard Ma Chao say this, they all looked like they were stupid, and the bold blacksmith reacted quickly, and fell to his knees at once, and shouted in his mouth: "The young master is benevolent, the villain will be sold to the young master in this life, if anyone dares to be lazy and not work hard in the future, Lao Tzu will split him alive!" ”

Although the group leaders behind him had different words of gratitude, they were all grateful to Ma Chao. made even Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan burst into tears.

"Get up, get up, didn't so-and-so say it before? Now that you are an official of the Ma family, you don't have to bow down anymore. Ma Chao was also a little sad, these craftsmen are too simple and touching.

"Villain, the villain has received a good gift, and he will definitely send a generous gift to General Huang first!"

After appeasing these craftsmen easily, 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 coerced by thieves and sold to the slave market, just in time for the ugly brother Huang Yuan to buy slaves in large quantities, so Zheng Hun, who has some carpenter and blacksmith skills, was naturally bought by the ugly brother first.

I never thought that in just three months, I would actually become the owner of a house and a land, and even become an official of the Ma family, and I could still receive a fortune. In addition to thanking Ma Chao in his heart, he naturally thanked even the ugly brother: without him, he would not have his current status and status! Originally, his ugly brother still had a trace of hatred, but now he has long since disappeared.

"Zheng Hun, I can warn you, the officials of our Ma family are not interested in this set, if you dare to be the first to form a gang and bribe the chief, I will definitely not spare you!" After Ma Chao thought about it, he said again: "There are still you, although you are already an official of the Ma family, you must not think that you can bully the people in the future. ”

These people have a very heavy mentality of small peasants, and they have a lot of experience of being oppressed and whipped. If all the eyes of the heart are used on this, it is definitely something that Ma Chao is not happy to see: "You are only in charge of the affairs of this arsenal, although the grade is the same as those officials, but they are still bound by the law, even so-and-so, they dare not dominate one side." If you use your heart and eyes crookedly, don't wonder you haven't reminded you at this time! ”

"Young master, don't worry, these can be saved." Pu Yuan was the first to take the lead in responding, and most of the remaining craftsmen were also a little trembling.

"The subordinates just want to express their gratitude...... Zheng Hun wanted to say more, but Pu Yuan pulled his sleeves.

"That's fine, it's just that I want to know what I do. We must not be arrogant, nor can we be arrogant. Do you understand? Ma Chao also felt that he was making a big fuss, but it was still necessary to wake up appropriately.

However, seeing that these craftsmen were all a little afraid of themselves at this time, Ma Chao laughed and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, as long as you and others are dedicated to contributing to the Ma family, the Ma family will naturally not be able to treat you and others." So, take a certain to see how the javelin is made? ”