Seeing that everyone's response was good, Zhu Linmiao continued: "This shipbuilding must be done as soon as possible, so that in addition to renovating the shipyard, you must also follow the new system.

"Let's talk about the salary first."

When the craftsman heard the word "wages", he immediately pricked up his ears.

"All craftsmen will be divided into different grades according to the type of work, and the higher the level, the higher the salary."

Zhu Linmiao also signaled to the soldiers to send the craftsman grading standards that had been prepared to the people in the house, "Due to the urgency of time, the first grading will be handed over to the villages, and it will be divided according to this standard." After half a year, the Ministry of Industry will re-evaluate, and if it is found that any village has rated its craftsmen too high, the Ministry of Industry will give a certain punishment. ”

The elders of each village have their own literate clansmen, and they whisper the standard for them: "...... Carpenter.

"Primary. Proficient in the use of knives, axes, saws, chisels and other ...... Familiar with the types, properties and uses of wood. Familiar with the prevention and remediation of wood deformation, as well as wood corrosion prevention and drying...... Be able to understand the pattern, process wood according to the pattern, and be proficient in using weighing and measuring tools...... Proficient in straight, round, curved and other processing techniques of wood, will punch, groove, cut, tenon......

"The monthly salary is one or two or eight cents."

"Intermediate. Master all beginner artisan skills. According to the requirements, self-proofing, processing the complex internal structure of the object...... Able to lead junior craftsmen to flatten, wire and process large-size shippieces...... Proficient in ironware and wood lamination......

"Three taels a month."

"Advanced. Master all intermediate craftsman skills. Able to lead other craftsmen to put the mold of the whole ship, combine parts, check errors and fill gaps...... Able to direct craftsmen to lay new boats and enter the water......

"Six taels a month."

"Master......

"Ten taels a month."

"Grandmaster......

"Twenty-five taels a month."

These clan elders looked at the figures of those wages, and their eyes all lit up - a grandmaster's monthly salary is twenty-five taels of silver, three hundred taels a year! God, this one person is enough to feed the whole village!

However, when they remembered the requirements of the grandmaster, "independently draw a full set of standard industrial drawings", "be proficient in boring, drilling, grinding, and forging the internal structure of the machine", "be able to command craftsmen to complete the construction of the slideway and gantry crane", etc., they filtered the whole village and found that there was really no one who was qualified.

However, the standard of senior craftsmen, they think that there are no less than ten people in the village who can meet it. Even if these people add up, they have an income of more than seven or eight taels a year, and it seems that the village will no longer have to live a hard life in the future, and even some clan elders have begun to consider whether they can renovate the clan ancestral hall and the like.

Zhu Linmiao coughed dryly in the main seat, and only then did they react, and hurriedly said respectfully that they would grade the craftsmen as soon as possible, and would not show favoritism.

Zhu Linmiao nodded in approval, and continued: "In addition, the shipyard will also implement a performance-based wage system in the future. ”

"Performance?" The craftsmen were confused.

Zhu Linmiao briefly explained the meaning of performance, and finally said: "In general, it is to do more and get more."

"What you just saw was that you were paid for working five hours a day, and if you continued to work after work, you would get more wages. In addition, there are other rewards for completing the tasks assigned by the Ministry of Engineering ahead of schedule. ”

The craftsmen in the house couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard this, and it seemed that as long as they were diligent in their hands and feet, the days ahead would definitely get better and better. However, they also understood another meaning of His Royal Highness the Vice-Chancellor - if you are lazy and slippery, your wages will also be reduced.

Although the main reason for the inefficiency of handicrafts in agrarian societies is the backwardness of production technology, the lack of management systems is also an important factor.

Zhu Linmiao estimates that only the implementation of the two systems of craftsman grading and performance wages, and nothing else will be moved, which can improve the efficiency by at least 30%.

You must know that management is a professional discipline in later generations, which shows the importance that industrial society attaches to it.

Although Zhu Linmiao only knew a little about the surface, even the simple management plan of the institute where he worked could have miraculous results in the seventeenth century.

After the craftsmen's emotions calmed down, Zhu Linmiao said: "In addition, in order to train more craftsmen as soon as possible, I also plan to build a shipping school in Yongbeili to teach shipbuilding skills." It is also hoped that each village can select some outstanding talents to teach. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone in the room bowed their heads and remained silent.

In this era, there is a lack of intellectual property protection, and whoever leaks his craft is likely to starve to death. Therefore, the craftsmen are all inherited from their fathers, and they would rather lose them than teach them to outsiders.

Zhu Linmiao expected this kind of reaction, and continued: "The Ministry of Industry is now setting up a 'Patent Department', and you will register your skills with the Ministry of Industry, and anyone who uses these skills in the future will have to pay you money for compensation."

"That way, you don't have to worry about losing your craft. And when he went to the shipping school as a teacher, the court was responsible for settling down, and the remuneration was twice as much as working here. ”

Patent Division? The hearts of the craftsmen moved, if anyone used the skills they had registered and had to pay, wouldn't they lie at home and have silver to deliver?

At that moment, some people wanted to sign up, but they were stopped by the village elders with stern eyes, so they had to stop fighting.

Zhu Linmiao waited for a while, but saw that no one responded, knowing that the matter of patents had not yet been pushed forward, and it would be difficult to gain people's trust.

He was not in a hurry, but smiled and said: "Since everyone is unwilling to leave their hometown, then I have to go to Nanyang to find craftsmen to teach." It's just a matter of delay. ”

When he said this, the craftsmen suddenly became a little anxious.

The craftsmen of Nanyang have a lot of contact with the Yi people, and the ship-making skills are definitely above these people.

It's better to go to the shipping school to earn some money while the craft is still worth some money. The minds of the craftsmen who had been suppressed by the clan elders just now began to come alive again.

Zhu Linmiao will not urge them, in the future, he will definitely go to Southeast Asia to search for excellent shipwrights, but far water can not quench the thirst, and he still has to rely on these Ming craftsmen to teach skills in a short time.

So he skipped the matter of the shipping school and continued to talk about the shipyard's business, "By the way, there are people sitting on the Galen ship who can control people...... Oh, it's a plywood boat. ”

Because the European-style Clark ship or Galen ship had multiple decks, it was significantly different from the Ming Dynasty's ship, so the Ming Dynasty intuitively called it a plywood ship.

The craftsmen looked at each other, and after a while, a veteran of the clan with a meritorious name said nervously: "His Royal Highness the Auxiliary Prince, I was captured before...... Ahh

When Zheng Yi escaped, the two strangers disappeared. At the moment, I am afraid that no one can make it. ”

Zhu Linmiao frowned, and asked the old man again, "The two of them can't build a whole boat." Are the craftsmen who built the plywood boats with them still here? ”

"Back to Your Highness," he gestured around, "and these people have all been dealt with." ”