Wang Shanbao ate lunch with anticipation for the future. Just as he was about to take a nap, he heard someone calling his name.
"Wang Shanbao!"
"exist!"
"The carriage will arrive in a moment. Follow the steward into the carriage, and he will take you to the saltworks!"
"Oh oh oh!"
"May I ask, sir, where are my wife and children?"
Let's go together!
"Thank you, sir!"
Before long, dozens of carriages arrived in front of the Qin Prince's mansion.
Wang Shanbao followed the steward onto a carriage, only to find it already full of people; there would be no room for his family to squeeze in.
The coachman, looking at this group of people whose pockets were practically empty, couldn't help but make a joke.
"Your master is really something, actually managing to kick you out empty-handed?"
"That's fine too, you'll just have to throw away all your belongings when you get there!"
"Our employer is great in every way, except they're too strict about hygiene. They don't allow any dirty things to be brought into the factory area!"
"dirty?"
Wang Shanbao subconsciously sniffed his sleeves. He knew that this outfit was brand new, made last year, and his wife had just washed it last month. He rarely wore it.
I wore my best clothes today because I could only take one set of clothes with me.
"May I ask, sir, where are we going?"
Upon hearing this, the coachman immediately shook his head.
"Don't call me 'sir,' I'm just a coachman at the Xishan Salt Workshop!"
“You are all capable people. Once you get to the local area, you might become craftsmen or managers. At that time, I will have to rely on your help!”
Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly said they dared not, but only Wang Shanbao responded shamelessly.
"Absolutely, absolutely! As long as I am given an important position, I will never forget you, brother!"
"Oh, by the way, bro, how far is our destination?"
Upon hearing this, the coachman Wang Wu chuckled.
"You guys are lucky to have been assigned to the Xishan Mine. You know Xishan, right? It's a barren place where nothing grows."
"However, it was in this very dilapidated place that the Crown Prince discovered it, saying that salt could be found there!"
"At first, no one believed it, but it wasn't until salt was actually dug out that everyone regarded the Crown Prince as a god!"
"West Mountain?"
Wang Shanbao really didn't know where Xishan was, or rather, he knew too many Xishans and didn't know which one was it.
However, after traveling for a day and a night with the carriage, they finally arrived at their destination.
The so-called Xishan is nothing more than an unnamed, desolate mountain west of Xianyang.
Before the Crown Prince discovered this place, it didn't even have a name. Even now that it has a name, it's a name that can be seen everywhere.
As soon as Wang Shanbao and his entourage arrived at Xishan, they were transferred to various workshops because Wang Shanbao had management experience and was exactly the kind of talent that the workshops under the Crown Prince's name needed most.
Therefore, Wang Shanbao was not assigned any actual tasks, but was instead given a paid opportunity to observe and familiarize himself with every process on the production line.
"Manager Wang, this is our mining area!"
"This type of salt ore isn't very pure, but it's plentiful and plentiful. Once it's mined, it can be ground into powder in the material crushing area..."
"This is the grinding area!"
“Our factory uses hydraulic grinding, which is somewhat similar to a water mill, but different from a water mill. Because we can grind larger ores, and it is also more efficient.”
"Once the salt ore is ground into powder, it will enter the dissolution zone. Water will be injected here to dilute the salt from the powder..."
"The rest are the traditional processes of boiling, filtering, and boiling again."
"Ours is just more meticulous, and our quality requirements are more stringent."
"First, familiarize yourself with these procedures and get used to the work intensity here. Once you've learned enough, you can be in charge of managing an assembly line!"
Wang Shanbao listened very attentively, afraid of missing a single detail.
However, he soon discovered that his job was not complicated.
Because the factory's processes are very well-established, he only needs to follow the procedures to manage a team of several hundred people.
Wang Shanbao felt very fulfilled after a busy day. When he returned to the temporary dormitory assigned to him in the factory area, he saw his wife chatting and laughing with their children.
"My lord, the factory manager came today and said he found me a cooking job with a monthly income of three hundred coins!"
"Our eldest and second eldest sons have been enrolled in the factory's affiliated primary school to learn to read and write. Who knows, maybe one of them will become a good husband someday, hehehe!"
"oh?"
"How are we going to pay the tuition? We don't have any money..."
"My lord, they said that not only is studying here free, but lunch is also provided every day!"
"It's just that the school has a work-study program, so the children are asked to do chores from time to time!"
Wang Shanbao immediately became happy upon hearing this.
"We're not afraid of doing some work. We're all poor people, and the most we can do is contribute our strength!"
"Oh right, where are Father and Mother? Why haven't they come back for dinner?"
“Husband, Father and Mother have been assigned to the bamboo basket group. There is no monthly salary there; they are paid according to the number of baskets woven.”
“You know our father’s temperament. He’s best at weaving bamboo baskets. How could he miss out on this opportunity to make money?”
"Father said that as long as we work hard, we can save enough money to build a house in less than a year, just like other families!"
"Oh, right, the manager also said that as long as we work hard, we'll get land for our families after three years!"
"Where did it originate?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Shanbao immediately became agitated. He knew that as far back as he could remember, these artisans had never been allocated land. It was said that even several hundred years before that, no one allocated land to them. Neither Emperor Yang of Sui nor Emperor Zhenguan granted them any!
"Wife, you're not kidding me, are you? The government really will allocate land to our family?"
"point!"
"It is said that the first group of people who arrived early have already been allocated land."
"However, the land is not large; each family can only get one or two acres, just enough to grow some vegetables..."
Wang Shanbao was immediately displeased upon hearing this and slammed his hand on the table.
"You women are never satisfied. The fact that the government is giving us land is already a huge favor, and you still complain that it's not enough?"
Sun E smiled slightly upon hearing this.
"My husband has wronged me terribly! How could I possibly complain about the amount being too little?"
"I've only heard that if someone doesn't do a good job as a craftsman, the Crown Prince will give them more land, and might even change their craftsman status to civilian status!"
"Change to civilian status?"
Wang Shanbao was stunned when he heard this. Changing to civilian status was the dream of several generations of his family!
After all, artisans could not own land, could not become officials, and could not even own their own property.
They either became craftsmen for the government, being ordered around by the officials, or they joined the powerful and wealthy families, serving as their servants for life.
Now that he suddenly heard about the possibility of changing his citizenship, his little schemes immediately started to stir.
"Civilian status..."
"Wife, if our family were to change our household registration to civilian status, would we never have to be slaves to anyone again?"
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