Wang Hai took the paper handed to him by Kang Yueran and started reading it.
The treatment of kiln workers is similar to that of shop assistants. They have days off, holiday gifts, double pay, and annual salary increases.
But the managers of the kilns do not receive any commission, so their wages are higher.
"Build twenty rooms for the kiln workers to sleep in at night, and a dining hall to provide meals. Each meal costs three cents. Master, what can you eat with these three cents?"
Kang Yueran must have contributed to the meal expenses, "a bowl of vegetables, three large steamed buns, and a bowl of porridge."
This would cost at least twenty or thirty cents. Wang Hai said with a smile, "It must be a blessing in a past life that a kiln worker met the boss."
"They do manual labor, so they need to eat well. Everyone in Kaishan Village is busy, so go to Zhangshan County and find people to build houses and a dining hall."
Wang Hai chuckled and stretched out his hand, "Boss, there's no money in the account."
Kang Yueran glanced at him sideways and said, "I'll have Dacheng deliver it to you tomorrow. I'll pay the kiln workers the wages they owe when they get off work tomorrow evening."
Wang Hai is also a warm-hearted person. "I will announce this to the kiln workers when we get off work in the evening. I'm sure everyone will be happy."
Not far away, Yu Qing came jogging over. Kang Yueran stood there waiting for him. "What's wrong?"
"Mr. Wang had tried firing colored porcelain before, so he stocked up on some colored materials. Now they're running low, and I'd like to ask when the eldest master will go buy more. Also, do you still have the pebbled stone you sent to my house last time?"
Most of Dayong's pigments are ores, which are rare and even fewer people buy them. "I told my master before that the pigments will arrive in the next few days. I'll have someone send them to you when they arrive.
Go back to the place where you bought the color materials before and buy all of them if they have any, and then let them continue to collect them. As long as they find some, we will buy them."
Kang Yueran was willing to support them in their innovation, which made the Yu family father and son happiest. "Okay, I'll go ask tomorrow."
"You need to assign the porcelain painters, and I'll find one for you later."
Tracing and applying colors are both laborious and detailed tasks, and Yu Qing was just about to complain that they didn't have enough people. "Okay, okay, it wouldn't hurt to hire a few more, Boss."
Yu Qing was not in a hurry to leave. He took Kang Yueran to meet the various managers and master chefs. He knew more details than Wang Hai. He told Kang Yueran about the managers' personalities and the master chefs' unique skills one by one.
Kang Yueran greeted everyone one by one, and after leaving the room, she asked, "Wang Hai, have you cleaned up these people?"
"Yes! Uncle Yu, oh no, Manager Yu told me about the situation at the kiln on the way here. I met with all the managers and master chefs and fired those who didn't work well. Girl, how did you find out?"
Kang Yueran smiled and said, "Mr. Wang is kind, but he is too kind. He knew that the three Wang Quancai brothers were greedy but he did not stop them; he knew that Zhang Zhong was incompetent but he still let him be the manager.
All the people I met today are good, they must have been screened by you."
"The girl is so smart!"
"I'm not as smart as you. What do you mean by leaving Zhang Zhong to me?"
Wang Hai blushed with guilt and quickly admitted his mistake, "Miss, I was wrong. I will never harbor such mean thoughts again."
Zhang Zhong and he were both managers. He didn't touch Zhang Zhong because he was afraid that Kang Yueran would suspect him of usurping power.
Kang Yueran didn't say anything else, "Alright! Just do your job well and don't think too much."
"I will definitely be loyal and do my job well in the future!"
"Let's go. I'm quite satisfied. I won't watch the rest. I'll go back to Qingping Manor when Dacheng comes back."
I have to say that Mr. Wang has put a lot of thought into this kiln, and the craftsmanship of the masters is impeccable.
Hu Dacheng came back quickly and put the bundle on the table. "Two thousand taels, not a penny less!"
Kang Yueran handed the bag to Wang Hai and told him to pay the kiln workers' wages today, and then returned to Qingpingzhuang with Hu Dacheng.
On the way, Hu Dacheng told Kang Yueran about the process of collecting the debt.
"That Shopkeeper Mo is such a jerk! Not only does he refuse to admit he owes me money, he even accuses me of bullying. I couldn't stand it, so I rushed in and found Shopkeeper Mo's account book. It's all written in the book: I took goods worth two thousand taels and still haven't been paid.
Shopkeeper Mo was awed by my heroic spirit and immediately paid the money. "Girl, am I very smart and capable?"
Hu Dacheng was obsessed with Yingzi, and Kang Yueran nodded quickly, "Very smart, very powerful!"
Hu Dacheng was overjoyed, he straightened his chest and felt very proud.
Yu Honghuo and Wang Hai were at the kiln, so Kang Yueran stopped interfering. She took the coal mining plan to find He Yifan.
He Yifan had already organized a group of people. Knowing that Beigu Kiln had just come into Kang Yueran's hands and she would definitely be busy for a while, he did not rush her.
Kang Yueran handed over the plan and waited for He Yifan to finish reading it while drinking tea.
Song Yingxing's "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" records how to mine coal.
Coal is underground and can only be seen after digging about five meters deep. When the coal seam appears, the accompanying poison can hurt people.
It is necessary to find a batch of thick bamboos in advance, open up the middle of them, and insert the bamboos when you are about to reach the coal seam. After the poisonous gas is discharged through the bamboo tube, people can go down to mine.
When mining, the pit should be dug as large as possible and supported by more hard wooden boards to prevent collapse.
"The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" says that after the coal seam is mined, the coal pit is filled with soil. After twenty or thirty years, the coal will regenerate.
During the coal mining process, you will also encounter some stone pebbles, which are copper charcoal, which can be burned to produce alum and sulfur.
Kang Yueran also drew a pulley to facilitate the transportation of coal from the pit to the ground.
In addition to how to mine coal, she also wrote about how to make honeycomb coal and how to make molds for honeycomb coal.
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