The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 52

Wang Kangquan's three lads have been working at the shop for two months now. Thanks to the guidance of others and their own learning, they have changed a lot since they first arrived, making great progress in all aspects.

From his clothing and appearance to his speech, he gradually shed his rural boy image, and his speech became much clearer and more articulate.

However, the time was still too short. According to Xu Tian's original plan, these few people needed to be trained under his nose for at least another six months to allow them to change more thoroughly from the outside in, so that they could more easily understand and comprehend his ideas and better follow his lead in the future.

But now that the factory has started construction, it is a good time to get involved and a good opportunity for them to grow. In the future, they will be the first batch of veterans to build the factory.

Whether one learns martial arts before going to the battlefield or learns martial arts directly on the battlefield, each has its advantages and disadvantages, and it is sometimes difficult to say which is better or worse.

After discussing with Wang Anping, Xu Tian summoned the three children to the shop.

"I called the three of you here because I want to hear your opinions. As you probably know, a new factory has opened in the south of the shop, and they need manpower right now. I'd like to choose two of you to go there."

Here's the plan: one person will go to the carpentry workshop, one to the ironworks, and the third will stay in the shop. This will benefit your future development. Who wants to go to the carpentry workshop? Who wants to go to the ironworks?

The three boys looked left and right, but none of them said a word.

“Xu Tian, ​​I think we should just arrange it directly. They don’t know much about it, so it doesn’t matter where they go,” Wang Anping said, seeing their reaction.

"Let me ask again. It's like this, you might not understand these differences yet. What a woodworking shop does is process wood to make common things, such as tables, chairs, benches, etc., of course, these are the simplest ones."

In the future, we will make many complex things, such as carriages and houses. The ironworks is for smelting and forging iron, turning iron materials into the ironware we want, such as nails and iron kettles. In the future, we will also make large items.

Leaving aside those who stay in the store, in short, no matter where you are, you not only need to learn the relevant skills, but also the rules and regulations, and management.

Only then can you become a responsible person in charge, leading your subordinates to do things. You might as well think about which area you are more interested in these next few days, and you can also discuss it with each other.”

After seeing off the three children, the two discussed the workshop. The woodworking workshop was going relatively smoothly. The carpentry apprentices they had hired were gradually becoming more capable and helpful. Recently, they had made quite a few tables and chairs, which were used in the canteen and dormitory, and were also useful in the shop.

Next, we plan to build two large gates for the factory. In order to meet the deadline, we cut corners in many aspects, and the current situation looks a bit strange and shabby without the gates installed.

Then you can make other household items for personal use, such as cabinets and wooden boxes; there are quite a lot of things you can make.

In an agrarian society, most things were made of wood, and ironware was relatively precious. Wood was readily available, relatively cheap, and easy to process, so it was naturally the preferred material.

Just then, Xu Tian saw Song Liang standing outside the door, seemingly wanting to say something: "Song Liang, is there something you need?"

Hearing him call out like that, Song Liang finally came in.