Xing Xing and Ding Chun are no strangers to patent fees.
They had already heard about it when they were at the Royal Manufacturing Office. Unfortunately, the Royal Manufacturing Office did not implement it, so all they could get were basic wages and "rewards" from their masters.
Some masters are more generous and reward more.
But if the master is not generous and what you make violates taboos, then not only will the reward be rewarded, but it may even cost you your life.
Xing Xing became so cautious because his brother violated a taboo when making something for a certain beloved concubine.
This incident had a great impact on Xingxing - it is better to do less than make mistakes.
As for Ding Chun, he was a man who desperately wanted to get ahead, but could never find a way out, so he had to take risks.
There is some cleverness and some ability, but there is no opportunity.
This time they will be sent out, and they will be "squeezed out" by other people in the Royal Construction Office.
Forget it if there is no patent fee. Fortunately, Xing and Ding Chun found that not only did they not have professional fees, they could not even compare with other people's "bonuses".
At the Royal Construction Office, the "rewards" given there are uncertain and depend on fate, but the "bonuses" here are clearly stipulated and posted on the wall. You can receive them as long as you complete any tasks.
Maybe it's not necessarily as high as the "rewards" from those masters, but it's clearly stipulated that everyone can get it, and everyone can get it if everything is made and the score reaches the standard.
The more Ding Chun watched, the more excited he became: Why did he feel that this craftsman was better than himself?
To be honest, it's not that Ding Chun couldn't make the things designed by these craftsmen, he just didn't think about it.
If you let him come...
"I didn't expect their treatment to be so good. Do you think it's true?" Ding Chun secretly poked Xingxing's back while no one was paying attention, hoping to get him to give him some advice.
Xing Xing couldn't tell, and said, "I don't know."
He stared closely at the things on display in the exhibition hall of the Yao Family Workshop, and vaguely discovered that many of the things that were popular in the capital and were fought over by the powerful in the capital were actually made here?!
Although they look down on these gadgets, they feel that they are not worthy of the market at all, not refined enough, and not classy enough.
But the problem is, this thing is so lovable.
Haven't you seen that many of the young masters in the capital have asked people to buy palaces and use them for fun on a daily basis?
In the palace, if any young master does not have a few things in his hands, it is a "loss of status".
While Ding Chun was thinking about the issue of remuneration, Xing Xing was thinking about these "gadgets". He wanted to figure out what was so attractive about these things?
If he figured it out, then his trip would not have been in vain.
After he returns to the capital...
Xing Xing lowered his eyes slightly, staring at the thing in front of him, thinking.
For several days, Xing Xing went to the exhibition hall of Yao's workshop.
Ding Chun ran a few times and didn't want to go. He didn't know what Xingxing wanted to do. Is it useful to stare at that thing all day long?
"Why are you staring at this? Shouldn't we think about what we are going to do in the future?" Ding Chun turned his arm and said, "Hey, do you think the treatment here is really so good?
I haven't been looking for someone to chat with these days, and I heard several people say that the treatment here is good. Do you think the Yao family made them say that on purpose?"
"have no idea."
"I'm a little worried. What do you mean if the Yao family deliberately let them say this? Do they want us to stay?"
"have no idea."
"How come you don't know anything?"
Xing Xing glanced at him: "Then what do you think I should know? Like you, I have just arrived here, and you are still chatting with people, talking about this and that, and I don't even have anyone to inquire. There are so many
I still listen to what you said, what did you say to me?"
"Uh..." Ding Chun choked.
Forget it, what's there to say about this piece of wood?
It's all in vain.
Ding Chun didn't want to talk to Xing Xing anymore. After that day, he didn't come to see him for a while.
Just when Xingxing thought Ding Chun had a new goal, Ding Chun suddenly ran over with excitement on his face.
"Master Xing."
Xing Xing was stunned by Ding Chun's glowing eyes: "What are you doing?"
"I've decided, I want to stay."
Xing Xing frowned, not knowing what Ding Chun was talking about.
Ding Chun came closer: "They are working on a big baby recently. It is said that if it succeeds, they can get a big bonus... I helped them solve a small problem, and they want to take me with them. Just this one, I
You can get this number.”
Ding Chun made a gesture.
Xing Xing's eyes widened.
"Hey! Don't believe it? But it's true." Ding Chun told Xing Xing with bright eyes, this is just a bonus, but this thing has been invented, it is really useful, and it may be more profitable than pigeon chess.
Because this thing is not a toy, it is something that real people use, just like toilet paper.
"what?"
"Hey! I won't tell you."
Xing Xing: "..."
If you don't tell me, what did you come to tell me?
Show off?
A few days later, Xingxing knew the answer.
On that day, the entire workshop gathered together, waiting excitedly for Master Hongzhi Yu to announce the answer.
Yu Hongzhi, the leader of the Yao family craftsman workshop.
Not long after Ding Chun came here, he heard many people praising it and saying that this master was very capable. He invented and improved many things in the Yao family, including toilet paper, chess and cards, and movable type printing.
He is also the person with the highest income in the entire craftsman workshop.
It is said that the patents and bonuses that Master Yu has received are enough for him to spend in several lifetimes.
Even if he never invents anything from now on, those patents and bonuses alone will keep him at ease for the rest of his life.
But Master Yu is a craftsman who knows how to mess with these things all day long. If he really wants to stop him from working, he doesn't like it. There is also a book editor named Feng Junlang beside Master Yu, who was specially assigned by the master.
, working as an assistant to Master Yu.
Feng Junlang didn't have to do anything else. He only needed to do one thing, which was to "record" all the inventions of his master and then compile them into a book.
They didn't know anything about books. They only knew that Feng Junlang had compiled three kinds of books.
One is the "Top Secrets of the Craftsman", which is only used to apply for patents and is not open to the public. It will not be open to the public until many years later, when other people's inventions overwhelm this person's invention and his technology does not need to be kept secret.
One is their internal "Craftsman's Book", which is only used for professional exchanges and is also not open to the outside world. Unlike the former, this "not open to the outside world" is limited to people outside the workshop.
However, even the people in the craftsmen have signed confidentiality agreements and cannot disclose it to the outside world without permission.
One is the "Craftsmanship" developed externally, which tells the stories of craftsmen from ancient times to the present, and also popularizes some "craftsman common sense".
Because the latter does not involve any confidentiality, if the materials provided are published in newspapers or magazines, you can get a part of the bonus, and there are still many craftsmen involved.
It's just that this money is easy to earn at the beginning, but it becomes difficult to earn later. Because the further you get to the back, all the "common sense" has been explained by the people in front. Besides, the content of "The Book of Craftsmen" will be involved.
