What the city people call lively, in the view of Lao Jiang from the shipyard workshop, is just something that lazy people do!
Like the boatmen here, none of them can even finish the work in front of them. Who has the leisure to care about others?
"Be quick! They are all limp. Is it because they didn't eat in the morning or because they don't want to get paid?"
With a straight face, he yelled at the busy craftsmen under his hands. Seeing them working harder and harder, Lao Jiang felt a sense of pride in his heart.
In just a few years, a small shipyard with only a few dozen people has developed into a giant workshop with hundreds or thousands of people! In addition to the support of noble people, Lao Jiang's hard work cannot be ignored.
Yes! Otherwise, how could there be a situation like this today, with orders being received and endless orders being filled?
"You still have to work harder! Otherwise, the world's number one shipbuilding workshop will not be able to work hard with it!"
The wrinkles on the old face gradually relaxed. Just when Lao Jiang was thinking about going to the next workshop, his grandson Xiao Jiang ran over excitedly. As soon as he saw him, he immediately stepped forward excitedly and said: "Grandpa,
Did you hear about it? Just yesterday! Who was struck by lightning in the city... Also, today the governor and the city guard were having a banquet together. Who do you think they were banqueting? Didn't you and Seventh Brother do it together last time?
Passing by?"
The excited Xiao Jiang pulled Lao Jiang and praised him like a barrage of praise. He didn't realize that Lao Jiang's face had turned purple, and his big hands like cattail leaf fans were raised unknowingly!
"You little bastard! Have you finished the work? Has the Li family's ship been delivered? Have Shopkeeper Wang's eight thousand pieces of wood been inspected? What? No! How dare you wander around without it?"
A moment later, Lao Jiang’s roar echoed through the entire dock workshop!
Poor classmate Xiaojiang didn't know how many slaps he received. Even the craftsmen in the distance couldn't bear it. Only then did they react, scream in agony, and run away with their heads in their hands!
"Little bastard! Run away if you can, but don't come back if you can..."
After a familiar chase and beating scene, it was not until Lao Jiang's angry shouts gradually became less audible that poor Xiao Jiang burst into tears, rushed out of the shipbuilding workshop, and crashed into a small wooden building built on the shore.
"Seventh brother..."
In the wooden two-story building, a young man in a long gown was writing something on paper with a charcoal pen. Hearing the sound of opening the door, he slowly raised his head and saw an embarrassed Xiao Jiang.
When he came in, he couldn't help but smile and asked: "What's wrong? Are you beaten by the old man again?"
"Ah?" Xiao Jiang, who had rushed into the room with a sad face, was stunned when he heard this.
He remembered that before he had time to complain, how did the seventh brother in front of him know that he had been beaten by the old man?
"Tell me, what was it for this time? What trouble did you get into again?"
Xiao Jiang stared straight at the young man called Seventh Brother, but the young man didn't pay attention to Xiao Jiang's blank expression. There was always a faint smile on his rather handsome face.
I just don’t know why, but the smile on his face, the way he’s dressed, and the temperament he exudes all look like the same person!
"Seventh Brother...I didn't get into trouble this time!"
Perhaps it was the smile of Brother Seven in front of him that gave Xiao Jiang courage. When he came to his senses, he curled his lips and didn't ask Brother Seven how he knew he had been beaten by the old man. He just sat down on the chair in front of the table and said in a low voice:
"I just saw him this morning and told him interesting things in the city. As a result, the old man was like a lit firecracker, beating and scolding me! And he called me a little bastard! You tell me, if I were a little bastard
Dan, what is he? An old bastard?"
"Snapped!"
Before Xiao Jiang finished speaking, he received another blow on the head. He was so frightened that he almost didn't think that his grandfather was chasing him, so he ran away again.
"Nonsense! If your grandfather hears this, your mother won't be able to protect you!"
Throwing his hands away, the young man behind the table glared at the aggrieved Xiao Jiang. Seeing his pitiful look like a frightened bird, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Okay, don't be aggrieved! Who among us doesn't know your grandfather's temper? Today... well, let's stay here with Brother Qi today, so as not to get into trouble with the old man again! The live joints in the workshop are now
Too many, and the old man won’t like anyone! Just stop hanging around in front of him.”
"Oh -" Xiao Jiang nodded pitifully, but soon he became cheerful again: "Brother Qi, what should we eat for lunch? The black fish hot pot you made last time was very good! It was fragrant and spicy,
How about we eat that again?"
"This..." Looking at Xiao Jiang who suddenly became careless again, the young man's eyes twitched a few times, and finally he had to smile bitterly, nodded and said: "That's fine, but as for the fish, you have to get it, I'm here
I’m still a little busy and can’t leave!”
"Hahaha, that's no problem! You go ahead! I'm going to get the fish. We don't have anything else. Isn't it a trivial matter to want a few fish? I'll get it right away!" Xiao Jiang jumped up and down with joy after hearing the affirmative answer.
He rushed out of the wooden building at a faster speed than before, and ran towards the upper reaches of the river.
The reason why Xiaojiang wants to go upstream is because Brother Qi once said: The fish downstream are all polluted by the docks, only the fish upstream are clean.
Although he still doesn’t know what pollution is, let alone whether the fish in the upper reaches came up from the lower reaches!
But this does not prevent Xiaojiang from taking Qi Ge's words as an imperial edict!
In Xiao Jiang's eyes, this seventh brother, who is only a few years older than him, is a living legend in the shipyard workshop!
From knowing nothing about shipbuilding, to being able to independently design a large ship made of thousands of materials.
My grandfather used it for most of his life, but this seventh brother only used it for two years!
Not to mention, after that, he proposed numerous improvement plans for shipyard renovation, large ship design, and even seagoing ships and grain ships!
In the words of his grandfather, this ancient shipbuilding business has completely changed under the hands of Brother Qi! Even the oldest shipbuilder can’t help but admire some of the exquisite designs!
The world of craftsmen is the simplest world!
They only admire those who are truly capable and skilled!
A genius like Brother Qi, in this workshop, no matter where he goes or who he meets, he has to respectfully shout "Master Xiao!"
Even his own grandfather has always treated Seventh Brother as an equal, never hitting or scolding him the same way he treated Xiao Jiang himself!
Just talking about this ability is enough to make Xiaojiang fall in love! He can't help but imagine when he will have such a day!
I don’t ask for grandpa to call me master, but I just want to be gentle when I slap myself...
