Wu Da is a craftsman. Although he works as a government servant, he usually uses his spare time to take on some masonry work to earn some extra money. Building stoves is the business he does most. In the past, he could earn a lot of money by building stoves for others.
After receiving more than one coin of silver and learning Su Hao's firewood-saving stove technology, he firmly believed that it would be no problem to charge two coins of silver for a stove. As for the extra money, he refused to take all of it himself, because this technology was
Su Hao taught it to him, so he expressed that he would share it equally with Su Hao.
Hearing what Wu Da said, Su Hao shook his head: "Old Wu, it's meaningless for you to say this. I also learned this skill from books and didn't spend much money. We brothers got along well, so I told you this skill.
How can you get a share of money out of thin air?"
Wu Dadao: "Master Su, craftsmen pay attention to their skills and do not teach them lightly. You and I just met today, and I followed Dai Qi this morning to embarrass you, Master. You don't care about the villain's faults. Not only did you not punish the villain, you also taught him
It’s natural for a villain to contribute half of your income to your craftsmanship.”
Su Hao said: "Old Wu, let's not talk about this first. Let me ask you, how many stoves can you build for others in a month?"
Wu Dadao: "It's hard to say. Sometimes it's more, sometimes it's less. When it's more, I can build six or seven stores a month. When it's less, there are times when it's not open for a month."
"It's almost three or four stoves a month on average, right?" Su Hao confirmed.
"Absolutely." Wu Dadao said.
"Let's calculate it as two taels of silver per stove. If you build stoves for others, you can earn an average of one tael of silver a month. Is that true?" Su Hao continued to ask.
Wu Da shook his head and said: "How can there be so many? I only charge one and a half silver per stove, and I can earn five silver in a month. When business is good, I can only earn one or two silver. That is the God of Wealth."
Have mercy."
Su Hao said: "I think, with your skills, it's no problem to build 10 stoves a day. There is basically no cost to build a stove. If you lower the price to one penny, and then build 10 stoves a day, are you willing?
?"
Wu Da didn't understand what he meant and replied: "Master Su, the price of this stove was originally negotiated. If I meet an acquaintance, I will give it to them for one cent or five cents. Anyway, it's all my own."
Craftsmanship is not worth much. However, you said it is difficult to build 10 stoves a day. How can there be so much work in this county?"
Su Hao smiled and said: "Old Wu, you don't have to worry about whether there are so many jobs. I just ask, if I can find these jobs for you, are you willing to do them?"
"But, I have to go to the Yamen as an errand during the day, so how can I have time to set up 10 stoves?" Wu Da was still struggling. He was an honest man, and his brain couldn't keep up with Su Hao's thinking.
Su Hao said: "Old Wu, I have an idea. Aren't we a workhouse? The workhouse does things like these projects. Our firewood-saving stove can save half of the firewood. This will not only allow the people to spend less money, but also help everyone
The straw saved by each household can be returned to the fields to fertilize the fields, or used to raise cattle. Such a great thing can be promoted throughout the county in the name of Gongfang. Do you count how many households there are in the county?
If you build 10 stoves in one day, how many years will it take to finish them?"
"The whole county uses such stoves?" Wu Da's eyes widened, "How is this possible?"
"Of course it's possible." Su Hao said, "I've calculated this. If a family of four uses our stove, the firewood saved in a year is worth at least three coins. We only charge one coin. In fact, they are
They made a lot of money. You know, a stove can be used for many years, and the money saved every year goes into their pockets."
"But...but..." Wu Da was a little out of his mind, "Even if our stove is better, how would people know? Also, why do people have to ask us to do it?"
"This is too easy." Su Hao said, "Tomorrow I will write a statement to the county magistrate to explain to him the benefits of promoting firewood-saving stoves. With the support of the county magistrate, we can post notices throughout the county to promote our
The firewood-saving stove has a firewood-saving effect, and I told everyone that in order to reduce everyone's burden, the county government is offering a 50% discount on the price of stoves. Think about it, if it was a notice issued by the county government, would everyone believe it?"
"Then you will definitely believe it!" Wu Da slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "If the county magistrate supports it, then who would dare to doubt it? Besides, you will know if this stove is good or not as soon as you use it. My old Wu's craftsmanship,
I will never embarrass you, Master."
"Master, there are tens of thousands of households in the county, and my child's father is asked to build stoves. Can he be busy?" Feng listened to what they said and began to worry about her husband. One day
10 stoves is a very heavy physical work. If he does this day after day, Wu Dafei will be exhausted.
Wu Da glared at his wife and scolded: "Master Su is talking, why are you, a wife, interrupting?"
Su Hao waved his hand and said: "Old Wu, my sister-in-law is right. There are more than 60,000 households in Fengcheng County. Even if half of the households want to switch to firewood-saving stoves, there will still be more than 30,000 stoves. If you make 10 stoves a day, it will take
It will definitely not work if it takes 10 years to complete. Therefore, we have to find other masons to do the work together."
Wu Da's expression changed slightly and he asked: "Master Su, do you mean that you want to pass on this method of saving firewood to others?"
Su Hao understood Wu Da's worry. He smiled and said: "Old Wu, there is no need to keep all craftsmanship in your own hands and let it mold. It is best to take it out and turn it into money. This is what I think.
Yes, I taught you this method of saving firewood stoves. You can think of ways to improve it and form a standard. Then the workshop will organize a training class and recruit 20 masons from the whole county to learn. You will be the teacher.
This is their method."
"But what good will this do to us?" Wu Da asked. In his heart, he was 120% unwilling. After finally learning a skill, he would teach it to others as soon as he turned around. If he had known this, he would still have done it.
It would be better not to have this technology.
Su Hao said: "We stipulate that all people in the county must renovate firewood-saving stoves, and they can only hire plasterers who have been trained by the workshop. Each stove is charged one yuan, of which the plasterer gets five points and the workshop gets five points. The workshop's
Out of five points, I can make the decision and give you one point as your technology patent fee. What do you think?"
When it comes to self-interest, everyone's mind is very clear. Wu Da is not a mathematician, but he understood Su Hao's distribution plan at once, and quickly calculated what he could get
income.
If he can earn one penny for each stove, and each craftsman can make 10 stoves a day, he can earn one penny from it. If he trains a total of 20 craftsmen, then he only collects this so-called patent every day.
As a fee, there are 2 taels of silver. You know, this is a daily income! After one year, it will be more than 700 taels. Oh my God, this is a fortune that he can't even imagine.
However, Wu Da immediately thought of other questions. He asked: "Master, you said that these plasterers must pay five cents of silver to the workshop for building the stove. What if they don't pay?"
Su Hao said: "You're saying the opposite. They don't give the money to the workshop, but the workshop distributes the money to them. The money for repairing the stoves is collected by the workshop, and then the plasterers are sent to build the stoves, one for each stove. We
Give five cents of silver to the craftsmen."
"Then, what if they learn the skills and find work on their own?" Wu Da continued to ask.
Su Hao smiled sadly and said: "Promoting firewood-saving stoves is an order from the county magistrate. If others dare to steal the government's technology and make profits from it, are our agents just being kept as decorations?"
"Hey..." Wu Da took a breath of cold air. He finally understood Su Hao's plan. Doing this is equivalent to turning the kitchen stove into a business exclusively for the county government. Others want to do it.
, he could only take over the work from the county government. Su Hao also had his reasons for doing this. First, he invented this stove, and if others learned it, it would be a case of stealing the skills from his teacher; second, to promote the firewood-saving stove
, is done by the county government issuing notices, and others have no right to interfere.
Su Hao had seen this method of amassing money through administrative monopoly many times in later generations. The government promoted something to the people and then handed it over to a certain company to specialize, and no one else could get involved. As for saying that this company has a monopoly
The companies in this business are either directly run by the government, or they are inextricably linked to certain officials. Su Hao is now considered a small cadre in the county, and he has the right to use it. Once it expires, it will be invalid.
Of course, compared with those black-hearted officials, Su Hao's move is much more upright. After all, he is promoting a technology that benefits the country and the people. He can make money from it, and the people can also benefit from it. It is a win-win situation.
There is a plan.
"Master Su, if you can really convince the county magistrate, then I will be willing to listen to your arrangements in everything, Master Su. For each penny of silver raised from the stove, you will have half and I will have half, so we can share it equally." Wu Da was obedient.
said.
Su Hao said: "Old Wu, you take the money that's yours to take. For each stove, the workshop can charge five cents. If you take one point away, there are still four points left. Don't I still have a share? I'll take the initial step.
My plan is this: out of the four cents of silver, two cents will be handed over to the magistrate, and two cents will be kept as welfare for all the officials in the workshop."
"I understand, Mr. Su, you said this morning that you could increase everyone's income tenfold, so that's what you meant." Wu Da said.
"This is just part of it." Su Hao said, "When the well digging is over, I will find other ways to make money for the workshop. It will be easy for everyone's income to increase tenfold. Old Wu, you can do it now
To start preparing for this matter, I plan to set up a team in the workshop to take charge of the promotion of firewood-saving stoves, which is called: the leading group for promoting firewood-saving stoves, and you will be the leader."
"Thank you Master Su for your support! I would like to propose a glass of wine to Master." Wu Da stood up excitedly and raised a glass of wine high.
Su Hao also picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Wu Da. Then the two of them drank the wine in one gulp, flashed the bottom of the glass to each other, and burst out laughing.