Chapter 472 Opportunity
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In the west wing room in the front yard of the printing house, several craftsmen were making mud blanks with mud clay and carved inverted single characters at one end. Two slaughtermen carefully carried the carved three-plate mud blanks to fire. Walking in front, Li Si, a shorter stalker accidentally stepped on a piece of clumping and hard mud, and one stumbled, his shoulders slipped, the iron plate tilted, and the mud blanks scattered all over the floor.
These muds have just been dried and have not been burned and have fallen to the ground and are crushed.
The leader of the craftsman Wang, who heard the sound, felt very distressed and angry, and said loudly: "How do you two do things? Do you know that these clay pieces were carved for a long time before we carved them? They broke them all in one go. You were fined for half a month's wages!"
In this era, fewer people are literate, and even fewer craftsmen are literate. Many literate people are arrogant and refuse to do craftsmanship work. The characters used for printing should not be too ugly. The printing company can only take advantage of the words of a few of them. They have to carve all the mud blanks one by one. Each character is not just carved with one mud blank. Some characters have to be carved, or even dozens of them are spared. Their workload is very large.
The broken three-board clay clay has a total of seventy or eighty words, and two craftsmen have to carve it for a day. Why doesn’t he feel sorry for it?
Li Si was sad, but the tall mailman Zheng Liu stumbled and said, "It was Li Si who broke the shoulders when they slipped. It's not my business. You should punish Li Si."
Li Si was so distressed that he would have to cut his wages for half a month. When he heard that Zheng Liu said this, he immediately screamed like a pig: "Why is it not your business? If you are behind, how could you fall down if you hold the rope? You are still distracted? Humph, I see, are you thinking about the tender and smooth face of your neighbor Xiaohua?"
Zheng Liuda was furious and poked the shoulder pole hard to the ground, gritting his teeth and said, "You look at Xiaohua and say, why bother to her? If you don't urinate and look in the mirror, will Xiaohua like you?"
The two servants quarreled for a while and then fought. It was too late for Old Man Wang to stop him. He was so angry that he just shouted: "Come on, drive these two rough men out."
Zhang Bu, dressed in a mate costume, stood among several mates. He went to the printing house for half a month, and because of his diligence in hands and feet and sweet mouth, he was able to transfer the mud to lift the mud. He saw that Li Si and Zheng Liu were punished and was about to come forward to pick up the mud that had not been broken. Li Si and Zheng Liu fought. As his feet moved, all the mud was turned into powder.
Several servants in the front yard heard the shouts of Old Man Wang, hurriedly ran in, stopped Li Si and Zheng Liu in a few seconds, and Zhang Bu bent his straight waist down.
Old Man Wang watched the mud be stepped on into powder. When the wind blew, he was so angry that he was breathing heavily, just shouting: "Come out quickly!"
That was his hard work.
Li Si's hands were cut behind his back, and his thick body struggled hard, saying, "I asked Chen Shisan to come in. Old Man Wang, aren't you afraid of offending Chen Shisan?"
Chen Shisan is the head of the furnace.
The weather is getting hotter, how much sin will you suffer in summer? He is Chen Shisan's brother-in-law, so he can go to the printing house and send four fish to Chen Shisan. His sister-in-law said he would ask for it, so that he can get the job of carrying mud. This job can be lazy and not have to be baked by the stove. It is a good job.
The temperature of the carved clay is in the hands of the burner. If Chen Shisan offends, he will deliberately burn the clay, and Old Man Wang will not even cry. Who can tell the truth about the burner?
Old Man Wang hesitated for a moment.
Li Si suddenly became proud and said, "If you don't pursue it, I will say a few good things to you in front of Chen Shisan, so that the furnace will burn just the right time."
Old Man Wang was furious and said, "So, you are dissatisfied with me. He said bad things about me in front of Chen Shisan. He just deliberately burned a furnace yesterday?"
A whole pot of clay that cost hundreds of words was completely ruined, and he felt so distressed that he couldn't sleep all night.
Li Si was stunned. The whole furnace burned out yesterday, and it was really nothing for him. Chen Shisan took a nap and overslept, causing the fire to burn out and the mud to burn out.
The more Mr. Wang thought about it, the more he felt it made sense. He couldn't help but get angry and veins on his forehead thundered, saying, "Okay, Li Si, I treat you well, you actually messed with me like this. I will go and sue Zuo Cheng and tell Chen Shisan. Someone comes and beat him out with sticks."
Under Cheng Mo's recommendation, Ouyang Zhe was named a general and a chief minister by Liu Xun. If he could really invent movable type printing technology and promote text, he would be a great contributor to the Wu Dynasty. What is a general and a chief minister?
When Li Si saw that the matter was getting big, he became panicked and said, "It's nothing. Chen Shisan didn't deliberately burn it. It was me who said it."
Old Man Wang is not willing to believe him.
The slap that held his slap to him looked at him like an idiot.
Li Si murmured, "It's really not." He glanced around, hoping to find someone who could help him speak, but when the servants touched his eyes, they turned their heads and avoided them. Only one person looked at him calmly, his eyes clear and without any impurities.
"Zhang Dalang, you have to tell me. Chen Shisan really didn't do it on purpose." Li Si begged. If he really lost his brother-in-law's work, his mother-in-law would definitely not be able to spare him, and his wife would not be able to spare him.
Zhang Bu was waiting for the opportunity. Fortunately, Li Si was not stupid yet and knew how to talk to Chen Shisan. He was standing by the door, and Old Man Wang was about to go to Ouyang Zhe. He was quick and quick, and he quickly grabbed it and said, "Uncle Wang, please calm down. How dare you play such a big deal? Li Si said nothing, don't take it seriously, otherwise it will make everyone feel bad about their face."
If someone deliberately burned the clay, maybe the boss would change them all.
Old Man Wang looked back at Zhang Bu. Seeing that the boy was beautiful and the others were covered with dust, but his face was clean. He couldn't help but look at him more, his tone was gentler and said, "What do you know? Is it easy to carve a piece of mud? Now that people are not in enough staff and have tight tasks, where can I find someone to carve letters?"
Zhang Bu said: "When I was a child, I had received guidance from my neighbors and knew a few words. If Mr. Wang was willing to give me a chance, I would be willing to help engrave the words."
The craftsmen who engrave letters earn five times the wages of mailmen who are five times the work of mailmen. The work of mailmen is also light, and they are all jealous when they speak of it.
Old Man Wang said happily: "You can read? Hurry up, let me see if you write a few words."
It was a happy event that could have an extra craftsman who carved words. Old Man Wang didn't bother to go to Ouyang Zhe to complain, nor did he go to Chen San to argue, so he asked Zhang Bu to write a few words for him to show him on the spot.
Zhang Bu was born in a noble family, and his grandfather was a great scholar of the times. He studied at the age of five and received personal guidance from Zhang Qiu. He was not only good at literacy. He was clearly half a master of calligraphy.
After writing a few words, Old Man Wang praised him and said, "You are instantly transformed into a craftsman. For your sake, I don't care about Chen Shisan, but Li Si can't keep it, so get out of here immediately."... Friends reading books, you can search for "" and find this site as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!