Chapter 1232 Selecting Craftsmen

Within the workshop.

Li Rufeng couldn't help but smile when he saw that Bai Feng was quite satisfied with the craftsmen in his workshop.

These craftsmen were all told by Li Rufeng yesterday to work extra hard today.

At this time, Li Rufeng discovered that Bai Feng was quite interested in several craftsmen who were repairing the hydraulic loom.

So Li Rufeng stopped explaining his workshop to Bai Feng and did not disturb Bai Feng's observation.

"Brother Li, I think this craftsman is good. You can go with me to Hanzhong to make steam engines."

After observing for a moment, Bai Feng pointed at a craftsman who was about thirty years old and said to Li Rufeng.

"no problem!"

Li Rufeng patted his chest and said to Bai Feng.

Then Li Rufeng called the craftsman pointed by Bai Feng over.

"This is the Marquis of Hanzhong. The Marquis of Hanzhong sees that you are good at your craftsmanship and wants to take you back to Hanzhong to work for him."

"In the future, you must be more serious and careful when doing things for Hanzhong Hou. Remember?"

Then Li Rufeng warned the craftsman.

"remember!"

When the craftsman heard that he was going to work for Hanzhong Hou, he immediately became energetic and said loudly.

"Okay, you go back and pack your luggage now, and be ready to go to Hanzhong with the Hanzhong Marquis."

"OK."

After Li Rufeng made the arrangements, the craftsman left the workshop with the envious eyes of other craftsmen in the workshop.

"Hanzhong Hou, do you still have any satisfactory craftsmen?"

Li Rufeng then asked Bai Feng.

At this time, the craftsmen in the workshop suddenly became very energetic.

It can be said that the name of Hanzhong Hou is known to everyone in Yizhou.

Everyone knows that they can live a good life without worrying about food and clothing, and that is absolutely inseparable from Hanzhong Hou.

Whether it is the grain seeds that can produce thousands of kilograms per mu, or the water-powered loom that allows people to make a new set of clothes from time to time, they were all made by the Hanzhong Hou.

Being able to work under Hanzhong Hou is a matter of honor for the ancestors!

When Bai Feng heard this, he smiled at Li Rufeng and said:

"I am very satisfied with the craftsmen in Brother Li's workshop, but this cannot stop Brother Li's workshop from operating normally, right? One craftsman is enough, hahaha!"

Although Bai Feng has his own steam engine production line, he is not afraid that the craftsmen brought back from Yizhou will leak the technology and methods of manufacturing steam engines or future trains to his original employer.

But for the sake of safety, Bai Feng took only one person from his own workshop back to the R&D center in Hanzhong.

This can ensure to the greatest extent that the manufacturing methods and processes of steam engines and steam trains will not be leaked.

"Hahaha, I admire the words of the Hanzhong Marquis very much!"

When Li Rufeng saw that Bai Feng could still consider the operation of his own workshop, he immediately admired Bai Feng even more.

He is worthy of being the Hanzhong Marquis who can help His Majesty to unify the world. His magnanimity is not something that ordinary people can match.

Then Bai Feng and Li Rufeng walked around the workshop casually.

When the other craftsmen in the workshop saw that Bai Feng had only picked one craftsman, they felt regretful but still worked hard with great energy.

"Brother Li, when I finish manufacturing the steam engine, your hydraulic loom workshop won't need to be placed next to the river outside the city."

"A workshop built outside the city requires extra manpower to look after it, and manpower is also needed to transport the spun cloth to the city again."

"Brother Li can then look for and purchase suitable land in the city to build a new weaving workshop."

Because Li Rufeng was the first to bring him to his home workshop to select craftsmen, Bai Feng also gave Li Rufeng a small suggestion at the end.

After listening to Bai Feng's suggestion, Li Rufeng suddenly became enlightened.

If Bai Feng hadn't reminded him, Li Rufeng wouldn't have thought of building a new weaving workshop in the city in the future.

The cost of building a weaving workshop in the city is indeed 10% lower than building it outside the city.

"Thank you, Hanzhong Hou, for reminding me. I'm very grateful!"

After quickly calculating the costs that could be saved in his mind, Li Rufeng immediately saluted Bai Feng and thanked him.

Officials like Li Rufeng, who had been recently promoted by Xiahou Dun, now was the time to accumulate family heritage.

Bai Feng gave a small reminder.

Not only can Li Rufeng save a fortune in transporting cloth and hiring manpower.

Buying land in the city now is much cheaper than when everyone built a workshop in the city together.

It can be said that Bai Feng saved Li Rufeng two parts of his expenses with just one sentence.

This made it impossible for Li Rufeng not to thank Bai Feng.

"Haha, it's just a small suggestion. It's not worth mentioning. Brother Li, don't be polite."

After Bai Feng finished speaking, he prepared to leave Li Rufeng's workshop.

Although there are many other workshops of Yizhou officials or noble families near Li Rufeng's workshop.

But Bai Feng has not accepted invitations from others yet.

It is not particularly appropriate to rush to their workshops to select craftsmen.

So Bai Feng planned to return to the city with Li Rufeng.

Just when Bai Feng and Li Rufeng got on the carriage and prepared to return to the city.

Another carriage came galloping just in the distance.

"Brother Li!"

"Is the Hanzhong Hou still here?"

An official from Yizhou quickly got off the carriage and shouted to Li Rufeng's carriage.

"It turns out to be Brother Wang. The Hanzhong Marquis is on the carriage now."

Li Rufeng replied to Wang Kuang.

"Great!"

"Please invite the Marquis of Hanzhong to visit my workshop and select the right craftsman!"

The Yizhou official named Wang Kuang happily said loudly to the carriage.

Bai Feng also got off the carriage after hearing this.

"Okay, then I will go to the workshop with my brother Wang to take a look."

"Please come to the Marquis of Hanzhong!"

Under the leadership of Wang Kuang, Bai Feng came to the workshop.

Li Rufeng also followed behind Bai Feng and came to Wang Kuang's workshop together.

Liuli and Zhang Qiying also began to compare the differences between Wang Kuang's workshop and Li Rufeng's workshop.

After Wang Kuang took Bai Feng to introduce the workshop, Bai Feng was still the same as in Li Rufeng's workshop.

He selected a craftsman who was about 30 years old and had good craftsmanship.

"Hanzhong Hou, you can choose a few more craftsmen."

"I have enough manpower here, you can take any craftsmen you think are good!"

Wang Kuang's water-powered loom workshop is twice as big as Li Rufeng's, and there are more than half as many craftsmen.

After seeing that Bai Feng only selected one craftsman, Wang Kuang thought that Bai Feng was not very satisfied with the craftsmanship of his craftsmen.

After Li Rufeng explained to Wang Kuang why Bai Feng only selected one craftsman, Wang Kuang enthusiastically asked Bai Feng to select a few more craftsmen.

Being able to take this opportunity to build a good relationship with Hanzhong Hou, let alone a few craftsmen, even dozens of craftsmen are absolutely worth it in Wang Kuang's eyes.