Wu Da is a craftsman. Although he is a yamen runner, he usually uses his spare time to take on some mud and tiles and earn some extra money. Building stoves is the most business he does. In the past, he could earn more than one yuan in a stove. After learning Su Hao's firewood-saving stove technology, he firmly believed that it would be fine to collect two yuan in a stove. For the extra money, he refused to take all of the extra money by himself, because this technology was taught to him by Su Hao, so he expressed his intention to share it with Su Hao.

When Su Hao heard Wu Da say this, he shook his head and said, "Old Wu, it's boring to say this. I learned this skill from books and didn't spend much money. We brothers are in love, and I told you this technique, how can I just share a piece of money out of thin air?"

Wu Da said: "Sir Su, craftsmen are not easy to pass on. You and I only met today. And in the morning, I followed Dai Qi to embarrass you. You are not careful about villains. Not only did you not punish villains, but you also taught villains craftsmanship. It is natural for villains to respect half of your income."

Su Hao said: "Old Wu, let's not talk about this for now. Let me ask you, how many stoves can you build for others a month?"

Wu Da said: "This is not easy to say. Sometimes it is more, sometimes it is less. When it is more, it can be built with six or seven a month. When it is less, it has been opened for a month."

"Average average, there are three or four stoves per month, right?" Su Hao confirmed.

"It's almost the same." Wu Da said.

"We calculate it by 2 cents of silver for a stove. You can earn one tael of silver on average by building stoves for others in a month. Is that true?" Su Hao continued to ask.

Wu Da shook his head and said, "Not so much? I only charge one and a half cents of silver for a stove. I can earn five cents of silver in a month. Only by making a good business can I earn one or two taels of silver. That is the kindness of the God of Wealth."

Su Hao said: "I think with your skills, it's okay to build 10 stoves a day. There's basically no cost to build stoves. If you reduce the price to one qian and then build 10 stoves a day, would you like?"

Wu Da didn't understand the meaning and replied: "Master Su, the price of building a stove was originally discussed. When I meet an acquaintance, I will build them one or five cents of silver. Anyway, it's all my own skills, so it's not worth much. However, if you say you build 10 stoves a day, it's difficult. How can there be so many work in this county?"

Su Hao smiled and said, "Old Wu, do you have so many tasks? Don't worry. I just ask, if I can find these tasks for you, would you be willing to do it?"

"But, I have to work in the yamen during the day, so how can I get 10 stoves?" Wu Da was still struggling. He was an honest man and his mind could not keep up with Su Hao's thinking at all.

Su Hao said: "Old Wu, I have an idea. Are we not a workshop? A workshop is just about doing these projects. Our firewood and stoves can save half of the firewood. This not only allows the people to spend less money, but also saves straw from each household and can also return the fields to ferment fertilizer and raise cattle. Such a great thing can be promoted in the whole county in the name of a workshop. You can calculate how many families in the county are there? How many years do you build 10 stoves a day? "

"The whole county uses such a stove?" 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 cents of silver. We only charge one cent. They actually make a big profit. You know, a stove can be used for many years, and the money saved in every year is all the money saved in their pockets."

"But...but..." Wu Da's brain was a little too short, "Even if our stove is better, how do they know? Also, why do they have to ask us to make it?"

"This is too easy." Su Hao said, "Tomorrow I will write a proof to the magistrate and explain to him the benefits of promoting the quarantine's firewood stove. With the support of the magistrate, we can post notices throughout the county to promote the firewood stove and tell everyone that in order to reduce the burden on everyone, the county government will be given a 50% discount on the price of building stoves. Think about it, if it was a notice issued by the county government, would you believe it?"

"Then I will definitely believe it!" Wu Da slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "If there is support from the magistrate, who dares to doubt it? Besides, you will know whether the stove is good or not. My old Wu's skills will definitely not embarrass you."

"Master, the stoves of tens of thousands of families in the county are all asked to be built by my child's father. Can he be busy?" Feng listened to what they said, and began to worry about her husband. Building 10 stoves a day, but a very heavy physical work. If you do this day after day, Wu Dafei will be exhausted.

Wu Da glared at his wife and scolded, "Master Su is talking, why are you, your wife?"

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 them want to change to a firewood stove, there are more than 30,000 stoves. If you make 10 a day, it will take 10 years to finish it. This is definitely not possible. Therefore, you have to find other masons to do this job together."

Wu Da's face changed slightly and he asked, "Master Su, what do you mean is that you want to pass on this method of saving firewood and stoves to other people?"

Su Hao understood Wu Da’s concern, and he smiled and said, “Old Wu, there is no need to hold all the craftsmanship in his hands and get moldy. It is the best to take it out and turn it into money. This is my idea. I have taught you this method to save firewood and stoves. You can find a way to improve it and form a standard. Then the workshop organizes a training class to recruit 20 masons in the county to learn, and you will be the teacher and teach them this method.”

"But what good is this for us?" Wu Da asked. In his heart, he was unwilling to do so. He finally learned a technique and had to teach others when he turned around. If he had known this, he would not have the technique.

Su Hao said: "We stipulate that the people of the county must transform firewood-saving stoves, and they can only find plasterers who have been trained in the workshop. Each stove is charged one yuan, of which plasterers get five points and 5 points in the workshop. I can make the decision of these five points in the workshop and give one to you as your technical 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 immediately understood Su Hao's distribution plan and quickly calculated the benefits he could get.

If he can withdraw one cent of silver for each stove, and each craftsman can make 10 stoves a day, he can mention one cent of silver from it. If he trained a total of 20 craftsmen, then he would receive 2 taels of silver every day just by collecting the so-called patent fee. You know, this is the daily income! In a year, it is more than 700 taels. Oh my God, this is a wealth he dare not even imagine.

However, Wu Da immediately thought of other questions and asked: "Master, you said that the stove made by these plasterers must pay 50 cents of the money to the workshop. What if they don't pay it?"

Su Hao said: "You said it was wrong. It was not that they handed over the money to the workshop, but that the workshop gave the money to them. The money for repairing the stove was collected by the workshop, and then the plasterers were sent to build the stove. For each one, we would give five cents of the silver to the craftsmen."

"What if they learn skills and take on their own work?" Wu Da continued to ask.

Su Hao smiled sinisterly and said, "Promoting provincial firewood stove is the order of the magistrate. If others dare to steal the government's skills and make profits from it, will our constable be kept as a decoration?"

"Wow..." Wu Da took a breath of cold air gently. He understood Su Hao's plan. Doing this is equivalent to turning the matter of building a stove into a special business of the county government. If others want to do it, they can only take care of the work from the county government. Su Hao has his own reason for doing this. First, he invented this stove, and if others learn it, it is a stealing master's skill; second, the matter of promoting provincial firewood stove was done by the county government to issue a notice, and others have no right to interfere.

Su Hao has seen a lot of this method of using administrative monopoly to make money in later generations. The government promotes something to the people and then gives it to a company to a specialize in. Others can't even intervene. As for the company that monopolizes this business, it either runs it directly by the government or has close ties with some officials. Su Hao is now a small cadre in the county. He has no right to use it, and it will be invalidated if it expires.

Of course, compared with those unscrupulous officials, Su Hao's move is much more open and upright. After all, he promotes a technology that benefits the country and the people. He can make money by himself and the people can also benefit from it. This is a win-win solution.

"Master Su, if you can really convince the magistrate, then the villain is willing to follow your arrangements from Master Su. We will just share the money in each stove with half of your money, half of you and half of me." Wu Da said obediently.

Su Hao said: "Old Wu, you should take the money you deserve. Each stove and workshop can collect five cents of silver. If you take one cent, there is still four cents left. Isn't one left? My initial plan is like this. From this four cents of silver, I will give two cents to the magistrate, leaving two cents as the welfare of all officials in the workshop."

"I understand. Master Su said in the morning that you can increase everyone's income by 10 times. So that's what I think." Wu Da said.

"This is only part of it." Su Hao said, "When the well digging is over, I will find other ways to make money for the workshop. It is easy to increase our income by 10 times. Lao Wu, you should start preparing for this matter now. I plan to set up a team in the workshop to manage the promotion of provincial firewood stoves. This is called: Promoting provincial firewood stoves work leading group, you should be the team leader."

"Thank you Master Su to help me! The villain respects Master a glass." Wu Da stood up excitedly and raised a glass of wine high.

Su Hao also picked up the wine glass, clashed with Wu Da, and then the two of them drank the wine in the glass together, and glowed at the bottom of each other, and then burst into laughter.

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Chapter completed!