Chapter 218: It's not easy to be a shopkeeper
"Ten days?" After hearing Zhang Ran's words, Zhou Cang looked bitter and said to Zhang Ran: "Zuo Cheng, these ten days are too few! In such a short time, you will create an unprecedented and unheard oil pressing device out of thin air. I can't do it at all! Zuo Cheng, please give me a few days to give me a grace!"
Zhang Ran glanced at Zhou Cang, shook his head and said, "Ten days are the biggest deadline. You must understand that both you and myself are all doing things for Your Majesty. I can wait, but will Your Majesty wait? So, instead of crying to me, you might as well use your brain and find a way to make things better!"
He sighed softly and said, "Gratitude is impossible, but if you have any other requirements, you can just put it forward. If you can do it, I will try my best to satisfy you!"
"Thank you, Zuo Cheng~" Zhou Cang bowed helplessly, thanked Zhang Ran, and then pondered for a while, and said to Zhang Ran: "Zuo Cheng, we, the craftsmen in Dongyuan, are in charge of carpentry. Most of the craftsmen are skilled craftsmen, and most of the craftsmen are lacquered wood tools. If we ask us to make a few cases, screens and other objects, we dare to say that there are few people in the world who can compete with us... However, this equipment production is not our strength... However, my friend Wang Yuan works in the examination room and is good at making equipment and attacking tools. Can Zuo Cheng ask the Shaofu Gong to ask him to transfer him to assist us..."
"Wait..." Hearing Zhou Cang's bitterness, Zhang Ran suddenly frowned, interrupted Zhou Cang, and asked him: "Zhou Cang, what you meant just now was that Dongyuan craftsmen were mostly craftsmen. In the past, they were meticulous tasks such as carving and lacquerware, so they were not good at making equipment? And the kao studio is the place where Shaofu belongs to make equipment, right?"
"Huh~" Seeing that Zhang Ran finally understood, Zhou Cang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly bowed to Zhang Ran, "Zuo Chengming, the examination room is an official of the Shaofu Mansion. He is the main instrument of the Shaofu Mansion. He is the main instrument of the Shaofu Mansion. He is the main instrument of the Shaofu Mansion. All the large equipment of the Shaofu Mansion comes out of the examination room..."
"He's a meow!" Zhang Ran almost got angry when he heard this, widened his eyes and glared at Zhou Cang and said, "Your profession is not right, why didn't you say it earlier? Do you want to kill us all together?"
"This..." Zhou Cang's face collapsed and he replied with great grievance: "Zuo Cheng, you sent someone to our Dongyuan Office to send someone to order him to the most skilled carpenter... We are a little more familiar with the making of equipment. If ordinary equipment can be made, I just never thought that the objects Zuo Cheng wanted to make were unprecedented new equipment!"
"Hmph~" Zhang Ran snorted coldly and glared at Zhou Cang with dissatisfaction. It was true that as Zhou Cang said, the order conveyed by Zhang Ran was wrong. However, after Zhou Cang arrived here and after hearing Zhang Ran's explanation and request, he did not immediately explain the reason to Zhang Ran... But when Zhang Ran came to urge him, he could not complete the task within the specified time limit, and he would be punished to understand the whole story... This is obviously a greedy for merit and reckless progress!
However, although Zhou Cang was wrong, the source of the problem was Zhang Ran himself. The most fundamental reason for this result today is that Zhang Ran is not familiar with various affairs in the officialdom and does not understand them.
Speaking of which, both parties are actually responsible, and Zhang Ran is obviously more responsible. If it is really pursued, Zhang Ran can't get anything good, and a dereliction of duty is inevitable.
Therefore, if you want to cure Zhou Cang's sins, Zhang Ran will never escape the consequences... Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Ran was unwilling to continue to get entangled in such matters.
So Zhang Ran shook his sleeves and said, "Okay, Wang Yuan from the examination studio, right? I will help you find him... But, one thing is, after you find someone, if you can't create what I need within the specified time, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Yes, yes~" Zhou Cang nodded and bowed to Zhang Ran, "Enough don't worry, Zuo Cheng, if we and Wang Yuan have the strength of us, we can definitely make the oil-pressing equipment mentioned by Zuo Cheng. If the completion cannot be completed within ten days, we are willing to be punished!"
"Yeah~" After hearing this, Zhang Ran was a little satisfied. However, despite this, Zhang Ran's impression of Zhou Cang became very bad.
For the sake of confidentiality, although Zhang Ran would not replace Zhou Cang for the time being, it would be basically impossible to continue to use Zhang Ran with him. Zhang Ran even considered that after the soybean oil press was manufactured, he would ask for a group of people from Zhao Yu to change to someone obediently.
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The troubles caused by Zhou Cang this time made Zhang Ran realize that the boss is not so easy to be, especially when Zhang Ran is not familiar with official affairs, it is easy to have problems if he is just a boss who is careless and he is handing over the things to the people below. Moreover, after the problem occurs, the responsibility is directly traced to him, and he does not even have a chance to blame him!
"This won't work!"
Zhang Ran thought about it over and over again, thinking that he still had to find someone who was proficient in the affairs of the Shao Mansion and could take the blame for something if something happened... So Zhang Ran set his sights on his chief clerk Li Chong...
After leaving Jianzhang Palace's Science and Technology Park, Zhang Ran came to the workshop park and first found Li Chong, the chief clerk who supervised the work here, and asked him: "Master Li, His Majesty has a new appointment yesterday. I now need a group of craftsmen who are good at making equipment. Who do you think is better to ask for people?"
Li Chong pondered for a moment and quickly replied: "Zuo Cheng, most of the craftsmen who are responsible for making equipment in our young mansion are in the examination room. Zuo Cheng can communicate with the examination order and ask him to send some people to help..."
"Well... it makes sense!" Zhang Ran looked at Li Chong in surprise, thought for a while, and continued to ask: "In addition to this, I also lack some weavers who are good at refining, making, spinning, weaving cloth, and weaving cloth. In addition, I also need a group of craftsmen who dye fabrics... Who do you think these craftsmen should ask for someone?"
Li Chong thought for a while and quickly gave the answer: "The weaving room owner has a large number of weaving and dyeing craftsmen with superb skills. Zuo Cheng only needs to second the batch. As for the craftsmen who make hemp and hemp, they need to draw from the Silkworm Temple in Shanglinyuan!"
"Hmm?" After hearing this, Zhang Ran wrinkled it or not, and couldn't help but feel curious: "Isn't this hemp, spinning, and weaving a whole set of processes? Why are they still divided into two places? And they are so far apart?"
Li Chong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Zuo Cheng, whether it is hemp or silkworm raising silkworms, the smell is very strong. There are so many noble people in the palace, how can they be placed in the Weiyang Palace? Therefore, since a long time ago, Silkworm Temple was moved to Shanglin Garden! Now, there is only one silkworm room left in the Weiyang Palace to allow the nobles in the harem to observe the use of silkworm raising silkworms and silkworms!"
Chapter completed!