Volume 2: The Demonic World Chapter 328: Continuous Employment
Although Lin Qianxing and Du Ji were working as [Apprentices] at the same time.
But Lin Qianxing was obviously much faster than Du Ji.
In just three days, Lin Qianxing successfully obtained the Taoist position of [Apprentice Craftsman].
[Hint: You have successfully taken up the first-level Taoist position [Apprentice].]
[Hint: Your physical attribute has been improved, and the current physical attribute is 1.2.]
[Hint: Your soul attribute has been improved, and the current soul attribute is 1.5.]
[Hint: You have obtained a first-level lower-level Dao skill [Craftsmanship].]
[Craftsmanship [Level 1 Lower]: You can be more focused when making items.]
"It's okay, not too bad." After seeing this Taoist skill, Lin Qianxing nodded slightly.
Each level of Tao position is divided into four levels: lower level, middle level, upper level, and ultimate level.
Each time you advance a level, you will randomly gain a Taoist skill corresponding to your profession.
Yes, randomly obtained.
You don't have a choice in this regard.
This seems to be a restriction deliberately left by our ancestors.
If you are not satisfied with your skills, or feel that you do not have enough skills, that is an easy problem to solve.
Taoist skills are all created, and you can also create your own Taoist skills.
Perhaps random Taoist skills are a way for our predecessors to encourage you to innovate.
After serving in two Taoist positions in succession, Lin Qianxing also gained a preliminary understanding of the cultivation system of this world.
He even had the idea of creating his own Taoist position, but if he wanted to do so, he still lacked some data, so he would need to take on a few more Taoist positions.
The academy also happens to have quite a few Taoist career paths available for study and choice.
Lin Qianxing immediately asked Du Ji to take him to the Guanshi Academy again. He spent some money, attended a few classes, and learned about the first-level Taoist job method of [Recording History].
Among the many Taoist positions, the requirements for taking the position of [Recorder] are quite simple.
Use words, pictures, sounds, etc. to record ten things happening around you every day. After recording for ten years, you will be able to obtain the Taoist position of [History Recorder], and the things you record this information in will automatically become your history books.
It’s said to be simple, but it’s actually not that simple.
You can't interrupt for even a single day in the ten years, and recording more is useless, and recording less is not either.
Writing a diary is not too difficult, but if you want to stick to it for ten years, that would be a bit difficult.
Therefore, there are almost no young students in the History Academy.
There are a lot of them with gray beards.
When Lin Qianxing first heard that it was easy to get the Taoist position, he thought it would only take a day or two to succeed. Unexpectedly, the conditions were the most difficult for him.
However, he was not too disappointed, and immediately asked Du Ji to visit the College of Commerce and Economics to learn about the Taoist position of "Merchant" here.
It is not difficult to find a job as a [Vendor]. All you have to do is conduct 10,000 profitable transactions with 10,000 different people.
The interesting thing here is the profit point.
Lin Qianxing discovered that it is not about making money in the strict sense. Simply put, as long as you feel that you have made a profit, it is considered a profitable transaction.
For Lin Qianxing, as long as he makes progress in getting a job, he will make money.
So he asked Du Ji to buy 10,000 fresh fruits from the Agricultural College and then distribute them on the street.
Each person is only allowed to receive one, and all you need to do is say thank you to the brush hanging on the stall.
Standing by the pile of fruits, Du Ji asked Lin Qianxing with some doubt: "Master Bi, will this work ?"
"Didn't your classmates from the School of Business and Economics often distribute porridge and rice everywhere? Do you really think they are running a charity?" Lin Qianxing said.
He is never the only smart person. The students in the School of Business and Economics have already found shortcuts to employment. However, they have digested many things internally and will not talk about them.
Soon, as more and more people came to collect the fruits, Lin Qianxing also directly received a lot of employment progress.
After distributing fruits for three days, Lin Qianxing successfully obtained his third Taoist occupation [Merchant]. His soul and body attributes both increased by 0.1, and he also obtained a first-level lower Taoist skill [Bargaining].
[Bargaining [First-order Lower]: When used during a transaction, you will be able to persuade the other party more easily and make a profit for yourself.]
After using this Taoist skill, Lin Qianxing felt that his thinking became much clearer, especially when he was talking about the pros and cons of an item, it was quite convincing.
"Very good, very good. Keep going. Doesn't the Law and Economics Institute have a Taoist position of [Contractor] that is very easy to get? Go to a class tomorrow and ask how to get the position." Lin Qianxing seemed very satisfied and said to Du Ji while the iron was hot.
Hearing this, Du Ji seemed very hesitant.
" What's wrong? Why do you look troubled?" Lin Qianxing asked.
"Mr. Bi, I'm running out of money." Du Ji said, "I only have a little more than three silver coins left."
Lin Qianxing suddenly realized, yes, even if you are a disciple of the academy, you still need to pay tuition to study in these colleges.
Du Ji's study allowance totaled only one hundred silver coins. He had spent half of it on redeeming Wen He, and spent ten silver coins each on studying at Tiangong Academy, Guanshi Academy, and Shangjing Academy. He also spent a lot of money on buying furnaces and other materials.
Then there is the batch of fruits that were distributed.
After all the calculations, there isn't much money left.
But Lin Qianxing was not worried.
"Since you have no money, why don't you go and earn some?" Lin Qianxing said, "You can make money in the labor hall of the academy, right? Go and see if there is any labor you can complete."
So Du Ji brought Lin Qianxing to the Labor Hall.
Labor demands are posted everywhere. Some are compulsory labor arranged by the academy for students, some are labor posted by various colleges within the academy, and some are labor posted to the academy by outsiders using connections, hoping to use the academy's students to help complete certain tasks.
Du Ji is now a formal student of the academy, and he also has compulsory labor requirements every month.
But he only became a formal student this month, and the compulsory labor would not be assigned to him until the first day of next month.
If he wasn't short of money, he wouldn't need to do these jobs now.
Du Ji's abilities are limited, and the only labor he can do currently is copying books, imitating calligraphy and paintings, turning the soil and applying fertilizer at the Agricultural Institute, doing miscellaneous work and making tools at the Tiangong Institute, and helping to build houses.
Not only are these things time-consuming and laborious, but you won't earn many credits.
However, labor services that are a little more difficult and require higher credits are not something Du Ji can do, and even Lin Qianxing cannot do it now.
Just then, a middle-aged man in green clothes who looked somewhat wealthy walked in with a student. As they walked, the two were arguing fiercely.
"Manager Zhang, it's not that I won't make it for you, but the thing you have has been eliminated. With such high precision, we first-level [apprentices] simply can't make it. If you want to make it, you can only go to the lecturer of Tiangong Academy or my senior brothers and sisters."
"Student Li, I know your difficulties. I will give you five pieces of gold. As for the accuracy, it can be a little lower. As long as it can be used, it's fine."
"Manager Zhang, this is not a matter of money. You should seek help from someone else."
After saying that, the student bowed and left without looking back. No matter how the shopkeeper Zhang greeted him, he did not stay.
"Boy, you are lucky. Here comes the chance. Go and ask. Maybe the money will be ours." Lin Qianxing said to Du Ji.
Hearing the voice, Du Ji also leaned towards the wealthy middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man noticed Du Ji. He first glanced at the student ID hanging on Du Ji's waist, then bowed and said, "My name is Zhang Wanyou, the shopkeeper of Yuehua Pavilion. What is the name of this student?"
Lin Qianxing and Du Ji had never heard of the name Yuehua Pavilion, and they couldn't guess what the other party did.
"Duji." Duji returned the greeting and then asked, "Have you encountered any trouble, Manager Zhang?"
"I have encountered some troubles and need an apprentice to help me make an item." Zhang Wanyou said bluntly.
"What a coincidence. I am also an apprentice craftsman. I wonder what Manager Zhang wants to make?" Du Ji asked.
"It's an iron shaft." Zhang Wanyou said.
"What kind of iron shaft?" Du Ji asked again.
"It's the core iron shaft of a spinning and embroidery machine." Zhang Wanyou said, "It's the spinning and embroidery machine called "Colorful Butterfly" that your Tiangong Academy sold 24 years ago. Can you help, Mr. Du? If you can make it, I promise to reward you handsomely!"
After saying this, Zhang Wan looked at Du Ji expectantly, hoping that Du Ji could give him a satisfactory answer.
After hearing what Zhang Wanyou said, Du Ji fell into hesitation.
His hesitation was waiting for Lin Qianxing's answer.
After all, the one who actually holds the Taoist title of [Apprentice] is Lin Qianxing, not Du Ji himself.
"Let's go and take a look at the situation first. I can't say I can handle it without knowing the specific details." Lin Qianxing said.
Hearing this, Du Ji said to Zhang Wanyou, "I have never seen the Colorful Butterfly, and I don't know what kind of iron shaft it is. Boss Zhang, you have to take me to see it in person, so that I can be sure whether I can help."
"That's right. Mr. Du, please move over and follow me." Zhang Wan nodded.
Immediately, Zhang Wanyou led Du Ji out of the labor hall and came to his means of transportation.
Zhang Wanyou’s means of transportation is a wolf-shaped puppet.
It looks like a pitch-black wolf beast that is several meters tall. People can ride on its belly or back to control it forward.
Moreover, it moves very smoothly and at a fairly fast speed.
Du Ji was a little envious of this. After all, such a vehicle would cost at least seventy or eighty silver coins. He probably couldn't consider this issue in the short term.
Soon, Zhang Wanyou led Du Ji to his Yuehua Pavilion.
This is an area relatively far outside Shangcheng, and Yuehua Pavilion is a place in the city where ready-made clothes are manufactured.
There is also a promotional slogan at the door that reads "Pick the moon as silk and weave gorgeous clothes", but perhaps because too much time has passed, it has faded.
After entering, Du Ji was brought by Zhang Wanyou to his "Colorful Butterfly" spinning and embroidery machine.
This is a huge mechanical device, which is more than two meters tall and looks like a butterfly. Silk threads of various colors can be thrown into it, and then it will spit out corresponding clothes according to demand. It can make a piece of clothing in ten breaths, which is much faster than hand-woven clothes.
However, it has been eliminated for a long time because of its many shortcomings, and Tiangongyuan has produced better textile machines.
Garment manufacturers like Zhang Wanyou will sooner or later disappear from the stage of history.
After asking Du Ji to check the broken iron shaft, Lin Qianxing breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said that it was not a big problem.
Although the structure of this thing is complicated and requires high precision, the only difficulty for Lin Qianxing is to consider how much it should cost, after all, he is not sure about the market price here.
After Du Ji asked this question, Zhang Wanyou immediately replied: "Please rest assured, Mr. Du, if the iron shaft you made can restore its production, I am willing to pay five hundred thousand gold coins."
One piece of gold can be exchanged for one hundred pieces of silver. This price is the same as the price he offered in the Labor Hall before. After getting Lin Qianxing's approval, Du Ji confirmed the transaction and asked Zhang Wanyou to draft a contract.
After signing each other's names, the contract disappeared and the invisible force turned into constraints on both parties.
On the night when he was sent back by Zhang Wanyou, Lin Qianxing made the iron axle overnight.
The next day, Zhang Wanyou installed the iron shaft. As the rumbling sound of the mechanism gradually sounded, the colorful silk threads began to move quickly along the wings of the [Colorful Butterfly], like a flying butterfly. Soon, a piece of clothing was made.
As Zhang Wanyou expressed his gratitude, Du Ji also reached out and took the money he handed over.
