Chapter 2040： Italian migrant workers are coming

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When it comes to the glass processing industry, Marin finds it very interesting. The current glass processing is all manual processing, so it depends on personal skills. The glass processing technology, in addition to the most common grinding and carving, there are also lost wax casting and blowing of glass containers. The hot rolling process for producing large sheets of flat glass is currently only owned by Beihai, and it was naturally brought by the traveler Marin.

Engraving and polishing, lost wax method and hot rolling method are actually nothing to say, they are all ordinary craftsmanship. The blowing of glass containers is a very fun job. Of course, it's the outsiders who look fun, and the glass blowing people don't think so.

Bottle blowing is a technical job, but also an individual job. The person who blows the bottle has high requirements for breath, long lasting breath, not intermittent. After all, the blowing job is to use a metal tube with softened hot glass on the head of the tube. If you want to blow the softened hot glass into a relatively round shape, the requirements are not low. If you have a short breath or asthma, you will definitely not be able to blow out the desired shape. Because, after the glass is out of the furnace, it will quickly cool and harden. Therefore, the blowing work must be completed in a relatively short time. Therefore, the bottle blowing craftsman not only requires a long breath, but also must be explosive. Otherwise, the blowing force is insufficient, and it is difficult to blow molding in a short time.

Therefore, when selecting apprentices, bottle blowing craftsmen often require them to blow pipes for a long time without stopping to inhale. On the other end of the pipe, there are several cloth strips that test the wind. The master stared at the cloth strip. The harder the cloth strip was blown and the longer it took, the easier it was to be recruited as a glassblower apprentice.

What makes Marin very interesting is that the old bottle blowers have been blowing glass for a long time, and the end of the glass bottle is closed. Therefore, the reaction force of the gas is also quite large if the bottle is blown for a long time. The result of the gas reaction force is that the bottle blowing worker has been working for a long time, and the cheeks are generally bulging, like something in the mouth, which looks very happy.

All the artisans stood together, and Marin could recognize the bottle blowing artisans at a glance. Because most of these people are cheeks bulging. But bulging one's cheeks is not an occupational disease, but an occupational characteristic and an honor. Often, the big cheeks can better reflect that this is a bottle blowing master.

Of course, Huaxia also has a profession that is similar to that of a bottle blowing craftsman, and it is also a gangster. This kind of profession is just for suona. When you blow the suona hard, your cheeks will bulge. But the bottle-blowing craftsmen didn’t blow it hard. After all, Suona is not blown all day long, nor is it blown every day. Ma Lin had seen the drum band for funerals in the countryside of later generations, and the suona would be exchanged with the erhu and gongs and drums, so as not to be too tired. Later, I simply slack off and brought the speakers to mourn and joy. Actually, there is not much time to play. If it blows from morning to night, it's really too hard, and it's amazing.

But bottle blowing craftsmen are different. Bottle blowing is their job for their livelihood. In order to earn more wages, they must blow as many bottles as possible in exchange for more wages. Therefore, as long as they can hold it, they have to keep blowing. You have to make a long tone with the old bottle blower, and it is better to give in early. Of course, the bottle blowing here is not the kind of bottle blowing that later generations drink beer. I'm not a cheeky guy, I'm embarrassed to say that I have done bottle blowing work...

Therefore, some jobs can't be solved with hard work, and a little talent is needed. In addition to the talent for blowing a bottle, which requires a long breath, the job of polishing and carving also requires talent and artistic talent. Otherwise, carve out a very ugly thing, how to sell it.

Because of the troubles, Marin simply outsourced the production of glass products. In this way, it also saves the trouble of selecting talented seedlings and cultivating them for a few more years.

As for the craftsmen who make exquisite handicrafts, in this era, I am afraid that no country in Europe can compare with Italy. Frankly speaking, the Italians may not be good at fighting, but the craftsmanship and craftsmanship are very good, both now and in future generations.

Whether it is Venice, Milan, Florence, or even Rome, there are a large number of excellent craftsmen who can make exquisite crafts.

This probably has a lot to do with the existence of Catholicism, because the headquarters of the church is in Rome. Therefore, the church has a profound influence on the handicraft industry in Italy. In terms of sculpture and painting alone, the church had a profound influence on Italy. Especially the sculptor Michelangelo, who spent most of his time in Rome creating religious relief frescoes for the Holy See. And these jobs have also exercised his skills and made it great. Raphael and Leonardo were also often employed by the church to create works. For example, Raphael created a large number of statues of the Virgin, and Leonardo da Vinci also created religious paintings such as "The Last Supper".

It can be said that the existence of the Holy See has made Italians attach great importance to sculpture and painting, and many outstanding artists have been born, as well as many outstanding art craftsmen.

These craftsmen may be far inferior to masters like Michelangelo, but their level of craftsmanship is much higher than that of other European countries. In fact, many German artists and crafts producers also emerged under the support of the church.

Therefore, it is just right to outsource orders for beautiful handicrafts to Italian artisans, which is a reasonable use of resources. If you want to cultivate artisans in Beihai Country, a rough and Han country, it is indeed a bit difficult for people.

After all, the social environment is different. Germanic rough guys, at this stage, are seeking survival rather than pursuing art. After all, from the perspective of the agricultural era, the climatic conditions in Germany are not very good. It is difficult for everyone to survive, so how can they be interested in playing art?

But Italy is different. Because of the warm climate and the more advanced irrigation technology, people's living pressure is much less than that of Germany. Moreover, the churches and wealthy businessmen here also vigorously support the development of art, resulting in a very strong artistic atmosphere in Italy. Even craftsmen like to make some artistic handicraft products.

Therefore, in the face of reality, Marin doesn't bother to cultivate German art cells in Beihai Country. The big deal, they are all outsourced to Italians.

Of course, Marin still wants to bring in a group of Italian craftsmen with better artistic talents to come to Beihai. After all, Marin himself boasted that he was a favored one. Out of the need to beautify himself and fool the public, he would definitely need a large number of statues to show off his bravery and destiny. Therefore, a large number of carving masters will be introduced to Beihai Country by Marin. Then, they will carve their own statues in squares and in front of churches everywhere, so that people across the country will admire their heroic posture from time to time...

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However, Marin hadn't waited for the artisans to come to Italy, but waited for the first batch of Italian migrant workers...

Because of the war in Italy these years, the people's life is very difficult. Just as Marin took the opportunity to take away a large number of Italian girls from the Kingdom of Naples and sent them to soldiers as wives.

Later, under the promotion of Felice Marin also began to recruit immigrants in Italy, went to Uruguay, and developed the local area. In the future, he will become a subject of Giuliano.

However, most Italians still love home. If it's not that they can't keep going, few people are willing to move their families overseas. Especially, when recruiting people to Uruguay, Marin could not let his men tell the Italians how good Uruguay was. Because that would attract coveted by other countries. Therefore, the current job of recruiting immigrants is not easy to do. Only desperate Italians will immigrate to Uruguay.

But being a migrant worker is not the same as an immigrant. Although being a migrant worker also has to leave his hometown, after all, he has not left the "civilized world" of Europe. Germany is not far away from Italy. For individuals, thousands of kilometers are natural in this era. It's all difficult. But the people Marin sent to Italy to recruit workers said that they could organize migrant workers to go back and forth every year, and they would also be free of travel expenses, which is naturally attractive.

Therefore, the first batch of bold Italian poor, took the risk, followed the North Sea country to recruit workers, came to the North Sea country, ready to engage in infrastructure work... To put it more bluntly, it is to build roads...

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