Most of what the workshop chief clerk said had been recorded in the documents, and Fang Yun had already read it all. Yet some matters were not written there, giving Fang Yun a deeper understanding of the workshops.
The workshops of every kingdom were divided into tiers according to their technology.
At present, the top tier belonged to Jia Kingdom's Mohist School workshops and Shen Kingdom's Luban workshops. However, Lu Ban's actual surname was Gongsu, and the Luban Family called themselves the Gongsu Workshop.
The high-tier workshops belonged to the Zhang Heng Household, Ma Jun Household, Zu Chongzhi Household, Liu Hui Household, and other Craftsmen School lineages or lineages connected to the Craftsmen School. Though the Liu Hui Household was not of the Craftsmen School, Liu Hui was renowned for mathematics. In many respects, his household's workshops were no inferior to those of the Craftsmen School, and they often exchanged techniques with Craftsmen School lineages.
As for medium-tier workshops, they were the workshops of ordinary Half-Sage Families, the royal houses of various kingdoms, and the state-owned workshops.
The rest, founded by powerful clans, prominent families, or ordinary people, could only be considered low-tier workshops. They were far from comparable to better workshops, but they had their own strengths and could still make money.
Ning'an County lay too close to the north and could be breached at any moment. Most lineage-owned workshops here were relatively backward; the most advanced workshops were all located safely deep in the rear.
However, the Jing Kingdom Imperial House had built its finest armament workshop and textile workshop here, continuously supplying the army with what it needed.
Before long, the carriage stopped before a workshop.
The workshop chief clerk hurried out first, then said with a smile, "Void Sage Fang, this is the county's finest textile