The daily life of the science master's book-wearing group

Chapter 535 Heading to Tianjin ([-])

Tianjin City once declined during the ban on sea, but it has developed extremely rapidly in the past 20 years. Like the capital city, a large outer city area has formed outside the city wall, almost connecting it with Dagu and Beitang counties.

As the carriage from the Prince's Mansion drove by, there were more and more hotels and street stalls on both sides of the road, almost without interruption. A relatively large market would appear in every two villages.

Almost all the land in Dagu, Beitang and Beitang counties is cultivated by the elderly, and almost all young people are engaged in ship-related work.

The convoy of the Prince's Palace went straight to the Royal Shipyard located between Beitang County and Dagu County.

Nowadays, most of the ships built by the Royal Dockyard are sail and steam ships. When transporting goods, traditional hard sails are still used, and the steam engines are kept running at the lowest power. Once an enemy is encountered, the furnace temperature is raised to reduce coal. Consumption to ensure maximum profit.

Li Zhao mainly went to inspect the shipyard.The first is to check the confidentiality work involving key components such as steam engines and propellers.During installation, only a few master technicians from the arsenal can lead their apprentices to operate. Usually only a few licensed workers can enter the machine room. Repairs and maintenance work are also done by people sent by the arsenal. Non-arsenal employees are absolutely prohibited. Get exposed to these things.

The second is to hold a staff meeting.

The upgraded amplification equipment was naturally brought.

There are three contents of the staff meeting.

The first is to commend outstanding employees and award medals to those who have made outstanding contributions.

The second is to distribute shipyard employee welfare gift packs to workers, which include a piece of fine fabric, a bag of sugar, two soaps, a bottle of Shanxi Fenjiu, a pack of dried Shanxi jujubes, and a bottle of Shanxi mature vinegar.

Among them, the soap is not ordinary soap, but a high-grade soap with added spices. It is used for bathing and is very popular with women. White sugar and high-alcohol liquor are both extremely popular products in the north.Distributing these gifts to boatmen is also a disguised form of advertising.

Finally, and the most important one: provide pensions to employees who are injured at work due to various accidents.

This is a new benefit: starting from this year, shipyard employees will begin to enjoy the same pension benefits as soldiers in the firearms battalion. Once they are seriously injured, disabled, incapable of working, or die directly due to various accidents during the construction process, they will receive monthly benefits. After receiving a pension from the shipyard for ten years, even though I could only receive a monthly pension equivalent to one-third of my salary, this was something that I would have never dared to think about before.

When everyone heard about this, they all looked at His Highness the Crown Prince in disbelief as he stood on the high platform and spoke.

In the past, once a laborer became disabled, he had to stay at home and wait to die.

"Can I get it for ten years?"

"Isn't it possible? I must have heard wrong!"

"I...I also heard it was ten years."

Hearing the buzzing discussion in the audience, Li Zhao repeated it again: "In case of an accident, the imperial court will send an imperial doctor to try to cure everyone. Even if everyone can't work as before, the factory will find a way to help." We arrange work and pay everyone for ten years, and try our best to ensure that everyone who works hard for the shipyard and the court does not fall into difficulties."

"Ten years!" "Really ten years!"

"That's right!"

Everyone was excited. It was the first time for the foremen present to see this excitement.

This money is not in vain. With the pension system, the sense of belonging and loyalty of shipyard employees will be raised to a new level, which is more effective than any nonsense.

23 employees who had suffered accidents were either on crutches or in wheelchairs. If they really couldn't come, their family members came on their behalf and went on stage to receive the first month's pension.

After the pensions were distributed, the staff meeting ended with great enthusiasm.

Afterwards, Li Zhao summoned the foremen to discuss mainly construction site safety issues. He hoped that everyone would put forward suggestions and opinions to reduce the occurrence of various accidents in the future, and later introduce new rules and regulations on safety issues.

Of course, having rules and regulations is not enough. The key is to be able to implement these new systems.

Li Zhao's hard target for the factory director is to reduce the accident rate by at least 50.00% next year. If he fails to achieve this goal, he will directly hold accountable the general manager of the factory and replace the management next year.

The director of Tianjin Shipyard broke out in sweat, but Li Zhao also said that if the goal was achieved, 5.00% of the shipyard shares would be distributed to him.

5.00%!

The factory director’s eyes were shining, he would have made a fortune if he could keep just one percent for himself!

While Li Zhao was holding a staff meeting, Song Qingyue went to the engine room and talked with the engineers responsible for maintaining and repairing the steam engines.

Now we can call those technicians engineers. Because of them, the structure of steam engines is constantly being transformed and upgraded.

Song Qingyue's ability to talk on paper is no longer impressive in front of these professional masters, so she mainly listens to what the masters say and doesn't express much opinions.But these masters all know that the Crown Princess is the designer of the prototype steam engine, and they all regard the Crown Princess as their ancestor. It is said that there is a small shrine of Song Qingyue in the factory. If this matter is not something that should not be publicized, this shrine cannot be made public either. It was so mini, but it made Song Qingyue dumbfounded.

After staying one night with Li Zhao at the Royal Shipyard, the next day Li Zhao took Song Qingyue to Tianjin Fucheng for a private visit in disguise.

Shops selling various navigational instruments and equipment are lined up next to each other on the street, and restaurants with different cuisines from various regions are opened around the Tongxiang Hall in various regions to satisfy the different tastes of merchants from all over the world.

In addition, the most common ones are taverns and brothels.

Those women stood at the door of pubs and prostitutes, posing in what they thought were the most enchanting poses, pulling their clothes low on their chests, waving handkerchiefs to attract passing men, which made Song Qingyue frown.

(End of this chapter)