The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 87
meeting room.

Steam engine factory, coke refinery, engineering team.

More than [-] core managers and foremen looked at the surrounding environment curiously.

Xiao Jiu looked at the master aggrievedly, Wan San put on a dark face, and deliberately sat far away from Xiao Jiu.

It's useless to beat a stubborn donkey, we can only do this badly, I hope the apprentice can remember this lesson and don't do it again.

"Master Wan, congratulations, 1 taels of silver, as the little prince said, is really a thousand pieces of gold." The steward next door said sarcastically.

Wansan stared.

The manager didn't change his face.

In the past, he respected Master Wan, but if he forced the little prince to give out 1 taels of silver, he would look down on Wan San.

The people don't know, don't they know?
Although the steam engine was built by Wansan, the little prince also made great efforts.

Thousands of taels of silver are already worthy of Wansan.

Zhou Shifeng stared at the table, not knowing what he was thinking, and ignored the things around him, as if he didn't hear.

"Little lord."

"Little lord."

Suddenly, a voice came from the door, Zhou Shifeng stood up quickly, looked up, and saw Zhu Gaochi walking in with a smiling face.

"Little lord."

People shouted.

Zhu Gaochi waved his hands and said with a smile, "Everyone sit down."

The stall is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more things.

The need for meetings is already on the horizon.

After everyone was seated again, Zhu Gaochi continued. "Before we talk about the real thing, let's talk about something that everyone is happy with."

"The steam engine factory has more than 300 workers, and the coke refinery has nearly [-] workers. When it is planned to start, [-] workers will be recruited."

"The engineering team has more than 1000 workers, and the new plan is to reach 2000."

"These achievements are inseparable from everyone's efforts."

Sweeping his gaze across the conference room, he glanced at everyone, Zhou Shifeng, Xu Ning, Wan San, Xiao Jiu, Wang Ben... Zhu Gaochi was in a very happy mood.

"From scratch, we are very grateful to you."

"It should be us thanking the little prince."

Zhou Shifeng finally spoke.

He stood up, glanced at Zhu Gaochi first, saw the little prince nodding his head, and then looked at the guys around him.

"Zhonghua's wages are not low, and food and housing are included. Who doesn't envy the food in the factory? There are more than 1000 workers, who doesn't go to work happily every day?"

"Without the little prince, there would be no everyone here."

"The little prince treats the workers with all his heart and soul. Everyone can see that he must have a conscience."

As soon as Zhou Shifeng finished speaking, everyone echoed. Everyone's expression was very excited, including Xu Ning.

Zhu Gaochi didn't doubt it either.

Times are different.

It is completely different from the humanities of later generations.

Here, if you don't stay with your master, you have your own place to stay with your master, but it's just a line in a film and television drama, and it can't be a common practice in society.

A stable job that can support the family with high wages and a worry-free life is hard to come by even in later generations, let alone in ancient times.

left the factory.

Ninety-nine percent of the people in the factory cannot find a new job, and they will either become poor again, or go back and forth, or continue to look for work and do short-term labor.

"We can't do without someone." Zhu Gaochi smiled and shook his hand, stopping Zhou Shifeng so that Wansan would not be able to stay.

Although Zhu Gaochi felt distressed about the matter of 1 taels of silver, he would not regret it.

Among them, Xiao Jiu accounted for half of the reasons.

The contribution of the steam engine, the contribution of the railway, and Xiaojiu's tireless research on technology.

Only relying on this point, Zhu Gaochi is willing to hold Xiao Jiu.

It's really strange to say.

Zhu Di would be angry. He was not surprised. What was surprising was that the workers in the factory were the most angry.

But there is no need to worry about this matter.

Manzo is also a talent.

Things have come to this point, there is no right or wrong, it can only be said that luck is like this.

What business development is smooth sailing.

"Everyone works hard to make the factory better and better. In the future, not only you, but also your sons and grandchildren can live and work in the factory, which is the best for everyone."

"Come back to business." Zhu Gaochi accepted it as soon as he saw it, and changed the subject, saying: "The output of the steam engine factory needs to be increased."

"In addition to meeting the needs of Beiping Prefecture, Shandong in the second half of the year is also crucial."

"Shandong is the center of coal mines and iron smelting in the north, and its population is several times that of Beiping. You all know that people from outside the cabinet are working hard outside, and we can't hold back our rear."

"Treasurer Gao has complained to us several times. Now that we see Shopkeeper Gao, we have to walk around for fear of being entangled by him."

"Haha."

The little prince's witty words made people laugh softly.

1 taels of silver, the effect is indeed not small.

People suddenly found that when they saw the little prince, they felt a lot closer to each other. They no longer felt that the little prince was superior, and they were afraid that some words would make the nobleman unhappy.

Among the crowd, a chubby middle-aged man in a blue gown with a ruddy complexion said with a smile: "Shandong is different from Beiping. Beiping's sales are not worrying. Shandong is a new thing. Many mine owners have trouble even meeting each other." See."

"The few companies that have been negotiated are all waiting for the steam engine, but the production plan of the factory has been scheduled for two months, and the people in the outer cabinet are in a hurry."

"Shandong and Beiping are indeed different, and the guys outside the cabinet have to work a lot harder." Zhou Shifeng said something fair.

Who in Beiping would dare not give face to Prince Yan's mansion?
It's like being at home.

The coal bosses in Shandong are not familiar with them. Many people are very vigilant, and they will suspect that a stranger who comes to the door suddenly is a liar.

Beiping pays a deposit first for production, while Shandong pays for cash on delivery.

"The steam engine factory has been working hard to increase production capacity, but manpower is a big problem."

The shopkeeper of the steam engine factory was also surnamed Gao, Gao Changfang.

Increasing production is not empty talk, how can we increase it in the fastest time?
Expand workers.

However, as the craftsmen that can be absorbed in the surrounding area are almost inseparable, the quality of new workers is getting lower and lower, and most of them are apprentices.

Speaking of the lack of manpower, Xu Ning couldn't help but speak.

Xu Ning is in charge of the engineering team and the railway engineering team.

Although he is young, he manages a lot of things.

Everyone is asking questions, facing various problems, ministries are consulting with each other, arguing about priorities, and so on.

Zhu Gaochi listened carefully to what they said, not to the point where he needed to come forward.

The steam engine factory, the engineering team, the coke refinery under construction, and the railway engineering team under expansion.

Every factory is not launched casually, but revolves around the process of the industrial revolution and conforms to the law of development of things.

The steam engine is the incubator, and the honeycomb coal is the accelerator. In the environment where industrial coal has not yet grown up, it solves the market demand of the mine.

After the rise of industrial coal, a new and huge heavy industry chain was born that was separated from the landlord class.

The firewood replaced by coal is of great significance and cannot be regarded as a commodity. It solves the problem of scarce resources in society.

It cannot be regarded as a cheap commodity produced by industry, crushing the production mode of farming society.

Goods such as soap.

There is no soap, and Daming still has toilet products such as saponins.

It can be said that soap replaces toilet products such as saponins.

Without the rise of coal, there would be no industrial progress, and technological changes in all commodities would be out of the question.

In terms of technology and culture, thought and science, France and Italy surpassed Britain, but the most famous scientists and thinkers in those centuries were not in Britain.

But why did the Industrial Revolution happen in Britain?

Because Britain took the lead in inventing the steam engine and coke iron smelting technology, the matter is as simple as that, written by the British.

coal age.

The four words are very appropriate and contain many aspects.

However, the early and late Ming of the Ming Dynasty had their own advantages.

The per capita economic level in the early Ming Dynasty was higher, and the thinking in the late Ming Dynasty was more advanced.

In the early Ming Dynasty, there was an opportunity to develop industry.

The current factories and engineering teams are all centered around the coal industry.

Industrial planning is difficult, but not difficult.

What is even more difficult is how to face the future battle of Jingnan after success, this huge civil war.

Looking at the lively venue, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help frowning.

The scale of the factory has already taken shape.

The number of workers in my own hands is close to 2000, not including the indirect influence of myself, the birth of private owners, their long-term workers, and the increase in mine workers.

These forces must be brought under control, and methods in keeping with the industrial age must be employed.

"The engineering team can't go on."

Xu Ning was furious.

"What's going on?" Zhu Gaochi followed the voice and looked over.

"The preliminary work has been done, but the kiln of the coke refinery has not yet been confirmed. Many people have nothing to do, and other places are too busy. Can you transfer some of them first?"

Xu Ning was very shrewd, and asked the nobleman directly.

Of the three projects that the engineering team took over in front, one was completed, and several new jobs were added, and the manpower became more and more tense.

The construction period was delayed, and the responsibility did not fall to the coke refinery. He, Xu Ning, was unwilling to waste manpower.

"What do you think, Master Wang?"

Zhu Gaochi didn't follow Xu Ning's words, but asked Wang Ben.

What Xu Ning did made Wang Ben look ugly.

"The kiln has not yet been determined."

"how long will it takes?"

Wang Ben hesitated for a while before hesitatingly said: "Maybe one or two days, maybe three or five days."

Logically speaking, although it is only the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, all walks of life have recovered for more than [-] years, and there are always some results.

Coke refining technology existed in the Song Dynasty, so it shouldn't be so embarrassing.

I originally thought that how to apply the steam engine to the coke refinery as power was the most difficult, but the result was that the coke refining technology that I didn't care about was stuck.

"There are manpower everywhere. When the kiln is ordered, the engineering team will be called back immediately." Zhu Gaochi made a decision.

He didn't dare to urge Wang Ben either.

Technically, if you can do something, you can do it;

"As for manpower, we will go to the guard with my father in two days. Let's solve the problem of lack of manpower."

Daming has plenty of people.

But the factory is in a hurry, and it can't stop production and wait to recruit slowly.

"It will become a common practice in the future. Shopkeeper Zhou will make a charter when he returns home. It would be good to have a meeting every few days."

Meetings can increase efficiency.

But not too far.

　Thank you for the moment in eternity, the three-second kiss for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)