From the gate of heaven

Chapter 62 [Proposal of the mine protection team, performance system]

Lin Ze introduced the whole mining area with three officials.

The three officials also have a wealth of life experience, especially the school lieutenant Liu Pei, who used to lead troops to march and set up camp.

But from Liu Pei's point of view, he couldn't find any major faults. The current mining camp should be very convenient in terms of work and life.

The only flaw is probably the weak ignition.

Whether it is a wooden house or a coal mine, they are all things that are easily ignited by fire.

But this is not a big problem, after all, this is just a coal mine, not a military camp.

"A few adults, do you have any comments? If not, then I will arrange for the coal mine to officially start operation."

Sitting in a factory director's office specially built here in the business district, Lin Ze asked the opinions of the three officials.

Compared with the minimalist decoration style around, there are some nice tables and stools in the factory director's office.

Not surprisingly, Lin Ze may spend a lot of time in this mine in the future.

"There are [-] soldiers in our army. We can arrange a team of [-] people to patrol between the coal mine and the official road in Heishi Village, but they cannot live directly on the mine. That is not in line with military discipline."

"So the coal mine needs to set up a mine protection team. It must patrol around the mine area day and night to prevent thieves from stealing coal and arson at night. The number of people does not need to be too many, 50 people are enough, and [-] to [-] dogs are enough."

County magistrate Liu Pei put forward his own professional opinion.

Right now, the coal mine is not in operation, and no tangible benefits have been produced. No one will be bored to come to the coal mine to do things, but once the coal mine is officially in operation and starts to make money, the situation will be completely different.

Liu Pei had seen some villages fight with hundreds of thousands of people fighting over water sources. In the end, he personally mobilized a large army to suppress it. This coal mine earns more money than farming, and it is still a question of whether a 50-person mine guard team will be enough.

Maybe we need to prepare more weapons to protect the industry by mobilizing miners at critical moments.

According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, each industry can hire a corresponding number of guards according to their nature.

Coal mines belong to mines, and a mine guard team of 100 to [-] people can be set up at most.

Although the mine guard team can't wear armor and equip crossbows and arrows, it is still no problem to use better quality cold weapons, swords, bows and arrows.

"Okay, I will implement this matter later."

Lin Ze agreed.

Even if Liu Pei doesn't mention it, he will find an opportunity to set up a mine protection team later.

What kind of mine protection team is this? It is completely an armed force that Lin Ze can use legally.

"Zi Yi, isn't the food standard you provide for the miners too high?"

On the side, Gao Fei made an opinion.

When introducing the various buildings just now, Lin Ze also introduced the salary and food standards he planned to equip the miners.

The salary will be set at around one hundred Wen.

The food standard for each worker is 18 Wen for staple food, 16 Wen for fat, 3 Wen for meat, 4 Wen for vegetables, and 44 Wen for salt, totaling [-] Wen.

If you include the occasional additional meals for the miners in Lin Ze’s plan, the average daily food expenses would be 50 Wen.

Under normal circumstances, the food standard provided by the mine to the workers is only 20 Wen, or even 15 Wen a day.

If it is implemented according to Lin Ze, the profits of the coal mine will be diluted a lot.

"Master Gao, have you forgotten what I said a few days ago that only high salaries can ensure high output, and thus our profits?"

Lin Ze said speechlessly when he saw Gao Fei who was stingy again.

"Brother Wei, at first I thought that the high food standard you mentioned, Zi Yi, was only 30 Wen at most, but who knew it had increased several times. The food standard of some small landlord families is probably not so high in a day, and they can only eat meat every now and then."

"Even if Zi Yiyi only gives 30 Wen per day as a food standard, it is enough to ensure that the miners will work hard to mine."

Goofy retorted.

He didn't purely find fault, but really felt that Lin Ze's treatment exceeded the standard, and there was a kind of extravagance and waste that came from a rich family and didn't know the sufferings of the people.

Faced with Gao Fei's doubts, Lin Ze was not angry.

Instead, he asked calmly, "If you follow the food standard that Mr. Gao said, you work for five hours from morning to evening, work for four hours, and take a lunch break in between. How much coal are you confident that the miners will dig out every day?"

Hearing this question, Gao Fei thought about it for a while, and replied: "It is not a problem to dig out two thousand catties of coal. In this way, we can not only guarantee the coal production, but also reduce food expenses and get more profits."

Lin Ze said: "No, no, because they don't have enough to eat. In the beginning, they may dig up two thousand catties of coal a day because of the slightly higher food and treatment we provide compared to other mines. But as their physical strength exhausts, the subsequent output may become one thousand catties, or even five hundred catties."

"In fact, even if the food standards I provide can guarantee the miners' full physical strength, these miners may have a lot of gratitude at the beginning, but they will become lazy after two or three months."

"Because they will get used to this kind of life with meat every day, get used to the treatment they enjoy, and no longer feel grateful."

"Also, they will find that no matter how much effort they put in, how much they do or how little they do, they get the same reward in the end."

"Laziness, reducing physical exertion, this is a disposition rooted in human blood."

"At this time, they will find ways to be lazy and save energy, and the coal that can be produced every day will be reduced from two thousand catties."

Gao Fei looked at Lin Ze in surprise, his face full of doubts.

Since you have already foreseen this kind of result, then why implement such a high food standard.

Not only Gao Fei, but also the other two officials had the same expression.

"So I plan to implement a production incentive system in the mine, without setting a basic salary, and without setting a salary that must be taken care of. Everything will be based on production."

"At the beginning, I set a salary of [-] yuan for digging [-] catties of coal a day and provided a food standard of about [-] yuan a day. Now, in order to ensure the work efficiency and enthusiasm of the miners, I directly set it to record a salary of [-] penny for every [-] catties of coal dug."

"There is no upper limit on wages, more pay for more work."

"The cafeteria for meals is changed to a meal ticket system. You can buy a meal ticket for a meal in the cafeteria for [-] cents, and every time you dig [-] catties of coal, you will be rewarded with a meal ticket that can go to the cafeteria. If you can't use it up, you can give it to your family."

"In this case, the work efficiency of the miners can always be guaranteed."

Under the watchful eyes of the three officials, Lin Ze expressed his plan.

(End of this chapter)