Many members of the Central Committee followed Wei Ze's example, picked up the silver coin and blew hard, and then leaned into their ears to listen to the sound of "huh", and they all felt quite refreshed. And this kind of stamped silver coin is indeed beautiful, and there is no soft feeling of silver, whether it is the hardness of the silver coin itself or the fine text and exquisite pattern on the Ying coin, which is completely different from the rough feeling of traditional currency.

"Our currency also has a reserve function, and things like gold and silver are limited after all. So what exactly is used as a reserve, this is a big question. Finance Minister Li Youcai said, "So in addition to being able to exchange for gold and silver, the zhi currency must also be able to be used to buy other things." The Ministry of Finance, on the instructions of the Governor, pegged the currency to rice. One silver dollar is equal to one hundred yuan, and ten catties of rice can be purchased at a rice store. ”

It's a bit too difficult for these Standing Committee members, who have no concept of money at all, to fully understand seigniorage, and seigniorage. It is intuitive to exchange huàn with rice, which makes it easier for them to understand the value of the currency. After listening to the ratio of silver dollars to rice, everyone immediately had a sense of the purchasing power of silver coins. In these years, theoretically, one tael of silver was exchanged for one thousand wen, but in fact, let alone one thousand wen, it was commonplace to pay more than one thousand two hundred wen, and two thousand wen was not exchanged for huàn at a higher time. According to the purchase price of rice, everyone basically feels that the traditional tael of silver is about the equivalent of ten silver dollars.

Of course, everyone is not actually concerned about this, but how everyone's salary should be calculated. Li Youcai continued: "So, according to this level, because the army's food is provided by the state, a soldier's salary is about five yuan a month. ”

The state pays for the food and clothing of the troops, and as long as there are no special needs, the five yuan can completely fall into their own pockets. Five yuan is equal to 5o catties of rice. Say too much, say too little. For 12 months a year, that's 6oo catties of rice. But it's equal to the income of two acres of land.

Based on this calculation, the rest of the salary can be set to begin. All departments of the Photovoltaic Governor's Office basically provide clothing, and counting these expenditures is also a very large expenditure. In order to calculate this, the Ministry of Finance is about to vomit blood. This is not the case with the department dedicated to this, not to mention those who have never thought about these issues. The members of the Central Committee were also confused by the large number of expenditures and various expenditures.

In the gap in the story, someone finally raised a question that many people are concerned about, "That is, the Ministry of Finance will first calculate the money spent in accordance with the currency and regulations, and each department does not have actual control in its hands, they are just money?" ”

Li Youcai replied neatly, "That's right, the various departments don't have the actual power to control the money, the money has been calculated a long time ago, and they just follow the regulations." ”

After getting a clear answer, many people have a look of disappointment on their faces. They originally thought that they could control a lot of money, but according to the regulations, the money had nothing to do with the heads of various departments, and they were just handling it. The difference between the right to handle and the right to control is one in the sky and one in the ground.

The members of the Central Committee have received a lot of training, and they know that the means of controlling the organization are basically personnel power and financial power, and that the personnel power is now in the hands of the Organization Department, the financial power is now in the hands of the Ministry of Finance, and the other departments are only handling affairs, and there is no way for them to have any independent power at all. The members of the Central Committee are basically from the Liberation Army, and they know very well that the treatment of all levels of the Liberation Army is completely open, and the salaries are also openly paid. When the soldiers are paid, they stand in line to receive their salaries, and in this practice, who dares to deduct military salaries is a big crime of losing their heads.

Looking at the deep frowning of many people's brows, Wei Ze had a very dark thought in his heart. Everyone wants to have a lot of money in their hands, first, to be able to do things, and secondly, to be able to make some money in their pockets. The expressions of these brothers now do not look like they are trying to understand the budget system. I guess many people are thinking about their own interests.

Weeser could understand this mentality, but he knew it wasn't going to work. Just when he was thinking about such a dark question, someone got up and asked: "What kind of unit is this forging and casting workshop, and why does their regular workers earn 4o yuan per month?" ”

As soon as this question was raised, it shook many people. An ordinary soldier is no more than 5 yuan in military salary. Why can a worker get a soldier's salary for more than half a year a month? This is indeed a shocking thing.

When Weser heard this question, his heart became happy. "That's a good question, I'll take you to visit this forging and casting workshop."

It is true that steel can be used after it comes out of the furnace, but that method may be suitable for iron such as white iron, and in order to produce steel products of uniform quality and high quality, it is necessary to forge steel. The key point of forging and casting lies in the forging and casting equipment and temperature control. In shipbuilding, these are the main points of the essentials. Without large equipment, it is impossible to forge large parts. This is especially true for temperature control, if you can't control the temperature more accurately, the quality of the forged products will naturally not be good.

Forging and casting has a very long history in China, burning red iron and slamming it with an iron hammer, which is an out-and-out forging and casting process. It's just that the scale and size of this kind of forging and casting can be imagined, and small parts can still be done like this, and if the size is large, it will definitely not work.

In the forging and casting workshop of the Guangfu Military Factory, everyone wore sunglasses and was wrapped in thick overalls. The metal pillars for forging and casting taken out of the furnace have a dark red color and can only be taken out with a machine. In this era, there was no sensing equipment, and workers used special long iron rods to push large metal clamps to clamp the end of the column, and a winch driven by a steam engine lifted the shelf and dragged it to a huge forged frame to fix it. Then a sledgehammer driven by a steam engine fell from above. Both are made of metal, and although the workers wear earplugs, they not only make loud noises, but also huge vibrations when struck. Weeser was slightly better, he had seen much more in modern shipbuilding, and had been put to the test. But the other members of the Standing Committee only stayed in the workshop for more than ten minutes, and they were already covered in sweat, and some even began to feel a little dizzy.

The industry of this era, and even in the decades that followed, was such a hellish working environment. High temperature, noise, dust, smoke, these have a great impact on the body of the environment is actually still a small meaning, as long as the cooperation is not good, delay the effort, the temperature of the heated metal parts is reduced to the appropriate temperature, that is reheating. In this environment, the weaker human body can easily start to lose mobility, and the result of the disorder is injury. Metal parts are processed from 8oo degrees, and in a high-temperature environment, it is easy to become a lifelong disability or even a life after injury.

The workers in the forging and casting workshop are all physically able, and they do not work more than two hours at a time. Before each work, I have to spare a few days for various specialized training, and the training on weekdays is also a compulsory course. Their wages are nearly twice as high as those of other workshops, and their on-the-job training time is much longer than that of other workshops.

The Standing Committee members endured such a terrible environment, watching the huge hammer slam the metal parts, the metal parts began to gradually shorten, and the surface that was originally quite regular became very ugly. The inside of the workshop was filled with loud noises, and the officers watched as the pillars gradually changed from dark red to normal color as they were struck. And the sound of the impact became particularly harsh.

As these iron pillars were transported out of the workshop, the Standing Committee members also followed to the next workshop. Everyone still wanted to talk, and they couldn't help but raise their voices. The loud noise in the workshop affected everyone's hearing, and if they didn't raise their voices, everyone felt that they couldn't hear each other's words.

The metal parts were sent to the metalworking workshop for processing, and the lathe, also driven by the steam engine, began to boring the metal columns. In the past, cast cannons were poured directly into the mold with molten iron, but the latest field artillery of the Liberation Army used drilling technology. This is a very "traditional" field three-inch gun, roughly equivalent to a 24-pounder smoothbore gun, which became very famous in the American Civil War. With its sturdiness and durability, it will not blow up the chamber, and it is very popular with the northern army.

After the military industry department of the Liberation Army came up with a sample cannon, it was also greatly welcomed by the Liberation Army. This rifled gun has a large caliber and strong firepower. According to everyone's recollection, this cannon was not as powerful as the guns on the British steamships. So some people complained about why there were no such sharp weapons in the battle of Foshan.

Wei Ze organized the officers to visit the new production workshop and saw this hellish environment on earth, and the Standing Committee members shut up. Huge factories can't be built in a day, and those huge equipment can't be obtained in a day. The Liberation Army is copying steam engines, which until now have been imported from overseas. If it hadn't been for the budget earlier, there would have been no such factory. In fact, most of the members of the Standing Committee have only seen the superficial problems, and the deeper problem is that if it were not for the design drawings of the forging and casting workshop that Governor Wei Zedu had come up with earlier, and a lot of equipment would have started production long ago, the Guangfu Army would not have thought of seeing the forged artillery so early. In fact, Wei Ze, the governor of the Governor's Mansion, also assumed the role of an engineer, and he was also the core of the design engineer's duties. In order for such a figure to appear, any industrial country needs to accumulate it over a long period of time.

After visiting the latest artillery factory, Wei Ze said to a group of subordinates who were still buzzing in their ears: "Let's go visit the farm tool manufacturing factory, and everyone can feel it again." Thinking back to Fang Cai's experience, the officers in the Standing Committee all changed their faces. Everyone thinks that they are already thundering on the battlefield, but compared with these factories, it seems that the horror scenes on the battlefield are not so amazing.

With psychological preparation, after visiting the farm tool factory, the officers felt that compared with the terrifying forging and casting workshop, the farm tool manufacturer could only be described as a gentle wind and drizzle. Even if the sound of sharpening knives with white iron farm tools is very harsh, compared with the thunderous hammer of the hammer in the forging and casting workshop, the sound of sharpening knives is at most "listening to the sound of frogs".

Looking at the officers with different expressions, Wei Ze said: "The military industry is such a thousand tempers, and the civilian industry is much simpler, I have long said that the British have been engaged in industry for decades, and they are much deeper than us in technology and accumulation." It's unrealistic to want to completely get past them in a short period of time. I thought about them, except for us, we only had our own extra efforts. It's going to take time! ”

After finishing speaking, Wei Ze shouted, "Do you understand! ”

"Got it!" The officers replied in unison.

"Okay, a new round of military academy training will start soon, everyone prepare, and soon many of you will go to the military academy to report!" Seeing that the gang was subdued, Weser told the true purpose of the trip. Although it is ostensibly military training, Wei Ze also has plans to make personnel adjustments. Some bastard boys made Wei Ze very dissatisfied, and they had to leave these people in the military academy to train hard.

The current industrial strength of the Guangfu Army, that is, the level of forging metal parts the size of a 3-inch gun, Wei Ze took out the highest level to scare these people and show his "hawkish" attitude, and this is the only way.

Just as Wei Ze was about to end the meeting, Finance Minister Li Youcai said in a low voice: "Governor, do you want everyone to visit the telegraph system?" ”

"That's right! Right! This is a must go! Wei Ze nodded repeatedly.

The Governor's Office of the Governor of the Liberation of China has set up a cable telegraph network, and the significance of this telegraph network cannot be overstated. As a talent in the 21st century, after Wei Ze personally commanded the construction of the cable telegraph network, the science and technology exhibition is indeed a heritage. As an engineering dog in the 21st century, Wei Ze is naturally indispensable to the traditional job of "repairing computers". There are also girls who will call Wei Ze and say that they will not install a wireless router and need Wei Ze to help.

The network consists of signal emission, signal relay amplification, and signal reception. The exhibition of modern electronic technology, these are done automatically by the machine. And this cable telegraph network can actually be seen as a network composed of human manpower. First of all, he is also a network distribution, at least Weese has these concepts, so the telegraph network is a network distribution.

Electrical signal transmission, even if a rubber wire is used, also has the problem of signal weakness. Therefore, it is necessary to set up a lot of nodes for "signal relay amplification", that is, the signal operator of the relay will re-amplify the signal.

There are two kinds of signals for the receiver of each node, one is the call signal, which determines whether the operator of the next point reporting station is available. Determine that the person at the next node is available, then the signal is transmitted. The receiver receives the signal and returns the received signal. After receiving the signal, the signalman then moves the signal to the next station.

This is the work of the telegraph station that only manages the signal relay, and in various cities and towns, which can be regarded as routers or terminal nodes, the signal either takes this as the origin point or here as the destination, and after receiving the signal, it is translated into a complete text, and then it can be delivered to the destination.

This spider-web web isn't complex enough now, but it's already taking shape. With the telegraph system, the Governor's Office was truly united. Many messages that travel hundreds of miles can be delivered in the morning and evening, rather than a few days of travel. Of course, the investment in such a system can also be imagined.

Wei Ze led everyone to visit, but also to let everyone feel the "forefront" of the information age. By the way, let's deepen the importance of the budget. In the era led by the Governor's Office, these products would not have been possible without a budget.

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