Chapter 388: Artillery Standardization Process
This situation is a stage that must be passed in the early stage of the industrial revolution, and factors such as the quality of steel is not up to standard, the gear machinery is not precise enough, and the wrong operation of workers will cause the disability of skilled workers.
Zhu Shun is more concerned about the system, and for the placement of these disabled workers and deceased families: "Let's listen to the compensation system. ”
The workers' compensation system and the township Yong's bereavement pension system were both drafted by the Strategy Department, and they were constantly adjusted according to the actual situation, and now there is basically a more reasonable compensation system.
At the beginning, due to the excessive amount of money in compensation, the arrangement and treatment of family members were also too high, which caused a group of skilled workers to be deliberately disabled.
The dead worker Zhao Doumi said was because he wanted to be disabled, but he didn't grasp the scale and died directly, forcing the strategic department to urgently call the agency of the Sixth Department to redraft the compensation system.
The compensation system should not be too low, because too low is easy to cause panic among the skilled workers, many of whom are reluctant to work in high-risk factories such as arms companies and sulfuric acid laboratories.
Anyway, you can make money, so it's better to go to a more stable weaving factory, although the silver is less, at least you can save your life.
With the deep cultivation of the industrial revolution in Daming, people's hearts and system problems slowly began to be exposed, but fortunately, Zhu Shun had already thought of this, and had been letting the two talents of the Strategy Department and Huang Zongxi of the Economic Administration keep repairing the compensation system.
Zhu Shun also knows very well about the compensation system of the Daming Arms Company, and many of the compensation rules were drafted by him personally, and he also asked Zhao Doumi because they were standing in the cannon casting workshop.
By asking about the compensation system, this matter is calming.
Zhu Shun, a living bodhisattva, has a very high status in the hearts of workers, and every family worships Zhu Shun's ancestral hall, almost worshipping him as a god.
Zhu Shun just wants to let the workers here hear that they are very concerned about the compensation system, and let the workers rest assured that the compensation system can be effectively implemented.
The people of the Ming Dynasty live in an unfair world, and there is no word fairness in their minds, the corruption of the officials, and the oppression of the squires have created a concept for the people of the Ming Dynasty.
I don't believe in the system, I believe in people's promises.
This has formed a diametrically opposed atmosphere to the society in which Zhu Shun lived in the past, everything pays attention to the system and contract, and as long as there is an exchange of interests, it must be done in accordance with the rules and regulations.
In this world where the system of rent reduction can turn the officials into a system of rent increases, the common people only believe in the promises of the prestigious squires in the township.
No matter how untrustworthy the squire is, as long as he gives the people a promise, he will definitely fulfill it, because this is related to the prestige of the squire in the countryside, and if he breaks his promise, it will be a major loss to his prestige.
Although the workers' associations have introduced a compensation system, these workers from the lower levels of the common people are still trembling and very suspicious.
The edict issued by the emperor can be changed at the same time, not to mention the compensation system of the workers' association, but if Zhu Shun promised it personally, it would be different, and it would definitely greatly inspire the hearts of the workers, and they would no longer have to worry about the future.
Zhao Doumi was born in poverty, and he was very aware of the atmosphere that some powerful children like Xu Jixin did not understand, so he focused on two and said: "The disabled workers will be arranged to be a porter in various steam factories, and a place for a spinning woman will be arranged in the steam weaving factory to support the family's income." ”
"The families of the deceased workers will pay 50 taels of silver, and the widows will be arranged to enter the steam weaving factory, and priority will be given to the selection of the head of the craftsman, and the eldest son can directly enter the new-style county school without the need for a strategic examination."
Zhu Shun nodded, and said calmly: "We must ensure that it is implemented, as long as Ben Hou finds out who dares to drink the blood of the dead and injured workers, dismiss him from all his positions in the workers' association, and send him to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion to be punished in the name of corruption." ”
Corruption in the Ming Dynasty is a serious crime, although it is aimed at officials, but for the subordinates who steal the property of bureaucrats and gentry, the officials in the yamen will be rectified to death, which is also a kind of customary rule.
After all, the official of the Ming Dynasty is also a foreign master, and there are servants and maidservants at home.
When Zhu Shun and Zhao Doumi were talking about the compensation system, the nearby workers stopped what they were doing and listened carefully with their ears pricked up.
When the familiar workers affirmed the compensation system from Zhu Shun's mouth, the hanging heart finally landed, and they continued to work happily, full of energy, and did not feel tired.
After Zhu Shun and Zhao Doumi finished talking about the compensation system, the thousand-pound Hongyi cannon customized by the prince of Fuwang was placed flat on a cement platform, and the apprentices kept beating the clay molds with iron hammers until all the clay molds were broken.
The clay inside the chamber was also cleaned, and a rough cast iron barrel was made.
The apprentices quickly swept up the dirt and transported the waste soil to a special place where the waste soil was piled up, and the waste soil was pulled away by specialized workers and used as the foundation for the construction of the industrial city.
Zhu Shun walked over and looked at the thick barrel in front of him, there were many burr sand holes on the surface of the gun rim and gun body, which looked very rough.
Two apprentices were responsible for clearing the dirt, and the remaining two apprentices took out grinding tools and polished the cannon shaft until it was polished to a black and shiny body.
The casting craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty generally do not have any specifications for the manufacture of clay molds, but only rely on personal habits to cast, as long as the naked eye does not see too big a difference.
This also resulted in the same weight of artillery, some gunsmiths cast a caliber of 70mm, to another gunsmith may be 80mm.
To the naked eye, there is not much difference between 70mm and 80mm.
In this way, the airtightness of the shells cannot be guaranteed, after all, it is impossible to spend so much manpower and material resources to equip each artillery with special shells.
The artillery used by the Ming army was often dumbfired, and there were big problems in the casting process in the first place.
The Daming Arms Company is different, every cast artillery must be measured by vernier calipers, micrometers and other precision measuring tools.
The wall thickness, caliber, and length of the barrel must be precisely measured, and if the parameters exceed the error, it will be directly characterized as a defective product and rebuilt.
After the measurement is qualified, the next step of the breech grinding is carried out, and after the smoothness of the breech grinding, a parameter measurement is required, and the unqualified one is still rebuilt.
This has also led to the high rate of artillery elimination of Daming Arms Company, but it has also standardized every artillery manufactured by Daming Arms Company.
Not to mention the naked eye, but with precision measuring tools, each standardized gun is almost identical.
It is not unreasonable that every firearm manufactured by the Daming Arms Company has become the hottest firearm among the princes of the clan.