The Dinghai Navy at night, in the bland, there are a lot of voices, and the title of the city that never sleeps also goes, this is not the Northern Song Dynasty Tokyo, the kind of pseudo city that never sleeps, the city that never sleeps, but in some areas, this is the real city that never sleeps.

Electric lights have appeared, however, for the Dinghai Navy, the cost is still quite high, at present, can only be used inside the Dinghai Navy's laboratory, because it is necessary to drag a huge generator, just dozens of livestock, are a little difficult to place, put in the laboratory, specially opened up a place, put it outside.

However, the emergence of kerosene lamps has solved this problem, with transparent glass, as long as it remains breathable, without the necessary openings, it can also be opened at the bottom, such lamps and lanterns are not afraid of the wind, and kerosene lamps as long as the wick is adjusted to a certain brightness, the brightness is still OK, therefore, in the entire Dinghai, most of the places, kerosene lamps are placed.

Light can drive away the night, this is the characteristic of light, and most of the creatures on the earth must be in a bright environment to survive, and there are not many creatures that really act at night.

The same is true for human activities, the citizens of Dinghai at present, except for a very small number of people, who were born and raised in Dinghai, the rest are outsiders, they were attracted by Dinghai to this place, and suddenly found that the world is different.

It turns out that the habit of working at sunrise and resting at sunset has been changed in Dinghai, and it is possible to work at night and work, which has never been done before.

Bright lights drive away the night and the haze, and people's activity time has greatly increased.

In general, there is no schedule for night workers, generally from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., then lunch and rest, about 2 hours, and then, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., a total of 8 hours of work, occasionally, a little longer, at most no more than 7:30.

It turns out that for farmers, two meals a day, that is, during the wheat harvest season, or when the land is planted with wheat, will choose three meals a day.

The reason is very simple, there is no money, not to mention the prime of labor, let's talk about the half-old boy, if you really eat three times a day, the food you need every day is a big number, plus it is time-consuming and fire-consuming, how can this account be settled.

Dingjun is different, at the beginning, there were people who had two meals a day, but Dingjun seemed to work for 8 to 9 hours a day, but the labor intensity was very high.

The technology of the assembly line is very good, which can greatly improve the production efficiency, but this improvement is the improvement of concentration and proficiency, and the labor intensity of the whole is very large, especially the skilled production line, which compresses almost any scattered time.

Two meals a day was simply unbearable, coupled with the propaganda and higher treatment of the Dinghai Navy, and soon, the workers from outside became accustomed to it.

The treatment of the Dinghai Navy is very good, as long as you have been trained, mastered the basic skills, and entered the labor position, the weekly salary is more than 5 guan, and the monthly salary is almost more than 20 guan, which is the lowest income of the Dinghai Navy, but in conversion, it is much higher than the outside.

According to the Northern Song Dynasty, the wages are higher dock porters, strong labor 120 Wen a day, a month, every day there is work, but it is only 3.6 runs, in the middle, really to pay a month, 2 runs, even if it is more, other, a little more skilled work, boatmen, captains, boatmen are about 3-5 runs, the captain is slightly higher, according to the tonnage of the river boat, as well as the different sea boats, respectively, between 5 and 12 runs, other such as the shopkeeper of the store, the shopkeeper of the bank, is also more between 3-20 runs.

It can be said unceremoniously that standing at the top of the migrant workers, the shopkeeper of the store and the money bank, at most 20 yuan, this is only the money that an ordinary worker in the Dinghai Navy gets.

The high wages are the fundamental reason why Dingjun continues to get manpower, not to mention, this is only the lowest level.

Just after training, master the basic technology to take 20, after 3-5 months of work, the basic mastery of labor skills, almost, between 30-40, if you can get a few professional qualifications, the treatment will immediately get a leap, 50 starts, 100 runs.

Money is always the most important thing to attract people to learn, maybe in other places in the Northern Song Dynasty, there is not much difference between learning and not learning, of course, the difference between being admitted to the imperial examination is big, but in the entire Northern Song Dynasty within three years, it is only much.

Dinghai is different, there is no numerical limit, as long as you master certain knowledge, directly at work, it is a promotion and salary increase, that is, a substantial increase in income, such enthusiasm, can be much faster than the promotion from above to below, many people spontaneously study, Dinghai specially set up night schools, no need to publicize, is also crowded with people.

If it is said that high wages are linked to higher prices, they will not be so happy, the price of the Dinghai Navy is generally stable, and the products of the Dinghai Navy are even cheaper than other places in the Northern Song Dynasty, because of the reduction of prices, coupled with the concession of local protection, the grain is a little more expensive, and it is limited, and even to some extent, it is cheaper than that of Bianliang, Tokyo.

If you want to say, the only expensive thing is the labor of the Dinghai Army, when the general workers get 20 yuan of monthly wages, even if they don't go into the factory, they do a little business on the street casually, their labor costs are also rising, even if there are some people who don't know much about the Dingjun, at first the low salary came, but soon, they became familiar with it, and they knew who was willing to do it for you.

21 days can form a habit, but the establishment of the Dinghai Navy has not only been 21 days, under the good operation, the Dinghai Navy has formed a completely different habit from the mainland.

Three meals are only a part, out to eat, has also become another change, these in a few months, or even a year ago, still honest farmers, even if they occasionally rush to the market, to the market, would rather be hungry, than choose to eat the things on the market, because for farmers, maybe 5 or 10 wen a cookcake, is also a lot of money.

The labor cost of Dinghai is high, not to mention the cooking cake, the price of one is about 15 Wen, a bowl of clear soup noodles is 20 Wen, and the meat is generally more than 30 Wen.

This price is already higher than the price in Tokyo, no way, the high cost of labor, so that the Dinghai Navy in the manpower expenditure is larger, the price of ordinary snacks is not low, and the high-end hotels, on the contrary, are a little better, because the profit is high enough, but the price is similar to that of Bianliang, Tokyo, even if it is the top hotel of the Dingjun, it is not as expensive as the Fan Tower in Tokyo.

It stands to reason that peasants, who have always been thrifty, can develop the habit of eating out? The reason is simple, time efficiency.

The transition from an ordinary peasant to a worker was very smooth, letting them know that as long as they worked, their income could exceed that of small landlords and big shopkeepers, which was not too demanding for peasants.

At the same time, there are many upgrade channels for those who stick to the Dinghai Navy and are familiar with it.

Not to mention, mastering basic knowledge and being able to read and write is not valued in other places in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there may be such a talent to be able to find a good job, and that's it.

However, in Dingjun, this means that the different types of work, can write and read, and can not write or read, the type of work is different, the importance is different, the salary is completely different, can write and read, and even enter the practical period earlier than the average person, and directly get a salary of 30 yuan, and it is also the basis for various researches.

After all, you don't know how to write, how to take the exam, and the most basic certificate is relatively simple, as long as you focus on studying for a period of time and are familiar with various rules, you can get it.

There are benefits to learning, this is the most simple truth, the laborer will not understand those incomprehensible truths, but this simple truth is very clear.

From illiteracy to literacy, this is a huge gap, and it may take several years for a reader to go from enlightenment to literacy.

Of course, Dingjun is not for the purpose of cultivating talents for the imperial examination, his requirements are only literacy, and some commonly used Chinese characters can be understood, and they can read and write.

Chinese characters, if you add a variety of different ways of writing, may be thousands, Bai Shou poor old master, may not be able to know all of them, that is professional, is exquisite, so that a peasant to reach this level is too difficult.

But if you don't know knowledge, there is no possibility of going further, and there is no higher efficiency, Zhao Xin spent a lot of effort to find someone for public relations, and selected three batches among many Chinese characters.

The first batch is 300 words, among thousands of Chinese characters, 300 of the most commonly used ones are selected, and if you understand these, you can basically read them reluctantly, and you can cover more than 70% of the entire daily use, which can be regarded as a preliminary literacy for ordinary people.

The second batch is 1000 words, to achieve this, the literacy rate of general reading reaches more than 90%, this is considered basic literacy, the highest is 2000 words, so that most of the reading and writing can be completed, even if you don't know, you can guess it, so that reading and writing are relatively smooth, which is equivalent to literacy.

Under the temptation of money, as long as you learn 300 words, and then after a period of study, you can get a higher income, which is tempting for anyone.

It's not difficult, but the effect is real, this work is basically, without Zhao Xin to how to implement, it has been popularized, and it has been popularized for more than half a year, reaching more than 300 literates, almost more than 80%, and the rest are not unwilling, but most of them are women.

The Chinese tradition of culture and education has gradually closed women, although some people, because of family reasons, choose both husband and wife to work, for this, Dinghai is very welcome, some suitable for women's jobs, and most of them recruit women.

However, there are still some people, because of the high salary of the navy, choose men to work, let women do housework at home, no one is talented, under this concept, they rarely come out to study.

No matter what people's concepts are, no matter how strong Zhao Xin is, it is impossible to change everyone's concepts, as long as most of them are solved, it will be fine.

For people who have to work every day, when to study, even if it is 300 words, is difficult for the illiterate.

In order to improve the literacy rate of the people, Dinghai opened a wide range of schools, initially night schools, because most of the workers, only at night have time, after solving the problem of lighting, night shifts also appeared, then daytime schools also came into being.

The 8-hour work system a day, plus three meals a day, in the end the scattered time is very limited, and more time must be squeezed out, so do not cook dinner, or do not cook all meals, go directly to the restaurant or canteen to eat, and then save time for study, which has become the biggest change in Dingjun.

In this way, Dingjun has a completely different characteristic from other places in the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, efficiency, whether in the factory or in spare time, the pursuit of efficiency.

In the countryside, how long does it take to cook a meal, boiling water, stir-frying vegetables and making noodles, it may take about an hour or two, but the fast food in the sense of the navy may have been prepared, just need to eat, after eating, go to study, whether it is night school, daytime school, a little more study time, more knowledge.

The change of the foundation, from illiteracy to literacy, after having the ability to read and write, there is the ability to learn on their own, and the beginning of the development of the Dinghai Navy, a group of researchers who have emerged, more than half of them have been transferred from the original scholars, they have an innate advantage, and under the premise that the experimental work of the Dinghai Navy is not so in-depth, they quickly get started.

But after that, their talent and creativity are insufficient, relying on the innate advantage, literacy and achievement, in more in-depth research, some are inadequate, maybe there is a long-term foundation, temporarily still have the upper hand, but what emerges later, are after the literacy, self-study, through some contact and talent to promote, and finally emerge.

Zhao Xin is very clear about the importance of opening up the wisdom of the people, what he asks is not an ignorant subject, but a subject who has thoughts, pursuits, understands what he has, and what he wants to do, with such thoughts, they are in the factory, they are excellent workers, can continue to create value for the navy, on the battlefield, they are fearless soldiers.

Fearlessness who doesn't understand anything, that's a kind of ignorant fearlessness, it's easy to collapse because of fear, but the fearlessness that knows everything is the real fearlessness, of course Zhao Xin wants to create an army like the Red Party Iron Army, but he knows that the era of imperial power is unlikely, but with a sense of honor of the Han or the Great Song Dynasty, to awaken the army, their innate strength is to surpass the modern army, this is what Zhao Xin wants.