After visiting the Liaodong Shipyard, Li Yu was very satisfied, and praised Xu Zizheng and others for doing a good job. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"You have worked hard for most of the past six months, and this king is here to thank you for your tireless efforts to build the Liaodong shipyard so beautifully. After the completion of the Liaodong shipyard, from the owner to the craftsman, according to the merit of each person, from 20 yuan, and according to the merit of the land, from 80 acres. The greater the credit, the more reward! ”

"On behalf of all the craftsmen of the Liaodong Shipyard, the ministers have thanked His Highness for the reward!" Xu Zizheng and the executives of the three departments of the shipyard couldn't hold back the smiles on their faces, and hurriedly thanked them.

Yang Shiyan pursed her lips, looked at Li Yu, who was complacent under the compliments and thanks of a group of dozens of years old uncles and old men, and whispered disdainfully: "A vulgar little trick to buy people's hearts." ”

Xin'er, who was standing next to her, heard it and smiled faintly at Yang Shiyan: "Although Junjun's tricks are a bit vulgar and have long been used by their predecessors, they are still the best to use these rotten little tricks in winning people's hearts." ”

"To put it bluntly, he just relies on the money and land in his hands, otherwise who would be him." Yang Shiyan pouted and said unconvinced.

"Hehe......" Xin'er covered her cherry mouth and chuckled, Xun Jun and Shi Yan are together, no matter how good the relationship is, they always make mistakes, what a strange pair.

Xu Zizheng and the other management officials of Liaodong Shipyard are sincerely happy, we have worked hard here for more than half a year, and His Royal Highness also sees it, even if it is worth it even if it is a little harder. Many people thought in their hearts that after His Highness left, he ordered the guards to beat those lazy slaves to speed up, and it was best to build all the Liaodong shipyards after His Highness returned in the New Year.

As for whether it will tire many people to death, they don't bother to care. This is a group of barbarians who don't accept my Tang Dynasty king, and it's best to die.

Several executives of the technical department of the shipyard, as well as several shipbuilding masters that Li Yu is familiar with and rely on, were also excited, and the dozens of years old master shook his gray beard and smiled. With King Yan's words, they will not hesitate to work hard, and they will earn dozens or hundreds of acres of land for future generations.

If Li Yu didn't pay attention to them, they wouldn't know which shipyard they would be tired and wouldn't be able to make much money all year round, so they would barely make ends meet.

Like now, since being found by His Royal Highness King Yan, he is responsible for shipbuilding and researching new ship types, although it is also hard, but the monthly salary is enough in his hands, and there is still enough to support his family.

The boat shop includes food and accommodation, three meals a day, two meals must have meat, executives have special rooms and other benefits, and more importantly, they are also respected by a daughter like His Royal Highness, which was unimaginable before.

These craftsmen were regarded as lowly occupations by the imperial court, and their status was only one level higher than that of merchants, and their lives and the treatment of the government were far worse than those of lower-class merchants, and they were reduced to the lowest level of the four ranks.

Even if he worked tirelessly for the court, he was not looked at by the emperors and princes of the court who were in charge of the world.

Like Emperor Taizong a few decades ago, he sent Princess Wencheng to make peace with Tubo, and did not hesitate to send the sadness and pain of thousands of craftsmen who were craftsmen with them to travel to the bitter cold land of Fanbang as a dowry for the princess, but he was reluctant to let a scholar do this dowry.

I think that at the beginning, some of these craftsmen were under the management of the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court, and they were requisitioned by the Imperial Court year after year to build warships and all kinds of ships used by the Imperial Court. The pay for building a boat for a private shipyard is not much higher than that of the government, and when the government needs a shortage of craftsmen, it has to be requisitioned for free.

Thinking of the past, more than a dozen masters in the technical department sighed in their hearts.

Li Yu saw the gratitude of the masters of the technical department, and sympathized with the craftsmen who were not valued and had difficulties in life in this era.

In this ancient society, Li Yu didn't know about it during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but since the Qin and Han dynasties, the Chinese society that understands technology wants to be respected.

There is only one kind of person, that is, he himself is a scholar and an official who has learned five cars, and technology is just one of his side jobs. Because of his understanding of technology and glory for him, he presided over the completion of a certain project, favored by the emperor and respected by the people, and the historians did not hesitate to spend paper and ink to write a biography to him.

But if you only understand technology and don't understand cultural knowledge such as poetry, books and etiquette, then you are just a lowly craftsman in the eyes of society.

The representative between the two is represented by two typical characters in the former Sui Dynasty. One is Yu Wenkai, who presided over the construction of Chang'an City, and left a name in history; One is Li Chun, the craftsman who presided over the construction of the Zhaozhou Bridge in Hebei, except for leaving a name for the Zhaozhou Bridge that was built for more than 1,000 years.

When Li Yu planned the Liaodong Shipyard, he changed the organizational model of the previous shipyard and gave full respect to the craftsmen. Let them participate in the management of the shipyard by the technology in their hands, instead of being assigned to do things by those officials who do not understand technology, as before, leading to the interference of laymen in the insiders.

This not only mobilized the enthusiasm of the craftsmen, but also increased the loyalty of Li Yu, who gave them everything in front of them.

Therefore, in the management model of Liaodong Shipyard, the administrative department responsible for the operation, personnel, finance, and raw material procurement of the shipbuilding workshop is established, and the director of the administrative department and a deputy director are set up. The personnel were some of the royal officials sent by Li Yu and the managers drawn from some commercial houses.

In terms of technology, Li Yu imitated the factory system of later generations in the organizational model of the shipyard he set up.

The shipbuilders who understand technology set up a separate technical department, with a director of the technical department and two deputy directors, who are responsible for each shift in different processes of shipbuilding and then to each team, with a squad leader and a team leader. The craftsmen with the best skills serve as the director and deputy director, and then hold different positions in the technical department from high to low according to the level of skills mastered by other craftsmen, and manage all craftsmen in the shipyard at all levels.

A 1,000-person merchant house guard was organized into the Liaodong Shipyard Escort Team, guarding up to 5,000 slave laborers, and setting up a guard department, with one director and two deputy directors.

The three departments are directly under the jurisdiction of Xu Zizheng, the owner of the shipyard, and together constitute the management mode of Liaodong Shipyard from top to bottom, division of labor and cooperation.

At the same time, there was also a 1,000-strong Beihai Iron Cavalry Right Guard stationed near the shipyard to prevent slave labor from making a rebellion so that it could be suppressed in time, but they were not under the jurisdiction of the owner.

"It's just that Your Highness, the minister has a request......

Looking at Xu Zizheng, who is in his thirties, there is a request that is still spitting, Li Yu is a little funny, "Tell me what is going on." ”

"Several masters of the technical department proposed that after the completion of our shipyard, there will be twenty docks, and the shipbuilding task of His Royal Highness is very heavy. It is expected that after the shipyard is fully completed, there will be no dockyards available for repairs to future ships that need to be repaired. Therefore, after deliberation by the technical department, it was proposed to build five more shipyards to repair ships on the west side of the West Port. ”

Xu Zizheng said with some apprehension, as the actual manager of the Liaodong shipyard, he knows too well how much money the shipyard has spent since its construction, and this year will pass soon, and there are only five docks that can be put into production, and three ships have been built.

Before the shipyard was completed, a new expansion was requested, and Xu Zizheng and a group of technical masters were very worried about Li Yu's dissatisfaction with them.

"Building five more shipyards for repairing ships is not a small amount of work!" Li Yu touched the minibus and pondered. Xu Zizheng and a group of masters looked at Li Yu nervously.

Some executives of the administration department were dissatisfied with the masters of the technical department, twenty docks have not been built, and five more have been built, so when will they get the reward and land? If Your Highness is annoyed, will the promised reward not be given?

"Then let's build it!" Li Yu gritted his teeth, and if he wanted to build it, he would simply build all the hardware needed by the shipyard, so as not to lack it when needed.

"After I go back, the Yanwang Mansion will approve the money."

"Your Highness, there is one more request." Xu Zizheng said embarrassedly.

Li Yu instantly looked at Xu Zizheng, and said domineeringly: "Say whatever you want, I am not short of money!" ”

Xu Zizheng and a group of masters from the technical department were happy when they heard it.

"Your Highness, after the completion of our shipyard, the construction of twenty docks at the same time will definitely require a large amount of qualified timber. But at present, the newly felled timber takes a long time to dry naturally, and when the shipyard is completed, it will definitely be difficult to meet the needs of twenty docks at the same time. Therefore, the masters of the technical department pondered for a few months, and built a drying kiln specially used for air-drying wood in the style of a kiln that imitates porcelain firing. After two months of experimentation, the drying effect of wood drying is good, which is much better than natural air drying. ”

Xu Zizheng said embarrassedly: "The ministers and others have discussed building several large drying kilns on the vacant land west of the shipyard......

"Accurate!" Li Yu waved his hand, without dragging the mud and waterway. The old craftsmen under his command are all good, and without mentioning it themselves, they suddenly thought of building a drying kiln to dry wood manually. What else is there to consider for such a good proposal?

"How many slave laborers are needed to report directly, and how much money is needed is also reported!"

Xu Zizheng and a group of masters from the technical department were so excited that they almost ran up and hugged Li Yu and kissed him.