Chapter 60: The Question of the Captives
The report was quickly submitted to the Industry Group, where everyone looked at each other, and Pan Dai's proposal was definitely the most efficient use of energy. The ancients used the method of hydraulic power because there was no electric motor, and in order to use a continuous driving force, they had to rely on the river bank for the construction of hydraulic textile mills. There is a motor in the hands of the traverser, and it only needs a few wires to be dragged around, and it is completely unconstrained by water power. By the time of the mid-to-late Industrial Revolution, the extensive use of the steam engine also made it possible to locate textile mills no longer close to the river.
"These industrial groups follow the footsteps of their predecessors too well, and they really take one step at a time, without taking shortcuts." Pan Dai grumbled as he wired.
Because it was now possible to produce its own soil and cement, the construction of the waterway and the installation of the turbine were completed in a very short time, and Pan Dai brought another 200 kilowatt hydroelectric generator set was installed in the upper reaches of the river, where the water flow is relatively turbulent and it is easy to obtain better hydraulics. The structure used is basically the same as that of the previous small hydropower station, because of the previous experience, the construction team was familiar with the road and installed the pool part in three days, and the rest is to wait for the cement to pass the maintenance period to generate electricity. At this time, Pan Dai and several colleagues from the power group were connecting the lines of this generator set to the transformer and preparing to connect them to the grid.
More than half of the textile factory building in the distance has been built, and with the help of the only crane brought by the crosser, the beams of the roof have been erected, and the next step is to wait for the cement tiles to be laid. The people in the design workshop of the industrial group looked like ants busy inside and outside the workshop at this time, and there were several spinning machines in the open air, which were no longer Jenny's spinning machines, and these people in the industrial group found that the yarn spun by Jenny's machine was too thick and not suitable, so they successfully copied Samuel according to the information found in the big library. Clopton invented the spindle worsted spinning machine in 1779. This spinning machine combines the features of a Jenny machine and a hydro-powered spinning machine and is known as a mule machine. After the cotton purchased from the port of Champa arrived, they used mule machines to test spin it, and sure enough, it was praised by many members of the Ministry of Commerce, and the cotton yarn was soft, fine and strong, and it was the best for making cotton cloth. The industrial team sealed the Jenny machine and built six mule machines for the mill, and the loom was also improved according to the efficiency requirements, using a rapier loom that used a rigid rapier head made of high-quality carbon steel brought by the weavers themselves to hold and guide the weft. Fast and accurate, in addition to being able to quickly weave plain weave fabrics, it can also weave grain fabrics, and the color change is convenient and fast, suitable for weaving multi-color weft fabrics, whether it is cotton hemp or wool, can be easily produced, and the biggest advantage is that the operation is simple, naturalized people for trial production, only use less than two hours of training can be easily produced.
With the official start of the No. 2 hydropower station, the installation of the machinery in the textile factory was officially completed, and with the explosion of firecrackers, the textile factory was officially put into operation. The drive mode used in the equipment of the textile mill is very strange, using a large motor to drive a huge drive shaft, this drive shaft is hung across the top of the plant, and the drive wheel below is driven to rotate with a pulley, and the clutch gear can be combined to use the power when the power is needed, and the clutch can be released when it is not needed, which is convenient and fast. The only drawback is that the power is too great, and if the hand or other parts of the body are twisted in, there will inevitably be a major accident, so the first thing all the recruited workers do is to carry out safety training. This type of work-related accident was common during the early Industrial Revolution, and very few Swedish child laborers survived three years in a factory during the same period. Although the people who traveled through the crowd originally came to exploit the labor force of this era, they were born and grew up in New China under the red flag, but they did not intend to make themselves such unconscionable black-hearted capitalists. But to their surprise, even the seemingly minimal protections they now provide to the naturalized workers, these naturalized people are so grateful, whether it is the labor protection gloves issued to the male workers who carry things, or the earplugs and masks worn by the female textile workers, these people say that they have never seen such a good thing in their lives, let alone the food subsidy coupons issued to them. Now that these naturalized people know the benefits of the food subsidy vouchers, they can use these fancy looking pieces of paper to buy things that are not available for free, such as salted fish, rice wine, and extra rice...... Although these salted fish are the products of the failed trial production of the food department, they have been unanimously praised by these naturalized people, you must know that these people have not eaten meat twice a year before, although the fish can usually eat some, but where have they eaten the fish with spices and willing to put salt? Not to mention the naturalized people, even the captives are grateful for the food provided by these pirates, at least this year they will not starve to death because of insufficient food.
But soon another report was submitted to the Executive Committee by the Civil Affairs Committee.
"What? Signs of instability in the captive mind? Yang Minghuan took this document in surprise and looked up at Yu Sha who submitted the document. The dark-skinned and sturdy, medium-sized crosser in front of him was full of embarrassment at this time, he had worked as a small worker and a coolie before the crossing, and later became a contractor with experience, and later opened a large construction company, but in recent years, the housing price fluctuations were withheld by real estate developers A large amount of funds were withheld, resulting in wages not being paid. In the end, he ruthlessly sold all the machinery and equipment of the construction company to his workers, paid all the wages in one breath, closed the company, and then stood on the top of the building he had built, ready to jump off a hundred, at this moment standing on the roof of the building, he accidentally opened his mobile phone and browsed the crossing post...... After participating in the crossing, he was originally planning the project in the construction team, but as the civil affairs work became more and more heavy, his ability to form a large construction company was discovered by the executive committee. So his office was moved to the Civil Affairs Committee near the prisoner camp south of Orient Harbor, and he became the Minister of Civil Affairs of the Civil Affairs Committee.
Yu Sha nodded and replied, "Yes, but this instability is not caused by political work. Now that winter is approaching, the past ten years in history is the Xiaoice period, and it is said that it has snowed in Hainan, and what makes these captives uneasy is the situation of their families. Some of the captives expressed their willingness to bring their families here to work and stay, while others said they would go back to thank their families for their nurturing kindness, and others said that they would go back to get quilts. You know, the cotton we import now can't even provide our own quilts, all of them have to be sent to make cotton cloth, so it's good if the captives can be self-sufficient quilts. ”
"That's right, but pay attention to disinfection, bedding can spread skin diseases and parasites in large quantities, so be sure to disinfect and purify after taking it. By the way, those family members who have been picked up must also be disinfected. Yang Minghuan signed his name at the end of the document and handed it back to Yusha. By the way, you have to make a list of the captives who have come home to visit their families, and what if they don't come back? You know we're going to need a lot of labor right now. ”
"Holy! Let the captives go home? Sun Wenbin's voice came from outside the door.
Yang Minghuan's heart tightened, why did this guy come back?
As soon as Sun Wenbin came in, he shouted loudly, "I'll go!" Who came up with it? Do we take all the captives home, build roads, build houses, and dig foundations? ”
Yu Sha looked at Sun Wenbin who rushed in with an embarrassed face, Sun Wenbin didn't look at who it was, and yelled directly, "I don't agree!" Captives are our main working laborers, and now they are still captives, if they are let go and do not come back, who will do our work? ”
"Ahem......" Yang Minghuan hurriedly pretended to cough and interrupted Sun Wenbin, "That's the case, it's just that some local prisoners and some naturalized migrant laborers are also going back to pick up their relatives, isn't it already a place that can afford to provide a lot of accommodation?" I think this is also a good idea, and it would be better to take this opportunity to bleached the identity of the captives and let them all become naturalized citizens. ”
"Not bad!" At this time, although Yang Minghuan's chairmanship seemed to be higher than him, he was Yang Minghuan's superior when he was a worker in the factory in the past, and he shouted out directly regardless of the difference between superiors and subordinates at this time. "I won't say that if they don't come back, now these captives know about our defenses, and you know the importance of intelligence work in modern warfare. If we meet someone with a heart and use the identity of a naturalized citizen or a prisoner of Guijian to sneak in and set a fire, with these thousands of captives, there will definitely be chaos among us. At that time, if you attack inside and outside, you won't have to suffer heavy losses? ”
Yang Minghuan and Yu Sha couldn't help but look at each other, they thought that Sun Wenbin's objection was due to lack of manpower, but they didn't expect this safety issue to come, and as soon as Sun Wenbin raised it at this time, the two did feel that it was inappropriate.
"Then what do you say, old grandson?" Yang Minghuan couldn't help asking.
Sun Wenbin pushed the frame of his glasses and said: "This must be decided by a meeting of the executive committee and the heads of various departments, the risk is too great, if it is our negligence that causes Dongfang Port to fall into a sea of fire, what I said is not good, we should be shot." At that time, the modern items we brought were basically a dead end in front of the fire, and after the fire burned, everyone was directly in the Stone Age, do you think Zhang Yuan's guys can take us to climb the technology tree again? Maybe even the big library will be gone! ”
Yu Sha was a little dizzy, and hurriedly asked Sun Wenbin, "Executive Committee Sun, what do you mean?" ”
"I think that a ministerial meeting will be held tonight to discuss the matter of this captive, and you should hurry up and write a speech and prepare it at the meeting, and we will also prepare an outline on our side. Hurry up. ”
Yu Sha nodded hurriedly and turned around and went out.