"My lord, the engineer will pay 10 taels of silver a month, and he will pay dividends at the end of the year...... 3 taels for junior apprentices, and there are also dividends! Cheng Daqi was surprised to confirm the news he had just heard to Lu Hong again, an engineer can earn 120 taels of wages a year, plus a red envelope at the end of the year, maybe it is an income of hundreds of taels......

In this era, a stone of rice is only 1 tael of silver, such an income, even in Shanghai Tang, which is a high income, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau can be regarded as a place with higher treatment in the government-run industry, but the biggest problem in the government-run industry is the rigidity of the system.

Lu Hong naturally nodded very sincerely, patted Cheng Daqi's shoulder again, and smiled slightly, "Old Cheng, do you think this salary is reasonable?" ”

The numb skin on Cheng Daqi's face was also a little red with excitement, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "My lord, reasonable...... It's so reasonable, you say, how many workers do you want? What are the requirements? If you can get this salary, you have to have a job under your hands! ”

The salary of the workers of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau has not changed in substance for more than ten years, of course, this is limited to workers, in fact, there are a lot of supervisors and assistants in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and these people obviously have a great background, even if they understand the industry, they do not understand the technology.

Among the apprentices who followed the foreign technicians in the manufacturing bureau, many of them have grown into engineers, and among the new young people, there are also a lot of workers who have learned well, but here, the workers have come to an end, and those who have worked for more than ten years and are skilled but cannot become engineers are more common, and the manufacturing bureau has not expanded the scale of the industry over the years, but a large number of factories have not worked, which has further promoted the dissatisfaction of workers!

For Cheng Daqi, Lu Hong naturally has a careful understanding, has a family and a small family, and has worked in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau for more than ten years, obviously a reliable manpower, and he has more than one industry to do, and the technical talents of this era, to put it bluntly, are really scarce resources, so poaching from these government-run industries is obviously the best choice......

He discussed with Cheng Daqi in a low voice for a while, this is an excited look to leave, Lu Hong is now a little nervous about the silver in hand, fortunately, there are Huang Zuluo and Ruisheng The investment funds are in hand, and the first note of the silk reeling industry must obviously be implemented as soon as possible, in that case, the situation can be opened as soon as possible.

In the afternoon of the same day, he went to visit Sun Heshun again, and the two discussed the composition of the joint stock industry, and basically finalized it, Huang Zuluo, Ruisheng, Li Jingxiang, Lu Hong, Sun Heshun each accounted for two percent of the dry shares, of course, Lu Hong's side was only a technical investment, and Sun Heshun also took out 10,000 taels of silver, so that the scale of the entire silk reeling factory reached the scale of 85,000 taels in the early stage...... It looks like a lot of money, but it's a small business.

However, Sun Heshun is obviously full of confidence, their Zhang family is very well-connected, the prospect of the silk reeling industry, in fact, after Lu Hong proposed, he has studied it in depth, and even the European foreign businessmen and American businessmen have been in contact, Uncle Zhang and the industry in charge of his nephew is naturally very attentive, the two of them have the same opinion, as long as the silk reeling machine is proven to work effectively, the profits of the industry will be very objective!

In front of Lu Hong, Sun Heshun did not have the slightest intention of concealment, he was a shrewd businessman, Lu Hong was actually the real core of the industry, at this point, he had already known it clearly, although he still hadn't figured out the origin of the celebrity in front of the Qincha, but for businessmen, it didn't matter!

After Lu Hong listened, he was a little more satisfied with the conduct of this guy, behind the test of this industry, there is naturally a possibility of in-depth cooperation, and he has no intention of being a tycoon, but the development of the industry must need talents in this area, and in this era, there are many shrewd Chinese businessmen, but the most important thing is to be able to reassure yourself!

"Shopkeeper Sun, the matter of this industry is naturally annoying to you, and I will give you news soon about the silk reeling machine...... Please worry about other things!" Lu Hong immediately started to be the shopkeeper, in fact, if he wanted to participate, it was impossible for him to have that time, and the surname Suo showed more generosity.

Sun Heshun arched his hand and responded with a smile: "Lord Lu, I have already discussed the factory with my uncle, he happens to have a southern goods factory in Dongjiadu that is idle, let us use it first, female workers and apprentices, have gone to Huai'an, Fengyang, Sizhou to recruit, there was a disaster there a year ago, this person is very easy to recruit!" ”

Lu Hong sighed, this is obviously also a way for merchants to reduce costs, he naturally has no intention of interfering, it is not difficult to see the shrewdness of Shanghai businessmen in this era, the raw silk industry is obviously not a profiteering industry in this era, but the profit point in the industrialization of silk reeling, this Sun Heshun saw very clearly, with the scale of the domestic silk industry, it is absolutely profitable, so they will not hesitate to take over.

Hearing that there had been disasters in Jiangsu and Anhui, Lu Hong said casually: "Shopkeeper Sun, are the disasters in Huai'an, Fengyang, and Sizhou serious?" I was young in Mengyin, Shandong, where there was also a locust plague last autumn, and there were several times more people begging this year! ”

Speaking of this, Sun Heshun looked a little strange, and after thinking about it for a while, he said: "Lord Lu, that is much more serious than the Shandong territory, we send people to recruit workers, most of them are directly signed long-term deeds, and the grain and silver are more at a time, and the salary in the future is very low!" ”

Hearing this guy's explanation, Lu Hong's mind suddenly burst out with a term - contract labor, this is really a low-cost labor, but I didn't expect that in the old era, I immediately turned into a capitalist who was evil, and he was a capitalist who squeezed contract labor...... However, these things are obviously not able to change anything for the time being, and if they change, it is estimated that it will be thankless!

Before the evening, he finally negotiated all the arrangements with Sun Heshun, of course, for the machine factory he was about to build, he did not mention it to Sun Heshun, but it was not deliberately concealed, but because Sun Heshun was not interested at all, his request was very simple, get the machine as soon as possible, and put it into production.

Early the next morning, to Lu Hong's surprise, Cheng Daqi Cheng Mapi appeared outside the door of the mansion early in the morning, and after coming in, he took out a large stack of contracts, just yesterday afternoon, he had helped Lu Hong recruit 10 engineers and 15 apprentices, if it weren't for Lu Hong saying that he would only recruit 25 people for the time being, he could get more contracts today.

Lu Hong looked at the list, they were all ordinary names, but he knew that if his industry could be smoothly promoted, these people could follow him steadily, and perhaps, these names would be engraved on the monument of history in the future...... And he immediately asked a strange question!

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