Shanghai's industry has just begun, and it is going to Lushun at this time, which makes Lu Hong a little worried, and when he returns to the official residence, Qin Tianmin brought his younger brother Qin Xiaocheng and Wang Daosheng to see him, which made Lu Hong have a new idea.

That night, Cheng Daqi, Liu Yiding, Sun Cairen, and Zheng Xuanhong were called to the official residence, and they obviously didn't know what this Lord Lu was looking for, and they were all busy discussing the work they had just received in the living room...... After all, this Lord Lu showed an unexpected familiarity with the industry, and they also understood that it was not easy to do a good job in the assigned affairs!

"Lao Cheng, you are familiar with everyone, help me introduce a few apprentices who have jobs on your hands! Today, Lord Lu won't have to build any new machines! I see your machine shop has been busy lately! Sun Cairen just took a sum of research and development funds, but this silver is not used casually, and the normal expenses have to be disposed of by Xiao Qin, the shopkeeper of the machine factory, so he is worried that he can't find manpower.

Cheng Daqi shook his head, "Master Sun, the gunpowder thing you made, ordinary people are furious when they see it, it's really not easy to find an apprentice, why don't you go to the gunpowder factory and run away......"

"The job assigned to me by Lord Lu is not to make gunpowder, there are people in that smokeless medicine factory, and I still have to find a few good players who understand machines, so I asked you to recommend it......" Sun Cairen hurriedly explained, he didn't want to be treated as an idiot by Cheng Daqi.

Cheng Daqi was also stunned when he heard this, he really didn't know what kind of research Lu Hongzhao was doing, but since he had talked about it now, he didn't mind learning about it, this kind of technology, naturally he likes to get to the bottom of it, "Master Sun, what have you been tinkering with recently, how do you want to find an apprentice who understands machines?" ”

Talking about this topic, Sun Cairen suddenly closed his mouth, pondered for a while, and then said: "Old Cheng, Master Lu gave me a few drawings to explain, and also talked about the principle, I pondered all night, and I feel that it really makes sense...... I really admire the ability of adults, but before I do it, I will keep it a secret for the time being! ”

Cheng Daqi sighed softly, and no longer asked, since the first silk reeling machine was assembled according to Lu Hong's drawings, he also admired this adult who had stayed abroad, this kind of machine, he had never seen it in the manufacturing bureau, and the iron parts in the whole machine were extremely exquisite, and more importantly, part of the machine was made of wood, low cost, the day before yesterday had been assembled and put into trial operation in the new silk reeling factory, the production efficiency of a group of 8-strand silk reeling machines was comparable to the manual efficiency of hundreds of people, so that a few shopkeepers who came to observe it, The superintendent was excited.

The price of this set of machines is 30 taels of silver per group, according to the scale of the silk reeling factory that Lu Hong talked about, the factory with tens of thousands of shares of silk reeling machine is a real big factory...... This means that his machine factory, which has only 25 people, can create 300 taels of silver per day by working day and night, and the cost of this is almost less than 20%.

Even in order to meet the current machinery investment in this large silk reeling factory, their small factory needs to run at full capacity for three years...... This is really amazing news, so he is thinking about suggesting to Lu Hong today that he must increase the manpower by at least two times, or even three times!

However, after Lu Hong came in, the few people who were about to speak immediately put down the little things they were thinking about for the time being, because, in front of them, a huge opportunity was placed in front of them.

Lu Hong looked at the following four new fortifications that joined his team very calmly, these fortifications are obviously not business-minded people, the perennial experience in the rigid government industry, they have long developed that kind of submissive work routine, this is actually the most affecting technological progress of a barrier, and now I want to try to give full play to these few technical talents.

"Cheng Daqi, Liu Yiding, Sun Cairen, Zheng Xuanhong!" Lu Hong sat in the middle, calling the names of these people with full of energy.

"Your Excellency...... At! Cheng Daqi didn't know what to do, and hurriedly got up to answer, looking respectful.

"Cheng Daqi, you think about your ability, how much silver should you be able to earn in a year?" Lu Hong stared at Cheng Daqi, and added, "Don't hide your thoughts, let's listen to them!" ”

This problem stumped Cheng Daqi all of a sudden, and now Lu Hongkai gave him a salary of 10 taels a month, and he also paid dividends for half a year, this income level is enough to live a good life in the bustling Shanghai Beach, you know, today's rice price is only 1 stone and 3 yuan of silver, ordinary two into the house, 200 taels can be bought, he is thinking about working hard, and in two years he will move the family out of the old house!

However, at this time, Lu Hong asked him a question, so that he suddenly felt difficult to answer, after participating in the manufacture of the machine reeling machine in the machine factory, he also had a new understanding of the huge industrial value of the technology he mastered, but he also clearly understood that the drawings provided by Lord Lu were the key to making money...... And this has made him study the silk reeling mechanism very carefully, trying to master more aspects of the technology, rather than a universal milling machine engineer.

Seeing that Cheng Daqi didn't seem to have thought about it, Lu Hong smiled slightly, this is naturally a reasonable thing, the thoughts of the Chinese people, and this strong distinction between respect and inferiority, even if they have been in foreign affairs for more than 30 years, talents who know technology are obviously far less confident than officials who have taken the imperial examination or donated officials.

He looked sideways at Liu Yiding, Sun Cairen, and Zheng Xuanhong, these three guys were obviously also very confused by their own questions, with a strange expression on their faces, the four of them were silent for a while, Zheng Xuanhong spoke first: "My lord, the wages you pay us are much better than the deductions in the manufacturing bureau in the past, how dare the small ones be greedy!" ”

This Zheng Xuanhong is obviously the one who is better at rhetoric among the four, and as soon as he said this, the others immediately echoed it......

"yes...... yes......"

Lu Hong smiled and pointed at Cheng Daqi, "Old Cheng, the new silk reeling machine made by our machine factory, now the silk reeling factory has set 300 shares and 60 new machines, you can tell me how much profit you can make!" ”

"This ...... If the materials are taken from Mr. Liu's office, a machine must have a cost of 20 taels, 60 machines, 300 shares of silk reeling table, the price is 9,000 taels, it is estimated that it can be completed within a month, and the wages of the workers are all counted, and the monthly price is ...... 145 taels, if the extra expense of the night shift is about 20 taels......"

He said here, there is no need to continue to count, these engineers have learned Western arithmetic, not to mention that they can dance and write, but they are indeed literate and hyphenated, this machine factory has formed such an amazing profitability in a short period of time, in addition to the engineer and apprentice team led by Cheng Daqi is indeed quite skilled, and more importantly, it is the assembly of drawings and guidance provided by Lu Hong.

Lu Hong nodded, "As long as the industry is suitable, we will have more drawings of new machines, but to turn the drawings into machines, and to make the machines run stably in other people's factories, in the future, our factories will be bigger and more people...... And a few of you, I hope to bring in more excellent engineers and apprentices, and if you can do this, I don't mind if your salary is increased tenfold...... But let me see your results! ”

A tenfold increase...... This sentence immediately made Cheng Daqi a few dumbfounded, that is, the income of hundreds of taels of silver per month, which is the remuneration given by the Manufacturing Bureau to those foreign technicians, and what they have to do is to go all out to train for the machine factory, or to dig up engineers and apprentices who can create more value, of course, to improve their abilities more crazily, at this point, these people have a more urgent sense of crisis!

Cheng Daqi was a little ecstatic at this time and said: "My lord, tell me, what kind of results do you want to see!" I just want to get out of the way, and I want to increase the output of this machine factory! ”

"Lao Cheng, you're mistaken!" Hearing that Cheng Daqi was obviously too excited, Lu Hong immediately poured cold water on him, "I want you to take care of not only the production of silk reeling machines, what you have to do is to continuously improve the production capacity of the machine factory, and the parts of the silk reeling machine, you can complete them all in Lao Cheng, but don't be unable to eat the parts you want to make in the future!" ”

"......" A few people obviously understood what Lu Hong meant, the scale of the machine factory in the future will obviously not be small, and it may even produce more machines, but what is it, they can only stare at this Lord Lu.

Lu Hong was sweating by a few of them, these guys are really not very enlightened......

"Tell me a few of you, now give you a batch of manpower, relying on the machine tools and air hammers of this manufacturing bureau, what machines can you produce!" Lu Hong stared at them, he had a lot of drawings plagiarized from the super industrial system, but at present, it seems that many industries do not have a feasible surname to operate, so he just picked the silk reeling industry to test the water first, and took advantage of this opportunity to naturally prepare the technician strength at hand.

"My lord, the horizontal drilling machine and omnidirectional grinding machine imitated from Hull, Germany, and it has been trial-produced in this manufacturing bureau!"

"American Gleason lathes, all-round milling machine, this can also be done!"

"British Mikiel deep drilling machine, we can also imitate this!"

“……”

A few guys turned their heads to each other, and a string of machine tool names burst out at once, which surprised Lu Hong, it seems that he really underestimated the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau in this era, but he didn't expect that there was really some taste of the hidden dragon and crouching tiger...... He frowned and asked, "Is the steel of these machines also produced by the steelmaking plant of the Manufacturing Bureau?" ”

This question was to the point, and a few guys immediately said: "My lord, according to the rules of the Manufacturing Bureau, all incoming materials can only be purchased after being handled by Liu Qixiang and General Manager Liu, so they are all steel purchased from foreign businessmen!" ”

As soon as Lu Hong heard it, he could hear such a blatant engagement in casual chatting, this Liu Qixiang naturally knew that he was the top boss of Ruisheng, but this guy was a celebrity in front of Li Zhongtang, so he didn't think about touching the troubled waters in the manufacturing bureau too much, it seems that once the machine factory is operational, the problem of raw materials will have to be solved!

He nodded to express his satisfaction, and shook his hand and took out 4 contracts, "This is a contract signed with me, you 4 will set up a group of engineers in the machine factory, fully responsible for the production and technical problems of the machine factory, I give you the right to recruit people, of course, it involves the use of money......

Speaking of this, Lu Hong beckoned to the door, Qin Tianmin walked in happily, and behind him, Qin Xiaocheng looked surprised.

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