Three or four days later, the first batch of brick embryos were sent to the Bagua kiln, this kind of brick kiln that combines the knowledge of later generations, can hold 400,000 bricks, one-time firing, because this is a new kiln, no one will be stuffed with bricks in it, 26 days of time, 300,000 bricks, such efficiency is not low, around, there are three or four huge brick kilns, is rising from the ground, brick machine 80,000 pieces per day, and the speed is still improving, at most 4 days can produce bricks in a cave, after drying for three or four days, you can enter the cave to fire, so that down, at least 7 or even 8 caves, can be used for the brick machine to carry at full load.

Wei Ming almost every day on the construction site, itself, is expected to 500,000 brick factory, suddenly increased to about 2.4 million per month, even in a provincial capital city like Taiyuan, it is definitely a super brick factory, Yang Yuanzhao in the brick factory on the track, just leave it alone, of course, in his personal name, signed an underwriting contract for the brick factory, as long as it is outside the sale, he will take it in full, will leave 20% of the gross profit for the brick factory.

Such profits are not low, because of the mechanized operation, the labor per unit of bricks, reduced to a few tenths of the previous one, even with the operation of the steam engine, Shanxi, but a large coal province, Mongolia, there are many large coalfields, even if you can't find it at a deep level, these coals can definitely not be said to be less, and the price is cheap and abnormal.

The brick factory is thriving, the cement factory, or in the plan, the location has been determined, that is, when Yang Yuanzhao surveyed in Baotou, he found the area, relatively speaking, with a large number of lime mines, clay mines, and some necessary trace elements, it can be said that it is the best material for making cement, and the formula of cement obtained from the Qixin Yang ash field is already relatively advanced in this era. Conduct research.

Standing in this part of the future ash field, this is a wasteland, on the mountain next to it, a small lime mine has been opened, this place, is a landlord surnamed Xu, he is the same as Wu Guangren and Zhao Shuming, is a big landlord in this area, his family has hundreds of tilts of land, and dozens of mountains and mines, it can be said that he is rich.

Such a person, Yang Yuanzhao wants to get the mine from him, this is not easy, fortunately, now Yang Yuanzhao in Baotou, is not penniless, such a big battle of the reclamation company, concentrated on large-scale planting of cotton, is not affected by the season, this point, you can impress the landlord Xu, you know, the conditions of Baotou, at most is a year to ripen, at most, in the autumn grain casually plant a little short-season crops, how much can be harvested, it depends on the sky to eat.

On the premise of not delaying wheat, the value of the planting is relatively high among the cash crops.

Under this premise, the landlord Xu got the support of the reclamation company, and will provide about 20,000 acres of cotton plants next year, of course, this needs to be paid, and Yang Yuanzhao also got this piece of land, about 540 acres, including about 300 acres of wasteland and tidal flats, as well as more than 200 acres of hills, which are only more than 400 meters, all of which are limestone hills, which are just important raw materials for making zuò cement.

Dozens of workers invited from Baotou are busy there, in the center, there are 4 tractors running happily, the tractor was installed by Yang Yuanzhao like a bulldozer shovel, with the help of hydraulic and electric drive, you can do some simple actions, digging may be a little difficult, but bulldozing the land, it is still possible.

A bulldozer can be equivalent to the amount of leveling completed by hundreds of people, and the rest of the workers are more doing some work to check and fill in the gaps, as well as the exterior walls.

The first kiln bricks of the brick kiln, it will take more than half a month to be able to come out, this batch of bricks, or Yang Yuanzhao from Taiyuan to buy, it is the extent of this acquisition, so that Wei Ming can rest assured, go all out into the brick factory.

Preparing to do 120 acres of land for the cement plant, has done a simple leveling, at present, there are a total of two sets of machines, because of Yang Yuanzhao's expansion, the efficiency of each set, about twice as much as the Qixin ash field, two sets are almost equivalent to about 4 times that of Qixin, in this way, the daily output of cement can reach 2800 barrels, such a cement plant, in China in 1908, can be said to be a behemoth, but compared with later generations, it is simply a small cement plant in a small cement factory, the weight of a barrel of cement, It is about 200 kilograms, with a daily output of 2,800 barrels, that is, about 560 tons, and the annual output will not exceed 200,000 tons.

In later generations, not to mention the top ten cement production enterprises in the country, the annual output of the top ten is more than 360 million tons, each average is more than 36 million tons, not to mention the first cement plant produces 100 million tons a year, some municipal, and even county-level cement plants, the annual output is more than one million tons, 200,000 tons, I am afraid it belongs to the kind of small enterprises with high energy consumption that are shut down and transferred.

In the era of 1908, even if the annual output of 200,000 tons of small cement factory, in China, it is a very difficult thing, others are not very optimistic, Wei family and Yang family are not involved, only Yang Yuanzhao can't wait, ready to independently promote the construction of this cement plant, fortunately, Yang family and Wei family, no investment and participation, but in other aspects, help Yang Yuanzhao a lot, Yang family and Wei family, located in Tianjin, Shanghai and Wuhan branches, they are going all out to help Yang Yuanzhao poaching, Qixinyang ash field is the focus, and there are other small cement factories in the concession, from ordinary workers to masters, almost none of them have been missed, and almost all of them have offered 2 times or even 3 times the salary, and if you think about it, you can see the results in a month or two at most.

In this way, the number of workers is not enough, cement is a labor-intensive enterprise, the number of workers is needed, the million tons of cement plants in later generations, because there is an automated management system, a variety of electronic control systems, so the personnel will be reduced to between 300 and 500 people, but in this era, Yang Yuanzhao can only rely on labor, at most according to some experience of later generations, do some work with machines to replace manpower, such as automatic lifts and cranes, etc., so that the reduction of personnel will be very limited, conservative estimates, the number of personnel will be more than 1,500 people.

The number of industrial workers in China is relatively small, even if the Yang family and the Wei family spend two or three times their salaries to poach other enterprises, plus some workers found in other industries, there will not be more than 150, and the rest need to be filled.

The ash field is different from the brick and tile factory, there are a large number of similar factories, and the technical level is relatively low, to train workers from the poor and white, the work to be done in the middle will be very large.

Yang Yuanzhao had a headache for a while, the machine of the cement factory had been placed in his previous compound, all packed, not installed, and some key equipment, which was also quietly produced, the most critical thing is the cement calcination kiln, this, it needs to be built with refractory bricks and steel before it can be built, conservative estimates, this ash field to be put into production, it will take at least 2 months, during this time, it will be good to train workers.

The personnel of the Baoken company is controlled by Liu Shu, and the recruitment work is already in progress, because the value of cement is higher, he makes the production line, and the efficiency is also quite high, so after comprehensive consideration, the wages he gives to the workers are also quite high, ordinary workers, are about 20 yuan, night shift workers will have a monthly subsidy of 3 yuan, a certain level of skilled workers, after determining the position and responsibilities, the salary will be up step by step, from 30 yuan for level 2 technicians, to 180 yuan for level 7 technicians, The amplitude is quite large, and as for the higher level, there are very few workers of this grade in the current world, and it is impossible for China to have them.

Baotou East Street, the station of the Baoken company, at this time, it is crowded with people, the Baoken company is completely different from when it was just established a few months ago, the harvest of wheat, the planting of cotton, as well as the flour mill, the brick factory, especially the flour mill, has become the star enterprise of the whole Shanxi Mongolia, the new brand of flour, has become synonymous with high-end and quality, almost monopolizing the production of Shanxi and Mongolia boutique bagged white noodles, even with, the people who work in it, the tide has risen, not only the salary is quite high, There are also special benefits every month, the benefit of 1 bag of flour per person per month, which is very popular for many people.

It's a pity that the new flour mill is very few, just a loading, a handling, dozens of people, and the brick and tile factory that was established later, there are not many people needed, similar to the flour mill, dozens of people are almost in one day, there is no position, which makes people a little depressed, but this ash field is different, it actually recruits 1500 people at once, this number and treatment, all of a sudden detonated the sensation of the whole Baotou, from the news came out, the outside of the Baoken company, it was surrounded by people, And there are more and more of them.