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One day in early March, while Scrooge was busy working on his new production line, he received a letter from his brother Carol from Italy:

"Dear brother,

Hello!

It's been a week since I came to Italy in a blink of an eye, and I didn't have time to write to you, not only because I was too busy, but also because the situation hadn't fully opened up, and there was nothing worth talking about. As you said, it's always a lot of hectic things before they get on track, and we're the same here. I had to keep visiting the celebrities, and Mr. Robson was constantly fighting the Italian soldiers. God forbid, there is another ambitious outlier among those Italians: Major Neville. Otherwise, Mr. Robson would have been exhausted. But even Major Neville was trying his best to cooperate with him, (Major Neville was different from the other Italian officers, who always liked to say "yes, almost!") Why take it so seriously, it's pretty much enough! It's hard to believe that a few years ago they had just experienced a lost war, and now their king was trying for revenge) he was still busy like a spinning top.

Italians seem to be very nice and talkative, but the annoying thing is that they don't like to talk to people in English, and although England is recognized as the most powerful country in the world, and I know for sure, they speak English, but they just don't want to use it. Whenever possible, they will speak Italian or French with you. In their opinion, it seems that only these two languages can be used as the languages of civilized people. Hell, I'll admit, Italian sounds good, and it's really nice to sing arias or something—even though I don't understand anything. As for French, I don't say anything else, but counting in French makes a whole bunch of bags pop up in my head, like the last time we saw an Oriental pagan idol at Morgan.

But that's not the scariest thing, the scariest thing is that although they are very talkative, they are always reluctant to get down to business. They spend a lot of time talking about things that are completely irrelevant. Moreover, he also proudly proclaimed that this was a table of "love of life and love of art". I think I'm also an art lover, but I can't do it like the Italians – they even castrate some cute boys for the sake of music!

But in general, the Italians are not difficult to deal with, it is not difficult to reach an agreement with them, it is difficult to urge them to carry out the ...... Sometimes I wonder how they built the Roman Empire. ”

Seeing the big brother's complaint about the Italians, Scrooge almost laughed. All of a sudden, he was like the story of the lovely Italians during World War II. However, dealing with these people is also a kind of exercise for the eldest brother, anyway, the current business in Italy is just a temporary copy for him. Making money is important, but if Carol can be trained, the value is even higher than profit.

Carefully putting away the eldest brother's letter, Scrooge walked out of the office and walked towards the production workshop not far away. One consequence of the expansion of production lines is that the proportion of experienced skilled workers in the workforce has decreased. Although the proportion of experienced skilled workers here is still higher than that of other companies in the same industry, Scrooge understands that after the outbreak of the war, the scale of his factory may expand rapidly, and by that time, the production capacity of the factory may have to expand to tens of thousands, or even more than 100,000 per month, and at that time, there will definitely be a real shortage of skilled workers in his hands.

In the past, Scrooge always resorted to recruiting experienced skilled workers, but the overall scale of the industry was limited, and even if all qualified mechanics were recruited from all over the United States, it would still be insufficient for the goal of producing 100,000 rifles a month. In order to solve this problem, Scrooge remembered a common method in later generations: the master takes the apprentice.

One master with several apprentices is nothing new in the United States. This is a practice that has been popular since the days of handicraft workshops. The workshop owner brings a few apprentices, who work for the master for free, and the master teaches them skills until they are old enough to stand on their own.

But there is obviously a problem with this system, that is: "the apprentice of the church, starve the master". In terms of the interests of the master, the ideal situation is, of course, that the apprentices will never be able to become a teacher. In this way, the master can always have free labor to use, and there is no need to worry about the apprentice becoming a competitor to the master after leaving the master. Therefore, the masters will always use a qiē method to delay the apprentice's cooking time, and they can always teach the apprentice without teaching, and no matter what, they must leave a key thing not to teach. Therefore, it is really not easy for apprentices to learn real skills, and sometimes they have to use some espionage methods.

However, in the industrial age, this relationship began to change. The master is no longer a proprietor such as a workshop owner, whether it is a master or an apprentice, they have become hired workers, and the technical skills in the hands of the master are no longer the magic weapon that can make his family survive for generations, so as long as there is a certain material incentive, Scrooge feels that experienced skilled workers should still be willing to guide those apprentices.

Referring to the practice of later generations, Scrooge began to launch such activities in the factory. First of all, Scrooge determined a technical title for each skilled worker, and awarded different salaries according to different levels. The salary of a skilled worker at the highest level is several times that of a novice and may even be.

In Scrooge's rules of the game, a skilled worker, if he wants to obtain a higher title, in addition to his own high skills, teach more novices, so that they can pass the tests organized by Scrooge is also a very important factor. At the same time, Scrooge also promised that if they did not teach a single disciple who could become a teacher, they would all receive a certain amount of bonuses.

Now, this campaign is being carried out in full swing in Scrooge's factory, and Scrooge feels that by the time the war breaks out, he will have enough skilled workers in reserve.

In addition, the technical specification tutorial is also in the process of being written, and once this is completed, the company will be able to train new skilled workers faster and faster, and the cost will be lower and lower.

Of course, the move to recruit skilled workers will not stop.

……

"Jim, it's been two weeks since you joined MacDonald, tell me what you've learned?" In an inconspicuous corner of a tavern, a one-eyed dragon with a meaty face was whispering to a worker-like man.

"Mr. Gordon, the bullets of the precision shooting version of 1857 are not produced in the workshops where the bullets of the ordinary version are produced. As far as I can observe, only warheads and shells for o.3o inch bullets were produced in the workshop, and in fairly small quantities. So these things are made by a few workers in the most traditional way, and after the warhead shells are made, they are sent away, and I don't know where they went. The worker named Jim said.

"That's not enough news to cover your gambling debts." "So you'd better work harder." ”

……

"Ramot, what inferences do you have from this information?" Henry? DuPont asked.

"There must be something wrong with the production process of this ejacular! Most of the technology for mass production has not yet matured, and based on the production of O.3O bullets, it is believed that the manufacture of this gunpowder is still in the stage of manufacturing in the real yàn room. "Lamoth? DuPont said.

There is a big distance from real yàn room manufacturing to industrial manufacturing, Lamotte? Dupont's answer was clearly a relief to Henry.

"In addition, the manufacturing process of this ejaculation can be dangerous, so the preparation of the ejaculation cannot even be carried out in the factory, but has to be done outside. Maybe it's as dangerous to produce as nitroglycerin. "Lamoth? DuPont speculated.

"That's good news, but we can't let our guard down. They must always be watched. It would be nice if we could know the list of ingredients they ordered. It's not easy, though, it's top secret. It's not that easy to get your hands on. And the opponent is also very strong, and we may not be able to play hard either, well, Blackwater, isn't this just a private army! This guy has been prepared for a long time! Henry said.

"Even if you get it, it doesn't necessarily work." "Even if you have all the ingredients in front of you, you don't know the ratio, you don't know the process, it's still impossible to make this." In addition, uncle, the Europeans have already understood glycerin explosives, and the power is far from being comparable to the current black powder. Shouldn't we study it too? ”

"This thing is too dangerous, it seems that the temperature is a little higher, or there is a slightly more violent vibration will explode, such a thing, no matter how good the performance is, it is inconvenient to store, it is inconvenient to transport, and it will not have much market. However, if these problems can be solved, it can be a good dynamite. Companies can do this research, but don't put too much effort into it...... Also, keep in mind that in the study of glycerin explosives, you can only review the data, and under no circumstances are you allowed to participate in the experiment! My nephew, you're the most proficient in chemistry in the DuPont family, and you mean so much to our family that you can't just do risky things, you know? "Henry? DuPont said with a stern expression.

"I understand, uncle. I'm not going to do anything risky. Lamotte replied.

"Ciel, you follow Young Master Lamote in the future, help me keep an eye on him, lest he have itchy hands for a while......"

"Yes, sir." A sturdy man in a black suit replied.