Chapter 13 Azorean Garment Factory
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In the Azores in January, even in winter on the calendar, the temperature is still above 10 degrees. The pleasant climate of Ansarísmo Sangra naturally allows travelers from North America to live a very different and comfortable life.
Since last June, the booming maritime trade has finally brought a storm bigger than the wings of a butterfly, and merchant ships from the coastal countries of Europe have been pouring in like bees attracted by flowers. Even at the end of last year, merchant ships from the Caribbean and West African coasts came to the city, and although there were few of them, it was clear that Terceira Porto Heroísmo had set off an unusual commercial boom in this era, and it had become an incredible hot spot in the vast Atlantic.
The non-concession to the west of Angra de Marsírísmo on the island of Terceira has changed dramatically from a few months ago, not only in terms of size, but even on the surface, it looks more like a new part of Angra de Grasípa. Thanks to the thousands of refugees transferred from Portugal and the Netherlands, under the management measures of cash-for-work, concession administrative areas, commercial and trade areas, warehouse storage areas, and labor residential areas have sprung up one after another.
Although on the surface it is still relatively simple, the vigorous vitality of the entire American concession has made Garcia, the Portuguese governor who has ruled the Azores for nearly ten years, a little ashamed.
The first is the taste, an invisible dividing line, which makes the American Concession and the other neighborhoods of Angra Herosísmo have a completely different olfactory experience. The cleanliness of the Chinese American Republic surprised every European businessman and official who entered the American Concession.
The second is the income of residents, it seems that the American Concession always has to be compared with the Port-In-Marsjío neighborhood, the Portuguese who are lucky enough to work in the U.S. Concession, or the refugee laborers who have been transported from afar, their monthly wages are almost much higher than the average level of the whole of Europe, and even many skilled craftsmen in the Angra Angra neighborhood have secretly run to the U.S. Concession.
Not to mention the rise of oriental fashion in the Azores, the strong Yang Wenwen brand clothing has not only aroused a considerable number of popularity among the Portuguese and Spanish aristocracy, but also has almost no price, and even the families of the local wealthy families in the Azores have secretly tried it. If it weren't for the fear that this kind of "imitation of the aristocracy" would lead to disaster, I am afraid that there would be more local women dressed in oriental costumes on the streets.
But in any case, Angra de Marsmo Sansíptimo has indeed prospered rapidly, excluding the American Concession, and the permanent population of Anglo de Marsmo has exceeded 2,400. That's almost two percent more than before the arrival of the Americans! A large number of Portuguese civilians who couldn't get along in the local area didn't know whether they were guided by merchants or listened to some rumors, but they actually brought hundreds of people across the sea with the old and the young to help them in more than half a year.
Shops and workshops designed to provide all kinds of conveniences for life in the American Concession have appeared, and even brothels have opened in the American Concession.
Taxes such as entry tax, trade tax, and poll tax are increasing every month, and Garcia's own gray monthly income has swelled to the point where he finally no longer cares. If you have money, when you have a lot of money, it's just a pure number.
The Consulate General of the Americans is negotiating to rent more skins? No problem, as long as the Azores are still in Portugal, the next qiē is easy to discuss!
Need more labor? No problem, the price and freight are negotiable, and the merchants who are traveling to and from Europe will try to cram as many people as possible into their dark cabins.
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Need more autonomy? No problem, as long as the port flag is still Portuguese! Oh, not at all! Shi Wenbo, who did not succeed, just smiled slightly, and rowed away the coastal forest slope immediately south of the US concession. He's going to create an "Atlantis community" there, functional. Naturally, it will attract the magnates of European countries, and various corrupt industries in later generations have long been in Shi Wenbo's planning.
The northern side of the U.S. Concession, which was originally a wasteland of shrubs and weeds, is now a newly built large factory building with a mixed wood structure and a number of labor dormitories, and a corridor extends directly to the central block of the concession.
The large factory has a door number with the business card of "Huamei Yang Wenwen Living Art Company (Europe) Garment Factory" written in Chinese and Portuguese respectively.
In view of the fact that the transportation of raw materials for garment making is too troublesome, and it is impossible to embezzle such a large scale of labor from the mainland, Yang Wenwen can only open her mass-produced garment enterprise to the Azores. What's more, if local processing wants to purchase raw materials, it must go through the state-owned import and export group, and Yang Wenwen is not willing to pay an extra cent for this!
When she arrived at Sangra Sansmo in mid-November, Ms. Yang brought with her three large sets of gadgets that looked like some kind of machine tool. Then, with the help of the consulate and the governor's palace, more than 100 European laborers, most of whom were women, were selected and recruited in the refugee area.
Two months have passed, and her European garment processing factory has finally been completed, and the guy who is a treasure has also been found in the factory under the humming of a group of temporarily hired port porters.
A huge machine with all kinds of internal and external pulleys, levers, and hobbing teeth is a human sewing machine made by a literary and artistic youth. The young man who had been shot by the Industrial Review Committee for Jenny's textile machine project worked hard to "restore" the famous human sewing machine within a few months using the information he could find. Just looking at it this way, the guy in front of me, who is almost taller and wider than a wardrobe, and looks more like a platform vertical drilling machine, has nothing to do with the sewing machine.
In any case, the precision machining level of Jiang Zhaolong's "General Industrial Company" can only realize the physical function of a human sewing machine in this extensive form. But if it really wants to work, it's obviously not the kind of woman who can step on it, but it doesn't matter, a European strong man with thick feet can solve it!
As for the price of the equipment, General Industries sold a set of $6,000 "friendly price" very "boldly", and gave away some vulnerable parts and spare parts, and even the sharp-toothed Yang Wenwen had to pay the bill with hatred.
During the construction of the factory, Yang Wenwen brought several former female textile workers to carry out intensive training for these European women. Most of the European women garment workers are only responsible for the mass production of cutting parts, and the critical sewing stage is completed by human sewing machines under the supervision of technical shareholders.
The current first orders are 2,000 uniforms for the army and navy, as well as 500 uniforms for the latest design. Because all kinds of military uniforms dug up from the ruins of the catastrophe have long been exhausted.
Several European men sweated hard under the rhythmic command, and the rumbling human sewing machine trembling up and down sewed the cutting parts of the table at a very fast speed, and about a quarter of an hour later, the soldier's uniform of dark gray woolen imported from Europe was basically completed. Next, it is the other female workers to carry out the subsequent details processing and packaging and packaging.
Based on a 14-hour day, three human sewing machines can produce 100 sets of military uniforms, each of which costs $4 for the military. Although such a big move to open a European garment factory would have increased a lot of expenses, the later costs have been effectively controlled, and the gross profit per set can reach a staggering $2. …,
As soon as this batch of orders is completed, Yang Wenwen will immediately fulfill a batch of labor protection service contracts for various workers with a total of 5,000 sets. The gross profit per set is also more than $1. These profits alone are enough for her to earn back most of this investment! And the wages she paid to European garment workers were only $6 per person per month.
Yang Wenwen, who walked in the middle of the three assembly line passages, was still wearing a luxurious Hanfu palace skirt, and her proud look made the consul general Shi Wenbo, who accompanied her, yawn again and again.
"Hehe, eldest sister, do you have any requirements for me to visit today? The little brother naturally goes all out! Shi Wenbo touched the machine next to him, and immediately turned out to be a mobile oil, and quickly wiped his hands on the mountain of leftovers on the side, "With your garment processing speed, I'm afraid that all the tailors in Lisbon add up to this." ”
"That's it! I plan to buy a few more equipment from Lao Jiang next time to expand production! Of course, you have to help me find enough female workers. I know you have a good eye for choosing women. Yang Wenwen grinned and took the collar of a military jacket from the side, carefully inspected the sewing thread, "My salary is more than double that of those women working in European cities, your charm and my salary should be easy to handle, right?" ”
"Look at what you say...... Now that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Su Zining is in charge of the Azores, I just need to get visas every day. Swenbo touched his nose awkwardly and looked around at him.
"Well, then when are you going to pay me for the last shipment of migrants? I counted, but you stuffed 84 more people into my Wenwen, and if the child is half counted, it is also 76 people. The first $10 shipping per person is $760 in total, and if you pay in Spanish dollars, you will be charged 5% more, thank you, continue to cooperate next time! Yang Wenwen suddenly turned around, grinning and didn't know where to take out a bill.
"Hey. Eldest sister, no, you should find the Immigration Department or Su Zining to report this! Shi Wenbo jumped up like a cat that had been stepped on by its tail, his face full of righteous indignation, "I'm not worried that the local manpower is not enough, so I stuffed some more people, why should I count it on my own head?" ”
"The list of transport personnel that Su Zining gave me at the beginning was only 100 people." Yang Wenwen's willow eyebrows straightened, and her face turned cold, "What?" Want to settle accounts with my mother?! ”
"Good. You're ruthless! ”
Shi Wenbo gritted his teeth, reached out to grab the bill, and walked out of the factory angrily. The unknown European female workers in the factory workshop all secretly looked at these two high-flying Americans...... )
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