After Zhu Jingyuan finished reading his things, he sat down on the side of the conference table, and then beckoned Lin Zexu and Hao Zhongyi, as well as several other craftsmen and workers to sit down together.

Zhu Jingyuan also asked Hao Zhongyi to sit beside him and asked him about his situation as if chatting:

"What's your name? Where is your hometown? Where did it come from? What do you usually do in the factory? ”

Hao Zhongyi was obviously a little nervous, but he actually liked to talk, so he said a long paragraph intermittently:

"Gift...... Tell the king, my name is Hao Zhongyi, my hometown is Caozhou Mansion in Shandong, and I came from Edo.

"Now it's mainly the third workshop, which is the circular knitting workshop, which is the workshop for knitting socks and sweaters.

"In addition, I am also in charge of the trial production of new technologies and products, and I also manage the new workers, so I have a lot of work to do."

Zhu Jingyuan was a little surprised, this Hao Zhongyi's experience is very complicated:

"Then you do a lot, you do so much work, how much money does the factory pay you a month?"

Hao Zhongyi said quite confidently:

"I now have a basic salary, a workshop director's salary, a new product development position, and new money.

"These miscellaneous things add up, and I can now get one hundred and eight yuan in silver bills a month, nearly one thousand and three white dollars a year."

When Hao Zhongyi said this, Lin Zexu was a little weak-hearted.

The few craftsmen and workshop directors in the back are even more weak now.

They felt that the money was a bit too much, and they felt that Hao Zhongyi should not be so direct and showy.

The basic salary alone, more than fifty silver bills a month, is not low.

A few years ago, how could I have had the opportunity to make so much money.

The main reason is that when Lin Zexu introduced Zhu Jingyuanyan just now, he mentioned the cost issue several times.

It is because of the high cost that it must be sold at a high price, so it is difficult to promote Yunyun.

These workshop directors were worried that Zhu Jingyuan had associations because of this, and felt that it was too much money to be paid to the workers, and they tried to find ways to suppress the wages.

If you can't get so much money in the future, it will definitely be this Hao Zhongyi's fault.

This guy has a smart brain, and his hands and feet are also nimble, but he has a bit of a big mouth and dares to say anything.

As a result, Zhu Jingyuan was quite surprised after hearing this, but he nodded with great satisfaction and said:

"Okay, okay, at this income level, the family can live more comfortably."

Lin Zexu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, Zhu Jingyuan really still has a character, and he thinks about raising his salary all day long.

The other craftsmen and workshop directors were even more surprised, did this mean that they didn't mind at all?

Here, Zhu Jingyuan continued to ask Hao Zhongyi:

"Then how much can the workers under your control earn a month as ordinary workers in the factory?"

Hao Zhongyi thought for a while and said:

"This depends on where the person comes from, if it is a Ming person like me, the basic salary for entering the factory is fifteen silver bills.

"It doesn't matter what you do, it doesn't matter if you have a job or not, you have to issue a minimum of fifteen silver bills.

"He people, Koreans, including those of mixed race, that is twelve, and other Hu people ten yuan.

"Then as long as there is work, the Ming people will rise directly to twenty, and the production line can be circulated, that is, to become a skilled worker, it is all twenty-five silver bills.

"Twenty He people and Koreans, eighteen other Hu people......"

Zhu Jingyuan was directly stunned when he heard this, this wage level is barely okay, and the wages of assembly line workers should still rise.

But now the bigger problem is that this natural way of distributing wages makes Zhu Jingyuan feel that there is a big problem.

These people all work together, and they all do the same work, but because they come from different backgrounds, they get different wages.

The point is, this is a salary determined by a difference in origin, not ability, and it gives them no chance to smooth out the difference through hard work.

I supported Lin Zexu to engage in a multi-ethnic mixed immigration area, just to integrate them into the ethnic group dominated by Ming culture at the same time.

Now this division of labor according to origin will naturally cause ethnic divisions, so that they will not be able to truly integrate.

The difference in wages will remind them that they are not yet Ming people when they are paid every month.

And you will never be able to become a Ming person, this is decided from birth, and there is no way to change it the day after tomorrow.

This would make people feel hopeless, especially in the Daming cultural circle, not in the Tianzhu-like cultural circle.

However, we can't directly give everyone the same treatment, otherwise how can the advantages of Daming be reflected?

The point is that being good for no reason will not make people appreciate or cherish it.

Only the results that you have worked hard to win and have the recognition of the other party are the most cherished.

After Zhu Jingyuan thought about it, he turned to Lin Zexu on the other side and said:

"It's not okay to distribute wages like this......"

Lin Zexu subconsciously said:

"Your Highness, my subordinates have done a survey, and the wages of ordinary workers cannot be reduced, and if they are reduced, they will not be able to hire immigrants......"

Zhu Jingyuan was stunned for a moment, then immediately waved his hand and said:

"I'm not thinking that the salary is too much, I mean that this division method is not good, and I can even say that I think you are paying less!

"My idea is to hold a Daming Yayan application ability test in Mengxian County, and the standard is to be able to live and work in the Daming language completely freely.

"The descendants of Koreans, He, South Vietnamese, Luzon, Burmese, Siamese, and Ming people who are married to their women will be issued a certificate as long as they pass the examination.

"With this certificate, you can enjoy the treatment of a citizen of the feudal kingdom in the Mozhou region of the Great Food Country, and the salary is the same as that of the Ming people.

"Then the Nanyangs, the Tianzhuans, the Persians, the Tatars, the Great Cannibals, the Ottomans, and the Tessians, the indigenous people of their own country could not take this test.

"But the women of their clan and the descendants of the Ming people can take this exam and enjoy the same treatment."

Zhu Jingyuan supports integration, but integration also pays attention to methods and methods, and pays attention to scope and goals.

Zhu Jingyuan's suggestion surprised Lin Zexu, Niu Jian, Hao Zhongyi and other workers and craftsmen.

While everyone else was thinking, Hao Zhongyi was the first to speak:

"In this case, my brother will be able to treat me the same way immediately.

"My brother and his mother are He, but he grew up with me since he was a child.

"I don't speak Japanese language at all, I can only speak Shandong dialect, and Shandong dialect is also considered Da Ming language, right?"

Zhu Jingyuan said with a smile:

"Of course, Shandong dialect is counted, that is the official dialect of the Central Plains, so do you want your brother to get the same treatment as you?"

Hao Zhongyi said as a matter of course:

"Of course I do! If only the Ming Dynasty could do the same! ”

Zhu Jingyuan was stunned for a moment:

"Daming local, this will have to wait for later......"

At this time, Lin Zexu next to him spoke:

"Such an exam, setting such a goal, should be able to stimulate the enthusiasm of the corresponding ethnic group.

"It should be able to improve work efficiency, but the actual cost may not be increased, so my subordinates think they can try."

The other craftsmen and masters also nodded.

Most of the Ming people pursue practicality, and they don't take the citizenship of a vassal country very seriously.

And after passing the assessment of the Ming language, you will definitely be able to communicate with the Ming people, and the overall work efficiency will definitely be improved.

That extra salary, do a little more work and earn it back.

The key is that this is Zhu Jingyuan's request, and Zhu Jingyuan is the king here.

There is no big problem with the plan proposed by the king, and the courtiers are still deliberately doing it, is it nothing to do?

Nor did anyone mention the question of the offspring of the Tianzhu, Persian, Dashi, Ottoman, and Taixi tribes, and their men and Ming women.

Because the cultural tradition of the Ming Dynasty is the male inheritance system, the lineage of women is not particularly important.

The children of their own sons and foreign women will basically be taken for granted as normal grandchildren of their own family.

But there is a special emphasis on male blood, and the idea of treating his grandson as the heir of his family does not exist in his mind.

Zhu Jingyuan saw that everyone did not object, so he smiled and nodded and said:

"Then it's decided, go back and come up with a plan, do a small area of testing.

"Now we move on to the matter at hand, about the wages of ordinary workers."

Lin Zexu agreed, and Zhu Jingyuan looked at Hao Zhongyi again:

"In fact, in my imagination, our ordinary workers can also get a salary of 100 silver bills per month.

"Those of you who are skilled craftsmen and workshop directors will have your wages doubled or tripled, and that is the most ideal."

As soon as Zhu Jingyuan's words came out, an exclamation suddenly sounded at the scene.

Hao Zhongyi even subconsciously shouted:

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, how can they all make so much money......"

Another workshop director also said:

"If they all become rich, then who will be poor......"

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and asked:

"Why do there have to be poor? Why can't they all be rich?

"Although, if you compare with each other, there will definitely be people who have more money and some people who have less money.

"However, it is not impossible for everyone in the future to enjoy the life of the rich in the past, right?"

The craftsmen and workshop directors looked at each other, not daring to continue to refute Zhu Jingyuan, but it was difficult to accept and understand.

Lin Zexu and Niu Jian also felt very strange, combined with what Zhu Jingyuan had been exposed to in the past two years, they vaguely felt that there seemed to be no problem with this idea, but they couldn't understand the logic at once.

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and said:

"Before the Chongzhen Dynasty, a few coins of silver could buy an ordinary silk, and a few taels of silver could buy good silk.

"Before the World War, two or three dollars of silver bought a good silk.

"Before the Chongzhen Dynasty, a woman weaved a piece of silk a day, and it didn't cost much, even if it was sold for three taels of silver.

"Before the World War, a woman could weave a hundred pieces of silk a day by looking at several looms.

"Things are still at that price, and the number of things that a person can create has increased a hundredfold.

"Then this person's income, if not a hundred times higher, should increase more than ten times, right?

"At the same time, the production of silk has increased a hundredfold, and those who can wear silk clothes can also increase more than ten times, right?

"If our current production speed can continue to improve, should everyone's income also continue to grow?"

"Will the number of better clothes and supplies that everyone can enjoy continue to increase?

"In the past, only the rich could wear silk, but now the workers can afford to wear it.

"In the past, silk was not wear-resistant, but now we have created rayon, and we don't feel distressed when we wear it to work."

Several craftsmen and workshop directors were stunned, and felt that what Zhu Jingyuan said was indeed reasonable.

As long as everyone uses the same labor in the same time, more things can be produced.

At the same time, the price of the thing itself remains the same, and everyone's income will rise accordingly.

Moreover, what everyone can enjoy will also rise in tandem.

But they didn't think of a key point right away.

That is, with the improvement of production efficiency, the value of equipment used in production is getting higher and higher, and the importance of the capital invested in production is getting higher and higher, that is, the means of production are becoming more and more complex and important.

What is the proportion of the capital and technical input used to build the factory, and the proportion of the subsequent sales profit, compared to the proportion of the workers who are responsible for the actual production.

If the vast majority of the income goes to investors and factory owners, workers will not have the extra money to buy their own or others' products, and the products will naturally be unsalable.

Niu Jian and Lin Zexu, two high-achieving students, were thinking more while understanding Zhu Jingyuan's thinking at this moment.

Lin Zexu said with some uncertainty:

"Your Highness, this logic is indeed reasonable, but the premise for this cycle to continue is that there are enough people to come up with enough money to buy the products produced by others."

Zhu Jingyuan immediately made a footnote to Lin Zexu:

"Therefore, it is necessary to allocate a sufficient proportion of the benefits from the increase in production efficiency to a sufficient number of workers for consumption, rather than holding them in the hands of the factory owners as much as possible, and only use them to expand production and investment.

"No matter how many factories you build and how many things you produce, once you can't sell them, what's the use of no one buying them?

"So I have always advocated raising wages for workers, of course, the premise of wage increases is that the production efficiency has indeed improved, otherwise it is just drinking water to quench thirst, which will only reduce the actual production efficiency of the factory.

"Workers also have to be given a certain amount of time to spend, otherwise they have money and no time to spend, so I used to push for limiting working hours and leaving more time for them to spend.

"We in Dashiguo must now strictly implement Daming's working hours and vacation regulations, and I will continue to work hard to shorten working hours and extend vacation hours in the future."

Hearing this, a group of craftsmen and workshop directors were speechless, they really had nothing to say.

They can't fully understand the deep logic contained in Zhu Jingyuan's words, but they can understand what Zhu Jingyuan wants to do.

Giving workers more money, giving them more rest, having time and money to enjoy, and of course requiring workers to make more things and better things in less time.

Hao Zhongyi didn't know how to express his feelings, but just chattered in a Shandong accent:

"The king is really a living bodhisattva......"