Chapter 254: Eighth-level Craftsman
Yunyang has developed steadily since Chenghua, but it is still limited in population and very little developed.
There are gold, silver, and copper here, these three good things, and none of them have been found at this time~
Wang Hongyu came to Yunyang, so he didn't want the gold and silver here to run into other people's pockets.
But how can these three mines be so easy to find, so after the construction of the military tun begins to take shape, we will start to explore these most valuable minerals.
Qin Minping has done a very good job here, and he has taken care of training troops and pulling up Tuntian during this time, which can be said to be both fighting and civil affairs.
After some exchanges, I found that the phrase "the children of poor families are in charge early" is not deceiving me~
Shizhu Tusi is far more difficult than the conditions of ordinary prefectures and counties, Qin Minping, Qin Ling and others must not only be able to fight, but also understand life, so that they can live a little better in poor places.
Qin Liangyu and others are well-taught and lead by example.
Therefore, Qin Ling was not only capable of fighting, but also good at herbal medicine, intelligence, and business. In addition to fighting, Qin Minping has seen and heard about rivers and mountains.
Although the competition of force or gun operation skills is not as good as the second brother Zhang Shenwu and the gun expert Zhang Mingshi, they can also play a prominent role in all aspects.
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The first phase of water transportation and minerals in Tuntian has begun to bear fruit, and road construction and cultivation are now being carried out in an orderly manner because seeds, tools and livestock are in place.
The Hunhe Army built an ordnance workshop covering an area of several hundred acres on a relatively flat river beach saline-alkali land on the south bank of the Han River. The reason why I chose this place is because the good land near the river beach has been cultivated, and the saline-alkali land can be allocated by Yunyang Mansion without money.
Another advantage is that it is close to Hanshui, and in the future, Wang Zheng is ready to design a water turbine hammer, a hydraulic press, and a hydraulic rolling mill. However, now it can only be beaten by hand.
The skilled workers were mainly Li Tiezhu's original subordinates who made armor and weapons when he was in Liaodong, and Li Tiezhu went to Zhushan County and only took away some of the blacksmiths who made agricultural tools, leaving all the good hands who made weapons.
Based on these people, and then recruiting some blacksmiths and helpers from the local area, the armory factory can be supported.
Wang Hongyu and Li Tiezhu's assistants personally checked and recruited 180 people from among the displaced people, including 40 blacksmiths, 20 carpenters, 20 leatherworkers, and 100 apprentices; 20 blacksmiths were recruited from the local area.
The honeycomb coal and sauce factories have adopted the division of labor and cooperation, breaking through the anti-traditional way of master and apprentice.
However, ordnance is different, and it is necessary to analyze specific problems on a case-by-case basis.
Similar to striking iron and forging, the production of swords, spears, and arrows in mass production adopts a high degree of division of labor and cooperation, and is close to an assembly-line workshop handicraft.
But armor, firecrackers and cannons must also require a master to lead an apprentice, and they can't take too big a step.
However, the name is not called master or apprentice, so as to avoid the technology being monopolized in the hands of the "master".
To do these things, use the craftsmen brought from the War Bureau as technicians, each bring a helper, and then recruit a novice when this helper can find a clue. There is no master and apprentice here, only according to the three types of work: skilled workers, skilled workers, and strong workers.
There are eight levels of technical work, and each level has strict assessment standards. Every time you are promoted, the salary will rise by one level, and the eighth-level workers will be treated as technicians and be at the same level as engineers.
There are three levels of technicians, first-level technician, second-level technician, and third-level technician; Above the technician is the master craftsman, which is also divided into three levels; Above the master craftsman is the academician, and the academician enjoys the treatment of the scholar.
Like the current Wang Zheng, he enjoys the treatment of a first-class master craftsman, and is at the same level as Jinshi; For example, if Xu Guangqi is rowed into the Hunhe Army, he will enjoy the treatment of a second-level master craftsman.
However, Xu Guangqi is still a literati official at heart, and craftsmen and skills are at most his side jobs.
Wang Zheng has not yet achieved the status of Jinshi, and he is relatively more keen on invention and creation.
In the future, the system of literati landlords will also have the levels of students, talents, lifters, jinshi, bachelors, and university scholars, and these will all belong to diplomas in the future.
However, it cannot be implemented for the time being, after all, the literati landlords are still united front to Wang Hongyu, and there is still a considerable distance from joining.
On the contrary, encyclopedias such as engineering, agriculture, commerce, and medicine will have corresponding diplomas in the future, and it is estimated that they will be developed ahead of scribes.
Of course, the craftsmen brought from the War Bureau feel that they are treated better than in the War Bureau, although the place is a little off, but being able to save money and be respected is much better than being reprimanded and insulted by civil officials and eunuchs.
The armory mainly produces armor, swords, and spears, as well as some agricultural tools. After the finished product, the blacksmith should put a steel seal on the instrument, and the acceptance unit should also be marked with a steel seal, and the responsibility should be assigned to the person.
This is the old rule of the Ming Dynasty, and the big guy accepts it and the effect is good.
In addition, there is a salary, and the craftsman has the right to speak, and participates in the management, the enthusiasm is higher
The salary consists of two parts, the minimum salary and the special contribution award.
There is another reward for the invention, and if it can be converted into use, it can get a status promotion other than the reward.
The armory yard is equipped with security guards, and there are exclusive patrol guards at night; Let the off-duty workers be listed and delisted in the communication room; Wear special work clothes to work.
There are drinking rooms, infirmaries, and lunch lounges in the venue; There are material warehouses and finished product warehouses in the east and west wings of the field; The south side is the lounge and reception room; There are several blacksmith yards on the north side, surrounded by workshops.
The ordnance yard is set up with special workers' dormitories and workers' canteens, dormitories are equipped with wooden beds, flues on the ground and inside the walls, warm walls, and stoves are set up outdoors, and special fire personnel are set up to make fires appropriately according to the hot and cold weather.
For those who are willing to bring their family members to live, the workshop provides row houses, and each row is equipped with wells, public toilets, and garbage sites, and a special person is responsible for managing and cleaning them.
Family members can cook by themselves, or go to the staff canteen to order and buy food; School-age children can study in the nearest factory primary school, free of tuition, and enjoy free lunch.
The location of the musket and artillery workshop is troublesome, and the workshop does not need to occupy much space, and it must be kept secret and convenient for transportation, because in the future, there will be thousands of catties for the general, and there will be no convenient transportation conditions, even if it is built, it will not be able to be transported.
In addition, the barrels of the Furlong machine and the Tiger squat cannon are suitable for suppression by a water press, and it must be suitable where there is water, and the water surface must be able to allow medium-sized ships to enter and exit, and it is convenient to transport the cannon out in the future.
All kinds of barrels must also be considered to be pressed with a hydraulic press before they can be mass-produced, and large hydraulic presses must be made after the advent of small hydraulic presses.
Because only after making a seamless steel pipe can it withstand water pressure, it can only be solved by Li Tiezhu and Wang Zheng step by step.
However, the site selection had to be in place at one time, so as soon as he arrived in Yunyang, Wang Hongyu sent Zhao Hannian to lead more than a dozen veterans, and asked his relatives in Zhushan County of Zhou Dunji to be guides to block the river in the tributaries of the Han River, exploring the forks or tributaries and dark rivers that are quiet and allow medium-sized boats to enter and exit.
I heard Zhou Zhaoan say that there are hundreds of bends in the river, where the fog is thick all day long, and it is never interrupted all year round, which is really a good place to cover up steelmaking, ironmaking, and smelting other metals, and it is not far from coal mines, iron mines, and copper mines, and it is very convenient to transport them by water.
The production of various types of ordnance began, and soon it would be of great use.