Conference room.

Steam engine plant, coke refinery, engineering team.

More than 20 core stewards and foremen took a novel look at the surrounding environment.

Xiao Jiu looked at the master aggrievedly, Wan San had a dark face, and deliberately stayed away from Xiao Jiu.

It is useless to beat this stubborn donkey, so I can only make this decision, I hope that the apprentice can remember this lesson and not repeat it.

"Master Wan, congratulations, 10,000 taels of silver, as the little prince said, it is really a thousand gold." The steward next door sarcastically.

Wan San glared.

The steward's face does not change.

In the past, he respected Master Wan, but when he forced the little prince to take out 10,000 taels of silver, he looked down on Wansan.

The people don't know, they don't know yet?

Although the steam engine was built by Wansan, the little prince also made great efforts.

A few thousand taels of silver is already very worthy of Wansan.

Zhou Shifeng stared at the desktop, not knowing what was going on in his heart, ignoring the things around him, as if he didn't hear it.

"Little Lord."

"Little Lord."

Suddenly, there was a voice at the door, Zhou Shifeng hurriedly stood up, looked up, and sure enough, he saw Zhu Gaochi walking in with a smiling face.

"Little Lord."

People shouted.

Zhu Gaochi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Everyone sits." ”

The stalls are getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more things.

The need for meetings is already on the rise.

After everyone sat down again, Zhu Gaochi continued. "Before we get down to business, let's talk about something that everyone is happy about."

"The steam engine factory has more than 300 workers, and the coke refinery, with nearly 100 workers, plans to recruit 200 workers when it starts work."

"The engineering team, with more than a thousand workers, is planned to reach the size of two thousand."

"These achievements are inseparable from everyone's efforts."

His eyes swept over the conference room and looked at everyone, Zhou Shifeng, Xu Ning, Wan San, Xiao Jiu, Wang Ben......, and Zhu Gaochi were in a very happy mood.

"From nothing, we are very grateful to all of you."

"It should be that we are grateful to the little prince."

Zhou Shifeng finally spoke.

He stood up, first glanced at Zhu Gaochi, saw the little prince bowed, and then looked at the guys around him.

"Zhonghua's heavy wages are not low, including food and housing, and the food in the factory, who is not envious outside? There are more than 1,000 workers, who is not happy to work every day? ”

"Without the little prince, there would be no everyone here."

"The little prince is good to the workers with his heart and lungs, everyone can see it, and he must have a conscience to be a man."

As soon as Zhou Shifeng's voice fell, everyone echoed, and everyone's expressions were very excited, including Xu Ning.

Zhu Gaochi did not doubt it.

Times are different.

It is completely different from the humanities of later generations.

There is no place to keep a master here, but it is just a line in a film and television drama, and it should not be a common practice in society.

A stable job, being able to support one's family, having a high salary, and living a worry-free life is rare even in later generations, let alone in ancient times.

Left the factory.

Nine out of ten people in the factories will not be able to find a new job, and they will either be reduced to poor again, or they will go back and forth, or they will continue to look for work and work for a short time.

"We can't do without anyone." Zhu Gaochi smiled and shook his hand, stopping Zhou Shifeng, so as not to stay in Wansan.

The matter of 10,000 taels of silver, although Zhu Gaochi was distressed, he would not regret it.

Among them, Xiao Jiu accounts for half of the reasons.

The contribution of the steam engine, the contribution of the railway, and Xiao Jiu's tireless research on technology.

With this alone, Zhu Gaochi was willing to hold Xiao Jiu.

It's really strange to say.

Zhu Di will be angry, he is not surprised, but unexpectedly, the most angry are the workers in the factory.

But there's no need to dwell on this matter.

Mansan is also a talent.

Things have come to this point, there is no right or wrong, it can only be said that luck is like this.

What is the smooth sailing of affairs?

"Everyone works hard to make the factory better and better, and in the future, not only you, but your sons and grandchildren can live in the factory, which is good for everyone."

"Straight to the point." Zhu Gaochi accepted it when he saw it, changed his words, and said: "The output of the steam engine factory needs to be increased. ”

"In addition to meeting the needs of Beiping Province, Shandong in the second half of the year is also crucial."

"Shandong is the center of coal mining and iron smelting in the north, and the population is several times that of Beiping.

"The shopkeeper Gao has complained to us several times, and now that we see the shopkeeper Gao, we have to walk around, for fear of being entangled by him."

"Haha."

The little prince's witty words made people laugh quietly.

10,000 taels of silver, the effect is indeed not small.

People suddenly found that when they saw the little prince, they felt a lot closer to each other, and they no longer felt that the little prince was superior, for fear of making the nobles unhappy.

Among the crowd, a middle-aged man wearing a blue robe and a slightly chubby man with a ruddy complexion said with a smile: "Shandong is different from Beiping, the sales in Beiping are not worried, Shandong is a new thing, and many mine owners are not easy to meet. ”

"The few companies that have negotiated are all waiting for the steam engine, but the production plan of the factory is scheduled for two months, and the people in the outer cabinet are in a hurry."

"Shandong and Beiping are indeed different, and the guys in the outer cabinet have to work a lot harder." Zhou Shifeng said a fair word.

Who in Peking dares not to give face to Yanwangfu?

It's like your own home.

Shandong's coal bosses are not familiar with each other, and many people are vigilant, and they will suspect strangers who suddenly come to the door as liars.

Beiping is the first deposit production, Shandong is cash on delivery.

"The steam engine factory has been trying to increase production capacity, but manpower is a big problem."

The shopkeeper of the steam engine factory is also surnamed Gao and is called Gao Changfang.

Increasing production is not empty words, how can we increase it in the fastest time?

Expand the workforce.

However, as the craftsmen who can absorb in the surrounding area have become inseparable, the quality of new workers is getting lower and lower, and most of them are apprentices.

Speaking of the lack of manpower, Xu Ning couldn't help but speak.

Xu Ning is in charge of the engineering team, as well as the railway engineering team.

Although he is young, he is in charge of a lot of things.

Everyone is asking questions, and in the face of various problems, the ministries consult with each other, and they argue about the importance of the matter, and so on.

Zhu Gaochi listened carefully to what they said, and it was not to the point where he needed to come forward.

Steam engine manufacturing plant, engineering team, coke refinery under construction, railway engineering team under expansion.

Every factory is not just a random start, but around the process of the industrial revolution, in line with the law of development.

The steam engine is the incubator, and the honeycomb coal is the accelerator, which solves the market demand of the mine in the environment where industrial coal has not yet grown.

After the rise of industrial coal, a new and huge heavy industry chain was born, which was separated from the landlord class.

The replacement of firewood by coal is of great significance and cannot be regarded as a commodity, but it solves the problem of scarce resources in society.

It cannot be seen as a cheap commodity produced by industry, which crushes the mode of production of an agrarian society.

For example, goods such as soap.

There is no soap, and Daming also has toiletries such as soap horns.

Soap replaces toiletries such as soap, so to speak.

Without the rise of coal, there would be no industrial progress, and there would be no technological change in all commodities.

In terms of technology and culture, ideas and science, France and Italy surpassed England, and the most famous scientists and thinkers of those centuries were not in England.

But why did the Industrial Revolution happen in Britain?

Because Britain was the first to invent the steam engine and coke iron smelting technology, the matter is as simple as that, from the English book.

Coal Age.

Four words are very apt and contain many aspects.

And the early Ming Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty had their own advantages.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the per capita economic level was higher, and the thinking at the end of the Ming Dynasty was more advanced.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was an opportunity to develop industry.

The current plant and engineering team are all around the coal industry.

Industrial planning is difficult, but it's not difficult.

What is even more difficult is how to face the future battle of Jingjing after success, this huge civil war.

Looking at the warm atmosphere of the venue, Zhu Gaochi's brows couldn't help but lock.

The scale of the factory has already taken shape.

The number of workers in his own hands, close to 2,000, is not counting the private owners who were indirectly influenced by him, and their long-term workers, as well as the increase in the number of miners in the mines.

These forces need to be controlled, and the means that are in keeping with the industrial age need to be employed.

"The engineering team can't do it anymore."

Xu Ning was on fire.

"What's going on?" Zhu Gaochi followed the voice and looked over.

"The preliminary work has been completed, but the kiln of the coke refinery has not yet been determined, many people have nothing to do, and other places are too busy to be busy, can you transfer some of them first?"

Xu Ning was very shrewd and asked the nobleman directly.

Of the three projects that the engineering team had taken up in front of them, one was completed, and several new major tasks were added, and the manpower became more and more strained.

The construction period was delayed, and the responsibility could not fall on the coke refinery, and he Xu Ning was unwilling to waste manpower.

"What do you think of Master Wang?"

Zhu Gaochi did not follow Xu Ning's words, but asked Wang Ben.

Xu Ning's approach made Wang Ben's face ugly.

"The kiln hasn't been decided yet."

"How long will it take?"

Wang Ben hesitated for a while before he said, "It may be one or two days, or it may be three or five days." ”

It stands to reason that although it is only the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, all walks of life have recovered for more than 20 years, and there are always some results.

The coke refining technology has been in the Song Dynasty, and it should not be so difficult.

I thought that how to use the steam engine as a power in the coke refinery was the most difficult, but the coke refining technology that I didn't care about was stuck.

"There are people everywhere, and when the kiln is set, the engineering team will be transferred back immediately." Zhu Gaochi clapped.

didn't dare to urge Wang Ben.

Technically, things are good, if they don't work, they can't be sloppy at all, they really make Wang Ben anxious, and things are easy to do badly.

"Manpower matters, we will go to the guard with my father in two days, and we will solve the problem of manpower shortage."

Da Ming has people.

But the factory has to be in a hurry, and it can't stop production and wait for the slow recruitment.

"In the future, it will become a regular practice, and after the shopkeeper Zhou goes back, he will make a charter, and the meeting will be held in a few days."

Meetings can be more efficient.

But it's too much.

Thank you for a moment in eternity, a three-second kiss for the reward.

(End of chapter)