Chapter 23: 23 Blueprint for the future
Chapter 23 23Future Blueprint
In fact, Tang Mo did know the current situation, which was no better than before when he went to see Earl Fisherot.
He was really poor before. Although he is not poor now, he has fewer resources at his disposal.
Although he didn’t have that much money at that time and couldn’t even pay workers’ wages, he was not in debt after all.
But what about him now? In fact, he already owed a lot of money - he spent all the money the count had reserved for the guns, but in the end not even a rifle was produced.
That is to say, Tiger, the officer sent by the earl to keep an eye on him, had seen the K1 gun and knew that Tang Mo was not a liar. Otherwise, Tang Mo might have been arrested and sent back to Beiling.
How to use everything he has now to produce enough weapons as soon as possible to supply the earl is a problem that Tang Mo must solve.
In other words, Tang Mo had to appease Tiger no matter what, so that he could continue to tolerate his misbehavior. Otherwise, his credit will go bankrupt and he will lose everything in front of him.
"Use our current shooting range and the open space next to it! Build a factory here first!" Tang Mo thought for a while and gave his solution to the problem.
The land in the factory is flat, and due to the previous layout, there is actually a lot of surplus. For example, there is a small weapons shooting test range in the factory. The place is actually not small and can be used to build a new factory building.
In addition, there are some open spaces where materials can be stacked, and there is also an open space immediately after entering the factory. The roads are smooth and even compacted. Building houses in these places can really save a lot of time in leveling the land.
Immediately afterwards, Tang Mo continued: "Then use the wasteland outside as a shooting range. It's still an experiment and training anyway, so it doesn't matter if it's uneven!"
Having said this, he looked at Tiger, who was standing beside him holding a water glass, and asked: "Tiger, let your soldiers help me. I need to hire some workers to build the factory, but building a wooden house doesn't require that much. A lot of professional craftsmen, just make do.”
As he spoke, he gestured with his hands, trying to explain to Tiger as much as possible: "In fact, all temporary wooden houses do not have to be occupied by people. It is okay to hoard materials and put some useless junk. . So it doesn’t need to be too strong, as long as it can simply protect against wind and rain, it is enough.”
“In addition to the ones standing guard, there are two resting ones, and the remaining four people are going to help! Clear the land, and then help my workers build houses.” Tang Mo finished these words in an almost commanding tone.
Tiger had no problem with soldiers helping to build houses. In fact, many soldiers were ordered to repair barracks on weekdays. This was very common in this era.
Many soldiers were craftsmen before serving in the army. Some were workers in workshops, some were farmers, some were poets, and some were construction workers.
So there is nothing wrong with asking these soldiers to help, but Tiger is concerned about other things.
So he reminded Tang Mo: "Okay...but I must remind you, sir! You have almost used all the funds and raw materials in the first batch, but you haven't produced a K1 gun yet! "
"If you continue like this, then I will also fulfill my duty and inform the earl of everything that happened here." He said firmly, staring at Tang Mo with his eyes.
Tang Mo smiled bitterly, and then said the same assurance: "I am aware of this problem! Tiger! So I plan to start production in the near future."
“The workers in the original workshop continued to maintain production, and with the blessing of steam engines, they would soon be able to produce a sufficient number of gun barrels...” He then gave a quite reasonable arrangement.
"Although we don't have much steel left, it is still enough to produce dozens of gun barrels. Therefore, in a short period of time, we can produce more than 20 K1 fast guns. These weapons are enough for you to deliver a report to the Earl. Right?" Tang Mo asked with a smile while looking at Tiger.
Tiger was a little nervous because this was the first time he heard about the plan to produce K1 rifles from Tang Mo after coming to Bunas.
So he nodded subconsciously and agreed with some uncertainty: "Yes, yes."
"When these raw materials are used up, Lord Earl's second batch of supplies should arrive! By then, I promise you, I will go all out to produce K1 fast guns. I can produce more than 200 of these guns in a month. By then, Everything will be fine." Tang Mo also breathed a sigh of relief, because as long as Tiger was comforted, he could continue to do his own thing.
"I hope so." Matthews sighed softly from the side. He felt that it was enough for him to have a steam engine now.
The remaining dissatisfaction was also because Tang Mo did not immediately devote all his energy to improving and developing steam engines.
In his view, improving this machine that ushered in a new era is definitely the most worthwhile thing to do right now. As long as steam engines can be truly popularized, the entire world will surely usher in a great revolution! Frankly speaking, as a skilled worker, Matthews's vision is indeed sufficient. He could see at a glance the importance of this steam engine in industrial history.
It's a pity that he didn't know that in Tang Mo's data reserve, this machine was just the most primitive machine that started the industrial revolution.
"Now, let's continue talking about land reclamation! I need to let your people build simple sheds on the new land and reclaim as much wasteland as possible near the border." After appeasing Tiger for a few words, Tang Mo once again shifted the topic to the development of the factory.
"I will build a weapons testing ground in this newly purchased area. When the time comes, our weapons can be calibrated and tested here." He began to plan the blueprint of the factory area and make use of every piece of wasteland as much as possible.
"On the other side, I want to build a dormitory building. I need a lot of workers and their families! Everyone can work for me, and I will pay them a corresponding salary." He said, He has entered into his grand blueprint again.
To be honest, everyone here can't keep up with Tang Mo's pace, because they don't know what a huge factory like a city actually looks like!
In later generations, there were many such factories in China. There were hospitals, schools, and entire dormitory areas in the factories. Each factory had tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of employees.
Even in many cases, factories will encourage employees to get married and have children, and provide almost perfect welfare benefits to such dual-income families.
The factory will provide dormitories for workers, raise their children, and provide them with necessary medical care. The factory will even reimburse heating bills and provide employees with summer cooling subsidies.
As long as the products produced by the factory remain marketable, such benefits will stimulate employees' production enthusiasm and create more economic benefits for the factory.
Of course, in this different world, Tang Mo’s eagerness to popularize these benefits actually has a deeper meaning.
He must cultivate his own team and accumulate a large number of talents in order to promote technological development, adapt the whole world to it, and keep up with his development speed.
This is not a joke, but a real problem before him that needs to be solved! Because only by cultivating a large number of drivers who can drive can we sell more cars. This truth is very simple and easy to understand.
Tang Mo does not hope that one day in the future, he can produce a car, but no one in the world can repair it...
In Tang Mo's plan, even spending money to support the families of these workers is a very cost-effective thing.
Just hearing him talk about his plan sentence by sentence made Wes and Roger's eyes brighten: "Women can help me raise pigs, help me process leather, operate sewing machines, and can also help me carry small... goods, raising chickens, ducks and other livestock.”
This arrangement will play the role of a family and firmly control employees within their own factory! And such a stable social structure will also save Tang Mo a lot of production time!
So, everyone listened to Tang Mo describe the prototype of his future factory, and these words actually sounded very feasible.
Tang Mo certainly knew that these ideas of his could succeed, because these were all proven practices in the world before he traveled through.
So he talked endlessly and eloquently: "As long as we make good use of these female workers, our production will be smoother. Don't worry, in the future factories will not only need male workers."
“For some jobs, female workers are more suitable. Their hands are softer and they are more meticulous when installing certain parts.” When talking about passion, he even made gestures to make his words more provocative.
He worked hard to convince everyone in this office to agree to his crazy expansion plan.
Even if these plans cannot be completed now, not even one tenth, they at least represent the future, the future of this weapons workshop!
As he talked, Tang Mo even thought of the kindergarten when he was a child, so he improvised these contents into his words: "Moreover, they can also engage in quality inspection work and provide more and more workers with They cook and help take care of the newborn baby!”
Speaking of children, he excitedly announced to everyone: "Children can serve as apprentices. I not only ask my schools to teach workers' crafts, but also teach mathematics, Chinese and other subjects. They must be literate and understand the truth! Of course, this is the welfare of my working family!”
Almost everyone was immersed in his fantasy of the future, but Tiger was the only one who was awakened from this big dream. Because he realized that Tang Mo seemed to be planning to spend money and recruit people again!
So he spoke subconsciously and asked in a bad tone: "Do you still have money to find a teacher?"
(End of this chapter)