Chapter 35
My Empire Chapter 35
2020-11-03
Chapter 35 35 Interval between work stoppages"One hour off! One hour off!" Looking at the huge, somewhat bulky wall on the wall On the clock, a small supervisor reluctantly held the report, and marked a big "X" on it as if to vent his emotions.
Every shutdown means production has to come to a standstill and things get messed up. Similarly, every shutdown means that all employees in the entire production workshop will have less income.
"Alas..." Sure enough, a worker who was rubbing his sore shoulders let out a sigh and complained loudly, "Why is it shutting down again! Are you still letting people live? That group of people The guy in the power room, are you looking for something?"
"You use production safety to fool people..." Another worker was also displeased, as if he had swallowed a live General mouse.
Originally, there was always a roar of machines here, so everyone's voice was full of heroism. Now the machine stopped abruptly, but everyone was still talking loudly, which sounded a little deafening.
Some workers came out from behind the machine, some took out the towel around their waist, and wiped their oily faces. They looked at the little supervisor standing on the stairs at the door with a pair of dissatisfied eyes, as if waiting for an answer.
Aren't they working so hard to make their family's life better? You must know that beauty is an expensive word, and it is piled up with countless amounts of money.
Where does the money come from? Don't you have to rely on hard work to earn money? Now, if you stop at every turn to stop production, all you will lose is your own happiness! Where does this make sense?
In order to save money that was already scarce, Chris and Dez played a whole "voucher" process. Many wages and bonuses in the factory are actually issued with white paper-like "vouchers" instead of gold coins. Workers take these white papers and go to others in exchange for soap, matches, clothes, and even some food. .
Similarly, other factories producing these materials can only collect such vouchers, and then continue to expand production to purchase raw materials. The raw material production factories continue to issue these vouchers to workers, completing a generally closed loop.
Of course, this closed loop is unhealthy and impossible to justify. However, as long as real gold and white silver are used to make up for the overflowing holes, then all the factories can run well.
The Mifford coupons used by Germany before World War II are this thing, it can help a poor country to make ten times the amount of money in one go to expand its own strength.
However, doing this is not without its drawbacks, that is, the cycle will get bigger and bigger. Once the country needs to pay back those blank papers, it will be time for the economy to collapse. Unless this loophole can be slowly filled by means of production or plunder, the entire country will be plunged into disaster.
Both Chris and Dez have this realization. One is a transmigrator who has accumulated thousands of years of Earth's economic experience, and the other is a businessman who has been engaged in economics for almost ten years. Of course, they know the huge risk of creating a currency out of thin air.
However, in the short term, the benefits of doing so are all too enticing, and they can't help but hope for the booming "illusion" that everything is running fast with the economic explosion.
Of course, as a worker, Alanhill also provides many preferential policies: all workers who work in the factory and have mastered production skills can apply for living allowances from the factory in advance.
These subsidies are all living things, from quilts and sheets to soapy mirrors. As long as workers open their mouths, they can use the convenience that these things bring to life in advance. However, once these things are used, part of the subsidy must be repaid each month and deducted from the salary.
The newly industrialized Alanhill was no different from Europe during the Industrial Revolution, where there were no labor laws and no worker protections. Workers have to work more than ten hours every day, and some departments even have to work twelve-hour shifts.
If these hours are not met, the factory will extend the closing hours. This takes up everyone's rest time - so whenever there is a shutdown, the workers complain instead.
"Is the power room ready?" The little supervisor in charge of production couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted loudly as he turned back to the door on the other side.
Of course he couldn't get an answer, because in the factory next door, a group of workers were dismantling a huge steam engine with the help of a simple rail crane erected on the roof. Their faces were covered in sweat, because the job was no easy task.
"One, two, three! One, two, three!" Following the slogan one after another, these workers laboriously opened a closed cabin, and the huge cast steel parts were lifted by cranes because The internal structure of the reciprocating motion was rubbed brightly, presented in front of everyone's eyes.
"Replace the gaskets! Quick! Remove all those aging gaskets!" A group of workers, carrying various tools, rushed to the machine like soldiers on the front line, and began to remove all the aging gaskets.
Remove the rubber gasket and replace it with a new one.
The gasket itself is supposed to be made of rubber, but because of its location in the northeast, Alanhill dukedom has nowhere to grow rubber, either in Serris or elsewhere.
Because of this, when Chris came up with the steam engine, all the sealing gaskets were made of artificial rubber, and they were all synthesized by hand workshops. Although this kind of preparation method in the laboratory can quickly produce synthetic rubber, it is basically impossible for mass production.
Manufactured by hand in the lab, which is the stupid way Chris uses for many problems. Because there is not much demand, this stupid method actually temporarily meets the production demand.
For example, these artificial rubber gaskets in front of us, lifespan is actually no better than natural rubber products. However, because there is no way to obtain a large amount of rubber, most of Alanhill's factories can only use this replacement that requires frequent replacement.
There are many machines that use natural rubber as sealing gaskets, and most of them are concentrated in important factories for the production of arms. Therefore, most civilian factories will stop work from time to time to replace the rubber gasket to ensure the operation of the machine.
In fact, from the side of rubber, it can be seen that the industrialization of Alanhill is not so brilliant. Chris is just pushing the process of mechanical production bluntly, and many troubles have not been fundamentally resolved.
For example, the most important cannon in the Alanhill military industry, the most advanced 75mm caliber infantry light howitzer, has always used wooden gun cart wheels. This is actually a very funny thing: the barrel of the artillery looks like a product from around 1930, but the bracket and the wheels of the artillery look like something from around 1830.
Now, Alanhill's troops still have a long way to go from mechanization, otherwise, just a resource such as rubber may drag down the entire industrial production of Alanhill.
"No way! The parts of the steam engine are being replaced over there! Overtime is guaranteed today! Everyone, take a break! Take a break!" Holding the record book, the little supervisor was about to be given by the vicious workers. scared to cry. Although there is no strike or anything now, but this group of irritable Old Brothers beat him up, and he has no reason to reason.
At the speed of Alanhill's industrial expansion, every worker is an apple of one's eye in shortage, easily punishable - as for the little supervisor... well, just find a pig to tie up at the door , the effect is actually similar...
"Change again? Why are those steam engines so unreliable?" The workers complained, each minding their own business, for whatever reason. They also want to go home early, accompany their children and their wives, and enjoy a better and better life.
"It's weird if it's reliable. I heard that the customers who call in the No. 2 Steam Engine Factory every day are about to set up a company..." Another worker coldly snorted who knew about it, to his companions. Ironically: "How can they have the craftsmanship of our No. 1 Machinery Factory?"
Compared to the No. 1 Steam Engine Factory, which is of good quality, the newly established No. 2 Steam Engine Factory is less reliable. Not to mention more equipment failures, the rubber gaskets used are said to be produced by a new workshop, and the quality is not very good.
But because everyone is now waiting for a new power source, they can only pinch their noses and order the equipment of the second steam engine factory. Otherwise, we have to wait for the production sequence of the first factory next year, which is something that no one can accept after all.
Talking about their craftsmanship, these craftsmen, who were originally blacksmiths or craftsmen, immediately filled with confident brilliance: "That is! Look at the products of our first factory, they are all used in Good stuff from the arsenal!"
"Isn't it? I heard that there is now a third production line built over there, using all our parts!" Hearing someone talking about their own products, everyone All in high spirits. That is a kind of recognition from the times, but also a kind of strength from the heart.
Everyone, everyone started to brag about their craftsmanship. Some people spread out their yellow blueprints and started to study their crafts. The rest time always passed quickly. , and soon there was a mechanical rumbling sound from the factory next door.
"Power is restored! Production continues! The machine is starting! Let's all go back to their places! Go back!" The production supervisor finally got the confidence and started to urge his workers to go back to production. .
Everyone in small groups walked back to their respective machines and waited for the machines to start turning. The busyness has begun. One after another parts are cut out by the machine tool, and completed by one after another process, and finally become qualified products, which are stacked at the feet of the quality supervisors.
(end of this chapter)