Chapter 178 Spinners
Being busy with big things!
Recently, Shi Yiwen has been busy with major issues and running a yarn mill.
Because the yarn mill is related to the great cause of the rise of the north, he naturally cares about it. From building a factory to building a water truck, he can be said to have personally experienced it. Moreover, the water truck of the yarn mill is different from that of the arsenal. The frame is made of bricks and stones, and the cement is cracked in the soil. Of course, the cement was obtained from the space construction site. Originally, he wanted to use iron factory slag to make cement, but due to various reasons, it was just an idea.
While building infrastructure such as factories, water trucks, and in the Lugou Iron Factory, after repeated trial production, the "mule machine" combining Jenny yarn machine and water conservancy yarn machine, that is, the spindle spinning machine trial production was finally successful. After repeated trials and confirming that spinning could be done, the iron factory immediately made full efforts to produce spinning machines. In almost a month, twenty spindle spinning machines of 400 spindles were finally installed in the factory building separated by a wall from the iron factory.
At the same time, the female workers in the spinning mill were basically completed. By mid-April, all twenty spinning machines were installed and after trial operation, the spinning factory was ready to start construction.
However, before the start of construction, Shi Yiwen, of course, had to recruit more than 100 factory workers in the factory to meet. They were all female workers, one tael of five cents a month, one tael of lunch a day, and the next day was treated with meat. This was really good in this year. After all, Qi Jiguang's soldiers were only one tael of salary per month. Because of this, when recruiting female workers to apply for apprentices in the factory, people from all over the country immediately rushed here. However, in the end, most people were blocked by one of the conditions. In addition to requiring a rough understanding of literature and literacy, the most important one was - Tianzu.
Because women were required to be good at ease, many women were blocked outside the door. In the end, more than a hundred women of different ages became the lucky ones.
As usual, before the construction of the yarn mill starts, they have to burn incense, fire fire, and pick auspicious times. After this heat, Shi Yiwen stood in the factory and looked at more than a hundred female workers in front of him. The female workers also looked at him. Although he looked handsome and handsome, these big girls and daughters-in-law knew the disparity in their identities. At most, they just blushed and looked at them a few more times. Shi Yiwen didn't care about this, but said to them loudly.
"Everyone, from now on, I will be the workers of my Dasheng Spinning Mill. Shi will definitely not lose everyone's money for one or five cents a month. However, the iron factory next to our factory is the same. It is more labor and more rewarding. If you work more and earn two taels of silver a month, it will be fine. If you are lazy and sloppy, you will naturally not be idle in the factory!"
Some words always need to be said before, and regulations such as factory regulations must be repeatedly emphasized that in modern factories, the most important thing is discipline.
"When everyone was training, we saw that our yarn machine is powered by the rotation of the water truck. As long as the water truck rotates, the yarn machine will not stop. Your job is very simple, just to renew the tampon, renew the yarn, and replace the spindle. But if the spirit is divided, the thread is broken and the ingot is finished, the output will naturally not reach the fixed quota. At that time, the wages will be deducted..."
Hearing Shi Yiwen's words, the female workers answered:
"Please rest assured, we will never be lazy!"
"It is said that the salary paid by the boss is so high. If you are lazy, you will be sorry to the boss!"
Most of these female workers come to their neighborhood villages. Because of their high wages, they are naturally very concerned about this job. They dare to be lazy and even keep in mind the factory rules, for fear of being fired by accident. After all, a month of wages of one or two or five yuan is even a big laborer and cannot earn so much money.
Shi Yiwen was very satisfied with the female workers in the spinning mill's answer. Then he comforted him with kind words, and then said.
"Today is a good day for the factory to start construction. After everyone gets work, they receive 50 cents of happy money. There is not much money, so I'm happy."
The real money naturally made these big girls and wives all rejoice. Some bold little wives looked at their already handsome boss and their eyes were even brighter.
However, after being happy, I still have to do my job. When the female workers entered the factory, with a command, the transmission shaft moved under the belt, and the mule machine in the factory also ran. Under the pulling roller, the cotton strips turned into yarns and wrapped around the spindles quickly, while the female workers were busy running back and forth in front of the yarn machine, pulling the thread from time to time to continue the cotton.
Although it is just a hydraulic-driven machine, its spinning speed is still amazingly fast. However, Shi Yiwen is now frowning when he looks at the female workers running.
"Aunt Liang, look at their sleeves and skirts."
Pointing at the female workers, Shi Yiwen said to Aunt Liang beside him.
"It's okay with narrow sleeves, but the hem of the skirt is too wide. If it is rolled into the machine or belt, there will definitely be problems. In this way, I will ask Qing'er and the others to make two clothes, and ask the factory to find a garment shop in the city to make one for each of them. The money comes out of the factory."
Aunt Liang is a Zhuang Nu in the Zhuangzi. She was from Nanzhili, who was born in Nanzhili, and she could spin and weave cloth. Because the factory was full of female workers, she became the supervisor of the workshop.
"Young Master, you are so kind. They can touch the young master, but they really burned a lot of fragrance in their previous life."
Aunt Liang, who has a stingy personality, said again.
"If any of them dares to tell outsiders the secrets of the factory against their conscience, they will definitely be hit by five thunders."
"secret?"
Shi Yiwen was stunned for a moment and looked at Aunt Liang in confusion.
"What's the secret?"
"Young master, it's the secret of our yarn machine. Look at our yarn machine. One machine has four hundred spindles, which is said to be a top of four hundred. But the water wheel used in this machine is carried by the water wheel. The speed of the yarn spinning one spinning in one hour is overwhelming. The yarn I spinned in half a day has been spinned in these 400 spindles, and the yarn spinning in a day is so strong. If you want to be rough and thin, just adjust the machine, you can't let others know this secret."
Aunt Liang's words made Shi Yiwen stunned at first. After being surprised by her sense of confidentiality, he laughed again.
"What Aunt Liang said is reasonable, but you don't know that our spinning machine can't be made even if it is opened to let others come in! After all..."
Looking at the spinning machine in front of him, Shi Yiwen said proudly.
Chapter completed!