Five years as county magistrate, hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain shocked Li Shimin Chapter 458 The problems of the three major factories, extreme joy leads to sorrow
Chapter 458 The problems of the three major factories, extreme joy leads to sorrow
Changsun Wuji felt that something was wrong with the three major factories for a day or two.
As early as one month after taking over, I already felt that something was wrong with the three major factories.
But because I was busy and didn’t have that time, I didn’t pay much attention to it. I didn’t think about checking it until I brought it up now.
Or a red brick factory.
After arriving, Changsun Wuji entered the factory director's office.
The factory director is a distant relative of Changsun Wuji and has some ability.
But when Changsun Wuji arrived at the office, he found him teasing his female subordinate.
"Uncle Wuji, why are you here?"
While driving the female subordinates away, the factory director greeted Changsun Wuji.
"Call me by my official name."
Changsun Wuji said in a deep voice.
He doesn't like people who pick up sex while at work.
"Changsun Shangshu."
The factory director immediately trembled and moved even faster.
"Have you sold the red bricks you made recently?"
Changsun Wuji sat in the factory director's seat and said in a deep voice.
There were some documents on the desk, and Changsun Wuji took them over and looked through them.
Feeling a little dust on the document, Changsun Wuji frowned.
If there is dust, it means that the document has been left untouched for a while, either because it is not working or because the factory manager is negligent.
"No, no sales, no customers buying."
The factory director said sarcastically.
On the side, he poured tea for Changsun Wuji in a flattering manner.
"It's been almost two months without any sales, why didn't you tell me?"
Changsun Wuji slammed the table and said in a deep voice.
"I, I tried to find you several times, but I saw that you were too busy to look around, so I didn't say anything anymore."
The factory director said squeakingly.
This is one of the reasons, and the other reason is that he is worried that Changsun Wuji will stop the work of the red brick factory.
It’s rare for me to have such a good job. I hardly have to work all day long, and I can still tease my female subordinates. I live a happy life. Who would want to close the factory with such a life?
"Bastard thing!"
"Have you ever investigated why it can't be sold?"
How could Changsun Wuji not see his little thoughts?
In fact, he didn't want to close the factory, after all, he had only taken over it for two months.
The officials of the imperial court are all staring at this, especially those who are close to Fang Yuan, wanting to laugh at themselves.
"Yes, we have investigated it."
"If there is a big demand, we still have stock. If the demand is small, it is really small. We don't need to produce new ones."
The factory director breathed a sigh of relief and said.
Fortunately, I don’t do nothing.
Otherwise, I might be scolded to death if I talk to Changsun Wuji today.
"No need to produce new ones?"
"Does the warehouse always have inventory?"
Changsun Wuji frowned and said.
"Yes, and there are quite a few."
"We have almost no real production in the past two months."
The factory director nodded and said.
"Hardly ever produced?"
"Then workers get paid and don't have to work?"
Changsun Wuji immediately understood the key.
There is no business outside, but there is still inventory inside, so workers don’t have to work.
You and Gao Shilian invested nearly one million in two months, but they ended up raising a bunch of idle people?
"This...can't drive them away, right?"
The factory director said with a wry smile.
The red brick factory was taken from Fang Yuan, and the imperial court's eyes are here.
A factory employs 3,000 people and involves 3,000 families. It was for the sake of stability that they continued to open the factory.
If we drive them away now, wouldn’t all our previous efforts be in vain?
"Take me to inspect the factory!"
Changsun Wuji said with a dark face.
It's impossible to rush, but we can't let them sit idle like this.
Spending nearly a million to support idle people is like wasting the money.
"Please."
The factory director showed no hesitation.
Taking Changsun Wuji with him, he walked out of the office.
The red brick factory covers a large area and has several parts.
There are multiple divisions such as the front yard, dormitories, dining halls, work areas, etc.
The front yard is where the conference and leadership are located, and the dormitory is closest to the front yard.
Before Zhangsun Wuji even approached the dormitory, he saw many people walking in and out of the dormitory, talking and laughing.
"It's working time now, why are there so many people in the dormitory?"
Changsun Wuji said with a dark face.
This is his first time to the Red Brick Factory, but he knows the Red Brick Factory well.
The dormitory is where workers sleep, and they only come back after get off work at night.
It's broad daylight now, it's working time, why are there so many workers coming in and out of the dormitory?
"This, this..."
"The main reason is that there is no job, so they..."
The factory director said squeakingly.
He knows about this and has taken care of it.
But if people have nothing to do and gather together for too long, they may cause trouble.
There had been trouble in the work area a few days ago, so the factory director divided them up.
When I wasn’t working, I could go wherever I wanted as long as I didn’t leave work, so I often went back to the dormitory.
After this default method was introduced, no troubles occurred in the factory, and everyone lived in peace.
"Damn it, did I pay them to come and have fun!?"
Changsun Wuji was so angry that his beard quivered.
But given his status, he doesn’t have the luxury of personally blaming the workers.
Instead, I went to visit other places very unhappy to see the situation in other places.
After walking for nearly half an hour, Changsun Wuji barely inspected all the places in the red brick factory.
Finally, I stood in front of the warehouse, my face more solemn than ever.
During this inspection, he saw several things.
First, workers are not working and most of them are resting.
Second, the warehouse still has a lot of inventory. If there are no big orders, it can still be used for a long time.
Third, there is no machine for producing red bricks. It was not there when it was handed over from Fang Yuan. It is only now known.
"The red brick factory does not have the machinery to produce red bricks. Did you only know that now?"
Changsun Wuji endured the anger in his heart and said in a deep voice.
"Sir, please forgive me, but the people below have never reported to me."
The factory director was so frightened that his face turned pale and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
He is the director of the factory, and there are many managers below him to manage various tasks.
As a factory director, he has never personally reached the grassroots level, nor does he have that idea.
It was only during today's patrol with Changsun Wuji that he learned about this situation.
If the people below don’t tell them, they won’t know.
"I'm so disappointed in you!"
Changsun Wuji couldn't bear it anymore and slapped the factory director in the face.
He wished he could kill this distant relative in front of him, which would only bring trouble to himself.
The rest of the management should be damned, they didn’t report any problems they found, so what’s the use of them.
"My lord, please calm down, my lord, please calm down!"
The factory director was so frightened that he quickly knelt down.
Although the two of them were related, he was extremely scared at this moment.
If Changsun Wuji wants to deal with him, even if the elders in the family plead for mercy, it will be useless.
"Get out!"
Changsun Wuji kicked the factory director hard on the shoulder.
Then he strode out of the red brick factory without saying anything.
Subsequently, Changsun Wuji went to two other major factories to inspect.
The situation is similar, and all the manufactured equipment has been taken away by Fang Yuan.
This almost made Changsun Wuji furious and vomiting blood, because no one below reported it to him.
When I asked, I saw that I was busy and didn't dare to disturb.
But Changsun Wuji knew that it was because they did not want to report it.
If they don't report it, they won't be fired and can live a leisurely life.
But if you report it, if the factory doesn’t even have the machinery, you may be fired.
In contrast, people are willing to pretend they don’t know anything.
Soon, Changsun Wuji returned to the Ministry of Officials.
It was almost dark when we returned to the official department.
Gao Shilian happened to get off work and wanted to ask Changsun Wuji about today's situation.
But as soon as he saw Changsun Wuji's face turning black to charcoal, Gao Shilian felt that something was wrong.
"Is the situation serious?"
Gao Shilian strode closer and said in a deep voice.
"More than serious?"
"There is nothing more serious than this."
Changsun Wuji said angrily.
I briefly talked about what I saw today with Gao Shilian.
"Damn Fang Yuan, it turned out he had already made plans!"
"No wonder, no wonder he transferred it to us so readily!"
Gao Shilian was so angry that his face turned red.
It doesn’t matter if nearly a million people have been idle for two months, the money will be spent as long as it is spent.
But I couldn't swallow this bad breath, especially the machine that Fang Yuan had moved long ago. It took him almost two months to discover it.
How abominable!
If word spreads, will their uncle and nephew still have face?
"Yeah, it's so damn abominable!"
"Uncle, what do you think we should do?"
Changsun Wuji said harshly.
The hatred towards Fang Yuan in my heart reached its peak.
But now, it’s more about solving the problem.
"What should I do?"
"I'm also thinking about what to do."
Gao Shilian sat down angrily, his face as gloomy as water.
Nowadays, there are no houses built in various places, mainly because of the lack of money.
If you have money to solve the problem of building a house, then the problems of bricks and cement can be solved.
But now it is no longer these problems, but even if the problem of money is solved, what about the production machines?
There is no production machine, how about producing a hammer?
"Go to the emperor and ask him to come forward?"
The uncle and nephew were silent for a long time, and it was already dark outside.
Changsun Wuji finally thought of asking Li Shimin to come forward and ask Fang Yuan to hand over the machine.
"It's useless!"
"Not to mention whether he will give the emperor face."
"Even if we give the emperor face, we can't sell products after we have machines!"
Gao Shilian shook his head and said.
The three major factories before them have many problems.
First, no one wants the products produced.
Second, there are no machines to produce products.
Third, the workers have no work to do.
I want to fire the workers, but the impact will be huge.
They took over the three major factories and solved the problems of tens of thousands of families.
Now if we have to deal with these workers, both of them will become laughing stock.
"Then we can only be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, and we can't tell the story of our suffering?"
Changsun Wuji said with an ugly face.
"That's it for now."
Gao Shilian had to nod.
Although the mood is as uncomfortable as eating shit, it can only be like this.
In the short term, I really have to spend money to buy my reputation, otherwise I may not be able to keep my official position.
After all, the problems of the three major factories were quite big before.
"Maybe it's really time to let Fang Yuan go back to work."
"Uncle, call Fang Yuan back to work. You arrange this work for him and let him solve it."
Changsun Wuji said in a deep voice.
To untie the bell, one must tie the bell. This matter was caused by Fang Yuan. Fang Yuan must have a solution.
If Fang Yuan refuses to do it, he will be impeached on charges of disobeying his superiors, contempt of superiors, etc. He will suffer the consequences.
"You are right, let's contact other people and ask the ministers to write to the emperor and ask the emperor to call Fang Yuan back to work."
Gao Shilian said in a deep voice.
Indeed, now the only way to solve the problem is to let Fang Yuan come back.
"Then let's go separate ways. I'll go find King Wei."
Changsun Wuji said in a deep voice.
The uncle and nephew worked all night and were not willing to wait for a moment.
The consequences that Fang Yuan brought to them were too abominable, and they didn't want to let Fang Yuan rest leisurely anymore.
Moreover, every day of delay for the three major factories is a huge expense, and the two major factories do not have that much money to spend on it.
Imperial Palace, Palace of the King of Wei.
"Uncle, you said you would fully support me in becoming the crown prince. Why, more than half a month has passed and my father still hasn't announced the crown prince candidate?"
Li Tai did not give Changsun Wuji a good look.
It has been a month and a half since the last time the emperor asked hundreds of officials to submit a letter on who they wanted to be the crown prince.
According to what was said before, the candidate for the crown prince will be decided within a month, but now it is already out of date, and there is still no announcement of who the crown prince will be.
As the parties involved, both he and Li Ke were waiting anxiously. During the period, the two even fought openly and secretly and almost fought.
"Qingque, it's your fault that you can't escape."
"The month His Majesty mentioned is the month for the officials to submit the letter. He still needs to watch the officials' choices. In one month at most, your decision to become the prince will be issued."
Changsun Wuji chuckled.
He was not sure how much time the emperor would have.
But it is almost certain that Li Tai will become the prince.
As his own nephew, it is impossible for other princes to become crown princes.
This is related to the future of his family, and Changsun Wuji will not be ambiguous about this matter.
"In that case, let's trust uncle again."
"Don't worry, uncle, I will go to my father to explain the situation early tomorrow morning."
Li Tai pondered for a moment and nodded.
Now he needs to rely on Changsun Wuji in many aspects, and Changsun Wuji's requirements must naturally be met.
In fact, no matter how extreme the conditions are, Li Tai can only agree. After all, the relationship between the two parties leads to sharing weal and woe.
"Okay, uncle will go talk to other people."
Changsun Wuji nodded with satisfaction.
If you want Fang Yuan to go back to work, you must create a general trend.
Otherwise, Fang Yuan will still postpone going back to work for other reasons.
After all, it was awkward to go back to work with my former subordinates, and the relationship between the two was not good.
"I'll see my uncle off."
Li Tai supported his fat body and sent Zhang Sun Wuji out.
On the other side, the Imperial Palace Shuwang Palace.
Changsun Wuji soon found out that he was looking for Li Tai.
Now the two sides are staring at each other, and the slightest movement will startle each other.
There is no way, Prince Yuan's time has come, and we cannot let go of the chain at this time.
"Damn it!"
"Changsun Wuji, Gao Shilian!"
"Li Tai, Li Tai, third brother is so envious of you!!"
After Li Ke learned about it, he clenched his fists with anger.
Li Tai's mother's family was too powerful, and the two chief ministers of the imperial court supported him.
And my mother's family not only cannot support me, but is a burden.
Compared with Li Tai in this aspect, I am really very different.
"Come here, prepare the best gift. I am leaving the palace to meet Sister Xiangcheng to reminisce about the past!"