"Take a break for an hour! Take a break for an hour!" Looking at the huge clock on the wall, a young supervisor reluctantly held the report and marked a big "x" on it as if to vent his emotions.
Every work stoppage means that production must come to a standstill and things become a mess. Similarly, every work stoppage also means that the income of all employees in the entire production workshop will be reduced.
"Alas..." Sure enough, a worker who was rubbing his sore shoulders sighed, and complained loudly: "Why is the machine shut down again! Are you trying to stop people from living? Those guys in the power room are deliberately
Looking for trouble, right?"
"They often use production safety to deceive people..." Another worker also looked unhappy, as if he had swallowed a live mouse.
Originally, machines were always roaring here, so everyone's voice sounded heroic. Now the machines suddenly stopped, but everyone was still talking at the top of their lungs, which sounded a bit deafening.
Some workers came out from behind the machines, and some took out the towels from their waists and wiped their oily faces. They looked at the little supervisor standing on the stairs at the door with dissatisfied eyes, as if waiting for an answer.
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Don't they work so hard just to make their family's life better? You know, beauty is an expensive word, and it takes countless dollars to build it up.
Where does money come from? Doesn't it have to be earned through hard work? Now if you stop production at every turn, you will lose your own happiness! How can this be justified?
In order to save funds that were not abundant in the first place, Chris and Des created a whole set of "voucher" procedures. Many salary bonuses in the factory are actually issued with white paper "vouchers" instead of gold coins.
Workers take these pieces of paper and exchange them with others for things like soap, matches, clothes, and even some food.
Similarly, other factories that produce these materials can only collect such vouchers, and then continue to expand production and purchase raw materials. The factories that produce raw materials continue to use these vouchers and continue to issue them to workers, completing a generally closed loop.
Of course, this kind of closed loop is unhealthy and impossible to justify. But as long as real money is used to fill the overflow holes, then all factories can continue to operate well.
This is the kind of rice coupon used by Germany before World War II. It can help a poor country to generate ten times the funds in one go to expand its own strength.
However, doing this is not without its disadvantages, that is, this cycle will become larger and larger. Once the country needs to repay those blank pieces of paper, it will be time for the economy to collapse. Unless the method of production or plunder can be used to slow down the
Close this loophole, otherwise the whole country will fall into disaster.
Whether it's Chris or Des, they actually all have this realization. One is a time traveler who has thousands of years of economic experience on earth, and the other is a businessman who has been engaged in economics for almost ten years. They
Of course, we know how risky it is to create tokens out of thin air.
However, in the short term, the benefits of doing so are too tempting, and they can't help but hope to see the "illusion" of prosperity and rapid development brought about by the economic outbreak.
Of course, as a worker, Ireland Hill also provides many preferential policies: any worker who works in the factory and is proficient in production technology can apply for living subsidies from the factory in advance.
These subsidies are daily necessities, ranging from quilts and sheets to soap and mirrors. As long as workers open their mouths, they can use the convenience these things bring to life in advance. However, once these things are used, they must be repaid every month.
Part of the subsidy is deducted from wages.
Ireland, which has just begun to industrialize, is no different from Europe during the Industrial Revolution. There are no labor laws and no protection for workers. Workers have to work more than ten hours a day, and some departments even have to work twelve hours.
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If the working hours are less than these hours, the factory will have to extend the off-duty time. This takes up everyone's rest time. Therefore, whenever a work stoppage occurs, the workers will complain.
"Is the power room okay?" The little supervisor in charge of production couldn't stand it any longer, and turned around and shouted loudly to the door on the other side.
Of course he couldn't get the answer, because in the factory next door, a group of workers were dismantling a huge steam engine with the help of a simple slide crane set up on the roof. Their faces were already covered with sweat because of this work
It's not an easy job.
"One, two, three! One, two, three!" Following slogans one after another, these workers struggled to open a closed cabin. The huge cast steel parts were lifted by the crane and were shiny due to the reciprocating motion.
The internal structure is in front of everyone's eyes.
"Replace the gaskets! Quick! Remove all those aging gaskets!" A group of workers carrying various tools, like soldiers rushing to the front line, rushed to the machine and began to remove all the aging rubber gaskets and replace them with new ones.
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The gasket itself should be made of rubber, but because it is located in the northeast, there is no place to grow rubber in the Principality of Ireland, whether in Seris or elsewhere.
Because of this, when Chris built the steam engine, all the closing gaskets were made of artificial rubber, and they had to be synthesized in manual workshops. Although this preparation method in the laboratory can be quickly
Synthetic rubber has been developed, but it is basically impossible to mass-produce it.
The laboratory preparation is purely manual, which is a stupid method used by Chris on many problems. Because the demand is not large, this stupid method actually temporarily meets the production demand.
For example, the lifespan of the artificial rubber gaskets in front of you is actually not as good as that of natural rubber products. However, because there is no way to obtain a large amount of rubber, most of the factories in Ireland can only use this kind of substitute that requires frequent replacement.
Taste.
There are machines that use natural rubber as sealing gaskets. Most of them are concentrated in important factories that produce munitions. Therefore, most civilian factories will stop work from time to time to replace rubber gaskets to ensure the operation of the machines.
In fact, from the perspective of rubber, it can be seen that the industrialization of Alan Hill is not very advanced. Chris is just bluntly promoting the process of mechanical production, and many troubles have not been fundamentally solved.
For example, the most important artillery in the Irish military industry, the most advanced 75 mm 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
It looks like a product from around 1930, but the bracket and wheels of the gun look like they were from around 1830.
Now, Ireland's troops are still a long way from mechanization. Otherwise, just a resource like rubber may bring down the entire industrial production of Ireland.
"There's no way! Parts of the steam engine are being replaced over there! Overtime work is a must today! Everyone, take a break! Take a break!" Holding the record book, the little supervisor was about to cry from the fear of those ferocious workers. Although there is no
There was a strike or something, but these irritable old men beat him up, and he had no place to reason.
At the rate of industrial expansion in Ireland, every worker is a precious pimple in short supply, and it is easy to get away with it. As for the small supervisor... well, just find a pig and tie it at the door, and the effect will be almost the same...
"Replace it again? Why are those steam engines so unreliable?" The workers complained to themselves regardless of the reason. They also wanted to go home early, spend time with their children and wives, and enjoy themselves.
A better life.
"It's strange to be reliable. I heard that the customers from the Second Steam Engine Factory who come to the door every day are almost forming a company..." Another worker who knew about it snorted coldly and said sarcastically to his companion: "They
How can we have the skills of our No. 1 Machinery Factory?"
Compared with the first steam engine factory, which has pretty good quality, the newly established second steam engine factory is not very reliable. There are more equipment failures. I heard that the rubber gaskets used are produced by a new workshop, and the quality is poor.
Not that great either.
However, because everyone is now waiting for a new power source, they can only hold their noses and order equipment from the Second Steam Engine Factory. Otherwise, they have to wait for the production sequence of the First Factory next year, which is something that no one can accept after all.
When they mentioned their craftsmanship, the faces of these craftsmen who were originally blacksmiths or craftsmen immediately glowed with confidence: "That's right! Look at the products of our first factory, they are all good things used in the arsenal!
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"Isn't that right? I heard that a third production line is being built over there, using all our parts!" When someone talked about their own products, everyone became excited. It was a kind of recognition from the times, and it was also
A kind of strength that comes from within.
Everyone talked to each other and began to brag about their craftsmanship. Some people spread out the yellowed drawings and began to study their craftsmanship. The rest time always passed quickly, and soon in the factory next door
, there was a mechanical roar.
"The power has been restored! Production continues! The machines have started to start up! Get everyone back to their positions! Get back to their positions!" The production supervisor finally gained some confidence and started urging his workers to go back to production from a high position.
Everyone walked back to their respective machines in twos and threes, waiting for the machines to start turning. The busyness began. One after another, parts were cut out by the machine tool, completed by process after process, and finally turned into qualified products, which were piled on the quality floor.
