The suburbs of the capital city.

Private paper mills.

Boss Wang is from Zhejiang and he is very smart.

I have long been optimistic about the papermaking business.

A friend told him that the Qunying Chamber of Commerce already had a dozen printing plants, so there was no need to start one anymore. It would be better to work in a cement factory.

But Boss Wang doesn’t think so.

He probably estimated the paper consumption of the Capital Newspaper in his mind, and found that even a dozen printing plants were working overtime day and night, rushing to finish the work day after day.

This shows that the printing demand in Jingshi is very popular.

And as more and more schools opened in the capital, the demand was increasing day by day, so even if his friends dissuaded him, he resolutely decided to open a printing factory.

Instead of listening to my friends' advice to buy cheaper printing equipment, I found the Qunying Chamber of Commerce and purchased the latest copper mold printing mold.

Moreover, the most expensive ink from the Qunying Chamber of Commerce was used for printing needs.

The scale of the factory was not small. He directly invested all his wealth in it. There were hundreds of workers alone.

With such a scale, even Uncle Zhang was alarmed. After some negotiation, Boss Wang was able to handle the business of many Qunying Chamber of Commerce.

He read it right. Even the Qunying Chamber of Commerce was a bit overwhelmed by the demand for printing. When the factory was opened and there was no shutdown at all, a steady stream of orders followed.

Backed by the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, this order volume can completely feed him, and he is thinking of ways to continuously expand the scale every day.

The daily income is naturally very objective.

According to the rules set by His Highness Taisun, he also gave the workers below their monthly salary.

If it's just the foreman's business, then he can't take care of that much. As long as it doesn't delay his own production and no one makes trouble, he won't bother to take care of it.

In less than two months, thanks to a large number of orders, Boss Wang has already recovered half of his capital.

In other words, if he works for another two months, all the money he has invested will be back.

Therefore, Boss Wang lives in the factory every day, watching the production every day, and does not give some workers who like to cheat and cheat a chance to hide.

"Master, something bad has happened. Someone from the Yamen is here."

One of his own servants ran over in a panic and shouted.

Boss Wang said with some displeasure: "Why are you so nervous? Aren't people coming to the Yamen very often these days? A few days ago, some distinguished disciples came to visit. How come you look like you have never seen the world?"

The servant hurriedly said: "They are not from the Department of Industry and Commerce, but from the Department of Public Security, and officers from the Military and Horse Departments of the Five Cities are here."

"There are a lot of people there, maybe twenty or thirty."

After hearing this, Boss Wang became nervous and quickly thought about whether he had done anything that violated the law during this period.

But after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't think of anything.

At the moment, I can only bite the bullet and go to receive him.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

The Public Security Department and the Hardware City Military and Horse Department are not easy to talk to, and anyone who gets into lawsuits with them has never done anything good.

In the front hall, I saw Boss Wang appearing and was told by the servant that this was the boss of the factory.

The captain headed by the Public Security Department came over and said, "Boss Wang, right? Today the Public Security Department and the Five Cities Military and Horse Department are jointly running an errand."

"Your Majesty Taisun has issued an order to investigate those in various factories in the capital who use the name of foreman to exploit and rape others and collect illegal gains."

"Please also ask Boss Wang to summon all the workers."

After hearing this, Boss Wang felt relaxed and nervous again.

The incident didn't happen on his own, but he didn't know anything about the foreman's side. It was obvious that something was going to happen.

Immediately, he ordered his servants to gather the workers, while he accompanied them in the front hall.

"Boss Wang, you don't have to worry about anything. The foreman is like a mouse in a vat, causing harm to others. Now, His Majesty the Grand Sun has issued an order to eliminate this harm, in order to allow all businessmen who set up factories to run better.

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"If we let it go, it will definitely become a big disaster in the long run."

The chief of the Public Security Department saw something was wrong with Boss Wang's expression, so he came over to comfort him.

His Royal Highness Taisun's decree obviously paid more attention to these businessmen who opened factories, so there was no need for him to embarrass anyone.

As for receiving and granting benefits, it is even more impossible.

Whether it is the Public Security Department or the Five Cities Military and Horse Department, there are new rules.

If you find someone who has violated the law among your colleagues and superiors, you will be rewarded if you report it, and you will be considered a meritorious service. If you conceal it and fail to report it, those who are complicit in the crime will be severely punished.

If you are coerced by them, you will not be held accountable depending on the circumstances.

Nowadays, the official positions in the capital are very tense, and with the improvement of current salary, even if you don't get greedy, you have to live more comfortably. No one wants to throw Wu Sha on their head, so naturally everyone is thinking about what to do.

Climb up.

In fact, what Boss Wang is most worried about is that he cannot really find these foremen, and then the government asks him to identify them.

He naturally knew these people, but he did not dare to stand up and point them out for fear of retaliation afterwards.

Obviously Boss Wang's idea is superfluous.

After all the workers were gathered, hundreds of people gathered on the floor.

Under the arrangement of the Department of Public Security, a three-sided wooden fence was built simply.

Inside the enclosure were desks, pens, paper and inkstones, and two detectives from the Department of Public Security were sitting inside.

Another wooden plank was set up between the two detectives.

There is a small hole in the wooden board behind the policeman's back. I don't know what it is for.

When the simple wooden boards are ready, a curtain is drawn up.

Many workers were talking about this and didn't know what it was for.

The chief of the Public Security Department stood up and shouted: "Quiet!"

Suddenly everyone became quiet.

The policeman clasped his fists and said to the host: "According to the order of His Majesty Taisun, it has been found out that the workers in each factory are oppressed by the foremen, and more than half of their monthly wages are taken away by force."

"Therefore, today, the Capital Security Department and the Five Cities Military and Horse Department will jointly handle the case and investigate the matter strictly."

"In order to prevent anyone from worrying about retaliation later, we have specially set up a fence record."

"After each person entered the curtain one by one, he reported the name of the foreman to the recorder through the small hole in the wooden board."

"The recorder does not see the person. He only makes the foreman's record. After recording, he immediately leaves the scene and lets others announce it. You can rest assured to name the people who usually steal your money."

After listening to the captain's words, most of the workers showed excitement on their faces, but about seven or eight of them suddenly looked ashen.

In this way, they don't even know who has informed them, if they can intimidate others.

This is the method Zhu Ying came up with to report anonymously.

Because most of the people are illiterate, and the preservation of handwriting will also worry the workers.

Just talk and don't worry.

Even the government officer who heard the sound left after recording it last night, thus eliminating the risk of being recognized.

In order to prevent the recorder from having problems, two people will be randomly selected to record together.

Being so strict must have reassured the workers.

When the catcher got the two lists and found no difference between them, he immediately ordered the arrest of all the seven foremen with the highest votes.

What awaits them will be at least ten years of hard work.

Not only that, illegal gains must also be confiscated.

In prison, they must carefully explain the direction of their monthly money. Even if they spend it, they must clearly explain where it was spent and how much it was spent.

These still need to be re-examined. If it is found that there is a suspicion of concealing money, the number of years of hard labor will be increased.

Before that, people who committed crimes would be sent to the army.

Nowadays, due to the superiority of sergeants and the protection of their sense of honor and many other factors, those convicted of crimes will no longer be sent to the army, but will be sentenced to separate prisons, reformation and factory work instead.

Factories based on prisons are the most profitable, because these prisoners serving their sentences do not need to pay any wages at all. Although there are certain requirements for meals, they are just enough to fill their stomachs.

In less than seven days, almost all the foremen were arrested, sentenced quickly, and sentenced to hard labor.

After that, progress began to be made in the establishment of trade unions.

For every factory with more than 30 employees, the yamen will select the most suitable foreman through anonymous voting based on reports from the yamen.

Foremen will be organized by the yamen and join the newly established trade union.

Each foreman's household registration will also be transferred individually.

The existence of trade unions is to protect the interests of workers to a certain extent, and at the same time, report innovative projects to workers who are found to be innovative, and provide certain rewards according to the situation.
To be continued...