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Chapter 23 Expansion of Garment Factory

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spn stayed in the county town for another day, and then received a telegram from Kenneth in the United States. The telegram contained only a simple sentence: The matter has been done, and the address is: Pan Am, No. 15 Broderick Street, San Francisco

KEN'S INTERNATIONAL LIMITED.

It also received a batch of special metals and a dozen workers and teachers who had been transferred through foreign companies, all of whom were recruited from No. 48 on the Bund in Shanghai. According to the introduction letter, these people could no longer survive for various reasons, so they rushed to the

From the southwest, ask Zhang Shusheng not to pay too high wages, and will continue to send some workers and teachers. [Search for the latest updates here]

Zhang Shusheng casually gave them the share of the garment factory for the next two months, a total of 100,000 pieces, and then divided the specific shares according to the help to him. The group of businessmen at No. 48 on the Bund received these new styles every month.

I made a lot of profit from the clothes, so I was very interested in doing things for him.

Now the garment factory with a monthly output of 50,000 pieces has become Zhang Shusheng's biggest source of wealth, and there are further expansion plans. After the war is over, although the clothes can be sold, it will be difficult to purchase in such large quantities again.

Opportunity. And once the Western fabric laboratory finds the formula of this new fabric, a lot of business will be taken away. So when he left, he went to find He Fangjiong. The old man had no memory of what he said when he was drunk.

What happened? I just patted my chest and promised that fabric production would be expanded as soon as possible to satisfy Zhang Shusheng's clothing factory.

With a money order of 4 million marks from Credit Agricole, Zhang Shusheng was in an extremely good mood. The tank drawings he had previously sold to Scheidemann, the "future German tank design genius", were only 2 million marks, with a "50% discount"

"Sold to the Jews, it became four million marks, a full million US dollars. This is already a very large sum of money.[

It’s not that Zhang Shusheng is deliberately trying to trick anyone. When selling things, it is always a seller’s market when rare goods are available. It depends on the customer’s price. The Jews have nothing but a lot of money. 4 million marks may not be too attractive to them. Friendship is friendship, and things can be sold to you.

, but the price must also be “discussed carefully”.

Whether this thing is resold, used as political capital, or even kept by the Jews for their own use, it is far more than the 4 million marks. If it is kept for his own use, Zhang Shusheng is really the only one in the world who can buy the tank blueprints.

A family, allowing them to catch up is a rare opportunity to ask grandpa to sue grandma. For a nation that is dedicated to rejuvenating the country, no one will believe it if it doesn't reserve some skills.

However, the old buyers are good and can pay very happily. These 4 million marks will be used as their largest fund to ensure production and construction in the next few years.

Production technology will no longer be sold in the future, let alone important military blueprints like tanks. The main reason for selling tank blueprints again and again is to make the World War I more lively.

With his influence at this time, it is impossible to influence the First World War, unless he sells high-tech blueprints regardless of cost, but this is not safe, and secondly, it also makes the enemy cheaper. Like the basic tank blueprint in his hand, but

It's just three or four years ahead. If you really can't sell advanced things, capitalizing on the enemy is the same as losing money. It's absolutely unacceptable.

Returning to Lishuping, he ordered people to arrange the new workers and teachers. Zhang Shusheng immediately called Sun Changqing and Wu Tiejun.

"Did anything happen to Xiao Qingshan during my absence?" Zhang Shusheng sat in the position of the general manager of Shusheng Company and looked at his two helpers with relief. With them around, he could feel more at ease after being away for a few days.

Sun Changqing took out a booklet. He actually recorded all the events of the past few days in the book. He was really careful. "A worker accidentally cut off his finger. After arranging for treatment, according to the company regulations set by the manager, an investigation has been carried out."

After finding out the cause of the accident, they were assigned a less busy position. Vice Principal Yan from the technical school reported that some students couldn't stand the high temperature and went to the river to bathe after school in the evening. It was very dangerous. They reported it and asked if there was any solution.

All other production is normal, and the summer heat protection measures in various factories and mines are relatively well prepared."

"Report to the head of the regiment that the vigilance team of the militia caught two workers who were stealing, a wandering habitual thief, and also detained a servant of the landlord Wang Laocai's family who beat people. They all confessed on their own to ensure that the case was clear and unjust." Wu Tiejun and Wu Tiejun said.

He put his feet together, gave a military salute, and answered in one breath.

"The bathrooms in the three schools have been expanded and teachers must be strictly disciplined. In addition, militia soldiers have been dispatched to patrol the riverside. Once caught again, students who do not listen to instructions and do not care about their own lives will be expelled directly!" Zhang Shusheng nodded and returned the message.

It was considered stable, but it was just a minor problem. He closed the document in his hand and concluded the rest of the matter: "If the workers who steal have special living difficulties, give them some money and send them home. If not, send militia soldiers."

Escort them back and hand them over to the local village chief. Such people will never be hired by Shusheng Company no matter what. As for habitual thieves, they will be sent directly to the mines to work. The servants of Wang Laocai's family who beat people should also be sent to them. Oh, by the way, he is injured.

Wang Laocai’s family will pay for the villagers’ medical expenses.”

After handling these minor matters and giving Wu Tiejun a few words about the preparation and mobilization for his own ideological class, Zhang Shusheng left Sun Changqing behind.

"Uncle Changqing, let's go to the clothing factory today!"

Xiaoqingshan Garment Manufacturing Factory is located on the Sanxi River next to Lishuping. As a small tributary of the Jinshan River system, it has a very rich amount of water.

Zhang Shusheng came back from the county town suddenly, and even Sun Changqing was summoned temporarily. When he arrived at the garment factory with two personal guards, there was no one to greet him at the door.

The garment factory has two doors. People come in and out through the front door, and goods are shipped out through the back door. The entire garment factory seemed extremely busy. Large carriages drove up from the slag road, unloading the carts of fabrics and loading them with marked quilts.

leave.

"The efficiency of the carriage is still too low. I don't know when we will have a car." Zhang Shusheng said to himself. There was no one at the front door, not even a guard, and the four of them entered the factory directly.

The garment factory is filled with a strange low sound. If you listen carefully, you will find that it is the hum produced by nearly two hundred sewing machines working together.

The factory has good ventilation and lighting, and through the wooden door you can see the bustling work scene inside.

The two guards stayed far away, and Zhang Shusheng walked forward and took stock of the situation inside. This was a fabric processing workshop. The female workers did not sit in a mess, but each had a table, and a large basket was placed next to it.

Some female workers hold sleeves, and some female workers hold collars.[

Everyone moved very quickly. Although the weather was very hot, they only occasionally wiped their sweat and drank two sips of mint water. In short, after completing this process, the female workers tore off a logo from the semi-finished product in their hands and put it in

into a cardboard box, then immediately throw the fabric into the basket and proceed to the next piece of fabric.

Then a special porter came to move the large frame to the next garment workshop. Everything seemed so busy. Occasionally if something went wrong, two middle-aged women would immediately go over to help solve it.

If there were another modern person here, he would definitely exclaim: Isn’t this a rudimentary assembly line production? And it’s also piece-rate production!!

Yes, this is Zhang Shusheng's "sub-modern clothing factory." As a clothing factory, once the problem of fabrics is solved and the design drawings have ready-made styles provided in Dream Machine, the only thing that needs to be done is to produce them as quickly as possible.

This is one of the modern assembly line productions with the least technical content. As a later generation, Zhang Shusheng is very aware of the madness of some coastal garment factories in that era.

Although piece-rate production is not good for workers' health, in this era when the poor only have to drink from the northwest wind, if you don't let them go to work, it will kill them and harm them.

Last month, the most diligent female worker earned a full ten yuan, which caused a sensation in the village where the female worker worked. What is the concept of ten silver dollars? In Huize County, ten silver dollars can buy nearly two hundred kilograms of rice, or one pound of rice.

One hundred kilograms of pork. For the impoverished Huize Mountain District, this is a huge sum of money.

Perhaps compared to the value they created, the salary given by Zhang Shusheng was not high, but it was compared to the value of buying European clothes. Moreover, these are also unavoidable things in order to accumulate wealth and start a business.

"Let's adjust their piece-rate wages next month." Zhang Shusheng stood outside and said. These female workers didn't even bother to look outside for the sake of piece-rate wages.

"Raise it up or lower it? The current salary is already very high..." Sun Changqing said softly, Shusheng is good at everything, but he is too kind and always suffers. "Moreover, the company's expenses are very large now..."

"Then it's better to improve the lunch meal. It's not easy to make some money." Zhang Shusheng sighed. When he saw the middle-aged woman in the workshop finally saw him, he got down to business, "When Factory Director Sun comes over, we will

Let’s talk about the factory expansion.”

"Manager Zhang, Section Chief Sun. Welcome to the factory for inspection." The visitor is the person in charge of Xiaoqingshan Garment Factory, an old scissor tailor with excellent craftsmanship. Many problems encountered in the production of the garment factory are

She solves the problem of missing cloth and corners immediately.

Zhang Shusheng nodded and asked, "Is there no problem with the production in the factory now?"

"Don't worry, Manager Zhang, it's no problem." Sun Hongying is the kind of person who pats her chest and never says anything wrong.

"Is there really no problem? Haha, Section Chief Sun and I are here to solve the problem today." Zhang Shusheng said with a smile. Although there are more and more factories, there are more important machinery factories and militia groups that need to run every day, such as clothing factories.

He doesn't come much anymore. After the cooperation between different departments, things have become much simpler.

"It's not a big deal. The fabrics can keep up. We don't need to take care of the clothes after they leave the factory. It's just..." Sun Hongying pondered slightly, then she said bravely: "Manager, can you recruit some more people from the next village?

, some families are almost unable to open the pot, they are all women from honest families, and they can get started with just a few days of training..."

Zhang Shusheng naturally understands poverty, especially since the job in this garment factory is very popular. It is estimated that Sun Hongying has been entangled a lot. "I came today just to expand the factory. Let's go, Director Sun, let's find a place."

Let’s discuss it carefully.”
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