Zunhua Iron Smelting Factory is a city that never sleeps.

Even though it was late at night, the entire iron smelting factory was still brightly lit.

"Your Majesty, sirs, the Iron Factory did not stop their work just because it was night."

Eunuch Haishou led everyone to patrol the iron smelting factory and explained patiently.

I saw those blast furnaces still working endlessly, guiding the red iron juice from the furnace out of the blast furnace and flowing into molds one by one to form. After waiting for it to cool down, the workers quickly stepped forward to load it and transported it to the iron smelting factory warehouse.

Although it is still early spring, the factory area is still hot.

All the workers and craftsmen were wearing only a pair of shorts, bare arms, busy and busy.

Seeing this scene, Yang Shiqi felt quite curious and couldn't help but speak.

"Old Master Haishou, it's already night now, why are you still letting the craftsmen work? Isn't this trying to exploit them?"

To be honest, Yang Shiqi doesn't understand.

Everyone knows that the Han King Zhu Gaoxu attached importance to craftsmen and changed the humble status of craftsmen in the world with his own strength.

Since that's the case, Eunuch Haishou knew that the Han prince was coming to inspect, how could he dare to exploit craftsmen in such a grand manner?

"Master Yang may not know that Zunhua Iron Smelting Factory implements a two-shift system."

Eunuch Haishou introduced with a smile, "This is the suggestion of His Highness the King of Han. The two shifts are divided into day shifts and night shifts, and they are rotated every two months."

"Before the rotation, the blast furnace will be inspected once. During the maintenance, workers will turn shifts. Those who used to work day shifts will start working night shifts in the next two months."

Everyone: "????"

What?

Two shifts?

Day shift and night shift?

Damn, you are so ruta!

Everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Zhu Gaoxu, and their expressions became strange.

This "two shift" system is obviously to increase the steel production of iron and smelting plants, so it is running production day and night.

But, can craftsmen survive this?

"So that's it. No wonder Zunhua Iron Smelting Factory's output has increased significantly. It turns out that this is what it is done!"

Yang Shiqi nodded and asked with a smile: "But will this make the workers too tired?"

"No." Eunuch Haishou shook his head with great certainty.

"Each shift work for six hours, and the rest time can reach six hours. In fact, workers want to work night shifts by themselves every day, because the wages for night shifts will be higher, which means night shift subsidies, which mobilizes the workers' passion for night shifts..."

Zhu Gaoxu listened quietly without saying a word.

Six hours are twelve hours.

Two shifts are rotated to ensure the ultra-high output of the iron smelting plant.

There are night shift subsidies for night shifts, which is really not easy in this era.

This already has a bit of a factory smell in later generations!

"Husky, do you understand?"

Yang Shiqi: "???"

Um?

What?

What do I understand?

The Nanyang Prime Minister was stunned and was obviously confused by the Prince of Han.

"The Zunhua Iron Smelting Plant did not add many people, nor did it increase the wage cost. It just put some effort into management, which greatly improved the work efficiency. This is the factory operation model."

"Nanyang can also build factories, such as factories for processing grain, workshops for textile and fabric, etc. The key problem is that are not the indigenous people of the seven countries in Nanyang who are lazy to eat or do? As long as you put the incentive system in front of them, are you still afraid that they will not work?"

Hearing this, Yang Shiqi's eyes lit up and he understood what Zhu Gaoxu meant.

The Han people were hard-working and hardworking, while the indigenous people in the South China Sea were lazy and lazy. This was what he saw with his own eyes.

But it is also a certain degree of food and laziness.

To put it bluntly, these natives are also greedy, but they just don’t see any benefits.

As long as they put the bright silver and food in front of them, are they still afraid that they will not work?

This management system of Zunhua Iron Smelting Factory is indeed worth learning from.

"Your Highness, Shiqi understands it."

If you can't go back, you can't go back, but in a sense, the seven countries in the South China Sea have become Yang Shiqi's foundation and reliance.

Being an official in the court also requires help.

The better the construction and development of the seven countries in Nanyang, the more stable his position in the court will be!

What's more, the court has a system, and outstanding students from the seven countries in South China can also join the central court as officials. Those people can be called his disciples and old friends!

In other words, no matter whether Yang Shiqi can return to Nanyang after returning to Beijing to report his work this time, he is closely tied to the fate of the seven countries in Nanyang.

"Let's go and check out the railroad track forging factory!"

Zhu Gaoxu was reluctant to forget the railway tracks, or he had high hopes!

It's a railroad track after all!

Fuckingly, the railway tracks have appeared, will the train be far away?

When Yang Shiqi and others heard this, they nodded with enthusiasm.

They did not forget the grand idea proposed by His Highness the King of Han.

This is a rail forging workshop. There are no walls around the huge workshop, but there is a canopy above the head, supported by stone pillars.

Zhu Gaoxu and his group stood aside, watching the red iron juice flow out of the diversion gravel and poured into a long mold.

Dozens of workers stood beside the hot mold, watching the red iron juice flowing inside the mold, and waved the tools in their hands from time to time, stirring or smoothing the mold, ensuring that the iron juice formed as soon as possible.

The workers looked very nervous, one because of their own safety, and the other because this is a very critical stage.

If there are too many air holes in the formed track, this section of the track will be considered ruined, because such unqualified products will break after being installed and used.

After all, when the railway tracks were forged, they were to carry heavy objects such as ore and steel, so they were seriously worn.

Once the track is too worn, it must be replaced, so the track with quality problems cannot be put into use at all.

The use of mold brother made Yang Shiqi and others confused.

They didn't expect that this small mold could withstand the scorching of red iron juice!

"Your Majesty, sirs, these two types of rails are used on straight roads and the other on curves."

"Of course, this kind of railcar requires a large turning radius. If the turn is too fast, the center of gravity will be unstable and it is easy to overturn."

Eunuch Haishou pointed to the already formed rails and introduced with a smile: "The two holes in the head of this track are used to connect two sections of tracks. In fact, the most troublesome thing is here now. The joints are very easy to loosen."

"Once it is loose, it will cause great hidden dangers. Now the method we have taken is to install the track and seal the joints. When it needs to be replaced, it is cut open. Although it is a little troublesome, for safety, it can only be done..."

"At the beginning, this thing was very troublesome to manufacture. Fortunately, after the prince's advice, the iron smelting factory used abrasive tools to make the first batch of tracks. After gaining experience, the rest of the things became much simpler. Now the process of forging railway tracks in the iron smelting factory is very mature."

To be honest, eunuchs are just assured to do things.

Not only can people do things well for you, but they also speak nicely.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at these railway tracks with a dazed look.
Chapter completed!