Three days later, all the procedures were completed. The staff and equipment of the other two workshops acquired were also in place. At the same time, an adjacent store assistant was opened, so that the current location was temporarily enough, the storefront of the outside room
It also remains as a window for external operations, while Shang Yi intends to re-plan other places.
There are now 113 looms in the entire weaving factory, including twelve jacquard looms and three special large flower weaving jacquard looms. There are 96 craftsmen and thirty-three weaving workers.
, 48 skilled weavers, 12 advanced weavers, and three special weavers. There are 26 refiners, eight dyers, twenty-two printing workers, and thirty-six twitters. Ten friends
Two people, two tents and one shopkeeper. There are a total of two hundred and three people. This scale is second to none in the silk weaving industry in Suzhou.
Shang Yi, Lin Zhiyang, Li Gefei, and Zhang Gengqiu will not stay in Suzhou for a long time, and Wang Bai and Cheng Xiexiang also have their own businesses and cannot stay in the store for a long time. Although Xu Renzhang can manage production and operation, he is also responsible.
It is not possible to bear such a great responsibility, so all parties need to send their own agents to see the store.
Lin Zhiyang first made the decision and sent his eldest son Lin Xusheng to manage the weaving factory in Suzhou on his behalf. Now the Lin family separates overseas business from Lin Zhiyang with the use of information, so Lin Zhiyang attaches great importance to this weaving factory.
This is the basis of cooperation with Shang Yi. Lin Xusheng is a right-hand man in Lin Zhiyang's business. He can stand alone. Lin Zhiyong can also feel at ease when he handed over the weaving factory to him.
Li Gefei had a close relationship with him and always regarded Lin Xusheng as his nephew, so he did not send anyone to entrust his own share to Lin Xusheng for management. Zhang Gengqiu had no foundation in the mainland, so he simply entrusted his own share to Lin.
Zhiyang, and Shang Yi could not send anyone, but after a period of contact with Lin Zhiyang, he thought that this person was smart and capable, and had good abilities. He could feel at ease with the weaving factory to him. Anyway, six
The agreement reached by the person shall stipulate that the service must be carried out in accordance with the strict financial process system and provide financial statements to the six parties every month. It doesn’t matter whether they are present or not.
As a result, Lin Xusheng suddenly became the representative of the four parties. Wang Bai and Cheng Xiexiang also sent their own agents, and the leadership team of the entire weaving factory was determined.
Regarding the treatment of craftsmen's wages, Shang Yi believes that it should be improved. On the one hand, it is necessary to stabilize the current group of craftsmen, at least to ensure their basic living standards. On the other hand, it is also because as the weaving factory expands, it will continue to be
Recruiting new craftsmen, mainly craftsmen who are separated from agricultural production, should also strengthen their attractiveness to them.
Lin Zhiyang, Li Gefei and others have no objection to Shang Yi's opinion. After all, if you want to make someone work, you have to let them have enough food first. They still understand this principle. However, Lin Zhiyang proposed that he could not do it once.
Too much improvement is, first, it is because it is afraid of disrupting the structure of the local labor market and causing dissatisfaction among peers. Second, it is because it suddenly increases wages too much, which can easily lead to greed and laziness among craftsmen. Therefore, it can only increase gradually, but not at once.
excessive.
After hearing this, Shang Yi had to admire that Lin Zhiyang really had some potential as a capitalist. However, this was also in line with Shang Yi's idea, because he planned to tie the wages of craftsmen with the production results of each person in the future.
Implement a salary plus commission system.
Therefore, everyone finally decided that the wage standard for the weaving factory was set at 2 taels of silver per month for ordinary weavers, 3 taels of silver per month for skilled weavers, 6 taels of silver per month for senior weavers, 12 taels of 100 taels of craftsmen. The wages of other craftsmen were also
There are corresponding increases. The new wage standard will be implemented now, with a practical period of half a year. After half a year, it will be determined by the situation and whether it will be readjusted.
At this time, the staff sent by the Fuwei Escort Agency were also in place. Suzhou is also a place where the Fuwei Escort Agency often came to interact with each other. For this mission of the Fuwei Escort Agency, Fuwei was the one who was a member of the three religions and the other was a member of the red and black people.
The escort agency also attaches great importance to it because it is a large industry established by Shang Yi. The chief escort Huang Delin personally selected elite soldiers and instructed his eldest son Huang Taisong to lead the lead and lead twelve staff to be responsible for the store business of the Suzhou Weaving Factory.
Moreover, this time Huang Delin and Lin Chengye personally led the team to Suzhou.
At the same time, Shang Yi still had more than 10,000 kilograms of raw silk on hand, and bought them all for the weaving factory at a price of one or five cents of silver per kilogram. In this way, plus a small amount of raw silk stored, it can at least last until the beginning of next spring.
In the future, the season for purchasing new silk. It can be said that this weaving factory is ready, and of course there is one last thing left. After completion, it can be opened. That is the name of this weaving factory. This task is also unstoppable.
It fell on Shang Yi.
This is the first industrial industry founded by Shang Yi after traveling through time. Its significance is no less than the establishment of the merchant army. Of course, it must be given a loud name. Unfortunately, this aspect is not Shang Yi's specialty. After thinking about it for a long time, I finally found that
Shamelessly prostituted a name from later generations, the New Silk Road, named the weaving factory "New Silk Road Silk Weaving Factory". Of course, Shang Yi's explanation to everyone was: The New Silk Road means the new Silk Road, and we want to establish it.
Starting his own new Silk Road. After saying that, he immediately won a lot of cheers.
Of course, the name can be stolen from later generations, but if you mention the words yourself, you can't write them even if you kill Shang Yi. But everyone can understand it. After all, Shang Yi is a military general, and it is understandable that he can't write words.
Yang immediately found someone to write the factory name, and then asked someone to work overnight to engrave the plaque and prepare to open the business.
Then everyone told Xu Renzhang the new wage standard and asked him to announce it to the craftsmen. Xu Renzhang was also very happy. Although the wage increase was not large, it was better to increase wages than not. He was a person who started out as an apprentice and knew very well.
The weaver earns hard money, and everyone has to support their families. Moreover, the rice price is getting more and more expensive, which is not easy. At least from now on, the new owners are pretty good.
However, at the same time, Xu Renzhang also reported a discord to Shang Yi and others.
It turned out that just yesterday afternoon, Xu Renzhang was in the store to prepare for opening the business. Three or four people came in from outside the door, claiming to be from Longxingtang. He asked Xu Renzhang if this weaving workshop has changed hands?
Who? If you want to do silk business in Suzhou, why didn’t you go to Longxingtang to sign up? Don’t you understand the rules?
When Xu Renzhang heard this, he was also surprised. He was in this industry. Of course, he knew the rules in Suzhou's silk industry. If he didn't apply for a post or register, he would not be able to start a business in Suzhou at all, but he just saw it. These new owners don’t look like ordinary people, and they made a big deal as soon as they opened it. They bought three weaving workshops in one go. Because they are the business owner who is not very old, they are so grand that they are really imposing. I want to come here. There are also people with some channels. Maybe they used the scriptures to clear the Longxingtang side, so Xu Renzhang didn't ask much. I only found out today that I ignored Longxingtang side. Is this a big deal? Did several new owners forget this? But how could they forget this big thing?
Therefore, Xu Renzhang did not dare to neglect it. He quickly compensated for a few small words and sent the person away, and then hurriedly came to report to Shang Yi and others.
After hearing this, Shang Yi just smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Xu, don't worry about them. If someone comes, just keep your tone harder, don't be afraid of them. I will take the blame if there is something wrong."
Xu Renzhang was also shocked, not understanding whether Shang Yi was smart or confused, or had a strong backstage, but he didn't dare to ask more questions. At this time, Wang Bai also came over and advised: "Sir, I think we still have to do it." Let’s go to Longxingtang to say hello. This way everyone will be better off.”
Shang Yi shook his head and said, "Is it useful to just say hello? Will Longxingtang let us do business in Suzhou?" He turned to Xu Renzhang and said, "Shopkeeper Xu, you are going to Longxinglong to apply for posting and registration. What rules are there?"
Xu Renzhang said: "First of all, we must find one of the eighteen weaver houses in Longxingtang as a dependent, and they will recommend them to the association, and also give a gift to the bosses of each weaver house to let them agree. This is the case. Try to accept us. We have to pay a membership fee every year. After we open the business, we must go to their weaving workshop to purchase raw silk, and the woven silk will be purchased and sold overseas. Otherwise, it will not be able to open at all."
Shang Yi asked again: "What about the price?"
Xu Renzhang said: "The purchase price of raw silk is 30 to 50% higher than that of other places. The purchase price of silk is 20 to 30% lower than the market price. However, not all raw silk and silk have to pass through their silk shops. We can also acquire and sell some of them ourselves.”
Shang Yi nodded and said bluntly, Longxingtang is a monopoly industry in this era. He said: "Who made these rules? Longxingtang is just a businessman organization. Why is it so domineering? We came to Suzhou to do it. If you are in a legitimate business, what are you afraid of? Don’t pay attention to them.”
Xu Renzhang smiled bitterly and said, "If you ignore them, we are afraid that our weaving factory will not be able to open at all."
Shang Yi smiled and said, "It's impossible to open a business? Is it difficult to open a Longxingtang by the government? Can you still manage these things?"
Xu Renzhang said: "Longxing Hall is even more powerful than the government. In Suzhou City, everyone knows that behind Longxing Hall is the Suzhou Weaving Bureau. Now Eunuch Zheng is in charge of the Weaving Bureau. Who dares not follow their rules? Come, as long as Eunuch Zheng says, the magistrate of Suzhou will immediately send officers and soldiers to search our factory."
Shang Yi sneered and said, "Don't worry, I'll clear the situation with the Suzhou magistrate, and I won't send officers and soldiers to come. I don't need to worry about other matters."
At this time, Duan Peng walked in and said in Shang Yi's ear: "Sir, my sister-in-law's car has arrived in Suzhou through the passage. She is resting in the mansion."
Shang Yi was stunned and said, "Is it here so soon?" Then he immediately said to Xu Renzhang: "Shopkeeper Xu, don't worry about these things. It's better to hire more weavers as soon as possible. We need to further expand our scale.
.”After saying that, he ignored Xu Renzhang, who was stunned, and immediately turned around and left the silk weaving factory.