After the registration of Daming Airlines was completed, Liang Yunying drafted two standardized authorization agreements under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Industry.
The patent agency operation agreement between Zhu Jingyuan himself and Daming Airlines, and the patent licensing agreement between Daming Airlines and Daming Flight Machinery Company.
All the business processing was completed, and it was almost noon. A few people had a business meal in the canteen of the commercial yamen.
In the afternoon, the three officials said goodbye and went back to work. Wang Zhenyi accompanied Liang Yunying to the dental shop.
Most of the employees of the consortium's aviation machine company will be transferred from other departments whose bookings have been reduced, and they will rarely recruit new people directly.
Wang Zhenyi followed Liang Yunying to discuss future cooperation and mutual assistance between the two parties, and to guide Liang Yunying on the methods and details of recruiting people.
The two "giants" of the Ming Dynasty aviation industry (currently there are only two of them) agreed on the general scope of business of both parties on Liang Yunying's carriage.
Daming Flight Machinery Company is responsible for military aircraft, commercial high-end large aircraft, aircraft special engines, flight parameter research, test wind tunnel construction, etc.
Daming Airlines is responsible for the development and design of civil aircraft, small and medium-sized aircraft, private aircraft, popular aircraft, and various new function aircraft.
The two parties have diverged their main business scopes, each giving full play to their advantages, complementing each other in operations, and jointly promoting the development of Daming Aviation.
When the two shopkeepers were almost finished discussing, the carriage also arrived at the nearest Yahang Square.
There are not many people in Beiyaxing Square in Fengtai County, but it feels very lively now.
Under the huge open ceiling, several tall employees of Yachang stood on several platforms and took turns shouting and repeating the existing recruitment notices.
A certain tea shop, a certain sugar factory, a certain steel factory, a certain steam locomotive company, a certain industrial machinery company, and even occasionally a certain shipyard.
The various company names and the large number of job openings they provide are constantly irritating the eardrums of people around them.
Unemployed workers continued to flow in, and groups of workers continued to leave, following the neatly dressed new managers.
However, there is also a group of people who look like workers but are in a slightly better mental state and have been wandering around the square.
They looked at the notices and listened to the broadcasts, always looking hesitant.
Liang Yunying looked at the carriage through the window for a while, and said to Wang Zhenyi next to her with some uncertainty:
"Shopkeeper Wang, why do I feel that the people in the middle of the square don't seem to pay much attention to these factories calling for workers?
"Some factories have already asked for a monthly salary of 4 yuan banknotes plus 500 copper coins, and now they can pay on a daily basis, but they are still hesitant..."
Wang Zhenyi was also observing the situation outside, and when she heard the question, she smiled lightly:
“Madam really has a talent for business, she figured out the ways of doing things here so quickly.
"Actually, this Yaxing is too close to the old city. There are not many unemployed refugees wandering here. Those who come and leave quickly are the refugees.
"The people who are still wandering in the middle of the square to observe should have been workers or workers who lived or worked nearby.
"The remuneration they receive now should not be much, it should be a little more than 3 yuan in silver notes, which is the minimum standard in recent years.
“Now, when they hear the news about new manufacturers recruiting workers here, they should want to try to change their jobs to higher-paying jobs.
“They have some ability and time and can continue to wait and see here.
"The more manufacturers recruit people, the more remuneration they offer continues to rise, and the more they wait and see whether there will be a higher one."
Liang Yunying said with a somewhat complicated mood:
"There are indeed higher ones. Our Jingyuan... Well, he said he would pay fifteen yuan in silver notes a month. Shopkeeper Wang, do you think this is too high?"
Wang Zhenyi was obviously surprised:
"This... this is very high in the eyes of ordinary workers. It can provide food, clothing, and a place to live for a family of four.
“There is even a little bit left over, and if we save as much as possible, we can still fund a child’s education at a county-level craftsman school.
"After graduating from the craftsman school in two years, you can get a salary of at least twelve yuan in silver notes.
"If you pass the lowest grade certificate, your salary will start at twenty yuan.
“In this way, a family can gradually jump from low-income class to middle-income class.
"So, is it because... His Highness was born into a wealthy family that he doesn't understand the labor market?"
Liang Yunying thought about it for a moment:
"He probably understands, so he specifically explained to me that workers should be given fifteen yuan in silver notes, and craftsmen with certificates should be given twenty-five yuan..."
"But there are also some additional requirements. Whether it is a worker or a craftsman, you cannot find someone who is too old, and you must have clean hands and feet and a flexible mind."
Wang Zhenyi thought about it for a few seconds and felt that she understood Zhu Jingyuan's intention:
“That may be because what His Highness wants to do needs to be kept secret, and the design intention that can be patented cannot be leaked.
"But since Your Highness is going to offer fifteen yuan to the workers and twenty-five yuan to the junior craftsmen, don't post the notice in the tooth shop right away.
“Because the news of the opening of a large number of new manufacturers has not yet fully spread, the impact has not yet been fully fermented.
“Workers who are good enough don’t know the news, or haven’t thought about changing jobs yet.
“Now even if we spend fifteen yuan in silver notes here, we can’t directly recruit the best and suitable workers, and we’ll spend more money for no reason.
“Madam, why not go to the crafts school to recruit craftsmen.
"With a monthly salary of fifteen yuan, we recruit craftsmen who have graduated from county or prefecture-level crafts schools and have not passed the grade certificate. They are commonly known as small craftsmen in the industry.
"With a monthly salary of twenty-five yuan, you can recruit junior craftsmen who have just passed the certificate.
“Artisans who have just graduated or just passed the exam and have not worked in an ordinary factory can basically be considered as smart, honest and clean.
“The first thing His Highness must do is design, and ordinary workers who do the actual work don’t need to be too anxious.
"You can even use small craftsmen as workers directly. Anyway, His Highness's salary has already been paid."
Starting from the Renwu period, the Ming Dynasty built technical schools of different levels in various places, which were collectively referred to as craftsman schools among the people.
After more than a hundred years of development, it is now very mature.
There are four types of education models: county school, government school, specialized training, and university. The academic lengths are two years, two years, three years, and four years respectively, and they can be studied consecutively.
The county school is a quick training of practical skills, and the government school provides a systematic teaching of basic scientific knowledge on this basis.
Vocational training schools are similar to modern vocational technical secondary education, and ordinary junior high school students can also apply.
The university really has a university level and is directly regarded as a craft university, and regular high school graduates can also apply.
After graduating from the craftsman school, you can take the exam for the craftsman grade certificate established by the imperial court. Like the official grade, there are nine grades and eighteen grades.
Graduates from county schools and government schools can take the junior craftsman grade assessment.
After passing the assessment, the "Ninth-grade Junior Craftsman Certificate" and the "Ninth-grade Junior Craftsman Certificate" certificates will be issued respectively, and you can continue to upgrade in the future.
Graduates of vocational schools and crafts universities can directly participate in the intermediate craftsman grade assessment.
After passing the certificate, a "Seventh Grade Intermediate Craftsman Certificate" and a "Seventh Grade Intermediate Craftsman Certificate" will be issued respectively, and you will be eligible to apply for the Yamen position of the Ministry of Industry.
Craftsmen of the seventh grade or above must accumulate sufficient working years, apply for the exam separately and accept the review of the competent Yamen.
Liang Yunying listened carefully to Wang Zhenyi's explanation and felt that this suggestion was very appropriate. She nodded lightly with emotion and said:
"It's great to have Shopkeeper Wang here. I really don't know how to find the most suitable workers, and I don't know how long it will take to get things done.
"Then I will go to the school to recruit junior craftsmen directly, but I will also ask shopkeeper Wang for advice. What should I do specifically? Do I want to go to the school directly?"
Wang Zhenyi immediately continued to explain:
"I do have to go to school, but not now. From the 10th to the 15th day of the lunar month, Yaxing will organize senior manufacturers to go to school to recruit intensively.
“Students who graduated from school at the end of last year, regardless of whether they passed the grade examination or not, will basically return to school in these days to find suitable manufacturers to work.
“We will now go to the dental office to register, and then from the tenth to the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, we will go to several county schools and prefectural schools in Shuntian Prefecture to recruit people.
"In these few days, Madam and Your Highness can sort out future business plans and get familiar with the future working environment."
Liang Yunying nodded gently:
"Thank you very much, Shopkeeper Wang. Then I will ask someone to register at the dental shop, and then we will go to the company to have a look."
