"You think you are very humorous?" Li Yuanzhao's eyes were dull.
"Old Fang, I'm not kidding you. This kind of labor intensity is definitely beyond what people can bear. It's not like I didn't do those rough jobs in the health team back then. If I continue like this, I'll tell you sooner or later. Come up with questions.”
Fang Zheng was noncommittal: "Does Your Highness have a solution? Simply raising questions is not enough."
Li Yuanzhao thought deeply: "I really have some clues. I was still thinking about how to solve it on the way here."
"I've been to more than a dozen factories these days and got their factory production records. I found that during the few days when the children came into the factory and they cooperated with the acting to shorten their working hours, the production efficiency did not drop much, only about 20%. , and some factories even have a decrease of only 10%. And the data in these days has almost no decrease compared with their usual month-end comparison."
"What does this mean? This shows that management methods have a great impact on efficiency! Blindly forcing people to work may not maximize benefits. When those workers are rested and in a good mood, the efficiency will be higher... Then I think we can definitely Collect more data, or change the production process, and find a way to find a balance. This will neither affect production capacity nor affect workers' rest."
Have you started studying management and data analysis?
Fang Zheng blinked and asked in shock, "Is this your own idea?"
"Otherwise? I have been alone recently. This was not what I thought of at the beginning." Li Yuanzhao said.
"Appreciate further details."
Li Yuanzhao recalled: "I thought that since Dongjiao University controls the lifeblood of many factories, it would be better to directly issue regulations and let them give preferential treatment to workers."
"But as time goes by, many new factories are built. They seem to be large-scale but are actually funded by borrowing money. There is no profit in the short term and the pressure is heavy. If the regulations are imposed, it will definitely affect the efficiency of the factory. On the contrary, it may make those factories that we cannot supervise Black factories have taken advantage of the situation."
"On the other hand, I'm worried that the workers will be emboldened to know that the imperial court is fully supporting them, and the lion will open their mouths. The director of this factory and the workers are a perfect match. If they confront each other and regard each other as thieves and bandits, then in the end they will be deadlocked and both sides will suffer." .”
"So after much thought, we still have to start with methods and management processes."
Fang Zheng clapped his hands and praised: "Your Highness, I will treat you with admiration after three days apart... You are already an amazing person."
"Oh? Why are you flattering me all of a sudden?" Li Yuanzhao was amused.
"This is not something that everyone can think of, especially when His Highness holds great power and can control life and death with just a single word. To use the law well without using power is great wisdom. I admire you from the bottom of my heart." Fang Zhengyi said sternly.
After saying that, he took out a stack of information from the drawer at hand and put it on the table.
"Look, Your Highness, the people below me haven't been idle lately."
Li Yuanzhao picked up the information and looked at it carefully, flipping through them one by one, with an expression gradually surprised: "This... doesn't this coincide with my idea? Old Fang, you have thought of it already!?"
This stack of information clearly records the production records of all factories, as well as the data comparison after Juzi entered the factory.
Fang Zheng nodded: "Yes, in fact, Eastern Suburbs University has long understood the situation of black factories, and many factories have even begun to hire child labor in order to reduce costs. This time, I just found an excuse to send someone to carry out the operation. A massive investigation.”
"Then why didn't you take care of it earlier? Many of those illegal factories that are trying their best to squeeze us are industries that rely on the railway to survive."
Fang Zhengyi sighed softly: "Your Highness, we represent the imperial court and stand in the center of the scale."
"There is no difference in my eyes whether it is a factory director who invested money to set up a factory or a working commoner. Although the workers are tired, they can maintain their incomes despite droughts and floods, and the factories have huge profits, but they also bear greater risks and competitive pressures. No one is interfering at the moment. Secondly, A balance has been formed between them, and since there is no mass dissatisfaction, it is best to do nothing."
"Speaking of which, those workers weren't that tired earlier. Although it looked a bit hard, it was at least easier than farming. And there was money to be paid. Look at the clothes hanging in many places on the street outside, which shows that they have new clothes. The clothes are worn and there is a change of clothes.”
"Furthermore, humans are actually the most adaptable animals. No matter how tiring the work is, no animal can compare to it! Humans can survive on anything they eat. If you try another animal, if it eats the wrong thing, it will die in minutes. Look."
Li Yuanzhao's old face fell: "Do you want to hear what you said? Is it human language? If so, why have you changed your mind now?"
"First of all, the collective riots in Juzi have shown bad signs, and these signs must not expand. Secondly, if we don't intervene, the competition will become more and more fierce, and those black factories will go too far, waiting for those honest and honest people. If you think about it, you know how to fight for benefits, so you'll have to wait." Fang Zheng said helplessly while holding his hands.
Li Yuanzhao still flipped through the pile of information and said without raising his head: "So, now that your investigation is so complete, do you already have a complete solution?"
Fang Zheng shook his head: "Your Highness, you are extremely talented. You should be able to understand that if you want to change the methods and processes of many factories, it is not easy to find a unified and feasible solution. Various factors such as people's hearts, technology, and environment must be It’s not enough to have a deep understanding of the practice.”
Li Yuanzhao couldn't help but feel a little discouraged: "Does that mean you are helpless?"
"Otherwise! I already have some quick and feasible plans." Fang Zheng raised his hand and said.
"What?" Li Yuanzhao immediately became energetic.
Fang Zheng smiled and asked, "Your Highness, does he know who sets the workers' wages?"
"Of course it was decided by the factory directors and owners."
"That's wrong. Workers' wages are determined by the workers. If a factory director invests 2 taels of silver a month and recruits ten positions, and one person applies, it will be 2 taels. If there are a hundred people applying, I'm afraid they will be cut in half. We can still recruit qualified workers. So if only one person applies for the job every two or two months...what would you do if you were the director of the factory?"
"Increase wages." Li Yuanzhao said without hesitation, and suddenly his eyes lit up. "This means that we can use propaganda to unite workers and collectively increase their wages?"
Fang Zheng denied: "The current job market is in short supply, which is absolutely unrealistic. And although the workers all have the same identity, they are better at fighting among themselves than uniting."
"Isn't it? According to my observation, the workers in those factories are honest and honest, and they treat others with simplicity."
"That's because you are well-dressed and have servants around you. If you change your clothes and try them, they will change their attitude immediately." Fang Zhengyi said calmly, "Looking at the honest bad guys, in fact they have nothing to do with the evil boss who is oppressing them. the difference."
A worker who is exploited by his boss every day will use rewards, incentives, and other means to enslave a weak author who is weaker, pitiful, and helpless than themselves when he goes home to read novels at night~
The evil soul of the capitalists is hidden in everyone, and everyone has their own calculations. How can we unite until there is a moment of necessity?
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