"Your Majesty, I agree with the first three items, but please think twice about taking back the right to manufacture local and border troops."
"Your Majesty, I apologize for being disrespectful. If there is another big explosion like Wang Gong's Mansion, the loss will be too great. Don't be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of the worst."
"Your Majesty, although centralization is good, it also has great disadvantages. The transportation of raw materials such as iron ingots, the transportation of finished products, demand, etc. all need to be considered."
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"I have my own countermeasures!"
Chongzhen shook his head and stopped everyone's advice.
This is the first step in reducing the strength of Jiubian, controlling the number of firearms.
With the same number of troops, an army in which everyone holds a gun can easily crush an army with cold weapons.
"Recovering the manufacturing rights does not mean that the firearms manufacturing factories have been abolished. All local and border military firearms manufacturing factories have been merged into the Firearms Research Institute and are under unified management by the court. Cost and quality can be easily controlled!"
Having said this, Chongzhen stood up and walked slowly in the hall: "The issue of raw materials is controlled by Sun Aiqing, led by the Ministry of Accounts and the Ministry of Industry.
Take this opportunity to check all the saltpeter, sulfur, copper and iron in Guangjiku, Dingziku and other warehouses, and eliminate all the shoddy ones.
In addition, we will re-select the director of the testing hall and clarify their responsibilities, and re-formulate the storage standards and verification standards. After the inventory begins, I do not want another piece of unqualified saltpeter, sulfur, etc. to enter the warehouse. "
"I obey the decree!"
After Sun Chengzong responded, Chongzhen continued: "As for improving the treatment of craftsmen, it cannot be one-size-fits-all. Years, skills, processes, quantity, quality, etc. must be taken into consideration."
Looking at the people who were a little confused, Chongzhen walked to the desk, picked up his pen and drew, and said: "Let me take granulated gunpowder as an example, such as Zhang San. The process is to grind charcoal.
Assume that everyone's basic salary is one penny when he joins the factory, and it increases by half a penny after one year of work.
Grinding charcoal is not a technical job. Five lines of copper coins are given to each kilogram of charcoal that meets the standard. If Zhang San stayed in the manufacturing factory for ten years, he would grind an average of fifty kilograms of charcoal that meets the standard every day. "
When Chongzhen said this, he pushed the paper in front of everyone. It was an ordinary salary form from later generations.
"According to the above, what is Zhang San's monthly salary this month?"
Everyone looked at the form, but they were not curious. After all, this thing had already been used in the Ministry of Household Affairs.
"The basic salary is one cent. After working for ten years, the basic salary is five and a half cents. A month of thirty days is equivalent to one thousand five hundred catties. One catty of five grain copper coins makes a total of seven thousand five hundred copper coins, which is converted into seven and a half taels. , plus the basic salary, it’s equivalent to thirteen taels!”
"Hiss... Thirteen taels of silver? A craftsman gets thirteen taels of silver a month. This, this..."
"Your Majesty, isn't thirteen liang meeting too high? This is higher than the monthly salary of a sixth-grade official!"
"Your Majesty, the price for such a high monthly salary is too high!"
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Listening to everyone's discussion, Chongzhen sighed in his heart: "I'm just giving an example, you can actually make it."
“Having said that, do you think that getting more for more work is more efficient than passively slacking off?
The institute may have given each craftsman thirty kilograms a day, but some people with slow hands can only do twenty kilograms, and some with fast hands can do fifty kilograms.
Those with fast hands will definitely slow down. Anyway, there is no reward for doing too much, so it is better to do it slowly.
This is just like the porters at the pier carrying sacks. The more they carry, the more they can take. The more work they do, the more motivation they will give to the craftsmen. If they are distributed according to their work, there will be no objections, right? "
"If the work is more complicated, you can rank the craftsmen, such as first level, second level, third level...nine level. Each level will be given one month, and the first level will be given fifty cents, and each level will be fifty cents more. arts,
For another example, the output range is fixed, ten to thirty catties, five cents per catty, thirty to forty, six cents per catty...
In this way, the craftsmen will only work harder and there will be no loss. "
"Your Majesty, of course, you can't just reward without punishing, you also have to punish laziness, quality problems, etc., and they are heavy penalties.
But punishment is not the purpose, but to better supervise and improve. After making a mistake, if it is not committed again within three months, the penalty money will be returned to the craftsmen.
But the number of times must also be set, twice a year. If it exceeds the limit, it will not be refunded! "
Everyone was full of interest, and this monthly payment method was refreshing to them.
From the description, it is definitely better than the monthly fixed payment.
The emperor's brain is really good. Every time he takes action, there will be unexpected gains and he can solve their difficulties.
This is why the ministers haven't figured it out yet. If future generations see it, they will definitely call him a capitalist.
"Your Majesty, can you give me this piece of paper? I will take it back and think about it carefully, and try to formulate a new monthly payment plan for the craftsmen!"
"take it!"
Chongzhen handed the paper to Xu Guangqi and continued: "Okay, let's continue talking about firearms!"
"Xu Aiqing, do you know why the quality and efficiency of fire gun manufacturing is poor?"
Xu Guangqi frowned and immediately said: "Because craftsmen almost always make the entire gun, from the barrel to the butt, etc., by hand."
"That's where the problem begins!"
Chongzhen immediately said: "Since granulated gunpowder can divide labor and cooperate, why can't the manufacturing of firearms learn from it? Assembly lines and standardized production can solve this problem!"
"assembly line?"
"standardization?"
Everyone was stunned again. Seeing this, Chongzhen looked at Yuan Keli: "Yuan Aiqing, please explain to everyone!"
When the emperor and Wang Zheng were talking about this in Xi'an, he was also there, so he naturally understood.
Then he pointed to the writing desk: "Everyone, take this writing desk as an example. It has a table top, legs and feet, a king's ring, a wooden wedge, a hook and a hanging mat... and so on.
Normally, a carpenter does it from start to finish. Although he can control the quality, the speed will be much slower.
But if we fix all the parts to a uniform size, each person only makes his or her own part, and finally assembles it uniformly, and the collaborators also divide their responsibilities during the assembly process. This is an assembly line, and making parts of a fixed size is standardization. "
"It's wonderful. If a person only makes one part, he will definitely become more skilled and faster as he makes it!"
“Practice makes perfect, there will be fewer mistakes, less wastage and rework!”
"In this way, even if someone takes leave, it will not affect the progress of manufacturing!"
"We can also separate the firearm parts. Jizhen will make one part, Shanhaiguan will make another part, and the Firearms Research Institute will make another part. As long as the Firearms Research Institute does not provide relevant parts, it will not be assembled. This way we can also control the quantity!"
Although the ministers have never seen it, they are all human beings, so they can naturally understand the reason.
But Xu Guangqi frowned and sighed: "Your Majesty, this involves assembly issues. In the end, it is very likely that it will not be able to be put together, and it will still need to be reworked and repaired!"
"What's the problem?"
"size!"
"What happened to the size?"
