1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 53-Letter from Italy

One day in early March, while Scrooge was busy working on his new production line, he received a letter from Big Brother Carroll to him from Italy:

“Dear Little Brother:

Hi!

It’s been a week since I came to Italy in a blink of an eye, and I just came to write to you. This is not all because it is too busy, but also because the situation has not been fully opened yet, and there is no achievement worth mentioning. As you said, one thing is always very busy before it is on the right track, and it is the same here. I need to keep visiting the celebrities, and Mr. Robson is constantly fighting the Italian soldiers. God bless, fortunately there is an ambitious alien among those Italians: Major Neville. Otherwise, Mr. Robson would be really tired and collapsed. But even if Major Neville was trying his best to cooperate with him, he was still as busy as a top.

Italians seem to be very kind and talkative, but what is annoying is that they don’t like to talk to people in English, although the United Kingdom is recognized as the most powerful country in the world, and I know exactly , They can speak English, but they just don’t want to use English. Whenever possible, they will speak Italian or French to you. In their view, it seems that only these two languages ​​can be used by civilized people. Damn it, I admit, Italian sounds good, and it’s really good to sing arias or something-although I don’t understand anything. As for French, let’s not say anything else, but just count in French, and a lot of bags popped up on my head, just like the Eastern pagan idol that we saw together at Morgan last time.

But this is not the most terrible. The most terrifying thing is that although they are very talkative, they are always reluctant to talk about business. They will spend a lot of time talking about things that are completely irrelevant. Moreover, he triumphantly declared that this is a manifestation of “love of life and love of art”. Although I am also a person who loves art consciously, I really can’t do it like the Italians-they will even castrate some cute boys for the sake of music and art!

But in general, Italians are not difficult to deal with. It is not difficult to reach an agreement with them. The difficult thing is to urge them to implement… Sometimes I am really surprised. How did they establish the Roman Empire? ”

Scrooge almost laughed when he saw Dage’s complaint to the Italian. He suddenly resembled the stories of the lovely Italians when he was up in World War II. However, dealing with these people is also a kind of exercise for Dage. Anyway, the Italian business is just a temporary copy for him. Making money is important, but if Carol can be trained, the value will even be above profit.

After carefully closing Dage’s letter, Scrooge walked out of the office to the production workshop not far away. The expansion of the production line has brought about a consequence, that is, the proportion of experienced technology workers among the employees has dropped. Although the proportion of experienced technology workers in Scrooge is still higher than that of other companies in the same industry, Scrooge understands that after the war breaks out, the scale of its own factory may rapidly expand. At that time, the factory The production capacity of the company may have to expand to tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 per month. At that time, there will be a real shortage of technology workers in their hands.

In the past, Scrooge always used the method of recruiting experienced technology workers. However, the overall scale of the industry is limited. Even if qualified technicians from all United States are recruited, it is necessary for a monthly output of 100,000 rifles. There are still some shortcomings in terms of the goal. In order to solve this problem, Scrooge remembered a common method in later generations: the master leads the apprentice.

A master takes several apprentices, which is nothing new in United States. This is a popular practice in the era of handcraft workshops. The workshop owner brings a few apprentices, the apprentices work for the master for free, and the masters teach their technology until they grow up and can stand on their own.

But this system is obviously problematic, that is: “Church disciples, masters starved to death”. Considering the interests of the master, the ideal situation is of course that the apprentices will never get out of the master. In this way, the master can always have free labor to use, and there is no need to worry that the apprentice will become a competitor of the master after he leaves the master. Therefore, the masters will always use all means to delay the apprentice’s cooking time, and for the apprentice’s teaching, they can always not teach without teaching, and in any case, they must leave a handful of key things not to teach. Therefore, it is really not easy for an apprentice to learn the true skills, and sometimes some espionage methods must be used.

But in the industrial age, this relationship began to change. Masters are no longer property owners such as workshop owners. Whether they are masters or apprentices, they have become hired workers. The technology skills of masters are no longer Magic Treasures that allow his family to survive for generations. Therefore, as long as there is a certain material incentive, Scrooge believes that experienced technology workers should still be willing to guide those apprentices.

So referring to the practice of later generations, Scrooge began to launch such activities in the factory. First of all, Shi Gaozhi determined a technology title for each technology worker, and issued different wages according to different levels. The salary of a technical worker at the highest level is several times that of a novice.

In Scrooge’s game rules, a technology worker who wants to obtain a higher professional title, in addition to his superb technology, teaches more novices, and allows them to pass the test organized by Scrooge. It is also a very important factor. At the same time, Scrooge also promised that if they did not teach a disciple who could be a teacher, they would get a certain amount of bonus.

Today, this activity is being fully implemented in Scrooge’s factory. Scrooge believes that by relying on this method, by the time the war breaks out, he should already have a sufficient reserve of technology workers.

In addition, the technology specification tutorial is also under intense preparation. Once this is completed, the company will train new technology workers faster and lower in the future.

Of course, the recruitment of technology workers will not stop.

“Jim, you have been in McDonald’s for two weeks. Tell me what you have learned?” In a corner of a tavern that is too eye-catching, a cyclops with a full face is talking with a worker The people who looked like talked quietly.

“Mr. Gordon, the precision shooting version of 1857 bullets are not produced in the workshop that produces the regular version of bullets. As far as I observe, only 0.30 inch bullets and shells are produced in the workshop, and the number is quite small. So these things are all It was manufactured by a few workers in the most traditional way. After the bullet shells were built, they would be sent away. As for where they were sent, I don’t know.” The worker named Jim said.

“This news can’t cover the gambling debt you owe.” Gordon said, “So you better work harder.”

“Lamot, seeing this information, what are your inferences?” Henry Dupont asked.

“There must be a problem with the production process of this propellant! Most of the technology for mass production is not yet mature. According to the output of 0.30 bullets, the production of this propellant is probably still in the laboratory manufacturing stage.” Ramot Dupont said .

There is a big distance from laboratory manufacturing to industrial manufacturing, and Ramot DuPont’s answer obviously relieved Henry.

“In addition, the manufacturing process of this kind of propellant may be more dangerous, so the preparation of the propellant cannot even be carried out in the factory, but to go outside. Maybe the production of this kind of thing is as dangerous as the production of nitroglycerin.” Ramot Dupont guessed.

“This is good news, but we still cannot relax our vigilance. We must always pay attention to their every move. If we can understand the list of ingredients they ordered, that would be great. However, this is not easy. This is a high-level secret. . It’s not that easy to get it. And the opponents are also very strong. We may not be able to play hard. Well, Blackwater, isn’t this just a private army! This guy has already been prepared!” Henry said.

“Even if you get it, it may not be of great use,” Ramot said. “Even if all the raw materials are in front of you, and you don’t know the ratio or the craftsmanship, it’s still impossible to get this. In addition, Uncle, the Europeans have invented the sweet oil explosive, and the power is far from the current black powder. Should we also study it?”

“This thing is too dangerous. It seems that it will explode if the temperature is a little higher or if there is a little violent vibration. Such a thing, no matter how good its performance, is inconvenient to store and transport, it will not have a big market. However, if It is a good explosive that can solve these problems. The company can carry out research in this area, but don’t spend too much energy… Also, remember, in the research on sweet explosives, you can only review the data. , Under any circumstances, you are not allowed to participate in the experiment! My nephew, you are the most proficient in chemistry in the DuPont family, and it is of great significance to our family. You can’t do any risky things, understand?” Henry DuPont’s expression Seriously.

“I understand, Uncle. I won’t do risky things,” Ramot replied.

“Hill, you will follow Ramot Young Master from now on, help me keep an eye on him, lest he feel itchy for a while…”

“Okay, sir.” a strong man in a black suit replied.