In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 141 Recruit, recruit, recruit, as many craftsmen as you want
Zhao Yurui and Liang Chengda did it together in Shaoxing in the matter of ransacking the house and killing people.

At that time, the situation was special, and the other party was charged with a major crime of collaborating with the enemy country. This can mobilize local archers to shoot first.

But if corrupt ink is also killed, this is against the rules.

"I have my own plan, you can do things with confidence, just don't be greedy." Zhao Yurui said, and turned to look at Chief Quan.

The security chief immediately puffed up his chest: "Yu Rui, don't worry, uncle won't embarrass you."

From a security chief, he followed Zhao Yurui step by step to Cheng Wulang, and he also became an official. How could such a smart person as the security chief make mistakes.

Going south from the Shi Ship Department, everyone continued to go to the Qingyuanfu Shipyard.

Along the road, you can see a lot of people and craftsmen working. The old houses of Shibosi need to be repaired, and the initial investment is still quite large.

Since Zhao and Rui arrived in Dinghai County, they used people and money everywhere, which greatly promoted the local economic development. People from other counties around Dinghai County also came to work and find work. Dinghai County has become the most active county in Qingyuan Prefecture. .

About a quarter of an hour later, everyone saw a lot of people in front of them from a distance.

This is the Qingyuan Mansion Shipyard. The shipyard is currently calling for people, so many craftsmen from inside and outside the Qingyuan Mansion are coming one after another. It has been called for more than a month. At first, it was in the hands of Xu Yuan, and then the Chief of Security took over. , At the beginning, no one came, but after the publicity spread, more and more people came.

After Zhao Yurui went in, Xu Yuan, who was in charge of the original shipyard and will be the supervisor, immediately brought people over to meet him.

As mentioned earlier, the official shipyard of the Southern Song Dynasty adopted a military establishment. The original person in charge was Xu Yuan, the chief supervisor, and the labor service (craftsman) was divided into two divisions. .

As soon as Zhao and Rui arrived in Dinghai County, they summoned Xu Yuan and learned about the whole situation of the shipyard in Qingyuan Mansion.

Xu Yuan is the only official in the shipyard. Xu Yuan is a general supervisor. He is familiar with civil engineering and ship craftsmanship, and is good at wood carving and lacquer art. thing.

There are two other officials, both of whom are important managers. There are more than 360 laborers in the shipyard, and more than 570 soldiers. The total number of staff is more than 930 (all shipbuilding craftsmen). , and the peak period was more than 100 ships, plus about 300 ships from private shipyards.

The main reason for the small number of ships being built now is that there is not enough funds, labor service and soldier-level salaries are barely enough, and the ship building is not done carefully, so naturally it is slow.

During the same period, Quanzhou built more than 3000 large and small ships at its peak, far exceeding Qingyuan Mansion. (Both officials and civilians add up to count)
In addition, Ruian (Wenzhou), which is on the edge of Qingyuan Mansion, had more than 1000 shipyards and built 340 ships a year when Emperor Gaozong was in Gaozong. Except for 100 soldiers at the combined level to deal with the construction, the rest of the officers and soldiers will be cut in parallel.”After layoffs, only more than 100 people remained, and there are still dozens of ships built each year.

When Zhao Yurui heard this, hundreds of ships were built in the past thousand years, with an average of one ship every three days?How is this made?

After listening to it, I realized that shipbuilding in the Southern Song Dynasty was also a bit of an assembly line method. It was not that one ship was built and then another ship was built. After the keel was built, the next keel might be built. The previous ship continued to cool down, and then gradually paved. .

In addition to the more than 900 craftsmen, the families of the craftsmen will participate in the shipbuilding. There are about three to four thousand people in the entire shipyard. In addition, when they are busy, they will also recruit outside craftsmen, so they are not included in the number of people at this level.

Many craftsmen's children start helping out at an early age and may become craftsmen when they grow up.

According to real historical records, under normal circumstances, every [-] craftsmen (households) in the Southern Song Dynasty shipyards built one ship per day.Small boats are faster, larger boats are slower.

But such a number of craftsmen was not enough in Zhao Yurui's eyes.

Recruiting people, recruiting people, Zhao Yurui first decided to vigorously recruit people to expand, and then helped the chief security officer to buy a manager to become the new shipyard supervisor of the shipyard

But Chief Quan Bao didn't understand this business, so Zhao Yurui helped Xu Yuan to be promoted to be the general supervisor and become Cong Liupin, but he didn't go to the general supervisor, and stayed in the shipyard to handle errands in the name of Qingyuan Mansion.

To put it simply, from now on, the chief security officer will be in charge of management, and Xu Yuan will be in charge of technical supervision.

Xu Yuanguan was promoted from the sixth rank, and there were few things to do, so he was naturally satisfied.

During this time, Xu Yuan was in charge of recruiting people here, expanding the dormitory at the same time, and according to Zhao Yurui's request, enclosing the entire shipyard and building a wall. This project is huge, and it is estimated that it will take half a year to a year. .

Xu Yuan not only recruited craftsmen, but also recruited apprentices and workers (all according to Zhao Yurui's request, mainly because the number of craftsmen was limited, so they could be recruited by force, but workers could not be recruited by force)

As mentioned earlier, when the official shipyard is busy, local artisans can be recruited by force. The official has to provide food, accommodation and money, which is very expensive.

And if the local craftsmen have money, they can pay to refuse the forced expropriation.

According to Zhao Yurui's request, Xu Yuan adopted the methods of forced requisition and increased benefits. At first, many artisans resisted, but after seeing the benefits, everyone began to sign up enthusiastically. There are craftsmen from outside the mansion who heard about it one after another.

At this time, the official salary is two hundred Wen (huizi) per day, six pennies per month, and two pennies are converted into copper coins, which is said to be not low.

But because shipbuilding does not happen every day, the government usually forces them to requisition when they are busy, and don’t want them if they are not busy.

Folk artisans are unwilling because they are not fixed enough.

Especially when you are doing a good job at home, you suddenly come to forcibly requisition, and he has helped others build a ship halfway at home, and when he stops, he has to help the government build it, which must be uncomfortable.

Besides, the family members of artisan households who are forced to requisition do not have any guarantees, and it is not easy to take care of their families.

So Zhao Yurui increased the benefits.

First of all, those with family members will be provided with food and lodging, but the family members must also be able to work in the shipyard, and those who cannot work, except for children, will not be provided with food.

Secondly, there are six meetings per month, billed on an annual basis, with a minimum of one year to sign, and those who are willing can follow the laws of the Song Dynasty, with a maximum of ten years to sign.

This means paying the same regardless of whether there is a need for shipbuilding or whether there is work to be done.

As soon as these two points came out, wow, there was an endless stream of craftsmen who signed up.

All of them dragged their families and came here from all directions.

At this time, let alone forced recruitment, anyone who has some carpentry work, not a shipbuilder, will take the initiative to come.

Ordinary people in ancient times were quite easy to be satisfied, but anyone in the family who stuttered and could eat enough was willing to do it.

The Song Dynasty was already the dynasty with the highest grain output in the history of feudal dynasties, but the price of grain remained high in the middle and late stages. In addition, the merger of grain fields was serious, and the common people did not have enough land. The prices were expensive and the wages were not high, so There are people who can't eat enough.

As mentioned earlier, the average person only has one liter a day. (One stone weighs 120 catties, you can eat it for three months)

Most people can only talk about solving the problem of eating, but they cannot solve the problem of eating enough and eating well.

Now Zhao Yurui can solve the problem of eating enough for everyone and return their wages. Of course, the registration is enthusiastic.

After so many people join the shipyard, craftsmen can build boats, family members can help, and they can also do other things, including building walls now, and they can save additional labor.

At this time, Xu Yuan said with a bitter face: "At present, the number of newly recruited craftsmen has reached 680 and six households (all of them are family members), and they are still signing up one after another. They have heard news from farther places to the shipyard. If this continues, not only The problem of whether the place is enough and harmonious, where does so much money come from?"

The Qingyuanfu shipyard has been abandoned for the past few years because of funding problems.

What is the root of the problem?
First of all, the imperial court allocates less funds, and they have to sell their own ships to generate income, but the navy rarely adds ships, and the imperial court and local county governments pay for additional ships, which are basically low prices.

Civilian boats are rarely bought from door to door, because of funding problems, lack of craftsmen, and the quality of the boats built is not as good as that of civilian boat yards.

In this way, the business is not good, the less the money, the less the money, the worse the welfare of the craftsmen, the worse the welfare, the worse the boat, forming a vicious circle.

Even Li Gang once said: Officially built boats are by no means as exquisite as privately built ones.

This is almost the same as the craftsman system in the late Ming Dynasty. The craftsmen were paid poorly, the weapons and firearms they made were of poor quality, and the weapons and firearms were of poor quality, and the craftsmen were treated even worse, which also formed a vicious circle.

Zhao Yurui said: "Xu Jiancheng can rest assured that Dinghai County and Qingyuan Mansion will strongly support the shipyard, and the Manufacturing Department will also support it."

Xu Yuan immediately said: "We must first reassure the craftsmen and improve the treatment of the craftsmen."

Zhao Yurui said: "When the recruitment is complete, everyone will be treated the same."

Xu Yuan was overjoyed, because the craftsmen in the original shipyard were not treated as well as the folk craftsmen recruited by force.

"As long as you have money." Xu Yuan felt that with only money, the shipyard can operate normally, and the key is that King Wei gives money.

Zhao Yurui said again: "We also need to establish an assessment system. If the ship is built well, it will be rewarded. If the ship is built badly, it will be expelled and severely punished. If the consequences are serious, it will even be pursued for serious crimes."

"What King Wei said is reasonable." Chief Quan Bao, oh no, Officer Quan immediately said with a smile.

Quanzhong reported for duty on the first day, and he was a little uncomfortable with the position of shipyard supervisor. He tried his best to put on an official tone, but he still looked like a security chief.

Xu Yuan finally asked the king of Wei, how many households should be recruited before stopping? Because the barracks are not enough, they need to expand.

Zhao Yurui said: "I have seen everything on the side, north and south, and they can all be assigned to the shipyard. There are too few shipyards, and they need to be expanded. You just recruit people, and the cost will be determined by the king. I will not stop it." , keep recruiting."

"Hiss..." Xu Yuan gasped, a little in disbelief.

He hesitated for a moment, thinking to himself, recruiting is easy, but disbanding is difficult. When the time comes, the court will be disbanded in an official document, or you, King Wei, are no longer the ambassador of the Department of Production, and you suddenly disbanded after changing someone. How can I arrange?

As if guessing his doubts, Zhao Yurui said again: "You don't have to worry, whether I am the ambassador of the Coastal System Department or not, the shipyard will definitely continue to operate in my way."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Chief Quan Bao, meaning that my uncle will be here, don't worry, I will definitely support him.

Xu Yuan gritted his teeth: "The lower officials have the guts to ask the king of Wei about the annual output of ships, so the lower officials can decide the number of docks."

"How many docks are there in Quanzhou, and what is the annual ship output?" Zhao Yurui asked back.

(End of this chapter)