The industry in Shanghai has just begun, and now he has to go to Lushun, which makes Lu Hong feel a little worried. When he returned to the official residence, Qin Tianmin brought his younger brother Qin Xiaocheng and Wang Daosheng to see him, which made Lu Hong Got a new idea. That night, four engineers, Cheng Daqi, Liu Yiding, Sun Cairen, and Zheng Xuanhong, were called to the official residence. They obviously didn't know what Mr. Lu wanted to do with them. They were all busy in the living room discussing what they had just received. The job they got After all, Mr. Lu showed his unexpected familiarity with the industry, and they also understood that it was not easy to do the assigned tasks well! "Old Cheng, you are familiar with people. Please help me introduce some apprentices who are capable of doing something! Mr. Lu will not be building any new machines today! I see your machine factory has been very busy recently!" Sun Cairen just took it. A sum of research and development funds, but this money cannot be used casually. Normal expenses have to be handled by shopkeeper Xiao Qin of the machine factory, so I am worried that I can't find the manpower. Cheng Daqi shook his head, "Master Sun, the gunpowder thing you made will make ordinary people cringe. It's really not easy to find an apprentice. Why don't you go to the gunpowder factory" "Master Lu sent me Our job is not to make gunpowder. There are plenty of people in the smokeless medicine factory. I am still looking for a few experts who know the machine, so I asked you to recommend it" Sun Cairen quickly explained, he didn't want to be regarded as a fool by Cheng Daqi. Idiot view. Cheng Daqi was also stunned after hearing this. He really didn't know what kind of research Lu Hong was doing after recruiting this guy. However, since it had been discussed now, he didn't mind finding out. This technical person naturally likes to ask questions, "Sun Engineer, what are you tinkering with recently? Why do you want to find an apprentice who knows the machine?" When talking about this topic, Sun Cairen suddenly closed his mouth, thought for a while and then said: "Old Cheng, Mr. Lu gave me some drawings? I also explained the principle. I thought about it all night, and it seemed to make sense I really admire your ability. However, you asked me to keep it secret for the time being before it was completed." Cheng Daqi said softly! After assembling the first silk reeling machine according to Lu Hong's drawings, he also admired this adult who had studied abroad very much. He had never seen such a machine in the manufacturing bureau. However, the structure of the iron parts in the entire machine is extremely delicate. More importantly, part of the machine frame is made of wood, which is low-cost. It was assembled and put into trial operation in the new reeling factory the day before yesterday. A set of 8-strand reeling machines The production efficiency is comparable to the manual efficiency of hundreds of people, which made several shopkeepers and supervisors who came to observe it very excited. The price of this set of machines is 30 taels of silver per set. According to the scale of the silk reeling factory that Lu Hong talked about, a factory with tens of thousands of silk reeling machines in the future will be considered a real big factory This means that my own The machine factory with only 25 people works hard day and night and can create a profit of 300 taels of silver every day, and the cost of this is almost less than 20%. Even in order to meet the current investment in machinery for this large silk reeling factory, their small factory would need to operate at full capacity for three years This was really shocking news, so today he was thinking about suggesting to Lu Hong that the manpower must be increased by at least twice. , or even three times! However, when Lu Hong came in, the few of them who were about to speak immediately put aside the small things they were considering because, in front of them, there was a huge opportunity. Lu Hong looked at the four new fortifications who had joined his team very calmly. These fortifications were obviously not business-minded people. Their years of experience in the rigid government-run industry had already made them develop a submissive attitude. This is actually the most important barrier to technological progress, and now I want to try my best to give full play to these technical talents. "Cheng Daqi, Liu Yiding, Sun Cairen, Zheng Xuanhong!" Lu Hong sat in the middle and called these names with great energy. "My lord is here!" Cheng Daqi, who was not sure what he was talking about, hurriedly stood up and responded, looking respectful. "Cheng Daqi, think about it, how much money can you earn in a year given your ability?" Lu Hong stared at Cheng Daqi and added, "Don't hide your thoughts and tease me, tell me!" The question immediately stumped Cheng Daqi. Now Lu Hongkai gives him a salary of 10 taels a month, and dividends half a year. This level of income is enough to live a good life even in the prosperous Shanghai Bund. You know, nowadays The price of rice is only one stone, 1 tael and 3 taels of silver, and a house can be bought for 200 taels for an ordinary 2 yuan. He is thinking about working hard and moving the whole family out of the old house in two years! However, the question Lu Hong asked him at this moment made it difficult for him to answer. After participating in the manufacturing of the reeling machine in the machine factory, he also had a new understanding of the huge industrial value of the technology he mastered. However, he also I clearly understand that Mr. Lu¡¯s offerDrawings, that is the key to making money And this has made him study the reeling machine structure very carefully, trying to master more technologies instead of being a universal milling machine engineer. Seeing that Cheng Daqi didn't seem to have thought about it, Lu Hong smiled slightly. This is naturally a reasonable thing. There is a strong distinction between respect and inferiority in the thinking of the Chinese people. Even if he has been engaged in foreign affairs for more than 30 years, those who understand technology Talent is obviously far less confident than officials who took the imperial examination or donated their official positions. He looked sideways at Liu Yiding, Sun Cairen, and Zheng Xuanhong. These three guys were obviously confused by his question. They had strange expressions on their faces. The four of them were silent for a while. Zheng Xuanhong spoke first: "Sir "The salary you pay us is much better than the previous deductions in the manufacturing bureau. How dare you be greedy?" Zheng Xuanhong is obviously the one who is better at rhetoric among the four. He said this, Several others immediately echoed "YeahYeah" Lu Hong smiled and pointed at Cheng Daqi, "Old Cheng, our machine factory has newly built a reeling machine. Now the reeling factory has ordered 300 shares. , 60 new machines, tell me, how much profit can be made from this! " "This if the materials are obtained from General Manager Liu, one machine must cost 20 taels, 60 machines, and 300 strands of reeling. The silk table is quoted at 9,000 taels, and it is estimated that it can be completed within a month. Taking into account all the workers¡¯ wages, it is 145 taels per month. If you work at night, the additional expenditure will only be about 20 taels" He said here, already There is no need to continue counting. These engineers have all studied Western arithmetic. They can't say that they can write or write, but they are indeed literate. This machine factory has formed such an astonishing profitability in a short period of time. In addition to The team of engineers and apprentices led by Cheng Daqi is indeed quite skilled, but more importantly, it is the assembly of the drawings and guidance provided by Lu Hong. Lu Hong nodded, "As long as the industry is suitable, we will have more drawings for new machines. However, we need to turn the drawings into machines and make the machines operate stably in other people's factories. In the future, our factory will be even bigger." , there will be more people As for you, I hope to bring out more outstanding engineers and apprentices. If you can do this, I will not mind at all if your salary increases tenfold But let me see your results! "" A tenfold increase This sentence immediately stunned Cheng Daqi and others. That is a monthly income of hundreds of taels. This is the reward given to those foreign technicians by the manufacturing bureau. What they have to do is to go all out to train or recruit engineers and apprentices who can create more value for the machine factory, and of course, to improve their abilities crazily. At this point, these people have A more urgent sense of crisis! At this time, Cheng Daqi said with some ecstasy: "Sir, tell me, what kind of results do you want to see! I will go all out to increase the output of this machine factory!" "Old Cheng, you are so stupid But I made a mistake!" Hearing that Cheng Daqi was obviously overly excited, Lu Hong immediately poured cold water on him, "What I want you to manage is not just the production of reeling machines, what you want to do is to increase the production capacity of the machine factory. Continuously improve, you can complete all the parts of the reeling machine in the past, but don¡¯t be unable to make the parts that you want to make in the future!¡± ¡°¡¡± Several people obviously understood what Lu Hong said. Meaning, the scale of the machine factory will obviously not be small in the future, and it may even produce more machines, but what exactly they will be, they can only stare at Mr. Lu. Lu Hong was sweating when they looked at them. These guys are really not very enlightened "You guys tell me, now I give you a group of manpower, relying on the machine tools and pneumatic hammers of the manufacturing bureau, what can you do?" Let's produce some machines!" Lu Hong stared at them. He had a lot of plagiarized drawings from Super Industrial System. However, it seems that many industries are not feasible to operate at present, so he just chose silk reeling. The industry is testing the waters first, and taking advantage of this opportunity, it is natural to prepare the technicians on hand. "Sir, this manufacturing bureau has tried to imitate the horizontal drilling machine and omnidirectional grinding machine from Hull in Germany!" "We can also make American Gleason lathes and all-purpose milling machines!" "We can also do this with the British Mikiel deep drilling machine. It can also be copied! " "" Several guys whispered to each other, and suddenly a list of machine tool names came out, which surprised Lu Hong. It seemed that he had really underestimated the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau in this era. Unexpectedly, there were some The smell of hidden dragons and crouching tigers He frowned and asked: "Are the steel materials for these machines also produced by the Steelmaking Plant of the Manufacturing Bureau?" This question was on to the point, and several guys immediately said: "Sir, according to the rules of the Manufacturing Bureau, all incoming materials must be signed by Liu Qixiang.The goods can only be purchased after being handled by General Manager Liu, so the steel materials are all purchased from foreign merchants! " When Lu Hong heard this, he could hear such blatant corruption even in casual conversations. He naturally knew that Liu Qixiang was the immediate boss of Ruisheng, but this guy was a popular person in front of Li Zhongtang, so he didn't Thinking about getting too involved in the muddy waters of this manufacturing bureau, it seems that once the machine factory is put into operation, the problem of raw materials will have to be solved! He nodded to express his satisfaction, waved his hand and took out 4 contracts, "This is what I signed. According to the contract, the four of you will form a team of engineers of the machine factory, who will be fully responsible for the production and technical issues of the machine factory. I will give you the power to recruit people. Of course, it involves the issue of money" Having said this, Lu Hongchao After waving at the door, Qin Tianmin walked in cheerfully. Behind him, Qin Xiaocheng looked surprised.