Daming: I help my wife be the empress

"Nanjing Clothes Factory is doing well. Remember, the director, Tan Yuhua, has been promoted to the ninth rank."

Coming out of the quilt factory, Auntie Zhu said to Liu Shuying who was accompanying her with a satisfied expression.

Liu Shuying smiled and took out a pen and paper to record.

After Tan Yuhua, who was following outside the crowd, was taken aback for a moment, he immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Tan Yuhua was originally just a small official in the Nanjing Weaving Bureau. Because of his diligence and ability, he was appointed as the director of Congjiupin's quilt factory in the new policy of the Ministry of Industry. Unexpectedly, he was promoted to another level in just over a month. I am really grateful to Aimee Zhu in my heart.

If it weren't for Aimee Zhu, he would have been a petty official all his life, how could he show his strengths and make contributions like he is now?

Aunt Zhu signaled him to get up, and said, "In addition to completing the production tasks, the quilt factory also needs to pay attention to safety issues, not only to prevent fires, but also to prevent female workers from being hurt, and especially to guard against managers bullying female workers, understand?"

Tan Yuhua's heart shuddered when he heard this, and then he realized that as an empress, she should hate this kind of thing the most, so she quickly responded: "My minister, please remember!"

Auntie Zhu said again: "When the affairs of the factory are completely on the right track, you can further expand production. In addition to completing military supplies, you can also produce civilian items and sell them for profit.

If the factory is run better and better, the imperial court will give you a promotion, even if you become a central courtier in the future, it may not be impossible. "

This means: If you work hard, you will have a bright future.

So Tan Yuhua was even more excited when he heard this, and he bowed and said: "We will work hard to run the quilt factory well!"

Auntie Zhu said to Song Yingxing who was on the side again: "Isn't the first batch of clocks from the watch factory I visited earlier about to be produced? When the time comes, we'll have one for each of these government-run factories, so that the people in the factories can adapt to the 24-hour system as soon as possible."

Song Yingxing nodded and said, "I remember it."

After leaving the quilt factory, Auntie Zhu went to inspect the Nanjing Military Grain Factory nearby.

Unlike other munitions factories, the safety of the ration factory is very important, so the workers recruited are all people from good families who have been born in Nanjing or outside the country for at least three generations, and they must have family members.

Although the products of the military ration factory will go through multiple safety inspections, if someone poisons them inside, at least it will delay production and affect the supply of military rations.

Therefore, in addition to learning about the working environment and specific treatment of workers in the military grain factory, Zhu Yuxi also gave a speech on safety, reminding the officials and workers of the military grain factory to pay attention to the hygiene and safety of military grain production, and strictly implement the regulations of each production link. Never go wrong.

In the afternoon, Aimee Zhu took people to inspect the glass factory, glass mirror factory and machine manufacturing bureau.

Among them, the glass factory and the mirror factory are next to each other.

The reason why the two are separated is because both have a vast market in Daming, and the money scene is huge. If they are put together, they will expand rapidly in the future and appear bloated.

The second is because the two have different biases in craftsmanship—mirror factories in the early stage tended to manufacture mirrors as luxury goods needed by the middle class and the rich, and the main purpose was to make money.

Although glass mirrors will be sold as luxury goods in the early stage, they will develop into the low-end market faster than mirrors. In addition, various "high-end" glass products for scientific research will be developed.

These two factories already exist in Chengdu, so they both skip the step of realizing the technology of later generations, and just follow the experience of the Chengdu factory, and both will start production this month (July).

It's just that Aimee Zhu and Hao Guangming regard these two products as the main means of getting money from the rich, so they are currently sold as luxury goods, and the scale of production is not large.

At the same time, the level of confidentiality of these two games is also very high.

Each production link is strictly divided, officials and workers need to keep secret when they come in and out, and each guard is guarded by a sentry guard, so it is basically impossible for technology to be stolen.

Even if technology is stolen in the future, as long as it is not stolen to an enemy country, the imperial court can attack it justifiably.

Of course, after a few years, when the time is right, Aimee Zhu will also let go of the control of glass and mirror production technology.

The Nanjing Machinery Manufacturing Bureau is still under construction. Its main task is to manufacture steam engines, and it is also a key protection unit.

Because it has not yet been put into production, and there is nothing to see in the Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, Aimee Zhu just inspected it briefly...

On July [-], Zhu Yu went out of the city again to inspect the cement factory, Longjiang Shipyard, and Nanjing Shipbuilding Bureau.

In the cement factory, Zhu Yuxi emphasized that the working environment of workers should be improved as much as possible, and work rules and regulations must be strictly implemented. For example, protective masks must be worn when working, and the length of service must be strictly limited to five years, etc.

In the early days cement production workers were prone to lung disease. Aimee Zhu did not want the government-run cement factory in Daming to become a monster factory that killed workers. Therefore, not only were the wages high, but the requirements for working conditions and production links were also quite strict.

At the Longjiang Shipyard, Aimee Zhu reviewed the glorious history of the Longjiang Shipyard mainly with the officials and craftsmen in the factory.

This was one of the main shipbuilding bases in the early Ming Dynasty, and the treasure ships that Zheng He sailed to the West were produced here.

Now the Longjiang Shipyard has long since declined, and can only produce warships, sea ships, and inland river boats with less than a thousand materials. In theory, a thousand-material large ship can be produced. In fact, the largest ship produced in the past few decades is only [-] materials.

Aimee Zhu earnestly hopes that the officials and craftsmen of the shipyard will restore the former glory of the Longjiang Shipyard as soon as possible, and build a ship with thousands of materials.

At the same time, he also instructed that Longjiang Shipyard should cooperate with the newly established Nanjing Shipbuilding Bureau next door to build ships and steel-armored warships in Nanjing as soon as possible.

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"Whoo~"

Auntie Zhu returned to the old house in Zhulin, and sat down on the sofa to lie down with Ge You.

Going to inspect the factories for three consecutive days, even if she didn't have to do anything, just wearing the queen's uniform and constantly talking to the accompanying management, factory officials, and workers was enough for her to be exhausted.

So as soon as she returned to the old house in the bamboo forest, she completely relaxed herself.

Aimee Zhu also just came back not long ago, seeing Aimee Zhu coming back, she subconsciously thought of Aimee Zhu rubbing her hands next to Aimee Zhu, and seeing Aimee Zhu being tired, she went to get an ice cream very sensiblely, brought it over and said, "Sister, have an ice cream to cool off. "

Concubine Zhu stroked Concubine's head affectionately, and said with a smile, "My sister is not hot, she is just tired, and sister can't eat cold today."

"Why can't you eat cold food today?" Auntie Zhu blinked her big eyes in confusion, "Is your stomach hurting?"

"Yes." Auntie Zhu could only nod with a slightly red face.

At this time, Hao Guangming came in with the prepared meal, put it on the table, washed his hands, then stood behind the sofa, and imitated the tone of the ancients: "Miss tired? I will give you a massage for my husband."

Immediately, he massaged Aimee Zhu's temples and the back of her head to help her relax.

At first when Hao Guangming taught Zhu Yu this way, she was not used to it, but now she is addicted to it and cannot extricate herself.

And she knows that in Daming, there are very few husbands who treat their wives so well, so every time she gets a massage, she feels sweet in her heart.

What's more, now she has confirmed that every time she contacts Hao Guangming, her spiritual and mental fatigue can be relieved faster.

Therefore, even if Hao Guangming doesn't come to give her a massage, she will find a chance to get up -- out of her sister's sight, of course.

While relaxing, Aimee Zhu couldn't help thinking about a lot of things about Daming.

Thinking of her hard work in the past few days, she said, "Master, you said that I have worked so hard on publicity, the court and the people should know that I attach importance to scientific research, industry and craftsmen, right?"

Hao Guangming smiled when he heard the words, and said, "You are indeed working hard, but your posture is too stiff."

"Ok?"

Auntie Zhu opened her eyes and looked up.

Seeing Hao Guangming looking down with her head down and smiling, she immediately blushed and sat up straight, saying, "What are you doing? People are talking about business!"

With a dazed and innocent face, Hao Guangming said, "What I'm talking about is serious business—you brought a few ministers and your royal driver to visit some big factories in person, which is indeed a very clear statement of attitude in the Ming Dynasty.

However, relying solely on the natural dissemination of news, the effect of publicity is too small.Didn't I ask you to set up a propaganda department and a news bureau?These two departments are dedicated to propaganda.How are you doing? "