The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 255 Worker Protection Act

The miners used in Shilu Iron Mine include not only prisoners of war, prisoners of labor reform, etc., but also many recruited workers.

It's just that compared with those prisoner-of-war reform-through-labour prisoners, the treatment of recruiters is simply heaven and earth!
Three silver dollars per month, three meals a day, and meat every ten days, and the doctors in the mine have provided certain medical services for the miners.

It can be said that the treatment is quite good!
Moreover, when the Liberation Army opened mines, it liked to use prisoners of labor and prisoners of war in dangerous places.

Therefore, although the work of miners is tiring, it is not as dangerous as imagined!
Many people in Qiongzhou like to go to the mines to make a living!

Tired after tired, but earn a lot!

Chinese people are the least afraid of suffering!

"Currently, the production capacity of Shilu Iron Mine is 2000 million catties of iron ore per month!"

The steward said very proudly.

2000 million catties, this number sounds quite large, but it is not that exaggerated when converted into tons.

Is it a lot to mine 3000 tons of ore a month in a mine with more than [-] people?

On average, it's only two or three tons per person per month!

Zhu Hongyu was not very satisfied with this, but after thinking that mining in this era is entirely dependent on manual labor, he did not ask for it.

He didn't want to cause the people below to squeeze the miners desperately because of his dissatisfaction, and even have some accidents that he didn't want to see.

In this era, the rare is the most precious!
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly, and then gave instructions.

"Dangerous places must use labor reform prisoners or prisoners of war, and the people of Ming Dynasty cannot be allowed to take risks!"

The steward nodded vigorously to show that he understood.

In order to win the hearts of the people in Qiongzhou, Zhu Hongyu introduced a "Labor Protection Act" after occupying Qiongzhou.

There are strict restrictions on workers' wages, compensation for overtime work, compensation for work-related accidents, and other matters related to the interests of workers!
The steward does not want to pay a large amount of money after the workers are injured or even disabled.

And more importantly, once the number of disabled workers in the mine exceeds the specified quota, it will affect his evaluation and promotion.

This will not work!

For stewards, since there are labor camps and prisoners of war who are not responsible even if they are dead or disabled, they can be used.

Only when he is full will he use ordinary workers to do dangerous work!

The reason why Zhu Hongyu introduced such a bill is because he knows too well the ugly faces of those landlords, gentry and capitalists.

I know too well how far these dogs can go without a limit for profit.

If Zhu Hongyu does not want to learn from the West and use the blood and tears of his own workers to complete the pavement for industrialization, then he can only introduce laws to restrict it.

Protect the workers as much as possible!

Although he can't guarantee that all factories under the Liberation Army will do the same.

But he can guarantee that the factories under the official jurisdiction of the military government can strictly implement the laws and regulations.

The remuneration in the factories under the official administration of the military government is good, and the workers are definitely willing to work in the factories under the official administration of the military government to make a living.

In order to survive and hire enough workers, other factories can only increase the treatment of workers.

As for whether bad money will drive out good money!

For example, there are some black factories that use the blood and tears of workers to reduce costs to offset the cost of production, and then use price wars to deal with factories under the official control of the military government.

In the end, a vicious circle is formed, and workers are squeezed without a bottom line!
Zhu Hongyu expressed no worries!
The law is in, and the knife is in his hands.

Who dares to try it out?
Did Zhu Hongyu really dare not kill people?
Under the Luzon Massacre Monument, the ghosts of the Spaniards are staring at you!
The steward continued to speak.

"So far, the ironworks, steelworks, arsenals and other mines' subsidiary factories have all been formed."

"There are nearly 2000 craftsmen in total!"

There are not many craftsmen needed in ironworks and steelworks, as long as a few old masters watch the furnace.

But the arsenal is the most typical labor-intensive industry, requiring a large number of skilled workers to fill positions!

There are a total of [-] craftsmen, most of whom are from the arsenal!
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly, and was quite satisfied with the development of Shilu Iron Mine.

The integrated iron and steel industry with [-] employees can be regarded as an astonishing scale in the seventeenth century in the Western calendar, no matter in the East or the West.

But such a steel complex was built by the military government of the Restoration Army in only half a year!

It can be seen how high the administrative efficiency of the current military government of the Liberation Army is.

The steward continued.

"After being supplemented by skilled craftsmen deployed from Luzon and Foshan, Shilu Iron Mine now has the ability to make large-scale iron and produce steel in small batches."

"The production line of the Shilu Arsenal has also been established!"

"There is already a mass production of muskets, artillery, armor, bayonets, gunpowder, projectiles, etc..."

Zhu Hongyu continued to nod his head.

The arsenal can be quickly built and formed, on the one hand, the administrative efficiency of the Liberation Army is high enough.

On the other hand, it is because of the addition of skilled workers from the Luzon Arsenal and the addition of craftsmen from Foshan.

Although the craftsmen in Foshan have never been exposed to standardized assembly line production, they are all skilled craftsmen with ingenuity and handiness.

With just a little familiarity, you can put it into production!
When the Restoration Army transferred the population obtained from the mainland, the first transfer was the artisans.

Those master craftsmen with extraordinary craftsmanship were all sent to Luzon by Zhu Hongyu, and he planned to give them an official status and let them work in the research institute.

Contribute to the research and development of steam engines, machine tools and other machinery!

Most of the craftsmen with ordinary skills were assigned by Zhu Hongyu to various positions that were in short supply.

For example, the newly built Shilu Iron Mine, as well as the spinning machine and loom manufacturing plants that are currently expanding rapidly in Luzon, all require a lot of manpower.

Zhu Hongyu asked.

"If the army sends troops to the Leizhou Peninsula, can the Shilu Arsenal guarantee the supply of ordnance for the army?"

The manager nodded confidently.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness Jian Guo, I will guarantee with my head that it will definitely not be a problem!"

The steward did not talk big, and the Shilu Arms Factory is indeed not a big problem in ensuring the supply of ordnance to the army.

The reason why the current Shilu arsenal seems stretched is not because of too little production capacity.

It's because the Shilu Arsenal has been replenishing ordnance for the newly recruited recruits in Qiongzhou.

The number of recruits has now reached an astonishing twelve thousand, and it is still increasing.

The recruit camp in Qiongzhou is already overloaded!

It is not that simple to meet the ordnance needs of so many recruits!

If the army wants to take the Leizhou Peninsula, the main force of the army will return to Luzon for repairs.

Zhu Hongyu could only mobilize the [-] defenders in Qiongzhou, and from the new barracks, some of the recruits who had completed the training of the recruits were transferred to form an army.

If you put aside the matter of replenishing ordnance for all recruits first, and give priority to meeting the needs of this part of the soldiers and horses that send troops to the Leizhou Peninsula, there is no problem at all.

Zhu Hongyu personally visited the mine, as well as the ironworks, steelworks, and arsenal.

I visited the miners and workers, and expressed concern about their food, accommodation, and salary.

It wasn't until it was getting dark that Zhu Hongyu had a meal with the craftsmen before he led the team to leave the Shilu mine.

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