Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 780

As Perfectoct engages in large-scale engineering construction, the industrial and mining capacity of the North must naturally keep up.

The capitalists in various steel companies and related industries are both happy and sad at this time.

The pain comes from looking at the huge order in front of you but not being able to finish it no matter what. This is undoubtedly the most painful thing for capitalists.

There is money to be made, but you just can't make it. Is there anything more painful than this in the world?

Therefore, these capitalists had to find ways to expand their industries and increase industrial and mining production capacity as much as possible.

To this end, they also took the initiative to accept the automation technology developed by Perfect, freeing up a large amount of manpower to expand production capacity.

Perfect also understood some of the situation, so when promoting automation, it did not use its own fully automated technology.

After all, all manual labor has been replaced by alchemy dolls, and mining, smelting and forging all rely on professional large-scale robots. Only she can afford this approach. If it were other capitalists, not to mention whether they could afford such a large investment, the problem of technicians and workers alone would be difficult to solve.

Alchemical dolls and specialized robots require professional alchemists and specially trained technicians to maintain and service them. Although Perfect has designed dolls that can maintain and service themselves, this not only increases costs, but also intensifies the conflict between humans and machines.

This problem exists not only in this era, but also in the original world.

It’s just that in the original world, because the society is already highly developed, many problems will not be so acute.

But in this world, machines are completely replacing manual labor, and these workers who have lost their jobs really dare to rush into factories and smash the machines.

Although Perfect was not afraid of such a thing, she did not want it to happen either.

Therefore, although a large number of automated production machines have been invested, workers are still needed to operate them.

Simply put, it is to let the workers do the work of alchemy dolls. Although the efficiency is reduced, it at least avoids the more troublesome problem of human-machine conflict.

This also further requires workers to improve their own quality. After all, if you want to operate automated machinery, you cannot be illiterate.

This also promoted the upgrading of the labor force from another perspective. High-skilled workers began to gradually emerge, and society was forced to progress by productivity.

However, even so, industrial and mining capacity still cannot meet the bottomless demand of the two floating cities, not to mention that floating battleships are also being manufactured, bringing huge demand for industrial and mining capacity.

Even if the capitalists took out all their savings to expand, it would still not be enough.

So these capitalists could only watch as Perfect allowed the Northern officials to invest a large amount of automation equipment to expand industrial and mining capacity.

These are all industries under the name of the Northern Lord's Mansion. After all, they all use Perfectoc's technology. Especially since she has a complete industrial chain in her hands, she can start to expand continuously after obtaining the first batch of resources.

Previously, the restriction on this expansion was the lack of professional technicians. After all, although these automated equipment can be completely self-sufficient, they still need professional alchemists to perform daily maintenance to avoid malfunctions and errors. However, as the alchemists in the North were mobilized, this constraint could not be said to be completely lifted, but at least it allowed Perfect to release its production capacity and the industry in Perfect's hands to expand like a snowball.

This undoubtedly greatly stimulated the capitalists, who were also eager to expand their industries in this way, but it was obvious that they did not have the technology, sufficient manpower, and the capital and power to do so.

The North is Perfectot's fiefdom, and all mineral resources belong to her personally. Moreover, this ownership is protected by imperial law and cannot be deprived even by the royal family.

In addition, the self-disciplined knights in Perfecto's hands can ensure that the ownership is not coveted by anyone, which allows her to expand so unscrupulously.

If any other capitalist dared to do this, he would inevitably be attacked by everyone and eventually eaten up.

After all, no one wants a competitor to emerge that is above everyone else.

However, the current situation in the North is not that Perfectcot wants to expand, but that these capitalists are unable to expand. This has allowed Perfectcot to control industries that are superior to all capitalists.

They are envious and jealous, but dare not express any dissatisfaction.

After all, Perfect still left some meat for them to eat. She did not directly use automated production capacity to swallow up all the industrial and mining industries in the North. As long as these capitalists have enough funds, they can upgrade their own industries and get their own piece of the pie from Perfect.

Perfect even made it clear that if anyone could afford it, they could buy the ownership of these industrial and mining properties from her, and she would not impose any restrictions.

She really wasn't interested in these things. There were already enough industries under the name of the Northern Lord's Mansion. If it weren't for the fact that building the floating city really required a lot of industrial and mining capacity, she would have been too lazy to do such a thing.

But the industries in the hands of the capitalists could not meet her needs in terms of technology or production capacity, so she could only force them to upgrade their industries in this way.

Therefore, letting capitalists pay to purchase the industries they control is also a means to promote market development.

However, most capitalists have been left with empty wallets, and have used their money to expand their own industries. Few people have enough money to buy those highly automated industries from Perfect.

Of course, there is another reason. They cannot handle this kind of highly automated industry. The automated industry that still needs workers after upgrading has forced them to offer night schools and technical training to workers. If they continue to handle highly automated industries, they will really be forced to commit suicide.

This has also made graduates from many universities in the North suddenly very popular. After all, students with a complete university degree are absolutely qualified in terms of ability and can quickly get started and be competent as technical personnel.

It’s just that in the past, college students generally looked down on this kind of technical work. On the other hand, capitalists had a large amount of cheap labor available, so they naturally looked down on college students who charged higher prices and were not as cost-effective.

But now, with the increasing rigid requirements for employment, capitalists have to raise their salary offers in order to recruit more high-tech talents in order to hire qualified talents.

It can only be said that although the main purpose of Perfectot's operation is to enhance the military capabilities of the North and deal with the attacks from the gods, its promotion to the development of the entire society cannot be ignored.

(End of this chapter)