Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 502 New Investment Plan
With money, especially when there is too much, how to spend it is indeed a big problem. Although most of the money in Xingfu Village is stored in the bank and used by many other projects, but there is too much money on the books , It will inevitably cause some people to covet, and even cause the emperor's uneasiness.

Therefore, the money must be invested to promote Datang's next round of economic development.

With the current level of industrial technology in Datang, it has almost reached a limit in ancient times, and it is no worse than the Song Dynasty. They will catch up with the Song Dynasty. However, catching up with the Song Dynasty is not Sun Xiangfu's ultimate goal.

Because the Song Dynasty still did not advance human civilization to a large level. It was just a dynasty with nothing but economy, and in other respects, it was a mess.

"Brother Dali, in addition to allocating a small amount of money for the village collective to share dividends, I plan to do some big projects with the rest of the money."

"Big project? If you make a few more, won't we make all the money of the entire Datang?"

Now that Sun Dali heard the word "big project", he was a little scared. At the beginning, Sun Xiangfu made an agreement with him in the village to let everyone eat meat, wear clothes, and live in a good house. Unexpectedly, in just a few years , This matter was done by him, and the money earned was enough for their children and grandchildren to enjoy it several times for a lifetime, so should they earn more?
He didn't doubt whether Sun Xiangfu could do it, but felt that it was not good to leave some way for other people to earn all the money for themselves.

He didn't know that, in fact, all the people have made money in this round of big money-making plans in Xingfu Village. The series of plans in Weinan only boosted the productivity of the entire country. It is not the money in other people's hands, but the productivity, the newly generated money after the development degree increases.

"Don't worry, this big project won't make a lot of money, and the investment cycle will be very, very long."

When Sun Xiangfu said this, his eyes were already on Ma Lin, Zhang Quan, Ma Sai and others. Everyone knew that this was another technical research.

Due to limited raw materials, Datang cannot produce many things now. This is Sun Xiangfu's heart disease. If you get those things earlier, you can use them earlier. If you start researching a thousand years in advance, you will not lose in the future. Give it to the Western powers!

"I want the shipyard to develop a stronger sea ship. The keel is made of tougher and stronger steel structure. The whole hull is covered with steel plates to make it more resistant to seawater erosion and wind and waves at sea. Then, using such a large ship, Form a fleet, go to a farther continent, and fetch some things back."

"Steel structure keel, the whole is covered with steel plates? How heavy is this boat? Wouldn't it sink if it's too heavy? Besides, no one can row it!"

Sun Dali, who didn't know how to do it, quickly raised his own questions, but Zhao Long, Ma Lin, Zhang Quan and other people who knew technology fell into deep thought.

The hull may not sink because it is too heavy. In fact, the large solid wood used to make ships is not light, and it may not sink under the condition of tens of thousands of stones. However, if the overall hull is too heavy , I am afraid that the problem of power will be difficult to solve. If it is not used to carry heavy loads, it can keep sailing, but this kind of ship that has lost its cargo capacity may not be of much use.

"My requirement for these ships that go out to sea is mainly to be firm. A large ship of [-] shi only needs to retain a load capacity of [-] shi. Do you think it can be done in theory?" Sun Xiangfu looked at Horse track in charge of smelting research.

"It should be no problem. The smelter in Weinan can now smelt large steel plates. We only need to pour molten iron on the gaps in the steel plates, then cool them with ice water, and polish them a little. As a whole, we have long been able to smelt steel that surpasses wood in terms of toughness and hardness. We only need to make a mold according to the size, and we can manufacture it. However, the overall weight of the hull and power still need precise calculations. , if the leader wants to use it for long-distance voyages, I suggest that it doesn’t matter if the requirements for speed are lowered a little. It is necessary to ensure its load of more than [-] shi, because long-distance voyages require food, fuel, and clean water supplies. Very high demand..."

As for the analysis of technical personnel, Sun Dali listened in a cloud of fog. He only knew that after discussions with technical personnel from Xingfu Village, such as Sun Xiangfu and Marseille, the overall structure of such a ship would roughly work out. , may reach more than 20 guns, which is more than ten times that of wooden water ships, because steel materials and specially smelted steel are very expensive.

In the designed ship, not only the outer skin of the whole ship must be covered with steel plates that are not easily eroded by seawater, but also the key parts of the interior must be made of ultra-tough alloy materials, and even some places that may be subject to wear and tear need to be covered. Spare parts, its internal space and draft will be much larger than the current water steamer, but the sailing speed will be slower, and the hull will also have a very tight waterproof design and drainage design. In a big storm, the entire boat was rolled over by him. In the not very peaceful sea area, the waves more than one foot high may not have much impact on it.

As for such an expensive large ship, Sun Xiangfu will build fifty of them in one go. Even if the shipyard and smelter are his own industries, and only need to pay labor and material costs to manufacture them, I am afraid that these ships will be built. It needs about 1000 million guns, and even if Weinan has very strong production capacity in all aspects, it will take at least two years to make these ships.

"Zhao Long, your new mission is coming. I need you to recruit [-] sailors and boatmen for sailing training without affecting the existing water transportation system. After the ship comes out, you must test the performance of the ship as soon as possible to facilitate improvement, and in about two years, these people must be able to go to the high seas and implement a round-trip plan of two to three years."

It takes two years to train and three years to go back and forth. That is to say, it will take at least five years for Sun Xiangfu to see the return of this investment of tens of millions. However, if they think that the investment Sun Xiangfu said, Just this sum, it would be a big mistake.

Sailing, to fetch new species, for what?To improve the technological level of Datang, what is needed to improve the technological level?Technological talents.

Without enough talents, Datang's scientific and technological level cannot be improved. Therefore, he not only has to donate money to the imperial court to establish a law school in Shanyang, but also to establish a technical research institute in Xinfeng County to bring happiness to the world. The original research system of the village has been fully expanded, and talents from all over the country are recruited to participate in the research of technical problems.

In this regard, he does not want the children of farmers to continue working behind closed doors. Sometimes, an ordinary person's idea may change the world. Later, the Institute of Technology will conduct higher-level research on various industries under its name In technical research, all the problems that are difficult to solve will be listed, and rewards will be offered to the people of the whole country. As long as someone can solve this problem, they can get a high bonus and be recruited by the technology research institute. Take a high salary, use the resources of the Technology Research Institute, and continue to do technical research.

These two investments are long-term. The specific costs cannot be calculated, and the benefits that may be reaped cannot be calculated, but they are very necessary.

In addition, in order to ensure the vital interests of the workers in the major factories, Sun Xiangfu asked the various industries in Xingfu Village to introduce a new welfare system for their workers.

The first system is the medical insurance system. All employees, as long as they are injured or ill, can reimburse [-]% of the medical expenses in the factory with the medical expense bill issued by the Tai Hospital. After treatment, if you are still unable to work at all, you can continue to enjoy half of your salary and [-]% of your medical expenses until the labor contract expires.

The second system is the retirement system. All workers who have worked in the factory under the name of Xingfu Village for more than five years can receive a certain amount of pension every month after they reach the age of 40. Until death, the longer the working hours, the The more pensions, people who retire early due to illness can also enjoy this kind of treatment as long as they have worked enough and reached the age.

Those who are over 40 years old and physically able to continue working can continue to work, but in addition to receiving wages from the job, they can also get a part of the pension. At the age of 50, they must retire. Must retire.

Don’t think that you don’t get much money when you retire at the age of 40. If you have worked for more than 15 years, your pension may even be similar to when you were working. Of course, based on the average working years of people in this period, entering the factory at the age of 16, at most That is 24 years of service. For such a person with full service years, his retirement salary will even be higher than when he was working.

Most of the workers in Weinan now enter the factory in their twenties, so they only have ten years of service at most, and it is impossible to get a higher pension than when they were working. Now, they can also enjoy the benefits that only high-ranking officials can enjoy, which immediately makes them feel that working in a factory is as good as being an official in the court.

On the contrary, Sun Xiangfu has already considered some problems in advance. The factories under the name of Xingfu Village have hundreds of thousands of workers. When they grow old, the factories will have to support them for nothing, so the pressure may be great.

Therefore, it is also stated in the regulations that the retirement age may be adjusted due to the actual situation, and the pension will be reserved in advance in the corporate profit, which is about [-]% of the total profit. The money will be stored in the bank and borrowed Give it to others to generate a certain amount of interest, or invest in some relatively safe projects to obtain income.

As long as the factory is profitable every year, the money will continue to accumulate. When the factory loses money and closes down, the money will be distributed until it runs out.

In fact, with the current momentum of major factories, no one has to worry about it not being able to make money, and when retirees appear in major factories, the money is estimated to have accumulated to a very large amount. It can't be used up, and within a few generations, everyone doesn't have to worry about it.

These two systems will undoubtedly make the major factories in Xingfu Village spend a lot of money in vain, but they will play a very important role. First of all, they will increase the loyalty of the factory workers to the factory. A business is a business that can feed it to death, and everyone will do their part to protect it. Moreover, this also allows workers to enjoy some benefits brought by corporate profits in disguise, because the more money they earn, the more money they earn. The more, the better the retirement benefits they will enjoy in the end.

In fact, the introduction of these two systems has considerable political significance. This will make Datang's entire industrial system more stable, and it will force all other factories to follow suit, because if you don't follow up, Everyone sharpened their heads and went to the factories under the name of Xingfu Village. Other factories may face a labor crisis. In the best case, they can only use the factories under the name of Xingfu Village to pick up the remaining talents.

(End of this chapter)