From Chief to Ball

While eating and drinking, he admired the few chivalrous things these people occasionally did, but overshadowed their usual hooliganism, which made them even more happy.

Especially after Chen Jian gave two silver coins, he patted his chest and only said that he would open a workshop in the future, and anyone who was disobedient would have his leg broken.

In fact, Chen Jian would not use these people to break the legs of hired workers. After all, oppression and exploitation should also pay attention to the basic law.

Now that Chen Jian has money in his hands, his father is more or less powerful, and he has some reputation. After reading the laws about workshops and hired workers, he has to feel that this is indeed the best era.

The "Law on Employment and Apprenticeship in Various Industries" was promulgated decades ago. Chen Jian was born at a good time, as long as he is a classy person with money.

For example, the law on the employment relationship stipulates that if the employer and the employer want to terminate the contract, they must have proper reasons and be approved by the local judicial judge after review, and they need to apply six months in advance.If both parties breach the contract, they will be punished.

It seems that this is not very good, but when you look at the content of the punishment, it is immediately clear.If the employee violates the contract, he needs to be sentenced to criminal responsibility such as imprisonment and whipping; while the employer only needs to pay a fine of [-] silver coins if he breaches the contract. You only need to spend five silver coins, and you don't need to spend it if the relationship is very hard.

On a larger scale, for the same mistake, the first-class person is civilly liable, and the second-class person is criminally liable.Since there is no ethnic distinction to deduct, it is the simplest and most effective way to artificially rely on property to stipulate it.

This is an excellent law, which can ensure the smooth progress of primitive accumulation and greatly safeguard the interests of workshop owners and landowners.It can be seen that the council that passed the law is very clear-headed and understands who is the ruling class at this time. This is a very promising group.

Of course, this law has been revised several times since its inception, and there are some humanistic concerns in it: for example, it is strictly forbidden to use cotton, rags, and workshop products as wages, but it needs to be paid in cash.It is said that after the amendment was passed, the employees bought a lot of firecrackers to celebrate.

Before that, many workshop and mine owners in industries such as iron smelting used products as part of their wages, especially in industries such as linen, iron smelting, and wool spinning. This is also an improvement.

As for some other revisions, it is the struggle between the land faction and the handicraft workshop faction.

At the earliest time, the decree stipulated that during the harvest season of grain and cotton, the magistrates and magistrates had the right to force the hired workers or small handicraftsmen in the workshop to participate in the harvest; With the continuous strengthening of strength, the increase of the coal and iron industry, and the development of agricultural equipment, this law has been revised.

The magistrates and magistrates no longer have the power to compel workshop employees and small artisans to participate in agricultural labor at harvest time. Still partially scarce, but the two needers are no longer uncompromising.

This kind of struggle cannot affect the basis of the entire law. According to this basis, Chen Jian can be regarded as a proper ruling class.

The Act stipulates that anyone who owns 150 acres of land, owns real estate, or owns a handicraft workshop, and owns more than [-] silver coins can hire other people or apprentices.

All young people who have completed the enlightenment education, are over 13 years old, have insufficient land at home, and are not studying in school. If they are not apprentices, they are considered to be wandering around. Years of playing will know that "lazy" is wrong.

The minimum employment period for apprentices is five years, and during this period, both employers and employers shall not violate the employment regulations stipulated in Article [-].Most of the time, these apprentices only need a bite of food, a little money according to the minimum wage, and if they learn well, they can continue to be employed after the apprenticeship expires.

Obviously, most apprentices will not learn technology, but will do some labor that does not require too much technology as the cheapest labor.

After their apprenticeship period is over, they still haven’t learned anything, but a new batch of apprentices can be hired again—since the same kind of labor that doesn’t require much technical content is more economical to use as an apprentice, who will go to it? What about hiring those adults at normal prices?

After the apprenticeship is over, you are eligible to become a freelance worker. Unless you have completed five years of apprenticeship, you are not eligible to directly participate in the competition of adult hired workers.

There are also regulations on the minimum working time per day. Normally, it is calculated according to the sun coming out. In summer, you start working from [-]:[-] in the morning to [-]:[-] in the evening. The regulations of each county are different. After all, the gap between the north and the south is too great.For every hour absent from work, the employer has the right to deduct most of the day's wages.

This is not just handicrafts or hydraulic workshops, but also agriculture, which strictly regulates the employment and apprenticeship system.

There are many details in the law, and the regulations of each county must also comply with the law. At the same time, in order to reduce confrontation, there are also some appropriate laws and regulations that seem to be beneficial to apprentices and hired workers. It depends on whether they are implemented or not. situation everywhere.

There were strict labor and apprenticeship laws, so naturally there were severe poor laws and lazy laws.

Anyone who has not been legally employed (including completing five years of apprenticeship, otherwise it is considered illegal); has not received the lowest medal in the army; has not engaged in shipbuilding, ceramics, glass, grain, fishing, trading companies, mining, metallurgy, agriculture... ... and other people who work hard; not qualified as students of Taixue or other schools above intermediate level; do not own enough real estate, commercial property, workshops; where their parents or the property stipulated in the will inherit the land or their income does not exceed 150 silver coins Or own the goods and money of a commercial company not exceeding [-] silver coins; besides engaging in the above industries, the annual income is less than two silver coins if you do not violate the law; you are not an official... All of the above will be sent to the poorhouse, government camp Mineral land, land reclamation army.And if a war breaks out, these people will be forced to be recruited into the army first.

In fact, this is a disguised form of "thieves' army", but once guns appear, the combat effectiveness of the thief's army is still very guaranteed.

When the army sticks were thrown down, these soldiers feared the officers' sticks more than they feared bullets and bloodshed. Strict discipline and a group of officers with professional backgrounds are the guarantee of force in this era.

The era of volleyball that is about to come is no longer an era of bravery, and only the bottom of this era who has endured a lot of suffering and is almost numb can support the brutality and casualty rate of front-to-back shooting.

All kinds of similar laws are cold, ruthless and merciless. From a purely personal point of view, Chen Jian is now a person whose money, commodity and real estate exceed 150 silver coins, and he is an absolute beneficiary of the law.

This is what I read in two years, and it can be regarded as the basis for preparing workshops and simple industries in this era. It can be said that these laws sound "gratifying" and normal.

This is a clear proof that the handicraft industry has begun to flourish. The straightforward and fruitless employment relationship is most suitable for this era of bloody accumulation.The key lies in whether the conflict can be sustained until the contradictions intensify until they fall apart, and whether the contradictions can be eased by plunder, colonization, war or technological revolution before the contradictions become irreconcilable.

So Chen Jian or someone who is similar to Chen Jian can say that this is the best era, as long as you don't cast the wrong baby.

The things, people and things seen along the road are basically the appearance of those laws, which are full of vitality and at the same time carry a little bit of sadness.

Compared with the bustling city of Min, the commercial prosperity gradually faded as it approached Nan'an County, but you could still see ships transporting coal, iron or various goods.

The county seat with more than 5 people can be considered a large county, and there are various mines nearby, which continuously support the needs of Mincheng.

The labor force, raw materials, transportation, money, and laws are all perfect, and Chen Jian began to like this place a little bit.

Chapter 47 Workshop ([-])

After resting overnight in the county seat, Chen Jian was going to visit the officials here early the next morning.

Although Chen Siwen had a relationship with the magistrate of Nan'an County, Chen Jian did not go to visit him directly. He is just starting now, and some things are still not in the eyes of others.

That's not my father, I can't trust myself to make nonsense, and I don't dare to make nonsense, I can only talk about it when it develops and becomes important in the future.

If you are not familiar with the place, you can only follow the rules.First, go to the magistrate and show your various certificates to prove that you are not the kind of "lazy person" you should be, but that you are qualified to build a workshop here, and you are also qualified to hire others.

This is a matter of money, and my father can be regarded as an official figure, so he passed it after a little talk.

To make a formality, first swear that there will be no conspiracy here, and confirm whether you have joined a registered and recognized party, and you will be considered as a pass, and you have obtained the qualifications to live, build workshops and operate here.

Afterwards, I went to the commercial officer to prepare for the various suitable workshops. I first wrote an application and submitted it, declaring that I am qualified to hire a construction workshop here, and may build a workshop that recruits about 300 employees and apprentices. .

After the application was submitted together with the proof of residence and business issued by the magistrate, the business officer looked at the application and laughed.

There is no problem in writing. The plan is to build two workshops, but the names of these two workshops are a bit weird.

One is called "Nan'an Private Glass Factory" and the other is called "Nan'an Private Chemical Factory".

The business officer has seen a lot of workshops and mines, and today is an eye-opener.

What other people's houses are called Zhang Ji, Li Ji, or this square or that hall, this is the first time I have seen the name of the county in front of it for a long time.

As for the second one, I felt a little weird after laughing.

The business officer racked his brains, thinking about what this chemical industry is, is it a cup wheel iron fabric or something?

After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure it out, so I couldn't help shaking my head.

When he saw that the general plan was to employ more than 200 people in the first batch, the business officer's eyes lit up.

First of all, there is this glass factory, which does not exist in the county.If you want to open a coal mine or an iron mine, you will inevitably have to think about it. After all, many people are deeply entrenched here.

But since it is a glass factory and some unknown chemical factory, it is much simpler. The more such workshops, the better.

The more workshops there are, the more taxes the county will collect, especially if two or three hundred hired workers and apprentices are hired at once, which is definitely a good thing for the county.

If you want to hire so many people at once, you have to invest at least three to five thousand silver coins. Such a large amount of money can be regarded as being thrown into the county.You need to purchase, eat, build a house, etc. If you can do it for a long time, it is really a great thing.

Suddenly there is such a large workshop employing 300 people in another county, which is also my own merit.

When he saw the last signature, the commercial officer felt that the name was familiar, and he naturally thought of the young man with the same name who was in the limelight in Fujian County recently.