Chapter 105: Great Changes in One Year (Part 2)
After leaving the train station, they arrived at the machinery factory. Zhang Tielin and his son were shocked first, then ecstatic, and hurriedly applied for the article to the office, serving tea and pouring water, and busying themselves.
Wenshen took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "Junbao, you can do it. You built the railway in a year, which is great."
Zhang Junbao smiled and replied, "The railway does not have much technical content, it is just a big money-consuming person. If it weren't for your support from the boss, I think no one could build it. Now, just build the railway from Yizhou to Shijiu Wharf, which uses more than 10 million kilograms of steel."
"You built that Yizhou Railway Station? How is it running?"
"Seeing that the railway spent so much money, I would definitely have to collect money and make it back. So, my father and I discussed it and built two railway stations, Yizhou and Shijiu. It has been in operation for three months, and a total of 300,000 yuan was collected, an average of about 3,000 yuan a day. At the beginning, there were few people doing it, so why would you earn more."
Wen Shen laughed and said, "You have a good idea. When the whole country is built, although there are more investments in the early stage, you can make money for a long time in the future. Overall, it is still a good deal. By the way, what are the problems with train manufacturing now?"
"When we go back to our home, there is basically no big problem in train manufacturing. Now we have more than 2,000 craftsmen specializing in train production. If the raw materials are sufficient, we can produce ten locomotives a year and more than 300 cars." Zhang Junbao said with a smile.
"Now our machinery factory has tens of thousands of employees, and the sales reached more than 20 million yuan last year. Among them, more than 600 steam engines were produced and sold. The loom threshing machines and various forging equipment were very good." Zhang Tielin said happily.
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At this time, Wang Tie received the news and rushed over. He entered the door and smiled and said, "Boss, we miss you so much this year." Wenshen replied, "You are here just right. Tell me about the changes in your steel factory this year?"
"This year, our steel production has exceeded 1.5 billion kilograms, and three blast furnaces and two blast furnaces have been added, and the output has increased by more than half. The number of workers has exceeded 10,000. The railway from the steel mill to the iron ore has been completed. We will not worry about raw materials within five years. We can do it with confidence and boldness." Wang Tie said with great enthusiasm.
"I feel very relieved that you all did a good job. What are your goals this year?"
Zhang Tielin smiled and said, "I plan to double the machinery factory and buy various machines throughout the Song Dynasty."
"I hope to build the railway to the capital and make the people of the whole country travel by train." Zhang Junbao said.
"I hope that the steel production this year can exceed 2 billion jin..."
Wen Shen smiled and said, "You can't just pursue quantity, but also pay attention to quality. Just think about your machinery factory, the machines they produce are still the same as before, and there is no innovation at all. You must work hard on innovation and produce some new machines, such as machines that can quickly make clothes, shoes, or improve existing machines to make the machine work with the greatest efficiency, etc."
The three of them were stunned and said with shame: "What the sir said is very..."
"Now the Science and Technology Department has promulgated the Patent Law. How many patents have you applied for this year?" Looking at the dejected three people, Wen Shen continued: "It seems that you don't have a single patent. I now stipulate that if you apply for a patent, you will be rewarded with a reward of 1,000 yuan, and you can also enjoy the sales dividends of this patent."
The three of them lit up their eyes, clenched their fists, thinking that they would work hard to apply for more patents in the future. Unfortunately, they didn't know that patents were not so easy to apply for.
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After teaching the three people a lesson, Wenshen came to Yizhou Academy. The great change in Yizhou Academy surprised Wenshen. The entire academy was more than twice as wide as the area of the new school buildings, with a total of hundreds of rooms. At this time, more than 5,000 students were doing gymnastics on the playground.
Wenshen walked alone on the wide school road, which was very eye-catching. Sun Maosheng in the distance recognized Wenshen at a glance, ran to his side, his beard trembled, and said, "Dean, you are here."
"Vice Dean Sun, you have done a good job in the past year. Have you expanded the academy so much? Where did you get the money for building the school building?" Wen Shen glanced around and said with a smile.
Sun Maosheng smiled and replied: "Some of it was allocated by Judge Zhang Tong, but most of it was the tuition for students. Now the tuition for a student is about 30 yuan a year. More than 5,000 students are about 150,000 yuan a year, and it is enough to build these school buildings."
Wen Shen was stunned and asked, "More than 30 yuan? Why do you charge so much?"
"It's a bit too much, but those who go to school in our academy are generally rich at home. Many of them are doing small business, and it's normal to earn thousands of yuan a year. Thirty yuan is a bit of a slight sense for them. Of course, it's a bit expensive for ordinary people, but it's acceptable. Now a worker's wages are 100 or 200 yuan a year. If both husband and wife are workers, there will be more than 300 yuan a year." Sun Maosheng talked happily.
Wen Shen was shocked and thought to himself: "Now the people of Yizhou are shocked to be so rich, I really didn't expect it."
Looking at Wenshen's surprised look, Sun Maosheng smiled and said, "Now many people in Yizhou do nothing, they just rent houses, and earn hundreds of yuan a year."
"Haha, it's similar to modern Shenzhen. After Shenzhen was developed, many local farmers lived a very comfortable life after taking rents." Wenshen thought to himself.
"Now, many new academies have been opened in Yizhou City. They are all opened by teachers who resigned from our academy, and the textbooks used are the same as ours. The fees are cheaper than us, and many people who are greedy for cheapness send their children to school there. Basically, those teachers have made a lot of money. Many teachers in the academy are now ready to move." Sun Maosheng said a little bit gritted his teeth.
Wen Shen smiled and said, "It's going to rain, and my mother wants to get married. Let them go. As long as you do your own business well. Besides, there are so many people in Yizhou now that we can't concentrate all our children in our academy."
Sun Maosheng smiled dryly and said, "What the dean said is very, I just can't be angry. We worked hard to train him. Once we train him well, you will run out. You are really ungrateful."
"What's the situation with the teacher in the academy now?"
"Overall, it's relatively stable. Many people come to apply for jobs every month, and a small number of teachers resign. I think it's related to our low wages. Because, you haven't been here for more than a year, we have not had any processing money. Now the wages in workshops outside are higher than ours."
"Oh, that's the case! How much does the teacher's salary now? Forget it, let's do it. From now on, the teacher's salary is three times the average salary of the workshop outside, and then adjust the length of work. What do you think?" Wen Shen thought for a moment and replied.
Sun Maosheng's beard trembled and said excitedly: "I admire you, the dean's work is extraordinary. I think the teaching team will be more stable in the future."
"By the way, what grade is the highest grade of the student now?"
"Now there are nearly 400 students in the third grade of junior high school, more than 600 in the second grade of junior high school, and eight hundred in the first grade of junior high school. In primary school, there are 800 in each grade. Now the annual enrollment is stable at around 800.
"What lessons are you taking now?"
"In junior high school, in addition to the teacher's regulations on mathematics and physics, we also added various history books by ourselves. By the way, the academy lacks many teaching instruments. The teaching quality is not good, and many teachers are confused, let alone students. Especially the electrical part is basically not very good."
Wen Shen was stunned and said dryly: "This part is indeed a difficult point, so I will teach you physics classes and some chemistry classes for you in the next period of time. In addition, I will handle the teaching equipment."
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Back to the modern Lanfang Republic, Huang Shaofan and others commissioned a batch of traditional Chinese versions of physics and chemistry textbooks and corresponding experimental equipment. Since Yamaguchi Yoshi City has its own Chinese language school and the textbooks used are exactly traditional Chinese, more than 3,000 sets were quickly completed. If it is not enough, the city's printing factory can start printing at any time.
In addition, a batch of solar and wind generator sets were purchased in China and all were transported to Yizhou Academy for assembly. In the Song Dynasty, it was forgotten to install the power equipment for a week before the installation.
In the next year, Wenshen had basically stayed in the Song Dynasty, mainly teaching students and teachers physics and chemistry and some advanced algebraic geometry. In order to improve efficiency, Wenshen stayed in the space for a while when he was tired, and then continued to talk. At the same time, he brought students to do various physics and chemistry experiments. He spent a year of hard work and finished all the teachings.
Various physics and chemistry experiments have opened up a new field for students. Some students stayed directly in the academy after graduating from junior high school, while most of them entered the battery factories, chemical factories and home appliance factories newly opened in Wenshen. Of course, these factories are just names and are still in preparation.
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In this year of the Song Dynasty, Wang Xiu and Cecilia Cheung had sons one after another, which made Wen Shen very happy. All the ministers of the court came to celebrate. Song Huizong wrote inscriptions in person to commend him.
At the same time, the railway from Yizhou to Yanzhou had been fully connected. After seeing the powerful power of the railway, Emperor Huizong of Song ordered Wenshen to connect the railway from Yizhou to the capital within two years, and stipulated that the prefectures and counties along the route must produce labor and grain. Another 30 million chunks of funds were allocated. According to Wenshen's suggestion, Emperor Huizong of Song formed a railway department, which was temporarily managed by Wenshen. Wenshen transferred Zhang Junbao over to be responsible for railway matters.
Yizhou's status in the Song Dynasty was getting higher and higher. In the fourth year of Zhenghe, Yizhou paid the imperial court's taxes of tens of millions, accounting for more than 10% of the country. At the same time, steel, cloth and various new machines were produced in Yizhou, and its importance was self-evident. What is even more gratifying is that the number of patent applications in Yizhou is increasing day by day, and various inventions emerged. Of course, many of them were applied for by Wenshen himself. Such as sewing machines, bicycles, sanitary napkins, new papermaking techniques, printing techniques, etc.
Chapter completed!