In November, the weather began to turn colder, with heavy rain at the beginning of November and nighttime lows approaching freezing.
Worried that he would not be able to complete the construction of the factory before the first heavy snowfall, Li Mu has been on the site almost every day since the end of October, urging workers to speed up the process.
"It's been very soon, we have now completed the construction of the plant, and we will be able to start the living area immediately, compared to the factory in the factory, the construction of the living area is more troublesome, mainly for heating, we have no experience in this area, so how to lay pipes is a big problem, relatively speaking, building a house is simple, I have 180 workers here, if you work together, you can build ten houses in a week."
Johnny Mullen, the head of the construction team, poured bitter water on Li Mu.
It must be said that before the hollowing out of industry, the efficiency of the Americans was still very good, and before the eighties of the twentieth century, almost all the world's records on architecture belonged to the Americans.
The Empire State Building, which was built at the time of its construction, was built to the extent that it could not reach the level of one floor a day, but four and a half floors could be built in a week, which was a world record at the time.
"Ten houses, how many families do we need to resettle now," Li Muxian asked Cao Anran's opinion.
"If you take into account the family members, then the total is fifteen, which are all dragged families, and there are more bachelors, now there are 135 people."
Cao Anran knows the situation of the factory well.
Li Mu asked Zhang Leye to recruit people as much as possible, of course it is good to recruit skilled workers, it doesn't matter if you can't recruit them, as long as you are willing to join the factory, you can also recruit them, so the manpower in the factory has been increasing.
Of course, this is far from enough, in Li Mu's plan, a factory, no matter what, there must be 1,800 talents, so Zhang Leye is now preparing to go to California, where there are now tens of thousands of Chinese, and there is no problem in finding 1,800.
"Those who have families should be given priority to resettlement, and those who do not have families can live in collective dormitories, first build the houses of the fifteen families, let our people help, and everyone will work together to build the first batch of houses within ten days, and as for the heating of the living area, you can slow down first, and do a good job of heating in the factory first."
Li Mu's mind turned quickly, and there were priorities, so he picked up the urgent ones first.
Hearing Li Mu ask the Chinese to help, Johnny Mullen's eyes immediately lit up: "That's great, with the help of the Qing people, our efficiency will be higher, to be honest, the Qing people are too capable, I am thinking about whether to recruit the Qing people to join my construction team, their efficiency is not half a star higher than those damn Irish." ” Almost all the people who have dealt with the Chinese will like the hard-working and honest Chinese, especially the entrepreneurs and factory owners who have the needs of useful people, they are very welcome to the Chinese, and even resist the Chinese Exclusion Act, Li Mu remembers that the year before the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, the factory owners in the United States desperately recruited Chinese workers, and the number of Chinese entering the United States that year was the highest ever.
Johnny Mullen is the same, after seeing the work efficiency of the Chinese, Johnny Mullen found that the Chinese workers are indeed easy to use, much better than the white Westerners, if there are more Chinese people to help, Johnny Mullen is confident that the living area will be built before the first heavy snowfall comes.
Thinking of the upcoming winter and the current situation of lack of clothes and clothing in the factory, Li Mu decided to start distributing benefits from now on: "Let the logistics department go to Springfield to purchase a batch of wool, and after we come back, we will process a winter cotton coat and send it out as the welfare of the factory. ” Li Mu doesn't know the specific style of winter clothes in this era, but from the style of summer clothes, you can guess a rough idea, and it is estimated that Li Mu will not like it.
Li Mu's current clothes are made by Chu Xue and Yan's mother, according to Li Mu's requirements, there are certain small adjustments compared with the current clothes, such as shoulder pads, waist cinching, narrow legs and other inconspicuous small designs, don't underestimate these things, almost every small adjustment, will make the overall look more stylish, more fitting, and more in line with Li Mu's pursuit of tough, neat.
Li Mu already has a preliminary idea, winter clothes, windproof and warm as the first priority, the shape is second, in view of the wool is very common on the market now, Li Mu wants to take out the style of the German army coat during World War II, and send one to each of the workers in the factory, which will become a symbol of Li Mu's subordinates in the future, think about a group of Chinese wearing the military uniforms of the German army during World War II walking on the streets of American cities in the nineteenth century, this feeling is still very emotional.
Of course, this kind of "feeling" feeling is only available to Li Mu, and in the eyes of other Americans, they will only feel that the workers in Li Mu's factory are dressed appropriately and uniformly, which is also very helpful to enhance the overall image of the Chinese.
"Anyone can do needlework, even if the mother-in-law at home can't, we can toss twice, so there's no need to go to the garment factory" Cao Anran was in a more apprehensive mood.
Cao Anran is Li Mu's supervisor in the factory, and seeing the green dollars flowing out of his hands every day really makes Cao Anran's heart beat to be honest.
Although this is not Cao Anran's money, Cao Anran will instinctively save for Li Mu, some money that can be spent or not, so save it if you can.
Helping Li Mu in this regard is also helping himself, as long as Li Mu's funds do not have problems, it means that Cao Anran's work is stable.
Many young people came to the United States alone, and they have not started a family for more than ten years, so they have to learn to take care of themselves, washing clothes and cooking, and even needlework must be ordered, and they can't even find a tailor to make up for it, which is not in line with the consumption concept of the Chinese, and the attitude of the Chinese towards clothes is "three years of new, three years of old, and another three years of sewing and mending".
"The responsibility of workers is to work hard and create greater value, these little things don't need to worry them, or find a quilt factory, this money does not need to be saved, we can also get a quilt factory ourselves."
Li Mu has a lot of ideas, if the scale of the factory continues to expand in the future, then it is also necessary to get a quilt factory, at least to solve the work problem of the workers' families.
Speaking of which, most of the women in these years are standard housewives, and taking care of the family is all their work, but Li Mu doesn't think so, Li Mu knows how much potential there is in the female group, and in many ways, they are not even inferior to men or superior to men.
"Alright then, you have the final say."
Cao Anran didn't insist, after all, Li Mu was the boss of the factory
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