"Take an hour off! Take an hour's break! Looking at the huge clock on the wall, a little supervisor helplessly held the report and drew a big "X" on it to vent his emotions.

Every downtime means that production has to come to a standstill and things get a mess. In the same way, every shutdown also means that all employees in the entire production floor will have less income.

"Alas......" Sure enough, a worker rubbing his sore shoulders let out a sigh and complained loudly: "Why is it down again!" Don't let people live? Those guys in the power room are looking for something, right? ”

"Use production safety to fool people at every turn......" Another worker was also full of unhappiness, as if he had swallowed a live mouse.

Originally, there was always a roar of machines here, so everyone's voice was also heroic. Now the machine stopped suddenly, but everyone was still talking at the top of their voices, which sounded a little deafening.

Some workers stepped out from behind the machine, some pulling out the towels around their waists and wiping their oily faces. They looked at the little supervisor standing on the stairs in the doorway with disgruntled eyes, as if waiting for an answer.

Aren't they working so hard to make their family's life better? You know, beauty is an expensive word, and it has to be piled up with countless amounts of money.

Where does the money come from? Don't you have to rely on hard work to earn it? Now I stop production at every turn, and all I lose is my own happiness! Where does this make sense?

In order to save the already scarce funds, Chris and Dessel played a whole set of "voucher" processes. Many of the wages and bonuses in the factories are actually distributed in the form of blank paper "vouchers" instead of gold coins, which the workers take and exchange for soap, matches, clothes, and even some food.

Similarly, other factories that produce these materials can only receive this voucher and then continue to expand production to buy raw materials. The raw material production plants continue to issue these vouchers to workers, completing a largely closed loop.

Of course, such a closed loop is unhealthy and cannot be justified. But as long as real money is used to fill the spilled holes, then all the factories will be able to run well.

Before World War II, Germany used Mifu coupons to help a poor country expand its strength by converting ten times as much money in one go.

However, this is not without its drawbacks, that is, the cycle will get bigger and bigger, and once the state needs to pay back the blank paper, it will be time for the economy to collapse. Unless this loophole can be slowly closed by means of production or plunder, the whole country will fall into disaster.

Whether it's Chris or Desser, they all actually have this awareness. One is a time-traveler who has summed up thousands of years of economic experience on the earth, and the other is a businessman who has been engaged in the economy for almost ten years, and they certainly know how great the risk is to create currency out of thin air.

However, in the short term, the benefits of this are too tempting, and they can't help but want to see the "illusion" of prosperity and rapid operation brought about by the economic explosion.

Of course, as a worker, Illanhill also provides many preferential policies: all workers who work in the factory and are proficient in production technology can apply for living subsidies from the factory in advance.

These subsidies are all subsistence items, ranging from quilts and sheets to soapy mirrors. As long as the worker opens his mouth, he can use the convenience brought by these things to life in advance. However, once these things are used, a part of the subsidy must be repaid every month and deducted from the salary.

There is no difference between Irlanhill, which was just beginning to industrialize, and Europe during the Industrial Revolution, where there were no labor laws and no worker protections. Workers work more than 10 hours a day, and some departments even work 12-hour shifts.

If you work less than these hours, the factory will have to extend the closing hours. This takes away from everyone's rest time – so whenever there is a stoppage, the workers complain.

"Is the power room all right?" The little supervisor in charge of production couldn't hold back either, and turned back to the door on the other side and shouted loudly.

Of course, he didn't get an answer, because in the factory next door, a group of workers were dismantling a huge steam engine with the help of a simple slide crane erected on the roof of the shed. Their faces were already covered in sweat, because this was not a light job.

"One, two, three! One two three! With one slogan after another, the workers laboriously opened a sealed cabin, and the huge cast steel parts were lifted by the crane, and the internal structure, which had been rubbed by the reciprocating motion, was presented to everyone.

"Replace the gaskets! Fast! Remove all those aging gaskets! "A group of workers carrying all kinds of tools, like soldiers rushing to the front, rushed to the machine and began to remove all the old rubber gaskets and replace them with new ones.

The gasket itself is supposed to be made of rubber, but because of its location in the northeast, there is no place in the Duchy of Irlanhill where rubber can be grown, whether it is in Seris or elsewhere.

Because of this, when Chris made the steam engine, all the closed gaskets were made of artificial rubber, and they were all synthesized by hand workshops. Although this kind of preparation method in the laboratory can quickly make synthetic rubber, it is basically impossible to mass-produce.

Prepared by hand in the lab, this is the stupid method that Chris uses on many problems. Because the demand is not much, this stupid method can really temporarily meet the production demand.

For example, the life span of these artificial rubber gaskets in front of you is actually not as good as that of natural rubber products. However, because there is no way to obtain large quantities of rubber, most of the factories in Ellan Hill can only use this substitute, which needs to be replaced frequently.

It is not uncommon for machines to use natural rubber for sealing gaskets, and most of them are concentrated in important factories for the production of munitions. Therefore, most civilian factories will stop work from time to time to replace the rubber gasket to ensure the operation of the machine.

In fact, from the side of rubber, it can be seen that the industrialization of Iran Hill is not very clever. Chris is just pushing the process of mechanical production bluntly, and many troubles have not been fundamentally solved.

For example, the most important artillery in the military industry of Iran Hill, the most advanced 75 mm infantry light howitzer at present, has always used wooden gun wheels. It's actually a funny thing: the barrel of the gun looks like it was from around 1930, but the mount and wheels of the gun look like they were from around 1830.

Now, Elanhill's troops are still a long way from mechanization, otherwise a resource such as rubber alone could drag down the entire industrial production of Irlanhill.

"No way! Parts for the steam engine are being replaced over there! It's time to work overtime today! Take a break, everyone! Take a break! Holding the notebook, the little supervisor was about to be frightened and cried by the fierce workers. Although there is no strike or anything now, this group of grumpy old brothers beat him up, and he has no place to reason.

At the rate of industrial expansion of Iran Hill, every worker is a baby bump in shortage, and it is easy to be offended—as for the little supervisor...... Well, just find a pig to tie at the door, and the effect is actually similar......

"Change? Why are those steam engines so unreliable? The workers complained to themselves for no reason. They also want to go home early, spend time with their children and wives, and enjoy a better and better life.

"It's strange to be reliable, I heard that the customers who come to the door every day at the second steam engine factory are about to form a ......" Another worker who knew the matter snorted coldly and sarcastically said to his companions: "How can they have the craftsmanship of our first machinery factory?" ”

Compared with the first steam engine factory with good quality and everything, the newly established second steam engine factory is not very reliable. Not to mention the more equipment failures, I heard that the rubber gasket used was produced by a new workshop, and the quality was not very good.

However, because everyone is now waiting for a new power source, they can only pinch their noses and order equipment for the second steam engine factory. Otherwise, we will have to wait for the production sequence of a factory next year, which is something that no one can accept after all.

Speaking of their own craftsmanship, these craftsmen, who were originally blacksmiths or craftsmen, immediately had a confident glow on their faces: "That's it! Look at the products of our first factory, they are all good things used in the arsenal! ”

"Isn't it? I heard that the third production line is now being set up there, and all of our parts are used! "When someone talks about their products, everyone is in high spirits. It is a kind of recognition from the times, and it is also a kind of strength from the heart.

Everyone, you and I began to brag about their own craft, some people spread out the yellowed drawings, began to specialize in their own craft, the rest time always flies, and soon in the factory next door, there is a roar of machinery.

"The momentum is back! Production continues! The machine is starting to start! Let's all get back to their places! Homecoming! The production supervisor finally had three points of confidence, stood on a high place and began to urge his workers to go back to production.

Everyone walked back to their respective machines in twos and threes, waiting for the machines to start spinning. The busyness begins, and one after another the parts are cut out by the machine tool, and are completed by one process after another, and finally become qualified products, which are stacked at the feet of the quality supervisor.