Chapter 448: End of shipping industry

When Xinghe Shipyard was founded, there were only two or three hundred workers. At that time, the local modern industry had just started, the production methods and technology were backward, and the labor conditions were extremely rude. Unstable performance, poor labor protection measures, it is difficult to effectively protect the safety of workers, and frequent workplace accidents occur.
Workers were caught in engine belts, severe injuries such as bruising their hands, feet and fingers by machines.
Because of the many problems that existed in the early days of the founding, the shipyard encountered great resistance when attracting local immigrants to work in the factory. Near the factory, the Far East immigrants who were just assigned land were very afraid of the machine. Rolled to death by the machine.
At the time, among the immigrant groups in the Far East, the words spread: "People entering the factory will be thrown into the big chimney". Rumors similar to this scared many immigrants from entering the factory to work.
Far East immigrants' concept of industrial fear is difficult to change in a short time, and the development of shipyards requires sufficient workers. Therefore, after the setbacks in the Far East immigrant group have been frustrated, Xinghe Shipyards has worked hard to increase shipyard workers from other channels source.
From 1868 to 1870, ordinary workers in Xinghe Shipyard mainly came from two channels.
First, veterans who have been laid off in the army, and second, orphans over the age of twelve who have been received from overseas by the local side.
The Han army is a melting pot. The soldiers who have served in it have received basic knowledge education, high obedience, and easy to manage. Some of the half-orphans with limited learning ability or who have missed the optimal learning age are because of thought. It is simpler and more malleable than adults, so many people have been assigned to shipyards for apprenticeships.
During the period from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s, Xinghe Shipyard, like many state-owned enterprises, was struggling to achieve industrialization with the help of several backward machines and a group of non-professional workers. first step.
After 1875, with the popularization of local basic education, local people and new immigrants from the Far East who have migrated to the country have learned more and more about industrial enterprises. The people ’s misunderstandings and exclusions about entering the factory gradually disappeared and they were willing to enter the factory. The number of local residents working is also increasing.
In 1877, as the number of workers in the shipyard exceeded the design capacity of the original plant, Xinghe Shipyard invested to acquire an area of ​​approximately 1,800 acres in the western part of the plant, and then began to build new plants on the newly purchased land. And staff quarters.
In the first year of the wasteland, Xinghe Shipyard built 6 rows of houses on the beach near the port, with a total of about 300 single dormitories for 1200 workers.
In 1880, the third year after the wasteland was acquired, as the source area of ​​the factory workers became more diverse, many workers' wives and children also moved with their husbands to live near the factory. The land acquired in 1877 was exhausted, so the shipyard They negotiated with the competent authority to relocate the main shipyard area to Songjiang Port, and the originally left factory area, as a shipbuilding industry base under the name of Xinghe Shipyard, continued to provide Xinghe Shipyard with various auxiliary technologies, Product support.
With the financial support of the central government, the development of Xinghe Shipyard is getting faster and faster. The main production area of ​​the shipyard has been relocated to Songjiang Port in less than ten years. Not only has the number of workers in the factory exceeded 3,000, but also the wasteland near the factory. With the relocation of the shipyard, it developed into a new industrial town.
Families and children of workers who came from various places took the government-provided identification materials and obtained a piece of land of approximately equal area from the local government. Then, these workers' families were on the wasteland planned by the government, and their husbands and neighbors Let's work together to build their own houses and homes.
The deserted beaches were used up, and rows of neatly planned Chinese-style wooden houses and brick buildings with similar styles appeared near the factory area. Then, the westerners could not believe the speed and formed simple, orderly residential areas.
As Dekler, a British Times reporter, described the development of the social system in the Han Dynasty, he said:
There is a certain need. "To meet these needs, there must be other people, so craftsmen, tailors, shoemakers, doctors, masons, and carpenters have all moved here."
是 如此 The same is true near Xinghe Shipyard site,
Seventy-eight kilometers west of the port deep into the inland area, there are four spacious streets, one called Beibei Street (厍 is the meaning of the village, the local dialect of Southern Jiangsu, because the street is surrounded by many southern Jiangsu immigrants, hence the name) ,
One is called Xinsong Street (Minnan dialect, which means the place of residence), the other is Yangcheng Street and the other is Xinrongcheng Street.
Due to the different origins of the people's hometowns due to the migration, the four streets were given local cultural names with their own characteristics.
On the streets, different types of industries have also sprung up in people's lives as the number of residents has increased.
Hundreds of thousands of people are shopping in the streets near Shuxinghe Shipyard. Even if Li Mingyuan was accompanied by Deputy Plant Chief Niu Shangzhou and others, he did not enter the center of the street and could see the lively atmosphere on the streets wherever he could see.
"Your Majesty, would you like to look inside the street?"
Niu Shangzhou, deputy director of Xinghe Shipyard, walked to the back of Li Mingyuan's left hand and suggested: "The four blocks in the west of the plant belong to Anfu and Yifeng towns under the name of Songjiang Prefecture. The two towns plus four streets have a total population of about For 70,000 people,
I heard local officials in two towns say that Songjiang intends to merge two towns and four streets into one county, and the county government is located in Xintuo Street, which is four or five miles away from the factory.
If you look to the east, the street with the "Han" flag in front is hanging. "
"There is still work to do at night. Today, we stood outside the street and took a look at it. We didn't go inside the street."
Li Mingyuan looked at the flag fluttering in the wind at the sunset and said, "These two days I inspected the shipyard area and saw that there were also many orphans under the age of ten in the factory area. In the school, the management of your shipyard usually needs to strengthen communication with local schools, pay attention to the study of orphans belonging to the factory, and give them more care and love in life and study. "
"Your Majesty rest assured that the young children orphans living in the plant area are under the care and guidance of special personnel. The shipyard management will also randomly check and monitor the living conditions of the orphans in the plant area. Although the shipyard cannot completely replace the role of their parents, We will do our best to help them get the same opportunities as normal children in all aspects of life and study. "
"You are doing well." Li Mingyuan stopped. Seriously: "Ten thousands of immigrants from the Far East each year are orphans who have lost their parents. Their upbringing and education problems require the cooperation of various government agencies and state-owned enterprises to be properly resolved. Therefore, the burden on you Not trivial, we will continue to maintain the current state of due diligence and hard work. "
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Yak Shangzhou nodded in response.
"How are you preparing to increase the construction capacity of new ocean-going ships?"
When Li was about to end today's inspection, Li Mingyuan asked suddenly.
"Initiation, after communicating with ocean shipping companies, we have initially determined a response plan."
Yak Shangzhou replied, "
In terms of common people's shipbuilding yards, two state-owned shipbuilding yards have initially selected four cooperative companies.
The first is the South Pacific Ocean Shipping Company under the name of Mr. Zhang. The South Pacific Ocean Shipping Company has two 2 5000-ton civil docks, 4 3000-ton civil docks, and 71 affiliated industrial enterprises. The scope of business includes ocean migration. More than 20 industries including commodity transshipment and sales, inland waterway shipping,
Industrial workers are close to 2,000. Whether it is comprehensive technical strength or economic strength, it ranks first among residential shipping companies.
Followed by Shengchang Shipping Co., Ltd., represented by Sun Yingde, a Far East immigrant businessman, which was jointly funded by 32 local private shipping companies including Fachang, Dachang, and Shunchang. It was registered in 1886 with an initial registered capital of 9.2 million won ( Equivalent to about 5 million Kuping silver).
It has two 5,000-ton docks. There are 5 3,000-ton shipyards and 2 shipyard bases. 1,100 industrial workers.
The third is Qinghua Shipping Company,
Qinghua Steamship Company was founded under the leadership of Qiu Zhongbo, an immigrant businessman from southern Fujian. It was established in September 1887, with a registered capital of 7.8 million won (equivalent to Kuping Silver 4,300,000). It has a 5,000-ton civil dock and 3 3,000-ton civil Shipyard, 840 local industrial workers.
However, Qiu Zhongbo, the founder of Qinghua Steamship Company, was a giant in the shipping industry in southern Fujian in his early years. Since his family emigrated in 1884, he transferred the shipping management rights from southern Fujian to Thailand, the East Indies, and the Malay Islands. Baoyuan Shipping Company.
Although Qi Qinghua Shipping Co., Ltd. is unknown in the local shipping industry, in terms of shipping in Nanyang, Qinghua Shipping Co. has a larger market share than Shengchang Shipping Co., Ltd.
Except for the first three companies, the last scheduled private enterprise selected by us and Ocean Shipping Company is Taichang Shipping Company.
Taichang Shipping Company has the lowest registered capital. When the company was registered in 1884, the total capital was only 1.82 million won (equivalent to 1 million Kuping silver.)
The big ones are He Bingzhang and Liao Zhubin, who each invested 600,000 silver and 150,000 silver (50 thousand was loaned to him by He family).
However, although the registered capital of Taichang Shipping Company is the lowest among the four, its development speed is very fast.
In September 1884, when the shipping company was first established, there were only 7 used second-hand ships bought under the name, and more than 100 Chinese folks who returned from the United States following He Bingluo. Over four years later, in He Bingluo and Liao Zhubin with a background of studying abroad Under the joint management of the two, the number of employees under the name of Taichang Shipping Company increased to more than 400, and the company's total assets increased by nearly 3.5 times.
Compared with the previous three shipping companies, although the total assets and scale of Taichang Shipping Company are the smallest, the development prospects are considerable. Therefore, we also put it on the inspection list of cooperative enterprises. "
"The selection of a private shipping company must be based on multiple considerations. The company's assets and size must not be taken into consideration. The company's development potential is also an important consideration."
明 Li Mingyuan nodded in agreement with Niu Shangzhou's selection criteria, and then continued: "Apart from helping private shipping companies, how are your two state-owned enterprises planning to speed up the construction of ships?"
"Our two shipyards are preparing to add an additional 8,000-ton civil dock ~ EbookFREE.me ~ and because of the increased construction of ships, the two of us are also preparing to jointly fund two more 3000-ton hydraulic presses and one mold to France. Forging machine, a free forging machine, used to forge the steel and keel needed to build ships. "
"A 3000-ton hydraulic press is barely enough, and it is necessary to customize two more hydraulic presses."
Li Mingyuan moved around and said, "The 100-ton steam hammer developed by French Crusoe in 1877 is a very good technology. Before discussing the trade cooperation with the French, your two companies may wish to make a tentative offer. Crusoe's patented right-to-use scheme. Look at the French response. If the French agree, they immediately buy it. If they raise the asking price and disagree, don't show too obsessive intentions. Drag with France first. In a year or two, see if the French will relax afterwards. "
"Of the western countries, the only countries that have the technical ability to build hydraulic presses above the 1,000-ton level are Britain, France, and Germany. If the French do not agree, can we choose the United Kingdom and Germany as partners?"
"The hydraulic press is an industrial weapon. If the French are unwilling to sell it to us, the British and the Germans will most likely not sell it to us. Of the three countries in Britain, France and Germany, France has the most mature hydraulic press technology. If possible, the French are preferred. Right to use technology patents. "
"I see, Your Majesty." .........
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