Chapter 2678: Female worker in the factory

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The state-owned 302 military factory is located offshore, above the northern prairie of the Tuao mainland. When you go out to the north, you can see the continuous green grassland.

There are abundant cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys and other livestock, and the manure industry is developed.

Don't underestimate the dirty and smelly feces, this is big business.

A large number of livestock produce a large amount of manure. Manure is a good thing. The Chinese use the "stacking method" to produce saltpeter, which is very useful. Without it, the South China Army's pace of conquering abroad would have to stop. Without it, urban and rural residents would be in the scorching summer. You can't drink frozen beverages. The manure that has been made of saltpeter will not be wasted and can be placed in farmland or woodland as fertilizer.

Saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur can be used to make gunpowder, of which saltpeter has the most components, and 75% of a portion of gunpowder is saltpeter.

After the South China Empire started from Taiwan, how much saltpeter was collected, until after the possession of the mainland and Australia, there were more livestock, the supply of saltpeter was not so tight, and some saltpeter was used by the people to make milk tea for cooling. And frozen plum soup.

The state purchases saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal, and other applied materials, and transports them to the state-owned 302 military factory and other military factories to make bullets and artillery shells. It is a secret how many such military factories are there.

From the outside, the 302 factory has a wide cement road, flowers and plants on both sides of the road, spacious workshops, self-exhausting fans on the top of the workshops, several water towers and huge windmill blades, which look similar to others. The factory is no different.

However, the products manufactured in the factory are not ordinary. The workers are busy mixing saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal in proportions to make gunpowder, and then put them into different containers. Among them are:

Pack the gunpowder in a small package of paper, and wrap it with tin foil to prevent moisture, which is the gunpowder for ordinary bullets;

During the battle, the soldiers opened the package, bit the paper shell, poured the gunpowder in the paper shell into the musket, and then loaded the bullets and flint and fired.

Then there is the bullet and the gunpowder together into the paper shell, which becomes the ammunition of the shotgun;

The cartridge ammunition used by the comrades is also mixed and used together.

If the charge is higher, that is the propellant of the artillery.

Weigh out a certain amount of gunpowder, put it in a silk bag, and tie it tightly to the package to become a pre-charged package. When launching, directly stuff the pre-charged package into the barrel to increase the launch speed.

The silk can burn out quickly in the barrel, and there is not much slag, so it will not block the barrel.

This is after repeated comparisons by artillery experts from various countries and abroad, they found that the best thing to use is silk. The gunpowder wrapped with other materials is put into the barrel. When it burns, it will burn quickly or there will be no slag. After multiple shots are fired, the barrel will be blocked.

But silk is not an ordinary commodity, and even silk that is almost burnt does not burn well. You must use good **** silk.

So war is not something ordinary people can fight!

In a tall factory building, hundreds of workers are working nervously, including female worker Chen Rumei.

Chen Rumei is thirty-five years old, still somewhat attractive, wearing well-fitting overalls, her chest is bulging, she is not a great person, she is a female worker, at this time she is meticulously doing the work of bonding ammunition. About to put the assembled cartridge ammunition into the cartridge, and then seal on both sides.

The factory has implemented assembly-line operations for a long time, that is, the entire work process is split, and a production unit only focuses on processing a certain segment of work to improve work efficiency and output.

The package of ammunition was prepared long before it was delivered to Chen Rumei. She only used to glue the package of ammunition and the fuse, and then glued and sealed it.

She has been busy all the time, the workers in the workshop are also doing their jobs, and some people are running from time to time, looking full of enthusiasm.

The big red characters on the whitewashed wall that read "No fireworks, safety first!" are particularly eye-catching.

This factory is dominated by female workers, and only some of the heavy work is done by male workers.

Few people stop working, sometimes some people stop to drink water from the bucket in the corner, or go out to take a break.

Sometimes Chen Rumei would stop for a while, stretch her waist, and look at the neatly arranged piles of bobbins. There is a feeling that the uncle farmer looks at her golden wheat field during the autumn harvest. It feels really good! It gave Chen Rumei a sense of accomplishment. I think this is probably the pleasure of working.

As for what these tubes are used for, Chen Rumei doesn't want to know, she just wants to finish her work!

After completing all the manufacturing work, the factory also needs to carry out quality inspection, registration, and numbering of the ammunition before it is sent to the battlefield.

Unknowingly, "Dangdangdang..." bursts of iron knocking came from the factory area, indicating that it was time to get off work in the afternoon.

"Everyone!" A voice came. Everyone saw Gao Wenming, the director of the plant, standing high above the factory. He was holding a dirt trumpet and smiling, and suddenly some of the workers' complexions turned bad.

Gao Wenming usually doesn't smile and treats people harshly. There is only one thing about him with a smile on his face. He wants everyone to work overtime!

Sure enough, Gao Wenming said that due to the tight time limit for the military's orders, all employees will return to the factory tomorrow Sunday to work overtime and pay double their wages.

Suddenly complaints rang out, but nothing more.

When entering the factory, it was already clear that the factory implements semi-militarized management and unconditionally obeys it if necessary.

Chen Rumei doesn't matter. One of her three children is in a factory-owned elementary school, and the other is in a factory-owned kindergarten. The factory has to work overtime, and the kindergarten will also open classes.

She is a member of the military, and her husband is a naval officer. She went to Europe and rarely went home. Chen Rumei didn't care about him. Anyway, most of his salary would be handed over to her by the military on time!

This is an unwritten rule. In order to ensure the stability of the family, after soldiers have children, most of their wages must be given to their wives, who will be the steward of them.

No one can tell what's wrong, because the Emperor Yan Changwu declared that he had no money, and all his wages were handed over to the queen, and every pocket money had to be asked from the queen!

What else can others say? !

And Chen Rumei's salary in the factory is also owned by her, and the income is not bad. UU Reading www. Uukanshu.com has holiday benefits, subsidies and five social insurances and one housing fund. The benefits in the factory are very good. For example, children do not need to spend money when they go to school or in the factory’s kindergarten. Wrapped by the factory.

Although there is no Sunday, she usually doesn't work overtime during the Spring Festival, and she still has annual leave. With three children, she is very satisfied with her current life!

Chen Rumei is a microcosm of the female factory workers. The 302 factory where she works mainly produces guns and ammunition. A large amount of ammunition is sent from here to the front lines every once in a while to supply the South China Army and its allies for consumption.

This is a large factory with 10,000 people, and women workers account for 60%!

During the war in the South China Empire, the status of women was emphasized.

From the assembly of guns to the production of ammunition, women have gradually become the main work force.

The level of technology at the time limited the degree of automation, and the work required workers to complete it manually.

The men of the empire set foot on the front lines or explored overseas territories on a large scale, resulting in a serious shortage of labor in the production workshops of the empire, which was already short of manpower.

As a result, the factory recruited more and more women to work. The guns and ammunition used by women to kill the Baotou in Asia Minor were produced in this military factory. The female workers also produced all kinds of items in private factories. Military materials provide solid logistical support for the frontline troops.

The learning ability of these female workers is very strong, and they soon adapted to these jobs and supported half of the military world!

In February 1671, female worker Chen Rumei worked hard and was very effective. She was named one of the model workers of the state-owned 302 military factory in the previous year. There was no camera at the time, but the painter painted her smile when she received the award. This painting was sent to the military museum of the empire, recording her and her female workers' contributions to the great cause of the empire!