Chapter 33, Fast Track Development

In Gu Hang's plan, Feidongshe was going to be the heavy industry production center of his territory. It had a good location, close to the Garbage Town, which would be the future source of raw materials and energy, and it also had a certain amount of mineral resources.

The alloy plastic steel production line is there. After the merchant named Denison Henry brings back the unit that uses hot limestone to generate electricity, Gu Hang will also build a power plant in Feidong Village.

With the development of heavy industry and energy industry in Feidong Society, a workforce of only 800 people is definitely not enough. Gu Hang has been constantly arranging workers who were originally expanding the camp and building the "airport" in the Governor's Camp to Feidong Society to meet the manpower needs of the alloy factory there.

But there is always a maximum limit to this manpower pool, and the Governor's Camp itself also needs people.

Gu Hang's subordinates now have a high demand for manpower, both for production and military expansion. It is inevitable to absorb people from outside, which is exactly what he specifically asked Denison Henry to do, asking him to find a way to publicize and recruit people.

Of course, those refugees recruited from outside Fuxing City are not necessarily qualified industrial population.

Not to mention the refugees, even the people from the Feidong Society and the former slaves brought down from the starship were not considered qualified.

Literacy rate is a big problem. Illiterate people may be able to do hard labor, but it is difficult for them to grow further and become skilled workers.

But this is a solvable problem. Gu Hang has requested that night school classes be held in Feidong Village, including his direct camp. The first step is to do literacy work, followed by some basic skills training, experience summary and teaching.

There are indeed many people in Feidong Society who are willing to learn and make progress.

There is no need to worry too much about these people. As long as they are given the opportunity, they will work hard to move forward.

But not everyone is motivated.

Now they can live on the surface without having to worry about safety issues. They can have enough food to eat and clothes to keep warm. I heard that there will be electricity and heating in the future... Such treatment is enough to make them satisfied.

There is no motivation to improve.

Gu Hang definitely doesn't want this to happen.

If no one works hard, how can I expand production and rebuild the world?

In this regard, Gu Hang came up with a strategy: work allocation system.

Work points are calculated based on work, and work points determine the ration of materials and welfare. If you want to eat well, live well, dress well, and even let your closest family members live a good life together, you have to work hard.

In addition, at the worker level, some technical jobs are classified. If you pass the examination and become a technical worker, the salary you get will be much higher than that of normal workers.

The requirement to become a skilled worker is to study hard.

In addition, although you won't be given work points for going to school, you will be provided with a dinner and don't have to spend rations, which is good as it saves money.

With both tangible motivation and a real increase in food rations, the night schools held in Feidong Society and the Governor's Camp were widely welcomed.

On the contrary, the problem of teachers is not easy to solve. At present, we can only let the few literate servants brought down from the Quintet starship act as teachers; the so-called professional and technical teaching is simply the experience and tricks formed by the few smart workers in the past period of time, which are summarized and disseminated.

If there are insufficient teachers, there is no way to teach excellent students.

Gu Hang himself understood this point, and given the limited conditions, he could only do his best.

As for the work points mentioned earlier, Gu Hang originally considered whether to use currency.

The circulation of goods in the wasteland is very chaotic. There are currencies, too. The Alliance issues Renaissance coins, and several major forces also issue their own currencies. But these currency systems are not only chaotic, but also difficult to exchange with each other. Even some distant settlements may not recognize a certain currency.

The most popular way of trading in the wasteland is still the primitive barter.

The power under Gu Hang's command is not large enough for the time being. If he issues his own currency, it will take a lot of effort to promote it. If he uses other currencies, it will be easy for others to use their size to overwhelm him.

So he simply gave up currency for the time being and instead created a system of "work points" for internal use only as a means of incentive.

Participating in production to obtain work points; consuming work points to obtain housing and rations, this is already the prototype of currency under a simple planned economy.

Gu Hang did not intend to continue the planned economy, but the proportion would definitely be large. In Gu Hang's thinking, the method of concentrating resources to accomplish major tasks is a very successful experience in the development stage.

If the goal of Feidong Society is to develop into a heavy industrial center, then Gu Hang's positioning of the Governor's Camp is a transportation hub and a light industrial center.

I won't talk much about transportation. The core work is to connect with the great treasure house in the sky, the Quintet. When Gu Hang was choosing a site for the camp, he found such a flat and unprotected place for this purpose.

The textile machines and related technologies that Gu Hang asked Denison Henry to purchase were part of the light industry planned by Gu Hang.

In addition to textiles, there is also the food industry.

The synthetic starch manufacturing machine brought down from the Quintet has already started working under the guidance of the technicians who came down with the ship. At the same time, a new synthetic starch production line is also being built, which mainly relies on some parts brought down from the starship at the same time.

The alloy factory in Feidongshe also received orders and made some qualified parts according to the technicians' requirements. For some parts that really require high craftsmanship and materials, Gu Hang would produce them through finished black boxes of alloy plastic steel.

Of course, there are still some core components that cannot be produced by the current industrial capacity of his power. The technician who came down from the starship is trying to overcome this part of the technology at the request of the Governor to see if there is any way to achieve it.

There is still hope. The industrial base of the Governor's Camp started from scratch, but it has developed very quickly, mainly because of the very powerful material black technology. Even if the alloy plastic steel produced by the Waste Cave Society is not good enough, the alloy plastic steel made directly from the finished black box is the best of the best.

However, until the technology is mastered, the scale of the synthetic starch production line cannot be further expanded.

However, despite this, the current production capacity alone is sufficient.

As long as there are enough raw materials and the production line is running at full capacity, it is more than enough to ensure that all the people under Gu Hang are well fed. In fact, there is still a considerable amount of excess production capacity, which can be used to store food and even export it.

All of Gu Hang's ideas were waiting for Denison Henry to bring back the first batch of goods and the first batch of people before they could get on track.

The merchant from Junk Town didn't keep him waiting too long and came back soon.

The population and supplies were all "swallowed" by the forces under Gu Hang.

The two major industrial centers, together with the Mantan Valley Manor, which is gradually recovering agricultural production, the overall productivity of the governor's forces has begun to enter the fast lane of rapid development.

(End of this chapter)