Chapter 460 County Government Structure (Two chapters in one)
The mint does not need to be responsible for metallurgical issues. They only need to use metal ingots as raw materials, and then have a few metal plate rolling machines, coin blank punching machines, coin edge grinding machines, and pattern forging machines to complete the production of coins.
Under such an assembly line operation, the production of coins is extremely fast, far from the production capacity of ancient square-hole coins. With the current situation of the Han tribe, only a small number of people are needed to produce enough currency, and the currency does not need to be made a lot at once. First, this thing cannot be put on the market all at once, which will only cause the currency to depreciate and there is no benefit at all.
In view of the current actual situation of the three counties, Luo Chong decided to set up the mint in Hanyang City first, because all the equipment here is ready-made, and only here is there a blast furnace for smelting metals.
The first batch of trial production was three denominations of Wen level, one Wen, two Wen, and five Wen, all made of 95% brass and 5% lead alloy, with a diameter of 2.5 cm, the same size as the modern one-yuan coin, but slightly thinner, one Wen is only 1 mm, two Wen is 1.5 mm, and five Wen is 2 mm, which is not much different from the modern dime coin.
After the smelted brass and lead ingots are mixed in proportion, the bronze alloy plate is still orange-yellow, looking like gold. Because of the addition of 5% lead metal, the liquid fluidity of the alloy is better, and such a coin embryo is easier to forge delicate patterns. Moreover,
this alloy ratio, in addition to ensuring the superior quality of the copper coin, also eliminates the possibility of others using currency to destroy the casting of weapons, because this ratio of lead bronze, in addition to its excellent coin casting performance, cannot be used as a weapon at all, because it is too soft.
Ten people drawn from Dazui's staff began to learn the craft of coin making. The original metallurgical plant was temporarily idle after the steel production was completed, so it was just right for currency production.
Dazui personally led people to melt the alloy, and then cast it into strips of copper ingots, slightly heated them, and stuffed them into the plate rolling machine for repeated rolling. After each rolling, the thickness of the copper plate was measured with a newly made vernier caliper. Finally, when the thickness reached the qualified level, the coin embryo was stamped.
The long thin copper plates were manually inserted into the punching machine, and then the automatic punching machine driven by the windmill made a staggered up and down sound. Then, round copper plates kept falling from the bottom of the machine, hitting the rattan basket below with a ding-dong sound. These were all money.
When the rattan basket was full of copper plates, they were dragged away by a cart and then manually placed at the feed port of the edge grinder. One by one, the copper plates were lined up and stuffed in. Another person operating the edge grinder was also constantly stepping on the pedal. He wanted to keep the edge grinder in a rotating state.
These copper plates were stuffed into the edge grinder, then squeezed and rolled in the track. After rotating around the fine steel grinding disc for more than half a circle, they fell out of the exit again. At this time, the edge of the copper plate had been ground to remove the burrs and turned into a smooth coin embryo.
The next step is the last step of pattern forging. Since it is still semi-mechanized, some steps are still done manually, such as forging patterns.
There are two patterned steel stamps on the upper and lower sides of the forging machine, one positive and one negative. The lower one is equivalent to the anvil of the automatic forging hammer, which is fixed on the base and will not move. Then there is a sleeve on the lower steel stamp that can be lifted manually, and the two sides of the sleeve are high on one side and low on the other.
During operation, put the coin embryo on a relatively high slide, and the coin embryo will automatically slide into the sleeve, and then manually press the sleeve down so that it fits exactly on the steel stamp below. After stepping on the pedal under your feet, the upper steel stamp will fall into the sleeve and hit it hard, instantly completing the forging of both sides of the coin, and pressing out embossed fonts and patterns on the surface of the copper plate.
The entire forging process is carried out in a straight sleeve, which is to prevent the upper and lower steel stamps from being misaligned. This vertical sleeve is actually equivalent to providing a common track for the upper and lower steel stamps in order to limit their movement direction.
After the forging is completed, the pedal under the foot is released, and the gravity lever raises the steel stamp again. Then the worker manually lifts the sleeve and tilts it forward. At this time, the finished coin that has been forged will slide out from the gap on the lower side of the sleeve, and then roll down the wooden track into a rattan basket. At this point, the entire coin is completely finished.
During the entire forging process, the worker's fingers will not touch the steel stamp or the sleeve, which not only improves work efficiency, but also provides safety protection to prevent the worker's fingers from being smashed into a meat paste by the steel stamp.
The efficiency of this assembly line is very high. As the workers' proficiency continues to improve, the maximum production speed can be about ten coins per minute, basically one every six seconds, and six hundred coins can be produced in an hour. Although it cannot be compared with the tens of thousands of coins per hour in the previous mint, in this era, being able to cast such exquisite coins is already a remarkable achievement. According to current needs, as long as production continues, it can still meet the supply.
Three denominations, three forging machines, constantly producing golden copper plates, which fell into the rattan basket with a clang. Pick up a handful and throw it down, and it instantly made a pleasant sound. This should be the most beautiful sound in the world.
From the casting of mechanical parts, to the assembly of equipment, to the skilled production of workers, two months of winter have passed, and Hanyang City has produced a large number of copper coins, but it has not been distributed until now, because money cannot be distributed randomly. The amount of coins issued must be equal to the production volume, otherwise issuing too much will only cause inflation, and then the money will become less and less valuable.
Fortunately, at the end of the second month of winter, the students in the four classes taught by Luo Chong personally also ushered in graduation time. Although these people have a very average level of learning, they can only write a few thousand words and simple four mixed operations, but it is enough for the time being. Under the current circumstances, if you want to formally implement private ownership, you must first complete a most basic task, that is, a census, to count the total population of the Han tribe, so that the fair distribution of assets can be done.
In order to complete this task, we must first have suitable officials. It is impossible for all the 300 graduates in the first batch to become officials, so they must pass the examination selection. Luo Chong is quite experienced in this. As a modern person trained through exam-oriented teaching, Luo Chong is very close to the examination.
Soon, an examination for the selection of officials began. In order to save the trouble of printing the test paper, Luo Chong wrote the questions directly on the blackboard, and then asked everyone to answer the questions on a blank paper, and finally write their names and hand them in.
The content of the exam is also very simple. In addition to new words, word formation, sentence formation, there is also poetry filling in the blanks, and finally writing an article, that is, writing an essay.
The topic of the composition is that tribe A and tribe B are hunting in the same forest. Both sides throw a javelin, and all of them hit the same deer. So in the end, which tribe should the deer belong to? (Please answer this question in the form of a short essay and clearly state your point of view.)
This is actually not considered an essay, but a question-and-answer question. However, the key point of this question is different, because there is no correct answer to this question. You can say that the deer belongs to Tribe A, or you can say that it belongs to Tribe B, or even you can answer that the two tribes should share the deer equally, as long as you can clearly express your point of view.
Because this question is about reading and writing ability. First of all, if you want to answer the question, you must be able to understand the meaning of the question. If you can't even understand the question, it means that your reading comprehension ability is not up to standard. If the leader gives you a written task, and you don't even know what to do, then what can you do?
After understanding the question, you still have to answer the question and explain your own point of view. There is no fixed answer, but when answering, it depends on whether your logic is correct and organized. For example, if you say that you will award it to Tribe A, then there must be reasons below. It is best to list one, two, and three to explain why you are so judged.
Many students are confused by this question. The previous questions are basically questions that can be answered by rote memorization, but the last question makes many people confused, because they don't know who to award it to in this situation, so many people can't figure out what the correct answer to this question is, but this question has no correct answer at all.
The Chinese language test lasted the whole morning. After collecting the test papers, they had lunch and took a nap. In the afternoon, they continued with the math test. The math test was relatively simple. After all, there was no room for you to show your ability. There was only one correct answer. Even if you gave a fancy answer, it would be useless because math was rigorous.
The test was over very quickly. Luo Chong graded the papers alone for two days and finally selected dozens of people. These people either wrote Chinese characters well or had clear logical thinking. Some of them were good at arithmetic and were just right to be used as clerks in the household department, responsible for counting the population and the number of various materials. Now was the time for the census and asset evaluation, and such people were just right to be used.
The remaining people were not completely useless. They could be made teachers and stay in school to teach children to read and write.
In a few months, the last building in Hanyang City, the "Government Office Building", was also completed.
With a formal office space and a group of available talents, the time had finally come to form the first temporary government of the Han tribe.
The first place in the graduation exam of this term was a team leader from the Xue clan. His name was Xue Qian. After joining the Han tribe, he joined the construction team and understood the entire process of building a house. Later, he followed Dali to dig in the salt lake. Later, he was transferred to Liuyang County to participate in housing construction and served as a team leader. Later, when Luo Chong asked the clan leaders to select students, the clan leader of the Xue clan sent this guy.
Xue Qian's grades can be said to be the best. He only made a few mistakes in Chinese and answered the questions and answers very well. This guy not only wrote the answers, but also listed two situations. Either the two tribes A and B share the prey equally, or the prey belongs to one of them, and the tribe that gets the prey must give some appropriate compensation to the tribe that gives up the prey.
You see, this is so well written, well-reasoned, and fair and just. It is much better than someone from a bear tribe coming up with an idea, and both sides send someone to fight directly, and whoever wins gets it.
Although there is nothing wrong with this answer, there is something wrong with this kind of thinking. Anyway, Luo Chong dare not let such a guy manage the local area. If such a person becomes an official and there are some conflicts between the people, he would probably want to let them fight so that he can watch the fun.
Luo Chong flipped through the report card, ticked on it, and selected the first government leadership team of Hanyang County.
The political chief of Hanyang County, "Xue Qian", is the county magistrate. His responsibilities are to manage the population, production, agriculture, taxation, water conservancy, animal husbandry, education, etc. of a county.
Zong Jie, the county magistrate, is the deputy chief officer, which means the deputy county magistrate.
These two are formal officials on the payroll, and they are formal civil servants with ranks and receive royal food and salaries.
Then there are the chief clerk and the legal advisor, one is responsible for accounting, and the other is responsible for making plans. If the legal advisor is placed in modern times, he should be the secretary and advisor of the county magistrate. These two people are recruited by the county magistrate himself and the county magistrate pays for them. Generally, when the county magistrate is transferred, he will bring the legal advisor or the chief clerk with him, because one of the two people must be the county magistrate's staff. After
the two leaders are determined, then there are the various offices that are responsible for specific work.
The household office clerk is in charge of household registration, land, and tax collection, and the criminal office clerk is in charge of public security affairs. Of course, the criminal office can also be called the patrol office. No matter what it is called, their duties are actually similar.
The agricultural office clerk is in charge of farming and animal husbandry, the engineering office clerk is in charge of water conservancy, road construction, and bridge construction, and there is also the "teacher" in charge of a county's education, cultural activities, and sacrificial activities. The last one is the statistics office, which is responsible for compiling various data in the county.
As for the yamen runners, they are hired by the county and are not even contract workers. They are just hangers-on who run errands and can be taken out by any office that needs work.
At this point, the entire county government management structure is complete. The county magistrate, the county magistrate, the legal advisor, the chief clerk, and the six rooms are under the
county magistrate. The head is the clerk, and under the clerk there are different numbers of clerks, who are considered clerks, secretaries, and the like, who help run errands and keep records. In this county government, there are eight officials in total. The county magistrate and the county magistrate are formal civil servants, the legal advisor and the chief clerk are the county magistrate's private staff, the six clerks are contract workers, and there is a chance to become regular employees, the remaining clerks and yamen runners are all hired temporary workers, the only benefit for the low-level employees whose wages are not enough to eat is a working meal provided by the county government
(end of this chapter)
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