Qi Yingzhi collected very little information about Xie Ningzi. It was written on paper, and the content was less than one piece of paper.

There are about two hundred and seventy words in total. There are no photos attached. It just briefly introduces Xie Ningzi’s hobbies, things he has learned, as well as his favorite food, favorite colors, and places he often passes by.

What Chu Tianshu valued most was Xie Ningzi's appearance, height, and other specific details.

"Miss Sixth, is this information a little too brief?"

"This is all the information that can be collected." Qi Yingzhi rubbed her brows: "With Miss Xie's status, not many outsiders can contact her. Information is very difficult to find."

"In other words, are you still looking for it?"

"Yes." Qi Yingzhi nodded: "And another thing is... there are many people like us who are thinking about Miss Xie."

Chu Tianshu sighed: "We can only get this little information, and our competitors must not have much more information than us, right?"

"That's not necessarily true." Qi Yingzhi shook her head: "Prince Chen's Mansion, after all... Judging from Miss Xie's status, there is no problem for her to marry a prince and become a princess, so many of our competitors have advantages over us.

At the very least, there will be many people who can recognize Miss Xie."

"Understood." Chu Tianshu sighed: "Sixth Miss, I still have something to do."

"Say." Qi Yingzhi looked at Chu Tianshu.

"What's my idea... I want to take a look at your factory."

"What are you looking at?" Qi Yingzhi nodded: "If you want to build a bicycle, I advise you not to think about it."

"What is a bicycle?" Chu Tianshu wondered: "Is it a new gadget invented by Miss Liu's factory?"

"What do you want to see? I don't have any exclusive secret recipes in this factory. Just tell me what you want to see, and I will ask someone to take you to see it. It saves you time, and you can spend more time thinking about it.

Look for Miss Xie."

"I want to see the workers." Chu Tianshu said.

There is nothing to keep secret.

He wanted to see the specific living conditions of the workers.

Based on his experiences these past few days, he is actually unable to make a basic judgment about the world.

The basic living conditions of the people, the psychological state derived from the living conditions, and the comparison of the current living conditions with the previous living conditions, resulting in more detailed underlying emotions and thinking ranges.

These detailed things are the core things in the experiences finally summarized by the struggling characters in the previous world.

This is the way to fight.

In a popular sense, it is the starting point of a means that can move the five continents, disrupt the world, turn the earth upside down, and create a brand new world.

Qi Yingzhi frowned and looked at Chu Tianshu: "These workers don't have much money. Their only needs are simple things like food, clothing, housing and transportation. There is no market for them for other things."

She felt that Chu Tianshu was doing market research.

This is pretty good too.

"I always like to see it with my own eyes, and Sixth Miss." Chu Tianshu smiled: "When I get rid of my slave status, I have to eat. It doesn't take much money for me to eat and support a family.

Yes, the market is not big, so it might be better for me."

"After all, a small market prospect probably means... few competitors."

Qi Yingzhi smiled and said: "You are hiding it in your heart. I am not interested. If you do what I tell you well, no matter whether you can succeed or not, I will give you your freedom."

"If someone like you is forced to keep you, you may get hurt."

"Thank you Miss Six for your understanding." Chu Tianshu lowered his head.

"Chuan Feng, go take him for a walk in the factory." Qi Yingzhi waved her hand and called Chu Feng.

Chu Tianshu walked around the factory.

The main business of Chiyang Iron and Steel Factory is steel manufacturing, and its side business is to help the Dayun court manufacture some firearms.

Ammunition is not manufactured here, and even for firearms, there is no complete assembly line. What is more focused is the various types of spring machines needed to manufacture firearms.

"This structure..." Chu Tianshu took a rough look at the finished product.

Most of the products produced in the factory are long-barreled breech-loading flintlock guns. The work of the workers on the assembly line is actually not considered arduous and tiring when it comes to manufacturing a single gun.

What is really tiring and torturing is staring at repetitive scenes endlessly and racing against time to repeat the same actions.

Chu Tianshu once worked in a factory and knew what kind of numb work it was.

This kind of work can really wear away a person's humanity and brain through repeated scenes and mechanical work.

Chu Tianshu asked questions while the workers were working, but the workers actually had no time to answer him.

I asked them non-nutritious nonsense like what they had eaten and how much the breakfast was, but no one particularly wanted to answer.

After searching for a while, Yan Yu and Chen Ya were nowhere to be found.

"Sister Chufeng." Chu Tianshu asked: "In your factory, do you pay wages once a day or on a monthly basis?"

"Of course it is paid on a monthly basis." Chu Feng looked at Chu Tianshu with some surprise: "If it is paid on a daily basis, the turnover of personnel in the factory will be large, and it will be too unstable, which is detrimental to production."

“So monthly payment is better?”

"Not only is it better to pay monthly, the longer the period, the better!" Chufeng said with great enthusiasm: "If you ask me, it's best to pay annually."

"In this case, workers who have not been paid will be even less afraid to be lazy, resign, or change jobs."

"And in this case... it will be easier to deduct wages, right? Most workers don't have the habit or ability to keep accounts. It would be easier for you to make a fake account and deduct more money from them." Chu Tianshu smiled evilly.

Chufeng nodded suddenly: "Yes, why didn't I think of it?"

A very pure lackey.

Chu Tianshu stopped thinking about winning over Chu Feng in a short time, and just smiled: "Actually, to be honest, I think it is very boring to suppress workers' wages, and it is not good for us."

"Is it bad for us?" Chu Feng looked at Chu Tianshu confused: "How do you say this?"

"Workers work honestly and only have so little money all year round. They can't afford food or drink. If this is the case, they will be just outsiders and ordinary wage earners in our factory for the rest of their lives."

"Just think about it, a person who has never eaten delicious food or played fun games, how much motivation does he have to put in efforts beyond the prescribed time?"

"Even the efforts that should have been made, they were unwilling to put in."

"Just goofing around every day."

"But if we give them a little material reward based on their performance, for example, this month he arrived on time every day and worked overtime, then we can give him a little bonus."

"In this way, he has a little more money, and he has obtained more funds and living materials than usual. His life is better, and he is naturally happy."

"Especially when he has more money in his hands, he will naturally improve his quality of life."

"In this case, his personal interests, to a large extent, are consistent with our factory."

"In this way, he will work harder than usual and more than the regulations for his own personal happiness."
Chapter completed!