louisehourcade Chapter 288 Labor Law
Chapter 288 Labor Law
Chapter 288 Labor Law
"Why are you all gathered here?" Rhodes asked loudly again.
The people around the paper mill wanted to say something, but they didn't dare to say it before they spoke.
A young man plucked up his courage and stepped forward, saluted Rhodes and said, "My lord, we are civilians who came here to find a job. They didn't hire us, so we stay here and wait for the opportunity."
Rhode remembered that Hammer told him yesterday that the paper mill was short of manpower, and he needed to recruit another group of people to do some simple moving work and not participate in the production of paper.
And this recruitment activity seems to have been completed in the morning.
"Is there any reason why you were not hired?" Rhodes asked.
"We also came a bit late and were at the end of the line. By the time it was our turn, enough people had been recruited. It was unfair that we were not given an interview. Those who were selected worked ten days a day. You can earn one silver coin per hour, give me one silver coin and I can work for you twelve hours a day." The young man said again.
Although Rhodes also wants to spend less money to make people do more work, he still has a bottom line in his heart, and there is no need to squeeze the workers so hard.
"Giving you a silver coin can you work for me twelve hours a day?" Rhodes smiled at the young man.
"Then is there anyone here willing to work for me fourteen hours a day for a silver coin?" He asked loudly again.
"My lord, me!"
"Me! Me! Me!"
People around responded loudly.
"Then do you think you get one silver coin for working fourteen hours a day, how many silver coins should those who work ten hours a day get?" Rhodes asked again.
After hearing Rhodes' question, the noisy crowd suddenly fell silent.
"71 copper coins, my lord!" After a while, a young man with thinning hair in the crowd raised his hand and replied loudly.
Rhodes secretly recorded the appearance of the person who answered his question just now. This person's arithmetic ability surpassed 99.9% of the people in the territory, and the speed of arriving at the answer was only slightly slower than Rhodes.
"Would someone be willing to work for me fourteen hours a day and earn only 71 copper coins?" After Rhodes asked this question, only a few people answered that they were willing.
"There are limited jobs, if you are all willing to accept longer working hours, or lower wages to get jobs, then only I will benefit, and you will lose your own interests.
The labor law I promulgated some time ago is to protect your interests, and I am definitely not the only one who will hire you in my territory in the future.
There will definitely be many businessmen coming here in the future, and they won't be so kind.
If you don’t regulate these things at the very beginning, sooner or later you will work every day without rest, and the money you earn is not enough to support your family.
And if everyone works longer hours, there will be fewer jobs in small towns, thinking about your life without a source of income. Rhodes explained loudly to the surrounding town residents.
What he said was relatively easy to understand. Although these town residents could not read, they could still understand what he said.
"The lord is really a good man!" A simple-looking middle-aged man said to the people around him while nodding.
"Now there are many other jobs in the small town besides here. Building roads, building docks, and building houses all require manpower. Although paper mills have the highest income, they need to strictly abide by various rules and regulations. They are not as free as other jobs. .” Rhodes said loudly again.
The people around all nodded secretly when they heard it, and left here one after another to look for jobs elsewhere.
Rhodes felt that most of them were new faces, and they should have come to work in the town from other places in the territory. He probably came to interview because he heard that the salary here was high.
The scale of paper mills and textile mills is actually not considered a factory, at most they belong to the level of small workshops. If Rhodes goes in now, he should only see a dozen people working inside.
"Come here!" Rhodes said to the young man with thinning hair in the distance.
"My lord, are you calling me?" The young man walked over suspiciously.
Rhodes looked at the young man. His hair was thinning at a young age. Could it be that he was extremely smart?
"Is your math not bad?" Rhodes asked.
"Mathematics? Are you talking about counting? I'm quite talented in this area, but I prefer to study various figures and calculate their areas. A while ago I figured out how to calculate the area of a circle..." Rhodes felt that the young man was a bit talkative, and interrupted him with his hand.
"I have a job in my hand that is very suitable for you. It is tutoring mathematics for those officials in my territory."
"How much can I earn every day? How long do I work? I am a very down-to-earth person. If the treatment is not good, please forgive me for not accepting this job in a hurry." The young man said seriously.
"The income is higher than the jobs here, and it's easier. As for how much you can earn, I'll have to see your ability." Rhodes replied.
The young man spoke very straightforwardly. He didn't talk about ideals with Rhodes, only about reality.
If he was dealing with other nobles, he would definitely offend them, but Rhodes didn't think it mattered.
Moreover, this young man is very courageous, and he is not timid when talking to him face to face. It is definitely not a problem to stand on the podium as a teacher.
"What's your name?" Rhodes asked again.
"Van Lundin," answered the young man, "when shall I start working?"
"Report at my place tomorrow morning. You should know where I live now. If the soldiers at the gate don't let you in, just say you're here to find Lorraine." Rhodes thought for a while and said.
If Rhodes asked someone to come to look for him where he lived, he would have that person tell the guard at the door that he was looking for Lorraine. There are not many, which is equivalent to a secret code.
"I remember, my lord." Valentine nodded.
"If there is nothing else, I will leave first. I will go back today to study how to calculate the volume of the ball." He said again.
Rhodes didn't know the level of mathematics in this world at first, but now it seems that he should be quite backward.
However, it is very smart for Valentine to figure out how to calculate the area of a circle by himself. Rhodes only knows more than them by standing on the shoulders of countless giants.
After seeing Van Lundin leaving, Rhodes got off the horse, tied the horse outside, and then took out the key to open the gate of the paper mill.
The modern anti-theft locks used for the gates can be opened from the inside and outside, and the gates are basically locked 24 hours a day except for the time of shift change and material delivery.
In order to save costs, no concierge was hired to guard the gate.
After Rhodes walked into the paper mill, an unpleasant smell hit his face...
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(End of this chapter)