Chapter 163 The Pirates Wept

Chapter 163 The Pirates Wept

Chapter 163 The Pirates Wept

"Isn't it the silver coin of Wano Country?"

Quinn asked. His fat butt was uncomfortable because he had been sitting for a long time, and he twisted his body while speaking.

"Silver coins? Although they are a kind of precious metal, they are not a common currency on the sea. They are only circulated within Wano Country. They are not something with a clear value to us, right?"

Lu Li said, "As far as I know, we never robbed Wano Country's silver coins, but we did take a lot of gold."

"It's food!"

At this time, Jin, who had been hesitating, spoke, his eyes sparkling.

Lu Li looked at Jin with approval and nodded, "Yes, the only thing we paid to Wano Country was food, which was obtained by the Beasts Pirates through trade. In other words, Bailey is equivalent to the foreign exchange of this country. We use foreign exchange to conduct foreign trade and exchange it for the food that is in short supply in our country. We transport the food into the country, and the citizens buy it with their own currency."

He concluded, "So to put it simply, what we directly export is food, and the wages we pay to workers are also food."

He wrote the words "foreign exchange", "food", "national currency" and "wages" on the blackboard and drew arrows to connect them, making the cadres of the Beasts Pirates dizzy.

King and Maria, who were a little smarter, could barely understand it, but Kaido had a stern face, pretending that he understood it all.

"A country's foreign exchange reserves are very important. We are not just exporting unilaterally. The products produced by domestic factories are converted into more foreign exchange through foreign export trade. This is the reason why our Beasts Pirates are gradually growing stronger."

Lu Li wrote as he spoke, and circled the word 'cost' again, "So, is the cost we paid really that much? Mr. Jin, what is the approximate price of grain overseas?"

Jin was often in charge of external purchases, so after a little thought he came up with the average price in recent years, "About 300 Baileys per kilogram of rice."

Lu Li nodded. "Based on the current grain prices in Wano, seven silver coins can buy about 30 kilograms of rice. In other words, the actual salary cost of a new factory worker is about 9000 Baileys per month."

“It’s quite high.”

Drought Jack said that he just used his simple brain to convert it and thought that wouldn’t the monthly salary of more than 100,000 workers be able to buy his head?

"High? It seems that Mr. Jack does not understand the profit of our factory."

Lu Li smiled and said, "According to my statistics, taking the weapons factory as an example, the value of goods produced by each grassroots worker per month in foreign trade is about 900,000 Baileys! This is a hundred times difference!"

"so much!?"

Kaido said in surprise that no one had ever analyzed the profit ratio with him before, he just felt that he made a lot of money.

Lu Li nodded. "So the economic cost we paid is just a drop in the bucket compared to the actual profit we made. Therefore, we don't have to worry about the workers' wages affecting our income. We just need to make sure they live well, have hope for life, and come to work in the factory with full enthusiasm every day."

He continued to explain: "And the people of Wano Country have no way of knowing the profit ratio. Even if they knew, they would have no idea about Pele. People can only see what is in front of them, such as food that can fill their stomachs and things that can make their lives better. As for Pele? They don't go abroad, so it's just waste paper for them."

Kaido understood now and was very excited. "So, we should operate according to the model of the new factory, constantly converting the foreign exchange you mentioned into food, then converting the food into weapons, and finally into my money? Converting at a hundred times the speed?"

"That's about it. The Governor just needs to understand that we don't have to treat workers like slaves. If we let them live well, we can still make a lot of money, and it will last longer and cost less."

Lu Lixin said that it was not easy for Kaido to understand to this extent, and he did not explain in detail the complicated connotations.

"Although I understand most of what Mr. Lu said, and I also intuitively feel that our industry chain is lucrative, but in terms of cost, will it really be much lower? Don't the craftsmen in our new factory need training?"

Jhin frowned and thought, he just couldn't figure out the key point.

His words also made other cadres react. Yes, slaves need training, but don't workers need it? Isn't this also a cost? There is also a higher salary. Even if the food is cheap and the profit ratio is high, it is still a higher salary.

"Mr. Jin has fallen into a misconception."

Lu Li smiled and explained, "I just explained the profit ratio to you all so that you can understand that compared to the profits we get, the wages we pay to the workers are not worth mentioning. Even if we increase the wages tenfold, we can still make huge profits. The real high cost is actually time, the time of the technicians, and the time that the factory equipment is occupied."

Jin understood a little bit now, "Because the factory's profit is a hundred times, the time wasted on training is equivalent to being magnified a hundred times?"

After understanding, he still had doubts, "But if that's the case, can't we avoid training craftsmen for free?"

However, to everyone's surprise, Lu Li shook his head and said, "Who said I want to train craftsmen for free?"

Seeing everyone's puzzled eyes, Lu Li explained: "The advantage of free workers is that they want to work, rather than us forcing them to work. So the cost of education should naturally be borne by them themselves. We can just build a technical college and train workers for a fee."

The cadres opened their mouths wide, and Quinn complained directly: "You want those people to pay money to learn how to work for us!?"

He thought to himself, who among us is the cruel pirate? Weren’t you a traveler before? How could you come up with such a vicious thing?

So if you want to work in a factory, you have to study at your own expense and make yourself outstanding before applying for the job?

"No? I believe that many people are willing to pay for learning, especially those adults who already work in factories. They are willing to pay for their children to learn because they know that this job has a future."

Lu Li said, in fact, there are serious loopholes in his words, but these people are simple-minded pirates who don't think deeply. The transformation process he has arranged for Wano Country is the one that capitalists are good at. Although it's pretty fucked up, it can indeed motivate people.

Comparing the education of workers and slaves, to put it simply, workers need to pay for themselves, while slaves just have to wait for the slave owners to pay. Moreover, learning is not like carrying sandbags. You can tell if someone is lazy while carrying sandbags, but if slaves don't study, you can't tell for a while.

Workers are different. They will complete their own training spontaneously, and capital only needs to pay low wages. Moreover, workers have one advantage over slaves. You cannot choose which slaves you have. After all, you cannot return them once you buy them.

But if you are not happy with the workers you hired, you can fire them at a low cost, so the cost of workers is actually much lower than that of slaves...or in other words, workers are just a nice name for slaves of capital.

Of course, with Lu Li's intelligence, he couldn't think of a better way. He felt that being able to feed these people and not have to work in harsh and difficult environments was already an improvement.

As for the loopholes in his words, of course it is because the world is different. Normally speaking, workers' self-training can indeed save the boss a lot of costs.

But the Country of Wano is completely controlled by Kaido. No matter what training method is used, Kaido has to pay the cost. You need a venue to open an academy, you need equipment to teach workers, and you have to pay to hire experienced craftsmen. These are all costs.

However, compared with their traditional hard-core on-the-job training method within enterprises (factories), setting up a technical school for pre-job training will make the cost slightly lower. As for the little money paid by the workers themselves, it is also a drop in the bucket compared to the final profit.

Lu Li said this just to make Kaido and the others feel that they had "made a profit". After all, they subconsciously felt that the other party was training at their own expense, so they would feel very happy.

In fact, Lu Li made this proposal to lay the groundwork for the subsequent advocacy of college education in Wano Country.

If everything goes well with the factory, then a seed will be planted in Kaido's mind, which is to open a school and let people pay for their own education, which is profitable in itself.

"Mr. Lu...sometimes I really doubt whether you are a traveler or not. Aren't you a demon slayer? How do you know so much about governing a country?"

After hearing Lu Li's plan, Jin was astonished, but at the same time he also doubted what was going on with Lu Li. He initially thought that Lu Li was just a brainless and reckless man.

After all, most of the people who have tried to assassinate Kaido over the years are these ignorant idiots.

"Well... I just visited a lot of countries. The East China Sea is a peaceful place, and many countries are developing well. I saw a lot and took note of them."

Lu Li answered somewhat awkwardly, thinking that it was a good thing that they were in the world of pirates, otherwise his behavior would be a bit inconsistent with his identity.

"Hahaha, no matter what, it's a good thing that the factory's profits can be increased. Let's continue to arrange for the new factory to start construction!"

Kaido waved his hand. He didn't understand complicated things, but he roughly understood them. He was about to send it out. Lu Li did a great job!

"Then... the old factory?"

Maria asked hesitantly.

"Change them all and do it according to Lu Li's plan!"

Kaido made the decision.

"Governor, there is no rush."

Lu Li suggested, "Can you let me do this? If we make major changes rashly, it will cause unrest and may affect production."

Kaido was in a good mood at the moment and didn't ask any more questions, "Okay, I'll leave it to you then."

Lu Li felt relieved after hearing what Kaido said. His real purpose was to reshuffle the personnel of the original factory. After all, there were many experienced people in the old factory, and pairing them with newcomers could achieve the effect of old people bringing up new people.

In this way, the newly built factory will be able to operate normally. The output may not be good in the short term, but it will gradually get better after a year or two.

Such an arrangement will also allow those old craftsmen who have lived a life like slaves to get the status they deserve. Because of their skilled craftsmanship, they can get middle-level or even upper-level status as soon as they start working. I believe that such a drastic change will be enough to make them feel good about the country's managers again.

Next, as long as we recruit a group of experienced workers to build a technical college and gradually recruit new workers from Wano Country, we can slowly expand the scale of the factory.

"Governor, I am not here today just to explain the changes in the models of the new and old factories."

Seeing that the model of the new factory was recognized, Lu Li brought up the main topic of his visit today, "I want to talk about the problem of artificial devil fruit factories."

"Is something wrong?"

Kaido now trusts Lu Li very much and is no longer averse to him touching his core factory.

"After my statistical investigation, I found that the profits of artificial devil fruit factories are not high. I would like to discuss with you whether to reduce production or even stop this business."

Lu Li stated the ultimate purpose of his trip.

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