One day in early March, while Scrooge was working on his new production line, he received a letter from his brother Carol in Italy.

"Dear brother.

Hello!

It's been a week since I arrived in Italy, and I've only had time to write to you, not only because I've been too busy, but also because the situation has not yet opened up completely and there are no achievements worth talking about. As you said, a thing is always extra busy before it is on the right track, and we are the same here. I have to keep visiting the socialites, and Mr. Robson is constantly fighting the Italian soldiers. God forbid, there was one ambitious deviant among the Italians: Major Neville. Otherwise, Mr. Robson would have been paralyzed. But even though Major Neville was doing his best to cooperate with him, (Major Neville was not quite like the other Italian officers, who always liked to say, "That's good, that's almost enough! Don't take it so seriously, it's just about right!" It's hard to believe that a few years ago they had a lost war and now their king was trying to get revenge.) He was still as busy as a spinning wheel.

The Italians seem to be very nice and talkative, but annoyingly, they don't like to talk to people in English, although England is recognized as the most powerful country in the world, and I know for sure that they speak English, but they just don't want to use it. Whenever possible, they will speak Italian or French with you. It seems to them that these two languages are the only ones that can be used by civilized people. Hell, I admit, Italian sounds good, it's really good for singing an aria or something - although I don't understand anything. As for French, not to mention everything else, just counting in French made a lot of bags pop up in my head, just like the last time we saw a pagan oriental idol together at Morgan's. But that's not the worst of it.

But that's not the worst part. The worst part is that although they are talkative, they are not always willing to talk about business. They would spend a lot of time talking about completely irrelevant things. Moreover, they proudly claim that this is a sign of a "love of life and art". Although I consider myself a lover of art, I can't do what the Italians do - they even castrate some cute boys for the sake of music and art!

But all in all, Italians are not very difficult to deal with, it's not difficult to reach an agreement with them, and it's difficult to urge them to implement ...... Sometimes I wonder how they built the Roman Empire."

See the big brother to the Italian spit, Scrooge almost laughs out loud. He instantly resembled the stories of the lovely Italians during World War II. But dealing with these people is also a kind of training for big brother, anyway, the Italian business is still only a temporary copy for him. The company's business is still a temporary copy for him. It is important to make money, but if you can train Carol, the value is even more than the profit.

The letter from his brother was carefully put away, and Scrooge walked out of the office and headed for the production plant not far away. The expansion of the production line brought about a consequence, that is, the proportion of experienced skilled workers in the workforce had decreased. Although the proportion of experienced skilled workers here was still higher than in other enterprises in the same industry, Scrooge understood that after the outbreak of the war, the scale of his factory might expand rapidly, and by that time, the factory's production capacity might have to expand to tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 units per month, and by that time, there would be a real shortage of skilled workers on his hands.

In the past, Scrooge always adopted the method of recruiting experienced skilled workers from outside, but the overall scale of the industry was limited, and even if all the qualified skilled workers in the United States were recruited, it was still somewhat insufficient for the goal of producing 100,000 rifles per month. To solve this problem, Scrooge remembered a common method in the latter days: master with an apprentice.

A master with a few apprentices is nothing new in the United States. This is a popular practice in the workshop era. The workshop owner took several apprentices, the apprentices worked for free for the master, and the master taught them the skills until they grew up and could set up their businesses.

But this system is problematic, that is: "teach the apprentice, starve the master". In the interests of masters to consider, the most ideal situation is of course the disciples never get out of the master. This way the master will always have free labor to use and does not have to worry about the apprentice becoming the master's rival after the master. Therefore, the master will always use all the ways to delay the apprentice's chef time, for the apprentice's teaching, but also always can not teach, no matter how also to leave a handful of key things not taught. So the apprentice learning the real skills, which is not easy, sometimes must also use some spy means to do.

But in the industrial era, this relationship began to change. The master is no longer the owner of the workshop of the type of producer, whether it is the master or apprentice, they have become the employment workers, and the master's technical masterpiece is no longer the magic weapon that allows his family to survive for generations, so, as long as there is a certain amount of material incentive, Shi Gaozhi felt that experienced skilled workers should still be willing to guide those apprentices.

So concerning the practice in the latter days, Scrooge began to introduce such activities in the factory. First, Scrooge gave each skilled worker a technical title and awarded different wages according to different levels. A top-level skilled worker's salary was probably even several times that of a novice.

In the rules of Scrooge's game, a skilled worker, to obtain a higher title, in addition to being highly skilled, is also very important to teach more novices and let them pass the tests organized by Scrooge. At the same time, Scrooge also promised a certain amount of money for each disciple they taught.

Today, this activity was being implemented in all of Scrooge's factories, and Scrooge felt that he should have enough skilled workers by the time the war broke out.

Once this is completed, the company will be able to train new skilled workers faster and at a lower cost.

Of course, the recruitment of skilled workers will not stop either.

......

"Jim, it's been two weeks since you joined MacDonald's. Tell me what you've learned." In an obscure corner of a tavern, a one-eyed man with a fleshy face was talking in a whisper to a worker.

"Mr. Gordon, the precision-fire 1857 bullets are not produced in the same workshop where the regular bullets are produced. As far as I can see, only the warheads and casings of the .30-inch bullets were produced in the workshop, and the quantity was quite small. So these things are made by a few workers to take the most traditional way, the bullet head and shells are made, and will be sent away, as for where to go, I do not know. The worker called Jim said.

"This information will not cover your gambling debts." Gordon said, "So you better work harder."

......

"Ramot, what do you conclude from this information?" Henry Dupont asked. Dupont asked.

"There must be something wrong with the production process of this launch drug! Most of the mass production technology is not yet mature, based on the output of 0.30 bullets, I am afraid that the manufacture of this gunpowder is still at the stage of laboratory production." Ramot? Dupont said.

From laboratory manufacturing to industrial manufacturing there is a big distance, Ramot? Dupont's answer relieved Henry.

"In addition, the manufacturing process of this kind of launch drug may be more dangerous, so the preparation of the launch drug can not even be carried out in the factory, but done outside. Perhaps the production of such things is as dangerous as the production of nitroglycerine." Ramot? Dupont speculated.

"That's good news, but we still can't let our guard down. We have to keep an eye on their every move. It would be nice if we could get a list of the ingredients they're ordering. But it won't be easy, it's a top secret. It's not that easy to get hold of. And the opponent is also very strong, we may not be able to play hard to beat, well, Blackwater, this is a private army! This guy has been prepared!" Henry said.

"Even if we get it, it's not necessarily of great use." Ramot said, "Even if all the ingredients are in front of you, do not know the ratio, do not know the process, to get this is still not possible. In addition, uncle, the Europeans have invented glycerine explosives, the power is far from the current black powder can be compared. We should not also be studied?"

"This thing is too dangerous as if the temperature is a little higher, or a little more violent vibration will explode, such a thing, the performance is good, inconvenient to store, inconvenient to transport, will not have a large market. However, if these problems can be solved, it is not a good explosive. The company can start this area of research, but not spend too much energy ...... Also, you remember, in the research on glycerine explosives, you can only review the data, under no circumstances, you are not allowed to participate in the test! My nephew, you are the most proficient in chemistry in the DuPont family, which means a great deal to our family, and you are not free to do risky things, do you understand?" Henri? Dupont said with a solemn expression.

"I understand, uncle. I won't do anything risky." Ramot replied.

"Hill, you follow young master Ramot from now on and keep an eye on him for me, lest he should be itching ...... to get his hands dirty at any moment."

"Yes, sir." A sturdy man in a black suit replied.