As November begins, the weather starts to turn cold. It rains heavily in early November, and the lowest temperature at night approaches zero.

Li Mu was worried that the factory construction would not be completed before the first heavy snow came. Since the end of October, he would stay on the construction site almost every day to urge workers to speed up the progress.

"It's already very soon. We have completed the construction of the factory and will be able to start construction of the living area soon. Compared with the factory in the factory, the construction of the living area is more troublesome, mainly to gather warmth. We do not have experience in this area, so how to lay pipes is a big problem. It is relatively simple to build a house. I have 180 workers here. If we do it together, ten houses can be built in a week." Johnny Mullen, the head of the construction team, complained to Li Mu.

It must be said that before the industry became hollowed out, Americans were still very efficient. Before the 1980s, almost all the records on architecture in the world belonged to Americans. The representative of this aspect was the Empire State Building. Although it was not as high as one floor a day when the Empire State Building was built, it could be built in four and a half floors in a week, which was the world record at that time.

"Ten houses - how many families do we have to settle now?" Li Mu first solicited Cao Anran's opinion.

"If you consider the family, there are fifteen in total. These are all family members, so there are more bachelors, and now there are 135 people." Cao Anran is aware of the situation of the factory.

When Li Mu asked Zhang Leye for his request, he tried his best to recruit skilled workers. It would be good to recruit skilled workers, and it doesn’t matter if he couldn’t recruit them. As long as he was willing to join the factory, he would also recruit them, so the staff in the factory has been increasing.

Of course, this is far from enough. In Li Mu's plan, a factory must have a thousand eight hundred talents no matter how good it is, so Zhang Leye is now preparing to go to California, where there are tens of thousands of Chinese people there, and there is no problem finding a thousand eight hundred.

"Those who have family members should be given priority to resettlement. Those who do not have family members can live in collective dormitories. First build the houses of the fifteen families and let our people help. Let us work together and strive to build the first batch of houses within ten days. As for heating - the heating in the living area can be slow first and the heating in the factory first." Li Mu was thinking quickly, and the matter was prioritized, so he picked up important treatments first.

When Johnny Mu heard Li Mu ask the Chinese for help, his eyes lit up immediately: "That's great. With the help of the Qing people, our efficiency will be higher. To be honest, the Qing people are so capable. I am considering whether to recruit the Qing people to join my construction team. Their efficiency is not a little higher than those damn Irish people."

Almost all Chinese people who have dealt with will like hard-working, honest and dedicated Chinese, especially entrepreneurs and factory owners who have the need to use people. They are very welcome to Chinese people and even boycott the Chinese Exclusion Act. Li Mu remembers that the year before the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, American factory owners desperately recruited Chinese workers. As a result, that year the number of Chinese people entering the United States was the highest in history.

The same is true for Johnny Mullen. After seeing the work efficiency of Chinese people, Johnny Mullen found that Chinese workers are indeed easy to use and much easier to use than white Westerners. If more Chinese people can help, Johnny Mullen is confident that he will build a living area before the first heavy snowfall comes.

Thinking of the upcoming winter and the lack of clothing in the factory, Li Mu decided to start giving benefits from now on: "Let the logistics department go to Springfield to purchase a batch of wool materials. After we come back, we will process a winter cotton coat and distribute it as a factory welfare - do our workers' families have any needlework? If not, go to a clothing factory, and we will design our own styles and process it ourselves."

Li Mu doesn't know the specific style of winter clothes in this era, but from the style of summer clothes, it can be inferred that Li Mu will not like it.

Li Mu's clothes are made by Chuxue and Yan's mother. According to Li Mu's requirements, there are certain minor adjustments compared to the current clothes, such as shoulder pads, waist tightening, narrow legs and other inconspicuous small designs. Don't underestimate these things. Almost every slight adjustment will make the overall look more stylish and fit, and more in line with the toughness and neatness that Li Mu pursues.

Li Mu already had a preliminary idea. In winter clothes, wind protection and warmth are the top priority, and the styling is second-hand. Given that wool materials are very common on the market now, Li Mu wants to take out the style of the German army's military coats during World War II and give each worker in the factory one. This will become a symbol of Li Mu's future subordinates. Think about groups of Chinese people wearing German army uniforms during World War II walking on the streets of American cities in the 19th century. This feeling is still very touching.

Of course, only Li Mu has this "feeling" feeling. In the eyes of other Americans, they only feel that the employees in Li Mu's factory are well-equipped and uniform, which is also very helpful in enhancing the overall image of Chinese people.

"Everyone can do needlework. Even if the wife at home doesn't know, we can still make trouble. There is no need to find a clothing factory--" Cao Anran was nervous.

Cao Anran is Li Mu's supervisor in the factory. Every day, he sees green US dollars spending money out of his hands. To be honest, Cao Anran is really frightened.

Although this is not Cao Anran's money, Cao Anran instinctively saves Li Mu. Some money that can be spent or not can be spent, so save as long as he can. In this regard, it is also helpful for him. As long as Li Mu's funds do not have any problems, it means that Cao Anran's work is stable.

It is not said that Chinese people are "professional and capable" these days. Many young people come to the United States alone and have not started a family for more than ten years. Therefore, they have to learn to take care of themselves. It is not a problem to wash clothes and cook, and they even have to know how to do needlework. They can't even find a tailor even if they are sewing and squeezing. This is not in line with the consumption concept of Chinese people. Chinese people's attitude towards clothes is "the new three years, the old three years, and the sewing and squeezing and squeezing for another three years."

"The responsibility of workers is to work hard and create greater value. There is no need to worry about these small things. You should find a bedding factory. You don't have to save this little money. Speaking of which, we can also build a bedding factory." Li Mu had many ideas. If the scale of the factory continues to expand in the future, it is also necessary to build a bedding factory, which can at least solve the work problems of employees' families.

Speaking of which, most of the women these days are standard housewives, and taking care of the family is all about their work. However, Li Mu doesn't think so. Li Mu knows how great the potential of the female group is. In many aspects, they are even no less than men or better than men.

"Okay, you have the final say." Cao Anran didn't insist, after all, Li Mu was the boss of the factory.
Chapter completed!