Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 946 Create an Opponent

As long as the Chongqing side conducts a thorough investigation, those recalcitrant soldiers and landlords who have "cooperated" with the Eighth Route Army will be inseparable. What should they do then?
Should he go to Chongqing to plead guilty or directly transfer to the Eighth Route Army?I believe that as long as you are not stupid, you will choose the latter.

As a result, the ranks of the Eighth Route Army will grow stronger and stronger, with more resources and contacts, which is also in line with the Eighth Route Army's purpose of "uniting all forces that can be united".

When Wu Jin saw the chief's call, he was stunned for a while before he breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "If the chief agrees, of course there is no problem on my side! Whatever the battalion commander says, I will do it!"

"Uncle Wu!" Wang Xuexin asked: "You once worked in the Shanghai Hardware Factory, and you are familiar with the machines. Look... the machines we robbed, such as textile machines, biscuit compressors, etc., can we imitate them? "

Hardware thought about it, and said: "As long as you dismantle a few machines, there is no big problem in imitating them, and they are not complicated things!"

Wang Xuexin agrees with this. The machines at this time are still relatively primitive, unlike modern machines that have chips and automation at every turn. Most of the machines in this era are still in the stage of steam engines, and many of them burn coal like trains. Electric drives are considered "advanced".

Machines of this level naturally have nothing to do with high technology. As long as there are skilled technicians like hardware, and a few samples are disassembled to make parts according to the size of the parts, imitation is not difficult.

Hardware said: "We have also thought about this issue. For example, some machines are broken, or if we want to expand production in the future, we have to make machines ourselves, so imitation is the top priority. It's just that time is tight, and we will wait a while. I can’t spare time. If the battalion commander said, we only need to transport the cloth to the blockade line for sale in the future, it would be much simpler..."

Wang Xuexin shook his head and said, "Uncle Wu, I want to imitate the machine, it's not just about repairing and expanding production!"

"What does the battalion commander mean..." Wu Jin really didn't understand what other imitation machines could be used for.

"Sell!" Wang Xuexin said: "Sell it after imitation, that is, sell it to the common people, and encourage them to invest in setting up factories!"

Wu Jin's jaw almost dropped when he heard this. It took him a while to come back to his senses, and said: "Battle Commander, this is not right! These machines are things that turn stones into gold for our troops." , It’s a cash cow! If we imitate the machines through untold hardships and sell them, wouldn’t that be ruining our own jobs? Battalion Commander, we can’t do this!”

Wang Xuexin said: "Uncle Wu, our vision should not be so short-sighted. Our ultimate goal is to make the people rich, so that they can afford food and clothing. The money tree, sooner or later, the money tree will not be able to shake, and we will have nothing at that time."

When Wu Jin heard it, it made sense.

To make the people rich, don't we have to distribute the money tree to the people and shake it?

I'm petty, and I separated the Eighth Route Army from the common people... If you keep the machine in your hands and just make money from the common people, what's the difference with those capitalists in the stubborn army?
Thinking of this, Wu Jin nodded in shame: "The battalion commander is right, we should sell the machines to the people so that they can get some benefits!"

Other things, Wang Xuexin did not go into detail with Hardware.

Because hardware is a skilled worker, and he doesn't have a deep understanding of the economy, Wang Xuexin couldn't understand what he said.

However, regarding this matter, Wang Xuexin had a detailed discussion with the chief for several hours when he went to the headquarters for a meeting.

When this matter unfolds, it is not as simple as saying "let the people get rich".

This is actually a process of industrialization, or it can be said that Wang Xuexin consciously accelerated the process of industrialization of the base area.

In fact, from the perspective of human nature, the idea of ​​hardware is correct.

The so-called "man-made money, dead birds die for food", when a machine is invented or becomes a tool for making a fortune in the hands of a certain group or individual, they do everything they can to keep the secret to maintain their monopoly position.

But "there is no impenetrable wall in the world".

Driven by huge interests, one day, this trade secret will spread to other people and become popular among the public.

Only when machines are popularized among the public, the public finds it inconvenient and troublesome to use, so there will be a lot of innovations to continuously improve the machines to increase their efficiency.

Industrialization is actually repeating this process constantly, monopoly, diffusion, innovation, monopoly, diffusion and innovation...

If technology is always in the hands of a few people, the wisdom of these few people is limited after all, so it is difficult to have substantial innovation.

But of course, each of these processes is quite long, and some even last for decades.

Wang Xuexin's approach is to take the initiative to break the "monopoly" of the Eighth Route Army on machines and technologies, so that machines and technologies can spread to the people in the shortest possible time, and then they can fully tap the wisdom of the people to participate in this industrialization process... It's real industrialization.

This is what Wang Xuexin said to the chief: "Boss, if the machines and technology are only in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, although we are currently making money comfortably, what will happen over time?"

Then Wang Xuexin further analyzed: "Our factory will have no pressure, and the workers will also have no pressure, because a meter of cloth can make eighty-five cents for only one yuan. It can make money. Then why don't we just lie down and work overtime?"

What Wang Xuexin said is not very accurate, because he can't use some modern state-owned enterprises as an example to make a comparison... Workers are paid dead wages, eat a big pot of rice, and do more or less, so what enthusiasm can there be?
If you don't even have the basic pressure and enthusiasm, can you still produce high-quality products?

But the chief understands it, he nodded and said: "This is 'born in happiness and died in peace', if no one else competes with the three stores, the three stores will eventually become corrupt and decline. So, no matter what Whether we think about the future of the base areas, people's livelihood, or the Eighth Route Army itself, we have to create some opponents, and then force ourselves to keep improving!"

"That's right, that's what I want to say!" Wang Xuexin has a feeling of a close friend: "That's why we have to imitate the machines and then sell them, even including technology!"

The chief thought carefully for a while, and then agreed: "Very well, let's do it like this!"

(End of this chapter)