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Chapter 678 I want to see Li Chaosheng
"Please, this is where our hand grenades are made."

Sun Chuanting finally walked into the grenade production workshop he thought was very mysterious, but it was not as mysterious as he imagined. The 1000 people did not gather together in a chaotic manner, but an orderly division of labor. 300 people made wooden handles, and 200 people configured gunpowder. , 200 people make springs, and the remaining 300 people are responsible for assembly and some transportation work. The whole process is orderly. There is a long manual conveyor belt among them. sent to the next step.

Sun Chuanting was amazed when he saw it, several grenades were produced during the ten minutes he stood there. Sun Chuanting took out one and looked at the workmanship, which was even better than the one provided to him at the beginning.

Upon seeing this, the Director of Communications said: "Oh, this batch is for Li Dezhen's army to change clothes. The quality is slightly better and the workmanship is more careful."

Sun Chuanting heard the words and asked: "Where did you sell it to us?"

The Director of Communications didn't answer, but smiled at Sun Chuanting. This smile contained too much meaning.

After watching the production project of the grenade and the production process of the flintlock gun in Lantian, Sun Chuanting discovered a problem, that is, the production process of weapons and equipment in Lantian is different from that of Daming. For some things, such as muskets, the craftsman will remake it from the beginning to the end, and then still have to stamp his own personal craftsman's seal. If something goes wrong in the future, he will come to you.

But Lantian's production is all about turning things into parts and assembling them one by one.

Sun Chuanting asked what he thought, and the Director of Communications smiled and said, "This is our assembly line production model in Lantian."

"assembly line?"

Sun Chuanting looked surprised, and the Director of Communications said with a smile: "As you can see, each person is responsible for a step and the production of a part. Practice makes perfect. When a person only does one thing, his state is the most focused. It is also the easiest to do well, and it is the most precise, but the workmanship of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty is very sloppy and the work efficiency is extremely low."

"For example, let's configure the grenade. According to the method of your Ming craftsmen, first do the carpentry to make the wooden handle of the grenade, and then put down the tools to make the iron cap of the grenade, put down the tools to configure the gunpowder, and then make the cable and assemble. Look at the whole process, he is changing tools back and forth, not to mention that this person may be talented in carpentry, but not familiar with the configuration of iron hats, this delays work, even if he is all-round, it is a waste of time. If he can make one or two, he is not lazy."

"However, if you work according to the assembly line, everyone can arrange for him to do what he is best at, and even if you are not good at it, it can make perfect. If you keep doing one thing repeatedly, how can you not do it well? In the end you can get things done with your eyes closed, and that’s the beauty of the assembly line.”

"Even if the Ministry of Industry of Ming Dynasty has the same tools as ours, if they don't change their small workshop-style working methods, they will definitely not be able to match us. Therefore, the advancement of Lantian is not just technology, but also the system. It is here that it has changed here. .”

The Director of Communications pointed to his head, and then pointed to the world. It is thinking that changes the world. If there is no good thinking, no matter how hard you work, it will be in vain!

Sun Chuanting was silent. Compared with Lan Tian, ​​Daming is like an old man who doesn't know how to adapt, with many rules and more useless ones, but Lan Tian bursts out surprising ideas all the time. It is the reason why Lantian is so strong today.

As for the muskets, grenades, and even cannons you see, those are just appearances.

After hearing the words, Sun Chuanting looked at the director of communications and said, "Who are you? You came up with these concepts?"

Sun Chuanting looked at the unknown director of communications in horror.

"I'm just an ordinary graduate of Lantian Academy."

After hearing the words, Sun Chuanting looked at the Director of Communications, fell silent, and said for a long time, "How good these advanced things are in Daming. If Daming has these advanced equipment, why is it being oppressed by the bandits?"

The Director of Communications smiled and said: "Master Sun, you are wrong. First, there must be an enlightened Lantian, and then there can be today's technologically prosperous Lantian. Without an enlightened Lantian, these technologies cannot be developed."

The Director of Communications was thinking, looking at Sun Chuanting, Sun Chuanting didn't seem to understand very well, then he looked at the Director of Communications, and the Director of Communications said: "Not to mention, this arsenal consumes nearly 800 million silver dollars from my county every year. Will His Majesty pay the money? Your Majesty will pay, are you civil servants and military generals willing?"

"In the eyes of your ruling class in Ming Dynasty, the development of science and technology is not important, and even the development of science and technology is wrong. After all, the development of science and technology will affect the interests of all parties and cause social turmoil. This is what your conservative majesty does not want to see. Yes, therefore, technology will never develop in Daming."

The Director of Communications said that his statement is very reasonable. Every technological revolution is accompanied by a lot of people being laid off and unemployed. There will be a group of people, but soon some new positions will appear and a group of people will be recruited. This way, the basic life of the people will be guaranteed.

Just like ChatGPT, which has been the most troublesome recently. It is true that the development of this technology will definitely bring about the disappearance of some occupations in the future, such as some mechanical jobs, such as telephone operators, telephone sales, and customer service. This technology will replace it, and the people who do this work will definitely lose their jobs.

But along with this new technology, there must be some new jobs born to solve part of the employment problem.

But if this is placed in Daming, it will be a catastrophe. Daming does not have so many jobs to solve the unemployed population. If after a technological revolution, the work that originally required five people to work becomes two people, then Those in power should consider not how much labor costs will be saved this time, but should first consider how the three people will solve their own work problems. If these three people do not work, how will their three families solve the problem of food?

So the conclusion is that this advanced technology cannot be popularized, and five people can continue to do the work that two people can do.

Anyone who has seen the third brother at work knows that once you pry the soil, one person can dig it, but you can't dig it alone, why?Because there are so many people, everyone needs to make money to eat. For digging, one person can eat a meal of meat for digging wages, but for three people, each person can eat a meal of buns, which solves the employment problem of three people. .

The employment of these three people is what those in power need to consider. As for your claim that you have improved social productivity, this matter is not important to the emperor in the feudal society.Is this delaying my Sangong Sixth Hospital, delicacies of mountains and seas, life and death?

What, no delay?that's not important.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were silenced by the words of the Director of Communications. The reason is very simple. These words have a high level.

After Sun Chuanting visited the arsenal, his whole state was not right, and he fell into a state of contemplation. Lu Xiangsheng looked at Sun Chuanting's state and said, "What's wrong, brother Boya?"

Sun Chuanting said: "I was wondering if Daming was really wrong."

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng said: "Haven't you figured it out yet?"

Sun Chuanting shook his head and said, "No."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "To see the county lord?"

Sun Chuanting said: "Okay, I've been in Lantian for several days, and it's time to meet the Lord of Lantian."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Let's go, I'll send someone to notify the county magistrate."

……

Li Chaosheng is very busy today. Apart from the usual business, there is another important thing, which is to entertain the people from Gansu who came back to report on their duties.

This banquet was held at the Huxin Pavilion in the backyard of the county government. The participants were Li Chaosheng, accompanied by Li Chaogu, and the guests were: Lanzhou prefect, Xu Zhizhou, the three chiefs, Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Li Dezong!

Huxin Pavilion, the dishes for today's banquet are simple, seasonal vegetables, and some seafood brought back from the distant sea.

During the banquet, Li Chaosheng sat upright, showing the arrogance of a big boss, and the people present were no longer as arrogant as before, especially Gu Yanwu, who used to disdain Lantian very much, but after so many years They have gradually integrated into Lantian, and the outdated character of the year has all dissipated, replaced by the respect of the inferiors to the superiors.

Xu Zhizhou, an old official of the Ming Dynasty, was recommended to Lantian to meet the county magistrate because he actively cooperated with Lantian's governance in Gansu.

This is a person who understands officialdom, so he treats Li Chaosheng with a respectful attitude, and his attitude is very respectful, and Li Chaosheng is also very polite to him, tacitly understanding each other, but there is a sense of distance between the monarch and his ministers.

Huang Zongxi was more easy-going than before, and as he gained more knowledge, his talents and learning were gradually revealed, and Li Chaosheng valued him more and more.

Gu Yanwu, Li Chaosheng, felt that he could be a great official in the frontier, full of energy and drive, while Huang Zongxi was more and more like a scholar.

As for Li Dezong, he is his eldest nephew, and he is a promising nephew. He may be the most pragmatic of this group of people, and he also follows the pragmatic school of making decisions for the people. What useless Confucian classics, he is very famous for a sentence, that is: reading thousands of volumes, it is better to work for the people, if a hundred years later, the people can give a thumbs up and say, this official is good, that is my lifelong pursuit up.

After serving the food and wine, Li Chaosheng asked everyone to fill up their wine glasses, raised their glasses and said, "You all have made great achievements in Gansu, and I am very relieved. I only respect you with the wine in your cup, and you drink very much."

Everyone quickly raised their wine glasses and drank in one gulp.

Li Chaosheng said: "Come and have a taste. These are seafoods brought from Shandong. They are raised in water trucks along the way. They are very fresh. Please try them."

After hearing this, everyone picked up the chopsticks and began to take small bites.

At this time Li Chaosheng looked at Xu Zhizhou and said: "Prefect Xu, I know what you did in Gansu. You are talented. I have two thoughts about you. The first is to continue to go back to Gansu to be the prefect and benefit the whole party." , the other side is to come to our Lantian Academy to study for a year, learn something from our Lantian, and then reuse it, what is Xu Zhifu's plan?"

When Xu Zhizhou heard the words, he immediately knew Li Chaosheng's thoughts. He returned to Gansu to continue to be the magistrate, which means that he can only be a magistrate in this life, and he has no future. Laid off.

But come down now and learn about Lantian at Lantian College, then the future can be expected.

"The humble official feels that I am not capable enough, and the county official is willing to give me the opportunity to learn. The humble post must be easy to grasp, and I will go through fire and water for the county official, and I will not hesitate to do so."

Li Chaosheng nodded and said: "Well, Governor Xu has a long-term vision, and he will definitely have a great future. Eat vegetables, eat vegetables."

After saying this, Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi and said, "Both of you, after this trip to Gansu, I found that you are refreshed, and your appearance is different from the past, right?"

Hearing these words, both Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi blushed a little. They couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when they thought of the big words they made in front of Li Chaosheng a few years ago.

"You were young and frivolous back then, so don't make fun of the magistrate."

Gu Yanwu bowed his hands to Li Chaosheng with an embarrassed look on his face.

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng laughed and said, "I'm very relieved that you can say that. Zong Xi, I heard from De Zong that when you were the head of a village in Gansu, you didn't forget to study in the midst of your busy schedule. What you do is based on the people, and the theory of the king is deeply loved by Dezong. He has repeatedly said to me, Zong Xi, you are a great talent in scholarship and a pillar of the country!"

After hearing this, Huang Zongxi said: "Brother Dezong praised you absurdly. I was able to make this theory of people-oriented and emperor-second. I also got inspiration from the county lord. If there is no county lord to teach me, I would not be able to do this." You can broaden your horizons, and everything is due to the honor of the county."

"Hahaha, I will flatter you."

Li Chaosheng laughed when he heard the words, then looked at Gu Yanwu and said, "Yanwu, I have heard about your stay in Gansu. You are responsible and open-minded. You can be a member of the party."

"The county's honor is too high, I just did what I should do."

Gu Yanwu said modestly.

Li Chaosheng looked at Li Dezong again and said: "Dezong, you are not bad, these colleagues all say that you are quite capable, this time you will give uncle me a face."

"Thank you for the compliment from the county magistrate."

Li Dezong cupped his fists to express his gratitude, Li Chaosheng nodded and said: "Well, yes, I will praise you to your father later, let me tell you, your father knows your achievements in Gansu, so he is secretly happy. For a few days, we old brothers all know about this."

The corners of Li Dezong's mouth turned up when he heard this, and at this moment Li Chaosheng continued: "Well, this banquet is mainly to commend you, and the second is to arrange your next work, Xu Zhizhou, go to Lantian College to study political science, Huang Zongxi was transferred to the secretary supervisor and served as a visiting professor at Lantian College, Gu Yanwu and Li Dezong, you two are going to take on big responsibilities, and you will be transferred to Jeju Island to serve as the head of the middle school!"

(End of this chapter)