Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

"Hey, Mr. Li, why are you eating now? If I had known, I would ask my mother to cook more food for you. It didn't take much trouble. It was nothing more than adding two more bowls of water and sending an extra handful of firewood. "

"Look at your bowl is full of green, how can this work, intellectuals like you, don't say you have meat, you also have to see a bit of oil, don't you see this, I just hooked a few crucian carp on the moat Guazi, I’ll send it to you in the afternoon, hey, don’t mention the money, it’s too extravagant.”

"Mr. Li, relatives from the countryside sent some Sophora japonica flowers to you in the morning, and I'll bring them to you right away for you to try. The method is also simple. Wash them, wrap them in a steamer, and steam them in a steamer. When you're done, pour garlic juice on them, and you're all set."

In just a short while, Cheng Nuo had realized how popular Mr. Li was among his neighbors, especially the workers.Men, women, young and old, tall, short, fat, and thin, no matter who passes by, they will greet each other enthusiastically, and those who are a little closer will come to give some things. It seems that it is not much and not expensive, but the intention behind the gift cannot be hidden.

If Mr. Li insisted on giving the money, he would just throw away the things and run away. Seeing that he couldn't catch up, he turned around and told him: "Mr. Li, eat the noodles quickly, or they will be lumpy in a while. It's delicious."

Cheng Nuo looked at the basket full of Sophora japonica flowers, all of them were in good spirits, and the petals were covered with water droplets, exuding a faint fragrance, even if they were not eaten, they would be very nice to put on the table as a souvenir.

After a little weighing, the weight is quite heavy, but it is almost noon now, and the water on it is obviously not dew, and after turning it around, I finally understand what is going on.

"Mr. Shouchang, the sophora japonica flowers sent by this aunt are all washed, and they can be eaten after a little processing. It seems that the husband is very popular here."

"Neighbors in the neighborhood, usually help those who can help when they see difficulties. After a long time, they will gradually develop feelings." Mr. Li smiled shyly, knocked off the last clove of garlic in his hand, and then took the rest I ate all the noodles in one go: "Usually I dare not open the door. I'm afraid of this. We helped people out of enthusiasm. If you try to figure it out, the noodles will be lumpy, and the taste will change in your mouth."

The person in front of me really did what he said. At the beginning, he took out all the money on his body to help strange children. Now it seems that he is just helping some neighbors, and it is just a very common "little thing". The invisible mud legs just stretched out a pair of hands, who would have thought that it would be another day.

Carrying Sophora japonica outside the door, Cheng Nuo asked, "Mr. Shouchang, what are you going to do with this Sophora japonica?"

Mr. Li came over, removed the fallen leaves from Cheng Nuo's shoulders, and said with a smile, "Everyone has delivered them to the door, and it's not appropriate to return them. Let's take them home and eat them ourselves. Even a family of two, two, and four can't eat so much, so take some with you when you leave later."

Before Cheng Nuo could speak, Mr. Li had already stepped into the courtyard and shouted inside, "Sister, send some money to Aunt Zhao's house when you are free."

The two are childhood sweethearts, but his wife is 6 years older than him. Out of respect, Mr. Li has always called his lover sister.

Mrs. Li didn't know what she was doing in the kitchen, she didn't see anyone coming out, she only heard a voice: "It's that Aunt Zhao at the entrance of the alley, tell me, what did they bring here?"

Mr. Li smiled and said: "It's nothing, this time it's some Sophora japonica, wrap it in a while and steam it, lest Zhiyuan take it back and get his hands dirty again."

Mrs. Li appeared from the kitchen at this time, with her sleeves rolled up, she was holding a small bamboo basket with freshly washed mulberries on it. Take this to that uncle."

Looking at the sophora flowers, Mrs. Li was a little helpless, she pursed her lips and said with a smile: "This is also Aunt Zhao, you often don't come back to eat such a big bundle of leeks that you sent last time, our three children haven't eaten yet. use up."

Regarding this sentence, Mr. Li just smiled and didn't dare to say anything more on this topic. He just went to help his wife smooth the hair next to his ear.

At this moment, the eldest son trotted over with a small basket of mulberries, and said in a childlike voice, "My mother said, you can't eat and take other people's things for nothing, uncle, these are mulberries just picked from the yard, I'll give you a taste."

Looking at the cute little guy, Cheng Nuo quickly took the small bamboo basket, fearing that he would be exhausted in the next moment: "Thank you, kid, do you want to eat it?"

The child didn't know how to reply, so he looked at Mrs. Li secretly, and after getting the instructions, he turned around and said, "My mother said, this is from a guest, uncle, you can eat it yourself. By the way, my mother also said, thank you uncle for the cake." cake."

Cheng Nuo was also very playful, pulled the child and didn't let him go, and said with a smile, "Your mother said it anyway, did your father say anything?"

The child instinctively looked at Mrs. Li, but Mrs. Li was also very curious about this question, so she didn't give any further hints.

Here, the bad uncle grabbed hold of him, and the father and mother secretly engaged in a "war" without gunpowder. The child was also anxious, bit his finger and suddenly said in surprise: "I remembered, my father said Take us to eat meat after the salary is paid.”

Tong Yan had no scruples, as soon as the words came out, Mrs. Li hurriedly took the child away, for fear of embarrassing her husband.

Looking at the backs of his wife and children, Mr. Li heaved a long sigh: "Recalling the first time I came back from Japan, the two children didn't know me as the father. I owe a lot to this family."

However, the two of them were obviously not the ones who were too obsessed with their children's love. After a little emotion, the topic gradually shifted to the serious business.

"Mr. Shouchang, you are much more familiar with Changxindian than I am, and you know more about our master workers than I do. I wonder if you have skilled matchmakers here." Cheng Nuo asked straight to the point .

"I know a lot of skilled workers, but it's hard to say when it comes to a single project." Mr. Li didn't directly cover everything, but told the truth: "Changxin store looks like workers. There are quite a lot of masters, but in fact they all eat on the railway.”

The place where a traffic line passes often brings huge logistics, people flow and information flow to important stations along the line, making it a population and logistics gathering place, and then providing residents here with non-agricultural conditions such as commerce and handicrafts. , and eventually form towns.Because railway transportation can make the raw materials and products required by industries in various places flow more stably and efficiently in larger quantities and faster speeds, thereby stimulating the sustainable development of industries.With the large-volume, long-distance transportation capacity of railways, large-scale material transactions and commercial transactions are also possible.

Changxindian is an industrial and commercial town that rose rapidly with the help of the popularization of railways along the line. In order to protect the railway, Changxindian Machinery Factory and Changxindian Railway Factory of Pinghan Railway were specially set up. By the time of the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Changxindian had more than 800 workers.It seems that there are not many, but in fact there was no decent heavy industry in Beijing until the liberation, so the Changxindian Railway Factory was one of the largest machinery industry enterprises in Beijing for a long time.

Regarding the doubts about work experience, Cheng Nuo explained: "Even for those skilled railway workers, I believe that they started to train and learn slowly from the apprenticeship at the beginning, so as long as the recruited master is willing to learn, then The problem is much easier to handle.”

Mr. Li was worried, and asked: "But this is an industry, and it involves hands-on operations. It is only taught one-on-one. I am afraid it will take too long. I think it is better to go directly to those match factories and hire more old masters to pass on. Wouldn't the form of teaching be better."

As the person involved, Cheng Nuo thought very openly, and stuffed a small bunch of mulberries into his mouth. Unexpectedly, the juice burst out and flowed out from the corner of his mouth. He hurried to the sink and said while washing, "The cost of that is too high." , and although the skills of the recruited masters are relatively good, their way of thinking has become rigid, so they may not be suitable for a new type of factory like ours, and they may not be as fast as those young people when they get started again."

Mr. Li pulled a towel from the rope and handed it over: "Wipe it. Actually, I'm a little curious. There are so many businesses to start, why do you start with matches and start running around on the street?" 'Iron Tiger', wouldn't it make more sense?"

Cheng Nuo originally wanted to take the towel and wipe it off, but seeing that the juice on his hand was no longer easy to remove, and it would take a long time to rub it on the towel again. Shake it off, and said with a smile: "We have an old saying, 'If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world'. In terms of industry, we can't make a small match, and more than half of the things need to buy foreign goods. At this time Talking about the production of cars with more technical difficulties and higher requirements is as difficult as heaven."

Mr. Li nodded and asked again: "You can go a thousand miles without taking a single step. If I can recruit workers with suitable conditions for you, how do you plan to train them?"

Cheng Nuo blurted out: "To set up a labor cram school, don't forget that I am still the backbone of the China Vocational Education Association. I still have some say in vocational education. If I can't do it myself, I can find professional people to help. Gather these interested workers and masters, take classes together, and discuss together, the learning effect may not be worse than those of the masters who teach one-on-one."

Mr. Li's eyes lit up, he thought about it for a while, and suddenly said: "This way, it will be much better. Zhiyuan, can you see if this works? After the remedial course for you workers is over, I will also hold a public literacy class." , no tuition fees, dedicated to dissemination of knowledge. There are always some profiteers who take advantage of the loopholes of workers’ ignorance and pay less wages. Afterwards, they argue with reason, which is really annoying, so we simply hand over the knowledge to the masters.”

Cheng Nuoxin said, how can I just teach some arithmetic? The neighbors in the north have already been busy, but there are some things that I can't point out directly. Squeeze, after getting on the right track later, simply set up a special worker's school, teach workers' children ordinary elementary school courses during the day, and teach workers high school courses at night, so that they can learn something from each other and maximize the use of school resources. "

"Okay, let me just say, Zhiyuan, how could your eyes only see a small box of matches, there must be something bigger hidden behind it, then, turn around, no, I will contact a few workers in a while Friends, let's meet to see which place is suitable." Cheng Nuo's few words ignited Mr. Li's fighting spirit, and his whole body was about to boil, and it seemed that he really wanted to do something big.

In this way, the Changxindian labor cram school was held in advance, and most of the start-up funds were paid in advance by Cheng Nuo. After all, it was still used to train matchworkers in name in the early stage. As for other uses after the training course, Cheng Nuo naturally He deliberately didn't know, he is a busy person, it is impossible to keep his eyes on an unknown night school all the time, that would be too much delay.

After all, it involves a special production project. Before the training class started, Cheng Nuo specially hired a master from a certain match factory to teach the whole process of making matches, which is divided into stem making, trimming, arranging boards, The process of oiling, mixing, applying, drying, unloading, pasting boxes, brushing, packaging and other processes has been explained everything that can be said.

It's not that it can't be done by hand, but it's troublesome to make, and the efficiency is slower than that of a machine. In this way, no matter how good the technology is, the production cost cannot be lowered, and the output cannot be increased. No matter what, it will be a dead end in the end.

After much deliberation, I decided to lead the Academy of Sciences to build a few machines that my own people could control.

"What, Dean, you want me to make a machine for making matches?" Wu Yulin, who is good at mechanical manufacturing, was a little dazed. He was still studying how to improve the driving efficiency of bicycles. He didn't even react: "No, I didn't deliberately refuse, it's just that I have opened up nine out of ten senses to this thing."

Cheng Nuo asked puzzled, "What do you mean?"

Wu Yulin pointed to his temple: "I don't know anything, my great dean."

Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "What did I think it was? Come on, come on, let's see what it is."

As he spoke, Cheng Nuo brought out the "scriptures" he had obtained from various match factories some time ago. On the huge white paper were drawings of various machines needed for making matches, including but not limited to stemming machines, unloading machines, and so on. Stemming machine, labeling machine, etc., relying on the memory of other people's flesh cameras, they were all drawn abruptly.

"How about it, you are not a bad dean, you are not only good at giving orders, but also understand your difficulties." Seeing Wu Yulin's shocked expression, Cheng Nuo was still a little proud: "The other people gave a sudden See, I really don’t know what these things are for, should I introduce them to you.”

Although these machine drawings can be seen to be drawn by laymen at first glance, and even the labels are not in accordance with industry conventions, but Leng Shengsheng has drawn them all according to a fixed ratio, and the dimensions, numbers and characters have not been manipulated by anyone. The graph line passes or covers, as if a machine is really presented in front of you, it is almost the same as the buzzing sound when it is powered on.

Wu Yulin held the drawing, looked and looked, and finally couldn't help but circled Cheng Nuo twice, and said in shock: "Dean, it's fortunate that you are not a mechanical engineer, otherwise I can guarantee Not many factories let you in."

Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "That's what I said, I have time to change my career now, and for no other reason, I just rob you of Lao Wu's food."

Wu Yulin put the blueprint aside and begged for mercy: "Don't worry, we are a family, dean. I'm still eating the food that your old man gave me. There's no reason to bring it back."

Cheng Nuo waved his hand and brought over the blueprints: "Okay, let's stop kidding, let me tell you what these blueprints are for, and then you can discuss with Lao Shi later, whether you can get one like this."

"The first is the stem-making machine. The stem-making department first moves the wood to the sawmill and cuts it into thin sticks that are more than an inch long, and then roasts or sun-dries the moisture. This is the matchstick."

"Next step."

It is not complicated to say that it is a machine. Of course, it is very difficult for Cheng Nuo and others. For most other Chinese people, it is still very difficult to understand. This has led to the fact that all manufacturing machines are bought from foreigners. During the period of use, they have to pay their repair and maintenance fees, which leads to the fact that the upper, middle and lower reaches of the entire industry are all controlled by foreigners, and the profits that Chinese people can control are pitifully small.

Before liberation, our match preparation process was still a big problem. Some readers even wrote to the newspaper to complain about the poor quality of matches: some match heads were uneven and crooked, some match heads were too small to hold the matchstick; The thickness of the red phosphorus coated on the box is uneven, and the adhesion is not strong. Often, only half of a box of matches is used, and the surface of the red phosphorus is scratched by friction, and the remaining half of the matches cannot be used, etc.

Just because matches are necessities of life, in special times they even have to be supplied by book. In the 80s, a normal old smoker used about ten boxes of ordinary matches a month, and a family of five needed to cook water and cook every month. I used six or seven boxes of matches, but there was only one match factory in Beijing at that time, and there was a huge gap between supply and demand, so I had to return the limited supply.

So much so that there was a scene of snapping up matches at that time, which was very similar to the snapping up of salt later.

What is achieved on paper is always shallow, and I know that this matter must be done.After explaining the blueprints, Cheng Nuo simply took Wu Yulin and Shi Jin, pretended to dress up, and went to some foreign match factories in the name of cooperation. After experiencing the use of the machines, he immediately returned to the Academy of Sciences.

With the participation of Cheng Nuo's human flesh camera and computer, several semi-automatic machines were actually made after a week. Stem machine and so on.

Of course, they also know that these machines are not original, they are all improved on the basis of foreign products, but the safety and production efficiency have been greatly improved, and they are far behind the original version.

Ever since, a factory called "China Match Co., Ltd." was established in a low-key manner in a certain concession in Tianjin. At the beginning, it did not attract anyone's attention. These days, there are many match factories, and there are all kinds of names. It's not bad. one.

Everyone knows that the foreigners are fighting hard in Europe and are busy producing armaments and materials. The import of such products will naturally drop, and they will even be imported from our country. There was a period of vacuum in the match market, and everyone in business wanted to come in to get a share of the pie, and everyone was not surprised.

But who would have thought that it would occupy the market at a rather exaggerated speed. When everyone found out, Zhonghua brand matches had already occupied half of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.