Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 305 Conception of Containers
"Your Majesty, this is what your subordinates should do."

In order to further ensure the safety of each port, every medium and large port has Jinyi Guards stationed there, and they monitor the operation of the port at all times to prevent hidden dangers.

In a big port like Shitojin, Jinyiwei with more than two hundred people is responsible for the security here.

Today, local governments are responsible for the management and basic operations of Daming Port, but the loading, unloading and transportation of goods are all leased to commercial companies by area.

Therefore, those stevedores are employees of these companies. When the cargo arrives on the ship at the leased dock, the stevedores of their company are responsible for loading and unloading. There is no need to fight for it, let alone fight to the death.

And these companies are under the supervision of the government, so naturally they can no longer form threatening gangs and maintain the stability of the port.

"Your Majesty, this is the first time for me to see so many people busy. It's really spectacular."

Wang Fuzhi was very emotional. He knew that the more ports like this, the busier they are, which can also reflect the strength of a country from the side.

But as a traveler, Zhu Kezang was not surprised by this situation. Instead, he shook his head regretfully and said, "Such a prosperous port should use a simpler loading method."

"So many people, so crowded, not only increased the cost of all aspects, wasted a lot of manpower, and the efficiency was not high."

Wang Fuzhi nodded in agreement, then pointed to a crane and a conveyor belt not far away and said, "Your Majesty, the new potter's wheel designed by the Manufacturing Bureau is very good. I think we can use more machines like that."

The potter's wheel is the name of the crane in ancient China.

The early records of lifting the pulley can be found in "Si Ti Shu Shi" and "Shi Shuo Xin Yu Qiao Yi".

The book records that when Emperor Wei Ming of the Three Kingdoms was building Lingxiao Temple, he mistakenly nailed the uninscribed plaque to a high place first. Write on the plaque 25 feet above the ground.

Moreover, the use of leverage methods such as levers and pulleys in ancient times is quite extensive and in place, and the effect is quite good, not inferior to modern cranes at all. There are many ruins in ancient times that it is difficult to achieve that effect by using modern cranes.

Daming's new crane, similar in principle to a potter's wheel, belongs to the bridge cranes of the early nineteenth century and is driven by a steam engine.

Zhu Kezang continued to shake his head and said, "That effect is not obvious, and it will eventually be resolved by manpower."

Huang Luzhuang, the future first scientist of the Ming Dynasty, was thoughtful. After observing for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, when I observed the porcelain making process, there was a kind of object called a sagger. Porcelain needs high-temperature heat treatment to be fired. First put all kinds of porcelain blanks into the saggers, and then put them into the kiln for firing. Using saggers not only increases the quantity of fired porcelain, but also facilitates the handling, loading and unloading of ceramic craftsmen.”

"Why don't we add saggers to the goods shipped!"

Isn't this just a container?

Huang Luzhuang is really an all-rounder.

Zhu Kezang added: "Da Ming can make the sagger into a big boxy iron box, and make it into a uniform standard style. I call it a container."

"In this way, the goods can be sorted and unloaded at the terminal, and the goods sent to the same place can be packed in a container, and then using some cranes, these loaded containers can be stacked on the ship by moving these loaded containers."

"The four corners of these containers can be designed with buckles, and they can be stacked up and down, left and right, and can be interlocked with each other. This will not only make them more orderly, firmer, and more loaded, but also save a lot of time and money for placing goods on board. manpower."

"In the future, our carriages, steam ships, and even steam trains can all be made to carry containers."

"In this way, the horse-drawn carriage can directly complete the classification, loading and unloading of goods at the factories, companies, and shops that ship the goods."

"Then the carriage will drive to the port, and the entire container will be unloaded and placed according to the destination. After the ship arrives, the entire transshipment process can be completed by unified loading."

"This greatly simplifies the process, saves space, saves manpower, and saves costs..."

Although he didn't know much about logistics, Wang Fuzhi secretly sighed in his heart at the cleverness of Sheng Tianzi after listening to it.

In this way, there is no need to accumulate so much manpower in the port, and the loading and unloading time will be greatly shortened.

Moreover, the goods of merchants do not have to wait in long queues at the port, which can definitely save a lot of costs for merchants.

Reducing costs is equivalent to making profits, which is undoubtedly a huge temptation for businessmen.

Immediately, Wang Fuzhi thought of a problem, and said worriedly: "But if this happens, won't many workers lose their jobs?"

"It's okay, Daming has more and more promising properties to take over from them." Zhu Kezang waved his hand, indicating that there is no need to worry about this problem.

Moreover, so many people gathered at the port are busy working together, and there will be various safety hazards if there is a slight negligence.

Technology is the primary productive force. If human society wants to continue to develop and make progress, it must continue to innovate in technology.

Zhu Kezang didn't just talk about it. After returning to Yingtian City, he started to manufacture containers in a big way.

Don't underestimate this seemingly high-end object, and the technical content of the container does not seem to be very high, but it is enough to bring about huge changes to Daming, and even the entire world.

In the official history, it is precisely because of the appearance and large-scale application of containers that the economic form of the entire world has been directly changed.

Therefore, the invention of the container is also known as one of the greatest inventions of the [-]th century, which also shows that the level of technological content is not the main factor that changes productivity.

With the current technology accumulation of the Ming Dynasty Manufacturing Bureau, there is not much technical barrier to inventing containers.

Moreover, the General Manufacturing Bureau of the Ming Dynasty has gradually moved from Chengtianfu to Yingtianfu, but there are still many factories and craftsmen who have not yet moved here.

The next step for Daming's central work is to completely relocate the Daming Manufacturing Headquarters. If there are containers, it will be more convenient.

In the future, with the gradual popularization of Daming containers, it will definitely speed up the circulation of goods and make business more prosperous.

The biggest change of the container to the world is the promotion of globalization.

The world environment in the [-]th century was different from that of later generations. If Ming wanted to promote globalization, it had to ensure that it had enough territories around the world to conduct trade.

Otherwise, those vast backward areas would not have contact with Ming Dynasty at all, so how could there be globalization.

To say a thousand, to say ten thousand, Daming still needs to take advantage of the east wind of the age of great navigation to continue to expand and promote the globalization of trade in order to accumulate enough capital to ensure the continued strength of Daming.

(End of this chapter)