The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 240 Piece-rate responsibility contracting system!
Of the 20 vehicles allocated, more than [-] were completely unusable within a few days and were returned.

The remaining cars are only being used reluctantly.The thing with the highest failure rate is the chain, which either breaks or falls off. Not only is it inconvenient to ride this thing out, it is also a big burden.

Even his second uncle came to protest in person, causing Song Yingkui to quickly stop the promotion in the administrative hall and Taoyang County government.If this continues, the officials in both yamen will not be able to go to work.

"Kuiwa, the bicycle is a good thing, but it just can't be used. I think you'd better let the people from the Works Bureau clean it up and make it really usable before giving it to the Yamen. Otherwise, this thing will cause death. Come on, yesterday a young boy fell into the Tao River on his bicycle and almost died." In the city lord's mansion, the second uncle almost burst into tears as he talked.The administrative office and the Taoyang County Yamen are both paralyzed by this thing. Can we not make people anxious and angry?

"At present, there are indeed many problems with the bicycles produced. However, it is not feasible to completely stop the implementation. Only by using things for human use in large quantities can we know where the problems lie and can we find ways to improve them.

Let's do this. In addition to the twenty or so cars that can barely be used, I will give the Administrative Office and Taoyang County Government each batch of tickets for thirty cars.You can just put the car out for use within one year.

In the future, the production of bicycles will adopt the master craftsman responsibility system. If you think the bicycle made by the master craftsman is good, give the ticket to the master craftsman and pick up the bicycle from him.The master car maker has to provide a six-month warranty for the car he makes. During this six months, if there is any problem with the car, he has to be responsible for repairing it. The repaired car must be like a new car.

In addition to the two government offices that have allocated cars, the Taosha County Government Office and the Wuyun District Government Office also each provide pick-up tickets for [-] cars. The method for picking up cars is the same.In addition, several schools such as the Normal School and the Normal School also gave pick-up tickets for twenty cars each.All in all, the total number of cars picked up by each government office in one year exceeds [-].When picking up a car, each government office must have requirements for the quality of the car. If the car you picked up cannot be used after one year, it will be deducted from the office funds of each government office to purchase a new car.

A pedal bicycle is a useful thing, and we must find a way to make it practical in a short time!I hope everyone can understand this! "

The promotion of bicycles cannot be interrupted just because the second uncle and other officials complained. There is no need to discuss this matter.But having said that, the bikes currently produced are really difficult to use.

After much thought, Song Yingkui was ready to change the production method.In reality, when the technology is immature and perfect, it is unrealistic to use large-scale factory-based production for large-scale production.Then the production method should be miniaturized and workshop-based.Relying on capable craftsmen, we set up several small bicycle production workshops and let them produce individually through orders, giving full play to their subjective initiative.If you do well, you will receive large orders and earn more money; if you do poorly, you will not receive orders.

Producing more than [-] bicycles a year, Song Yingkui thinks it should be enough for the still-nascent bicycle industry.After this painful period is over, and we slowly increase order volume and production, we will be able to support this industry within three to five years.After sending away his second uncle, Song Yingkui called Guo Kaifeng to arrange for him to adjust the bicycle production method.

“Including the craftsmen who made the bicycles made by the mechanical development company, all the craftsmen currently involved in making bicycles will be gathered together and divided into five production groups, and the five responsible craftsmen will be selected as team leaders.

After the production team is established, each team independently undertakes vehicle manufacturing orders.For each car they make, they can get 50 silver dollars from the city lord's mansion. The rest of the money except for the material cost is their own. How much they earn depends on their ability.

In addition to making money by making cars, the chief craftsman of each group can only receive a basic salary of four silver dollars per month, and the basic salary of other craftsmen is two silver dollars.In order to allow them to survive the initial transformation period, the city government gave each group a minimum order of ten cars per group!In addition to this initial order, subsequent orders all depend on their ability.Anyway, in the next year, each government office will pick up more than [-] cars. A capable team can take all of them into their own hands. If not, they can only earn a basic salary to survive.

I have done some calculations. According to the current prices, as long as the failure rate is low and the car is not easy to break, it is not a problem to earn 20 silver dollars from a car.The car production team can survive even if they only make one good car for a month.By making three to five good cars in a month, you can live a comfortable life and earn more money than most craftsmen in other factories.The opportunity to make money is right here, everyone depends on their ability! "

In order to mobilize the enthusiasm and enthusiasm of craftsmen to participate in improving bicycles, Song Yingkui is preparing to launch a piece-rate responsibility contracting system.Use the city lord's government to privatize the production process, and no longer pay wages by eating from a big pot.Group workshops with many orders will be allowed to make more money, while those with poor skills and failure to receive orders will be gradually eliminated.Through full internal competition, the fittest will survive.

We will look at the situation after a period of development. In the future, we can either allow the bicycle production group to completely divest the industrial system of the city government and truly achieve self-financing privatization, or we can rely on groups with good technical capabilities to establish large-scale bicycle production plants.Let it develop for a while first. This is not the time to rush for success at this stage.

"Principal Zhang, there is a kind of gum called Eucommia gum in the Central Plains. I remember it seems that it can be used as medicine? You need to arrange people from the seed search team here to collect more Eucommia gum. It will be useful here. It is best to attract some seedlings. Trial cultivation in Yungu to see if Eucommia trees can grow here. Also, in the Western Regions, there is a succulent grass that is similar to cattails. The seed-hunting teams going to the Western Regions will also collect some juice and grass if they see it. Plant it here!”

To improve the performance of bicycles, in addition to the mechanical parts, it is best to make tires.Rubber is necessary to make tires, and it is unlikely to find rubber trees.However, Song Yingkui remembered that in addition to rubber trees, there was also a kind of rubber grass that could also produce glue. This thing might be found in the Western Regions.In addition, the performance of Eucommia gum is similar to that of rubber, and seems to be better than rubber. It can be used as a substitute for rubber.So I called Zhang Peihong and asked him to issue a mission to the seed-hunting team to see if he could find something like this and bring it to Yungu for testing.

For the time being, rubber tires are out of reach. Even if raw materials are found, Song Yingkui does not know the specific process of processing raw rubber into rubber products. He only knows that it seems to require acidification and vulcanization.Besides, even if we are to figure out the process of making rubber and make it into tires, we still need a long road of technological exploration.For this reason, Song Yingkui did not leave this job to Guo Kaifeng and Tian Shunhao. At the moment, he does not need so much original glue, he only needs to get a certain amount of glue for testing!
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