Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1106 Jeju New Look ([-])

Section 340 IX

"Yes," Xue Ziliang nodded, "Feng Zongze has sent people to send notices to all the villages, asking them to come to Jeju for a meeting in the next few days."

"Will you come?"

"Most of them will. They don't have to fight against us—so far, we haven't done anything to hinder the interests of these grassroots dignitaries. This is one," Xue Ziliang said, "and the other is that they are also eager to know what we are going to do. in order to take appropriate countermeasures.”

Xue Ziliang carefully explained their current investigation work on the entire Jeju Island area.In his opinion, in terms of social conditions, Jeju Island is similar to Hainan Island, where he traveled with his special investigation team—the government has a certain influence, but the actual ruling power is not very strong. The town is dominated by the local landlords and gentlemen. They occupy a large area of ​​mountains, forests and pastures, and have many dependent people.

As long as their core interests are not touched, these people don't care who sits in the court, so so far there is basically no resistance from the people.The occasional armed conflicts were probably caused by the local people who did not realize the power of the "Japanese kun" and attempted to rob outsiders.

"Except for the coastal areas, most of the inland areas are mountain farms, with many grazing lands and woodlands. The mountain owners are very powerful, a bit like the Mexican ranchers in the [-]th century," Xue Ziliang said, "I am very respectful to Li Chao and treat us Very respectful too."

Although the overall shape of the Li Dynasty has the feeling of a "Little China", when you walk to the capital, it looks like you are in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the local power of the Li Dynasty is very strong, and the imperial court's control over the local area is far less than that of the Ming Dynasty.During the two Japanese invasions, volunteer soldiers organized in various places strengthened this trend.The two classes of nobles in the local area were almost feudal lords, and the common people were oppressed very heavily, almost in the same position as serfs.

After listening to Xue Ziliang's introduction, Zhu Mingxia probably had an idea in his mind.However, how to carry out the next step will be discussed after Feng Zongze and Nangong Wudi come back.

"The working conditions are too harsh." Feng Zongze complained while looking at the blackened beams and pillars, "The smell is terrible."

Feng Zongze is inspecting Mingdi Village. He is very concerned about the next development of Jeju Island: In addition to providing horses for the Senate, according to the inertial thinking of the Chinese in the 21st century, he quickly launched commercial activities and looked for ways to expand foreign trade. Chance.

Relying entirely on the allocation of materials from the central government is a bit too long for local governments thousands of miles away.Especially now that Jeju Island is in the climax of construction and needs a lot of materials.Feng Zongze and others felt that instead of waiting for supplies to arrive from Hong Kong all the way, it is better to try to buy supplies nearby.He had presented the idea to the Executive Council, which had been approved by the Ministry of Colonial and Trade.

There are not many bulk products in Jeju Island, mainly cattle and horses, bows and arrows, and fish catches.Since cattle and horses are strictly controlled by the Senate, and fish catches are an important source of food, the production of bows and arrows has become the most suitable bulk export product.

After seizing three cities and nine towns and initially establishing his rule over Jeju Island, Feng Zongze began to restore and expand the bow and arrow industry.Due to the lack of management cadres and the lack of familiarity with the local situation and the bow making industry, it was finally decided to contract all the government-run bow and arrow workshops to the local Mingdizhuang bow and arrow shop.

Although the approval for going to the Northeast to carry out trade has not yet come down, Feng Zongze is very concerned about expanding the production of bows and arrows and improving the quality.Although he does not intervene in the specific operation and management, technically, he has already begun to forcefully promote some simple new processes and quality control in each shop, and at the same time imported some special equipment from Lingaoying.

What made Feng Zongze feel that the conditions were bad was that more than a dozen pots of isinglass being boiled were emitting a disgusting stench.The process and equipment for making isinglass have just been rebuilt and configured under the guidance of naturalized technicians.The cauldron for boiling glue on the original simple firepit stove was replaced by a water bath made of cement bricks and stones, and a flue with higher thermal efficiency was used for centralized heating.The special glue boiling pot is installed in the water bath for heating, which not only saves fuel, but also solves the scorching problem that has always plagued the glue boiling workers.There is no longer any need for workers to stare at the glue pot all the time, and adjust the firepower by adding and removing fuel.

Seeing the busy North Korean craftsmen in the workshop, they seem to be unaware of the stench of glue. Because of the consideration of keeping warm and saving building materials, Korean-style houses are generally built very short, and this "glue workshop" is not exception.The low space further intensified the accumulation of smells, making Feng Zongze feel dizzy.

"Chairman, please go this way." Pu Dehuan observed his words and expressions, and had already noticed that Chief Feng's expression was not hesitant, so he quickly led him into the yard to get some air.

"This workshop needs to be rebuilt. It stinks! The craftsmen can't stand it!" Feng Zongze complained and hurried from the "workshop" to the yard.

"The chief is right." Pu Dehuan said, "Little one, no, I'll go tell shopkeeper Zhao to do it!"

"Forget it," Feng Zongze thought that he would not come up with new tricks for the time being. There are a lot of "renovation" projects recently, and shopkeeper Zhao is already showing his teeth - although the various improvements under the layout of Jeju Island's front finger involve equipment. There is no need for the partner to spend money: the equipment and installation are all borne by the Senate, but there is also a lot of expenses in the workshop.This kind of labor insurance will be discussed later.

In the yard, a team of "Fenggong Team" pushing Zidian Kai and Haifeng trolleys is unloading heavy standard packing boxes in the yard.The weight is standard on the box, and different arrow patterns are drawn.Each box must be unpacked and inspected before being weighed.This is the second improvement led by Feng Zongze: the standard arrow.

Feng Zongze inspected locally made bows and arrows.The arrows are all made by the blacksmiths on Jeju Island. Not only are the shapes rough, but also the bows and arrows must be filed and repaired to shape the arrow shafts during assembly, and the assembly efficiency is not high.So Feng Zongze immediately introduced the standard arrow.

The current standard arrowheads are manufactured in Lingao. According to the research data of modern bows and arrows, the engineers of the machinery factory have developed several types of arrowheads for different purposes and carried out standardized production.In the eyes of Zhan Wuya and others, this kind of thing is actually a kind of hardware. After the mold is made, stamping equipment can be used to continuously manufacture it in batches.Save labor and materials.

The standard arrowheads manufactured by Lingao immediately replaced the local arrowheads after they were sent to the island. Even without relying on administrative coercion, the improvement is not difficult: the craftsmen have never seen such a well-made arrowhead.The filing effort spent during assembly is also greatly reduced.Originally, the arrowheads were also outsourced, but now it is just a replacement supplier—and the price of the supply is not higher than before—the cost of mass-produced small hardware is extremely low. In fact, Feng Zongze can still make a profit in selling arrowheads.

However, Feng Zongze was still dissatisfied: during his inspection, he found that craftsmen often needed to repair the files when assembling arrowheads.It turns out that although the arrows have been standardized, the matching arrow shafts are still handmade.The tolerances are large enough to be discerned with the naked eye.

"It seems that the next step is to introduce an arrow shaft making machine." He thought that he had seen similar equipment in Hailin, but it was used to make chopsticks and bamboo sticks. It was originally hand-cranked, but later changed to steam engine power , Feed the opened bamboo and wood materials from the feeding port, and the rotary knife will automatically rotate them into exactly the same small sticks. Adjusting the size of the rotary knife can also produce according to different sizes.

There is no steam engine here for the time being, but a hand crank will do just fine.Feng Zongze suddenly thought that the water source here is quite abundant, and he could consider building a dam to store energy to drive the water turbine, or build a windmill to drive it.

Assembled arrows are coated with fish oil to prevent rust, and then packed in bundles of twelve with paper, and then every ten bundles are packed into a box and ready to be sold out of the warehouse—the current weekly arrows of various bow and arrow shops The output is [-] sticks, which Feng Zongze thinks is too little.Arrows are consumables, and for the Ming and Qing who fought frequently, a monthly production of [-] might not be enough.

The current production efficiency is still too low.Even a management layman like him can see that the bow and arrow shop can be improved a lot.

In order to ensure that his various improvements can be implemented, and in order to supervise the current "control" of bow and arrow materials, he has appointed Park Duk-hwan as the "Director of Bow and Arrow" to be responsible for coordinating the liaison and various improvements between the front fingers of Jeju Island and the bow and arrow industry. Work.

Because he has a lot of work himself, he can only be satisfied with such an extensive management model.However, the advantage of having the bow and arrow industry supervised by the private sector is that it does not need to bear the expenses and profit and loss of the bow and arrow shop. Feng Zongze's request for the bow and arrow workshop is very simple: hand over one-fifth of the total output of the products as contract fees and taxes.In addition, no other taxes and fees will be paid.

Although only one-fifth of the output is obtained, Feng Zongze has already controlled the main port on the island, and has mastered the dominance of exports by issuing export licenses. The bows and arrows produced by other bow and arrow shops will not be smuggled unless they are smuggled for export. Otherwise, it can only be shipped and exported through Chaotianpu Port.

Huang Yunyu is currently in charge of exporting bows and arrows. As the agent of the business group on the peninsula, he has a natural sales channel.Therefore, for the time being, the bows and arrows made in Jeju Island are exported through his channel. In order to support the industry, export tax will not be charged for the time being.

In order to grab more profits, Feng Zongze is already planning to set up a foreign trade company to monopolize all the import and export business of Jeju Island in the future, so that these bow and arrow workshops and bow and arrow shops will only exist as production and distribution enterprises on the island.

After the inspection, Feng Zongze, accompanied by Park Dehuan, went to his "Bow and Archery Industry Control" office - which was located in a nearby shop.

(End of this chapter)