Daming Military Empire

Chapter 362 Double Battleship

After Zhu Cijiong had been talking about it for a long time, he felt that his throat was a little uncomfortable. Drinking tea alone could no longer suppress the astringent feeling. He decided to guide Bi Maokang and others in another way.

He cleared his throat, and guided: "Have you noticed that the people in the shipyard are very quick and serious in their work today, I was thinking, if they maintain this state every day, then we don't have to do anything like this The output can be increased by [-] to [-]%, don’t you think so?”

When Bi Maokang heard this, his old face blushed again. It wasn't because he, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, frightened him out. Normally, these people would work so hard there.

Seeing that Bi Maokang was in embarrassment, Zhu Cijiong turned his eyes to Sun Yuanhua again, his eyes were full of encouragement, and he seemed to want Sun Yuanhua to say a few words.

Seeing the emperor's eyes, Sun Yuanhua had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "They are just taking pictures of Lord Bi's majesty and dare not be lazy. It is almost impossible for them to work so hard."

Zhu Cijiong asked indifferently: "Is it really impossible?"

At this time, he turned his attention to Wang Zheng again, and Wang Zheng had no choice but to speak obediently: "Why don't you hire more stewards to watch them work?"

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said: "It's not good to force them like this. They are all experts. You can't tell that they are working with you. Forcing them to work will be counterproductive."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Bi Maokang again, but Bi Maokang didn't do anything else, so he could only bite the bullet and said, "Why don't you give them a little bit more salary?"

Zhu Cijiong nodded encouragingly and said: "Well, we are close to the point, you can think about how to raise them so that they can work hard."

When Bi Maokang heard the words, his eyes lit up, and he took the initiative to answer: "Give those who work hard at ordinary times a raise, and the others will not get a raise, so that he knows that he has to work hard to make more money."

Zhu Cijiong said gratifiedly: "Well, it's very close, but what is the standard of diligence? If you want the managers below to practice favoritism and cheat, and only give your cronies a raise, and everyone else doesn't, isn't that counterproductive?"

Bi Maokang was taken aback when he heard the words, yes, if there is no standard, and the people below mess around, it will cause dissatisfaction among the majority of people. It would be better not to increase the salary, but what standard can there be for this diligence is not to rely on management If you don't look at it, how will you know whether this person is diligent or not!

Seeing that everyone was frowning and thinking hard, Zhu Cijiong seemed to be unable to think of any solution, so he had to directly remind him: "Use working hours as a standard. For example, digging a hole and planting trees in front is not difficult. It is not difficult for an adult to dig a hole in two hours. It can be done easily. If it is stipulated to dig a hole for one tael of silver, will they still grind for two hours? Or, do they still need ten people? As long as they dig hard, can five people not dig ten holes in two hours? ?”

When Bi Maokang heard the words, he suddenly realized: "The emperor means that they will be paid according to the working hours, and how much will they be paid for the work they do?"

This is actually the piece-rate wage system of later generations. Of course, the piece-rate wage is not a general amount of money for how much work is done. Zhu Cijiong explained while recalling: "There must be a standard for calculating wages based on working hours. Let's do it on a monthly basis. One hundred working hours is the standard. If they complete one hundred working hours in a month, they will be given one month's salary. If they can complete two hundred working hours in one month, they will be doubled according to the current salary. Specifically, one working hour How much is the equivalent, you can calculate according to this standard."

Hearing this, Bi Maokang couldn't help but sincerely praised: "Your Majesty is wise, I know what to do. If this happens, the output may not only increase by two or three percent."

Zhu Cijiong asked with a smile: "Are you confident in producing [-] super battleships a year?"

Bi Maokang nodded involuntarily and said, "Yes."

Zhu Cijiong then said calmly: "In fact, there are some small methods that can also increase production."

Bi Maokang couldn't help but said eagerly: "Please teach me, Your Majesty."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said with a smile: "For example, the processing of square and sheet metal can only be chopped and sawed by manpower?"

When Bi Maokang heard the words, his eyes lit up again, and he took the initiative to reply: "I understand, you can use steam pistons instead of manpower, install a steam piston on both sides of the saw, and you don't need people to pull the saw."

Zhu Cijiong was still nodding with a smile when he heard the first half of the sentence, but when he heard the second half, he immediately rolled his eyes and said angrily: "That's not like sawing back and forth, how much faster can it be?"

Hearing this, Bi Maokang cupped his hands in embarrassment and said, "Please teach me, Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong took another piece of paper from Sun Yuanhua, took a brush, and drew a circle on the paper, then drew a circle of zigzags around the circle, pushed it to Bi Maokang, and explained: "Mr. , the saw doesn’t have to be long, round is also fine, if you make such a thin circular saw wheel with high carbon steel, and then let it rotate rapidly, is it much faster than pulling the saw back and forth?”

Bi Maokang looked at it, and carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, if you want to make this saw wheel rotate rapidly, you must connect it to the gear, then the saw wheel will not be able to move. How can you saw wood?"

Zhu Cijiong patted his forehead, pointed at the conference table and said: "We also need to add a shelf similar to the conference table, and make a slit in the middle to expose the saw wheel. In this way, as long as the wood is pushed through the saw wheel, it will be sawed." It is opened, and you can also nail a wooden square on one side of the saw wheel to fix the size, as long as you push it against the fixed wooden square, the width you set will be the width you saw.”

Bi Maokang and others looked at the conference table, imagining the scene of sawing wood with this saw wheel in their minds, and they all showed surprise expressions. In this way, the speed is more than doubled. Before sawing a board, two skilled craftsmen had to pull the long saw back and forth. After half a day, with this kind of saw wheel, you can push it over a wooden square with a fixed size, and it doesn't take a stick of incense to saw a piece of wood. After half a day, you can saw at least a hundred pieces!
Seeing that everyone's surprised expressions turned into admiration, and there was a trend of flattery, Zhu Cijiong quickly raised his hand and said: "This is just an example of using new technology in production. You can also think about whether steam power can be used in other places." , I will not analyze this step by step, and then I will tell you how to apply new materials to production and improve production efficiency."

When everyone heard the words, they immediately picked up their pens and listened attentively, for fear of missing the main point.

It's getting late, Zhu Cijiong directly taught: "For example, fixed square corners. There are many square corners on warships, such as the square corners between the deck and the wooden wall of the cabin. The wooden squares are embedded in the square corners, and then nails about an inch and a half are nailed horizontally and vertically to fix the connection. Think about it, how much effort it takes to nail the iron nails of an inch and a half, and it is really affected. The strength is less than half an inch. If it is replaced by a one-inch thick iron plate, it will definitely be stronger than a one-inch wooden square in terms of hardness, right?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Cijiong directly took a piece of white paper from Sun Yuanhua, folded it into the size of a palm, and then folded it in half into a right angle, and put it on the table. Then, he used a brush to mark three equal parts on each of the two right angles. Triangular, pointing and explaining: "Use a punch to process a one-cent-thick iron plate into this shape, and then use a drill to drill three small holes that can pass through iron nails on each of the two right-angled surfaces. Isn’t it easier to connect and fix? Just use half-inch long nails, and the force is almost half an inch, but isn’t the force required to drive the nails more than doubled?”

When Bi Maokang and the others heard the words, they couldn't stop nodding their heads, their expressions were as reverent as they wanted.

Speaking of this, Zhu Cijiong felt that he had almost finished talking about everything he could think of, and the time was almost up to Xu time, so he waved his hand directly and said: "Okay, let's stop here today, Menghou, let Dongda Construction Shipyard build the Spanish shipyard first." Make fifty super battleships as soon as possible, and strive to go to sea in June. During this period, you organize relevant personnel to organize the working hours, numbers, and personnel supplements, and prepare the production plan. Hundreds of super battleships, no problem."

Bi Maokang nodded confidently and said: "No problem, please rest assured that the emperor will definitely be able to produce [-] super battleships in the second half of this year."

(End of this chapter)