Chapter 517 Factory Mode! Mature Rail Craftsmanship!
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Zunhua Iron Smelting Factory is a city that never sleeps.
Even though it was late at night, the entire iron smelting plant was still brightly lit.
"Your Majesty, my lords, the ironworks do not stop their work just because it's dark."
Eunuch Haishou led everyone to inspect the iron smelting factory and explained patiently.
I saw that those blast furnaces were still working around the clock, guiding furnaces of red iron juice out of the blast furnaces and flowing into molds to shape them. After waiting for them to cool, workers quickly stepped forward to load them into trucks. , shipped to the iron smelting plant warehouse.
Although it is still early spring, it is still very hot in the factory area.
All the workers and craftsmen were wearing only a pair of shorts, with bare arms, and were busy working feverishly.
Seeing this scene, Yang Shiqi felt quite curious and couldn't help but speak.
"Eunuch Haishou, it's already dark now, why are you still letting the craftsmen work? Isn't this exploiting them?"
To be honest, Yang Shiqi didn't understand.
Everyone knows that Han King Zhu Gaoxu valued craftsmen and single-handedly changed the humble status of craftsmen in the world.
In this case, Eunuch Haishou knew that Prince Han was coming to inspect, so how could he dare to exploit the craftsmen so openly?
"Mr. Yang may not know that Zunhua Iron Smelting Plant implements a two-shift system."
Eunuch Haishou introduced with a smile, "This is the suggestion of His Highness the King of Han. Two shifts are divided into day shift and night shift, and they rotate every two months."
"Before the rotation, the blast furnace will be inspected once. During the inspection period, the workers will reverse their shifts. Those who used to work the day shift will start working the night shift in the next two months."
Everyone: "???"
What?
Two shifts?
Day shift and night shift?
Damn it, you are such a shameless person!
Everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Zhu Gaoxu, and their expressions became weird.
This Lao Shizi "two shifts" system is obviously to increase the steel armament output of the iron smelting plant, so it operates production day and night like this.
However, can the craftsmen tolerate this?
"I see. No wonder the output of Zunhua Iron Smelting Plant has increased significantly. It turns out that this is how it was done!"
Yang Shiqi nodded and asked with a smile: "But will this make the workers too tired?"
"No." Eunuch Haishou shook his head with certainty.
"Each shift of workers works for six hours, and they can rest for six hours. In fact, the workers wish they could work the night shift every day, because the wages for the night shift will be higher, which is the night shift subsidy, which actually mobilizes the workers The passion of working the night shift..."
Zhu Gaoxu said nothing and listened quietly.
Six hours is twelve hours.
Two shifts are used to ensure the ultra-high output of the iron smelting plant.
There is also a night shift subsidy for working night shifts. In this era, it is really not easy.
This already smells like a factory from later generations!
"Husky, do you understand?"
Yang Shiqi: "???"
Um?
What?
What do I understand?
The Nanyang Prime Minister froze on the spot, obviously confused by the Han prince's questions.
"Zunhua Iron Smelting Plant has not added many people, nor has it increased labor costs. It just put some effort into management, and the work efficiency has been greatly improved. This is the factory's operating model."
"Nanyang can also build factories one after another, such as factories for processing grains, workshops for weaving cloth, etc. The key question is, aren't the indigenous residents of the seven countries in Nanyang lazy? As long as you put the incentive system in front of them, are you afraid of them? Don’t you want to work?”
Hearing this, Yang Shiqi's eyes suddenly lit up and he understood what Zhu Gaoxu meant.
The Han people endure hardships and stand hard work, while the Nanyang natives are lazy and lazy. This is what he has seen with his own eyes.
But there is a certain degree to which it is delicious and lazy to cook.
To put it bluntly, these natives are also greedy, they just don't see the benefits.
As long as you put money and food in front of them, are you still afraid that they won't work?
This kind of management system of Zunhua Iron Smelting Plant is indeed worth learning from.
"Your Highness, Shi Qi understands."
You can't go back, but the Seven Nanyang Kingdoms have become Yang Shiqi's foundation and reliance in a sense.
Being an official in the court also requires help.
The better the construction and development of the Seven Nanyang Kingdoms, the more stable Yang Shiqi's position in the court will be!
What's more, the imperial court has a system. Outstanding students from the seven Nanyang countries can also join the central court as officials. Those people can be called his disciples of Yang Shiqi!
In other words, regardless of whether Yang Shiqi can return to Nanyang after returning to Beijing to report on his duties this time, he is tightly tied to the fate of the seven Nanyang countries.
"Let's go and see the Rail Forge!"
Zhu Gaoxu has always been obsessed with railway tracks, or in other words, he has high hopes!
It is a railroad track after all!
Damn it, the railroad tracks have appeared, can the train be far away?
When Yang Shiqi and others heard this, they nodded enthusiastically.
They have not forgotten the grand idea proposed by His Highness the King of Han.
This is a rail forging workshop. There are no walls around the huge workshop, but there is a canopy above the head, supported by stone pillars.
Zhu Gaoxu and his group stood aside, watching the red iron juice flow out of the diversion basin and pour into a long mold.
Dozens of workers stood next to the hot mold, watching the red iron juice flow inside the mold. From time to time, they waved the tools in their hands to stir or smooth the iron juice in the mold to ensure that the iron juice was formed as quickly as possible.
The workers looked very nervous, firstly because of their own safety, and secondly because this was a very critical stage.
If there are too many pores in the formed rail, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net this section of rail will be considered destroyed, because such a substandard product will break soon after it is installed and used.
After all, the rails were originally forged to carry heavy objects such as ore and steel, so they suffered serious wear and tear.
Once the track is too worn, it must be replaced, so rails with quality problems cannot be put into use at all.
The use of the mold brother made Yang Shiqi and others confused.
They didn't expect that this small mold could withstand the burning of the red iron juice!
"Your Majesty, my lords, of these two types of rails, one is used on straight roads and the other is used on curves."
"Of course, this kind of rail car requires a large turning radius. If the car turns too sharply, the center of gravity will be unstable and the car will easily roll over."
Eunuch Haishou pointed to the formed iron tracks and introduced with a smile: "The two holes in the track head are used to connect the two sections of track. In fact, the most troublesome thing now is right here. The joint is very Easy to loosen."
"Once it becomes loose, it will cause great hidden dangers. The method we are taking now is to seal the joints after installing the track. When it needs to be replaced, it can be cut. Although it is more troublesome, for the sake of safety, it is also That’s all we can do…”
"It was very troublesome to make this thing at first. Fortunately, after the prince's advice, the iron smelting factory made the first batch of tracks with grinding tools. After gaining experience, the rest of the things became much simpler. Now the iron smelting factory The process of forging iron tracks in the factory is very mature."
To be honest, eunuchs just feel at ease when doing things.
Not only can people get things done for you, but they also speak nicely.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at these railway tracks with a dazed expression.
Daming, it’s time to establish a railway bureau!
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