1890 King of Southeast Asia

Watching everyone heading towards the factory they were interested in, Liu Yiming turned around and took Xu Hui back to the mortar factory. The person in charge here was Qian Jin, the factory director and technician. He had studied mechanical manufacturing in Germany and had acquired the Germans' faults, pursuing quality and stability.

This was originally a good thing, but for mortars, there was no need to pursue precision and performance too much. The most suitable country for making mortars was actually Tsarist Russia, which was stupid, big, black and rough, but it could be used, which was the best.

Not to mention that Liu Yiming didn't need to shoot very accurately, just being able to shoot roughly would be fine. Liu Yiming's design was basically a tube plus a bracket. There were no adjustable nuts on the bracket, and the shooting angle could only be adjusted by adjusting the land. It was a real emergency item.

But Qian Jin didn't think so. Not only did he thicken or lengthen the barrel, he also replaced the integrated gun mount with an adjustable detachable type, and added three gears to the bracket to adjust the shooting angle. Qian Jin made all three gears by hand. The production time of the three gears was almost half of the work time of the entire gun.

Liu Yiming considered the simple structure of the Type 97 mortar, which has also been tested in the battlefields of Southeast Asia. The manufacturing process and materials have low requirements, the processing difficulty is low, the gun body is light, etc. However, the thickened barrel is for safety reasons, and the lengthened barrel is to increase the range. Unfortunately, only the idea is good.

"Qian Jin, you should know now that the purpose of making this gun is to cover the opponent with firepower, not to fight with cannons." Liu Yiming smiled.

"We have materials, so we can make qualified test products as soon as possible. This is a close-range support artillery, and I will use it for emergency. You can slowly study the improved version in the future. First, complete the production of the 81 mortar, and then consider the production of barreled artillery."

"Is it so soon to use the barrel? The workers have no experience!" Qian Jin was both excited and anxious.

"It doesn't matter. You will have experience if you work harder. Experience is something that you can't get out of thin air if you don't work."

"According to the design drawings, produce a few sample guns first!" Liu Yiming observed the three gears.

This is the most important thing for Liu Yiming today. The group of people just now were just incidental.

Afterwards, Xu Hui took Liu Yiming to the gunpowder factory, where smokeless propellant, that is, nitrocellulose, was produced, and it had been replaced in the bullets of some guns. It was just not full, otherwise they would not be able to control it.

The production of nitrocellulose has been gradually expanded. In the future, bullets and shells can all use nitrocellulose as propellant, which can be regarded as increasing the firing rate of artillery.

"We have almost finished touring the industrial zone. What do you think?" Xu Hui asked.

"Everyone is working hard, and the output is getting higher and higher. We have established a small military industrial system. We have won this battle!"

"However, it also highlights that our management is chaotic and lacks manpower, resulting in little improvement in efficiency. In addition, we have manufacturing equipment, but we dare not start making it because we lack suitable people. A group of people can't even operate the machine, let alone use it."

"Xu Hui, next, urge the artillery factory to produce the mortar as soon as possible. Also, make a plan, a procurement plan, and ask for what you need as soon as possible. The Dutch haven't come to their senses yet. Once they come, the port can't enter, and it will be too late to ask for anything." Liu Yiming estimated that he had been out for most of the day and was ready to go back to the headquarters to deal with the documents and then sort out the new information in the data machine.

As a result, when he walked to the door, he found Li Ziyao standing at the door. When he saw Liu Yiming, he walked straight towards him.

"Commander Liu, I studied management, and I found that there are some problems with the management of this factory." He took out a small notebook as he said.

"Commander Liu, the purpose of establishing an industrial zone is to reduce costs, whether it is transportation, storage or time costs, but here, the utilization rate of coal in the coking coal factory is low, and every time a furnace is burned, everyone goes to deal with by-products, and the coking oven is idle in the middle of the time. Except for some by-products that cannot be processed, the rest can be directly transported through pipelines. Now this process is a huge waste!"

"There are also these chemical plants. They do a good job in safety, but there is a huge waste in production, whether it is raw materials, finished products, or time. I just went to a finished product warehouse. The accounts were messy. The finished products pulled in were kept together with the raw materials. I took a look at the accounts and there was no record of raw materials in and out."

"The most important thing is actually their terminals, steel mills and arsenals. There is no problem with the accounts and management, but the consumption is too high. The warehouse and production planning are unreasonable. A lot of workers' time is spent waiting, but the raw materials are piled up in the warehouse."

Liu Yiming looked at the questionnaire written on the notebook. The items were clear, and some even listed data.

"For example, here on the bullet production line, adding one more process before starting can effectively utilize the spare time of the intermediate production line. It is expected to increase the output by 8% to 10%."

"There is also the issue of workers' working hours. Currently, they all work in three shifts. The upstream industry has formed a relatively complete mechanization and industrialization, so there is no problem with three shifts. However, the downstream industry is a combination of manual work and there are not many mechanical equipment. Three shifts cannot improve work efficiency."

"I suggest reducing the number of workers in the upstream industry and supplying them to downstream enterprises, especially machinery manufacturing plants and arsenals. With more workers, production will be faster, and the raw materials provided by the upstream industry are sufficient for the time being."

"You have made all this in a short while?" Liu Yiming silently estimated. It only took an hour or two. How could this man see so much?

"It was sorted out by my combination of production records and inventory records." Li Ziyao said calmly.

"Commander Liu, I suggest you see?" Li Ziyao was more concerned about this issue.

"Wait a little, I have to study, so, you come with me." Liu Yiming took Li Ziyao to Xu Hui's office again.

"Where did you go to school before?" Liu Yiming asked, Li Ziyao replied.

"Harvard University, I went to a master's degree, something happened at that time, and then I came back."

"Have you been to which places before? Are they all in Badavia?"

"Not. After I came back, I went to DIE Qing. The Westernization Movement was in full swing. If we want to show ambitions, there are neither foreigners nor Die Qing people. People do n’t need us. Later, I went to a British trading company. After staying for half a year, I was crowded out. I finally changed my job to a shipyard in Singapore. It didn't take long after I found that they couldn't see the yellow race. When I was in the Singapore Shipyard, I met some sailors. They mentioned that a large number of arms were installed, and the destination was Surabaya, so they all thought that when the independence of Surabaya was false news, I felt that it was true that the Dutch would not buy it. So many old British guns.

"Your experience is very rich, why haven't you thought about picking up the family?"

"No matter how big you do business in Badavia, in the United States, you can also use money. In the UK, you can live well with money. Perhaps it is okay in France, but the difference is not bad. Asia, the bigger the business is, the closer to the death. The twenty -four years old this year, I experienced two Turkish riots. Said excitement.

"I planned to go to the United States. At least he was more friendly to rich people, but just after hearing the news of Surabaya's independence, I came here. I hope to get rid of the past life. I hope my child can live in the same age and the same species of the same age. In the environment, I was desperate, but the news of Surabaya's independence came, and I thought, I want to come, even if it was a small soldier, I died under the muzzle of the Dutch, which was stronger than this. "

Liu Yiming was silent. All the strong bases in East India, where Chinese people survived, the Chinese live a wealthy but facing life. One day, a group of local people rushed into your yard, insulting your wife, killing Dead your son and take away your wealth, and the Dutch will not allow the Chinese to investigate the responsibility afterwards.

"Therefore, I want to change this situation, how to change? Always hurt the colonists, hurt the natives, and let them dare not look at us anymore. And we may not see one day at all, but the day cannot always do this? As long as we do it, there is always something to change, then we can do what I can and speed up this day. Essence

"Okay, don't be confused, let alone despair, how can you change what you don't do? Only after you know, rest assured, we will win!" Looking at Xu Hui's office, Liu Yiming faced Li Ziyao firmly Said.

Pushing Xu Hui's office, Liu Yiming said to Xu Hui happily.

"Xu Hui, I found a big baby for you! Come, Ziyao comes in, this is Xu Hui, you know, our industry is governed by him, Xu Hui, this is Li Ziyao, Harvard University studied management, in the Many companies have worked. He just told me his views on the industrial area. I think there is still some reason. You see. "Liu Yiming said, and handed him Li Ziyao's book.

Xu Hui also wondered why he came back. After listening to Liu Yiming's words, he became looking forward to it, and slowly looked at the content of the book.

"Have work experience?" Xu Hui looked at the clear table.

Li Ziyao said to Liu Yiming.

"Okay! Commander Liu, I want this person." Xu Hui first said to Liu Yiming.

"Just say it, just call me, this is to send you! Who can still grab you?" Liu Yiming said with a smile.

"Li Ziyao, I call you Ziyao. You will be my secretary for the time being. What do you think about the factory? Investigate more, organize a plan, and then make changes."