Daming Military Empire

Chapter 360 Improving Production
Accompanied by Bi Maokang and others, Zhu Cijiong took a full three hours to review the entire production process of the super battleship. It was still the red sun at noon when they set off, and they had just had lunch. The sky is full, and it's almost time for dinner.

It is naturally impossible for Zhu Cijiong to eat at the shipyard. The emperor's diet is very particular. Without a hundred and ten people, he can't serve him at all. And he only brought a total of more than ten people, and the imperial chef didn't bring a single one. According to regulatory requirements, even though the executives of the shipyard had prepared a sumptuous dinner and earnestly persuaded them to stay, Zhu Cijiong still signaled Bi Maokang to push it away.

When the group rushed back to the Daming, a sumptuous royal banquet had already been prepared on board. Zhu Cijiong gave a few of his cronies to finish the dinner together, and hurried to the meeting room with Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng, Sun Yuanhua, and Cao Huachun. Ready for a meeting.

The combination of these four people seems a bit strange, a minister of the Ministry of Industry, a minister of the Ministry of War, a left servant of the Ministry of Industry and an admiral of the East Factory. There is a bright lamp in front of me, and there are four treasures of the study, and even the ink has been polished!
Zhu Cijiong didn't explain the purpose of doing this. After calling everyone to sit down, he called by name and said: "Eunuch Cao, you are responsible for recording. Every word I say must be written down for reference."

Cao Huachun quickly picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and said respectfully: "My minister obeys the order."

Zhu Cijiong glanced around, and immediately said seriously: "Menghou, I want to increase the production of super battleships in Dongda Construction Shipyard to [-] within a year."

Hearing this, Bi Maokang made a mistake and didn't spit out all the dinner he had just eaten. How could this be possible? He didn't care so much, and directly cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive my boldness. This super battleship has a complicated structure. Skilled craftsmen cannot participate in production, and now almost all the skilled craftsmen in the artisan households have been recruited, it is impossible to double the production within a year!"

Zhu Cijiong was not angry, but nodded and said: "Well, there are not enough personnel. This question is well asked. I will teach you how to double the number of personnel."

Hearing this, Bi Maokang couldn't help but grabbed the brush and acted like he was listening intently. The emperor never brags, if he said there is a way, then there is definitely a way.

Sure enough, Zhu Cijiong immediately explained: "I have carefully reviewed the production process of super battleships today. There are many places where skilled craftsmen are not necessary, but there are also some places where skilled craftsmen are not required, such as the turnover of materials. Take a car of wooden cubes as an example. After processing in the wood processing factory, the skilled craftsman who processed the wooden cubes personally sent them to the steward for counting and putting them into storage. How much time wasted in this process of moving and counting into the warehouse? Is the time of the craftsman wasted? When it comes to production and assembly, the skilled craftsman goes to order and pick the materials himself. He can’t do anything during this time. How much time is wasted? There are also fixed keels, wood Generally, they are very large and heavy, and skilled craftsmen climb up and down together, lifting one and fixing one, so how much time is wasted? These purely physical tasks such as the handling process do not require skilled craftsmen at all. Recruit some apprentices to carry it, and you should be able to get started immediately, so that the number of personnel can be doubled soon."

Bi Maokang remembered that something was wrong, he couldn't help but put down his pen, and said carefully: "Your Majesty, the material is not so easy to distinguish, there are thousands of kinds of wood alone, and he doesn't know what to do if he recruits an apprentice casually. What materials to carry!"

Zhu Cijiong continued to nod and said: "This question is also well asked. I will teach you how to let an apprentice who doesn't understand anything find the required materials accurately."

Bi Maokang picked up the pen in doubt, with a confused look on his face, this seems a bit impossible!
Zhu Cijiong directly took the pen and paper from Sun Yuanhua next to him, and drew the outline of a super battleship with a few strokes, and then marked each part with numbers such as one, two, three, and four. Bi Maokang stared blankly at the outline of the battleship Figure, I have no idea what the emperor means.

This is actually a very common thing in the factories of later generations. To put it bluntly, it is the material number. Almost everything produced in later generations has a material number. This number has a great effect.

Zhu Cijiong pushed the outline drawing to Bi Maokang, and explained in detail: "There are many materials for a battleship, but the total number will not reach 99. We can number all the materials, which is less than [-]. Then use four digits, nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine types are all enough to use four digit numbers, for example, the first digit number is one for a deck, and then subdivided, for example, the material of a deck cabin is one one, The material of the gun door is one or two, etc., and then to the third place, such as the material of the cabin floor is one one one, the material of the cabin wall is one one two, etc., and then to the fourth place, such as the first floor of the cabin floor The number of the first block is [-], and the number of the second block is [-]. When the materials are put into storage, a special person can be directly sent to make dents in the uniform position with steel characters, and then wipe them on. Paints of various colors, such as red at the beginning and green at the beginning of the second, put the red ones together, and the green ones next to each other. People who get materials like this will know where to pick the materials as long as they look at the colors. Just look at the number and you will know what materials you should receive."

Bi Maokang finished recording, and immediately cupped his hands and said: "The emperor is so wise, this humble minister is really enlightened, enlightened!"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said: "Menghou, you don't have enough Maos, this number has more than just one function."

Bi Maokang immediately picked up his pen and eagerly said: "Please teach me, Your Majesty."

Zhu Cijiong patiently explained: "This numbering is a big project. First, you need to organize relevant personnel to compile a complete "Battleship Material Numbering Encyclopedia", indicating the name, purpose, size, quantity and other information of the materials in detail."

This is indeed a big project. There are thousands of materials for a battleship, and there are at least a dozen copies of the "Compendium of Battleship Material Numbers".

Zhu Cijiong continued to explain: "After the "Compendium of Battleship Material Numbering" is compiled, the warehouses will be re-divided according to the numbering. The artisans responsible for the production of each part only need to go to a warehouse to collect all the materials, which saves a lot of time.”

Bi Maokang nodded while writing down, the admiration in his eyes became more and more intense, even Wang Zheng and Sun Yuanhua couldn't help but record it. Although this material number is a thing that can be seen everywhere in later generations, but at this moment in the Ming Dynasty , is really an advanced management experience, if it can be promoted, the production efficiency of all walks of life in the entire Ming Dynasty will increase significantly!
(End of this chapter)