Chapter 40: It's not just about storage
Even if we try to unify the ammunition system, it is impossible to make the shells and medicine packs stuffed in the chamber of the artillery the same size as the rifle bullets in the hands of the infantry, right? However, it is possible to ensure that the outer packaging size of the container is the same.
Not only the guys in the hands of the soldiers have to eat bullets, but the soldiers also have to eat, drink, and sleep, and the vehicles also need fuel spare parts and consumables. Of course, even Wei Geri, who came from the intelligence department, could not have known these things, let alone slammed his jaw to the ground in fear of the logistics list that was long enough to wrap people.
And it's not just about the speed of transport from the point of departure to the point of destination. The Bi-Moon Church has official warehouses, Lancas also has countless civilian warehouses, and Elta certainly has many warehouses, and even Uffy Mondridge has several warehouses inside and outside the city of Hirzi that classify and store all kinds of materials - not the public warehouses of the Western Expeditionary Army, but private warehouses set up for the magic spear team.
To expect the entire army, and indeed the entire country, to be so concentrated in the stack of foreign goods—not just flat stacks, but also boxes stacked on top of each other, stacked as high as a building, in terms of site efficiency alone, which was unimaginable to Vergery.
Of course, there are standards for containers, there are standards for the bolts that fix the octagonal corners of the containers, there are standards for the size of the pallets, and even the technology of radio frequency tags itself is composed of countless national standards, general standards in the world, and general standards in the industry.
Even next door, the granary that had been infiltrated by the magicians of the Double Moon Church, the seemingly loose woven bags were copied and produced one after another from the standardized production line. One on the left and one on the right, no one can see the difference.
Identical and complex objects, which is a prerequisite for standardization. And to achieve a standardized level of productivity and productivity, neither of which is the same as either Elta or the native part of the Bilunar Church, neither of which is present.
Even if Vergery personally supervised it, Eufael Mondrich indicated that the supplies to be sent outside the city—those that could be done by horse-drawn carts—had to be searched through several warehouses in the city to be replenished. It's like why a Chinese medicine shop has a cabinet with all the names of the medicines written on it at the back, and why the guy is required to remember the approximate location of all the medicines.
How simple is the idea of sticking a note to a box – but how difficult is it to put into practice? For example, if there are two layers of 3X3 wooden boxes, how can the middle box on the first floor see the note? Okay, then all the boxes are only stacked in one layer of longitudinal rows, who can guarantee the stability?
Is it necessary to change the form that records the contents and conditions of the goods every time the layout is changed or taken in and out? Well, you can solve this problem with cards or loose-leaf prints, but neither of them has yet been invented in this world.
What's more, standardized loading and unloading boxes, even crates, have not yet been born in this world. Even transoceanic cargo ships can't pile up much on the deck, so can you expect a wooden ship to give you a big opening in the amidship? Without neat, uniformly made boxes, who would dare to easily stack them on top of each other?
In fact, in various warehouses outside Mendong City, even the bag packaging standards have not been unified. The Bimoon Church has its own standard for magic powder bags, but when it comes to acquisition, it still depends on the weight of the purchase. As for other bulk items, the craftsmen of various hand-woven bags will not think of standardization, not to mention that there will be various errors in the idea of standardization. No matter how precise the human hand is, the level of detail when repeating the same work at the same time is not comparable to that of a machine.
These confluence factors contribute to the indisputable fact that even without taking into account the travel time of logistics, the flow of goods in the world outside of Mendong City is ridiculously slow.
In fact, the word "logistics" has only been around the portal for twenty years. Only when there is demand can there be motivation and conditions for setting standards. In other words, if the Bilunar Church pushes for a package of international standards, from weights and measures to technical standards, in this global way, then even if the religion falls and the gods of this world do not exist, these standards will still exist in the world.
It's a pity that these rat-eyed things don't know how to camp here.
Well, I don't blame them. Capital and industry must develop to a certain extent before people have the idea of development, but it is most likely to give birth to the existence of the coexistence of capital and industry at the same time - the country of the red dragon has been completely defeated by the Church of the Two Moons, and it has not forgotten to raise one foot on the coffin board for two hundred years......
Domestic online shoppers can enjoy the service of ordering shampoo, potato chips, and even mobile phones, computers and even refrigerators online to be delivered the next day, which is also the credit of capital after dozens of evolutions.
Thanks to the e-commerce that almost occupies the physical business to the moribund, and the living habits that the majority of consumers have gradually developed to be lazy and industrious, now a certain Feng Express from the magic capital can arrive in Huadu or the imperial capital in just one day. If he told Wei Geri that he only had to move his fingers in Xierqi and calculate how many magic fans there were, and someone would come to collect his goods and deliver them that afternoon, how would he feel? I'm afraid he will think that the foreign affairs receptionist in front of him is talking in his sleep.
Under the Bilunar Church, the list he asked for would probably take several days to complete. And this is in the other world he thinks, in our society, this kind of speed is unimaginable, it will be complained, do you know it or not? Customers want to be angry!
They came to this yard after a short lunch, thinking that this was just a sub-warehouse, but he didn't expect that from the fragile crystal cups, to all kinds of ready-to-wear, to all kinds of packaged food that he didn't expect, seeing that the door crane and forklift kept going up and down, and the iron box was opened and poured out of the goods and closed and sent back to the original place or sent to other places, he almost let the goods line up for his inspection......
Suffice it to say that if he hadn't had to inspect every single piece of cargo - or spot checks, they would have been delivered to the dock before the afternoon broadcast. In this regard, Vejery did have some anxiety.
In a trance, except for the shipment, the other stages of the transaction have been completed.
"Then, your share of the magic powder trade has been fully distributed." The foreign affairs receptionist who came to receive and accompanied him bowed slightly. "If you have time, please share dinner with our higher-ups. Distinguished guests are thousands of miles away, and neglecting to entertain is really detrimental to the friendship of our guests and hosts. ”
Again, the words were full of diplomatic rhetoric, and when translated into Elta's lingua franca, it was a long list. But the meaning of the words is very clear, there should be more intimate topics to be discussed at the table, and it is estimated that he will not be allowed to say no.
"Gladly."
Vejery had been wondering what the hell was the little box that those yellow-skinned Otherworlders were holding in their hands? Although the shapes are different, almost everyone has one. The messenger who had seen Eufay Mondridge had come to see them once in the afternoon, and he was also holding a small light green flat box that he had not brought with him on his previous trips, could it be the wand of the Otherworldly?
While he was still confused, the foreign affairs receptionist put down the mobile phone in his hand. Almost at the same time, the group of black cars that had transported the caravan from the hotel had left the dock in the morning and had taken them from the hotel reappeared.
They were waiting outside the door, just waiting for that order. These domestically produced electric sedans are now regarded as the highest-spec buses except for the reception of domestic VIPs and the Elta royal car - although they are domestic products made by a certain three-letter domestic car company.
These domestic electric cars, which are not up to the style in the eyes of domestic fans, have worthless plastic shells and paint, and have been criticized for not only the piano black of the village cannon or the village gun, but also the body curves that almost copy the joint venture models of the same industry, and even the interior decoration that really redefines the word low.
Nothing else, just take the big leather sofa in the back seat, even if it is a fake imitation leather texture, it is also a sofa. No matter how much he tried to make a difference, he wouldn't care about the texture of the leather in such a "princely and aristocratic" chair - let alone in the car.
As soon as the electric car stopped in front of him, the guard on the co-pilot immediately opened the door and got up, opened the door on the side of the merchant group, and the foreign affairs usher and the small officer who took the lead nodded in motion, and then immediately stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please.
The driver opened the door on the other side. They hold the door with one hand and the door frame with the other, and will not close both doors at the same time until all the members of the business group are in the car.
The foreign affairs receptionist did not follow the car, he took out a pack of cigarettes and shook out one and just lit it - the filter was inserted into his mouth before he remembered that this is a warehouse and fireworks are strictly prohibited. He shook his head and walked out the small door of the warehouse behind the convoy.
After that, the sound of the lighter's hinges opening was heard.
If you want to talk about the night view of Mendong City, it is better than one day. Although it is not as good as the cities in China, and it is not as good as the water trees and silver flowers such as the Ten Mile Ocean Field, it is proper and stress-free to call the uncle in front of Hirzi and even Lancas.
On the other side of the lobby of the Mendong Hotel, the restaurant leads. This restaurant does not usually provide guests with meals like other hotels, and it has not yet reached the point of opening to the public, and now the chefs have not been recruited, and there is just a lot of room that looks much more luxurious and manageable than ordinary meals.
As for letting the merchant group from this enemy country go to the restaurant of the guest house to eat? That's obviously not the right number. Fortunately, except for the chef, the kitchen is fully equipped, so the chef naturally borrowed it from the guest house.
Steaming, frying and frying is naturally not a difficult task for a chef from a party school restaurant and a state-run hotel. The only one who is sitting on pins and needles is Wei Jieli, who is still on the road, who he meets at this Hongmen banquet and what he will say, he is really unsure.