Chapter 411: Change

In order to completely transform the craftsman battalion and become a manufacturing bureau in its own mind, it is not enough to have the incentives and management of the shareholding and personnel system, but also to make a huge adjustment to its internal operating mechanism.

The previous artisan battalion undertook very complicated tasks, manufacturing, repairing all kinds of ordnance and providing more than ten kinds of military supplies, from spears, swords, to arrows, shields, as well as soldiers' belts, harnesses, metal triggers and guide troughs on the crossbow, and even arrows and the chews, saddles, horseshoes needed on the military carriages, all kinds of things, as long as it is something needed in the army, the above will throw the task to the artisan battalion, so that the craftsmen of the craftsman battalion can get out, such a benefit, for the people above, is to save trouble, as long as there is a craftsman battalion, any problem can be solved, but the same, such disadvantages are also obviousThat is, the work efficiency of the artisan battalion is very low, and from the perspective of military logistics support, such an arrangement is extremely inefficient.

As a person with an advanced level of management cognition, Yan Liqiang certainly did not allow his manufacturing bureau to become a bloated and slow-moving behemoth, so on the second day after he came to the craftsman camp, he made drastic changes to streamline and reform the business of the manufacturing bureau.

In the manufacture of weapons in the manufacturing bureau, Yan Liqiang only kept two categories: spears and arrows.

The spear is because there is a large ash forest on the mountain on the side of the manufacturing bureau, which is the strength of the craftsman bureau, a signboard for decades, there is no need to give up, the spear made by the manufacturing bureau is of reliable quality and excellent, it is the most standard ordnance of the Han Empire, in addition to being able to use it yourself, it can still be sold at a good price to the garrison in Pingxi County and the people who practice martial arts, and there is no need to worry about the market, so it is retained.

Similarly, the arrows made by the artisan battalion are also high-quality military supplies, and arrows are consumables, and the consumption of arrows is very huge when it comes to the real war, even if there is no war, there is also a huge consumption in the entire Pingxi County army and the people on weekdays, so the manufacture of arrows has also been retained.

In addition to these two things, the various tasks and things that the other craftsmen and craftsmen had undertaken before were all cut down by Yan Liqiang, and those miscellaneous things had nothing to do with the craftsman camp from now on.

And even the manufacture of spears and arrows preserved by the Manufacturing Bureau, the manufacturing method adopted by Yan Liqiang shocked everyone.

Yan Liqiang did not plan to produce these two things in the manufacturing bureau at all, but planned to hand them over to the villagers of the two villages around the manufacturing bureau to produce.

When Yan Liqiang convened a meeting of the stewards and craftsmen in the manufacturing bureau and expressed their thoughts at the meeting, everyone was dumbfounded.

"In that case, then we have to make craftsmen...... What's the use of the manufacturing bureau? And how can the quality of the ordnance made by the villagers in those villages and towns outside be guaranteed?" an upright craftsman immediately stood up and asked his own question.

In Yan Liqiang's previous life, this was a typical "company plus farmer" production model, and it was also an extension of the idea of cultivating and managing suppliers, of course, this set of things at this time was a huge conceptual challenge for many people in the manufacturing bureau, because no one thought that they could use this way to produce ordnance.

Yan Liqiang didn't tell everyone about the big truth and the advantages of this model, but simply and concisely said the way to operate," The first step is to send craftsmen and craftsmen to teach the villagers how to make arrows and spears, these two kinds of ordnance are not technically difficult to manufacture, not much more difficult than weaving mats, as long as they are attentive, those villagers will learn it, after they learn to make it, we can give things like ash and arrow clusters on credit to the villagers in the villages and towns we work with, so that they can process them at home during the slack time, and after they process, we are responsible for recycling, giving them a suitable price, of course, when recycling, we have requirements for qualityIn this way, we can not spend a penny, we can expand the production capacity of arrows and spears produced by the manufacturing bureau several times, and if we calculate the production cost, we can also reduce the production cost of arrows and spears, and we are responsible for selling things, so that profits can be guaranteed, which is a win-win situation!"

A group of people listened to Yan Liqiang say this, and looked at each other one by one, not knowing how to say it at all, thinking about it carefully, Yan Liqiang's method seemed to be ...... It seems to work as well......

"That's it...... You can give it a try!" Qian Su said after consideration, "I can ask someone to find the village chiefs of the two villages near our manufacturing bureau, talk to them first, and see what they mean!"

Yan Liqiang smiled, this kind of thing, for those villagers who usually have no extra income, just rely on selling some eggs for money when they catch the market, as long as the manufacturing bureau releases a rumor, Yan Liqiang believes that the enthusiasm of those villagers will definitely scare everyone, he will test the water with arrows and spears this time, and wait until this thing is done, let the people of the manufacturing bureau find out the experience, and let those villagers taste the sweetness, he still has a big move behind.

"Well, then do as Uncle Qian said, first find the village chief to talk, let the village chief go back to blow the wind, if they want, we will send someone to teach them how to make this thing, as long as we give the recycling price of an arrow or a spear, and then control the quality of recycling, the rest, basically we don't have to worry about it, if those villagers are not at ease, we can sign the contract with them first, and everyone will come according to the contract!" Yan Liqiang said.

"Don't worry about quality, we used to make ordnance rules, are to engrave dominoes on the ordnance to leave a name, once the ordnance has a problem, you can directly find the production of the craftsman battalion and craftsmen, if you don't do it well, you will lose your head, now although our craftsman battalion has become a manufacturing bureau, but this rule is still necessary, if you buy the villagers' things, then let the people who receive the acceptance leave a mark on the things that are received, and if there is a problem, you will find the person responsible for the acceptance!"

"Well, just do it, the Manufacturing Bureau will set up an ordnance production department to be responsible for this matter, and the manpower of the ordnance production department will be arranged by Uncle Qian!"

"Good!"

"In addition to the ordnance production department, the manufacturing bureau will also set up a vehicle production department, in a short period of time, our Ganzhou manufacturing bureau is only divided into these two departments, Uncle Qian will tell you about our arrangements and adjustments!"

Qian Su nodded, and didn't say anything, just handed over a few sketches of the four-wheeled carriage that Yan Liqiang had drawn last night, and asked one of the craftsmen and stewards at the meeting to pass it around to each other......

In just an instant, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became warm.

Then Qian Su began to announce the relevant personnel adjustment and production of four-wheeled carriage arrangements, on the same day, the division of labor and personnel of the two major departments of the entire manufacturing bureau was clear, and the entire manufacturing bureau also began to move, especially the vehicle manufacturing department, directly began to adjust and arrange the production tasks of each workshop and yard, and prepare materials.

The production of a carriage involves many links, and Yan Liqiang has arranged production tasks for almost all craftsmen and workshops, from blacksmiths, to carpenters, to lacquerers, to leatherworkers, coppersmiths, and silversmiths.

Yan Liqiang was not idle, and on the same day, he and a few skilled and reliable old craftsmen selected by Qian Su went headlong into a secret blacksmith workshop specially set aside in the manufacturing bureau, and buried themselves in the springs.

Yan Liqiang knows the method of making springs, which is to wind the iron wire into a spiral, then quench it at high temperature, and then temper it at medium temperature.

But if you know, you still have to explore in the blacksmith shop how to operate it, how to grasp the heat, and how to choose the steel or iron material used to make the spring......

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