Chapter 125: The family is big, the business is big
From afar, Iger saw his family business.
No, the flow operation itself requires a certain space and distance span, and relying on the Heishui River torrent to provide hydraulic power limits the direction and shape of the production line distribution, which in turn affects the location and appearance of the factory. The factory building is a rectangle fifty or sixty meters long, thirty or forty meters wide, and seven or eight meters high. Covering an area of several thousand square meters, it may not be remarkable in the industrial zone of modern society, but here, in the wilderness outside King's Landing, it is eye-catching and eye-catching enough even to the eyes of Egger, who has guarded the Great Wall, let alone the natives of this world who have not seen much of the world.
Nina told Iger that when the businessman who invested in the second factory saw the "spectacle" a few hundred meters away, he immediately announced that he would join the game. Now that I think about it, this decisiveness was not without reason - hearing is false, seeing is believing, and no matter how much he and Tyrion blew the Night's Watch industry into a frenzy, it was not as convincing as bringing people over and seeing for themselves the astonishing size of the factories and industrial parks.
In addition to one workshop that has already been put into production and another that is under construction, there are also a number of slightly smaller long buildings scattered around the perimeter, which are about the living quarters...... The specific structure was not clear from this distance, so everyone had to move on.
As he approached, Iger made a new discovery, and the entire Night's Watch Industrial Park was surrounded by a wooden fence more than a man high, and the fence stretched slightly in a slight arc towards the end of the field of vision, and God knows how much land Tyrion had circled. The gap is the entrance, and it is like a school and a company in modern society, with doors and large signs...... and a security room. The half-human-high "Night Watch Industry" has a row of large characters, which can be seen from afar.
There was a row of people at the gate, about a dozen, standing on the side of the road looking in the direction of King's Landing, and although they couldn't see their faces clearly, one of them was quite eye-catching, and nine times out of ten it was Tyrion. Jia Kun probably arrived dozens of minutes earlier than Egg, and I don't know how long this row of people waited?
This flattered Egger as he and Tyrion were a partnership, a noble family who contributed only to the Night's Watch industry...... But in public, he always gives himself enough face. There is this kind of god teammate who not only operates the tiger but also gives you a head, takes you to pretend to take you to fly, who knows the sour taste.
Kicking the horse slightly, the four quickly approached the gate.
"Egger, it's hard to go on the expedition with King Robert!"
"I didn't do any, I played for two months! Iger also modestly said, "It's you Tyrion, but I can't even recognize this place!"
Iger dismounted and walked towards his god teammates, the height difference prevented them from hugging each other, and the two had to clapped their hands vigorously and shook hands tightly.
"Attention, this is Egger West, a legend who has traveled all over the world, the chief logistics officer of the Night's Watch Legion, the top manager of the Night's Watch industry, the big boss and the top leader of everyone present, including me!" Tyrion turned and shouted to the rest of the people who were also waiting at the gate, "But don't meet anyone next time and don't know anyone!"
"Welcome Lord Egger!" Due to the suddenness of the incident, the first managers of the Night's Watch industry greeted Egger with loud but uneven voices.
"Hello everyone. Iger smiled and waved his hand, the last time he inspected the paper factory, he was still immersed in the thrill of being a leader, but this time, he was really a big leader: "For some reason, I, the founder who should lead everyone to work together, have not heard from me for two months, but fortunately there is a master with means and wisdom like Tyrion...... Of course, your efforts and hard management have also contributed to it, so please let me say thank you!"
"As it should be!"
"Lord Iger is gracious. ”
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"Okay, skip the meaningless part, we're still expanding, and it's not time to have fun touting each other and sharing money. Tyrion interrupted the politeness of the crowd: "This is the head of the First Workshop, Ryzer. ”
It's the director of the first workshop!" Egger nodded at him, remembering his appearance.
"This is the owner of the construction team working with the Night's Watch, Enoch. ”
Egger, the chief contractor of the engineering team, also wrote down his face and name.
"The first time I received this kind of big job, I have been recruiting, and it is still not enough. In this era of extremely slow infrastructure upgrading, people in construction-related industries - masonry, carpenters and bricklayers - spend most of the year at home in a daze and wait for work.
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Tyrion continued to introduce Egg, and in a short time, the dozen or so people knew each other with Egger, and it was a bit difficult to remember them all, and the Night's Watch could only make sure to ...... In addition, he noticed that most of these people did not have surnames, and even if they did, they were small families that he had never heard of.
This is very good, it can effectively prevent the infiltration and influence of those large families on the night watchman industry, and ensure its pure commerciality.
After the introduction, Tirion waved his hand: "Okay, let's go, take our big boss to visit our industrial park!"
In the vast area enclosed by the fence, large areas of undulating and overgrown land have been leveled, and the roads that have been put into use have been paved with stones to ensure that they are strong. Walk along the gravel path without mud on your feet...... Iger could see the signs on the side of the road indicating the direction and the drainage canals dug on both sides, which connected to the Heishui River, so that even if it rained heavily, the industrial park would not become a country.
In the huge first plant, hundreds of workers are constantly busy, shouting, shouting and commanding, the raw materials are transported to the factory with a small cart, starting from the feeding port into the production line, and going through more than a dozen processes, until the pulp is fished out at the end of the production line, and then sent to another cart to dry and dry...... Obviously, there are not many mechanical existences, but they are forced to be "in full swing" by these passionate workers.
It actually takes several days to go from plant tissue to final paper, but thanks to the advanced system of assembly production, a huge number of undried and uncut pieces of base paper flow out at the end of each production line, every minute.
Resource controllers hire freelance workers to produce at scale for the needs of the market...... To this extent, it is really a bit of an embryonic capitalism. But Iger knew that this was just an illusion of prosperity confined to the small area of the Night's Watch Industrial Park: the level of management and planning in the paper mill had indeed reached the world's leading level, but except for the crushing step, which borrowed water power, the rest of the steps were still largely human...... And in the vast world beyond the wooden fence that encloses the industrial park, Westeros and even the entire world of ice and fire are still backward and ignorant.
In a world where climate changes irregularly, if winter arrives and lasts for a long time, it is easy to nip this boom in the bud: slow development – and then a devastating blow – survive the cold winter – and once again usher in a summer that can provide for a slow recovery of society, and I don't know how long it will last...... It is precisely under this hopeless cycle that the people of the world of ice and fire will get by, have low expectations for the future, and their subjective will to develop and build a society is not strong, and they are still so backward after thousands of years.
(Only by allowing society to develop rapidly in a long summer, to the extent that it can calmly cope with the cold and not let the cold destroy business and scientific achievements, can we get rid of this damn "backwardness cycle.") )
Of course, this is still a matter that only the highest ruling class needs to consider, and Egger has not yet touched that level. Winter has arrived, but there is still a short buffer period of about a few years between the temperature dropping and the beginning of autumn and the official arrival of winter, and what Iger needs to do now is to seize the moment first and ensure that he can survive safely and decently.
According to the rules, leaders always have to say something when they visit, but capital is really the best way to attract talent, and under the planning and improvement of Tyrion to gather this group of smart people, the production model of the paper mill has been at the forefront of the current era...... A navigator who spends his days thinking about how to do business and how to control the direction of the big ship of the night watchman industry is no longer able to provide detailed guidance.
In this case, let's talk less nonsense, no matter what era, laymen lead insiders and superiors blindly command according to their personal ideas, which will cause a waste of manpower and emotional dissatisfaction at the grassroots level.
Iger spoke highly of the workers' mental state and the smooth coordination with each other, and then motioned for the next place. In the cutting and printing workshop, the group left the workshop without stopping and returned to the small scattered building areas they had seen before.
He was not mistaken, these long buildings were the living quarters for the employees. The staff dormitory is a wooden house with straw mats, a canteen with a few cauldrons and countless simple chairs...... Although he knew in his heart that the food and lodging conditions were no worse than those of most ordinary peasants in the world today, Egger couldn't help but sigh: even a guy like Tirion, who was a good person no matter how he looked at it, once he became a capitalist, his exploitative nature was still exposed.
"The dormitory should not leak wind and water, this is the bottom line; when the funds are enough, try to equip a wooden bed, not much better, at least ensure that it is off the ground, insect-proof and moisture-proof. When conditions permit, there will be an infirmary. Iger said to the person in charge of managing logistics, and then looked at the leader of the personnel department: "Employees can't eat big pot rice, wages must be high and low, ordinary and excellent workers are evaluated, skilled workers are paid more, and talents with multiple skills must be retained, which is the most valuable resource!"
"Write it down!" Tyrion sang and sang again.
"Okay, I've seen most of the places, in general...... No, just do a good job, keep it up!" Iger encouraged the crowd, "Next, take me to see the training and work of the security team." ”
Outsiders only thought that they had recruited so many people to defend the factory, but only Egger himself, and at most Tyrion, knew in his heart that what he wanted was a professional army.
Make money, whatever your subordinates do, standing to earn, sitting to earn, lying down or even running...... As long as he makes sure that he has enough money for the time, Egger doesn't care how he came here, but there is only the "Night's Watch Logistics and Security Department", and he wants to personally watch it take shape and grow, so that it can develop completely according to his own ideas!
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