Chapter 678: Grand Duke Kaveh
The operation of the jacquard machine was even smoother than expected, and nothing went wrong. But the outcome depends on the details. When I tried to weave that small piece of brocade before, it was also successfully completed, but there were flaws in the details. This time the official operation, or can only wait for the silk brocade to be completed, there is a way to do a detailed inspection.
The successive visits of the Ruan brothers also brought a group of chamber of commerce managers who were good at management. The original intention was to occupy a dominant position in the R&D and manufacturing center to be established in the future.
If the organization has been established, the internal relations are intertwined, and someone wants to intervene, and if they want to take the lead, they have to take into account the attitudes of all parties. It's not Liwei, it's differentiation and co-optation.
But now there's nothing, it's built from scratch. Even if the Jialong Chamber of Commerce sends more people, they all have to rearrange their respective positions, and who calls automobile manufacturing a new industry that has never existed. Not to mention that these old guys who are used to doing business have to explore, a non-professional traverser has to do the same.
But compared to the advanced management system, if a certain traverser from the earth in the 21st century can't crush this maze of medieval Europe with a technological and cultural process, then he will simply commit suicide. Let's see if black and white impermanence will cross districts to detain the soul and realize his wish to return home.
Just a set of immature procedural process management has already made the chamber of commerce managers who have climbed up from the grassroots craftsmen dumbfounded.
Whoever calls it a fan is still a small workshop thinking, and the so-called large-scale manufacturing is just a large group of people gathering together and doing their own thing. But Lin's planning is meticulous down to the department that controls every component, and finally integrates it. In other words, those involved in manufacturing do not need to learn all the processes.
In addition to facilitating confidentiality, this also helps the craftsmen involved in the production to quickly familiarize themselves with the parts they are responsible for.
In fact, this set has a prototype in the technical guild led by Uzov Gantiya. After contacting the people of the Jialong Chamber of Commerce, they also tried to transform the manufacturing process in their own organization. However, there is not much room to play, after all, the internal operation of the chamber of commerce, which is called mature when it sounds good, and rigid when it is difficult to say, is not so easy to introduce new systems to change, and the people and interests involved are too complicated.
But what Lin proposes for the manufacture of automobiles is a more complete and direct process control. Unlike in the Technology Guild, where Uzov is in control of the situation alone.
Programmed control includes the evaluation of manufacturing efficiency, the mastery of materials and inventory, and some simple quality control and defect rate statistics, so as to highlight the frequent occurrence of problems. As well as a very unique project, the optimal proposed arrangement.
The core algorithm of the last project is actually the most suitable suggestion for the position and number of spools arranged on the jacquard machine. Lin just asked Kaya to modify it and apply it to this management program.
Of course, someone is not from industrial management, but just uses his own vision and ideas to make a general outline. This management program can still be improved, everything has to wait until it is actually running, and then do some actions to fill in the gaps according to the situation. Even so, it made the old stewards of those chambers of commerce feel a burst of fear.
To understand a process or an industry thoroughly, smooth out the process up and down, and let one link after another, these old stewards can also do such things. But how much time does it take to run in, and how much extra wear and loss will be incurred in order to make the work run smoothly.
In the past, it was the experience and memory of the person at the helm who relied on clarification of these things, so it was very important to be in charge of everything. But now all the data is presented in front of you, which has become the basis for the judgment of the controller. As long as your mind is not muddy, you will basically refer to the data to make judgments, and you will not make too exaggerated decisions.
Of course, people with experience and good memory still have an advantage, but this change mainly lowers the threshold for becoming a manager. This never-before-seen method makes these old fritters who have dealt with shopping malls all their lives feel tired.
Lin didn't care about these old men's thoughts and didn't want to deal with them. Whoever told this group of people to appear as soon as they appeared was to have a commanding attitude, relying on the old and selling the old to teach people. That's why someone will throw things one after another that they can't understand, or that are difficult to understand for a while, and then ask one more question, if you can do it, you can do it, and you can do it without using my method.
Maybe they were stimulated to doubt their lives, or maybe they were the Grand Duke of Kaveh who would appear at any time, which invisibly put pressure on them. Under the leadership of Nguyen Van Viet, the stewards of the Gia Long Chamber of Commerce knew how to negotiate with a humble attitude.
However, Grand Duke Kawi's men arrived earlier than expected.
I thought that no matter how fast this group of nobles were, it would take a month before they could appear. This is because there are not many days left before the New Year, which is a very important festival in the world. As a lord, even if you don't have fun with your lords, you should be able to hang out with other nobles and connect with each other, and these activities take time.
Unexpectedly, just a few days after the end of the New Year, Grand Duke Kawi came to the holy city of Estali in person at the recommendation of the Fa Sage Babak Abunahan to meet with a certain magician who was rumored to be.
The Grand Dukes of the Empire, if there is no emperor above, they can all be crowned kings. The strength is not comparable to that of some small city-states.
The sixteen Grand Dukes of the Gwana Empire are basically the same in strength, but the relationship between the current head of the family and the emperor will affect the status of the Grand Duke, close to or far from the power center of the empire. Grand Duke Kavi can be said to be the lowest status grand duke in the era of Emperor Armin, and he is also one of the few great nobles who did not live in the capital of the empire, but lived in his own territory.
Compared with the war-torn past, this era is relatively peaceful, and there is no need for the Grand Duke to personally guard the places. Nobles with a bit of status will choose to plunge into the whirlpool of power in the capital. The management of the family territory naturally has cronies to do it for you. Unless ordered by the emperor, he is not allowed to leave his territory, which is like a criminal nobleman under house arrest.
The main reason why Kavi stayed away from the center of power and stayed in his own one-third of an acre of land was because his hobbies were incompatible with other nobles, or, to put it bluntly, with the current emperor. In order to avoid the annoyance of meeting, he simply retreated to his territory and lived in semi-seclusion. The family's agent in the capital was handed over to his sister-in-law, the future Grand Duke, to worry about.
In addition to the fact that the current emperor of the Gwana Empire is not able to balance his fourteenth son, his wrist is one of the best among the emperors of all ages. Keen on the balance of power, he likes to watch the struggle of his courtiers, but he does not see blood, or even get out of control. Of course, the nobles in the capital knew the bad taste of their emperor, so everyone tacitly played against each other.
The one who watches the play also knows that the one who plays the play is making a play, and the one who plays the play knows that the one who watches the play knows that they are all playing. Everyone is performing, and today they are fighting for a little more, and they are rejoicing; Tomorrow I lost a little bit again, beating my chest and stumbling. Anyway, life is like a play, and there is nothing wrong with acting more.
It was precisely because he couldn't get used to this kind of atmosphere, so Kavi Gong returned to his own territory on the grounds of his advanced age, and came out of sight. In fact, he is younger than the current emperor, Almin Cazarnia, but he is also a grandfather.
Just like the retired old people on the earth, there will always be some hobbies, and the semi-retired Kavi Gong loves all kinds of weapons and novelties.
And because of the peace of this era, he had no reason to expand his armaments on a large scale. Therefore, it is impossible to expand the size of the Duke's Guard without limitation. It's one thing not to want to be with the emperor, it's another thing to die and give people an excuse for a suspected rebellion. Therefore, in the army, Kavi Gong can only find ways to improve the armament of the guards and improve the quality of the soldiers.
However, in terms of weapons and equipment used by individuals, the elderly are not stingy when they spend money. On the one hand, it is also because these 'expensive' things are like a drizzle compared to the Grand Duke's financial resources.
On the other hand, it is also because the old man's status is high, he has collected more things, and his eyes are also vicious, and it is even more difficult for ordinary goods or scammers to pull out a few gold coins from his hands.
In terms of personal force, the other fifteen Grand Dukes were tied up with the Emperor, and they were not the opponents of the Duke of Kavi alone, and the idle liars did not dare to jump in front of him. So what can be in his eyes must have something special.
This time, I came in person to see what good things Babak Abu Nahan was talking about. Back in the days when the Dharma Saint had not yet obtained the title of Dharma Saint and the Grand Duke had not yet inherited the Grand Duke, they had ventured together and traveled in the lost land. Because they know each other, he still trusts this friend's vision.
However, trust is trust, and there is still a distance between the hobbies between the two. Some things that are applauded by the Dharma Saint are not flattering in the eyes of the Grand Duke. When it comes to investing in the industry and revitalizing the use of mines in the territory, Kawei Gong can't help but be unconcerned. It's not a petty thing to buy a sword or a pair of armor.
Therefore, after Kavi Gong and his party arrived in the holy city of Estali, they didn't care whether they were polite or not, and went directly to the house of the Tripwood magician, and caught the people of the Lin and Jialong Chamber of Commerce by surprise. Fortunately, the latter two did not engage in some shady agreements, but the sudden appearance of a powerful third party inevitably disrupted their steps.
Of course, the Grand Duke didn't come alone, in addition to the captain of the First Legion First Magus Brigade who didn't do his job, there were also half of the Duke's Guard. The other half is at home guarding the castle.
An elite army of 500 people, of course, could not break into the holy city of Estali. Regardless of whether the administrators of the Holy City allowed it or not, there was no room in the Holy City to accommodate the army of these five hundred, so most of this group was stationed on the outskirts of the Holy City's Area VI.
The Grand Duke was followed by only two heavily armed knights, a magician, and a deacon dressed as a waiter.
The Grand Duke himself had a short beard, neat short pale hair, and was dressed in a noble dress, which did not hide the magical aura emanating from his body. He is old and energetic, and he looks like a very cheerful person, who can live for hundreds of years, not the kind of bad old man with an abominable face.