China Heavy Industries.

Management Meeting.

Steam Engine Factory, Coke Refinery, Miyun Iron Mine, Miyun Iron Plant, Engineering Team, Railway Engineering Team, R&D Division, Honeycomb Coal Chamber of Commerce.

Nearly 100 managers, as well as middle-level and above managers from the outer cabinet, and more than 20 military attachés, sat in the conference hall in an orderly manner.

People wear uniform uniforms, both workers and soldiers, all wear the uniforms of China Heavy Industry, but the left chest of the military household, in addition to embroidering the swallow icon, is also edged with gold wire.

On the long row of tabletops, there are tea jars filled with tea prepared by the clerk's room, providing people with drinking to quench their thirst.

No one looked at each other, staring solemnly ahead, listening carefully to the speech.

A raised platform ahead.

The underside of the platform is hollowed out to form a well, and the sound is amplified by the resonant echoes of the well.

A large water tank is placed next to each side of the high platform to create an echo effect.

In the semi-enclosed space, the sound on the stage spreads and everyone can hear it clearly.

Zhu Gaochi stood behind the podium, and the manuscript was prepared by himself.

"If you want to get rich, build roads first."

"Only superior transportation capacity can ensure the circulation of goods and promote the prosperity of the market."

"Jianghuai is richer than the rest of the region, and commerce is more developed, giving birth to all kinds of goods, and it is its waterways that extend in all directions that provide convenience for the transportation of goods."

"The railway in the whole territory of Beiping must be opened to traffic this year, and with it, the transportation cost will be lower than that of the Jianghuai area."

"In order to promote the development of the economy and the prosperity of the market, we must increase the number of goods and improve people's consumption level."

"All kinds of ironware, machines, coke, coal, honeycomb coal, new coal stoves, water pipes through water towers, drinking water into homes, and so on."

"As well as the coke refinery is exploring chemical fertilizers that can increase grain production, kerosene that can be burned, tar that can be used for antiseptics, asphalt, etc."

"These new commodities have become an industrial chain, which not only improves social productivity, but also promotes the economy and facilitates people's livelihood."

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"Raise people's income levels, increase well-off homes, increase the consumption power of the market, and form a virtuous circle."

"And the current commodities are not enough, and the consumption power of the market cannot be completely stimulated."

"China Heavy Industry takes from the people for the people, and the profits created must be used to repay the society, and the silver will not be accumulated, but all spent to promote the circulation of capital."

Some people listened drowsily, some listened with frowns and pondered, and some listened with a smile on their faces.

Zhou Shifeng's desktop has an inkstone, holding a fine brush, and recording the key points in the little prince's words into a notebook.

As the helmsman of China Heavy Industry, he can understand the content of Xiao Wangye's speech, and he can also see the great significance contained in it.

The annual profit of China Heavy Industries, with the current situation, is only in and out, and the net profit is nearly 200,000 taels of silver a year.

What does it mean to spend it all?

The annual income of an ordinary family is between nine and fifteen taels of silver, and 200,000 taels of silver represents the total annual income of 20,000 families.

This contains huge business opportunities, and whoever can keep up with the situation will be able to drink soup and eat meat.

However, Zhou Shifeng no longer puts interests first, what he pursues is status and rights.

"Factories and departments work together with the R&D Department to promote the development of technology and improve the variety and efficiency of goods."

"Soap instead of soap, large pieces of glass instead of small pieces of glass, full-length mirrors instead of bronze mirrors, anthracite instead of black dye, kerosene lamps instead of candles......"

"The whole year is a year of great strides in laying the foundation, and this year is a year of intensive cultivation, tapping the potential of the industry and increasing the consumption power of the market."

"Use industry to redistribute social resources and absorb more people."

The craftsmen led by Xiao Jiu carefully grasped the various technical directions described by Xiao Wangye.

Soap, glass, etc., Zhu Gaochi explained the principle to the R&D Department.

In fact, there is not much difference in the production process, such as glass, mainly in the problem of formula.

As long as there is a recipe, it is easy to figure it out.

Zhu Neng listened very carefully.

But he still didn't quite understand what the little prince was talking about, he looked around, Qiu Fu had half-closed his eyes.

Qiu Fu pinched his thigh fiercely with his left hand, resisting the attacking drowsiness, and once again repelled the other party.

But before he could lift his spirits, the next wave of drowsiness hit again.

Zhu Neng almost laughed, and hurriedly stopped looking at him.

He found that most of the military attachés were just as incomprehensible as he was, but the managers of the factories, many of whom tirelessly took notes.

There is a specialization in art, and I have to admire these people.

I don't know if the civil servants can understand it.

Zhu Neng suddenly thought.

Those technical officials, such as those who build canals, should be able to understand, Zhu Neng thought.

"In order to win this battle, all factories must refine their internal workshops and improve their production processes."

"The R&D Division has received a total of 32 R&D applications, and only 12 have been approved, which is far from enough."

"Craftsmen should open their minds, try boldly, and don't be afraid of failure, and the R&D Department should also reduce the audit intensity."

"This year's R&D Department will achieve 100 approved R&D applications."

"The work of the R&D Department, all factories and workshops must cooperate, and no shirk is allowed, and whoever does not cooperate with the R&D Department will be held accountable."

"For each successful R&D project, the factory buys out money and silver according to the market prospects, and the level of craftsmen will be upgraded."

Wan San, Xiao Jiu, Wang Ben, and Li Er were full of worries on their faces.

Wan San has already made up his mind to resign from the R&D Department and no longer be in charge of the R&D Department.

Wang Ben is concerned about the cost.

Although Xiao Wang Ye wants to support the R&D Division, as the master craftsman of the coke refinery, he is no longer a pure technician.

Have a higher vision and a clear understanding of the pros and cons.

The real requirement is to produce results and ensure profits, and it is not possible to really ignore the market and profits, resulting in the R&D Department being heavily indebted.

The operation of the factory itself is inseparable from profits.

Xiao Jiu thought about the applications he had received recently, which ones were more reliable, and Li Er thought of some of his own technical ideas.

"Knock knock."

Outside the venue, the bell rings, which rings every half hour.

"Adjourn for a quarter of an hour."

Zhu Gaochi did not delay and directly announced the adjournment of the meeting.

In the center of the factory, a bell tower was built, and the sound of ringing could be transmitted throughout the factory, and the timer was the Song Dynasty water transport instrument elephant platform.

Dr. Joseph Needham, a well-known expert in the history of science and technology, studied European clocks and Chinese Song Dynasty water transport instruments.

He once asserted in his article "Chinese Astronomical Clock".

"Chinese astronomical clocks are the direct ancestors of medieval astronomical clocks in Europe". The first mechanical clock to appear in Europe was the XIV.

The water transport instrument is a large-scale automated astronomical instrument driven by leakage water, integrating astronomical observation, astronomical demonstration and time signaling system.

The whole instrument is about 12 meters high and 7 meters wide, and it is a wooden structure with a narrow top and wide bottom, and is in the shape of a square platform.

Among them, the armillary sphere and the like are made of copper.

The whole Taiwan is divided into three compartments.

The upper level is an open-air platform with an armillary sphere, supported by dragon pillars, and a sink below to level it.

The armillary sphere is covered with a wooden roof that shelters from the sun and rain, and the roof can be opened and closed at will for ease of observation.

The pedestal from the terrace to the observatory is more than seven meters high.

On the middle floor is a windowless "secret room" in which the elephants are placed.

Half of the celestial sphere is hidden under the "horizon", and the other half is exposed above the "horizon", and the wheels are driven to rotate by the wheels, turning once a day and night.

The lower layer includes the time signaling device and the power mechanism of the whole Taiwan.

There is a door that opens to the south, and a five-story wooden pavilion is installed in the door, behind which is a mechanical transmission system.

At each moment, the hands jump and there is a sound of striking cymbals inside.

The hands are ring-shaped on the lower level, divided into 100 equal parts, each equal part is a quarter of an hour in ancient times.

The water transport instrument is an outstanding astronomical instrument in China at the end of the 11th century, and it is also the oldest astronomical clock in the world.

Not only domestically, but also internationally for the design of the water transport instrument platform, given high praise and recognition.

It contains a large number of mechanical principles, gear transmission principles, lever principles, etc., which is the culmination of machinery.

Zhu Gaochi went to drain the water, Xiao Jiu had been waiting for him for a long time, holding a notebook and asking him questions that he hadn't figured out yet.

Only Xiao Jiu can do this.

In the past, his master beat and scolded and taught, forcing him to understand some human feelings and know what to do and what not to do.

waited for China Heavy Industry, under the indulgence of Zhu Gaochi.

What is that?

Xiao Jiu lost the back of his head, his mind was full of technology, and he enjoyed it.

For this kind of person, Zhu Gaochi can only retreat.

In ancient times, craftsmen were not despised by the common people, and craftsmen with excellent abilities were regarded as treasures even if they were nobles.

All kinds of technological advances were invented by craftsmen.

Without a certain social status and economic base, it is impossible to have abundant inventions.

"The bell tower needs to be improved, in the past, it was inefficient and inconvenient to carry water manually, but now with a steam engine as a power, smaller gears can be used."

Zhu Gaochi pointed to the tall bell tower.

"Replace the engraving with a rotating iron needle and hang it on all sides, so that anyone can see the time clearly."

Xiao Jiu nodded.

There is no problem with this technique, and the nobles need it, so the craftsman will naturally study it, but with a slight change.

But if you want to change it to a watch, it's a qualitative change.

Grandfather clocks aren't a problem.

Daming is a man tall, using the principle of dripping water to make its own self-striking bell.

Soon.

The meeting resumed.

Zhu Gaochi picked up the manuscript and coughed slightly.

The clerical room had already refilled the tea in advance, and the people on the scene quieted down, no one continued to talk, and their eyes were all looking at the stage.

(End of chapter)