Chapter 1010 Busy Luo Chong

After finalizing the research and development plan for the harvester, Luo Chong did not leave immediately. He stayed in the institute for two more days, introduced Yang Dashan to the institute, and discussed the improvement plan of the hand-cranked rice transplanter with the agricultural machinery team. In fact, there was nothing to improve, but all the wooden materials were replaced with iron, and then experiments were arranged to finalize as soon as possible, and officially promoted in the Han tribe next year.

How to do the rice transplanting experiment in winter? This is a problem, but it is not a problem for Xingang County. Luo Chong came up with an idea and directly opened up a half-acre test field in the newly built foundry workshop of the steel mill.

This is a newly built workshop, but it is the same as the original foundry workshop, which is equivalent to lengthening the original factory building by one section. At this time, the ground has not been hardened, and no cement has been laid. It is still mud, so just reclaim a piece and pour water on it for the experiment.

The temperature in the foundry workshop is very high, at least not below zero, as long as the water does not freeze, it can be used for experiments.

As for the rice seedlings used in the experiment, Luo Chong suggested using straw leaves directly, tying several leaves together with thin wires to simulate a rice seedling. There were only a few straws planted in half an acre of land, so some women were organized to make them at home, and the fake rice seedlings were made in one day.

Of course, Luo Chong was only responsible for giving ideas, he would not do it himself.

The experiment was of course very successful, but the leader of the agricultural machinery group discussed with Yang Dashan that fake rice seedlings were still fake after all. If something went wrong when using real rice seedlings, all the rice transplanters that had been mass-produced would have to be reworked and modified. Therefore, the two did not recommend mass production immediately, and it would be better to experiment with real rice seedlings in the spring.

The two found Luo Chong, reflected the problem, and then asked Luo Chong for his opinion.

Experiment again in the spring, and then start production. Of course, it would be impossible to popularize it in the spring of next year, Luo Chong thought about it before saying.

"Then let's do this. We won't mass produce the hand-cranked rice transplanter yet, but we can start producing parts now. I know you're worried, but this experiment is also feasible. So even if there is a problem and it needs to be modified, it's just a minor problem, right?"

The two nodded immediately after hearing this. In fact, the experiment was very effective this time, but what if there was a problem? They just didn't dare to take the responsibility.

"Since it's a minor problem, it has nothing to do with most of the parts. Even if you make minor adjustments, there won't be much change overall. So parts like gears, chains, the metal slide below, the metal support plate above, and steel pipe columns can already be produced.

"You can stock up on parts first, and then when the temperature rises in the spring, plant a batch before transplanting rice in the field for experiments. After the experiment is successful, start full-scale production immediately. By then, there will be so many parts, and you only need to assemble and weld them simply, and you can promote them immediately. What do you think of this idea? It's just that your work will be more stressful. "Luo Chong suggested again.

"This is a good idea. In this way, it can be promoted before transplanting rice. Although it will not be popularized immediately, it can at least meet the needs of one or two counties." Yang Dashan said excitedly.

The leader of the agricultural machinery group thought about it and felt that this method was feasible. Yang Dashan only knew about rice transplanters, but was not familiar with industrial manufacturing. The leader of the agricultural machinery group was more experienced in this area.

"Okay, the production of parts is not complicated, but our Power Research Institute is not familiar with gears and chains. These are all made by the Comprehensive Research Institute. If possible, the leader should ask them to send a few people to guide them, otherwise I'm afraid our workers are not familiar with them." The leader of the agricultural machinery group also nodded and said.

"No problem, this is easy, I agree. "Luo Chong agreed on the spot.

While Luo Chong was discussing the promotion and experiment of rice transplanters with the agricultural machinery team, Lin Fei was not idle either. They spent half a day summarizing the various data on the finalization of tractors and loaders and unified the production standards.

Then in the afternoon, various R&D teams and worker foremen were convened to hold a production meeting to formulate a production plan for 20 tractors and clarify the tasks and persons in charge of each group.

For example, how many steam engines should the steam engine factory produce according to the model standard, how many days on average to produce one, what lathe equipment is needed, and coordinate the use time and authority of the tools with various departments.

For example, the air compressor factory is responsible for the production of hydraulic plunger pumps. How many need to be produced every day to complete the task? What machine tools are needed to complete this task? If not enough, Which unit needs to be coordinated from, and so on.

The entire production plan was broken down to every part of the vehicle, how many people were in charge of each team, how many workers, how many days it would take, how many parts would be produced, what tools and equipment would be needed, all of which were clearly divided and coordinated together.

The meeting lasted until the evening, everyone worked late into the night, and even had dinner at the conference table, but the more everyone studied, the more confident they became.

Originally, they thought this was an impossible task, but after breaking down the task, they found that it was not that difficult. As long as everyone did their part well, it would be possible to produce 20 tractors before New Year's Day.

Everyone present at the meeting, whether from the research institute or the technical workers, was suddenly enlightened at this moment.

It turns out that mechanical production is It can be done this way!

It seems that their production potential is very large!

After this plan came out, everyone gained confidence. For those groups that received the task, the task was not difficult. As long as they completed their tasks with quality and quantity within the specified time, the rest would have nothing to do with them.

The real difficulty of this plan lies in the coordination of various departments. The general person in charge must have absolute say, otherwise he will not be able to coordinate the work of various departments. He must also have a sense of responsibility and confidence. It doesn’t matter whether others think it can be done or not. The person in charge must have confidence and work hard for it.

Lin Fei, the director of the research institute, just meets this requirement. He stated at the meeting that he would personally preside over this task. Departments can come to him if they have any questions, and raise any difficulties. As the butler, We must find a way to solve the problem for everyone, but we also require each group to go all out to complete the tasks assigned to them.

The production meeting that night lasted until about ten o'clock, and the calcium carbide lamp was only ended after adding water twice. Luo Chong was very satisfied with this.

The assembly line production method was proposed by Luo Chong in the Han tribe a long time ago, and it has been put into practical use in various industries, such as shipyards, steel mills, cement plants, rolling mills, paper mills, mints, etc. With the influence of these existing production models, Lin Fei can think of such planned production. It is not incomprehensible, but it is a matter of course.

It is his dereliction of duty that he can't think of it. As a leader, he can't be blind.

But the next day, this guy came to Luo Chong to cry, not for anything else, but for one purpose, to get people.

Industrial construction cannot do without skilled workers, and a large number of them. This is very important both from the current perspective and from the perspective of the future layout of the south, so Luo Chong did not object.

He decided on the spot to send 70% of the graduates from all schools in the Han tribe to the Power Research Institute, and the remaining 30% to serve as minor officials in local government offices.

The reason for this decision is that the Han tribe will stop expanding outward in the next few years, at least before the change of the reign title of Da Ming.

Stopping external expansion means that no new counties will be established. If counties are not expanded, naturally, not many new officials will be needed. Therefore, the number of officials can be appropriately reduced. It is the right way to invest more talents in industrial construction.

In addition, Lin Fei shamelessly asked Luo Chong for more slaves. One of the strategic goals of the Shen Ce Guards to go to the north to fight against the cannibals is to capture slaves. For the Power Research Institute that provides weapons, Lin Fei is of course very clear.

He knows that a large number of slaves will be shipped in after the spring, at least several thousand people, but these slaves are useful, Luo Chong will not give them to him easily, and Lin Fei did not say that he would take them all, he said to borrow them for a period of time.

Lin Fei's plan is to use these slaves to replace all the miners who mine ore in Xingang County, and let all the miners with Han tribe household registration transfer to various factories to work, starting as apprentices, and then train themselves to become skilled workers, so as to reserve talents for the future division and expansion of factories.

The reason why it is borrowing, not asking, is what Lin Fei said.

"Chief, lend me these slaves first. I will train all the replaced miners into workers. When we have enough workers, we can mass-produce excavators and loaders, as well as tractors and dump trucks. At that time, all the mines in the Han tribe can be mined with these large-scale engineering machinery, and not much manpower will be needed. In this way, we can replace the slaves again." That

's the reason. Luo Chong wants those slaves, in fact, to build the capital city. There are not many other uses. Anyway, these slaves have no human rights in the Han tribe.

Luo Chong will not treat them as human beings. This is different from the prisoners of war in the grassland and the Xin tribe. Those prisoners of war can be treated as ordinary people after transformation. They are given household registration, reproduce, produce food, meat and cloth, and continue to contribute to the growth of the Han tribe. However,

these cannibal slaves have no right to reproduce at all. Luo Chong wants to make them genocide. They have only two uses.

One, to work for the Han tribe until death.

Second, before they die, they will be taken to a medical school to be dissected as specimens, or used for live human drug experiments, to continue to contribute to the medical progress of the Han tribe.

Of course, this is not voluntary, but forced. For these cannibals, there is no need to treat them as human beings.

Luo Chong thought about it and agreed directly. He was not in a hurry for the construction of the palace, nor was he in a hurry to register as emperor. The key point was that there was no need to rush, so he didn't care about lending these slaves to Lin Fei for a few months. Anyway,

with the ability of the Second Institute, as long as they have enough workers, I believe they will be able to produce a batch of construction machinery soon, and then they can replace the slaves.

After agreeing to this matter, Lin Fei took out a small booklet again, handed it to Luo Chong and said.

"Chief, this is what I have summarized. The orders placed with the Institute are all parts needed for the production of tractors, mainly hydraulic oil delivery pipes, high-pressure gas hoses, hydraulic oil, rubber tires, window glass, carbide lamps, etc., which all need to be produced by the Institute and their affiliated factories. We can't make them.

"I have listed the specific parameters of each component, as well as the production quantity and delivery time. Chief, you'd better give it to them quickly, otherwise I will not be able to complete the plan of 20 vehicles alone."

Luo Chong flipped through a few pages, nodded and said, "Well, I see, don't worry, is there anything else?"

"No, we will do our best to complete the task assigned by the chief." Lin Fei immediately assured.

"Okay, then I'll leave. I'll go to the Institute to arrange the production plan. "

Luo Chong said, and on the same day he took Yang Dashan on a train to leave Xingang County and head to Weishan County Pier.

This was Yang Dashan's first time taking a train, and he was very excited. He was even more excited when he thought about joining the department that developed the train in the future.

The two of them, along with Luo Chong's guards, arrived at Weishan County in the evening of the same day, stayed in the posthouse of Weishan County for one night, and then separated the next day. Luo Chong and the guards took a sailboat to the Comprehensive Research Institute on the island in the middle of the lake, and Yang Dashan took a cargo ship to Liuyang County to go home.

It took another two days for Luo Chong to arrange various production tasks for the Comprehensive Research Institute, and then he took a boat to Liuyang County again.

After arriving in Liuyang County, he rode a horse and met Liuyang County Magistrate She Xinyi. They went to see the experimental field they planned. It was a total of 60,000 mu, 10 kilometers wide and 36 kilometers long. It was a super large piece of land. It would take several hours to ride a horse around it. You can imagine how big it was.

But in fact, it didn't need to be reclaimed all at once. Only 20,000 mu was needed in the first quarter, and the rest was reserved for fallow rotation.

According to Luo Chong's requirements, She Xin found a piece of land with flat terrain and few trees. It was also close to the existing villages and there was an artificial river developed before to provide irrigation water. However, the ditches needed to be dug and irrigation also needed water pumps, but these were not a problem for the Han tribe.

After inspecting the land, Luo Chong issued two more tasks.

"We can organize the people nearby and contact the logging teams to cut down all the trees in this area. As for the shrubs and hay on the ground, we can just set them on fire. We have set fires when we were reclaiming land before, but the wind is strong in winter, so you must send enough people to watch over it. It is also best to take fire prevention measures around the fire site, and pile some snow on the edge of the downwind outlet to make an isolation belt.

"Tractors can plow the land directly, but it is best to do it in advance for land reclamation.

"The other thing is to choose another place, which must be large as well, and then level the land, pave cement, harden the ground, and make a threshing ground. With so many experimental fields, drying the grain after the harvest is also a big problem, so we must make plans in advance.

"And we need to build a garage and housing around the threshing ground to park the farm machinery in the future. The housing is for the drivers and fire operators of the farm machinery. We also need to prepare a simple repair shop and a small warehouse to store parts and coal. All farm machinery needs to burn coal."

Haha, I've finished writing today. Although my mouth is still swollen, I feel good that my teeth don't hurt anymore.

(End of this chapter)