Chapter 1008 Multi-position system
After listening to Lin Fei's introduction of these later perfected plans, Luo Chong praised them highly and emphasized the guy who designed the lighting system.
Not long after, the boiler was almost burned, and the steam had reached the working pressure. Then Luo Chong began the test. This time he was still driving, and a stoker was also equipped. At the same time, Luo Chong specially called Yang Dashan to observe with the car, let him squeeze together with the stoker, and give him a chance to experience this tractor firsthand.
Yang Dashan seemed very excited and got into the car very happily. He didn't feel crowded. He sat on the chair with half of his buttocks, and looked at Luo Chong and the stoker's operation with curious eyes.
The researchers who followed behind were even more curious about Yang Dashan's identity. They didn't understand why the leader would let this person come to the car to visit with the car. Even these researchers didn't have this honor.
"Director, who is that person? Why did the leader take him to the car to visit?" One person couldn't help but ask Lin Fei curiously.
"Hey, that guy is called Yang Dashan, a carpenter at the Liuyang County Shipyard." Lin Fei said with a smile.
"Carpenter? What's so rare about a carpenter?"
Everyone was puzzled when they heard this. The shipyard was full of carpenters. Of course, excluding some odd jobs, there were probably only a few hundred people who could be considered carpenters, but that was not a small number. What was so special about this guy that the leader valued him so much?
"Of course, carpenters are not rare, but this carpenter built a hand-cranked rice transplanter, which is rare. His rice transplanter can transplant two rice seedlings at the same time, increasing the efficiency of transplanting rice to two to three times that of manual labor. Do you think it's rare?" Lin Fei explained again.
"Hand-cranked rice transplanter? Two or three times the efficiency? Director, are you serious?!" Everyone asked in surprise.
"That's what the leader said, how could it be false? The leader came here this time, firstly, to finalize the tractor, and secondly, to bring this person here. The leader has transferred him to work in our research institute, and assigned him to the agricultural machinery group, specifically responsible for the development of large-scale mechanized rice transplanters. We will be colleagues in the future. His family is not from here, so please help him more when the time comes."
Lin Fei immediately talked about Yang Dashan's situation in detail, but in fact he himself did not know Yang Dashan's background very well. He only knew that this man was a carpenter in the shipyard and built a rice transplanter, that's all.
"Did they really make a rice transplanter?! That's great. We were just worried about not having any ideas to learn from regarding rice cultivation."
"Hahahaha, we'll take care of him. We'll definitely take care of him. Besides, he's not the only one whose family isn't here at our institute. We're all the same. There's no distinction between insiders and outsiders. We're all colleagues."
"Where's his rice transplanter? I really want to see it now. It's a pity that it's winter now, otherwise we could find a piece of land to show it off."
Everyone started discussing it enthusiastically. When Lin Fei heard them talking about this, he immediately remembered the task that Luo Chong had assigned to him, so he said to everyone.
"By the way, speaking of finding a piece of land, I want to tell you something very important. You must be prepared to work overtime, and this overtime may continue until the beginning of next spring."
"Are there new tasks?"
"What tasks? We have to work overtime until the beginning of spring. My wife is going to give birth in two months, and I'll definitely go back by then."
Everyone had different reactions, but they were all attracted by Lin Fei's words, and they all turned their heads to look over.
"In order to test the effect and efficiency of large-scale mechanized farming, the leader planned a test field of 60,000 mu for us, and planned to use tractors to actually cultivate the land for experiments, in preparation for the future promotion of mechanized farming.
"For this reason, the leader has given us a production task to produce 20 tractors before the beginning of spring."
Lin Fei first introduced the situation, but he knew that some people would be upset by saying this, so he didn't keep it a secret and spoke again without waiting for everyone's reaction.
"The leader said that this task is not a mandatory task. As long as we can produce four more tractors before the beginning of spring, they will be qualified. If we can deliver ten before the end of March, each worker and researcher involved in the project will be given one month's salary as a year-end bonus. If we can deliver 20 before New Year's Day, the year-end bonus will be plus one month's salary. Moreover, whoever makes the greatest contribution and performs the most actively this time will be given priority for promotion within the next two years. "
Everyone was of course very happy to hear this, but they were not dazzled by the year-end bonus of two months' salary and the priority promotion. Instead, they spoke realistically.
"Director, even if there are incentives and everyone is motivated and energetic, and works overtime every day, it is impossible to complete such a large output. It's not that everyone is lazy and doesn't want to work, but it's simply not realistic." One person couldn't help but complain.
"I know the situation, but the leader has given an order, and we have to find a way to complete it. If there is no difficulty, we have to complete it. If there is a difficulty, we have to find a way to solve the difficulty and complete it. There are always more solutions than difficulties. As long as we are willing to work, there is no task that cannot be completed. We should not complain about the difficulty of the tasks assigned by the leader, but should help the leader find a solution to the problem.
"Everyone present here, you are all elites of the tribe, researchers of the research institute, and you usually receive three times, or even four to five times, the salary of ordinary workers. The tribe spends so much money to support us so that we can find ways to solve problems. If everyone retreats when encountering a little difficulty, then are we still worthy of receiving the highest salary in the Han tribe?
"To be honest, the salary and various welfare benefits of everyone present here are higher than those of the soldiers fighting on the front line and ready to die at any time. Am I right?
"Of course, I don't deny that your contribution to the tribe is higher than those soldiers. Each of your inventions can have a huge and positive impact on the tribe, but everyone must also find their own position and be worthy of their salary. When encountering a problem, the first thing you think of should be how to solve it, rather than complaining, escaping, and shirking responsibility."
Hearing someone complaining, Lin Fei immediately transformed himself into a military political commissar and a party school teacher, and began to criticize the team's wrong ideas and correct everyone's mentality.
But scolding is scolding, criticism is criticism, but you have to come up with a practical solution in the end, otherwise no one will obey you, so looking at the researchers who were silent and thinking with their heads down, Lin Fei said again.
"I have some ideas about the solution to this task, and I have another important news to tell you." Seeing everyone looking at him again, Lin Fei continued.
"Just now, when the leader came over, he told me that the tribe has discovered a new coal mine in the area north of the Tang tribe in the south. Combined with the Taigang County where the Tang tribe produces iron ore, I think you should know what the future will be like, right?
"That's right. New steel mills will definitely be built in the south. The largest capital of our tribe is also located in the south. Moreover, once steel is produced, it is impossible to transport it to the north for processing. Then the steel mills in the south will have no meaning to exist. Therefore, in the future, various steel-related machinery processing plants will definitely move south, or simply set up new branches in the south.
"And setting up a branch factory will create a large number of jobs, and we will definitely need to transfer people there.
"In other words, whether it is this mission or from a long-term perspective in the future, we will only be more and more short of people in the next few years, and the tasks will become heavier and heavier, and it is definitely not just this mission."
When he said this, Lin Fei laughed and joked to himself, "Do you think the leader just wants twenty tractors? Are those loaders, excavators, and rollers just decorations?
"This has not been finalized yet, otherwise you will see after it is finalized. The leader will definitely ask for dozens more.
"These machines were developed by everyone present. No one knows the role and efficiency of excavators and loaders better than you. Whether it is used for mining, or building water conservancy projects, roads, and railways, they are absolutely powerful tools. When they are finalized, we obviously have the ability to produce them. Do you think the leader will not want them?
"So we should prepare for a rainy day."
Everyone heard this and thought it made sense. In addition to the situation in the south and the analysis of the future situation, the lack of people will be the unchanging tone in the next few years.
This conclusion is actually very easy to analyze, because no matter how many people you have or how much production capacity you have, the leader will always throw more work to you.
After a pause, Lin Fei said again.
"So based on the consideration of the future and this mission, I plan to implement a multi-position system on the existing basis, starting with two positions, or even three positions, or four positions."
"Director, what is a multi-position system?" Someone asked puzzled.
"It means that in one position, two or three people are arranged to work at the same time, not in alternating rotation, but two people, or even three or four people work together. You can also understand it as an upgraded version of the master leading the apprentice.
"The purpose is to solve the problem of insufficient production capacity by increasing the number of workers to achieve the expansion of production capacity, and the second is to cultivate talents, not only senior technicians, but also researchers, who must be expanded rapidly. We must be fully prepared for the fission of the institute in the future.
"As for the additional personnel, this requires the strong support of the leader. Since we want to expand production capacity, we need to give more people, otherwise a good cook cannot cook without rice."
Lin Fei talked about his solution and future development guidelines, and finally sighed and said,
"Don't worry about this matter for the time being. Go and finalize the tractor for me first, and let the leader be satisfied. I will talk to the leader about the expansion of manpower. He must support it. Increasing manpower is not just as simple as asking for people. If the number of people doubles, the salary must also double. This is a big deal. After I have talked to the leader, I will call a meeting with your groups, and then we will discuss the specific production plan."
"Yes." Everyone agreed in unison. They had no say in this matter yet, so they could only let the director come forward to talk to the leader. They just needed to actively cooperate and do the task well. However, according to Lin Fei, the next few years may be very busy, but there will definitely be more room for future development.
The South needs a large number of manpower and officials to set up a new industrial base. If you work hard now and stand out, you will definitely be able to get a job in the South in the future.
On the other side, Luo Chong was also busy testing the tractor. In fact, there was nothing to test about the tractor. The chassis performance and vehicle passing performance had been tested long ago, so there was no need to test them again. The main content of this test was actually the improved agricultural machinery.
The first generation of rotary tillers has undergone a series of modifications. Now it not only has a faster speed and higher efficiency, but also has an anti-splash iron baffle. In addition, a rake has been installed, which has the function of leveling the land. A funnel interface is also made in the front, and a funnel can be temporarily installed, so that fertilization, turning the land, and leveling can be completed at one time.
Luo Chong took Yang Dashan to personally experience the turning effect of the complete version of the rotary tiller. Yang Dashan's attention was focused on the operating principle of the machine, while Luo Chong's attention was all on the efficiency of the machine.
After the experiment, Luo Chong found that the actual efficiency of mechanized tillage was not much different from his estimate. At maximum power, it takes more than 20 seconds to plow one acre of land, and half a minute if it is slower. Therefore, as long as there are enough tractors, 20,000 acres of land can be plowed in a few days.
In addition to the rotary tiller, the first generation of seed drill was also tested this time. This is a machine developed based on the principle of the plow. It also has a six-meter-wide fuselage truss, and a row of small plows for furrowing are installed below. They can be disassembled at will, and the furrowing depth and row spacing can be adjusted.
The top of the seed drill is also a funnel that can be flexibly installed and adjusted. The seeds are placed in it, and there is an iron pipe below. The opening under the funnel is sown at a uniform speed according to the speed of the machine.
Finally, there are the paddles and unpowered rollers behind the seed drill. The overall workflow is to open the furrows in front, sow in the middle funnel, and then the paddles plow the soil on both sides and then dig it back to cover the seeds. The last unpowered roller rolls along the sowing line to lightly compact the covering soil.
After the sowing step is completed, it is enough to irrigate it again.
Luo Chong tried all of these and evaluated the work efficiency to get a clear idea. Then he asked someone to demonstrate the lighting system again. After confirming that there were no problems, he called Lin Fei and told him that the tractor could be finalized in its current state.
However, after finalizing the tractor, Luo Chong did not leave immediately. At Lin Fei's suggestion, they tested the loader, also known as a bulldozer or forklift.
The loader platform was built on the basis of the tractor. If the tractor has a power system installed in the front and hydraulic operation in the back, then the loader is an inverted tractor.
Its power module is installed in the rear body, behind the cab, and in the front is the huge bucket. The movement is limited by the articulated arm and the power is provided by several thick hydraulic rods. It can only complete three actions: push, load, and lift high.
This vehicle has a single function, and the chassis and platform are all developed on the basis of a tractor. There is no need for too much testing. The only thing that needs to be tested is the loading capacity and balance. The main thing is to see if the counterweight of the rear body is enough to prevent the bucket full of soil from being lifted up in front, and then the whole vehicle will fall down.
After testing these two items and finding no problems, Luo Chong immediately decided to finalize the loader. He only needed to add a roof to the loader according to the plan of the tractor cab.
As for whether the loader should be produced immediately, Lin Fei did not ask, and Luo Chong did not say. The two of them had a tacit understanding. If they placed an order for the loader now, they would not be able to produce it anyway.
(End of this chapter)
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