After the distinguished guests who came to watch the ceremony symbolically dug a few shovels on the marked foundation, the Kunshan County embankment construction project was officially declared to have begun.
As a result, when the tasks were assigned, the guests were again amazed.
I saw that after receiving today's tasks, the gentry who served as section chiefs did not need to form a team or issue orders on the spot. They just let people carry their own section flags and go in different directions.
And those seemingly messy Kunshan people actually followed the flags of each section and disappeared in the blink of an eye!
This overturned the guests' perception. They originally thought that without whips and sticks, it would be impossible to make those mobs of civilians obey orders.
It is simply unimaginable that just waving a flag can make the people follow in an orderly manner.
That’s forty or fifty flags!
How was this done?
The answer is to combine the traditional Lijia system with the segmented responsibility system four hundred years later, thus creating an effect where one plus one is greater than two.
In the previous month, Zhao Hao asked Zhao Shouzheng to divide the 62-li-long river embankment into four areas and 48 sections. Each section had a section chief, and each section chief led ten to twelve village chiefs.
Under each village head were ten captains who assisted him in commanding 110 laborers.
In this way, the work is divided into sections and responsibilities are clearly defined, so that everyone knows who they are accountable to; each person commands a maximum of ten people, which can minimize buck-passing, confusion and waste.
After a month of running-in, Zhao Shouzheng's quasi-military management system can basically be used as easily as his own arm.
As long as the command center assigns different tasks to section chiefs one day in advance, the civilians will know what they should do the next day.
This will not only greatly improve labor efficiency, but also allow the command center to take time out to focus its main energy on project quality control rather than spending it on coordination and command.
But even if the guests copy it, the effect will be greatly reduced or even have no effect at all.
Because any form of organization is just an objective flesh and blood body. If you want it to obey orders without hesitation and even exert subjective initiative, you must also inject it with soul.
From Zhao Shouzheng living on the dike and leading the way in flood fighting and rescue operations, to doing his best to protect the lives of the victims and prevent anyone from starving to death... everything was done to make the people of Kunshan feel that the new county magistrate really cares about them and is willing to give everything for Kunshan.
Only when such recognition is established will the people regard the wishes of those in power as their own wishes, and will be willing to obey you, support you, act according to your orders, and actively move towards the goals you set.
It is said that 'those who stick together through thick and thin will prosper, and those who share the same desire will win'.
How many people in the world today can do this?
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When cement concrete appeared and it was no longer a luxury to build a embankment in a month, the enthusiasm of the people was instantly ignited. The laborers began to race against time to dig the foundation, sift the river sand, and pull the stones. [零零看书00ks] The whole embankment was bustling with activity in a blink of an eye.
The guests could finally gather around the wall and take a good look at it.
Even the shareholders of Jiangnan Company only learned about the existence of cement and concrete yesterday. At the company's first board meeting, they passed a resolution to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary, "Jiangnan Building Materials Company", and appointed Hua Bozhen as chairman and general manager.
So the shareholders also saw what concrete looked like for the first time.
They hammered on it and finally realized how incredibly solid the rough stone concrete was.
Especially when they heard that walls built with cement concrete would harden and stick together in less than a day, they all gasped.
You should know that it usually takes more than ten days for glutinous rice mortar to harden, and it takes a year for it to really work.
In other words, using cement to build the embankment can speed up the process by at least ten times. Everyone surrounded Hua Bozhen, chairman of Jiangnan Building Materials Company, and asked him excitedly about everything.
The cement concrete, which has both industrial ugliness and strength, has deeply impacted everyone's cognition. Even if you don't like this kind of thing without aesthetic appeal, you have to admit that it is a perfect building material that will change the world.
"Brother Hua, if we use this concrete to build a city, wouldn't it be indestructible?" Chen Tongzhi asked curiously.
"Of course, even hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder can't blow it up." Hua Bozhen replied proudly. After hearing this, the black gunpowder was silent and shed tears, while the yellow gunpowder was furious and wanted to explode.
Everyone gasped and asked, "Then how was this thing made?"
"This is a secret of our company." Hua Bozhen smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I won't tell anyone else."
"Then you can sell us some, right?" the guest asked again.
"I'm sorry, but our company's production capacity is limited at the moment, so we can only supply Kunshan with all our strength." Hua Bozhen said calmly, "Those who are interested can apply first, and we will ship after our production capacity is increased."
"What's the price then?"
"One tael of silver per bag, and one bag weighs sixty jin." Then Hua Bozhen said in a deep voice: "This three-meter-long wall used ten bags of cement in total."
Someone who knows the business calculated the price of using glutinous rice mortar instead, and it turned out to be twice as expensive.
This time there was another round of gasps.
A new type of mortar that is more than ten times faster than sticky rice mortar and only half the price, we usually call it "invincible"!
"Glutinous rice mortar is going to be eliminated." The guests finally believed that with the help of the magical cement, Kunshan County could really build a solid stone river embankment before the flood arrived.
Looking at everyone sighing, Hua Bozheng thought to himself that in fact, the cost of a bag of cement is less than ten cents.
What kind of huge profit is this?
In the end, everyone still thought that Jiangnan Company was doing charity...
Do you really believe what Mr. Zhao says when he keeps saying, "I'm not doing business for the sake of making money"?
Oh my god.
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The people in Kunshan County were very busy, so the guests did not want to disturb them. They just boarded the boat on the Xiaozhai River and said goodbye one after another.
Before getting on the boat, they saw women, children, the elderly and half-grown children from Kunshan rowing various boats to deliver water and food to the dike.
Fortunately, they have suffered too many shocks today and have become somewhat numb.
Everyone agreed with Zhao Shouzheng that after the levee was built, they would be invited to come back and have a look.
Mr. Zhao naturally agreed readily, and gave each of them a bag of cement as a gift before leaving.
The guests were naturally very happy and thought that they could go back and study it carefully.
There was just one thing they couldn't figure out: why the words "not edible" were written on the sack.
Is there anyone in this world who eats cement? Haha, how ridiculous.
Listening to the guests' discussions, a certain prime minister of Hedao who did not want to show up felt as if he had been hit hard by 100,000 points.
I could only relieve my depression by eating a piece of primary setting concrete.
ps. Please vote for the fourth update! ! My eyes haven’t been feeling well today, I don’t know if I can continue writing, I’ll see tomorrow.