Chapter 349
"Yes."
"Will you come?"
"The vast majority of them will. They don't have to stand up to us - so far, we have not done anything to hinder the interests of these grassroots dignitaries. This is first," Xue Ziliang said. "Secondly, they are also eager to know what we are planning to do. , in order to take corresponding countermeasures.”
Xue Ziliang carefully explained their current investigation work on the entire Jeju Island area. In his view, in terms of social status, Jeju Island is similar to Hainan Island, which he visited with his special reconnaissance team - the government has a certain influence, but the actual dominance is not very strong. The town is the domain of the local landlords. They occupy large areas of mountains, forests and pastures, and have many dependent people. They often form their own villages to protect themselves and practice local bravery.
As long as their core interests are not touched, these people don't care who sits in the court, so so far there is basically no resistance from the people. The several armed conflicts that occasionally occurred were generally caused by local people not realizing the power of "Japanese Kun" and trying to rob outsiders.
"Except for the coastal areas, most of the inland areas here are mountainous, with a lot of pasture and woodland. The mountain owners are very powerful, a bit like the Mexican ranchers in the 19th century," Xue Ziliang said. "They were very respectful to the Li Dynasty and treated us very well." Very respectful too.”
Although the Li Dynasty had a "Little China" feel to it in terms of its overall structure, when you walked to the capital it seemed like you were in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the local power of the Li Dynasty was very strong, and the court's control over the local areas was far less than that of the Ming Dynasty. During the two Japanese Rebellions, volunteer soldiers were organized in various places, which further strengthened this trend. The two groups of local nobles were almost feudal lords, and the common people were severely oppressed, almost to the same status as serfs.
After listening to Xue Ziliang's introduction, Zhu Mingxia had a rough idea. However, the specific way to carry out the next step of work will be discussed after Feng Zongze and Nangong Wudi come back.
"The working conditions are too bad." Feng Zongze complained as he looked at the blackened beams. "The smell is terrible."
Feng Zongze is inspecting Mingdi Village. He was very concerned about the next development of Jeju Island: in addition to providing horses for the Senate, in accordance with the inertial thinking of the Chinese in the 21st century, he quickly launched commercial activities and looked for opportunities to expand foreign trade.
Completely rely on the central government to allocate supplies. For local governments thousands of miles away, the time spent here is just too long. Especially now that Jeju Island is in the midst of construction, it needs a lot of supplies. Feng Zongze and others felt that instead of waiting for supplies to be shipped all the way from Hong Kong, it would be better to try to purchase supplies nearby. He had submitted the idea to the Executive Committee and obtained approval from the Department of Colonization and Trade.
Jeju Island does not produce many bulk products, mainly cattle and horses, bows and arrows, and fisheries. Since cattle and horses were materials strictly controlled by the Senate, fisheries were also an important source of food. The production of bows and arrows has become the most suitable bulk export product.
After capturing three cities and nine towns and initially establishing his rule over Jeju Island, Feng Zongze began to restore and expand the bow and arrow industry. Due to the lack of management cadres and the lack of familiarity with the local conditions and bow-making industry, it was finally decided to outsource all government-run bow and arrow workshops to the local Mingdi Village bow and arrow shop.
Although the approval to carry out trade in the Northeast has not yet been issued, Feng Zongze is very concerned about expanding bow and arrow production and improving quality. Although he is not involved in the specific operation and management, technically he has begun to forcefully promote some simple new processes and quality control in each shop, and at the same time imported some special equipment from Lingao.
What made Feng Zongze feel that the conditions were bad was that the isinglass being cooked in more than ten pots was emitting a disgusting odor. The process and equipment for making isinglass have just been rebuilt and configured under the guidance of naturalized technicians. The large pot for boiling glue on the original simple fire pit stove was replaced by a water bath made of cement masonry. Use flue centralized heating with higher thermal efficiency. A special glue boiling pot is installed in a water bath for heating, which not only saves fuel, but also solves the scorching problem that has always troubled glue boiling workers. There is no need for workers to keep an eye on the glue pot all the time. Firepower is adjusted by adding and removing fuel.
Seeing the busy Korean craftsmen in the workshop, they seem to be completely unaware of the stench of glue - Korean-style houses are generally built very short to keep warm and save building materials, and this "glue boiling workshop" does not exception. The low space further aggravated the accumulation of smell, making Feng Zongze feel dizzy.
"Chief, please go this way." Pu Dehuan observed the words and expressions, and had long noticed that Chief Feng's expression was hesitant, so he quickly led him to the yard for some fresh air.
"This workshop needs to be rebuilt. It stinks! The craftsmen can't stand it!" Feng Zongze complained and hurried from the "workshop" to the yard.
"The chief is right," Pu Dehuan said, "Small, no. I'll tell Shopkeeper Zhao to do it now!"
"Forget it," Feng Zongze thought to himself that he would not come up with new tricks for the time being. There have been many "renovation" projects recently, and shopkeeper Zhao is already showing off his teeth. Although various improvements under the arrangement of Jeju Island's front finger involve equipment, There is no cost to the partners: the equipment and installation are all borne by the Senate, but there are also considerable expenses in the workshop. This kind of labor insurance matter will be discussed later.
In the yard, a team of "Fenggong Team" pushing Zidian Kai and Gale style trolleys were unloading heavy standard packaging boxes in the yard. The packaging box has a standard weight and different arrow patterns painted on it. Each box must be unpacked and inspected before being weighed. This is the second improvement led by Feng Zongze: the standard arrow.
Feng Zongze has inspected locally made bows and arrows. The arrowheads are all made by the blacksmith shop on Jeju Island. Not only is the shape rough, but when assembling the bow and arrow, the arrow shaft must be filed, trimmed and shaped before assembly, and the assembly efficiency is not high. So Feng Zongze immediately introduced the standard arrow.
The current standard arrowheads are manufactured in Lingao. Engineers at the machinery factory developed several arrowheads for different uses based on research data on modern bows and arrows, and carried out standardized production. In the opinion of Zhan Wuya and others, this kind of thing is actually a kind of small hardware. After the mold is made, stamping equipment can be used to continuously manufacture it in batches. Save labor and materials.
The standard arrowheads manufactured in Lingao immediately replaced the local arrowheads after they were delivered to the island. This improvement was not difficult even without administrative coercion: the craftsmen had never seen such well-made arrowheads. The filing time spent during assembly is also greatly reduced. Originally, the arrows were outsourced, but now they just changed suppliers - and the supply price is not higher than before - the cost of mass-manufacturing small hardware is extremely low, and Feng Zongze can actually make a profit from selling arrows.
However, Feng Zongze was still dissatisfied: during his inspection, he found that craftsmen still often needed to file when assembling arrowheads. It turns out that although arrowheads were standardized, the matching arrow shafts were still handmade. The tolerances are large enough to be identified with the naked eye.
"It seems that the next step is to introduce an arrow shaft making machine." He thought of seeing similar equipment in Hailin, but it was used to make chopsticks and bamboo skewers. It was originally hand-cranked, but later changed to steam engine power. , feed the opened bamboo and wood materials from the feeding port, and the rotary knife automatically spins them into exactly the same small sticks. Adjusting the size of the rotary knife can also produce production according to different sizes.
There is no need for a steam engine here at the moment, but a hand crank will do just fine. Feng Zongze suddenly thought that the water source here was quite abundant. He could consider building a dam to store energy to drive the turbine, or building a windmill to drive it.
The assembled arrows are coated with fish oil on the arrowheads to prevent rust, and then packaged in bundles of twelve with paper, and then every ten bundles are put into a packaging box and ready to be shipped out of the warehouse for sale - the current weekly arrows of various bow and arrow shops The output was 20,000 branches, which Feng Zongze thought was too few. Arrows are consumables. For the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which had frequent wars, a monthly output of 100,000 arrows may not be enough to sell them.
The current production efficiency is still too low. Even a management layman like him could see that there were many areas for improvement in the bow and arrow shop.
In order to ensure that his various improvements can be implemented, and to supervise the current "control" of bow and arrow materials, he has appointed Park Deok-hwan as "Bow and Arrow Director", who is responsible for coordinating the liaison and various improvements in the bow and arrow industry in Jeju Island. Work.
Because he also has a lot of work, he can only be satisfied with such an extensive management model. However, the advantage of having the bow and arrow industry run privately is that there is no need to bear the costs and profits and losses of the bow and arrow shop. Feng Zongze's request to the bow and arrow workshop is simple: hand over one-fifth of the total output as contract fees and taxes. Apart from this, no other taxes will be paid.
Although he only achieved one-fifth of the output, Feng Zongze has controlled the main ports on the island and has taken the lead in exports by issuing export licenses. Bows and arrows produced by other bow and arrow shops cannot be smuggled and exported. Otherwise, it can only be shipped and exported through Chaocheonpu Port.
Huang Yunyu is currently in charge of exporting bows and arrows. As the agent of the business group on the peninsula, he has natural sales channels. Therefore, for the time being, bows and arrows made in Jeju Island are exported through his channels. In order to support the industry, no export tax will be charged for the time being.
In order to capture greater profits, Feng Zongze is already planning to set up a foreign trade company to monopolize all import and export business in Jeju Island, so that these bow and arrow workshops and bow and arrow shops will only exist as production and island distribution enterprises.
After the inspection, Feng Zongze, accompanied by Pu Dehuan, went to his "Arrow Industry Control" office - located in a nearby shop. rq
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