Western Hills.
Suyang courtyard.
All the managers of the major workshops are gathered here.
Liu Tiezhu, the manager of the anthracite workshop, Jian Xingfa, the captain of the Xishan Guards, Jian Liu and Bu Feng, the two master craftsmen of the firearms workshop, Wang Hu, the master craftsman of the glass workshop, and Chu Xiong, the commander of the Imperial Army who was responsible for planting potatoes in the fields.
When they learned that Mr. Su Yang was going to hold the first Xishan plenary meeting, all these key elites dropped what they were doing and hurried over.
The entire Xishan from the beginning to the present can be said to have been created by Su Yang, so Master Su Yang has the supreme authority in Xishan. Even if Prince Yan came to Xishan, he would not be able to say a word from Master Su Yang.
After all, the people of Xishan always remember that it was Mr. Su Yang who led eight thousand sons in a bloody battle to save them and save their homeland of Xishan.
Su Yang sat on the main seat and looked at the faces with a smile on his face.
"No need to be polite, please sit down."
"I called you here today because I want to know about my current progress in Xishan."
"Let's start with the glass workshop, including the number of workers, workshop output, etc., report in detail!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Hu, the master craftsman of the glass workshop, immediately straightened his face.
He was an honest craftsman. Because he led nine craftsmen to successfully make glass under the guidance of Mr. Su Yang, Wang Hu was promoted to a master craftsman, and his wages skyrocketed to one hundred taels of silver per month, while the other nine He was also promoted to a master craftsman, with a monthly salary of fifty taels!
I have to admit that Mr. Su Yang attaches great importance to craftsmen far beyond everyone’s imagination!
My monthly salary is one hundred taels of silver. What is the concept?
In Wang Hu's memory, the annual salary of a county magistrate was only forty or fifty taels!
His salary is a year's salary, which is less than half of his monthly salary!
Anyone who sees this kind of generous treatment will be jealous!
Because of this, Wang Hu was very grateful to Mr. Su Yang and worked hard to complete all the tasks assigned by Mr. Su Yang.
"Sir, the main task of the glass workshop right now is to produce light-transmitting glass to meet the needs of greenhouses."
"Currently, the glass workshop has one master craftsman, nine master craftsmen, 20 master craftsmen, and 50 master craftsman apprentices, which can fully meet production needs!"
"The glass workshop can produce forty glass windows at full capacity a day. In addition to being used for greenhouses, there is also a lot of surplus."
Su Yang nodded happily when he heard this.
"well done."
"The greenhouse is almost finished."
“You don’t have to go all out to produce glass windows. You can try to delve into other glass processes.”
Wang Hu nodded excitedly.
You must know that if a new technology is developed, the young master will give you a heavy reward, at least a hundred taels of silver to start with!
In the young master's own words, innovation is the most important thing, and he will never be stingy with rewards!
The two master craftsmen of the firearms workshop looked at each other, and finally the older Jian Liu spoke.
"Sir, the current task of the firearms workshop is to produce three-eyed muskets and tiger crouching cannons!"
"The firearms workshop currently has two master craftsmen, twenty-seven master craftsmen, three hundred and twenty-six craftsmen, and five hundred and seventy-seven apprentices!"
Everyone was surprised when they heard this amount.
But after thinking about it again, I think it’s understandable.
After all, the firearms workshop has the most important task right now. They must work around the clock to produce three-eyed muskets and tiger crouching cannons.
You must know that the war is not over yet. His Highness King Yan is still leading the main army to fight against the enemy!
The Crouching Tiger Cannon and the Three-Eyed Cannon are extremely lethal weapons on the battlefield, enough to increase the Yan army's chances of winning!
"How's the output?" Su Yang asked.
"It can produce more than 1,100 three-eyed muskets every day, and the Crouching Tiger Cannon can produce two guns in three days!"
Jian Liu said with some shame.
The output is really too low!
The firearms workshop has nearly a thousand apprentice craftsmen, but the output is extremely low!
Especially the output of Tiger Crouching Cannon cannot be increased at all due to the complicated production process.
Furthermore, Mr. Su Yang has set a rule that while increasing production, quality must also be ensured!
If there is any problem with the chamber exploding again, we will strictly investigate and trace it back to the production craftsmen!
Therefore, even if they try their best to produce, they can only reach this speed at the moment.
Su Yang frowned after hearing this.
"The output of the Crouching Tiger Cannon is a bit low."
"Let's do this. You follow the production process and use assembly line operations."
"Assembly line operation?" Jian Liu was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "May I ask, sir, what does this mean?"
"Follow the production process of the Tiger Crouching Cannon, split it into some large steps, and then assign them to fixed craftsman apprentices for production."
Su Yang explained patiently: "For example, some craftsmen specialize in a certain part, and some apprentices specialize in assembling two parts. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. When they do it more, they will naturally become proficient and their speed will be greatly improved! "
When Jian Liu heard this, he put forward a different opinion.
"But Master, this will conflict with the workshop's accountability system!"
"A squatting tiger cannon has passed through the hands of too many people, so who should be responsible?"
After such a long period of time, the responsibility tracing system has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the effect is very significant.
Therefore, Jian Liu naturally does not want this rule to be violated, otherwise the consequences will only be more serious!
Su Yang smiled and said: "It's also very simple. It's an assembly line operation. Each assembly line is responsible for a craftsman. The craftsman is responsible for producing parts, and the apprentice is responsible for the final assembly and polishing. Finally, the craftsman checks and confirms that the production is completed. Sign Just sign it as a craftsman!"
"If there is a problem with any Tiger Crouching Cannon, the craftsman will bear the primary responsibility, and the craftsmen and apprentices on the assembly line will bear the secondary responsibility."
However, although this can greatly improve production efficiency, the apprentices will not learn anything at all.
Then he is like the yellow guy in the factory in later generations, who only knows how to drive screws crazily. What skills can he learn?
"This is a stop-gap measure. Once the war is over, we can return to the previous production mode."
Jian Liu nodded as if understanding, and decided to digest it first.
Next is the farming matter reported by Chu Xiong. Greenhouses have been spread throughout Xishan. Even though it has entered winter, potatoes can still grow and be planted normally.
Thanks to the timely transfer of Chu Xiong and Ma Sanbao during the last Xishan Defense War, the potatoes were not damaged and a large amount of grains were stored.
"Currently, there are more than 5,400 workers responsible for farming, and the number of fields planted with potatoes has expanded to more than 36,000 acres!"
"Due to different planting times, the maturity period of potatoes is also different. On average, it is expected to harvest 300,000 shi of food every month!"
On average, three hundred thousand shi of food per month!
Hearing this, everyone was shocked and then ecstatic!
That’s food!
This is life-saving stuff!
There is food at home, so don’t panic!
"Very good, thank you for your hard work."
"Calculate what the people of Xishan use, and divide the remaining excess food into two parts."
"Part of it will be sent to Beiping City, and part of it will be sent to the Yan Army Camp. They will be sent there regularly every month. Our soldiers cannot be hungry!"
Three hundred thousand shi of grain may seem like a lot, but it's not much.
There are at least 50,000 to 60,000 people in Xishan now!
There are hundreds of thousands of people in Beiping City!
King Zhu Di of Yan still has 300,000 soldiers!
This little food is just enough to make ends meet, and I guarantee you won’t starve to death!
The frontline soldiers had to find ways to provide food rations on their own. At least Su Yang could only try his best to send a batch of food to them every month.
Zhu Di, Zhu Di, don’t let Su down!
Hurry up and end this damn war!
