When Zhu Yuanzhang followed Li Jin into the assembly line factory, he was completely stunned.
I saw countless workers working in an orderly manner along a conveyor belt, concentrating on the work at hand.
These workers looked serious and quickly removed the unfinished parts from the conveyor belt for processing.
After processing, the completed ship parts are placed on the conveyor belt and handed over to others for further processing.
Zhu Yuanzhang took a quick look and found that there were hundreds of such assembly lines in this large factory.
But there is nothing we can do about it, after all, there are too many parts to make a ship.
Li Jin uses the assembly line method for processing and production, so he can only build more assembly lines so that each batch of people can master the production of one kind of parts proficiently.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked silently at the factory with countless workers in front of him, but there was no sound of conversation. He couldn't help but feel that everything in front of him seemed familiar.
After thinking for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly had an idea and thought of the answer:
chicken farm? ! !
Yes, why is the assembly line Li Jin built so familiar with the chicken farm he saw?
"Li Jin, you are raising people like chickens. They have no freedom here and they have to work for you like this every day."
"With no day or night, no freedom, and no one to talk to, do you still have the humanity to do this?"
"As time goes by, these people will become numb and lose energy. This is the same principle as your chicken farm."
Zhu Yuanzhang just thought for a moment, compared the two models, and found that the so-called chicken farm and the assembly line were exactly the same.
One uses chickens for production, while the other uses people. However, the people here are of the same nature as the chickens in the chicken farm, and there is no essential difference.
After Zhu Yuanzhang's reminder, Queen Ma and Zhu Biao also suddenly woke up.
After careful observation, their original surprised expressions suddenly became a little ugly.
After all, managing people like animals is really unacceptable to them.
Li Jin couldn't help but have a headache when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang yelling again. This old Huang always caused trouble for him.
"Old Huang, you should be careful what you say. When will I treat these people like beasts?"
"Be careful if I sue you for libel!"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said:
"You still dare to quibble. Just because this conveyor belt is exactly the same as the one on the chicken farm, how do you explain it?"
Li Jin was suddenly confused. Can this thing be seen like this?
However, Li Jin did not panic and asked directly:
"Old Huang, do you know who these people are?"
Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and said:
"You think we don't know? These are all craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry. They were loaned here by you to work for you for free."
"You still treat them like this, you have such a dark heart!"
"You have no respect for people at all, you treat these people like beasts!"
"Nonsense! Who said these people are craftsmen from the Ministry of Works?"
Li Jin retorted directly and said:
"They are not craftsmen at all, and they have never lost their dignity and lived like animals."
"These people are all victims of the disaster, who came to Shanghu County from all over the world."
"I gave them a decent job so they could support their families."
"I gave them a full meal so that they could fill their stomachs."
"I gave them shelter so that they would no longer be exposed to wind and rain."
"Can't you see that all these people's faces are smiling, or that they are all full of desire for life?"
"Their work attitude shows how much they like this job."
"If it weren't for me and this shipyard, they would have starved to death in the wilderness, their bodies exposed in the wilderness, and eaten by wild dogs."
"Now, do you still feel that I am exploiting them or treating them like animals?"
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard Li Jin's words, he was stunned, and then said in disbelief:
"Impossible. We can see that each of them is skillful in their movements. There is no awkwardness at all in the process of making parts."
"This shows that they are a group of skilled craftsmen, not the disaster victims you said."
"You want to fool us? Are you still far behind?"
Li Jin saw that Zhu Yuanzhang looked like he had never seen the world, and suddenly said angrily:
"If you were asked to make these parts hundreds of times a day, you could be like him."
"Haven't you ever heard that practice makes perfect, and every drop of water can penetrate a stone?"
"What these people are doing is just the simplest parts. It's not difficult. It only takes a few days of study and practice to do it."
“Really difficult or relatively precise parts will be made by specialized craftsmen.”
After Zhu Biao heard Li Jin's answer, he was a little confused and asked:
"What's the use of this?"
"After the parts are manufactured one by one, they still have to be assembled one by one."
"Why not put one person in charge of one ship, so that many people can produce more ships every day?"
Li Jin said:
"They are just a group of disaster victims. Do you really think they are master craftsmen?"
"Even if a master craftsman wants to complete the production of a ship by himself, I'm afraid it will take a year or more."
"The reason why this assembly line method is used is to speed up shipbuilding."
"The workers on this assembly line perform repetitive tasks every day, and the differences are constantly changing, so their efficiency will be greatly improved."
"This kind of repetitive work can also be completed by disaster victims, which can reduce the number of craftsmen used."
"Put craftsmen in the most critical positions, such as assembly, or more precise or large parts like rudders."
"Using this assembly line working mode, the speed of shipbuilding has been at least doubled, or even more."
"So in the future, there will only be more and more factories with this kind of assembly line in Shanghu County."
"Don't compare chicken farms with this model. Chicken farms just borrowed from this model."
"The two cannot be confused, and Lao Huang should not slander me randomly. I am a good official who loves the people like a son."
"If you don't believe it, ask any employee in the factory and they will all say this."
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't stand Li Jin's arrogance, so he snorted and ignored Li Jin.
But after Empress Ma heard Li Jin's explanation, she was very happy and said:
"How many ships have our shipyards built now?"
"Has it been sold?"
"Eighteen ships have been built so far, and all have been sold to the Royal Chamber of Commerce."
Li Jin replied:
"The Royal Chamber of Commerce is ready to send people to receive it and conduct water exercises."
"If the exercise passes, large ship orders will come to our shipyard, and when then, we will ship them!"
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he suddenly became confused and asked:
"Aren't you a shareholder of the Royal Chamber of Commerce?"
"You order a ship here and you still need the Royal Chamber of Commerce to pay for it?"
