"Some things in social science are like: There is a car now, and its engine parts are broken, blocking the road."
"But you can't say, 'Hey, I have to fix it first so it can run like it used to!' What's the problem?"
"When it is repaired, the road will be blocked."
"Social science is not very rigorous, but [realistic troubles] have a gun pointed at our heads. Even if [theoretical omissions] look like a sieve full of holes, we can only bite the bullet and get on with it."
"Send my order! Today's alcohol ration is reduced...double!"
"Victory or death by drunkenness!"
——Interstellar Dwarf Expedition Fleet, Archon of the Broken Rock Clan, Iron Baobao·Shattered Rock.
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Let's turn the camera back to the construction site.
Cooking food is a time-consuming and labor-intensive work, and as the number of people supplying and demanding increases, the time and energy expenditure curve becomes steeper.
Originally, there were a total of more than 160 people working in the Castle Ren and Sreif slaves, so it took a few people in the kitchen 6 hours a day to provide three meals for more than 160 people.
There are also subdivisions, slave workers eat three meals, and those living in the castle eat two meals. Of course, the lord can't eat a big pot of rice with the servants. He has to make two separate meals - how can the master eat a big pot of rice?
Remember? In order to proceed with the demolition work of the old castle and the construction of the site outside the castle (site preparation), the devil asked to "get me about a hundred new hired workers!".
So in compliance with the will of the lord, the housekeeper and servants recruited more than a hundred people from inside and outside Gusi City. They are all qualified electricians - they are all qualified strong laborers!
Most of these more than 100 people are casual workers in the city, and a small number are homesteaders outside the city (poor farmers with less land so they have free time).
Then, the problem of eating came.
There are currently about 200 people on the construction site, plus Castle Ren, which counts as a population of 300.
In order to recruit people, the castle offered benefits in addition to a daily salary of copper coins, as well as a lunch and dinner.
Excuse me, how long does the kitchen have to be busy every day to ensure the supply of three meals for 300 people?
(Breakfast is the responsibility of the hired workers. After all, the current bad weather on the island usually means that work can’t start until around noon.)
Based on the complaint made by the head chef to the butler, it seems, probably, it seems, maybe the answer is '9 hours'.
Without increasing manpower, the castle's current kitchen team needs to work continuously for nine hours a day in order to barely provide three meals a day for a population of 300 in a timely and quality-assured manner.
Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, and the more people there are, the greater the trouble.
All sane workers know that cooking requires four steps:
1.Food transshipment
2. Rough machining
3. Matching
4.Cooking
As for the advance collection of firewood, the transportation and distribution of food, and other minor chores, for the time being, it is regarded as being handled by the servants of the castle.
Due to the "horrendous" amount of ingredients consumed by a population of 300 every day, the "four steps of cooking" that the castle's kitchen team has to face every day has become very difficult in recent times.
If there were only 70 people in the past, just taking an appropriate amount of ingredients from the castle warehouse and transferring them to the kitchen every day would be enough to satisfy all the people in the castle. They would go to the manor every three or four days.
In the cellar, a large amount of refrigerated ingredients are transferred to the castle warehouse, which can meet the food consumption of Castle Ren in the next few days.
From the manor cellar to the castle warehouse to the kitchen, the transfer of ingredients takes time.
When there are more people, things become more difficult.
Recently - when the construction site began to expand its staff - the head chef and others responsible for cooking had to go to the manor cellar every day to load bundles of ingredients into the carriage to replenish the rapid consumption in the castle warehouse.
Going back and forth, moving up and down, this is all time cost.
The same goes for rough processing, cutting, and cooking. Time costs soar and the pressure on the kitchen team soars.
Although the head chef and others are still able to complete their daily cooking tasks at their posts, they are already complaining.
In order to avoid long-term overload at the grassroots level...
Uh, I mean, it caused the kitchen team to collapse and become paralyzed. This [eating problem] must be solved!
Obviously, a normal person with a sound mind will immediately think: increase manpower! Expand the kitchen! More workstations! Greater efficiency!
yes...... and no.(The chief secretary shakes his head.gif
The devil's guest reminded the lord: "Maybe 300 people can handle it, but in the subsequent stages of the project, what about 500, 700, 1,000, or even more people?"
"Continue to expand the kitchen? There is no suitable space for renovation in the castle, unless it is renamed 'Hot Pot Castle'."
Well, the 'Hotpot Castle' sounds like a characteristic building of the dwarf clan.
The smart lord immediately realized that this was a stupid plan and immediately changed his mind.
Wouldn't it be perfect to build a new kitchen outside the castle and increase the manpower?
Yes... and no. (Devil Keqing shakes his head.gif
How to increase manpower?
Recruitment or corvee?
If we recruit, how much will the salary be? Should we pay money or pay for food? Or tax exemption? Will we give Castle Ren an establishment?
If corvee is required, should we arrest people from the city or outside the city? Men or women? How to prevent inactivity and sabotage?
The Devil's Guest reminded again: "My dear Mr. Chuyang, let's come up with a policy. If there is no supporting [detailed implementation rules], wouldn't it be the same as asking the housekeeper and subordinate servants...
..."
How did you say that sentence? Oh——
——I don’t care what method you use to do it, I just want to see the result!
"The advantage is that you can let your subordinates do things without having to use your brain, and then punish them if things don't get done well."
"The downsides... there are so many, I could even make a list."
Well, there are two types of lords:
clever,
or,
Stupid.
Chu Yang was a smart lord, and he immediately thought clearly about the risks and gains involved.
The rapid construction of the new kitchen (note: independent building) is left to the devil's guest.
As for the development and requisition of human resources, the lord chose to investigate, design and make decisions by himself.
A small place also has its advantages. It only takes Chuyang half a day to travel through Gusi City and complete his preliminary investigation.
(Again, the permanent population of the seaport town is only about 9,000, and the data includes the farmers in the villages outside the city)
Suppose, in Chuyang's territory, he has a "prosperous and grand" city, and he has a population of "twenty to thirty million".
So, he could complete a "comprehensive and in-depth" field investigation by himself?
The feasibility is zero.
In this situation, he can only rely on the information feedback structure provided by his subordinate servants.
To deceive the subordinates and conceal the superiors?