"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 one," 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 opinion, in terms of social status, Jeju Island is similar to Hainan Island where he led the special investigation team to visit - the government has a certain degree of influence.
Influence, but actual dominance is not very strong. Beyond the three cities and nine towns, it is the world of 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 have happened occasionally are generally due to the fact that the local people have not seen the "Japanese"
"Kun" is so powerful, it is caused by 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 as well.”
Although the overall structure of the Li Dynasty has a rather "little China" feel, when you walk to the capital, it seems that you have arrived in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the local power of the Li Dynasty was very strong, and the court's control over local areas was far less than that of the Ming Dynasty. During the two Japanese Rebellions, various places
The organization of volunteer soldiers has strengthened this trend. The two groups of local nobles are almost feudal lords, and the common people are very oppressed and have almost the same status as serfs.
After listening to Xue Ziliang's introduction, Zhu Mingxia had a general idea. However, the specific way to carry out the next step of work would have to wait until Feng Zongze and Nangong Wudi came back to discuss it.
"The working conditions are too bad." Feng Zongze complained while looking at the blackened beams, "The smell is terrible."
Feng Zongze is inspecting Mingdi Village. He is 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 ways to expand foreign trade.
Chance.
Completely relying on the central government to allocate supplies. For local governments thousands of miles away, the waiting time is really too long. Especially now that Jeju Island is in the midst of construction and needs a lot of supplies. Feng Zongze and others feel that,
Instead of waiting for supplies to be shipped all the way from Hong Kong, it is better to try to purchase supplies nearby. He has already reported this idea to the Executive Committee and obtained approval from the Department of Colonization and Trade.
There are not many bulk products in Jeju Island, mainly cattle and horses, bows and arrows, and fish catches. Since cattle and horses are materials strictly controlled by the Senate, and fish catches are 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 unfamiliarity with the local conditions and bow manufacturing industry, he finally decided to
All official bow and arrow workshops are contracted out to the local Mingdi Village bow and arrow shop.
Although the approval to go to Northeast China for trade has not yet been issued, Feng Zongze is very concerned about expanding bow and arrow production and improving quality. Although he does not intervene in specific business management, technically he has begun to forcefully promote some simple new products in various shops.
Process and quality control, while importing several special equipment from Lingao.
What made Feng Zongze feel that the conditions were bad was that the more than ten pots in which the isinglass was being cooked were emitting a disgusting odor. The process and equipment for cooking the isinglass had 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. A flue with higher thermal efficiency was used for centralized heating. A special pot for boiling glue was installed in the water bath for heating, which not only saved fuel
, and the scorching problem that has always troubled glue boiling workers has been solved. There is no need for workers to keep an eye on the glue boiling pot all the time and adjust the firepower 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" is not the same.
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 will tell shopkeeper Zhao to do it right 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 the various improvements under the arrangement of Jeju Island's front fingers involve equipment
The partners do not have to spend any money: the equipment and installation are all borne by the Senate, but there are also considerable expenses in the workshop. This kind of labor insurance 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. The packaging boxes had standardized weights and different arrow patterns painted on them. Each box had to be opened.
Weighing is carried out after box inspection. This is the second improvement led by Feng Zongze: standard arrow.
Feng Zongze inspected locally made bows and arrows. The arrowheads were all made by the blacksmith shop on Jeju Island. Not only were they rough in shape, but also the bows and arrows had to be filed, polished and shaped before they could be assembled. The assembly efficiency was not high. So Feng Zongze immediately introduced
standard arrow.
The current standard arrowheads are manufactured in Lingao. Based on the research data of modern bows and arrows, engineers at the machinery factory have developed several arrowheads for different purposes and carried out standardized production. In the view 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. This saves labor and materials.
The standard arrowheads manufactured in Lingao immediately replaced the local arrowheads after they were delivered to the island. Even without relying on administrative coercion, this improvement is not difficult: the craftsmen have never seen such well-made arrowheads. It takes a long time to assemble.
The filing time has also been greatly reduced. Originally, the arrowheads were purchased from outside, but now they just need to change a supplier - and the supply price is not higher than before - the cost of small hardware manufactured in batches is extremely low. In fact, Feng Zongze
There is also profit in the sales arrow.
However, Feng Zongze was still dissatisfied: during his inspection, he found that craftsmen still often need to file when assembling arrowheads. It turns out that although arrowheads have been standardized, the matching arrow shafts are still made by hand. 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 will automatically spin them into exactly the same small sticks. Adjusting the size of the rotary knife can also produce different sizes.
There is no steam engine available here for the time being, but a hand-operated one will do. Feng Zongze suddenly thought that the water source here is quite abundant, and 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 arrows, which Feng Zongze thought was too few. Arrows were consumables, and for the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which had frequent wars, a monthly output of 100,000 arrows might not be enough to sell.
The current production efficiency is still too low. Even a management layman like him can see that the bow and arrow shop has many areas for improvement.
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 himself has a lot of work, he can only be satisfied with such an extensive management model. However, the advantage of making the bow and arrow industry run by the government and under the supervision of the private sector is that there is no need to bear the cost and profit and loss of the bow and arrow shop. Feng Zongze's requirements for the bow and arrow workshop are simple:
One-fifth of the total output is paid as contract fees and taxes. In addition, no other taxes are 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 Chaocheonpo Port.
Huang Yunyu is currently in charge of exporting bows and arrows. As an agent for the business groups 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, export taxes will not 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, which was located in a nearby shop.
{Piaotian Literature www.ptwxz.com thanks all book friends for their support, your support is our biggest motivation}