Compared with the squirrel cage cranes used in Europe at the same time, the Lingao version of the squirrel cage uses a transmission and a cam controller, which not only improves the output efficiency, but also prevents casualties caused by sudden reversal.
The squirrel cage transformed by 21st century technology is much better than what Quark has seen in terms of efficiency and safety. Even for a trader like Quark who knows little about engineering technology, this loading and unloading mode is
The advantages are also obvious: a flatbed truck of goods can be loaded and unloaded in a few minutes, using less than ten people in total. If it were moved manually, it would have taken an hour or two.
Quark's deepest impression after reaching the Ming Dynasty was that the Ming Dynasty rarely used animal power and machinery, but tended to abuse human power. He once discussed this issue with Li Luoyou. Li Luoyu's explanation was that although machinery was used
Convenient, but a machine always saves a lot of labor, which invisibly takes away these people's jobs.
"Although it is a bitter meal, it still has to be eaten, right?" Li Luoyou despised the red-haired man for not knowing how to govern the world.
On the one hand, Luoyou Li was very interested in machines. He often asked missionaries and businessmen from Europe for information in this area, and even ordered books. On the other hand, he was very resistant to the practical use of machines. This made Quark Qifu not very understanding of him.
Although Ming Dynasty's manpower was extremely cheap, he was deeply impressed. Especially for the clerks in Li Luoyou's brand, according to Quark's standards, the remuneration was unimaginably low.
No wonder he repeatedly suggested that Li Luoyu introduce some British machines to use in his industry but was rejected. And Li Luoyou also plausibly said that he was "doing a good deed" by not introducing machines, because if the machines were used, the redundant workers would be fired.
, ruining their livelihoods.
Was it the good deeds or the cheap labor that made this big businessman refuse to use machines? Quark thought it was probably both.
There is only one kind of machine that this big businessman is willing to accept - that is, things that cannot be done by humans alone. For example, the machine for making cannons.
At this time, the big businessman was fascinated by this loading and unloading method. Even the fear he felt just now gradually disappeared. Flatbed trucks and box trucks were running back and forth on the track, some were pushed by manpower, and some were arranged in a row.
It started by itself. Some goods were transported to the berth and loaded onto the ship, and other goods were unloaded from the ship. The tower crane was constantly rotating and rising, and the goods were constantly flowing. This speed and frequency made Li Luoyou dizzy.
The goods shipped from Lingao are all well packaged. They are either crates of the same size, neat straw bags, straw bales, or sealed rattan baskets and bamboo baskets. Some are wrapped with straw ropes.
The jars had various marks and patterns on them. Li Luoyou could barely see that some boxes had the words "fragile" and "handle with care" written on them.
The things that arrived were not so neat. But they looked much more complicated: some were brown rice and paddy, some were sugar, and there were pieces of wood. Some flatbed trucks were carrying pig iron from Guangdong. Recently, he had been carrying
Guo's subordinates were hoarding pig iron as raw material for cannon casting, and had learned a lot about the form and standards of this kind of goods. He had always wondered why the supply of pig iron was so tight. Now he saw the piles of iron bars on the flatbed truck.
Now we know the reason why the price of worthless cold goods in the past has risen so high - the scale of Australian pig iron purchases far exceeds his level.
Why does Australia need so much pig iron? Li Luoyou was surprised. Among the various Australian products they sold, there were very few things that required a large amount of iron. This iron must have been hoarded after the inflow.
Could it be that they were forging weapons to plot a rebellion? Li Luoyou shuddered.
But most of it is still black coal, and most of the truck trucks are filled with black coal. Australians' demand for pig iron and coal seems to be astonishingly large.
The boss of the ship advised: "Two gentlemen, after disembarking from the ship, you have to go through customs and undergo customs inspection. You'd better hurry up and pack your luggage and disembark."
Li Luoyou originally hoped that Runshitang would send someone to greet him at the pier, so he waited on the deck for a long time. Seeing that all the guests on the nearby ships had left, but there was still no one to greet him, he had to ask the young master to prepare.
Disembark.
Li Luo was accustomed to being a master, so naturally he had servants to take care of him. In less than a moment, the servants finished tying up the luggage, surrounded Master Li, and the group disembarked from the boat in a grand manner.
In addition to the railway road, there are also pedestrian roads on the embankment. I don’t know what kind of material the road is paved with. It is a gray hard road, smooth and smooth. There are signs on both sides of the road that read "Keep right". There is a sign.
No, white arrows were simply painted on the road, saying "Go" and "Come" at the same time.
Li Luoyou and his party followed the arrow's instructions and walked on the right. At the end of the embankment stood a long house, which was square in shape. In the middle stood a bell tower like a European church, but above
There is no big bronze bell hanging, only a huge circular hole covered with wooden boards.
This building is very strange. The strangest thing is that there are many doors. There is a large empty space in front. There are not many people now and it is empty. You can see many big signs erected in the empty space, which read "Local".
Li Luoyu was here for the first time and didn't know what it meant. Quark was also puzzled by this set of things. While he was wandering, someone wearing a blue double-breasted jacket came up to him:
"Is this your first time in Gao?" The visitor spoke in Mandarin. Li Luoyou noticed that there was a piece of cloth pinned to the man's chest, with the word "Customs" written on it in regular ink.
Character.
In this way, this is the customs set up by the Australians. However, the customs mainly collects taxes and pumps water. Now Australians do not pump water. What is the use of these so-called "customs" officials?
"Exactly." Sao Ye quickly stepped forward to answer.
"Do you have any cargo?"
"No goods."
"Please take the temporary passage." The man pointed.
Li Luoyu originally thought that Quark's existence would cause some trouble. But the other party was obviously not interested in the red-haired man.
Sao Ye walked along the passage and took a look first, then came back and said, "Master! There is still a queue to do some errands inside. Please sit here for a while and let me do it."
"You go." Li Luoyou ordered and chose a place with an awning. The servants beside him quickly opened two fold-leg stools and asked the master and Quark to sit down. Then someone else came from the blue satin-clad warm
Tea was poured out of the white copper thermos set, and someone handed over a hand towel. Quark had a habit of taking snuff, and the cigarette case was immediately brought over.
This behavior made people in the square look at each other with suspicion. Li Luoyou was used to enjoying it, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. However, Master Han who followed him coughed and whispered: "Master, like this
Isn’t it a bit ostentatious——”
"It doesn't matter." Li Luoyou thought that this time he came here to have contact with the Australians, otherwise he would not have to contact Yang Shiyi. The Australians probably already knew that he was coming.
Li Luoyou drank hot tea and looked around. He saw that the place was extremely clean, with all kinds of people coming in and out, going their own way and doing their own things. If there was any hesitation, there were people wearing blue coats who were lingering and looking around.
When people come forward to give advice, they seem to be in good order.
Li Luoyouzheng nodded secretly, opened a folding fan with Zhu Zhishan's inscription and shook it lightly. He glanced to the side and his hand shook. It turned out that there were three houses on one side of the square, and there was a wooden sign at the door with a nondescript line.
The thick regular script reads: "Ming Dynasty Lingao County Bopu Inspection Department". Not to mention that this sign is not in line with the Ming Dynasty's system. The Ming Dynasty's Inspection Department actually stands next to the Australian customs, which makes people laugh and laugh.
feeling.
There is actually an inspection department soldier in official uniform standing guard at the door of this inspection department, holding a whistle stick. He looks decent, but the soldier's monk-like hair reveals that this person is actually a "kun man", or
It's called "false Kun".
This group of Australians is quite interesting. Just as he was thinking about it, Sao Ye trotted over and said goodbye on one leg; "Go back to the master, the deputy over there insists on you filling out some form in person. The younger one said it better."
It doesn’t make sense at the time—”
"Come here and perform this ceremony." Li Luoyou put away his fan and stood up, "Let's go and talk for a while."
There was a long counter in the room, and behind it were several people sitting with stamps with the word "Customs" on them. Li Luoyou noticed that they were all young, no more than twenty years old at most. In front of each of them was a stack of white stamps.
Paper, European-style water-dipped ink bottles, and Chinese-style four treasures of the study
"This is our master." Saoye said with great momentum. The waiter raised his head and looked at him:
"Do you need to fill out a form and learn how to read?"
There were not even polite words, let alone the word "Master". Just when Sao Ye was about to scold him, Li Luoyou nodded: "I know a few words."
"That's great, you can fill it in yourself." She said and gave him a piece of white paper. "The pen and ink are ready."
Li Luoyou picked it up and looked at it. On the white paper, many words had been printed in advance, including names, birth years and other various contents. Some of them were like staying in an inn and registering in a guest book, but the contents were much more detailed.
He thought for a moment, took out a pen and started to fill it out. Li Luoyou used a pseudonym when he came to Gao, and his name was You Shucheng. He filled in the name, his occupation was "Hongshang", his place of residence was Foshan, and he came from
The purpose of this is also written as "doing business".
Finally, there was the number, name and gender of the accompanying persons. Li Luoyou filled it out one by one and exchanged it with him. The other party browsed for a while before picking up a stamp and stamping it.
"Take your fingerprint." The clerk handed over a box of red ink pad.
When Li Luoyou's business was not big in the past, he did take his fingerprints when signing contracts - this was a common business habit. He didn't expect the Australians in Lingao to do this too.
The form was then handed to the person next to me.
After checking it again, the person took out a sign from the drawer. The sign was made of thick paper, very hard, as big as half a book. The clerk tore off a long strip of paper from the form that Li Luoyou had filled in and glued it with paste.
On the sign. Then use a bamboo stick with an iron tip dipped in water to start writing something on the sign.
"You must carry this sign with you at all times during your stay in Lingao," the clerk said. "The sign is valid for thirty days. Return the sign when you leave Lingao. If you want to stay in Lingao for more than this time, you must do so before it expires."
Please go to here or the local police station to re-register and obtain your license plate.”
He emphasized his tone to show his solemnity: "...the brand is very important. Don't lose it. If it is lost or damaged, register it as soon as possible!"
Li Luoyou took it and took a look. The back of the sign said "Temporary Visa", and the torn-off strip of paper was attached underneath. It was a rectangular made up of thick and thin black lines, and there was a row of Arabic numerals underneath.
In addition to his registered name, place of origin, and occupation, there is also a "date of issuance" written on the front, and at the bottom is a line: "validity period is thirty days from the date of issuance."
Li Luoyou noticed that not only he had this sign, but Master Han, Sao Ye and even every servant came over and received the same sign. Those who could not read had the clerk write it on their behalf.
After receiving the documents, Li Luoyou's tour group walked forward along the counter. Behind the counter were several young women wearing blue cloth gowns. They wore wonton-like cloth hats. The gowns were very slim-fitting.
He looked very handsome. The ticket on his chest said "Quarantine".
Behind these women, there were four or five men and women wearing black short coats, belts around their waists, and disc-shaped hats. The tickets on their chests had "Police" written on them - Li Luoyou knew this.
A small piece of cloth was put on the market to mark their mission.
The woman took the sign from Li Luoyou's hand, looked at it and shouted: "Foshan!"
A woman behind him immediately flipped through a large book, and after a while loudly replied: "Foshan has been free of epidemics for the past ninety days."
Then the woman asked Li Luoyou a series of questions: Have you had a fever recently? Have you had a cough? She also looked at his face carefully, which made the man feel very uncomfortable - usually when women saw him, they were either frightened or frightened.
He lowered his eyes shyly.
"Have you had any illness recently?"
After getting a negative answer, the woman shouted: "Passed!" Then she stamped a seal on Li Luoyou's sign. When Li Luoyou looked carefully, he saw that the seal was blue and had four words engraved on it.
: "Quarantine passed".
Then Quark asked the same questions, and Li Luoyou suddenly heard: "Have you ever had syphilis?"
"God testifies, no!" Quark flatly denied.
"Where's the gonorrhea?"
"No!"
"Please come inside," the woman said.
"Why?" Quark felt a little uncomfortable, "I'm not sick, I'm healthy!"
"It only takes a moment." The woman was not accommodating, and several strong men with sticks behind her also forced her way over.