Chapter 2278
Chapter 2278
Chapter 2278
Li Nai said with a wry smile: "Dean Zhang, what you said is low cost is the standard of a government-run workshop, but here I am a private workshop. These steam engines are not made by myself, they are all rented from the government at a high price, except for the original steam engine. For the fixed costs of labor, machine depreciation, and coal burning, we have to pay high rents. Do you think this cost can be the same as that of government-run workshops? And in order to ensure sales, our shipping prices cannot be higher than the official ones. Relatively speaking Naturally, there will be less profit from it.”
After listening to Li Nai's explanation, Zhang Jinbao suddenly realized that the raw materials and production equipment of this workshop were all provided by the government, and it was more like an OEM for the government than Fu Ruifeng's private property.As Li Nai said, the production cost here must be higher than that of the official workshop.
Li Nai continued: "To be honest with Dean Zhang, Fu Ruifeng has not even recovered half of the funds invested in this place so far. If there is a follow-up to build ports and roads, it may be very difficult in two or three years." There are real profits."
Zhang Jinbao said: "Since this is the case, there must be some special conditions that make the third young master willing to invest money to maintain this not very profitable business."
Li Nai pointed to the bang-bang steam engine next to him and said, "Of course it is for this thing! The Executive Committee hopes that the steam engine can be quickly popularized in more production environments, but only relying on official promotion is Insufficient, in the future it will gradually transition from government-run to civilian use. Our place is almost a testing ground for training specialized operators... The executive committee calls them industrial workers. I believe Dean Zhang should I've heard that name before."
Zhang Jinbao is no stranger to the term "industrial worker". Although he doesn't come to Sanya often to meet senior officials of the executive committee, the news is not kept secret.In addition to various official and unofficial newspapers, he also often obtains some special information from Zhang Xin that is unknown to the outside world.
Zhang Jinbao has heard Zhang Xin talk more than once about Haihan’s high-level vision for the country’s future, and one of the most important ones is “cultivating a large number of industrial workers”.What is an industrial worker?According to Zhang Xin’s explanation, it refers to people who break away from the traditional livelihood of farming and engage in collective labor in production institutions such as mines, smelting workshops, shipyards, etc., and use the remuneration they get as their source of income.
In fact, such practitioners are quite common in Haihan at present. For example, the port mechanics in Danzhou Port and the salt industry workers in the salt field can also be classified into this category.In the large-scale government-run smelting workshop here in Changhua, there are thousands of craftsmen and laborers. Of course, these are all industrial workers as defined by the government.
However, Zhang Jinbao keenly grasped some details in Li Nai's words, and believed that the industrial workers he was referring to did not generally refer to practitioners within the official definition, but specifically to these senior craftsmen who knew how to operate steam engines for production.
"These people... are all from Fu Ruifeng?" Zhang Jinbao asked tentatively.
"Not all." Li Nai shook his head and said: "The foremen in charge of technology here are basically sent by the government, and my people are basically still in the training stage. But wait another year or two, two or three years, Fu Ruifeng will probably have dozens of foremen who know how to operate and maintain steam engines, and then there will be no need to pay high prices for so many official craftsmen to guard here."
If Zhang Jinbao realized something, "The government helped Fu Ruifeng to train so many craftsmen. Is this what the third young master said just now to transfer the steam engine from government to civilian use?"
"That's right!" Li Nai explained: "The executive committee wants to promote the use of steam engines among the people, so more people must first be able to use this thing."
"But the property of the third young master's family belongs to Daming after all... It seems that the executive committee has really put more trust in the third young master!" Zhang Jinbao felt a little envious when he heard this, after all, Jonesy Academy wanted to go in this direction at the beginning As soon as he left, he was stopped by the government, but now the government is silently supporting Fu Ruifeng, a Ming firm, to engage in steam engine-related production. How can this not make him feel a little sour.
Of course, Zhang Jinbao can roughly imagine why Haihan chose Fu Ruifeng instead of Jonesy College. In addition to the good personal relationship between Li Nai and the senior officials of the executive committee, Fu Ruifeng's financial resources are probably one of the important factors .Although it is not clear how much Fu Ruifeng spent on renting machines and hiring craftsmen, even if it is the cost of building workshops and supporting facilities here, Jonesy Academy will definitely not be able to afford it.
Zhang Jinbao wants his own academy to open courses related to steam engines, but he can't come up with much budget to show his sincerity and determination to the government. Naturally, it is difficult to spend a lot of money like Fu Ruifeng. Even if there are some problems in the middle, as long as the money can be used If it is resolved, it will not stop Li Nai's determination to realize it.
Shrewd people such as Li Naihe also tasted something from Zhang Jinbao's words, and said with a smile: "Actually, some private organizations in Haihan Kingdom have already used steam engines for production, just to avoid a situation of competing with the country for profit. The finished products will basically not be sold outside, and they will be delivered directly to the government. At best, Furuifeng can be regarded as the first outside Haihan Kingdom!"
Zhang Jinbao had also heard of the "civilian organization" that Li Nai mentioned.These institutions are not run by ordinary citizens, but the group of Haihan people who crossed the sea and came to Sanya. Some of them did not want to be officials, so they established some commercial institutions as their own bosses.And the resources these institutions have are naturally far superior to ordinary commercial firms. Machines like steam engines, which are regarded as magical things by the outside world, certainly don't have much technical secrets for them.
However, the items produced by these institutions are basically not civilian products, the output is not large, and they will not be sold externally, so they are often not well-known, and many people are not even aware of the existence of these institutions.
As for the workshop of Fu Ruifeng, the things produced are all tools that can be used in daily life. There is actually no secret in the manufacturing technology. The key is to rely on the participation of steam engines to shorten working hours and improve production efficiency.Blacksmiths need time-consuming and labor-intensive work, but the steam engine only needs a reciprocating movement of the piston rod to complete it, which was an unimaginable scene in the past.
The steward here looked at the loopholes, and quickly introduced to Li Nai some recent orders that were in production.
"Look, the one thousand hoes, one thousand shovels, axes, saws, iron chains and other tools that Heitugang ordered from us, an ordinary blacksmith shop would not be able to make so many in a year, but here we are , all will be delivered in less than a month, and the price may be slightly lower than the market price, what does this mean?"
Li Nai paused, and then he talked eloquently: "Although the profit of each item is very thin, the production capacity has been increased countless times compared with the traditional method. If we always have orders for purchase, then it may not be necessary to realize profitability." It's been a long time since I said it. With the speed of Haihan's external expansion, I think the prospect is still worth looking forward to."
Zhang Jinbao thought to himself, as expected, the previous complaint was just a sham, how could a shrewd person like Li Nai care so much about a business that doesn't make much money.Besides, if the place where the steam engine is used can't make money, why should the government spend so much effort to promote this thing.
Zhang Jinbao felt that he should also show his knowledge at this time, cleared his throat and said: "I think that the use of this steam engine can help this workshop improve the production efficiency is only one of them, and it will drive the production efficiency of other places to increase. Creating more value is probably what the government really values.”
"The production tools ordered by these black soil ports will definitely be put into use soon after delivery, and the coal dug out by them may be sent to this place again in a month or two to become the next batch of production tools. Raw materials for tools. After the production speed of these tools is increased, the follow-up value that can be created will also increase greatly, even far exceeding the value of these tools themselves. I think this is the significance of introducing steam engines to improve production efficiency.”
"Principal Zhang is right, I'm here to teach you!" Li Nai probably didn't expect that Zhang Jinbao could come up with such a set of theories, and immediately bowed his hands to express his admiration.
In fact, Li Nai is no stranger to this set of theories, but the last time he heard someone talk about this knowledge, the other party was Beks, a high-ranking official of the Executive Committee, whose theoretical level was beyond the reach of others, and he also had a feeling after hearing it. The feeling of enlightenment.
Of course, Zhang Jinbao’s statement is too shallow compared to Beks’, and it cannot be extended like Beks’s. When it comes to the evolution and development of the entire social system and productivity, it is at best just touching the door.But even so, Li Nai still admires him very much. After all, ordinary people with such vision and insight are rare in his impression.
Is Zhang Jinbao really that good?That's not necessarily true.Many of the theories he said came from some of the remarks he heard from Zhang Xin before. After digesting and pondering, he incorporated some of his own ideas. It is true that the vision of ordinary people is higher than that of ordinary people, but it has not yet formed. Really organized thought.
But for Li Nai and Zhang Jinbao, their understanding of this can only reach this level for the time being. After all, they didn't know what an industrialized society is before, and they can only rely on the information at this stage to get some vague information. know.
What kind of impact the change in productivity will have on the social system and production relations? Even people like Li Nai still don't quite understand the road ahead.But he knew that the senior management of Haihan was full of confidence in this, because all this was originally the direction of development they had planned and arranged.
Li Nai recalled that when he asked Bex about related issues before, Bex once said to himself: "We know how the times will change, and we will lead you and others on the right path. If our efficiency is high enough, Then, before we die, we can observe the changes in the world."
What kind of changes the Haihan people want to observe, and where they want the world to go, Li Nai actually doesn't quite understand, but he can feel that the arrangements made by the Haihan people have been carefully considered, and the Haihan people's The development is also rapid. Perhaps after a few decades, the world will really become something I can't imagine at this stage.
And Haihan's means to achieve this goal seems to be by increasing productivity.Haihan will infinitely improve the efficiency of the work that took years to complete in the past, whether it is the production of iron tools or the transmission of information.Except for the crops that depend on the sky for food, it seems that they are still sowing and harvesting according to the original natural laws, and various other production activities are constantly accelerating.
After spending an hour visiting the production situation here, Li Nai had to take some time to have a meeting with the stewards and foremen here to solve some problems in production and operation.It was inconvenient for Zhang Jinbao, an outsider, to attend this kind of meeting, so Li Nai arranged a carriage and took him back to Changhua Town to live in.
The group spent the night in Changhua that night, and boarded the boat again the next morning for Danzhou.
When Li Nai's ship entered the port, Zhang Jinbao noticed that there was another familiar-looking box-type carriage waiting on the pier. Obviously, Li Nai made arrangements after setting off from Shengli Port and notified Dan in advance. The state sent someone to greet him.
"Principal Zhang may think it's a little publicity for me to arrange the carriage to come to the port in advance?" Li Nai asked Zhang Jinbao when he saw that Zhang Jinbao was staring at the carriage on the pier without saying a word.
Zhang Jinbao came back to his senses with a smile and said, "Why did the third young master say that? I'm just a little envious of the third young master's demeanor!"
Li Nai waved his hand and said: "The reason for making such an arrangement is not for any prestige, but because of the busy schedule next time, and some time is precious, even if there is nothing to do on the road from the port to Danzhou City, you can It’s also good to take a break in a relatively comfortable environment. After all, compared to riding a horse or taking a sedan chair, this is probably the most comfortable way of land transportation that can be found so far.”
Zhang Jinbao said: "The statement of the third young master is very similar to the adults of the executive committee!"
"I learned it from them." Li Nai said without hesitation: "Since I have enough financial resources, when I go out, I must provide myself with the most comfortable environment as possible. In this way, no matter where I go Do everything in the best condition possible.”
Zhang Jinbao claimed to be taught, but he was thinking in his heart that this was probably the way of thinking of the upper class, and he didn't need to consider the cost, as long as he could feel comfortable.
Thinking about this time I brought a few students to Sanya to meet the world, and I had to calculate the transportation, accommodation, food and drink expenses, for fear of overspending, it was really not fun.In the future, if he really develops, he should take Li Nai as an example and be more chic when going out.
(End of this chapter)
Li Nai said with a wry smile: "Dean Zhang, what you said is low cost is the standard of a government-run workshop, but here I am a private workshop. These steam engines are not made by myself, they are all rented from the government at a high price, except for the original steam engine. For the fixed costs of labor, machine depreciation, and coal burning, we have to pay high rents. Do you think this cost can be the same as that of government-run workshops? And in order to ensure sales, our shipping prices cannot be higher than the official ones. Relatively speaking Naturally, there will be less profit from it.”
After listening to Li Nai's explanation, Zhang Jinbao suddenly realized that the raw materials and production equipment of this workshop were all provided by the government, and it was more like an OEM for the government than Fu Ruifeng's private property.As Li Nai said, the production cost here must be higher than that of the official workshop.
Li Nai continued: "To be honest with Dean Zhang, Fu Ruifeng has not even recovered half of the funds invested in this place so far. If there is a follow-up to build ports and roads, it may be very difficult in two or three years." There are real profits."
Zhang Jinbao said: "Since this is the case, there must be some special conditions that make the third young master willing to invest money to maintain this not very profitable business."
Li Nai pointed to the bang-bang steam engine next to him and said, "Of course it is for this thing! The Executive Committee hopes that the steam engine can be quickly popularized in more production environments, but only relying on official promotion is Insufficient, in the future it will gradually transition from government-run to civilian use. Our place is almost a testing ground for training specialized operators... The executive committee calls them industrial workers. I believe Dean Zhang should I've heard that name before."
Zhang Jinbao is no stranger to the term "industrial worker". Although he doesn't come to Sanya often to meet senior officials of the executive committee, the news is not kept secret.In addition to various official and unofficial newspapers, he also often obtains some special information from Zhang Xin that is unknown to the outside world.
Zhang Jinbao has heard Zhang Xin talk more than once about Haihan’s high-level vision for the country’s future, and one of the most important ones is “cultivating a large number of industrial workers”.What is an industrial worker?According to Zhang Xin’s explanation, it refers to people who break away from the traditional livelihood of farming and engage in collective labor in production institutions such as mines, smelting workshops, shipyards, etc., and use the remuneration they get as their source of income.
In fact, such practitioners are quite common in Haihan at present. For example, the port mechanics in Danzhou Port and the salt industry workers in the salt field can also be classified into this category.In the large-scale government-run smelting workshop here in Changhua, there are thousands of craftsmen and laborers. Of course, these are all industrial workers as defined by the government.
However, Zhang Jinbao keenly grasped some details in Li Nai's words, and believed that the industrial workers he was referring to did not generally refer to practitioners within the official definition, but specifically to these senior craftsmen who knew how to operate steam engines for production.
"These people... are all from Fu Ruifeng?" Zhang Jinbao asked tentatively.
"Not all." Li Nai shook his head and said: "The foremen in charge of technology here are basically sent by the government, and my people are basically still in the training stage. But wait another year or two, two or three years, Fu Ruifeng will probably have dozens of foremen who know how to operate and maintain steam engines, and then there will be no need to pay high prices for so many official craftsmen to guard here."
If Zhang Jinbao realized something, "The government helped Fu Ruifeng to train so many craftsmen. Is this what the third young master said just now to transfer the steam engine from government to civilian use?"
"That's right!" Li Nai explained: "The executive committee wants to promote the use of steam engines among the people, so more people must first be able to use this thing."
"But the property of the third young master's family belongs to Daming after all... It seems that the executive committee has really put more trust in the third young master!" Zhang Jinbao felt a little envious when he heard this, after all, Jonesy Academy wanted to go in this direction at the beginning As soon as he left, he was stopped by the government, but now the government is silently supporting Fu Ruifeng, a Ming firm, to engage in steam engine-related production. How can this not make him feel a little sour.
Of course, Zhang Jinbao can roughly imagine why Haihan chose Fu Ruifeng instead of Jonesy College. In addition to the good personal relationship between Li Nai and the senior officials of the executive committee, Fu Ruifeng's financial resources are probably one of the important factors .Although it is not clear how much Fu Ruifeng spent on renting machines and hiring craftsmen, even if it is the cost of building workshops and supporting facilities here, Jonesy Academy will definitely not be able to afford it.
Zhang Jinbao wants his own academy to open courses related to steam engines, but he can't come up with much budget to show his sincerity and determination to the government. Naturally, it is difficult to spend a lot of money like Fu Ruifeng. Even if there are some problems in the middle, as long as the money can be used If it is resolved, it will not stop Li Nai's determination to realize it.
Shrewd people such as Li Naihe also tasted something from Zhang Jinbao's words, and said with a smile: "Actually, some private organizations in Haihan Kingdom have already used steam engines for production, just to avoid a situation of competing with the country for profit. The finished products will basically not be sold outside, and they will be delivered directly to the government. At best, Furuifeng can be regarded as the first outside Haihan Kingdom!"
Zhang Jinbao had also heard of the "civilian organization" that Li Nai mentioned.These institutions are not run by ordinary citizens, but the group of Haihan people who crossed the sea and came to Sanya. Some of them did not want to be officials, so they established some commercial institutions as their own bosses.And the resources these institutions have are naturally far superior to ordinary commercial firms. Machines like steam engines, which are regarded as magical things by the outside world, certainly don't have much technical secrets for them.
However, the items produced by these institutions are basically not civilian products, the output is not large, and they will not be sold externally, so they are often not well-known, and many people are not even aware of the existence of these institutions.
As for the workshop of Fu Ruifeng, the things produced are all tools that can be used in daily life. There is actually no secret in the manufacturing technology. The key is to rely on the participation of steam engines to shorten working hours and improve production efficiency.Blacksmiths need time-consuming and labor-intensive work, but the steam engine only needs a reciprocating movement of the piston rod to complete it, which was an unimaginable scene in the past.
The steward here looked at the loopholes, and quickly introduced to Li Nai some recent orders that were in production.
"Look, the one thousand hoes, one thousand shovels, axes, saws, iron chains and other tools that Heitugang ordered from us, an ordinary blacksmith shop would not be able to make so many in a year, but here we are , all will be delivered in less than a month, and the price may be slightly lower than the market price, what does this mean?"
Li Nai paused, and then he talked eloquently: "Although the profit of each item is very thin, the production capacity has been increased countless times compared with the traditional method. If we always have orders for purchase, then it may not be necessary to realize profitability." It's been a long time since I said it. With the speed of Haihan's external expansion, I think the prospect is still worth looking forward to."
Zhang Jinbao thought to himself, as expected, the previous complaint was just a sham, how could a shrewd person like Li Nai care so much about a business that doesn't make much money.Besides, if the place where the steam engine is used can't make money, why should the government spend so much effort to promote this thing.
Zhang Jinbao felt that he should also show his knowledge at this time, cleared his throat and said: "I think that the use of this steam engine can help this workshop improve the production efficiency is only one of them, and it will drive the production efficiency of other places to increase. Creating more value is probably what the government really values.”
"The production tools ordered by these black soil ports will definitely be put into use soon after delivery, and the coal dug out by them may be sent to this place again in a month or two to become the next batch of production tools. Raw materials for tools. After the production speed of these tools is increased, the follow-up value that can be created will also increase greatly, even far exceeding the value of these tools themselves. I think this is the significance of introducing steam engines to improve production efficiency.”
"Principal Zhang is right, I'm here to teach you!" Li Nai probably didn't expect that Zhang Jinbao could come up with such a set of theories, and immediately bowed his hands to express his admiration.
In fact, Li Nai is no stranger to this set of theories, but the last time he heard someone talk about this knowledge, the other party was Beks, a high-ranking official of the Executive Committee, whose theoretical level was beyond the reach of others, and he also had a feeling after hearing it. The feeling of enlightenment.
Of course, Zhang Jinbao’s statement is too shallow compared to Beks’, and it cannot be extended like Beks’s. When it comes to the evolution and development of the entire social system and productivity, it is at best just touching the door.But even so, Li Nai still admires him very much. After all, ordinary people with such vision and insight are rare in his impression.
Is Zhang Jinbao really that good?That's not necessarily true.Many of the theories he said came from some of the remarks he heard from Zhang Xin before. After digesting and pondering, he incorporated some of his own ideas. It is true that the vision of ordinary people is higher than that of ordinary people, but it has not yet formed. Really organized thought.
But for Li Nai and Zhang Jinbao, their understanding of this can only reach this level for the time being. After all, they didn't know what an industrialized society is before, and they can only rely on the information at this stage to get some vague information. know.
What kind of impact the change in productivity will have on the social system and production relations? Even people like Li Nai still don't quite understand the road ahead.But he knew that the senior management of Haihan was full of confidence in this, because all this was originally the direction of development they had planned and arranged.
Li Nai recalled that when he asked Bex about related issues before, Bex once said to himself: "We know how the times will change, and we will lead you and others on the right path. If our efficiency is high enough, Then, before we die, we can observe the changes in the world."
What kind of changes the Haihan people want to observe, and where they want the world to go, Li Nai actually doesn't quite understand, but he can feel that the arrangements made by the Haihan people have been carefully considered, and the Haihan people's The development is also rapid. Perhaps after a few decades, the world will really become something I can't imagine at this stage.
And Haihan's means to achieve this goal seems to be by increasing productivity.Haihan will infinitely improve the efficiency of the work that took years to complete in the past, whether it is the production of iron tools or the transmission of information.Except for the crops that depend on the sky for food, it seems that they are still sowing and harvesting according to the original natural laws, and various other production activities are constantly accelerating.
After spending an hour visiting the production situation here, Li Nai had to take some time to have a meeting with the stewards and foremen here to solve some problems in production and operation.It was inconvenient for Zhang Jinbao, an outsider, to attend this kind of meeting, so Li Nai arranged a carriage and took him back to Changhua Town to live in.
The group spent the night in Changhua that night, and boarded the boat again the next morning for Danzhou.
When Li Nai's ship entered the port, Zhang Jinbao noticed that there was another familiar-looking box-type carriage waiting on the pier. Obviously, Li Nai made arrangements after setting off from Shengli Port and notified Dan in advance. The state sent someone to greet him.
"Principal Zhang may think it's a little publicity for me to arrange the carriage to come to the port in advance?" Li Nai asked Zhang Jinbao when he saw that Zhang Jinbao was staring at the carriage on the pier without saying a word.
Zhang Jinbao came back to his senses with a smile and said, "Why did the third young master say that? I'm just a little envious of the third young master's demeanor!"
Li Nai waved his hand and said: "The reason for making such an arrangement is not for any prestige, but because of the busy schedule next time, and some time is precious, even if there is nothing to do on the road from the port to Danzhou City, you can It’s also good to take a break in a relatively comfortable environment. After all, compared to riding a horse or taking a sedan chair, this is probably the most comfortable way of land transportation that can be found so far.”
Zhang Jinbao said: "The statement of the third young master is very similar to the adults of the executive committee!"
"I learned it from them." Li Nai said without hesitation: "Since I have enough financial resources, when I go out, I must provide myself with the most comfortable environment as possible. In this way, no matter where I go Do everything in the best condition possible.”
Zhang Jinbao claimed to be taught, but he was thinking in his heart that this was probably the way of thinking of the upper class, and he didn't need to consider the cost, as long as he could feel comfortable.
Thinking about this time I brought a few students to Sanya to meet the world, and I had to calculate the transportation, accommodation, food and drink expenses, for fear of overspending, it was really not fun.In the future, if he really develops, he should take Li Nai as an example and be more chic when going out.
(End of this chapter)