Chapter 402: Torturing and Killing Overseas Chinese
The Russian Revolution attracted the attention of all parties. All the originally conflicting forces temporarily put aside their knots and began to watch Russia's every move. In particular, the Japanese had begun to mobilize their troops and were ready to intervene at any time.
Feng Jun did the same, speeding up the pace of mobilization. Before the army went north, it had to make various preparations. The most important ones were two, one was the issue of food, and the other was the supply of arms.
Since the implementation of the farm model, the sown area and output of grain in the three northeastern provinces have increased significantly. The most important thing is that the farm ensures the government's tax revenue and can collect all the revenue. In addition, it promotes the production of agricultural products.
At the lowest protective price, ordinary people sold a large amount of surplus grain to the government.
The three northeastern provinces have stored a large amount of grain, and the warehouses are all full, including rice, wheat, and sorghum noodles. In order to cope with the large amount of grain, a large number of warehouses have been built in various places, and the grain is neatly stored. As the saying goes
He said that he had food in his hands, so he didn't panic in his heart. After seeing the food, everyone felt at ease.
Zhang Tinglan and Yang Yuting were inspecting a temporary warehouse. It was filled with rice and flour, all of which were new grains this year. There were many porters going back and forth, preparing to transport the grains away. Yang Yuting opened a bag and inspected it.
After a moment, he said with a smile: "I have to say that these grains are of high quality. Not only can they be supplied to the army, but there is also a lot of surplus grain, which can be sold at a good price!"
"Don't worry, Lin Ge. The Russian economy was on the verge of collapse during the war. Now it is fighting a civil war. Agriculture has been almost destroyed. No matter which army it is, it needs a lot of food. Moreover, the great powers want to intervene.
After Russia, transporting grain from the Northeast is also the most convenient and economical, and grain is a good card in our hand."
Yang Yuting also nodded in agreement: "With the number one profiteer Zhuo Yan here, I think everyone will inevitably be slaughtered."
Many times, as long as the weapon of food is used properly, it can produce better effects than guns and can even influence the outcome of the front. Moreover, food can also be used to exchange needed things from the hands of the United States and Japan. Yes.
Zhang Tinglan already has a plan.
"During this period, the amount of food sent to the front line has reached 3 million tons, and another 5 million tons have been shipped gradually and are stored in warehouses along the railway. They can be transported to the front line at any time if needed." Yang Yuting laughed.
He said: "Two years ago, Fengjun was still short of food and clothing. Just two years later, our strength has improved rapidly. The three eastern provinces are indeed a fertile land. If they are all developed, we will definitely be able to fight against the great powers.
capital."
"Yes, the three northeastern provinces do have unlimited potential. What they lack most is an environment for peaceful development. This time there is a civil war in Russia. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. At least most of the threats in the north must be eliminated, and then we can fully deal with the Japanese."
After inspecting the grain, Zhang Tinglan met with the directors of the arsenal and steel plant without stopping. Tao Jiping, Xiong Mengyuan, Chen Qiming, Xia Han, Kuang Jingyang, Fan Xudong and others all arrived.
"Some time ago, I sent an invitation to everyone, hoping to let you summarize your management experience and think about the gains and losses. We have a preliminary factory foundation, but how to unleash the full potential of the factory depends on everyone's wisdom.
Talent, I wonder what you guys think?"
Kuang Jingyang was the oldest. When he heard Zhang Tinglan's words, he took the lead and said: "In fact, we have been reforming the management system. I have abolished foremen before and set up a detailed reward mechanism for workers. This is a good reform.
As for the next step in reform, I think we need to recruit a wide range of professional talents, have experts lead laymen, increase the autonomy of factories, and avoid excessive government intervention."
"Mr. Kuang, let me refute you." Xia Han on the side suddenly said: "Reducing government intervention is not a good thing. If you are in Europe and the United States, there are many factories and everyone competes with each other. The best companies will stand out. This is of course understandable.
. This is different from us now. There are almost only one or two factories of each type. Therefore, we can only succeed and not fail. It will never work if we just rely on the enterprises themselves. We must know that the enemy we face is in the right time and place.
We certainly cannot support the great powers without the government’s planning support.”
Even though Xia Han was just a young man, he did make some sense. After hearing this, Kuang Jingyang couldn't help but nodded and said with a smile: "It does make sense, but I was negligent."
Fan Xudong also said from the side: "Just three days ago, Mr. Hou Debang and others came back from the United States. I asked carefully about the management methods of American companies. Mr. Hou mentioned standardized assembly line production and divided the processes as carefully as possible.
For some, each worker is only responsible for a few simple processes, which can reduce the requirements for technical level and ensure the quality of the product. I think this approach is very good. Fengtian companies must develop a set of strict standards and explore and establish
The production assembly line can not only increase production efficiency exponentially, but also improve product quality."
Zhang Tinglan listened to the discussions of these people and nodded frequently. They had prepared carefully and got to the point. However, Zhang Tinglan still had some ideas, which they did not put forward.
"Everyone, an enterprise is divided into three groups: management, technical staff, and front-line workers. How to deal with the relationship between these three groups is, I think, the first problem an enterprise should solve. In the past, factory management had the final say.
It is somewhat similar to the feudal yamen, which let laymen lead experts, which eventually caused many problems, just like the Hanyang Iron Works, Kailuan Coal Mine and other Westernization enterprises. These enterprises have always been half-dead and have no way to compete with Western enterprises.
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Zhang Tinglan sharply pointed out the shortcomings of Westernization enterprises, and everyone nodded frequently. It was indeed the case. Kuang Jingyang said on the side: "I am right, and it is precisely because of this that I advocate using professional talents to manage factories.
Enterprises cannot be turned into government offices. The lessons learned from Hanyang Iron Works are too painful."
"Well, of course I very much agree with the introduction of talents, but have I still overlooked one group, that is, those front-line production workers? How should I treat them? Are they just machines that follow orders?"
After Zhang Tinglan raised this question, Kuang Jingyang was speechless for a while. He didn't expect Zhang Tinglan to mention workers. To be honest, in this era, front-line workers don't value much except those high-level technical authorities.
It is dirty and has no status at all.
"My humble opinion, how do you think we should use the workers?"
"Mr. Kuang, my opinion is that workers, technicians, and managers should be put together. The three of them are a team. They must cooperate closely. It cannot simply be regarded as who obeys whom. Workers must be introduced into the management
, participate in product research and development and make full use of their talents to achieve the best economic benefits."
Zhang Tinglan's comments had a subversive feeling to those present. Wouldn't it be chaos if workers were allowed to join the management?
"My humble opinion is that many workers have low knowledge levels. Letting them participate in management and scientific research would be a bit overestimating the workers' abilities, right?"
"The factory has major decisions, but also relatively trivial matters. And details can often determine the quality of a product, which cannot be ignored. In addition, although technical personnel are mainly responsible for designing products, workers are also required to implement the designed things.
When it becomes a physical object, there will definitely be areas that need to be improved during the production process, so workers and technicians also need to interact."
"What the commander-in-chief said makes sense!" Xiong Mengyuan said from the side: "Since the arsenal has encouraged technological innovation, many new ideas and new processes have been proposed by ordinary workers, saving materials, improving efficiency, simplifying processes, and enhancing
Quality. Take our latest water rifle as an example. Some workers suggested reducing the butt of the gun so that it can better adapt to the Chinese body. We are also working on redesigning it."
Zhang Tinglan also nodded: "Increasing workers' participation means making the factory a whole. Everyone has the responsibility and obligation to make the product quality better and the factory operation more efficient!"
Everyone present also kept thinking about Zhang Tinglan's proposition. It is indeed very reasonable. In the past, everyone more or less regarded workers as talking machines, thinking that a simple incentive system would make workers more obedient and work more.
It's enough to survive, and now it seems that there is still more room for improvement.
After everyone's discussion, we finally came up with four suggestions. The first is to encourage workers to participate in scientific research management; the second is to specify the reward and punishment mechanism, and reward workers' useful suggestions as long as they are adopted; the third is to be more standardized.
Refine the division of labor; the fourth point is to vigorously introduce and train talents, establish a network for searching and mining talents at home and abroad, find as many talents as possible, and also increase the intensity of cultivating talents ourselves.
These four points are the key to increasing the efficiency of the enterprise. If they can be implemented well, Zhang Tinglan is sure that the production capacity can be doubled and the quality can be greatly improved. The civil war in Russia is a coexistence of crises for Fengjun. As for what kind of results can be achieved,
It depends on how strong Fengjun is.
If you are strong enough, you can eat meat and drink soup. If you are not strong enough, when Russia is dyed red, Feng Jun will have a giant beast next to him. Industrial production capacity is the core of strength. The machine he obtained only completed the hardware part. Now he is sorting it out.
A new management charter is issued for the software part. Once it is completed, industrial capabilities will be greatly improved.
All of this was almost done, and Zhang Tinglan was ready to go north, but he was still waiting for news that would make the Americans take the initiative to beg for troops.
The cold Far East is not suitable for living, but since the outbreak of World War I, it has contained a lot of business opportunities. Before World War I, American businessman George was just a small grocer. However, after the outbreak of the war, he keenly seized the business opportunities and provided
Russia made its first pot of gold by selling military uniforms and other supplies.
Then his business grew bigger and bigger, and he had more and more money in his hands. The First World War completely made him successful. George even hoped that the war could continue forever. Unfortunately, although the war was not over, the Russian Civil War had already broken out.
, as a big businessman, George regarded the majority party as a scourge.
After the revolution broke out in Russia, he started to deal with the supplies he had, preparing to take his assistants and family back to the United States as soon as possible. More than a dozen of them arrived in Vladivostok in a hurry, preparing to take a freighter back to the United States.
But just when they were about to leave this damn country, a group of armed men with rifles suddenly rushed out from nowhere. Without any explanation, they arrested George and others and took them to a secret courtyard.
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George saw with his own eyes several stout Russians pushing his wife and daughter to the ground. Right in front of him, they were all torn clean. Then these Russians took turns to do whatever they wanted on the two white bodies. His wife
The shrill cries and his daughter's low sobs all rang in George's ears, like thunder, knocking him unconscious. He tried desperately to break free, but suddenly a dagger was inserted into his chest.
Inside the shoulder, an arm was torn off in an instant, and George was like a wounded beast, howling as if from hell... (To be continued...)