Daming 1805

Chapter 407: A Good Fighter Has No Outstanding Achievement
"For the development of Ming Dynasty".

After Zhu Jingyuan finished his declaration of unification of thought, he immediately looked at the busy production line not far away.

Although the vast majority of people agree with Zhu Jingyuan's "For Ming Dynasty" declaration, most people's understanding of this sentence is not exactly the same as Zhu Jingyuan's.

What some people say is for Daming, there is a specific group and scope.

What Zhu Jingyuan said for the development of Ming Dynasty included a better vision for all Ming people to live in the future.

Of course, this also includes the most common assembly line workers.

The production of small aircraft is completely streamlined.

The workers stood still in one place, and the frames of the aircraft advanced on the conveyor one by one.

Stay at each position for a period of time, and the workers at each station install the parts they are responsible for on the plane.

The more complete the fuselage of the aircraft goes to the front of the assembly line, until finally it becomes a complete finished product off the assembly line.

In Zhu Jingyuan's view, all the workers' movements can be regarded as very skillful, of course they are also very busy, and there is almost no time to stop.

People are like machines, doing a relatively simple and repetitive job fixedly to improve the labor speed, which is the biggest role of the assembly line.

Zhu Jingyuan recalled the logic of the assembly line and the birth of existence, and subconsciously said to Zhu Dikai beside him:

"The work pressure of the assembly line is too great, and there is no way to do this job easily, it can only be done in this way for the sake of efficiency.

"However, workers' living security must be done well, and the factory area must provide necessary recreational facilities.

"More importantly, the wages must be adequate and the benefits must be good.

"Let the workers feel that although it is hard work, it is worth it."

Zhu Dikai smiled and said:
"Uncle Wang, you are really kind, our factory has always implemented your requirements.

"The treatment of workers in our factory is actually the best in the industry, even better than those of the government-run industries of the Ministry of Industry and the factories of the imperial consortium.

"The key point is that in the whole industry, our workers' work pressure is actually not great, and their income is completely adequate.

"The main reason is that all of our products belong to the highest end in the industry, and the profits are inherently high.

"The hardest ones are the workers in private factories..."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded subconsciously after hearing this, and then felt that there was something wrong:
"Our factory is not the hardest, the wages are high, and the benefits are good, but do the private factories still have workers?"

Zhu Dikai went on to explain:

"Of course there is. Although our factory pays well, and the royal consortium and the military factories of the Ministry of Industry, the workers' pay is better than that of the civilians, but we can't accommodate all the workers.

"So there are still people working in private factories, and the important ideal and goal of their work is to jump to the royal family, military industry, and our factory after accumulating enough qualifications.

"So the workers in our factory use the best in the industry. Of course, the products we manufacture also have the best reviews, the lowest failure rate, and of course the highest prices...

"For our factory, it has now entered a positive cycle.

"The performance and quality of the products are good, the society and the market have high evaluations, and the brand effect is constantly increasing. More and more people recognize and pursue our brand products. Those who come to our factory to apply for jobs and are retained are all good workers. The products produced are of course The quality is also good."

Zhu Dikai took it for granted, but Zhu Jingyuan realized the problem again.

This state is actually the most specific and direct manifestation of the problem that I have considered before.

With the advancement of the industrial revolution and the explosive development of industry and commerce, the scale of factories and enterprises has also exploded.

The real large-scale machine production actually started in the second industrial revolution.

Before the first industrial revolution, and even before the second industrial revolution, most of the social production was still in the state of workshops, and various factories could even be regarded as a small circle.

The royal consortium, which has swelled up in advance, has an absolute advantage in scale compared to traditional local workshop-style factories.

That is actually the imperial consortium entering the era of monopoly after the second industrial revolution ahead of time.

Now that the second industrial revolution has spread, the era of global monopoly has arrived, and private factories have exploded.

Although the imperial consortium is also expanding now, and the speed of purely looking at the main body is also very fast, the proportion is very large.

But after all, they have already inflated, and the order of magnitude of this expansion cannot be compared with private capital.

The point is that after the simultaneous expansion of the number of workers in society, it is impossible to absorb a large enough proportion of workers.

The royal consortium, which is taking the direction of high-end core industries, is doomed to be unable to absorb enough ordinary workers.

Even if the conditions in private factories are not good, workers still go to work in private factories.

Although it is said that this "bad condition" standard is only relative to the current royal factory in the same period.

It must have been much better than it was during the World Wars.

Because with the expansion of the second industrial revolution, Ming's social productivity is rising rapidly, and the factory owners have been able to offer more "conditions" to the current workers.

But what is certain is that the speed at which the “conditions” of ordinary workers improve cannot keep up with the speed of productivity growth, the speed of industrial and commercial development, or the expansion of private capital.

Operators will certainly take more profits into their own pockets for expanding production.

When the gap between the two accumulates, there will be overproduction and underconsumption, which is the precursor of the economic crisis.

At the national level, the right thing to do in that situation is to pay workers more, which in turn increases consumption.

But from a personal point of view, isn't it nonsense if things don't sell and you get extra money?

The natural choice in private factories is to reduce production and lay off workers.

Therefore, the correct approach is to do it before the economic crisis comes, at the stage of great production capacity development, so as to postpone or even avoid the economic crisis.

Rather than wait until the economic crisis comes, and then implement it as a solution, it may have the opposite effect.

If the imperial court asked for processing money, the manufacturer would directly declare bankruptcy and run away.

When the economic crisis really broke out, the factory owners could no longer raise wages.

Zhu Jingyuan demanded to strengthen the power of the imperial court, set up government-run industries on a large scale, absorb more workers from the private sector, and enter the manufacturers directly under the government.

The direct purpose is of course to check and balance private capital, but the actual operation direction is to contain the economic crisis.

The harm of the economic crisis will come after the great development. Zhu Jingyuan and his son have started planning ahead of time to deal with it.

If prevention can solve the problem, if the problem does not appear in the end, then everything that has been done before may not be understood.

People who prevent problems before they happen, rather than when they arise, don't necessarily gain prestige.

Just like in later generations, every rainy season, the flooded cities will be on the news, but no one knows about the cities that are not flooded.

A good fighter has no great achievements, and a good doctor has no brilliant name.

In fact, Roosevelt did not solve the economic crisis in the United States, but he successfully delayed and controlled the economic crisis, and diverted the impact of the economic crisis with the help of World War II, so he became one of the most respected presidents in the United States.

People in Daming, and even people all over the world, haven't really seen the economic crisis after the second industrial revolution, and they don't know how terrifying that situation is.

Of course, there is no way to realize how much credit has actually been contributed to solving this crisis and avoiding this crisis.

If I can "turn the tide" for the Ming Dynasty that has fallen into crisis, like Roosevelt, then I will definitely be able to shine through the future and be popular.

But Daming's losses from the crisis are actually immeasurable.

Moreover, if you want to talk about your own "merits", you have already made yourself soft through technological innovation and presiding over negotiations.

I can already go down in history.

Now, it should be my highest goal to eliminate and avoid the economic crisis for Daming as much as possible, so that Daming can continue to develop smoothly for decades in the future.

Thinking about this in his heart, Zhu Jingyuan didn't bring up any related topic. Except for Zhu Zhongliang, no one else could discuss this kind of topic with him, let alone say it openly.

Instead, Zhu Jingyuan told Zhu Dikai at the end of the factory visit that he wanted to see how to take off and land on the spot in order to show his importance to civil aviation activities.

Let Zhu Dikai, in the name of the factory and himself, invite the relatively well-known "big hands" in this folk activity to come to the factory to participate in a simple invitational competition in the shortest possible time.

As long as you are invited to participate, you will be given a participation subsidy of [-] silver notes.

A prize of [-] silver notes will be given to the top ten finalists.

The top three prizes are directly a new small general-purpose aircraft of Deming Airlines.

The champion will be given the highest model and the best matching, and the runner-up and third runner-up will be downgraded to simplified matching in turn.

All expenses were paid by Zhu Jingyuan himself.

Including prizes, bonuses, subsidies, and transportation expenses for those who participate in the event, as well as the cost of organizing the event in the factory.

All participating workers are paid another salary.

For this simple event, the biggest expense was three planes, with a market price of more than 1000 silver bills. Based on purchasing power, Zhu Jingyuan's RMB in his previous life was at least [-] million.

The final cost may add up to more than 2000 million.

From a personal point of view, this is just for fun, throwing out tens of millions of money for nothing.

But 2000 million can organize a certain scale of flying competitions, which is really not high at all.

If future generations start this kind of activity, they will definitely be able to make money in various ways.

It's a pity that the current environment is not good. The event that Zhu Jingyuan paid for is basically not profitable.

Even profit is a matter of the future.

This activity is equivalent to an advertisement for Daming Airlines itself and the light aircraft that will be developed soon.

Of course, more importantly, in order to show their importance to this industry.

Zhu Jingyuan gave the order and paid enough money. Of course, the people below would not dare to neglect and would not neglect their work, so they went to contact immediately.

First of all, the local flight in Shanghai County is okay, and then the three prefectures of Songjiang, Suzhou, and Nantong, which are relatively close.

List the people, simply screen them according to the reputation in the industry, and then directly pick them up by plane, and these people's own planes are pulled over by trucks and boats.

In the name of Zhu Jingyuan and Daming Airlines to organize this kind of activity, it is impossible for these folk enthusiasts to have the idea of ​​​​refusing.

Even if the time is extremely urgent, there is no time to prepare, and the game is coming directly.

But the prizes are too rich.

The latest top-level small general-purpose aircraft produced by Daming Airlines, this is what they dream of.

Ordinary workers may have to work for most of their lives without being able to afford it, and shopkeepers in large factories and commercial firms have to save money for several years.

Even if they already have money and already have a similar aircraft, they will never refuse to have another one.

This kind of activity has just begun to form a circle, and various rules and procedures are still very irregular.

Daming Airlines is an aircraft factory, and there is a ready-made site, just draw a few marking lines and start.

The preparatory activities took a total of three days.

On the morning of the fourth day, well-known figures in the circle of flying enthusiasts in Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Nantong brought their beloved Xiaofei to the factory of Daming Airlines.

Zhu Jingyuan directly changed into casual clothes, went to the scene to chat with these big hands in the flying circle, and also took a look at their planes.

A total of 56 people were invited to this competition, slightly more in Songjiang and Suzhou, and slightly less in Nantong.

Most of them are young people in their twenties to thirties. These people seem to know that most of them are rich children. According to the data, more than a dozen are from aristocratic families, and most of the others are from wealthy business families.

A small number of them are middle-aged people in their 30s and 40s. These people have an obvious "elite" aura. They are all shopkeepers and managers of various commercial firms and factories, as well as a small number of small businessmen.

In the end there were even eight officials from the imperial court, and a total of six women of different origins.

Most of the planes they brought were not the smallest ones, not the kind of ultra-light planes weighing only a few tens to a hundred kilograms.

Most of them are the specifications of the small general-purpose aircraft planned by Zhu Jingyuan.

It has a wingspan of eight or nine meters, a length of seven or eight meters, and a single propeller.

Most of them have different degrees of modification, and the main direction is to reduce weight.

Privately modified aircraft are not allowed to fly on the route, but they are allowed to be used within a certain range.

For example, in various air shows and competitions, modified aircraft may be allowed to participate.

Especially for this kind of short-distance take-off and landing competition, it is basically impossible for the prototype to win.

Most of them are rear three-point landing gear, that is, two wheels at the front and one wheel at the back. This is basically the mode of the current military single-engine small fighter jets.

Only a very small number of landing gears have reversed front three-point landing gear, which is a design only used by large transport aircraft and bombers.

After the game started, Zhu Jingyuan watched planes of different styles from the stands at a very close distance, and they went to the front of the designated red line one by one to prepare for takeoff.

The different models soon became noticeable differences.

Those of the smallest ultralight aircraft that are good at STOL don't seem to have an advantage.

They were too light and too small for the lift the engines and wings could provide to get them into the air quickly.

The front three-point landing gear does not seem to be dominant either.

Because the rear three-point landing gear can brake the front wheels, start the engine and blow it backwards, so that the tail can be blown up first.

Before the official start, the rear wheels have already left the ground.

After the referee waved the start flag, he would release the brakes and rush forward.

This is very similar to the ejection start where the aircraft tires are stuck first on the aircraft carrier, and the engine is released after the engine is at full speed.

It's just that this race of course doesn't offer a stopper that catches the tire.

The pilot can only step on the brakes by himself, and also needs to control the accelerator of the engine.

Because after the rear wheels are off the ground, there are only two parallel tires to support them. The center of gravity of this aircraft is above the two tires, and the entire fuselage is like a seesaw at this time.

The pilot controls the balance of this seesaw.

Once the throttle of the engine is increased, the fuselage may turn forward, which is called "taking the big top".

This kind of accident actually often occurs in folk games.

Therefore, the folks have now formed a commonly known rule. Each person has only three chances, and the best score is used for comparison.

Although the current competition is mainly based on the take-off and landing distance, the take-off time is usually used as a reference.

If the take-off distance of the two is very close, whoever starts faster and taxis for the shortest time will win the final victory.

Maintaining balance is not only important when starting, but also when landing.

When landing, you want to glide for a short distance, and you also need to use the brakes to slow down.

The braking force is strong, and the aircraft with the front three-point landing gear is also easy to roll over.

In fact, such accidents often occur on aircraft carriers.

Although there are such problems, the most aircraft participating in the competition are aircraft of this design.

This kind of unstable take-off and landing design happens to be the most suitable for this kind of competition, and it is also the most suitable for the current single-engine fighter jets.

During the competition, most of these aircrafts brake and lift their tails to launch, some will glide for more than ten meters and float up directly, and some will start with the front wheels while hitting the ground with the rear wheels and rebound.

Zhu Jingyuan also couldn't see that that method was more advantageous, but it was very lively to watch.

The various actions made by those who played with the planes constantly aroused bursts of exclamations from the audience.

When landing, different aircraft also have different strategies.

But many of them floated in with the fuselage crooked.

Zhu Jingyuan thought about it when he watched it. It might be that entering the field crookedly can break down the power of the forward rush, increase the resistance of turning forward, and reduce the probability of taking a big top.

Then you can brake harder and stop with a shorter distance.

But obviously, this kind of operation requires so much coordination of the brain and limbs.

How much force can be used to brake when entering the field by itself, how much force should be used to brake when the angle is tilted, and what is the best focus point and distance.

I don't know how much time it takes to find out the rules, and how many times I fail to master the strength.

Zhu Jingyuan feels that if the top few in this kind of competition want to become pilots on an aircraft carrier, the training difficulty will start from that of ordinary people, and there must be a gap between heaven and earth.

What they are best at playing is taking off and landing, and this is the difficulty of aircraft carrier pilot training.

(End of this chapter)