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Chapter 717 New Regulations
As a senior worker in a shipyard, Wislow has been working in this position for twenty years. He has transformed from a strong and vigorous young man to a stubborn old man with wrinkles on his face.

For Wislo, these are also traces left by time.

After all, when he boasted to others in the tavern that he had witnessed with his own eyes how the Victoria Empire grew from an ordinary kingdom to a world hegemon, his old face was more convincing.

Although Wislow is not as old as he looks, he still likes to make himself look as old as possible.

In addition to getting some care at work, doing so can also better enhance your own "authority".

For Weslo, this is something he has a very deep understanding of in his daily work.

The shipbuilding industry is an industry that has relatively high requirements for workers. Compared to workers in other ordinary industries who only need to work hard, workers in shipyards need to have some technical knowledge.

Workers with rich experience are valuable assets to any shipyard and one of its core competitive advantages.

An old worker with rich experience and work experience is like a treasure to the shipyard.

After all, before the information explosion and people could easily acquire knowledge, the world had always been an empiricist society. In addition to studying, people could only acquire knowledge through the accumulation of personal experience.

Because of this, since he was young, Vislo has been regarded as an experienced and skilled worker because of his face that looks older than his peers. This makes it easier for him to find a job and get a higher salary. It is also easier for him to convince others to listen to him at work.

Later, as he gained more experience and became a skilled worker, his increasingly older face brought him more benefits.

After all, "old" means experience and knowledge, which often makes it easier to gain respect and trust than other factors.

Because of this, Wislo, who is only forty years old but looks like he is in his fifties, is one of the few people in the shipyard who can gain the trust of both the workers and the shipyard.

The shipyard appointed him as foreman, and although he was only one of several foremen, with his older-looking face, he became the leader of all the foremen.

Although he might actually be younger than the others, his face that looked older than his actual age made others more willing to listen to him.

Wislo enjoyed this special treatment, but he also knew that he did not have that much experience.

So although he often boasted about his rich experience and how he witnessed how the Victoria Empire rose to glory step by step, he only boasted in the tavern and would not do so while working.

This slightly cautious approach earned him a reputation for humility and made the workers more willing to trust him.

"Good morning, Old Wei!" A young man greeted Weislo, approached him with a mysterious look on his face, and whispered to him, "Have you heard? The Regent has issued a new policy to implement new production standards. All parts must meet the unified new standards! The old system is no longer valid."

The young man had no ill intentions, but his words sounded somewhat like a mockery of the old man's declining health.

Wislow didn't care about it, but he still replied: "This is a good thing. Only people who really know the business can formulate such a policy. You have to know that in the past, each manufacturer used its own standards for parts, which was very troublesome!
The parts used on the deck are from Tom's, the parts in the boiler room are from York's, and the parts for installing the hull are from Good Helper! Just remembering where these different brands of parts are used is a very tedious task.

If we can unify them into the same specifications, that would be better than anything else!"

Although Vislo is not as old as he looks, he still has many years of work experience, and he can see the benefits of this at a glance.

"That's true, but doesn't it mean that our previous experience is useless?" The young worker seemed to have a special emotion and tried to provoke Veslo.

However, Veslo did not take this up on him. He just snorted and said, "If that's the case, then the previous experience is useless! Technology needs to be improved! Now get back to work and stop chatting here!"

As he said this, Weslow patted the young man, signaling him to get to work quickly.

The young man seemed to feel that he had gotten nothing out of it and could only go about his work grumbling.

Although Veslo said nice things, he was still somewhat worried in his heart, fearing that he would not be able to handle the new job.

In recent years, with the active activities of a talented young girl, the application of new technologies in the shipyard has been changing with each passing day.

From the original construction of surface ships to upgrading to airships, although the two have some similarities, a large number of new technologies are still put into use.

This is not good news for older workers like Vislow, who are limited by their inherent experience and are not as receptive to new technologies as young people.

In addition, due to their age, they are not able to learn new technologies fast enough, which has caused many old workers to show their discomfort with new technologies.

Although they are still able to perform their jobs well with their years of work experience and accumulation, the increasing number of new technologies still makes many old workers feel overwhelmed.

After all, the application of new technologies often means the elimination of old technologies.

For many veteran workers, it is a huge blow to see that the skills they have spent their entire lives learning and using are no longer in use.

Only a minority of people can adapt to this change, which has led to more and more young people in the shipyard becoming the new technical backbone. Although the old workers are not eliminated, their proportion is obviously decreasing.

Vislo is considered an old worker who is relatively capable of learning new technologies. After all, he is not that old and can still learn some new things.

But he did feel overwhelmed, after all, he didn't learn that fast.

This made him somewhat anxious.

Although he said the new regulations sounded good and that unified standards would make construction more convenient, he also understood that the new standards meant he needed to memorize new work content. "Old Wei, the supervisor is looking for you!" Just when Weislo was worrying about this, a worker called him.

Hearing that his supervisor was looking for him, Veslo did not dare to delay and quickly took the initiative to find the supervisor.

"Boss, are you looking for me?" Veslo greeted the boss and noticed an unusual-looking small wooden box next to him.

"Ah, Old Wei, you're here! I do have something to talk to you about." The supervisor nodded to Weislo, then pointed at the small wooden box and said, "I'm sure you've heard about the government's recent implementation of new production standards.

According to the latest regulations, bolt sizes will adopt new unified standards in the future. These are the new bolt sizes. You can organize the workers to familiarize themselves with them. When the new regulations are officially implemented, all bolts in the factory will have to be replaced. "

"Okay, boss. I understand." Veslo nodded and then asked curiously, "Boss, are only the bolts to adopt the new standard, or do all the other things have to be replaced? Do the drill bits in the factory also have to be replaced with the new size?"

"Yes, these all need to be replaced, but there is no rush." ​​The supervisor nodded, and was very satisfied that Vislow could realize this: "After all, the higher-ups also understand that the implementation of the new regulations is not a matter of words, and the large number of old parts accumulated in various factories need to be used up first.

Many supporting items also need to be replaced, which is a huge project! If there is not enough time as a buffer, it will be a big mess! "

Veslo agreed with this deeply. After all, he had experienced something similar. That was when the shipyard had just transitioned from producing sailing warships to ironclad ships. The application of many new things made many old workers unable to adapt, so that something went wrong during shipbuilding, causing a new ship to have problems. The ship had to be towed back to the dock for rework before the problem was solved.

Although the supervisor had not experienced that period, he had read about it from the documents preserved by the shipyard, so he gave extra instructions to Vislo.

Although in his opinion, Weslow should have experienced that incident and didn't need any additional reminders.

However, Wislow had not actually experienced that incident, he just knew about it and heard about it.

However, one good thing about Weslo is that he can stay calm. Even if he doesn't understand something, he can pretend to know a lot based on the parts he is familiar with.

After all, an old face is often very convincing.

"I understand, supervisor. I will make sure the boys are familiar with the new regulations." Veslo assured his supervisor, then returned to his workstation carrying the small wooden box.

What is currently being built in the shipyard is an airship that is not the latest model. After all, they are just a small shipyard and the size is not enough to be part of the flying battleship project.

They can't even get orders for the latest airships, let alone orders for flying battleships.

"Old Wei, what is this?" Seeing Weislo coming back with a box, several workers gathered around curiously.

This group of workers is under the supervision of Vislow. They have not started work today, so they naturally have time to satisfy their curiosity.

Vislo didn't say much, he just took a wrench and knocked open the box, revealing the parts wrapped in oil paper inside.

Looking at the parts, Veslo said, "These are parts produced under the new standard. The supervisor said that all our parts and supporting tools will have to be replaced in the future. I brought them here so that you can get familiar with the size of the new parts."

After hearing what Vislo said, everyone looked at the parts in the box and showed similar expressions.

Although there are some people who complain, "It's ridiculous, why use new regulations for good parts?", for more people, they only care about whether they can adapt to these new regulations.

"Old Wei, what exactly are the changes in the new regulations? Has your supervisor explained this to you?" A worker also picked up a part wrapped in oil paper and looked at Veslo.

"According to the supervisor, everything that has to do with size has to be replaced. These bolts are produced using the new standards. Go get a box of the previous parts so we can make a comparison and deepen our impression." Veslo answered everyone's questions about what he had heard, and at the same time opened one of the oil paper packages, revealing the black parts inside.

"How come the new parts are rusty as soon as they are handed over?" Someone didn't see clearly and pointed at the parts in Vislo's hand.

However, Vislo just wiped the surface of the part with his fingers, and then said to everyone: "It's not rust, it should be that other materials were added during production, so it looks like it is burnt or rusted."

After hearing what Vislo said, everyone picked up a part, removed the oil paper on the outside, and casually measured the size.

Then, a box of old parts was brought over and also placed on the table in front of Veslo.

Vislo took out a batch of old parts with relatively accurate sizes from the box and put them together with the new parts, thus obtaining a very intuitive comparison.

Although the old parts were also uneven in thickness, Veslo could clearly see that the new parts had uniform size changes. It was obvious that they had been carefully processed to have such uniform and regular sizes.

Although the old parts are also carefully processed and seem to have no problems at ordinary times, when the two are placed together, the difference can be seen at a glance.

The old parts vary in thickness and length, and although they are also arranged according to size, it can be seen that there is no regular pattern in the changes between them.

"Is the difference between the old parts and the new parts so big?" Looking at the parts on the table, Vislo picked up a bolt and weighed them in his hand. He felt that the difference between the two might be more obvious than what could be seen with the naked eye.

"This new part looks so beautiful!" someone praised, but also asked curiously: "Is there any particular requirement for the size of this new part? Isn't it just made to look good?"

"I know this! I heard that the new regulations require that parts like bolts must be designed according to standard sizes and numbered according to the sizes. There is a standard value for the size reduction between two specifications!" The young man who was slapped by Vislow stood up and said loudly: "After the unified standard is implemented, all bolts will have a unified size. In this way, we don't have to consider so many different parts to be used in different places."

The young man learned and put into practice, and then glanced at Veslo with pride.

Vislo didn't care about it. He just said to the others, "Come up and take a closer look. Remember the details!"

(End of this chapter)