Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 16 The First Leap Forward in Productivity

1981年7月26日，农历6月25日
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The night before, Wang Jiankun and Zha Xiaoming worked together until late at night.
As they felt very sleepy later on, Wang Jiankun didn't insist any longer and let Cha Xiaoming take a rest first while he used his superpowers to polish the remaining parts.

Wang Jiankun got up a little late the next day, washed up, and assembled the air gun.

Then after having breakfast at the morning market, Wang Jiankun took the remaining eight air guns to Cheng Hongbing.

Seeing this, Cheng Hongbing didn't say much and readily took the gun and the money.

The air gun business came to a temporary end, and Wang Jiankun had already earned more than 2 yuan from this product.

Most of it was handed over to the family, so they could build a better house.

At that time, I suggest that grandpa build a large yard and more rooms. Instead of using wooden pillars and wooden boards, he can directly use bricks to build the pillars and walls of the rooms.

Although a lot more bricks will be used, this way of building can provide insulation and sound insulation, and it is also faster to build.

The next step is to build the pot-carrying machine and the machines it can drive to raise the productivity of the Wangjia Production Team.

Although the newspapers have reported that the central government has put forward the requirement to liberate and develop productivity.

However, the conservative Jiangnan Province is still progressing very slowly and is afraid to take the lead in reform and opening up.

Therefore, it is still difficult to liberate productivity, and most people are still bound by production teams and communes.

Although Wang Jiankun has the alien super artificial intelligence Zhizi and the incredible ability to mobilize elements, he can only start from his surroundings with caution.

First, improve your own living standards and the productivity of your production team.

The next step is to allow the production teams to use the power of machinery. The use of mechanical energy is a leap in productivity for the backward production teams.

After leaving Cheng Hongbing's house, Wang Jiankun came to the bridgehead where he had waited for his father to deliver the base a few days ago.

I found that my father had been waiting for a while, so I went forward to help get 5 bases and asked my father to go to the blacksmith shop with me.

When I arrived at the blacksmith shop, I found that everyone was busy with their work.

Cha Xiaoming mainly makes wax and sand molds, while also taking care of some fine grinding work.

Yu Jianmin and Uncle Bing are mainly responsible for pouring, while also taking care of some of the rough grinding work.

Cha Gangming and Cha Gangliang are also mainly responsible for rough grinding and final assembly.

Polishing is the most labor-intensive part because it all depends on hand-grinding with sandpaper.

Seeing this, Wang Jiankun thought about whether he could make an electric motor to drive the grinding wheel and sandpaper for coarse and fine grinding.

The more I think about it, the more feasible it seems. But we don't have time to do it now. We can wait until the machines needed by the production team are finished.

I asked Uncle Bing to sign for the clock base and record it in the account, and told him that I would be going home for a few days and asked him to talk to Master Quan as well.

Then Wang Jiankun and his father tied the parts of the pot-carrying machine onto the chicken bus.

When they arrived at the bridge, Wang Jiankun asked his father to wait while he went to get a few more parts.

After taking out the parts hidden at the bridgehead yesterday and putting them on the bus, Wang Jiankun said we could go home.

My father asked, "Why did you take the parts from the weeds at the bridgehead just now? Aren't you afraid of losing them?"

Wang Jiankun said, "I asked someone to buy this from the county machinery factory. It was delivered yesterday evening. I originally wanted to put it in the blacksmith shop, but I thought it would be troublesome to move it here, so I put it here at the bridge head. It won't be a problem if it is hidden tightly here."

My father didn't say anything else and just pushed the cart home.

When he arrived at the production team, Wang Jiankun asked his father to put the parts at the kiln factory and come here to assemble them later.

In the past two days, there are about ten fewer people coming to work in the kiln factory because several more families have started building houses.

In fact, everyone wants to repair their house during the slack season, but most families do not have enough money, so they need to work in the kiln factory and use their wages to buy bricks and tiles.

Therefore, it is urgent to use machines to make bricks.

Otherwise, when the team members gradually save up enough money and centimeters to buy bricks and tiles, there will definitely not be enough bricks and tiles for them to share.

After unloading the parts, Wang Jiankun asked his father to find someone to build a shed, otherwise it would be too hot to assemble them directly under the scorching sun.

Moreover, it is best not to leave the machine open to the open air when making bricks, otherwise it will easily rust due to the sun and rain, and it will also be difficult to produce on rainy days.

My father then went to arrange manpower to build the shed. Wang Jiankun gave the blueprints to my father, and asked my father to look at the blueprints and make the arrangements, as well as the location, size and height of the shed.

Wang Jiankun went home to rest. He was exhausted after working too late last night.

During lunch, his father told Wang Jiankun that the shed would be ready by around 3 p.m.

Wang Jiankun said that he would go to the kiln factory to assemble the pot-carrying machine later, and asked him to find two smart young men to help. After the assembly was completed, they would be users and maintenance workers in the future.

My father said, "Then let the two brothers Wang Guanhai and Wang Gaohai follow you. They graduated from junior high school two years ago, but failed to get into technical secondary school or high school."

Wang Jiankun said: "It would be even better if they have a junior high school education. When I explain to them, some physics and chemistry will be involved. If they have a junior high school education, they will be able to understand it better."

After finishing his meal, Wang Jiankun continued to rest at home and took a short lunch break.

Seeing my sister playing with rubber bands out of boredom, I called her over, asked her to take out the exercises she had done before, and explained to her the parts she had done wrong.

Time passed slowly as the brother and sister asked and answered each other. At almost 3 o'clock, their father came home and asked Wang Jiankun to go to the kiln factory.

Wang Jiankun let his sister go play by herself. She had just studied for more than an hour and her little head was almost filled with knowledge that needed to be digested.

When we arrived at the kiln factory, we saw that a wooden shed with a height of 3 meters had been built, covering an area of ​​about 5 square meters. The ground had been leveled and compacted with pebbles and loess from the river beach.

Wang Jiankun observed the wind direction and tried his best to let the wind blow towards the empty direction.

Because the pot-carrying machine will still produce smoke when working, it will be difficult to work if the work station is downwind.

Once you've chosen your location, start assembling.

Wang Jiankun asked brothers Wang Guanhai and Wang Gaohai to first bring the combustion chamber and boiler over, and first put two wooden blocks under the combustion chamber and fix the wooden blocks to the ground with long nails.

The next step is to place the boiler onto the combustion chamber.

Aligning the screw installation position, Wang Jiankun found the large screws for fixing and fixed the two large parts together.

Next is the installation of the steam diversion pipe.

The pipeline is connected with a two-way valve and sealed with a rubber valve synthesized by Wang Jiankun using super power.

Then the cylinder is connected to the steam pipe.

Place the rubber sealing plug on the connection and rotate the valve to connect the pipe to the cylinder.

Install the crankshaft onto the cylinder, put on the protective shell, and the main part of the engine is ready.

The brothers Wang Gaohai and Wang Guanhai mainly help lift the heavier parts. Wang Jiankun will also explain the names of the parts, assembly points, etc. to them during installation.

Regardless of whether they can understand it or not, let them have the impression and concept first. Then when they encounter problems in the future, they will know where the problem lies and can conduct preliminary investigation.

Although the key parts made by Wang Jiankun using his superpowers have incredibly high precision, no professional will be able to discover them if they take them apart. They will only think that the things made by Wang Jiankun are of good quality.

After the main body is installed, the transmission shaft and power wheel will be installed.

Wang Jiankun added some elements to the drive shaft to increase the toughness and hardness of the steel, but in order to cover it up, the surface layer is just a layer of ordinary carbon steel.

The drive shaft is also easy to install because it is so precise and can be connected to the crankshaft very quickly.

The big power wheel is very heavy and is located relatively high, so Wang Jiankun even temporarily found a wooden rack to make a lifting bracket.

After installing the power wheel, the sun was about to set. I couldn’t see clearly even with a torch at night, so I decided to stop working and go home.

There are still some small parts left to be installed, such as the pressure gauge, valve handles, transmission gears and a long chimney.

When Wang Jiankun and his father returned home, the food had already been served on the table. They quickly washed their faces and hands and started eating.

At the dinner table, my father mentioned that he would ask someone to deliver the clock base starting tomorrow.

Now the carpenter can steadily make 10 bases every day. He can ask the young people in the team to deliver them and get work points for them.

Wang Jiankun said: "This is good, you can also free up more time to manage the kiln factory. In a few days, we can use the pot camel machine to make bricks, the speed will be much faster, and the personnel need to be readjusted."

"You still want to go with me tomorrow morning, right?"

"Yes, I'll take him with me once and let him get acquainted with Master Quan."

"Then remember to tell Master Quan to give you a receipt every time you receive a shipment, stating how many units you received and how much you paid."

"That's a good suggestion. I'll talk to Master Quan tomorrow."

Grandpa then asked Wang Jiankun: "Kun, how much will this machine cost to build? I will talk about it at the production team meeting tomorrow, and then I will transfer the money from the team account to you. You go and pay for the parts and the materials from Master Quan." Wang Jiankun had already thought about it. The parts would be charged at 1% based on ordinary iron materials, and he would not earn any money from the team.

So he said, "Master Quan's material cost is about 300 yuan, and those parts are 200 yuan.

Among them, Master Quan's are two sets of pot-carrying machine main bodies, as well as parts of mud mixers and brick-making machines. "

"Have you made an extra set of pot-carrying machines?"

"Yes, it would save time and effort to make two sets at the same time. If this one works after the trial, I suggest making a few more."

"What's the point of making a few more?"

"It has many uses. First of all, it can drive sawmills to process wood, as mentioned earlier. It can also drive rice mills to grind rice, water pumps to pump water, and many other machines."

"Well, if you calculate that, one pot-carrying machine is about 300 yuan, and the other machines are 100 yuan on average, it's still quite cost-effective."

"Of course it's worth it. This camel machine uses wood as fuel, and water is not expensive. It just needs some lubricating oil or something. The cost of using it is very low, but according to estimates, it has more than 20 horsepower. As long as it is used well, the efficiency of one machine can be equivalent to more than a hundred workers."

"Then I'll have the team accountant pay you the money for this brick-making machine tomorrow, and you can pay for it when you go to buy other parts in a few days."

"Okay, I'll assemble the brick-making machine and test it tomorrow. If there are no problems, I'll go to Fengshan the day after tomorrow to order parts and build the sawmill."

The nights in the dog days of summer were extremely hot and stuffy, and Wang Jiankun fanned himself for a long time before falling asleep.

The next day, Wang Jiankun woke up slowly in the early morning light.

After washing up and drinking a large bowl of white porridge with pickles, Wang Jiankun walked towards the kiln factory.

Take advantage of the cooler weather in the morning to assemble and test the machine early.

When we arrived at the kiln factory, there were already dozens of people working.

Some people are carrying bricks out of the kiln, some are processing firewood, and more are making brick blanks.

When they arrived at the shed, the brothers Wang Gaohai and Wang Guanhai were already waiting there.

Wang Jiankun asked them to help lift the chimney first, and he was responsible for fixing it to the exhaust port with screws.

The chimney extends out of the shed at an angle, and the smoke can be discharged outside when the machine is started.

After all the big parts were assembled, Wang Jiankun began to assemble several small parts.

After all the parts were installed, Wang Jiankun asked Wang Gaohai to notify the team leader and other team cadres, and asked Wang Guanhai to fetch clear water from the river and pour it into the boiler.

Wang Jiankun applied lubricating oil to each moving part, and turned the gears and transmission shafts by hand to allow the lubricating oil to be evenly applied to the gears and joints.

After the lubricant was applied, the captain and team leaders arrived.

Wang Jiankun asked people to fill the combustion chamber with dry pine wood, and the team leader lit the pine wood with a torch, and then they just had to wait.

While waiting, Grandpa asked Wang Jiankun to explain the situation of the pot-carrying machine to everyone.

So Wang Jiankun told everyone how much iron was used in the pot-carrying machine, that it weighed 300 kilograms, and that it was estimated to reach more than 20 horsepower.

In addition, he also talked about how to do routine maintenance and what to do in an emergency when encountering a siren alarm, mainly to make the two Wang brothers remember them.

Everyone waited for about a quarter of an hour, the water in the boiler began to boil and produce steam, and the pointer of the pressure gauge began to move slowly.

When the pressure reached 2 atmospheres, Wang Jiankun slowly turned the steam outlet valve, and the steam began to heat the gas pipeline and cylinder.

After heating for a while, Wang Jiankun turned all the valves, and a large amount of steam entered the cylinder, driving the crankshaft to rotate.

At the beginning, the crankshaft rotates very slowly because it is connected to a large and heavy power wheel, which also rotates slowly under the drive of the transmission rod.

The speed was getting faster and faster, and the power wheel was spinning so fast that Wang Jiankun estimated that the speed was over a thousand revolutions per minute.

Wang Jiankun carefully observed the operation of the pot-carrying machine for a while, and projected it into his mind, asking Zhizi to help analyze and calculate the specific horsepower, and also to see if there are any hidden dangers.

Zhizi performed simulation calculations based on the projected 3D images.

It was found that the maximum horsepower can reach 29 horsepower, and the economic operating speed is 26 horsepower. In this state, just ensure medium heat.

Wang Jiankun also checked the connection parts and sealing parts and found that they all met the design requirements.

It seems that the pot-carrying machine has been successfully manufactured. The productivity of Wangjia Production Team will achieve a qualitative leap under the impetus of the pot-carrying machine.

At that time, the surplus labor force will force reforms, releasing the labor force from the production team as a collective, so that everyone can work and live according to their own wishes.

The team leaders left one after the pot-carrying machine had been running successfully for a while, and Wang Jiankun began to train his father and the two brothers of the Wang family on its use.

For example, how to start, how to observe the water volume, how to emergency relieve pressure to ensure safety when the cylinder or drive shaft fails, etc.

After the training, everyone was also asked to practice the entire process from starting to stopping work.

After all three of them have operated it, they finish their morning work and go home to eat, and then assemble the mixer and brick-making machine in the afternoon.

At noon, Wang Jiankun had a vegetarian meal at home. Meat is difficult to preserve in such hot weather, so the meat bought a few days ago has been eaten. He must remember to buy meat when he goes to Fengshan tomorrow.

Grandpa has already taken the money for the pot-carrying machine, mixer and brick-making machine from the accountant. He gave it to Wang Jiankun and asked him to keep it safe and pay the money as soon as possible tomorrow.

In the afternoon, Wang Jiankun started assembling the mixer and brick-making machine.

The simplest mixer is a rotating shaft connected to two stirring iron sheets. The iron sheets are inside a cylindrical iron pot, and the drive shaft passes through the iron pot and is connected to the iron sheets.

At that time, use a belt to connect the mixer and the pot-camel machine, and then use the pot-camel machine to drive the mixer to stir the mud.

The brick-making machine is a little more complicated because it takes continuous brick making into consideration, so it has 6 brick molds. The mud mixed by the mixer is transported to the funnel of the brick-making machine, and each time the corresponding mud falls, a brick mold will catch it.

Then there is pressing, mold opening, demoulding, etc.

Except for the manpower required to transfer the mud in the mixer to the brick-making machine funnel, the several steps in between are completed continuously and automatically by the machine.

After demoulding, it is manually transferred to a shed to dry in the shade.

Time passed quickly as the three of them were busy, and it took them three hours to finally assemble the brick-making machine.

This time, no one notified the team cadres. Wang Jiankun directed the two Wang brothers to pick up the corresponding screened loess and clean river water and introduce them into the mixer, and connected the mixer and the pot-camel machine with a belt.

After closing the gate, the power of the pot-carrier is transmitted to the mixer, and the two large iron plates of the mixer stir the soil in the iron pot.

After a while, the mud was mixed evenly, more evenly than by hand.

Disconnect the gate, stop the mixer, open the mud inlet, and pour the mud into the brick-making machine funnel.

Close the gates of the brick-making machine and the pot-carrying machine, and give power to the brick-making machine.

The funnel opens automatically, and the mud falls down to the brick mold that has been rotated into place. When it is full, the brick mold is closed. This mask rotates to the compacted part, and the next brick mold comes under the funnel again.

The compacted brick mold moves to the mold opening position, is hooked to open the mold, and rotates to the demoulding position. The compacted brick is pushed out of the mold by the push rod, and then returns to the bottom of the funnel to start the next cycle.

This is equivalent to an automatic assembly line with high efficiency.

Wang Jiankun checked the bricks and found that their size and quality were up to standard.

So in order to test the efficiency of brick making, Wang Jiankun called two more people to cooperate in adding water and mud and running the mud into the brick making machine, so that the mixer and brick making machine could operate continuously.

After testing for half an hour, we found that the efficiency of four people using the machine was equivalent to that of 4 people making bricks by hand.

After the test, Wang Jiankun asked the two Wang brothers to shut down all three machines. He carefully checked the transmission components and sealing components and found that the wear was within the design range.

This shows that the pot-carrying machine and the mixer and brick-making machine it drives have become practical.

Wang Jiankun told his father about the test results, and his father was shocked.

I didn’t expect the machine’s capabilities to be so great and its efficiency to be 20 times that of humans.

So he planned to talk about this matter at the production team meeting tomorrow, and asked the team cadres to come to the site in the morning to see the efficiency of brick making.

After watching it, I believe I will support Wang Jiankun to continue making pot-carrying machines and other machines.

During dinner in the evening, Wang Jiankun told his family about the brick-making test in the afternoon. His grandfather said that with this machine, there will be earth-shaking changes in the team this year.

Because many families will rebuild their houses, and the sale of bricks can also increase the team's income, and work points will be more valuable.

Wang Jiankun said that if more pot-carrying machines and some practical machines were made, life in the production team would be better.

Grandpa said that he would propose this matter to the cadres after watching the brick making tomorrow, and he believed that they would all support it.

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