Will the kemonomimi encounter Alien Ranch Story?

"Hmm..." This request seems reasonable, and to be honest, it would be a lie to say that I wouldn't feel resentful if I were to take all my things to my grave.

What kind of drawing?

"We don't have professional large-scale ship designers for ship design drawings."

"Starting from scratch with absolutely no experience?" The old man began to regret it again. "This is no joke. Even if you have the money to do this, you can't play with people's lives!"

Even a slight difference in the design drawings can lead to at least seven or eight deaths on the assembly site. This is no small boat.

Let alone problems with the design drawings, even a small error in the construction and assembly flowchart can kill a lot of people. For example, while work is still underway on the bottom hull, the upper hull might be welded shut. [A famous classic accident in modern shipbuilding]

"And this isn't a one-person job..." the old man continued. "This project is enormous. The blueprints are weighed in hundreds of tons. How can one person draw them? Even reviewing the blueprints requires a whole team."

Of course, it's fine for the chief designer to draw a simple structural diagram to explain the design concept and general structure, and it's also fine to draw a concept diagram to fool the officials who want funding. But when it comes to actual production, it's impossible for one person to draw the blueprints for the entire ship.

"What you need is a whole team."

"That's why we came to you, because among all the designers still alive, you're the only one with teaching experience." The old man paused for a moment, "How long do you plan to spend training them?"

"One year, at most one year..."

"You'd better find someone else..." The old man shook his head with a wry smile. At most, a year would teach someone the basics. A group of Sarkaz people would probably only learn how to draw a hammer with a ruler and pen after a year, and that would be with some talent.

"To train designers and related skilled workers who can build the smallest vehicles, you need at least three to five years, and during this time you must be prepared for the factory to run idle and lose money and for manpower to be lost."

"To train people who can build even the most basic land-based ships, not counting workers, even just construction designers and those with the most basic blueprint review skills, it would take you about 10 years. For a group of farmers and herders to do this, 10 years is a conservative estimate," the old man explained in detail.

"If we want to reach the level of building ships, it will take you at least a hundred years to build the supporting design and production personnel from all walks of life."

This is also the origin of the term "century-old navy." While a navy itself can be built in ten years, developing an entire industrial chain capable of self-sufficiency in less than a century is pure fantasy.

"This is hard for us to explain. But you'll see for yourself once you take a look. Actually, it's much more optimistic than you think." The girl scratched her head.

"Alright, let's take a look then. Let me be clear from the start: if it doesn't work, there's nothing I can do. Even if you chop all these dozens of pounds of my flesh off, it won't make a difference," the old man said through gritted teeth.

Chapter Fifty-Two: Supernatural Powers and Chaos

Chapter 52

My first impression of the factory was chaos, chaos in every sense of the word: pipes crisscrossing, exposed steel frames, sparks flying everywhere from welding, and a cacophony of clanging and banging.

This "chaos" was incredibly comforting to the old man. It was a "chaos" with order within it, clearly showing that the person who devised the repair plan was an expert. There was none of the superficial work often done by laymen or leaders, such as carrying out a thorough cleaning before being familiar with the equipment and environment.

When the time comes, it will be a technical problem for inexperienced cleaning workers to unplug the cables and put them back after cleaning the dust. Not to mention that if they do a thorough cleaning without understanding the equipment environment, they will not only fail to improve production accuracy, but may also damage the equipment by moving things around during cleaning. For example, they may use dirty water that has been used to wash other things to wipe the high-precision parts of the machine tool.

For example, some people wander around aimlessly without turning off the main power switch and get electrocuted on the spot. So, when taking over an unfamiliar factory, the first thing to do is to find the experienced workers in the factory, then develop a plan to resume production and maintain the facilities. Only after everyone is familiar with the equipment and environment should the cleaning work begin.

Cleaning is definitely necessary. This includes removing dust, clearing garbage, cleaning the production line, and restoring a clean environment in certain production workshops to improve production efficiency and reduce workplace accidents. More than half of workplace accidents are caused by workers leaving things lying around or not putting them back in their proper places.

However, the old man could easily distinguish between the vanity project and the cleaning plan specifically for production recovery. This first impression was very good until he saw a little girl, not even six years old, crawling in and out among these massive production machines.

"This is utter nonsense! What's going on here? Why are there children here?"

The old man's temper flared up instantly. They were indeed a bunch of amateurs. How could they bring a child in like that?

Even in the worst times at the factory, those scoundrels wouldn't dare bring their children into the factory.

Because if an accident really happens, you'll be the one who outlives your child, and the factory won't have the money to compensate you.

"This, this is the president's daughter." "That's even worse! Who will be responsible if something happens?!"

These people dare to let the CEO's daughter play in the factory production workshop without fear of something happening; it seems they won't be able to keep their jobs for long.

"I'll take responsibility..." Old Xia carried Xia Qiu, who looked like a mischievous monkey, over and wiped her face clean.

"You?" The old man looked at the young man, who appeared refined but was actually quite muscular, the kind of guy who would do a good job. "What makes you think you can take responsibility?"

"Huh? Because I'm her father?" Old Xia was a little bewildered; this question caught him off guard.

"Uh……"

"The group president?"

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"Uh..." The scene fell silent. Why was the group president here? "I've come to check on the equipment here and resolve the power issue."

"You understand this?" The old man's anger vanished instantly, and he asked cautiously with a forced smile.

"I know, it's kind of a hobby. But the main problem is the materials. The heat resistance is not good enough. If Originium is added to the combustion chamber, high-energy Originium powder has to be added to maintain the combustion efficiency. As a result, the furnace core melts down. Even the Dragon Steel furnace core can't withstand it. We can only use ancient materials salvaged from the ruins."

"Yes, it's a major problem." The old man sighed. It was indeed a major problem, which was why many core components, including the mobile city, used artifacts from ancient ruins.

Without adding Originium powder, this thing will cause the energy absorption reaction to start, and the engine power will drop sharply.

In particular, the continuous deposition of Originium particles in the air will eventually lead to an increase in the weight of the engine.

Adding high-energy Originium powder, utilizing the fluid effect between high and low energy Originium to buffer this energy absorption reaction, will cause irregular fluctuations and increases in the core temperature of the reaction due to the irregular energy release of the high-energy Originium, ultimately leading to the melting of the furnace core.

The only way is to use the Originium field generated by the sorcerer to control the reaction speed, and use it as a humanoid control stick.

Even so, the entire Originium reactor and generator require a large number of ultrapure Originium fuel rods to maintain, and the cost is very high.

Furthermore, the power output is insufficient, which hinders the rapid development of small vehicles on Terra.

"Since you understand these things, why do you let your...daughter go around in circles among these machines?" This was also the old man's biggest question; this girl was a prime example of being born into privilege.

Born with a massive conglomerate to inherit, theoretically, given the Xia Group's production capacity and profits, this girl should be no different from a princess, but...

"Let's see if she has any talent in mechanics. Besides, it's about time she learned some useful practical skills."

"Huh? Isn't this too early?" The girl looks to be at most six years old. It's already a gift that she can speak clearly. Normally, she should be learning simple words and arithmetic.

"Just some basic education, not the formal kind." It's probably no more difficult than building with blocks, but maybe a little harder than advanced building blocks.

However, it was still a normal situation, and Lao Xia was nearby watching over her, so he wouldn't let her go to dangerous places. It was mainly just some basic mechanical knowledge.

"However, he doesn't seem to be very good at this; he can't even make a hammer properly."

"It's already pretty good. At my age, I'm still peeing and playing in the mud." The old woman didn't know how to comfort her. After all, this was the level of a normal young worker when they first entered the factory, and they might not even be able to do that. At least she could still make a hammer without breaking off the handle.

"Sigh, you don't understand." Old Xia sighed. He wasn't talking about being able to turn a hammer with an old-fashioned machine tool, but rather someone who couldn't even turn a hammer with a simple, foolproof machine.

Basically, any parent from the Star Alliance who saw this would abandon any plans to cultivate her interest in handicrafts.

It does have good spatial awareness, and has a great talent for complex solid geometry and spatial perception.

If she were back home, she would probably be trained to be a spaceship navigator or pilot, and then become a "space queen"—a female driver, in the adjustment period, on her first time on the road—if space weren't so vast, she would be a new generation of route killer.

Of course, this is just a joke. Getting a spaceship pilot's license is much more troublesome than getting a car license. At least half of the candidates fail at the most basic guiding docking and mooring procedures, and 80% of the remaining half fail at the towing test.

After all, spacecraft accidents mainly occur when leaving or entering a port, or when towing other ships to dock. At other times, it's very difficult for them to collide with anything.

To accurately hit the target, you even need to learn professional navigation, follow the interception route, and predict the opponent's evasive maneuvers in order to achieve an accurate interception and collision.

After talking for a while with the muscular young president who looked like he had been working in the fields for years, the two went their separate ways. Old Xia had to take his daughter back home and let Little Tiger hold her down to take a bath, while the other, as a newly hired designer, needed to inspect the shipyard to determine what kind of design could be implemented.

Frankly, the latter has little hope, because less than 20% of the entire shipbuilding industrial area has been reorganized and restored, making it difficult to build multi-story ships or even warships.

However, building something simpler in terms of construction, like Terra's super-large trucks or most small boats, should be no problem.

However, those small boats wouldn't be built here. For the shipyard here, it would be like trying to cook with an excavator or draw comics with a barbell – the difficulty would increase exponentially, and it would be a huge waste of resources.

However, as the inspection progressed, the old man still had a sliver of hope. After all, there was a lot of unfamiliar equipment. On his first day at work, all he could do was wander around and familiarize himself with the location and situation of each workshop, as well as the level of the supervisors and the technicians sent by the foreigners.

Next, we checked the overall shipyard repair progress and the number of workers. The next few days were similar: we talked with the heads of each workshop, inspected and understood the equipment, and determined the manufacturing capabilities of each supporting workshop and section workshop to facilitate the design of subsystems.

The design of this super-large ground vehicle is very similar to that of a sea vessel. The chief designer does not need to draw detailed drawings of every part (nor could he, it weighs hundreds of tons!). What he needs to consider is the arrangement of the various subsystems and the overall structure to ensure that there are no conflicts or mutual weakening between the subsystems.

The specific subsystem design requires communication and coordination with other designers, who then break down these subsystems into more detailed drawings and requirements and distribute them to the supporting factories.

Once the supporting factories receive the drawings and requirements, they will develop production process drawings based on these requirements. Their technicians and designers will then create the drawings, develop the process flow, and determine what smaller parts are needed before starting bidding or external procurement.

If you can't find the shelf products in stock, you have to set up an upstream supplier factory. It can be said that there is a complete set of drawings and processes, as well as a dedicated production line and responsible personnel, for everything from the main beams and columns to the screws.

The shipyard itself is only responsible for the construction of the hull and the assembly and installation of subsystems, as well as subsequent adjustments, testing, and other work.

Even so, he had to understand the shipyard's capabilities. In the first month or two, he couldn't expect to start work immediately and had to keep going to various supporting factories.

This is definitely not some game where you're locked in a dark room for a day, then pulled out a stack of blueprints, tossed them to the engineers, and production begins—that's some kind of fantastical process.

The worst mistake a qualified designer can make is creating a drawing that the supporting factory cannot possibly produce, without fully understanding its capabilities.

Then a very interesting consequence will occur: everyone will stop working, waiting for a breakthrough in the technology of that subsystem or even a trivial component.

If this happens, you might be lucky and waste one or two years, or you might be unlucky and waste more than ten years, causing the design to be stuck on the slipway.

Usually at this point, you need to consider changing the design or finding a way around it. This is without considering the process patents. If you consider the patents, things will become even more complicated.

New supporting systems are also under construction, which makes Xia Group's financial report look terrible this year. The huge expenditures are enough to bankrupt a small country on the spot.

Of course, in this economic downturn, there are plenty of banks willing to invest in and lend to the Xia Group, since they are the only profitable companies in this downturn.

Moreover, although such heavy industry requires huge investment, the returns after completion are not low. So why do so few people invest in heavy industry in modern times?

Because it is very difficult to "make it happen", the investment is huge, the difficulty is high, and it is also difficult to recoup the investment in a short period of time after it is completed. It is also easily affected by technological innovation, so before the money is recovered, your industrial park will have to spend more money to upgrade equipment and technology.

This kind of laborious and thankless task is certainly not as comfortable as the simple, easy, and enjoyable world of financial games—making money while lying down is so much better!

However, this is not a problem for PhD students who are preparing to study Meyer economics.

Borrow money to develop heavy and military industries, then kill the creditors. As long as the industry itself exists, and as long as humans need to eat, drink, excrete, and use industrial products, it doesn't matter if credit is wiped out—the consumer market and capital that can't find a place to go will still obediently return and find it appealing.

After all, unlike financial games which have such stringent credit requirements, real-world businesses are like this: when faced with real violence and product demands, even if the other party's credit is basically zero, you can't refuse unless you have an alternative manufacturer and never use their products again.

"Sizzle!" Golden-red flames surged across the metal, easily slicing through the thick steel plate. White smoke rose from the red-hot cutting surface as the cutting fluid flowed.

"What is this equipment?" The old man wearing a safety helmet and his several old friends, whom he had reunited with, looked up at the enormous, tower-like, terrifying equipment.

"The tower cutter is used to cut large-area plates, which reduces the number of welds and joints on the land-based ship."

Ideally, it should be formed as a single piece in one go. However, if this is not possible, the more welds and joints there are, the lower the overall strength will be.

How is its cutting ability?

"It's great, we've used it many times."

This large vertical cutting machine can cut small ships in half, and its shape is like a sail-shaped tower. The cutting head is on a vertical plane and can move up and down. Compared with the manual operation in the original shipyard, this precision machinery has unparalleled stability and accuracy.

The sail surface is covered with rows of heat dissipation grilles, inside which one can see an unidentified reddish fluid and cubes floating, which glow slightly as the equipment operates.

In addition to this vertical cutting equipment, there is also horizontal cutting equipment for longitudinal cutting. Large alloy structures coming out of the foundry are cut vertically, just like the way wood is cut in a logging yard.

In addition to the cutting machine, there are also automated welding drones. With the help of the auxiliary brain, several young female engineering sorcerers, known as the "Hardware Masters" in Da Yan, stand on the operating table, using their staffs to control these small drones to drill into the already partially formed structure to perform welding and drilling.

"What are they producing?"