After the distinguished guests who came to watch the ceremony symbolically dug a few shovels on the drawn foundation, the embankment construction project in Kunshan County officially began.
As a result, when the tasks were assigned, the guests were eye-opening.
I saw that the gentry who served as section leaders did not need to form a team or give orders on the spot after accepting today's task. They just let people hold their respective section flags and go in different directions.
And those seemingly messy Kunshan people actually followed the banners of each section and left cleanly in the blink of an eye!
This subverted the guests¡¯ perceptions. They originally thought that without whips and sticks, they could not get those ragtag civilians to obey their orders.
It is simply unimaginable that people can follow in an orderly manner just by setting up a flag.
That¡¯s forty or fifty flags!
How is it done?
The answer is to combine the traditional Lijia system with the segmented responsibility system four hundred years later, thus creating the effect of one plus one being greater than two.
In the previous month, Zhao Hao asked Zhao Shouzheng to divide the 62-mile-long river embankment into four districts and 48 sections. Each section was assigned a section chief, and each section leader led ten to twelve mile chiefs.
Under each li chief there are ten armor chiefs who assist him in commanding one hundred and ten civilians.
By dividing the work into different parts and clarifying responsibilities, everyone knows who they are responsible for; each person can command up to ten people, which can avoid buck-passing, confusion and wastage to the greatest extent.
After a month of running in, Zhao Shouzheng's quasi-military management system can basically operate like an arm.
The headquarters only needs to assign different tasks to each section leader one day in advance, and the civilian workers will know what they should do the next day.
This will not only greatly improve labor efficiency, but also allow the headquarters to take time to focus on project quality control instead of coordinating command.
But even if guests copy it back, the effect will be greatly reduced or even have no effect.
Because any organizational form is just an objective flesh and blood body, if you want it to obey the command without any compromise, or even exert its subjective initiative, you must inject a soul into it.
From Zhao Shouzheng living on the embankment, taking the lead in fighting floods and rescuing people, to doing his best to ensure the livelihood of the victims and not starving to death everything is to make the people of Kunshan feel that the new county master really cares about them, really Willing to give everything for Kunshan.
Only when such recognition is established, the people will regard the wishes of those in power as their own, and will they be willing to obey you, support you, act according to your orders, and actively move towards the goals you set.
"Those who are in the same boat through thick and thin will prosper, and those who share the same desires will win."
¡°How many people in today¡¯s world can do this?
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When cement concrete appeared and construction of the dike in January was no longer a luxury, the enthusiasm of the people was instantly detonated. The people began to race against time to dig the foundation, sift the river sand, and pull out the gravel. The entire river embankment was in full swing.
??The guests can finally surround the wall and have a good look around.
Even the shareholders of Jiangnan Company only learned about the existence of cement and concrete yesterday. At the company's first board meeting, they passed the resolution to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary - 'Jiangnan Building Materials Company' and appointed Hua Boxhen as director. Chief and General Manager.
So shareholders also saw what concrete looks like for the first time.
They took a hammer and knocked it, and finally realized the terrifying solidity of rough concrete.
Especially when they heard that using cement concrete to build walls can harden and stick firmly in less than a day, they all hissed and gasped.
You should know that glutinous rice mortar usually takes more than ten days to harden, and it takes a year to really work.
In other words, using cement to build embankments can speed up at least ten times. After that, everyone gathered around Hua Boxhen, the chairman of Jiangnan Building Materials Company, and asked excited questions.
The cement concrete, which combines industrial ugliness and power, deeply impacts everyone¡¯s perception. Even if you don't like this kind of aesthetically pleasing thing, you still have to admit that it is a perfect building material that will change the world.
"Brother Hua, if this concrete is used to build a city, wouldn't it be indestructible?" Chen Tongzhi asked curiously.
"Of course, it can't be exploded with hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder." Hua Boxhen replied proudly. The black gunpowder was silent and shed tears after hearing this, while the yellow gunpowder was furious and wanted to explode.
Everyone gasped and asked: "Then how was this thing made?"
"This is our company's secret."Bo Zhen smiled and said, "I won't tell anyone about it."
"Is it okay to sell us a little bit?" the guest asked again.
"Sorry, our company's production capacity is currently limited and we can only supply Kunshan with all our strength." Hua Boxhen said lightly: "Those who are interested can apply first and wait until our production capacity increases before shipping."
"What's the price?"
"One tael of silver per bag, one bag weighs sixty pounds." Then Hua Boxhen said in a deep voice: "This three-foot-long wall used a total of ten bags of cement."
Someone knowledgeable calculated the price of replacing it with glutinous rice mortar, and found that it was twice as expensive.
This time there was another gasp.
This new mortar is more than ten times faster than glutinous rice mortar and only half the price. We usually call it ¡®invincible¡¯!
"Glutinous rice mortar will be eliminated." The guests finally believed that with the help of magical cement, Kunshan County could really build a solid stone embankment before the storm came.
Looking at the sighing crowd, Hua Bozhen thought to himself, in fact, the cost of a bag of cement is not even ten cents.
What kind of huge profit is this?
In the end, everyone thought that Jiangnan Company was doing charity
"Could it be that Mr. Zhao keeps saying that I am not doing business to make money?" Do you really believe it?
Kunshan County was so busy that the guests naturally didn¡¯t want to disturb them, so they boarded the boat directly on the Xiaolai River and left one after another.
Before boarding the boat, they saw women, children, the elderly and half-year-old children from Kunshan rowing various boats to deliver water and food to the embankment.
Fortunately, they received too many shocks today and have become a little numb.
Mr. Zhao naturally agreed wholeheartedly and even gave a bag of cement as a souvenir before leaving.
The guests were naturally very happy, thinking that they could go back and study it carefully.
There¡¯s just one thing they can¡¯t figure out. Why is the word "not edible" specifically written on the sack?
¡°Is there anyone in this world who can¡¯t eat cement? Haha, how ridiculous.
Listening to the discussions of the guests, a certain Hedao Prime Minister who did not want to show his face felt like he had been hit hard.
I could only eat a piece of initially set concrete to relieve my depression.
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