From Chief to Ball

More than 400 people mobilized from Xiacheng have arrived, enriching the number of skilled workers. There are all walks of life. They are mixed with more than 8000 workshop workers, reaching a ratio of [-] to [-]. This is a situation of inefficient management. the minimum.

Chen Jian was not in a hurry to build the smelting furnace immediately, because once the iron smelting furnace was ignited, it was impossible to stop, and the furnace would be abolished when it stopped, so there was no rush before all preparations were completed.

The whole city is still barren, with turned loess everywhere, in a mess.

The bulk traded goods between the rest of the city and Xiacheng also began to flow in. Every day there was chaos around the small pier, and the work among the nine workshop divisions was also chaotic. After he left, the Planning and Statistics Division did not Know what to do, because deploying goods is a daily squabble.

It seems that everyone is very busy, but in fact there is no efficiency at all. Except for the people from the construction department who are building houses every day, and the people from the education department who are teaching those children, the rest of the people leave with a hammer and a broom. In a few days, the weakness of Yucheng was clearly seen: once the highly rigorous planning lacked the deployment of the Planning and Statistics Department, it would be completely chaotic.

The corners of Hongyu's busy mouth these days are full of blood bubbles and his eyes are red.When Chen Jian got off the boat, she was arguing with the people from the carpentry department and asked why they didn't finish the wooden beams and tiles on time. It was not shipped on time, and the people from the transportation department said that the carpentry department did not prepare a boat and carriage for them to transport, and the people from the carpentry department said that if you didn't prepare all the tools for me first, how would I make it?

The structure of the whole Yucheng seems to be a person, and the Department of Planning and Statistics is the mind. When the mind is clear, this person is much stronger than those natural animals that rely on invisible hands.But once this mind is messed up, it will be at a loss.

As soon as Chen Jiang got off the boat, the group of people buzzed around like flies that had seen blood. Chen Jian waved his hands and said, "Don't worry, don't ask, just do it for five days and talk about it after five days. Everyone is not allowed to leave the island. Whenever you are called."

After the black-clothed guards drove everyone away, Chen Jian came to the Planning and Statistics Department. There were sixteen of them, all of whom were considered the highest talents in the entire Xiacheng system. , a talent out of a thousand cultivated in three to five years.

Including Red Fish and Chen Jian himself, there are a total of eighteen people who are considered to be at the level of fourth and fifth grades in later generations, and there are [-] newcomers who are at a lower level.

These people don't know what they are going to do at all, and they seem to be just counting some figures. These things have been done in Xia City before, but they have forgotten the full name of this department, and there is a word "plan" before the statistics.

One by one, like babies looking forward to their mothers, with their red eyes open, they asked confusedly what they were going to do.

Chen Jian was not angry either, this was the expected result, he asked someone to boil a cup of boiling water, soaked some mint leaves to moisten the throat, and told these people to sit down and drink water first, not to be impatient.

The cool mint leaves put out the fire, and the freshly painted mud house exuded a peculiar smell of lime. Chen Jian took a sip of water and asked with a smile, "What have you been doing these days?"

Red Fish was extremely helpless, bowed his head and said: "I didn't do anything. I counted the number of people according to what you said, and counted that we have done it. But this plan...we really can't do it. It's not like boiling water first or cutting it first." Meat is so simple, every time you make a decision, you have to consider the impact on others."

"I thought about transporting the food we exchanged with Sucheng and the upper reaches of the town first, but after the ship left, I found out that there are still a lot of tools that need to be prepared."

After listening to the complaint, Chen Jian looked at a large pile of wooden slips and asked, "Is this what you counted?"

"Yes, according to what you said. Those workshop workers. Age, injury, men and women, the number of each workshop division. We have all the ships, vehicles, cattle and horses that can be transported now."

Chen Jian is relieved about their statistical ability. In Xiacheng, after clan division, reorganization, population registration, tax collection, land property statistics, etc., they have honed the basic ability of these people to count.

After opening it, it was exactly as he thought, the records were very clear, there was no need to count the names, only the numbers were written on the wooden cards issued at the beginning, so it was much simpler.

After looking at it for a while, Chen Jian threw the wooden slip aside and said, "We are the Planning and Statistics Department. We need both statistics and planning. Then you say that whether it is building a house, transporting grain, distributing tools, etc., the last What is the fundamental purpose?"

"Build Yucheng?"

"Yes. Yucheng was built. So what is the basis for building Yucheng?"

The people below shook their heads, Chen Jian pointed to himself, then pointed to them and said, "It's basically human. People have to live to work. Then the most fundamental thing is to ensure that people live. Only after people live can we build workshop."

"What is the purpose of building workshops? We don't build workshops for the sake of living better. To figure this out, you kill sheep, not for killing, but for eating."

"Then to survive, the most basic things are food, housing and clothing. After eating enough, you can't freeze to death, and then you can think about other things. The more and more things you need, the more and more things you need to plan."

"Don't be afraid. Although there are more and more things to plan, you are also growing and learning every day. There is nothing that can't be done with your brain and hands."

"The figures you are currently counting are on the promontory island. Not counting the village farms and those on the mines, including our old Chinese, there are more than 300 young and strong."

"That's the number that matters."

While talking, Chen Jian took out a pen and calculated for a while, then raised his head and said, "300 people, according to the minimum standard of not starving to death, need [-] catties of corn and [-] catties of salt every day."

"It takes [-] catties of firewood to cook these things and light a fire at night."

"In the future, to ensure that these 300 people can live, based on the calculation of sixteen or seven people living in one house, at least 4 houses are needed. If each house is made of bricks, more than 600 bricks are needed, plus workshops. And so on, a total of about [-] million bricks are needed.”

When it came to 600 million yuan, everyone took a breath, scratching their fingers and being frightened by this huge amount.

Chen Jian hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid, it's only [-] square meters of soil. The bricks that have been burned for more than a month and the inland river that has been dug for more than a month have been spread on each person's body, which is no more than two or three square meters. Don't be afraid."

"Winter is coming soon. To ensure that more than 4000 people don't freeze to death, we need [-] sets of winter clothes. Not counting the treatment of the old Chinese, how much linen do these [-] sets of winter clothes need? How much hay do we need to prepare in advance? "

"By relying on bronze, gunpowder, war horses, vehicles, etc., we have exchanged enough grain and linen that will not be used for a year, so how do we transport these things back? How much do we need to transport every day? Which ones are transported first? We go with empty ships Ship it? Or carry our goods along with it?"

"Which ones should be transported first and which ones should be transported later, we need to consider the food, clothing and housing I mentioned earlier. For example, for winter clothes, if it snows, then go back to transport the linen. Is there enough time? Will spring come after the winter clothes are finished? How much does it cost to make [-] sets of winter clothes? People? How long will it take?"

"Basic clothing, housing and transportation must be guaranteed first. From these statistics, many problems can be seen. Connecting the people who make the statistics to their needs, and then transforming these needs into plans, this is what our Planning and Statistics Department will do. .”

"If food, clothing, housing and transportation cannot be guaranteed first, then everything else is empty talk, including workshops."

"Do you understand?"

More than 40 people nodded together, and basically understood it. In fact, what Chen Jian said was completely wrong and vulgar, but we must ensure that they can understand it. Practice based on local methods.

"Now, I'll ask, Red Fish will answer, and let everyone here figure out how it works."

"Let's talk about food first. How much grain is stored in Yucheng now? How much salt is stored?"

"40 catties of corn, [-] catties of salt, and [-] catties of wheat flour, which was transported from upstream."

"According to the minimum needs, how many days can these grains and salt last? You don't need to answer this time. The people below will do the math and write down the number for me."

The sound of Salsa's charcoal sliding on the ceramic board sounded, and it was quickly calculated, and it was almost calculated to last for a month.

Chen Jian first praised these people's calculation level, and then said: "If there are no accidents, what can the calculations you calculated just now prove? What can be changed?"

As soon as the words fell, Red Fish reacted. When he opened his mouth to speak, Chen Jian hissed and nodded his head lightly, motioning to wait.

After a while, someone finally raised his hand tremblingly. Chen Jian smiled and said, "Tell me. It's okay if you say something wrong."

The young man said unconfidently: "Does it mean...it's not right for Miss Hongyu to be busy transporting food these days? We can at least not rush to transport food for half a month, and send the ship to other tools first, and wait until Shipping in half a month?"

There was a moment of silence at first, and when the young man was a little scared, he heard applause from his ears. Chen Jian took the lead, and the applause soon joined together.

The young man's face flushed, but his heart was full of joy, as if he drank snow water in June.

After the applause stopped, Chen Jian wrote down the young man's name and what he said.

"Very good, that's it. Since the food will be enough within half a month, can we save the boat and transport all the tools first?"

"Of course, we'll talk about this tomorrow. Let's start with food today. Can you think of other things related to food? Can save manpower?"

This time the silence was longer, and finally it was Red Fish who broke the silence.

"Ji Xia, now the nine workshops have separate cooks. If the cooks can be combined, can it save a lot of manpower, firewood, management and daily withdrawal time?"

It was a good start. Chen Jian gave a few words of encouragement and enlightened everyone. It was half a reminder and half an encouragement. The discussion lasted from noon to midnight, and he ate some dry biscuits in the middle of the discussion. Finally, he perfected the direction of eating rules.

The cooking men and women of the nine workshop divisions were merged and placed under the jurisdiction of the Supply and Marketing Division, saving about 80 people.

The eating time of each workshop division is stipulated, and they are all staggered from morning to night to ensure that there are people eating at every hour, but at the same time, there are not too many people eating at each hour.