Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"Director, my office is right next door, so it's convenient for me to report to you at any time."

Song Weiguo Road.

"Well, that's fine." Zhou Tian nodded, his expression suddenly became serious, and asked, "Is the weapons research institute completed?"

Upon hearing this, Song Weiguo's expression immediately became serious and he nodded.

"It's already been completed. It's in the basement of the research workshop. All the equipment is the best in the country!"

"That's good. You must not be careless about this."

After all, this is a matter of weapons research, so it cannot be too cautious.

"I understand that, Director. The entrance is behind the bookshelf in your office in the research workshop. Would you like me to take you there now?"

"Don't worry. Now you are the deputy director of the factory. If I get busy, I may not be able to take care of the development of the factory. The factory will depend on you. Let's discuss the future development direction of the factory first!"

"Good director!"

Next, the two started a discussion in the office.

"First, once all the workers and masters have arrived, we need to arrange training as soon as possible to familiarize them with the new machine tools. Then, we need to arrange production tasks reasonably according to the order requirements. Of course, before that, we need to ask our superiors to deliver the raw materials to us as soon as possible!"

Zhou Tian said as he wrote on the paper.

Song Weiguo listened carefully and nodded in agreement from time to time.

"Also, there is the issue of product quality. We are not only a state-owned factory, but also a military factory, so we cannot be careless in product quality."

"At the same time, we must continue to improve production efficiency and reduce costs. To achieve this, we must make use of assembly line production as soon as possible!"

In fact, it’s not that no one in China knew about assembly line production. It’s just that the country’s industry was just being established and the conditions for assembly line production were often not available. Production tasks also always relied on manual manufacturing by senior craftsmen, so the advantages of assembly line production were not so obvious, and naturally few people mentioned it.

However, the machinery factory was different. Zhou Tian copied the structure of the machinery factory in his previous life, so the production method was naturally different from that of other machinery factories. He naturally hoped to let the workers adapt to assembly line production from the beginning.

"Assembly line production? Director, you are right. What do you think about the research and development of new products?"

Song Weiguo was stunned at first, then nodded and asked.

Song Weiguo knew a little about assembly line production, so he did not object. Instead, he was curious about the factory's first batch of projects.

“It’s a production project!”

Zhou Tian pondered for a moment and said, "In this regard, I plan to start with agricultural machinery projects, such as tractors, flour mills, oil presses, threshers and other small agricultural machinery. In this way, on the one hand, we can improve the technical level of the workers. On the other hand, the country is vigorously promoting agricultural reform and development. Maybe this will be an opportunity for us!"

"I understand, Chief." Song Weiguo responded.

"By the way, Brother Song, the factory's safety management cannot be ignored. We must formulate strict rules and regulations to ensure safety in the production process." Zhou Tian added.

"Okay, Director, I will arrange it as soon as possible." Song Weiguo said.

In fact, he didn't care what the machinery factory produced. He was sent here to assist Zhou Tian in developing weapons. However, he didn't expect that the two of them would step by step reach their current position.

And the director obviously knew more than him, so he would not raise any objections to the director's plan.

The two discussed until the evening and only then did they preliminarily determine the future development direction and recent work priorities of the machinery factory.

In the following week, Zhou Tian and Song Weiguo were making final preparations for the official operation of the machinery factory, and materials were delivered one truckload at a time.

Workers and master craftsmen transferred from various military factories also continued to gather at the Bayi Machinery Factory, and the number of people in the machinery factory continued to increase dramatically.

By the time all the workers and chefs arrived, the number of people had exceeded five thousand and reached six thousand seven hundred.

As for the management of the factory, they were basically all present. They were elites sent by the military and the Ministry of Machinery. After all, the special nature of the Bayi Machinery Factory determined that its status was higher than that of ordinary machinery factories from the beginning.

Among them were two deputy factory directors sent by the military and two deputy factory directors sent by the Ministry of Machinery, which to some extent formed a certain check and balance.

However, no matter how the two factions check and balance each other, one thing is certain. Before coming, the Ministry of Machinery and the military had specifically instructed that all decision-making power over the Bayi Machinery Factory belongs to Zhou Tian, ​​and this cannot be shaken.

So when these people arrived, they naturally would not seek trouble for themselves. They cooperated very well with Zhou Tian's work and arranged all the workers in an orderly manner.

All the work was carried out in a tense and orderly manner. A week later, the factory officially started trial operation.

When the first rice mill was assembled, huge cheers rang out throughout the factory.

"Director, it seems that the trial run of our machinery factory was quite successful!" Looking at the cheers of the workers, Deputy Director Liu on the side also said happily.

Although only one rice mill was successfully manufactured, it also showed that at least there were no errors in the production process.

"Well, yes, it's very good!"

Zhou Tian watched the rice mill being manufactured step by step from scratch, and he naturally realized that the assembly line he originally designed had been initially successful, but the details still needed further polishing.

But that is a matter for the future. For now, it seems that this assembly line is a success.

"Tell the workshop director that starting tomorrow the workshop's daily task is to produce 10,000 rice mills. In addition, I have handed over the drawings of other agricultural machinery to the factory's technicians, and they will all be produced step by step when the time comes!"

"Yes, factory director!"

After explaining the next production tasks, Zhou Tian left the workshop and returned to his office, then took out the plan application and began writing.

Although the rice mill has been produced, the product still needs to be sold through higher authorities.

This is not the past, when you have to sell the products you produce yourself. Now the whole country is like a chessboard, and a planned distribution system is implemented.

Although private individuals can sell it, it is not allowed in state-owned factories.

Moreover, agricultural machinery involves the country's future reform of rural policies, so he naturally hopes to contribute to the country.

As Zhou Tian finished writing the plan application, it was soon handed over to the Second Mechanical Department.

After discussion by the leaders of the Second Machinery Department, the plan was approved soon and the rice mills were quickly transported away by the convoy sent by the Machinery Department.

Zhoujia Village.

Since Zhou Tian's family moved away, the villagers of Zhoujia Village have been envious of the Zhou family. Although the entire Zhoujia Village was once related to each other, the relationship has long been out of the fifth generation of kinship and has become much more distant, so it is inevitable that some people will feel jealous, but overall, the entire Zhoujia Village is still relatively united.

On this day, the chief of Zhoujia Village was having dinner at home when a villager rushed in from outside.

"Uncle Nine, the village leader is here!"

"What? Xiao Mingzi, this is not a joke!"

The village chief was about to get angry, but when he heard Zhou Ming's words, he was stunned.

"Oh, Uncle Nine, I'm not kidding, the township leaders have already entered the village!"

Zhou Ming suddenly became anxious and said while gasping for breath.