The Russian Revolution attracted the attention of all parties, and all parties, which were originally full of contradictions, also temporarily put aside their knots and began to keep an eye on Russia's every move, especially the Japanese had begun to deploy troops and were ready to send troops to intervene at any time.

The same is true of the Feng army, which has quickened the pace of mobilization, and before the army goes north, it has to do a good job in all kinds of preparations, the most important of which are two things, one is the problem of food, and the other is the matter of arms supply.

Since the implementation of the farm model, the sown area and output of grain in the three eastern provinces have increased substantially, the most important thing is that the farms have ensured the government's tax revenue, and can receive everything that should be harvested, coupled with the promotion of the minimum protective price of agricultural products, the common people have sold a large amount of surplus grain to the government.

The three eastern provinces have hoarded a large amount of grain, the warehouses are all full, there are rice and wheat, there are also sorghum cob noodles, in order to cope with the large number of grains, a large number of warehouses have been established in various places, the grain hoarding is neat and tidy, as the saying goes, there is grain in the hand, the heart is not panicked, seeing these grains, everyone feels steady.

Zhang Tinglan and Yang Yuting were inspecting a makeshift warehouse full of rice and flour, all of which were new this year's grain, and many porters were coming and going, preparing to transport the grain away. Yang Yuting opened a bag casually, checked it, and then said with a smile: "Humble words, these grains are of high quality, not only can they supply the army, but I am afraid that there is a lot of surplus grain, but they have to be sold at a good price!" ”

"Rest assured, the economy of the Russians was on the verge of collapse during the war, and now the civil war is going on, and agriculture has been almost destroyed, and no matter which army it is, it needs a lot of food. Moreover, after the great powers want to intervene in Russia, it is also the most convenient and economical to transport grain from the northeast, and grain is a good card in our hands. ”

Yang Yuting also nodded and said: "With the number one profiteer here, I think no one will inevitably be slaughtered." ”

In many cases, as long as the weapon of food is used well, it can produce a more haode effect than guns, and can even affect the victory and defeat trend in the front, and it can also exchange food for what is needed from the hands of the United States and Japan. In this regard, Zhang Tinglan already has a jihua.

"During this time, three million quintals of grain have been delivered to the front, and another five million quintals have been brought up one after another and hoarded in warehouses along the railway line for as long as needed. It can also be transported to the front at any time. Yang Yuting said with a smile: "Two years ago, Fengjun was still short of food and clothing, and two years have just passed. Our strength has improved rapidly. The three eastern provinces are indeed a rich and fertile land, and if they are all developed, we will definitely have the capital to confront the great powers. ”

"That's right, the three eastern provinces do have unlimited potential, and what is most lacking is an environment for peaceful development, and this time there is a civil war in Russia. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to at least remove most of the threat from the north, and then we would be able to deal with the Japanese with all our might. ”

After inspecting the grain, Zhang Tinglan met with the responsible persons of the arsenal and the steel factory without stopping. Tao Jiping, Xiong Mengyuan, Chen Qiming, Xia Han, Kuang Jingyang, Fan Xudong and others all arrived.

"Some time ago, I sent out an invitation to you, hoping to let you summarize your management experience and think about the gains and losses. We have a preliminary factory foundation, but how to give full play to the full potential of the factory depends on everyone's ingenuity, I don't know what you think? ”

Kuang Jingyang's qualifications are the oldest, as soon as he heard Zhang Tinglan's words, he took the lead in saying: "Reform the management system, in fact, has been doing, clumsy words have been abolished before, the workers have set up a detailed reward mechanism, this is very haode reform, how to reform the next step, I think it is still necessary to widely absorb professional talents, experts to lead laymen, to increase the autonomy of the factory, to avoid too much government intervention." ”

"Mr. Kwong, let me refute you." Xia Han on the side suddenly said: "Reducing government intervention is not a good thing, if it is in Europe and the United States, there are many factories, everyone competes with each other, and the best companies stand out, which is of course understandable." This is different from us now, there are almost only one or two factories of each type, so we are only allowed to succeed, not to fail, just rely on the enterprise to do it yourself, absolutely not work, you must know that the enemy we are facing is the great powers that occupy the right time and place, without the planning support of the government, we will definitely not be able to support. ”

Don't look at Xia Han as just a young junior, but he did tell a reason, after Kuang Jingyang listened, he couldn't help but nodded, and said with a smile: "It's really reasonable, but I was negligent." ”

Fan Xudong also said on the side: "Just three days ago, Mr. Hou Debang and they also came back from the United States, I carefully inquired about the management methods of American enterprises, Mr. Hou mentioned standardized assembly line production, as much as possible to divide the process more meticulously, each worker is only responsible for a few simple processes, which can reduce the requirements for the level of jishu, but also to ensure the quality of the product." I think this is a very good practice, Fengtian's enterprises must come up with a set of strict standards, explore the establishment of production lines, not only to improve production efficiency exponentially, but also to improve product quality. ”

Zhang Tinglan listened to these people's discussions, and nodded frequently, they also prepared carefully, and they also hit the point, but Zhang Tinglan still had a little idea, and they didn't put it forward.

"Ladies and gentlemen, an enterprise is divided into three groups: management, jishu personnel, front-line workers, and three groups, and how to deal with the relationship between these three groups is the first problem that an enterprise should solve. In the past, the factory management had the final say, some of which were similar to the feudal yamen, allowing the layman to lead the insider, and Zuihou caused a lot of problems, just like the Hanyang Iron Works, Kailuan Coal Mine and other Western-style enterprises, which have always been half-dead, and there is no way to compete with Western enterprises. ”

Zhang Tinglan pointed out the shortcomings of foreign enterprises, and everyone nodded frequently, which is indeed the case, Kuang Jingyang said on the side: "What I said is right, and it is precisely because of this that I advocate the use of professionals to manage the factory, and not let the enterprise become a yamen, the lesson of Hanyang Iron Works is really too painful." ”

"Well, of course I agree with the introduction of talents, but have I still ignored a group, that is, those front-line production workers, how should they be treated, are they just obedient machines?"

After Zhang Tinglan raised this question, Kuang Jingyang was suddenly speechless. He didn't expect Zhang Tinglan to mention workers, to be honest, in this era, for front-line workers, except for those high-level jishu authorities, others don't pay much attention, workers are dirty, and there is no status at all.

"Humble words, what do you think should be done with the workers?"

"Mr. Kwong, my view is to put the workers and jishu personnel and management together, and the three of them are a team. It is necessary to cooperate closely, not simply as who obeys whom, but to introduce workers into management, participate in product research and development, and make full use of their ingenuity. Achieve the most haode economic benefits. ”

Zhang Tinglan's opinion is for those present. There's a subversive feeling. Isn't it a mess to let workers into management?

"To put it mildly, many workers have a low level of knowledge, and letting them participate in management and scientific research is inevitably an overestimation of the ability of workers, right?"

"Factories have big decisions, but they also have relatively trivial matters. And the details can often determine the quality of a product, which is something that cannot be ignored. In addition, although Jishu personnel are mainly responsible for designing products, they also need workers to turn the designed things into real objects in the process of production. There will definitely be areas where the run-in needs to be improved, so the workers and jishu personnel, too, need to have an interaction. ”

"What the commander-in-chief said has a point!" Xiong Mengyuan said on the side: "Since the arsenal encouraged Jishu to innovate, many new ideas and new processes have been put forward by ordinary workers, saving materials, improving efficiency, simplifying processes, and enhancing quality. In the case of our latest water rifle, some workers have suggested that the butt be reduced so that it can better fit the Chinese body, and we are also working on a redesign. ”

Zhang Tinglan also nodded: "Increasing the participation of workers is to make the factory a whole, and everyone has the responsibility and obligation to make the quality of products better and the operation of the factory more efficient!" ”

In the past, everyone more or less regarded workers as talking machines, thinking that there was only a simple incentive system to make workers more obedient and work more, and now it seems that there is more room for improvement.

After some discussion, we finally came up with four suggestions, the first is to encourage workers to participate in scientific research management; The second is the detailed reward and punishment mechanism, which is beneficial to workers, as long as it is adopted, it will be rewarded; third, it is necessary to be more standardized and refine the division of labor; The fourth point is to vigorously introduce and train talents, establish a network of searching and excavating talents at home and abroad, find as many talents as possible, and increase the intensity of self-cultivation of talents.

These four points are the key to increasing the efficiency of enterprises, if they can be implemented well, Zhang Tinglan is sure that the production capacity can be doubled, and the quality can be greatly improved. The civil war in Russia is a coexistence of crises for the Feng army, and as for what kind of effect can be achieved, it depends on how much strength the Feng army has.

The strength is strong, you can eat meat and drink soup, but your strength is not enough, and when Russia is dyed red, there will be an extra giant beast next to Fengjun. Industrial capacity is the core of strength, get the machine is only to complete the hardware part, and now sort out the new management regulations, is the software part, after the matching, the industrial capacity will be greatly improved.

These have been almost dealt with, Zhang Tinglan is already preparing to go north, but he is still waiting for a news, a news that the Americans will take the initiative to beg for the army.

The cold Far East is not suitable for living, but since the outbreak of the First World War, there are a lot of business opportunities here, the American businessman George was only a small grocer before the First World War, but after the outbreak of the war, he keenly seized the business opportunities, sold military uniforms and other materials to Russia, and made his first pot of gold.

Then his business grew bigger and bigger, and the money in his hand grew, and the First World War made him so successful that George even hoped that the war would last forever. Unfortunately, although the war was not over, the Russian Civil War had already broken out, and as a big businessman, George regarded the majority party as a flood beast.

After the outbreak of the revolution in Russia, he began to dispose of his own supplies and prepared to return to the United States as soon as possible with his assistants and family. A group of more than a dozen of them came to Vladivostok in a hurry, ready to take a freighter and return to the United States.

But just as they were about to leave this damned country, a group of armed men with rifles suddenly rushed out of nowhere, and without saying anything, they arrested George and the others, and then took them to a hidden compound.

George saw several stout Russians push his wife and daughter to the ground, right in front of him, they were all torn clean, and then these Russians took turns to act wantonly on the two white bodies, the wife's mournful cry, the daughter's low sob, all sounded in George's ears, like thunder, knocked him out, he desperately tried to break free, at this time suddenly a dagger knife was inserted into his shoulder, and in an instant an arm was torn off, George was like a wounded beast, There was a howl that sounded like hell...... (To be continued......)