1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 91 Military Regularization and Industrial Standardization

After Lieutenant Andrew Florent chatted with Qi Tian once, he really attracted the young man as his bosom friend, and he wished he could talk with him all night.

How could Qi Tian have the time to chat with him, how far the daily project has progressed, whether the fields need to be reclaimed, which places need manpower deployment, and many other things, he needs to calculate and coordinate.

Now, through chatting with Second Lieutenant Andrew Florent, Qi Tian suddenly realized that their budding new force needs to strengthen force most.The Dutch "supervisor" sneered at the naval combat capabilities of Cao Xiong's fleet, and didn't pay attention at all.He even said that only two or three professional warships were needed to easily sink or capture their five ships (he also counted Zhou Yingping's Fuchuan as Cao Xiong's fleet).

So, if one day the Netherlands wants to turn their backs or find fault, wouldn't it be possible to block four or five Galen warships at the gate of Jianye City, or to land and invade, or to contain and blockade.Their fate is not in their own hands at all.

Therefore, no matter what the purpose of this Dutch "supervisor" is, he requires that the warships be on board, operate in a standardized manner, and the system is streamlined, which is indeed an important factor in strengthening combat power.

"Xiao Tian, ​​this is for your self-defense." Cao Xiong took out a flintlock pistol from his arms and handed it to Qi Tian.This is that Ludwig presented to Cao Xiong as a gift in return.And he felt that he was useless at sea.Then he thought about bringing it back and giving it to Qi Tian.

Qi Tian took the flintlock pistol curiously. It was much longer than the pistols seen in later generations. The trigger and spring were the same as modern pistols, but the bullets and gunpowder were put in from the front.Moreover, only one projectile can be fired at a time, a purely reduced version of the flintlock.

"What are you talking about with that Dutchman for two days?"

"Talk about how to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the ship."

"Hmph, the Netherlands wants us to strengthen our combat power, but it's not to work harder for them in the future! They say they want to build a regular fleet, and the Dutch are not very regular!"

"Uncle, we must build a regular naval fleet. No matter what the Dutchman's thoughts are, I think some of his opinions are quite correct." Qi Tian said to Cao Xiong seriously.

"Uncle, if there is a new sailor on board, according to the previous model, an old sailor is assigned to lead the new sailor to learn and become familiar with everything he operates. However, as long as they are human beings, their behavior and actions must be very different."

"Perhaps the old sailors in the past were all good operators, but the latecomers may have a phenomenon of mixed good and bad. Then, is the operation essentials they learned also very different? If, when encountering the enemy , just because one or two sailors did not operate properly, causing a ship to be hit or sunk by the enemy. Wouldn't that be the greatest harm to the other brothers on board!"

"You're right!" Cao Xiong frowned and said, "The skills of our boats are different, and the level is uneven, and many brothers used to be not sailors at all, but military households in Dengzhou and Laizhou. And battalion soldiers. Xiaotian, tell me, how to get that normalized?"

"Compile a naval operation specification!" The first thing Qi Tian thought of was the various operation specifications of the construction industry. "We can follow the instructions of the Dutchman to make a standard operation specification for all operating positions on the ship."

"For example, how to raise the sail, how to adjust it correctly, how to clean and maintain it..., what is the operation essentials of each step, which actions are redundant, and which operations are dangerous, we all record them, and then explain them in detail To the sailhandler."

"In the same way, how should the helmsman operate correctly, how should the gunner handle the gun, how does the navigator judge the star position and the sun, etc., etc., we can make a set of operating specifications. In this way, no matter how a certain position on the ship changes No personnel will affect the combat effectiveness of the entire ship."

Cao Xiong nodded as he listened. It turns out that manipulating a boat and navigating the sea can also be strengthened and regulated with knowledge.

Listening, Cao Xiong suddenly frowned.

"Uncle, what I said is wrong?" Qi Tian couldn't help but wonder, could it be that I, a layman, made a mistake by pointing out experts?

"Xiaotian, it's good that you have come up with this method!" Cao Xiong said in a deep voice, "But our boat is full of white men, and none of them recognize the big characters. This..., how to play it!"

Ah, I can't read!

Qi Tian has always regarded the navy as a technical arm, specialized, technological, and standardized, and steel giants on the sea gallop thousands of miles across the sea.

But he forgot that in the ancient empire of Ming Dynasty, ordinary scholars or literate people would not go to the army, let alone a navy where life and death depended on the waves.

There is no literate person on your ship, so I will make a lot of operating specifications for anyone to see! ?

"Then let the heads of all key positions on the ship come to learn how to read every night!" Qi Tian said viciously. It seems that in the short term, the fleet will not be able to achieve standardized operations.

Cao Xiong smiled, and patted Qi Tian on the shoulder, "The candles I bought are not cheap, so they shouldn't be wasted! Hehe..., I've brought them to learn how to read with you every day these few days."

"Uncle, we'd better confirm now, what are our formal armed forces? It won't be possible. Whenever we encounter foreign enemies, we should all mobilize."

"Why do you need to confirm the armed forces? If the enemy comes with 100 people, we will naturally send out 150 people. If the enemy comes with [-] people, we must all mobilize them into battle!"

"Uncle, you must know the Empress Jin Tartar?"

"Why don't you know!" Cao Xiong's face turned red, "Later Golden Tatars entered the customs twice in the second year of Chongzhen and the seventh year of Chongzhen, burned, killed and looted hundreds of thousands of our Ming people, surrounded our capital of the Ming Dynasty, and destroyed our Datong Xuanhua It is extremely hateful to divide it into various places for defense!"

"...Let's not talk about Houjin's brutality now, but its fighting power. Does the Ming Dynasty have an army that can rival it?"

"...No! In the field battle outside the city, there hasn't been a single victory." Cao Xiong shook his head sadly.

"Uncle, I know that the post-gold tartars almost never do anything except fight wars. It is their coat slaves who help them farm and work."

"What's so strange about this!" Cao Xiong said, "The battalion soldiers in Denglai Town (Daming recruiters are called battalion soldiers) also don't do miscellaneous labor... It seems that they can't beat the Houjin Tartars either!"

"But don't they have to fight a little better than the guards?"

"That's natural!"

"So, our soldiers in the future will not do other things. They will only focus on skill training and fight in battle. Some skills are well practiced, not to mention that one professional soldier is better than two or three temporary recruits. Come out a little bit."

"In this way, if hundreds of soldiers don't work, our Jianye City will lose a half of its labor force. When will this city be built?"

"Uncle, the sage has a saying, and the art industry has a specialization. In the future, in our Jianye City, and other towns that will be established one after another, a lot of professional work will be handed over to professional personnel. Farmers concentrate on planting good crops, and blacksmiths concentrate on making good iron. Masons concentrate on building houses, while soldiers concentrate on training and preparing for battle. This is called social specialization, which can greatly increase social productivity.”

"Actually, not only sailors on warships need standardized operations, but other industries we manage, such as farming, building houses, and ironmaking... all must be professionally standardized in their industries or positions. In the future, industrial production and agricultural production, There will inevitably be a standardization.”

"You mean, those craftsmen and craftsmen must hand over all their craftsmanship?... I'm afraid they are not so willing to eat their cooking skills!" Cao Xiong said worriedly.When Qi Tian said this, he agreed with it in his heart, but he was also worried that there would be too much resistance and it would be difficult to implement it.

"If I can make the life of those craftsmen and craftsmen secure, they may not be unable to show their craftsmanship. What's more, I can also improve their skills and make more profits, and at the same time improve their status as craftsmen You said, will they cooperate?" Qi Tian is very confident, although he may not know the specific methods and skills of those craftsmen, but he knows the development direction of each industry and profession!

For this reason, Qitian decided to start with the construction industry, including burning bricks, cement, building houses, etc., to make the world's earliest, most advanced, and most standard professional operating regulations.

After all, who told me that in my previous life, I was a project manager in the construction industry!

(End of this chapter)