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Chapter 438 Bottleneck (Fourth update, please subscribe)

Every day, every dock is crowded with dock workers. In ports such as Shanghai and other ports, they have a unique term called "coolie". These two simple words express the hard work of these workers.

Whenever a cargo ship arrives at the port, densely packed dock workers are like ants on the trestle surrounding the cargo ship, loading and unloading goods. They load pieces of goods into the lifting net, and then load them into the cargo hold.

The capable dock workers in white T-shirts nailed the grappling hooks in their hands to the cargo, then dragged it out and carried it on their shoulders. It was so hard to carry it on their shoulders. The scorching tropical sun seemed to them like There is no general.

Among these people, Lin Jiachao, who has fair skin, seems to be particularly different. Although he has a fair appearance, he is no worse than others at work. His chest muscles and thick arms holding up his T-shirt all show that he has a lot of energy stored in his body. the power of.

However, this kind of exercised muscles obviously could not compare with the strong strength of the dock workers. However, in just over an hour, he felt that his arms seemed to have lost consciousness, and even the grappling hook could not move the sack.

When he was out of breath from exhaustion, Master Ren, who was not far away, shouted at him.

"Xiucai, come here and rest for a while! Dali, you guys continue working."

As soon as Lin Jiachao arrived at Liangying's side, Master Ren pointed to the cold water bucket on the side and said.

"Drink some tea first."

Master Ren, who was holding a pipe in his mouth, looked at Lin Jiachao and said.

"Master Ren, I made you laugh again."

"You are a person with great ambitions. It is not easy to endure this hardship."

At the port, the highest-paid people are not the dock supervisors who sit in offices, but palletizers like Master Ren. They have to break up the goods from all over the country according to their characteristics and destinations, and then make reasonable use of the space to load the goods onto the ship.

After drinking a large bowl of herbal tea, Lin Jiachao said.

Master Ren was not angry at Lin Jiachao's rejection, but asked him to continue following him.

"Master Ren, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that I really can't do the work at the dock..."

"At the beginning, I told you that you were not the owner of this meal, but I didn't expect that you could actually work for four days..."

There are only a dozen or twenty masters like this in a port. Because of the high salary and high status, if someone tells someone to accept him as a disciple, the obedient person will often kneel down and kowtow immediately, but Lin Jiachao grinned and said .

"In this way, you will follow me from now on. You are different from those rough guys. You have read a book and have a bright mind. If you learn how to palletize well, your future will be limitless!"

Even though Master Ren is wearing a T-shirt like other dock workers, when a palletizer like him is seen on the dock, even the captain and ship owner may say hello politely.

In the next half month, Lin Jiachao, the second secretary of the Secretariat of the Presidential Palace, transformed into a dock worker, learning palletizing and loading and unloading goods from Master Ren every day.

When he was at the dock every day, Lin Jiachao looked no different from an ordinary dock worker. It was not until half a month later, after a day's work, that he invited Master Ren and others to dinner and said goodbye to him. End the "experience life" at the pier.

In the next two days, Lin Jiachao did not return to the presidential residence. Instead, he stayed at home and wrote a report before submitting it to the president. In the afternoon of the next day, Lin Jiachao, who was busy in the office, received a call from the president. After Lin Jiachao walked into the office, Li Yian looked up at the young man in front of him - his fair skin had turned dark, and couldn't help but smile.

"Did you really go to the dock and carry the big bag for twenty days?"

There are not many people who can do the work themselves to obtain first-hand information like this.

"Only the first few days I really worked, and the remaining days I followed the master to learn palletizing. This is really a skill that you can't learn in school. You can only go to school at the dock. Without ten years of hard work, you can become a successful person. There is no qualified cargo master."

"Tell me, I want to hear how you remembered to go to the dock."

Li Yian motioned for him to sit down and talk, his eyes unable to conceal his admiration for him. After all, it was really rare for a person like this to go to the dock to carry a twenty-day package in order to obtain first-hand data!

"Sir, it is obvious to all that the situation in Tangshan is changing rapidly. Jinling and other places have been captured by the north, and Shanghai is also in danger. As the situation changes there, the import of labor from Tangshan is likely to stop. With the expansion of Nanyang's industrial production and the increase in trade import and export, the wharf will become the first barrier to restrict industrial production and foreign trade, and all wharves require a lot of manpower. Therefore, I went to the wharf, hoping to experience it through personal experience. , to figure out the impact of manpower shortage on port transportation.”

Lin Jiachao then continued to explain.

"At the dock, a canvas bag the size of a hammock is hung from the hook of a large crane. The loaders use manpower to move the goods into the big bag. After it is filled, it is afraid of falling. It is also covered with a layer of steel mesh and tied tightly. The crane handle This bag of things is hoisted to the ship, and then the workers on the ship remove the contents of the bag. The same is true when unloading the ship. When moving things onto the ship, there is a lot of emphasis on what items are placed in the cargo hold. Not only are they afraid of pressure, It cannot be placed below. Because the distance to the port where the goods arrive is different, the stacking of goods is also particular. The goods that are not under pressure should be placed outside, and the goods that are closest to the port should also be placed outside. But if the goods are at the terminal , because it is not under pressure, it can only be placed outside, but we must consider unloading the goods at the next port. If the palletizer does not work hard, all the goods in one cargo hold may be unloaded, and the goods can be unloaded again after finding the goods.”

This is also the reason why the palletizer master’s salary is high. Sometimes, the palletizer master even has to do this in order to keep all the dock workers busy. This is an unspoken rule in this industry.

However, Lin Jiachao did not mention this and chose to turn a blind eye to such "hidden rules".

"So you can imagine how low the loading and unloading efficiency at the dock is. Currently, it takes 2.7 man-hours to process one ton of cargo at Chang'an Port, which is considered fast. Loading and unloading a ship takes a long time and requires It takes several days to waste time here at the dock, and all the time spent is a cost."

Although Li Yian was an outsider in logistics, he still showed interest and motioned to Lin Jiachao to continue.

"There is another big problem during the loading and unloading process, which is theft. From the five boxes of canned fruits shipped to Europe, it would be good to have three and a half boxes left. From the perspective of the dock workers, they work so hard, how many boxes can they eat? Shouldn't it be canned? According to my calculations, 60%-75% of the shipping cost occurs while the ship is parked at the dock, not while sailing. This does not include theft losses. Of course, for Nanyang, The most important problem is not a common problem in the transportation process at these ports, but manpower! If there is no manpower during the loading and unloading process, or there is insufficient manpower, then merchant ships will have to wait longer to load and unload goods. Not only will the loading and unloading costs increase, but also The cost for merchant ships to call at the port will also increase, which is the biggest problem we face."

Lin Jiachao then mentioned that according to his estimation, with the development of Nanyang in the future, how many dock workers will be needed in Nanyang.

However, it is only 100,000 to 150,000. For other big countries, this is certainly not a problem for workers.

But the population here in Nanyang is really not large. So in theory, the biggest problem Nanyang will face next is the insufficient number of dock workers.

"If we don't solve the problem of labor shortage, then terminal loading and unloading will become the biggest problem restricting the development of Nanyang. Even if we build a large number of factories, there will not be enough manpower for transshipment at the terminal, so that will become the focus of our development. Bottleneck. Therefore, I think we should nip it in the bud and start solving this problem in advance.”

Later, Lin Jiachao turned his attention to the president, who was reading the report without saying a word.

After thinking for a while, he continued to add.

"So, my suggestion is that one is to improve the way of cargo shipment through technical means, such as using more crates for shipment. Its shipment process is relatively simple, which not only saves labor, but Nanyang is rich in wood. For us, This is a certain advantage in raw materials. Secondly, appropriately introducing foreign workers is the only way to solve the problem when there is a shortage of labor in the future."

(End of this chapter)