.Walking out of the car assembly workshop, Geng Xuan looked around and was stunned to find another high wall not far ahead, and his guard was even more intense.

He turned to Chen Dongping and asked, "Director, what is this?"

Chen Dongping was silent for a moment and said seriously: "This is one of the highest secrets of the empire. The Secretariat has explained that this time, don't read it for the time being. There will be a chance in the future."

Geng Xuan was stunned, but looking at the other person's expression, he didn't ask much, and nodded slightly.

Guo Zhen seemed to feel the atmosphere a little awkward and smiled: "Brother Yangcai, what you see next is much more critical than this."

Geng Xuan nodded with a smile.

Ten minutes later.

Geng Xuan frowned and pointed at the hundreds of lathes scattered outside: "This is..."

"This is to eliminate stress," said Guo Zhen. "Every lathe will cause stress to appear when casting. To digest these stresses, the most effective way is to natural forces. If the stress is not eliminated, the processing accuracy will become worse and worse."

Geng Xuan was stunned and nodded.

When he got indoors, he looked at the concentrated craftsmen through the glass window and whispered: "Are these handmade?"

"This is used to make high-precision machine tools. These machine tools are used to produce components of medium and low-precision lathes, or to directly produce the most critical production line equipment." Guo Zhen pointed to a middle-aged man. "Many of them are sharpshooters in the army. They do not stay in the army after the service period. After the selection examination, they enter the lathe factory as an apprentice and learn one-on-one with their master. These people have good eyesight, stable hands, and patience. It is the most appropriate to do this."

"He has been working for ten years and is considered a skilled person." Guo Zhen narrowed his eyes. "His master is German. More than ten years ago, we spent a lot of money from Europe and the United States to introduce some retired old craftsmen to open technical training classes and then technical schools. He is an apprentice brought by the old craftsmen. Because of his good skills, he can now participate in the processing of key components of high-precision machine tools. His master is now a senior teacher in a technical school."

Guo Zhen pointed to the room next to him.

Geng Xuan silently watched the middle-aged man carefully shoveling the plane guide rail with a knife. After a long time, he picked up another colored guide rail and slid the processed plane guide rail on the colored guide rail, staring at it with his eyes.

"This is used to process absolute planes. The accuracy requirements are very high. The machine cannot do it at all, so it can only be done by hand." Guo Zhen said softly, "Now the part that has the color on the processing plane and the part that has the color dropped on the control plane, the part that has the heightened parts must be shoveled off. This process must be repeated again and again until the color of the two planes is completely even."

"What if both of them are crooked?" Geng Xuan couldn't help but ask softly.

"So you have to find another comparison plane." Guo Zhen said softly, "You must ensure that the three planes are completely consistent."

Geng Xuan nodded slightly as he watched the craftsman start to shovel again.

"Lathes are the core of industrialization. To improve the level of industrialization, we must first improve the accuracy and efficiency of the machine tool." Guo Zhen said, "There are two major difficulties in lathes: first, design. The design of lathes involves too much mechanical research, and at present they are all empirical formulas, lacking a complete system analysis. Some of these formulas have been mastered, some are not very clear, and some may be in the hands of others. The closer the formula is to the precise, the better the effect. Our latest joint machine tools or automatic machine tools are still relying on some special technicians hired from the United States, Britain and Germany four or five years ago, and the old technicians, and some of them come up with the solutions they have come up with. Some have been successful, some have spent a lot of effort, but in the end they have no practical value."

"The second is processing accuracy." Guo Zhen sighed, "The highest-level machine tools in Europe and the United States are all used by veteran technicians who have worked for twenty or thirty or even forty years. These people have started to study this thing from apprentices, with clever hands and clever eyes, and the things they make are easy to use. Although we have spent a lot of effort on talent training and a systematic training mechanism, it will take time in the end. Fortunately, the empire has many orders for military and heavy industry over the years, so we can gain a lot of experience."

"These are all national treasures." Geng Xuan took a deep breath, "The leap of imperial industrialization seems to be on the machine tool first."

"It is indeed a national treasure. In this regard, although we are a little less confident than the accumulation of European and American countries for hundreds of years, we also have our own accumulation." Guo Zhen nodded, "The emperor caught the machine tools early. When Annan was in Annan, he set up an ammunition factory, a repair shop, and an arsenal. After arriving in Jiangnan, he began to manufacture machine tools in Guangzhou, starting from the boring machine of cannons, step by step. We should be more advanced in concept. We introduced and digested the multi-axis machine tools of Spencer in the United States very early, and we were also the first to start semi-automatic dedicated machine tools. We have also studied some empirical formulas and algorithms ourselves, but others may not have it. Now we still have special personnel to design joint machine tools and complete multiple tasks at the same time on a combined machine tool. The calculation volume is too large and there is no clear result yet."

"There is another reason why our machine tool processing accuracy is good, which is the power source." Guo Zhen said softly, "Emperor is concerned about motors for a long time. After Tesla invented the induction motor in the United States, Empire bought his patent and moved his laboratory to Guangzhou, supporting him with huge sums of money to build motors. Now the motors used for lathe spindles on the production line are all three-phase asynchronous motors they made, and the output is stable. However, the price and volume of the motor are still a problem."

Geng Xuan looked at the rooms one by one, nodding his head silently.

"In terms of the machine tool industry, the Empire is now the sixth four-year finale year." Guo Zhen said, "At present, the indicators have been exceeded, and the main reason is that the economic crisis has gained more than expected. Now that the military industry has turned to production, the importance of machine tools is becoming more and more prominent. I want to say that there are too many things to do on this machine tool. If the automatic joint machine tool is really developed, the production efficiency can be several times or dozens of times. The current production capacity is mainly stuck in some key links. If all are solved, the Empire's large-scale industry will really scare people."

He made an exaggerated gesture and said seriously: "It can really scare people."

Geng Xuan was a little confused and just looked at the other person.

Guo Zhen turned his head to look at Chen Dongping, and Chen Dongping smiled: "Inspector Geng, in our opinion, the empire has vast territory, rich resources and a large population. In recent years, the military and national education and military service system have cultivated many qualified workers. As long as the machine tools can keep up and the ore can be transported, the large industrial assembly line can be opened vigorously. Our experience in designing assembly lines has gradually accumulated. As far as we know, Europe and the United States currently do not have large-scale industrial assembly lines like ours. Even the United States is just beginning to study. Seize this opportunity, as long as we expand our production capacity and with our cost advantage, at least we can occupy the East Asian market and be very competitive in South America."

Geng Xuan's face changed slightly as he heard this.

All afternoon, vocational skills training centers, advanced technical training classes for various majors, engine companies, battery companies, universal joint companies, bearing companies... all kinds of parts companies are arranged in an orderly manner in the industrial zone, and full-load trucks shuttle back and forth between different factories and warehouses.

Geng Xuan looked and listened.

Recalling the scenes I just saw, it seemed that the jungle-like chimneys spewed black smoke and white steam, and countless assembly lines were running rapidly. Ant-like workers were busy in three shifts. The products produced by this country were sent to trains, ships, and shipped to various places, for the hill-like British pounds and US dollars.

"Is the large-scale mechanized industry..." Geng Xuan murmured, "Workers... adopt the assembly line method, and the training of workers is too simple. They are all repetitive labor... After so many years of training, as well as the organizational discipline education of the Youth League and the training of the army, these millions of people can be competent for assembly line operation after a little training. Resources, the empire's geological exploration has been carried out for so many years, and there is no shortage of raw materials. Railways are extending rapidly every year, and roads are also... Trucks have become assembly lines, and it seems that the trains are too. The assembly lines are opened one by one, and a large number of products are unimaginable. If they really do this, who will so many goods be sold to...European and America? Or their colonies? No matter where the market is, European and American workers will be unemployed. They will ask the government to sanction us. Those chaebols and politicians will push their government to unite and launch a war against the public enemy of our civilized society..."

Guo Zhen and Chen Dongping looked at each other.

"Your Majesty's insight is far-reaching." After a while, Geng Xuan sighed leisurely, "I finally understand why Your Majesty has been working hard to promote the social security system, and repeatedly said that the key is to develop the consumer market for domestic workers. One foot of the imperial industry has stepped on the threshold of takeoff. This time, the economic transition and the company's production capacity has expanded greatly. After the war, we must plan market expansion. The military will turn to the civilians. There is a long way to go, and the long way to go..."

Chen Dongping pondered for a while and said softly: "Actually, we have this hidden worries. In the past two years, since the Imperial machinery industry has gained benefits in the economic crisis, and combined with previous accumulation, it will immediately change in quantity. In recent years, new beds, especially semi-automatic dedicated beds, have been continuously coming out, and the assembly line has also begun to be launched. In fact, the Empire's industry has taken off now, but it is just a military industry. At this speed, once it is converted to civilian use after the war, all aspects will keep up, at least in terms of the quantity of industrial products, it may be more than three to five years. This time, Europe and the United States have made trouble in China due to overcapacity in China. If the Empire comes to impact their market again, it will be hard to say."

Geng Xuan looked at Chen Dongping, Guo Zhen, and then at the people next to him, and smiled slightly: "Don't worry, everyone, I will naturally report to Your Majesty the situation here truthfully. Before leaving, Your Majesty repeatedly explained to me that this inspection, especially in Qujiang Industrial Zone, should be watched more, listen more, and learn more. Speaking of these situations in the industrial zone, I have more confidence in the national war and even the next development of the country."

"However, I'm not just listening to the results." Geng Xuan's words changed the expressions of everyone's expressions slightly. "Your Majesty has ambitions, not a simple master of success... Tell me about the problem, talk about what needs improvement, especially what needs central help and coordination, or what needs to be discussed together."

"Your Majesty hopes to solve some problems and see if you can further tap the potential." Geng Xuan said seriously, "Everyone knows that the war has entered a white-hot stage. Although the Imperial Guards have not really participated in the war, the money for war preparation has been spent like flowing water. Now the survival of the country is related to the first battle, and after the war, the royal industry is the pillar of the country's economy, and Your Majesty has high hopes. Don't worry about any ideas, don't go around in circles, just say it straight."

Chen Dongping looked at the young emperor envoy, remained silent for a while, and pushed his glasses: "Inspector Geng, since that's the case, let's have a good chat."

Fifteen minutes later, the office building.

Chen Dongping had a serious expression and was talking freely: "...At present, the problem of further expansion of production is first and foremost funds. In order to support the national war, the royal industry had already drawn too much blood. In addition to the military industry, various industries used interest-free loans to expand production on a large scale, the reinvestment of other industries has stagnated. Without equity investment, they can only rely on debt leverage. Now the debt of enterprises is relatively high. Although the interest rate on the bank is relatively low, the leverage of enterprises is also close to the warning line. If further blood is drawn, it may have an adverse impact on the operation of enterprises."

"In terms of military industry, the main production bottleneck of various types of vehicles is the engine. This is the most core part of vehicle performance, and the requirements for structure and process are very high. The number of high-performance engine companies in the Empire is not large. The reason why they can achieve today is that in addition to His Majesty's early grasp in the field of internal combustion engines, the incentive mechanism is also appropriate, and car racing competitions are held every year to stimulate major engine companies to compete for survival. However, in this way, several major companies have also gained more precious self-taught engines in the engine. The engine of Nanfeng 3 is actually far from the most advanced in technology, but based on the Royal Rolls-Royce's ev12b, integrating the Royal Diesel's fuel injector and the Royal Iron Flow cylinder structure, which is a relatively simple and reliable product. If a higher-tech product is used, the process requirements are too high, and we actually find it difficult to mass produce..."

"However, even so, an engine consumes too much labor. Not only does the process require high-precision machine tools, but also very high requirements for production line workers. Our self-produced high-precision machine tools are far from meeting the demand because the number of senior technical workers and engineers is insufficient. The number of products customized by Jews from Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States is far from enough. Now we continue to add funds and further open up procurement channels."

"...The labor requirements of each factory are relatively high. Industrial zones are confidential units. The production organization, management, products and crafts here are all imperial secrets, which have high requirements for the organizational discipline of workers, and most positions require a considerable culture, so they are basically recruited from veterans. However, in the past two years, the troops have been expanded and veterans have been recruited in large quantities, especially this time His Majesty has recruited the Royal Guards on a large scale. Although we had previously reserved workers according to the wartime mobilization system and conducted training in advance, now to further expand production, we can only choose youth members, especially those in the relevant technical teams. Please tell Your Majesty that these people cannot be recruited again. In addition, regarding the issue of post-war military recovery..."

"... The company's mass-produced civilian vehicles are selling more and more vigorously overseas, and the products are not available at all. Due to several production bottlenecks and the transformation of the wartime system, the output of many of our civilian products has not increased but decreased. If this continues, it will have an adverse impact on our overseas market development. After all, the war will not continue... We also reported to the Royal Automobile Industry Committee for this issue and requested coordination. The war fees of the empire will eventually be implemented on these. Now Americans, French, and British are imitating and catching up with our products, after all, they are in the local area. If we cannot seize the opportunity to quickly occupy the market, the situation will be bad if it is delayed."

"...There is a sharp expansion of automobile production capacity. If it is converted to civilian use after the war, the market issues must be considered. Although our situation in the overseas market is good, European and American automobile companies are also striving to catch up. After a long journey of transportation, the local area discriminates against China, and whether it can be fully digested is still unknown. If domestic sales, highway networks, road conditions, refueling facilities, garages, and traffic controls must be done simultaneously, but all of them require money..."

"...The industrial scale of industrial areas is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more social problems. So many people here, in order to keep the secrets of the royal industry, they must implement militarized management, and they are not free to act. In the past, workers felt that their work was stable and their welfare benefits were good, but their lives were very monotonous. There was not much money to spend, and in the end most of them were deposited in the bank. But now, as time goes by, everyone has put forward many requirements. Especially the residential areas and factory areas of the industrial areas are relatively close to each other, pollution is becoming more and more serious, and the living environment is getting worse and worse. Many people, especially those who have just given birth, are already worried."

“…”

Chen Dongping said a big stall in one breath, and Geng Xuan wrote it down very seriously. Chen Dongping took a sip of tea and was still unsatisfied: "...Inspector Geng, this is the situation, there are achievements, but there are many problems in front of him. We do not ask the center to solve each item, but we just hope to consider it."

Geng Xuan nodded: "That's true. The industrial zone is the empire's hematopoietic machine. I will stay for two more days, so we can have a good chat."...
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