Chapter 305 The idea of ​​container

"Your Majesty, this is what your subordinates should do."

In order to further ensure the safety of each port, every medium and large port has guards stationed in uniforms. They monitor the operation of the port at all times to prevent hidden dangers.

In a large port like Shitoujin, there are more than 200 Jinyi guards responsible for the security here.

Today, the management and basic operations of Daming Port are handled by local governments, but the loading, unloading, and transportation of goods are leased to various commercial companies based on area divisions.

Therefore, those stevedores are employees of these companies, and the stevedores of their companies are responsible for loading and unloading the goods that arrive on the ships at the rented terminals. There is no need to fight for them, let alone fight to the death.

And these companies are under government supervision, so naturally they can no longer form threatening gangs, thus maintaining the stability of the port.

"Your Majesty, this is the first time that Wei Chen has seen so many people busy. It's really spectacular."

Wang Fuzhi was very emotional. He knew that the more ports like this, the busier they are, which can also reflect the strength of a country from the side.

But as a time traveler, Zhu Kezang was not surprised by this scene. Instead, he shook his head with regret and said: "Such a prosperous port should use a simpler loading method."

"With so many people and such crowding, it not only increases costs in all aspects, but also wastes a lot of manpower and is not very efficient."

With the current technology accumulation of the Ming Dynasty Manufacturing Administration, there are no big technical barriers to inventing containers.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty Manufacturing Administration has gradually moved from Chengtian Prefecture to Yingtian Prefecture, but many factories and craftsmen have not yet moved here.

Moreover, merchants’ goods do not have to wait in long queues at the port, which can definitely save merchants a lot of costs.

Windlass is the name given to cranes in ancient China.

"Why don't we add saggers to the shipments?"

Isn't this just a container?

"This greatly simplifies the process, saves space, saves manpower, and saves costs..."

Huang Luzhuang is really an all-rounder.

The next central task of Daming is to completely relocate the Daming Manufacturing Bureau. If there are containers, it will definitely be more convenient.

"In the future, our carriages, steamships, and even steam trains can be made to carry containers."

"In this case, the carriage can complete the classification, loading and unloading of goods directly at the factories, companies, and shops where goods are shipped."

Don’t underestimate this seemingly high-end object, and the technical content of the container does not seem to be very high, but it is enough to bring huge changes to the Ming Dynasty and even the entire world.

Zhu Kezang continued to shake his head and said: "The effect is not obvious, and it will ultimately be solved through manpower."

Zhu Kezang added: "The Ming Dynasty could make the sagger into a large square iron box and give it a unified standard style. I call it a container."

Immediately, Wang Euzhi thought of a question and said with some worry: "But if this happens, wouldn't it mean that many workers will lose their jobs?"

In official history, it was the emergence and large-scale application of containers that directly changed the economic form of the entire world.

Moreover, so many people in the port gather together to work busyly, and if you are slightly negligent, there will be various safety hazards.

In the future, with the gradual popularization of Ming Dynasty containers, the circulation of goods will surely accelerate and business will become more prosperous.

Zhu Kezang didn't just talk about it. After returning to Yingtian City, he started the manufacturing of containers in a big way.

"In this case, the goods can be sorted and loaded at the terminal, and the goods destined for the same place can be loaded into a container, and then some cranes can be used to move these loaded containers to the ship and stack them."

Although he didn't know much about logistics, after Wang Fuzhi listened, he secretly sighed at the cleverness of Shengtianzi.

"The four corners of these containers can be designed with buckles, and they can be locked with each other when stacked up, down, left, and right. This not only allows them to be placed more neatly and firmly, and can hold more, but also saves a lot of time and time in placing goods on the ship.

Manpower.”

"Then the carriage drives to the port, unloads the entire container directly, and places it according to the destination. When the ship arrives, it can be loaded into a unified ship to complete the entire transshipment process."

Huang Lvzhuang, the future first scientist of the Ming Dynasty, was thoughtful. After observing for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, Weichen observed the process of making porcelain. There is an object called a sagger. Porcelain requires high-temperature heat treatment before it can be fired.

Various porcelain blanks are first put into saggers, and then put into the kiln for baking. Using saggers not only increases the quantity of fired porcelain, but also makes it easier for ceramic craftsmen to carry, load and unload."

Therefore, the invention of the container is also called one of the greatest inventions of the twentieth century, which also shows that the level of technological content is not the main factor in changing productivity.

Early records of lifting the windlass can be found in "Si Ti Shu Shi" and "Shi Shuo Xin Yu Qiao Yi".

The new cranes of the Ming Dynasty have similar principles to the windlass. They are bridge cranes of the early 19th century and are driven by steam engines.

Wang Fuzhi nodded in agreement, then pointed to a crane and a conveyor belt not far away and said: "Your Majesty, the new windlass designed by the General Administration of Manufacturing has very good performance. Weichen thinks that more machines like that can be used."

Moreover, in ancient times, the use of leverage methods such as levers and pulleys was quite extensive and in place, and the effect was quite good, no worse than modern cranes. There are many ancient sites where it is difficult to achieve that effect using modern cranes.

Science and technology is the primary productive force. If human society wants to continue to develop and progress, it must continue to innovate in science and technology.

In this way, there will be no need to accumulate so much manpower in the port, and the loading and unloading time will be greatly shortened.

The book records that when Emperor Wei Ming of the Three Kingdoms was building the Lingxiao Temple, he mistakenly nailed the uninscribed plaque to a high place.

The words are written on the plaque 25 feet above the ground.

"It doesn't matter, Ming Dynasty has more promising industries to take over from them." Zhu Kezang waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to worry about this problem.

Reducing costs is equivalent to making profits, which is undoubtedly a huge temptation for businessmen.

The biggest change that containers have brought to the world is their promotion of globalization.

The world environment in the seventeenth century was different from that of later generations. If the Ming Dynasty wanted to promote globalization, it had to ensure that it had enough territory for trade around the world.

Otherwise, those vast backward areas would not have any contact with the Ming Dynasty, and there would be no globalization.

To put it bluntly, Ming Dynasty still needs to rely on the east wind of the Age of Discovery to continue to expand and promote the globalization of trade, in order to accumulate enough capital to ensure the continued strength of Ming Dynasty.
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