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". The two simple words This word expresses 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 cargo. They load the cargo one by one into the lifting net, and then load it into the cargo hold.
The capable dockworkers in white T-shirts nailed the grapples in their hands to the goods, then dragged them out and carried them on their shoulders. It was so hard, and the tropical sun was like scorching fire on them. It seems as if it doesn't exist.
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 Expose the power stored in his body.
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 to rest for a while! Dali, you guys continue working."
As soon as Lin Jiachao arrived at Liangying, Master Ren pointed to the cold water bucket on the side , said.
“Drink some tea first.”
After drinking a large bowl of herbal tea, Lin Jiachao said.
"Master Ren, I made you laugh again."
"At the beginning, I said that you were not the one who wanted to eat this bowl of rice, but I didn't expect that you could actually work for four days... ..."
Master Ren, who was holding a pipe in his mouth, looked at Lin Jiachao 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!"
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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 port, the highest-paid people are not the dock supervisors who sit in the office, but the 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 rational use of the space. Load cargo onto the ship.
There are only a dozen or twenty masters like this in a port at most. Because of the high salary and high status, if someone tells someone to accept someone as his apprentice, the obedient person will often kneel down and kowtow immediately. But Lin Jiachao grinned and said.
"Master Ren, it's not that I don't want to, but I really can't do the work at the dock..."
"You are a person with great ambitions, you can do this job It’s not easy.”
Master Ren was not angry at Lin Jiachao's rejection, but asked him to continue following him.
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 learning from Master Ren every day. How to load and unload cargo.
When he was at the dock every day, Lin Jiachao looked no different from an ordinary dock worker until half a month later, after a day of work, he invited Master Ren and others to dinner and said goodbye to him After that, Lin Jiachao ended his "experience life" at the dock.
In the next two days, Lin Jiachao did not return to the presidential residence. Instead, he lay at home writing a report before submitting it to the president. In the afternoon of the next day, Lin Jiachao, who was busy in the office, received President's phone call. 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.
"Really went to the dock to carry the big bag for twenty days?"
There are not many people like this who can personally work to obtain first-hand information.
“Only the first few days I really worked, and the remaining few days I followed the master to learn palletizing. This is really a skill that cannot be learned in school. It can only be learned at the dock. There are no ten Years of hard work can't make you a qualified cargo master."
"Tell me, I want to hear how you came up with the idea of going to the dock."
Li Yian motioned to him. Sitting down to talk, I couldn't hide my admiration for him in my eyes. After all, it's really rare for a person like this to go to the dock to carry a big bag for twenty days 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 insufficient manpower on port transportation."
Then Lin Jiachao continued to explain.
“On 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 this big bag. After it is full, it is afraid of falling, and it has to be covered with a layer of steel wire. The net is tied tightly. The crane lifts the bag to the ship, and then the workers on the ship remove the contents. The same thing is done when unloading the ship. It depends on where the things are placed in the cargo hold. Pay attention to it. Not only is it afraid of pressure, it cannot be placed underneath. 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. However, if the goods are at the terminal, they can only be placed outside because they are not under pressure. However, unloading at the next port must be considered. 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 the goods are found. . ”
This is also the reason why the palletizer master’s salary is high. Sometimes, the palletizer master has to do this in order to allow all the dock workers to have work. This is the same in this industry. "Unspoken rules".
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 The time spent at the dock for several days is a cost. "
Although Li Yi'an is an amateur in logistics, he still gestured to Lin Jiachao with interest 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 on the long installation, it would be good to have three and a half boxes left. In the eyes of the dock workers, they work So hard, shouldn’t we eat a few boxes of cans? According to my calculations, 60%-75% of the shipping cost occurs when the ship is parked at the dock, not when it is sailing. Of course, this does not include theft losses. , for Nanyang, the most important problem is not the common problem in the transportation process of these ports, but the manpower! If there is no manpower during the loading and unloading process, or there is insufficient manpower, then the merchant ships will have to wait longer to load and unload the goods, not only Loading and unloading costs will increase, and the cost of merchant ships docking will also increase. This is the biggest problem we face."
Lin Jiachao then mentioned that according to his estimation, with the development of Nanyang in the future, Nanyang will also increase. How many dock workers are needed.
However, it is only 100,000 to 150,000. For other big countries, this is definitely 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 the problem of labor shortage is not solved, 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. It will become a bottleneck for our development. Therefore, I think we should nip it in the bud and start solving this problem in advance."
Then Lin Jiachao turned his attention to the president, who was silent at this time. Looking through the report.
After thinking about it, 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 is also abundant in Nanyang. Timber is a certain raw material advantage for us. Secondly, the proper introduction of foreign labor is the only way to solve the problem when there is a shortage of labor in the future.”
(End of this chapter)