I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

At the Shanghai pier, Xie Jin watched a conflict on the pier from a distance.

He is a research officer assigned by the Ministry of Transport. He is mainly responsible for investigating the current situation of transportation in society, looking for problems, and ways to improve efficiency.

"These ignorant people are really unreasonable. I think education is the top priority. Only when the quality of the whole people is improved can society develop rapidly."

Assistant Li Zhao complained.

There was a hint of dissatisfaction with those dock workers in his tone.

Of course, there are indeed things about the dock workers in the dock conflict that make people dislike them.

The reason for this conflict is simple. Binhai Container Company has taken away the jobs of dock workers, so the dock workers want to cause trouble for Binhai Company.

The container was invented by a very flexible car driver. Perhaps it cannot be called an invention, but should be called an idea.

After all, this container really has no technical content. It’s just that everyone was a step too slow and Tong Zhong thought of it first.

As early as the year before last, when Tong Zhong drove his car to the dock to load goods, he discovered that it was very troublesome to move the goods from the ship to the car, and it also cost a lot of transportation fees.

So he had an idea in his mind, whether he could transport the car directly to the ship, so that he wouldn't have to worry about it.

However, after further research on this method, Tong Zhong found that it was impossible. As a result, the utilization rate of the car is too low, and the car itself also takes up space.

Putting the car on a ship for transportation is not worth the gain.

But Tong Zhong did not give up. The car could not be brought to the ship, but the goods could be packed into very large wooden boxes, and then the wooden boxes could be moved to the car at once.

This way, it saves much time and effort compared to the original transportation method.

After this idea came out, it was out of control.

With funding from his boss, he began practical research.

Wooden boxes are easily crushed, so make them made of iron sheets instead.

If the tin box is too small and inconvenient to put on the car, then make it bigger, unify the specifications, and add some detailed changes.

The process of invention is not difficult, and the process of improvement is also smooth.

After all, compared to other inventions and creations, his technical content is much lower.

After the finished containers are released, the transportation cost of certain goods suitable for container transportation can be reduced by 50 to 90%, which is very exaggerated.

This calculation also made Tong Zhong and his boss excited.

You know, the reason why some goods on the current market are expensive is purely because of the high shipping costs.

For example, there are too many bananas in Hainan Island and Southeast Asia to be eaten, and they can be purchased wholesale at the same price as scrap products.

If transportation costs are reduced by 50%, the profits of banana sellers can be doubled.

There are many similar examples. In short, it is a very scary thing to have the freight drop by more than 50%.

Tong Zhong and his boss applied for a patent together, and then started a company, specializing in container transportation business and realizing integrated sea-road transportation.

Because they were the first to eat crabs, they made a lot of money.

But they never expected that while they made transportation more convenient and made money, workers on the docks would lose their jobs in large numbers.

This is quite fatal for those workers. Without jobs, there is no income. This is undoubtedly a disaster for those who need to support their families.

Some more honest workers have chosen to change careers and do other jobs.

But some people are unwilling to do so.

They are already accustomed to transportation and have no other skills. Looking for a new job requires a learning process.

They blamed all of this on Binhai Shipping Company. Those containers had greatly harmed their interests, so they joined forces to bring down Binhai Container Company.

They began to obstruct Binhai Company's transportation at the dock, causing trouble and causing trouble.

Binhai Company was also helpless about this. The effect of calling the police was very limited because there were too many dock workers.

Moreover, it is undeniable that the unemployment of these workers was indeed caused by Binhai Company.

The police generally have a slight preference for vulnerable groups, so they are not easy to deal with these dock workers.

"Quality education cannot be achieved in a short period of time. We can only count on the quality of the new generation. As for these people, making money to support their families consumes all their time and energy. How can they have the energy to study and improve their quality."

Xie Jin said.

"What should we do with these workers now? It doesn't make sense to reason with them, and it doesn't work to be tough."

Li Zhao said he had a headache.

"This may only save Binhai Company from bankruptcy and allow them to pay a compensation to those workers. After all, they have made so much, so taking care of the vulnerable groups can be regarded as giving back to society."

Xie Jin smiled.

In fact, it is easy to solve this problem. Just absorb some workers and give some compensation to others who have lost their jobs. Then most people will accept it and then look for new jobs.

As for the few die-hards who want to take advantage of the opportunity to extort money, it will be easy for the police to deal with them.

As long as the number of people making trouble is reduced, the police can take action and make sure those die-hards regret it.

But the problem now is that the greedy Binhai Company just wants the public security to help them settle the matter, and does not want to waste money.

The Ministry of Public Security is too lazy to take care of it.

As the saying goes, law enforcement also needs to be combined with reality. We cannot just help Binhai Company just because they are legally justified. We must consider the feelings of vulnerable groups.

In the end, this conflict ended as Xie Jin predicted.

Binhai Company spent money to avoid disasters and provided living allowances to some dock workers who had lost their jobs until they found new jobs.

At the same time, Binhai Company will absorb some of the original dock workers and train them into new technical stevedores.

At the same time, Binhai Company asked newspapers to publicize their "good deed" and establish a humane company image.

The money they gave to those dock workers was not in the name of compensation, but a charity was set up specifically to help unemployed workers tide over their difficulties.

In this way, even if they spent money, they did not lose at all, because they achieved advertising effects, gained some people's hearts, and gained a good reputation.

In a way, it was a win-win for them and the dock workers.

This result was unexpected by many people.

However, it also inspired many people.

They discovered that advertising can still be done in this way, conflicts can be resolved in this way, and games can be played in this way.

The world is constantly becoming more complex, and this complex world has greatly enhanced people's thinking abilities.

It's hard to say whether people today are smarter than the ancients, but their thinking ability is definitely much better.