The operation of the jacquard machine was smoother than expected. There were no mistakes. However, victory or defeat depended on the details. When he tried to weave that small handkerchief, it was also smoothly completed. However, there were flaws in the details. This time, he could only wait for the silk to be completely completed before he could do a detailed inspection.
The Ruan brothers' continuous visits also brought along a group of managers who were good at business. The original intention was to take a leading position in the future R&D and manufacturing center.
If it was an already established organization, the internal relationships would be complicated. If someone wanted to interfere and take the lead, they would have to consider the attitude of everyone. If they weren't establishing their power, they would have to divide and rope them in.
However, they had nothing now. They had to build from scratch. No matter how many people the Jialong Chamber of Commerce sent, they would have to rearrange their positions. After all, car manufacturing was a new industry that had never existed before. Not to mention these old people who were used to doing business, a certain non-professional transmigrator also had to fumble around.
However, in terms of advanced management, if a certain transmigrator from the 21st century was unable to crush this mysterious land that was at most medieval Europe, then he might as well commit suicide. He wanted to see whether or not the Black and White Impermanence would cross over to capture souls and fulfill his wish of returning home.
Just a set of immature process management was enough to stun the managers of the Chamber of Commerce who had climbed up from the bottom.
After all, the mysterious land still had the mindset of a small workshop. The so-called large-scale manufacturing was just a large group of people gathering together and then doing their own things. However, Lin's plan was so detailed that he controlled every component department and then unified them. This meant that the people involved in the manufacturing didn't need to learn the entire process.
Apart from being able to keep it a secret, it also helped the workers quickly familiarize themselves with the parts they were responsible for.
In fact, the technology guild led by Uzov Gantia already had a prototype. After the people of the Jialong Chamber of Commerce came into contact with it, they also tried to change the manufacturing process in their own organization. However, there wasn't much room for improvement. After all, the internal operations of the Chamber of Commerce, to put it nicely, were mature. However, to put it bluntly, they were rigid. It wasn't easy to introduce a new system. The people and interests involved were too complicated.
However, what Lin proposed for car manufacturing was a more complete and direct process control. It wasn't like the technology guild where Uzov was in charge of the overall situation.
The programmed control included the evaluation of manufacturing efficiency, the control of materials and inventory, and some simple quality control and non-conformance statistics, thus highlighting the areas where problems frequently occurred. There was also a very unique project that suggested the most suitable arrangement.
The core algorithm of the last project was actually the most suitable suggestion for the location and number of spindles of the jacquard machine. Lin had only asked Kaya to modify it a little before applying it to the management program.
Of course, a certain someone did not have a background in industrial management. He was only using his own vision and thoughts to make a rough outline. This set of management procedures could still be improved. Everything had to wait until the actual operation, and then some actions could be made based on the situation. Even so, the old stewards of the Chamber of Commerce felt a wave of fear.
These old stewards were also capable of mastering a craft or an industry thoroughly, smoothing out the processes from top to bottom, and letting the links follow one after another. But how much time would be needed to break in, and how much extra wear and tear would be needed to make the work go smoothly?
In the past, the experience and memory of the person at the helm were needed to clarify these things. Therefore, the person in charge of everything was rather important. But now, all the data was presented in front of their eyes and became the basis for the controller's judgment. As long as their brains weren't muddled, they could basically use the data to make judgments and not make decisions that were too exaggerated.
Of course, those with experience and good memory still had an advantage, but this change mainly lowered the threshold for becoming a manager. This unprecedented method made these old foxes who had dealt with business all their lives feel mentally tired.
Lin didn't care about what these old men thought, nor did he want to pay attention to it. Who told this group to have an arrogant attitude as soon as they appeared, using their seniority to teach people a lesson? That was why a certain someone would throw out things they couldn't understand or couldn't understand for a while. In the end, he would ask one more thing: if you can do it, then do it. You don't have to use my method.
Perhaps it was because they had been provoked to the point of doubting life, or because Grand Duke Carvey's men could appear at any time and imperceptibly put pressure on them. Under Ruan Wenyue's leadership, the stewards of the Jialong Chamber of Commerce knew how to negotiate with a humble attitude.
But Grand Duke Carvey's men had arrived earlier than expected.
They had thought that no matter how fast these nobles were, it would take at least a month for them to appear. This was because it was only a few days before the new year, and the new year was a rather important festival in the mysterious land. As a lord, even if he didn't celebrate with his subjects, he should still visit other nobles and get to know them. And these activities all took time.
Unexpectedly, just a few days after the new year, Grand Duke Carvey came to the Holy City of Estali under the recommendation of the Mage Saint Babak Abnahan to meet a Mage who had been rumored a lot.
The grand dukes of the empire could all be crowned kings if there wasn't an emperor above them. Their strength wasn't something that some small city-states could compare to.
The 16 grand dukes of the Guevana Empire were basically of similar strength, but the relationship between the current head of the family and the emperor would affect the status of the grand dukes and make them close to or far away from the power center of the empire. Grand Duke Carvey could be said to be the lowest ranking grand duke in Emperor Armin's era. He was also one of the few great nobles who didn't live in the empire's capital but in their own territory.
Compared to the war-torn past, in this relatively peaceful era, grand dukes didn't need to personally guard various places. Nobles with a bit of status would all choose to throw themselves into the power vortex in the capital and work hard. The management of the family's territory was naturally done by their trusted subordinates. Unless they were ordered by the emperor to not leave their territory, it was like a criminal noble under house arrest.
The reason why Grand Duke Carvey stayed away from the power center and stayed in his own territory was mainly because his hobbies were incompatible with the other nobles, or to put it bluntly, the current emperor of the empire. In order to avoid annoying him, he simply retreated to his own territory and lived in semi-seclusion. The family's representative in the capital was left to his legitimate son, the future grand duke, to worry about.
The current emperor of the Guevana Empire was one of the best among all the previous emperors except for his 14th son. He was passionate about the balance of power and liked to watch his subjects fight, but he wouldn't spill blood or even lose control. The nobles in the capital were naturally aware of their emperor's bad taste, so they all tacitly put on a big show of opposing each other.
Those who were watching the show also knew that those who were acting were acting, and those who were acting also knew that those who were watching the show also knew that they were all acting. Everyone was acting. If they got a little more today, they would rejoice; if they lost a little more tomorrow, they would beat their chests and stamp their feet. Anyway, life was like a show, and there was nothing wrong with acting more.
It was precisely because he couldn't stand this kind of atmosphere that Grand Duke Carvey returned to his territory with the excuse of being old, out of sight, out of mind. In fact, he was a little younger than the current emperor, Armin Casarnia, but he was still a grandfather.
Just like retired old people on Earth, they would always have some interests and hobbies. The semi-retired Grand Duke Carvey loved all kinds of weapons and novelties.
And because of the peace of this era, he had no reason to expand his military. So he couldn't be militaristic and expand the size of the duke's guard without limit. It was one thing to not want to feign civility with the emperor, and another thing to court death and give others an excuse for suspected rebellion. So in the army, Grand Duke Carvey could only think of ways to upgrade the guard's weapons and improve the quality of the soldiers.
But when it came to weapons and equipment for personal use, the old man wasn't stingy at all when it came to spending money. On one hand, it was because these "expensive" things were like drizzle compared to the grand duke's financial resources.
On the other hand, it was also because the old man's status was high, he had collected many things, and his eyes were sharp. It was extremely difficult for ordinary goods or swindlers to dig out a few gold coins from him.
Moreover, in terms of personal strength, the other 15 grand dukes and the emperor together wouldn't be a match for Grand Duke Carvey alone. Ordinary swindlers wouldn't dare jump around in front of him. So anything that could catch his eye must be special.
This time, he had come in person because he wanted to see what the good thing Babak Abnahan was talking about was. Long before the Warlock Saint had obtained the title of Warlock Saint, and before the grand duke had inherited the title of Grand Duke, they had gone on adventures together and traveled to mysterious places. Because they knew each other well, he still trusted his good friend's taste.
But trust was trust, and there was still some distance between the two of them in terms of hobbies. Some things that the Warlock Saint thought were good weren't complimentary in the grand duke's eyes. When it came to investing in industries and activating the use of mines in his territory, Grand Duke Carvey couldn't help but be attentive. This was not a small matter like buying a sword or a set of armor.
So when Grand Duke Carvey and his group arrived at the Holy City of Estali, they didn't care about etiquette and directly ran to Cupwood's home, catching Lin and the Jialong Chamber of Commerce off guard. Fortunately, the latter two didn't make any shady deals. It was just that the sudden appearance of a powerful third party inevitably disrupted their steps.
Of course, the grand duke didn't come alone. Other than the captain of the First Legion's First Magician Brigade who didn't do his job properly, half of the duke's guards also came. The other half stayed at home to guard the castle.
Of course, an elite army of five hundred people couldn't cause chaos in the Holy City of Estali. Regardless of whether the Holy City's administrators allowed it or not, there wasn't enough space in the Holy City to accommodate an army of five hundred people. So this group of people was mostly stationed outside the Holy City's District VI.
Following behind the Grand Duke were two fully armed knights, a mage, and a deacon dressed in a waiter's uniform.
The grand duke himself had a short beard and neat, short, pale hair. He wore a noble's robe and didn't hide the magical aura emanating from his body. He was old, but he didn't lose his vitality. He also looked like a rather straightforward person, the kind that could live for a few hundred years, and not a disgusting old man.
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