In the afternoon, at Bakou Port, the dock was as busy as ever. The tall steam cranes roared, lifting the cargo from the cargo ship beside the dock, and then putting it on the dock. The ready-made coolies moved the cargo onto various carriages under the command of the foreman.

Since the steam crane was put into use in the port area, the livelihoods of various transport teams have been affected because these giants have strong loading and unloading capabilities and can lift more than 100 hu of goods at one time, making manpower dwarfed.

However, the disadvantages of steam cranes are not lacking, because they are slow in action and are not suitable for small weights. They are frequently transported at close range. In terms of cost, it is more cost-effective to do such a job by the coolie and the loading and unloading efficiency is also high.

Therefore, after the initial running-in, the situation of cranes and porters collaborating with each other ports using steam cranes appeared.

When unloading the ship, the steam crane is responsible for "moving" the goods from the yard to the dock, and then the porters load the goods away by "ant moving".

As long as the command is done properly, the two tasks can be carried out simultaneously and cooperate with each other to ensure the loading and unloading efficiency of goods on the dock.

Not far away, Yuwen Weigan looked at the busyness on the pier, and then looked at the familiar and unfamiliar scene of Bakou Port, and sighed at the passing of time.

He grew up in Xiyang. When he was a child, his father often brought him and his brothers and sisters to Bakou Port to play, so he was very familiar with Bakou Port. The famous windmill next to the port area is one of his beautiful childhood memories.

Now, the children of that year have grown up, and Bakou Port has also become more and more prosperous. The port area has expanded a lot, and the pier has extended a lot to the river.

These are the foundation laid by my father for Huangzhou, and when his father was as old as him, he had already begun to use his skills and work hard to manage.

When Yuwen Weigan thought of this, he felt full of confidence. As a prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he had to do something and could not be worse than his brothers.

Seeing a plaque with the "Air Service Office" hanging in front of the port area office, Yuwen Weigan, dressed in casual clothes, walked over, and several followers followed closely behind.

As soon as I entered the main entrance, a receptionist came up and asked enthusiastically what could be served. Yuwen Weigan understood his purpose, so he began to negotiate business here.

Today, Yuwen Weigan changed his appearance and went to the navigation office of Bakou Port as the "young owner of a certain fleet". He had to consult how to act so that he could participate in the steamship shipping of the Shipbuilding Merchants Corporation.

The person who received him was a clerk. He heard the purpose of the visit and skillfully handed over several copies of the information to him, and then asked: "I wonder if Lang Jun was the registered ship owner of the Huangzhou Chamber of Commerce before?"

"No, we do business ourselves and use our own ship to ship."

"So that's it. In this way, if Lang Jun intends to participate in the shipping of steamships, he must register at this office and then fill in the form..." The clerk said this and explained: "Of course, filling in the form is just the first step. Lang Jun's financial resources must meet the requirements, and he must have an entrusted person..."

The clerk pointed to the articles of service and explained that although Yuwen Weigan had already memorized the articles of service, he still listened and asked a few questions from time to time to show that he was very sincere.

As a prince, Yuwen Weigan certainly does not lack money. He is the queen's biological son and the prince and his mother's brother, how could he be short of money?

Yuwen Weigan is under eighteen, has not yet started a family, and does not need to operate any industry. The reason why he acts like this is to complete the homework assigned by his father.

The title of the homework is called "A Boat Starts". The content of the homework is to let Yuwen Weigan, as the young owner of a small fleet, start by renting a steamship, and achieve a million-dollar fortune within ten years.

Of course, this is just a "simulation entrepreneurship", not really asking Yuwen Weigan to support his family by shipping on steamships.

Yuwen Weigan only needs to formulate a plan to achieve this goal to ensure that the plan is feasible and the details can stand the scrutiny, and then give a relatively reasonable explanation when facing his father's questions, even if he is qualified.

It sounds very simple, but it doesn’t seem difficult to do, but Yuwen Weigan knew that this homework was not simple. If he didn’t prepare carefully, he would not be able to pass the level of his father’s question.

To formulate a "entrepreneurship" plan, a large amount of information is required and all aspects of shipping must be considered. Only in this way can various costs be calculated and your own shipping routes are formulated based on various specialties and prices in the Yangtze River coast areas, and then you can "start a business" with this.

Doing business means buying low and selling high, so a businessman must know the prices in various places and find ways to reduce costs in order to maximize profits.

Even if the merchant’s transportation means have changed from carriages and sailboats to steamships, the truth remains unchanged.

For this reason, Yuwen Weigan only reads the information for half a month. These information are "special supplies" of the Huangzhou Chamber of Commerce. If it were ordinary merchants, they would treat these information as family treasures and would not easily know it from outsiders.

Now, Yuwen Weigan is full of confidence and takes action according to the preliminary plan. He first asks about the conditions required to participate in the shipping of steamships, and then formulates a second phase of "entrepreneurship plan" based on the collected information.

In short, according to my father, it is "to start a ship, profits are all based on making money."

......

In the palace, Yuwen Wen, who had been sleeping in a lazy state, was having lunch. He had been "slutty" outside these nights. He only came back in the morning and slept with his head covering, which made Yuchi Chifan a little puzzled.

Of course she knew that Yuwen Wen was not going outside to have fun, but was wandering around several workshops, probably thinking about something strange.

But as the king of a country, it is always bad to often "don't go home at night".

At this time, Yuchi Chifan was with him. Seeing that Yuwen Wen was not sleeping enough, he wanted to speak but stopped.

"What's wrong? I'm going to do an investigation. I want to see it to be realistic so as not to make a mistake in decision-making. It's nothing." Yuwen Wen smiled, and finished the soup in a few seconds, letting out a long sigh: "It's great!"

"Erlang, is there anyone else in the factory who dares to deceive the emperor?"

"What do you think?"

Regarding Yuwen Wen's rebellious question, Yuchi Chifan said "No".

"No? Of course not, but the word game is indefinite." Yuwen Wen smiled and gave an example:

"For example, in a factory, 100 machines, 30 of them always fail, so the failure rate is 30%, right?"

When Yuwen Wen saw Yuchi Chifan, he nodded and continued, "Okay, the owner ordered the factory to manage the affairs and reduce the failure rate, otherwise he would have to deduct money, and then the manager would come up with a trick..."

"The ten faulty machines were scrapped, and the total number of machines in the workshop was ninety, of which twenty of them were always malfunctioning, so the failure rate was... 22%, which was lower than the original 30%, right?"

"Uh..." Yuchi Chifan pondered, "Does this manager think the boss is a fool?"

"Isn't it? This is a text game, right? You want to reduce the failure rate, but it's not reduced now? If the owner is a fool who only knows how to read reports, would he think there is something wrong with this?"

Seeing Yuchi Chifan nodding again, Yuwen Wen concluded: "Without investigation, there is no right to speak, and it is easy to be fooled."

"How can I do if I manage prefectures and counties without knowing the sufferings of the people? If I lead troops to fight, I don't know the morale of the army, and I will sooner or later be defeated and killed. If I serve as the chief of the official, if I don't know the twists and turns below, I will definitely be played with by the sly stolen officials in my palms but I don't know it."

"I asked him to go out for training, what do you think it's for?"

"Whether it is the general manager, building a city, investigating a shipyard, mine, or traveling to shipping, the results are secondary. The important thing is to learn how to investigate and find out the actual situation."
Chapter completed!