Chapter 43 - 42: Moving the Camp
"You, you want to manage everything, but even if you stand in the kitchen every day overseeing them, shouting and calling, their work efficiency won’t improve much. You need to learn how to delegate tasks to your subordinates and motivate them to work."
Maximus saw that Acronis seemed a little confused, so he explained patiently: "Take the boiling porridge, soup, and cooking meat in the kitchen, for example. You can divide people who are good at these tasks into two or three groups, appoint a leader for each group, assign them tasks, and reward the group that finishes the best or fastest. For instance, give them half a day off, give them an extra piece of meat, or regularly gather your people and publicly praise the group that performs well..."
Don’t be fooled by how well Maximus speaks; in his previous life, he chose to be a freelancer because he feared trouble and didn’t want to manage people. However, coming into this chaotic world, for the sake of survival, he had to change his habits from his previous life, striving to learn how to do things and manage people to acquire more power and ensure his safety.
Acronis, scratching her head and feeling somewhat excited, said, "Captain, your methods are excellent! I’ll... I’ll give it a try, but I’m pretty slow and may not do it well!"
"No one is born knowing how to do everything. As long as you work seriously and work hard, you can definitely do it well in the end, don’t worry!" Maximus encouraged earnestly, as this was his recent realization.
Acronis, gaining confidence from his words, immediately decided to adjust the kitchen according to this method starting tomorrow.
"Also, when you’re using the stone mill to hull and grind wheat, why not use the donkey continuously instead of having people push it often? It’s wasting manpower, and the efficiency isn’t very high."
"If we keep letting the donkey pull the mill, it’ll get too tired, but we have plenty of people, so taking turns isn’t a big deal," Acronis explained.
Indeed, thriftiness and frugality are ingrained in the laboring masses... Maximus smiled wryly and said loudly, "Acronis, you need to understand that people are more important now, not the donkey! I’ll ask Spartacus to help us get a few more donkeys. From now on, let the donkeys do the work, just assign someone to oversee it."