Zhao Yan had a confused look on his face, but he still had to stand up.

Now Zhao Yan can't wait to slap himself.

Call you vanity, call you vanity...

Okay now, right?

Cao Chong looked at Zhao Yan's appearance of wanting to say nothing, and there were some doubts in his eyes.

"Deshui?"

Being reminded by Cao Chong like this, Zhao Yan trembled all over, and said with some bumps: "Junhou, this, this method, Zhao Yan thinks it is wonderful, for Junhou's current situation, it is the most suitable, but what to solve, Zhao Yan is not very clear in his heart. ”

Zhao Yan hurriedly confessed.

Cao Chong glanced at Zhao Yan slightly, but didn't say anything, just fixed his gaze on Guo Xiao.

"Deshui has no ideas, Yi, you can tell me what you think."

Guo Xiao nodded, and after saluting Cao Chong, he said his words.

"This so-called factory and assembly line does not seem to be helpful for the production of armor, but it is not. Here's an example. ”

Guo Xiao picked up a brand-new pen from Cao Chong's desk, held it in his hand, and compared it to Cao Chong and Zhao Yan.

"For example, this pen, Deshui, you say, how long does it take to make this pen?"

Zhao Yan took the pen in Guo Xiao's hand, weighed one or two in his hand, and said to Guo Xiao: "In my opinion, it will take at least one day." ”

Ordinary brushes are naturally easy to make, but Cao Chong's brushes are unusual, this hair is a wolf's hair, and the handful of hair on the weasel's tail.

After this handful of hairs is obtained, it is not just tied together, but also some processing.

In this way, there can be this Zihao in Zhao Yan's hand at this time.

One day, speaking of a good pen, is still relatively not enough.

Guo Xiao nodded and said, "But the method of the prince can be completed in half a day, or even a few hours. ”

Zhao Yan was shocked, but he quickly took back his surprise.

No matter how you say it, you can be regarded as "knowing" this method, but you can't show the stuffing.

"Please make it clear."

Guo Xiao glanced at Zhao Yan and said with a smile: "Let me ask you, which part of this pen is the most difficult to do." ”

"Brush hair!"

Needless to say, of course, it's the hair.

This is the essence of a pen, and naturally it is the most difficult to do.

Guo Xiao nodded and said: "That's right, the pen is difficult to make, the difficulty is in the pen hair, but Brother Deshui can think about it, if the pen maker only makes the pen hair, as for the other parts of the pen to be done by others, and finally let the master assemble it, you see if the speed of making the pen will be greatly accelerated." ”

Zhao Yan nodded, according to Guo Xiao's words, that is, the pensmith leaves simple things to others to do, and what he does is what outsiders can't interfere with, so the speed is naturally much faster.

In this way, Guo Xiao's statement that a pen can be made in half a day or even a few hours is not a lie.

But...

Zhao Yan thought of another point.

"But if it was done by outsiders, would this be the same pen as before? I'm afraid the quality will be greatly reduced. ”

What Zhao Yan said is that after the intervention of a layman, although the key steps are in the hands of the penman, other steps will inevitably make this pen slightly reduced, and the quality will be much worse than before.

Guo Xiao nodded calmly.

"Compared with slow work, the quality of such a thing is naturally not as fine as that of a penman, but there is one point, his production speed is improved, and besides, as long as the layman does more and gradually becomes proficient, the quality problem you are talking about will not exist."

It's nice that the quality will drop, but the speed will be much improved.

Moreover, this decline in quality is not permanent.

But a layman has done too much, and the skills will naturally be there, and those ingenious skills are nothing more than too much.

Strange tricks, no other, only familiar with the hand.

Hearing Guo Xiao's words, Zhao Yan nodded.

"Is it an example of making a pen to extrapolate it to our production of heavy armor?"

Guo Xiao nodded and said, "That's right." ”

"Deshui, look, what is the first thing to do to make those heavy armors?"

Although Zhao Yan doesn't know much about forging, he still understands some key operations.

"First of all, we have to make iron, which is to cast the trained iron, and then forge, after thousands of beatings, it becomes a crude iron tool, as for the subsequent operation, Zhao Yan is not very clear."

Guo Xiao bowed his head slightly and asked, "Then among the steps you mentioned, which of them must be done by a blacksmith?" ”

"Naturally, it was hammered into a crude iron tool."

The answer is obvious.

Guo Xiao nodded and continued: "Since it is unexpected, why can't we teach the previous steps to those men who are idle at home and have nothing to do?" In this way, although our blacksmiths have not increased, their work has been reduced by more than half, and the speed of making iron tools has been greatly increased, and besides, those laymen who have been in contact with this forging for a long time will gradually forge it, so that our forging speed will snowball, and it will snowball. ”

I have to say that Guo Xiao is indeed talented.

Standing with Zhao Yan, Guo Xiao's talent is perfectly highlighted.

"In that case, it's really possible."

After understanding, Zhao Yan realized that he had not exaggerated his praise for Cao Chong just now.

This is indeed a fantastic method to be able to increase the forging speed.

Cao Chong waved his hand, temporarily interrupting Guo Xiao's words.

"And let's not forget that a group of people are responsible for each part."

Cao Chong didn't say the reason for this, but Guo Xiao's eyes lit up obviously.

"I understand, what Junhou means is that those craftsmen pay attention to a part, and when they make that part, they will become more and more skilled, more and more professional, and the speed will be faster and faster."

Cao Chong glanced at Guo Xiao appreciatively and nodded.

"That's true."

was glanced at by Cao Chong with an appreciative expression, but Guo Xiao was not happy, but a little puzzled.

"But, Marquis, where is the problem of what you are talking about?"

It doesn't seem like a problem at all!

Cao Chong put the pen back on the pen holder and said, "Those blacksmiths are not willing to hand over the skills in their hands, and there may be some people who are not willing to make only one part. ”

"Also, it will be spring soon, and it will be the season of sowing, and there are not too many men in Luoyang who have the leisure to strike iron, and you have to solve these problems."

was said by Cao Chong hastily, and Guo Xiao immediately understood the seriousness of the problem.

In this era of information closure, a craft can support several generations of people, not all of them are selfless, in this era, technology is still passed down from father to son, master and apprentice, they will not be handed over to a stranger for no reason.

Although there are many people around Luoyang, there are more fields, and it is not so simple to have enough labor to strike iron.

Not long after the war was extinguished, the land of China was most lacking in population.

Guo Xiao suddenly realized the difficulty of the problem.