Chapter Seventy-Four: The Assembly Line
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When Xiao Ming arrived at the steel workshop, he summoned craftsmen to teach the effective use of this hydraulic forging hammer.
The steel workshop is made entirely of grey bricks, which on the one hand prevents fires and is strong enough.
These green bricks came from the brick kiln workshop in the workshop area, and Xiao Ming's goal was red bricks at first, but he gradually found that red bricks were a bit wasteful in this era, and green bricks were enough.
In this way, there are also cost savings.
Naturally, the material used for masonry was cement, and since the limestone mines provided enough limestone, he began to calcine cement for the construction of the workshop area.
In addition, several major roads in the workshop area are all made of cement pavement, which makes the workshop area appear very clean and easy to transport.
The appearance of these two building materials has long attracted the attention of Qingzhou businessmen, but Xiao Ming has no intention of opening these two technologies to the outside world.
However, he believes that the green brick is easy to grasp this material, and it is estimated that the merchants can use clay to fire it just by seeing it, after all, the pottery and porcelain industry of the Great Chongqing Kingdom is still very developed, and this cannot be hidden.
But cement is different, first limestone mines, and then firing, without any of them, cement cannot be produced.
It's just that although the merchants are discussing these two things, they are not very interested.
Because in their opinion, these two things are not very valuable, far inferior to perfume, and soap can bring them practical benefits.
There is no concept of real estate here.
"The assembly line means that each person is only responsible for producing their own parts, which are assembled at the end, so each production team will get the hydraulic forging hammer." Facing the craftsmen of the steel workshop, Xiao Ming taught them the concept of assembly line production.
In the past, it was customary for craftsmen to be responsible for each person to build a set of armor, but this method will be obsolete under industrial production.
Chen Qi and Chen Wenlong nodded secretly, they had never thought of this production method at that time, but as soon as Xiao Ming brought it up, they immediately understood the superiority of this method.
Each group of craftsmen focuses on their own accessories, so that the craftsmen can quickly familiarize themselves with the products in their hands, and the speed of forging is very fast, practice makes perfect, and the speed will be greatly improved.
After explaining the concept of the assembly line in the workshop, Xiao Ming called Chen Qi and said, "You are more familiar with craftsmen, now that the forging hammer has come out, you will divide the craftsmen into groups today." ”
Chen Qi didn't understand what Xiao Ming was stimulated today, he was a little negligent about the workshop some time ago, and he suddenly seemed to be beaten with chicken blood, and he had to personally guide everything.
But when he thought about it, he understood that he knew too little, and sometimes he really admired this King of Qi, because he seemed to have endless ideas.
Xiao Ming supervised on the spot, Chen Qi naturally did not dare to be sloppy, and according to the work that each craftsman was good at, the craftsmen in the steel workshop were divided into ten teams, and each team was responsible for a process.
Most of the craftsmen in the steel workshop were slaves, and each group was led by a skilled craftsman.
Skilled workers will also have a problem for Xiao Ming now, because this is not a problem that can be solved by relying on the transfer of knowledge.
Although the Instrument Division trains skilled craftsmen, most of them are only apprentices.
"Hey, trouble, where is this craftsman going to find it?" Xiao Ming muttered to himself.
Chen Wenlong said at this time: "Your Highness, of course, the craftsmen are the fastest to plunder in the war, in the past, the barbarians did not know how many skilled craftsmen they plundered from my Dayu, and now not only the armor and weapons are not inferior to Dayu, but even the torch is used when attacking the city." ”
"This barbarian is learning very quickly, this torch has only appeared in my Great Chongqing Country for decades, and this barbarian has learned it." Xiao Ming was worried.
Now this era belongs to the seventeenth century, but the firearms of the Great Chongqing Kingdom are still in the preliminary stage, this fire barrel is also the most primitive level, shooting only stone bullets, the range is only more than 100 meters, but even so, these fire barrels also have a quite shocking effect when attacking the city.
Chen Wenlong also frowned, "The northern barbarians are getting stronger and stronger, and their national strength is gradually not losing to Dayu, and Goryeo, who used to submit to Dayu, has now changed to a barbarian vassal. ”
"Goryeo." Xiao Ming sneered, this stick country has always been a grass on the wall, even in modern times, it can't be changed by a dog.
Xiao Ming remembered that it was recorded in the history books of the Great Chongqing Kingdom that when the Great Chongqing Kingdom was first established, Goryeo sent his ministers to congratulate him.
I didn't expect that now I have changed masters.
"Don't mention this Goryeo, let's just say that this Wa country, when the Dayu country was strong, our Wa country paid tribute to the Dayu country every year, and exchanged countless gold and silver for the gift of the small end, and now, this Wa country saw that the Dayu was repeatedly bullied by the barbarians, not only did not think of the old friends, but also disrespected, and often plundered the coast of my Dayu country, hey."
In any era, there are people with lofty ideals who sigh for the fate of the country, although Chen Wenlong does not talk much, but he is also a person who cherishes his family and country.
Witnessing the humiliation of the people of Dayu Country, I was indignant.
However, the Great Chongqing Kingdom is still intoxicated with the dream of the Celestial Empire, and the prosperity of the south has made officials indulge in gentleness and do not want to forge ahead, turning a blind eye to the crises they are constantly facing.
The memories in Xiao Ming's mind came to him, and in his memory there was not much knowledge of Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom, but it was certain that these two countries had also undergone some changes because of the changes in history.
At this time in history, Goryeo should have been called Joseon a long time ago, but this name was given by Zhu Yuanzhang to the Yi dynasty of Joseon, and this Lee dynasty was also a dynasty born with the support of the Ming Dynasty to overthrow the Goryeo dynasty.
But in this place, there was no Yuan Dynasty, and there was no Zhu Yuanzhang, and with the support of the barbarians, the royal dynasty of Goryeo continued to this day, and the name naturally remained unchanged in Goryeo.
As for the invasion of Goryeo by the Wa Kingdom, this happened, and the history of the Dayu Kingdom does not seem to have had a great impact on the isolated island of the Wa Kingdom, and the era of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's reign still saw foreign expansion.
But this time the Wa State was defeated by the barbarians, and it was precisely because of this that the Wa State became more and more contemptuous of the Great Yu State.
Now that the Wa Kingdom has entered the Tokugawa Shogunate era, in history, the barbarians have always been afraid of power and not virtue, and it is precisely because of this that the pirate ronin of the Wa Kingdom saw that the Great Yu Kingdom was rich and weak, and repeatedly robbed.
"Chen Bingcao doesn't have to sigh, empty talk is better than hard work, self-pity can't change the current situation, if the king's soldiers are strong and strong, why be afraid of Hu Lu and barbarians." Xiao Ming said.
"Your Highness's lesson is that if the same is true for the lower officials, wouldn't it be no different from those literati and writers who talk about saving the country." Chen Wenlong said.
Xiao Ming nodded, this is also what he meant, the truth is only within the range of the cannon, this is his truth.