"In terms of scale, it can be called a watch factory, but in terms of the production methods that go their own way, it still maintains the model of a traditional workshop, or it is more appropriate to call it a 'studio'." Roland saw the busy scene in front of him and felt a feeling.

"Hey! Young man, you seem to be a well-informed person, tell me why we can only count this place as a workshop and not a factory, and what is so great about the factory? Suddenly, an old voice came from behind him.

Nikita turned her head and exclaimed in fright, instinctively casting a spell to throw a fireball.

"Don't be impulsive!" Roland hurriedly grabbed Miss Mage's hand and stopped her from making a spell casting gesture.

It's no wonder that Nikita overreacted, a head poked out of the compartment with a curtain on the opposite side, her gray hair was unkempt like a chicken nest, her old face was full of wrinkles, and her right eye was inlaid with a magnifying glass the size of a pigeon's egg.

"Hey, little girl, was you taken aback by me?" As soon as the door curtain was lifted, the old man walked out, raised his hand and took off the magnifying glass on his eyes, "This is the 'inch mirror', when repairing the watch, it is stuck in the eye socket, and it is clamped with the eyelids, and you can clearly see the small parts in the watch core, which is very useful for people like me who are old and dizzy." ”

Nikita noticed that although the old man was a little sloppy, his attitude was very kind, and his nervousness relaxed, and she muttered in a low voice, "Hold such a large lens in your eyes...... Oh, my God! Just thinking about it makes me feel very uncomfortable, if you can't see the small parts in the watch movement clearly, it would be nice to perform a 'magnification technique', why wear such a strange magnifying glass. ”

Roland couldn't help but laugh, and said to Nikita: "You don't have a backache when you stand and talk, the vast majority of people in this world don't understand spells, in comparison, it's more convenient to use this simple gadget." ”

Nikita flattened her mouth and didn't say anything to retort.

At this time, Ferdinando ran over with a group of craftsmen quickly, saw Roland chatting with the old man, and hurriedly introduced him.

"Your Royal Highness, this is the oldest and best skilled Master Kadia in our workshop, Master Kadia, you are not rude to His Royal Highness the Prince and Miss Nikita, are you?"

"Huh?! Is this young man really a prince? No wonder the appearance is extraordinary, disrespectful and disrespectful! Master Cadia hurriedly bowed deeply to Roland.

The old man had a bit of a heartless naughty temper, and Roland said that there was no need to be polite, so he really treated His Royal Highness the Prince as an ordinary visitor, and talked about it without restraint.

"Hey, Your Highness the Prince, you haven't answered my question just now, we have more than thirty watchmakers and double apprentices working together here, and there is no workshop in the town that can reach such a large scale, isn't this a watch factory?"

"Mr. Kadia, I look at this problem this way, the sign of industrial production is not the size, but whether there is a reasonable division of labor, to make a simple button, in the factory of Karon Industrial Zone, the production process of the button can be broken down into eighteen processes, someone is in charge of pinching the wire, the process of sharpening the wire also needs to be in charge of a special person, eighteen workers are each responsible for a process, including a worker to combine the parts processed in the above process into a complete button, This is a typical factory-style production model. Roland smiled slightly, "Mr. Cadia, let's take a look at how you produce clocks and watches, each master takes two young apprentices, processes every part of the clock from beginning to end, and finally assembles it by himself, this kind of one-handed production model is obviously not in line with the principle of reasonable division of labor, no matter how large the scale of the area is, no matter how many people are hired, it can only be regarded as a large workshop, and it cannot be called a real watch processing factory." ”

When Kadia heard what he said, she was stunned for a moment, and then showed a disapproving expression.

"Your Royal Highness, I don't think there's any benefit in dismembering a job into many processes, especially something as simple as a button, which can be done by one person."

"Mr. Kadia, if you were to have a skilled craftsman like you to produce the pins, and work ten hours a day, how many pieces would you produce?" Roland asked.

Kadia thought for a moment, "It's not a problem to make thirty or forty buckle pins an hour, but if you work all day, you can make about four hundred." ”

"A craftsman like you can only produce a maximum of 400 pins a day, so do you know how many pins an average worker can produce per day in the fastener processing factory in Karon Industrial Zone, where 18 processes are carried out in 18 processes?" Roland asked with a smile.

"Well...... old man Kadia scratched his messy hair, "it can't be higher than mine." ”

Roland shook his head lightly, with a solemn expression: "In fact, it is much higher than you, a needle factory with eighteen workers, under the condition of full division of labor, can produce 22 pounds of needles per day, according to the calculation of 4,000 needles per pound, this factory can produce a total of 88,000 needles per day, that is, each person can produce at least 4,800 buttons per day, which is 12 times higher than the production efficiency of your craftsman, this is the huge role of the division of labor, This is the huge difference between industrial mass production and traditional workshop production. ”

Kadia was dumbfounded, and the watchmakers and apprentices around him were in an uproar, their faces full of disbelief.

"Is there really such a significant improvement in production efficiency after the division of labor?" Kadia muttered to herself, half-convinced, "An average worker's daily output is actually more than ten times higher than mine...... How is this possible?! ”

"Mr. Kadia, and all the gentlemen present, if you don't believe me, feel free to visit Karon Industrial Zone, I believe it will open the door to a new world for you." Roland stood in the center of the crowd with his arms held up, a confident smile on his lips.

"Your Highness Roland, if the industrial production model is really as efficient as you say, can our watch industry follow this model?" A young apprentice asked excitedly.

"There may be some technical difficulties, but theoretically it is possible and inevitable to change in that direction!" "Making clocks is a complex and great process, but there is nothing mysterious, as long as we can machine all the parts of the clock, this process can be industrialized, I believe that in the near future, most of the clocks placed in people's homes, the pocket watches they wear, are made on the assembly line of the factory - not in the handicraft workshop - with the improvement of production efficiency, the reduction of production costs, the price of clocks will become more affordable." Every household can afford to use it, and it has become a daily item like tables, chairs and pans. ”