That's right!

Edgar was stunned for a moment, and looked at Don with a blank eye: "Lord Lord, are you going to place an order?" ”

"What kind of order did you place...... Oh, let's just sort of an order, but it's not weapons. ”

"Today I inspected the farm......

I love the word "inspection"!

Tang En was inexplicably satisfied, and continued: "I found that the farm tools used by everyone are still wooden, so I want to give you some agricultural subsidies in the name of the lord, so that everyone can replace iron farm tools. ”

"Really?"

Edgar mentally calculated the number of Ellington farmers, and was overjoyed, although the price of farm tools was not as good as weapons and equipment, but the number went up, he could also make a lot of money.

"Of course it's true, and I've got something for you to help build, but I'll make sure of that first."

"It's easy to say, everyone knows that iron farming tools must be easy to use, but iron tools are too expensive, and everyone can't afford to use them, so they have been using wooden ones, and the lord sends that ......."

"Agricultural subsidies."

"That's right! Agricultural subsidies - After all, what do agricultural subsidies mean? ”

Only then did Edgar realize that he didn't understand what Donn meant.

You don't understand what the excitement is!

Tang En resisted the urge to roar and patiently explained, and then Edgar understood that in short, the agricultural subsidy is the lord spending money for everyone to exchange for good things!

If Fiona had been there, she would have been even more shocked and amazed - amazed at his winning skills, amazed at his losers!

"That's a great thing!"

Edgar was excited: "Your lord, you are indeed sent by the gods to save us Ellington!" If you know about this, you will be very grateful, my lord! ”

"This matter will be kept secret for the time being, and it will be announced when the farm tools are ready."

"Okay! I swear in the name of the gods that I will keep this matter a secret! ”

Hearing him swear in the name of the gods, Don subconsciously paid attention to the movement outside, but did not hear the muffled thunder.

Was it a coincidence in the morning?

Don threw the thought behind him in the blink of an eye.

"Wait, wait, wait! Big brother! ”

Brian stopped at this time, and glared angrily: "You called me here just to let me build farm tools!?" You're not kidding, are you!? ”

"Of course not kidding!"

"Impossible! When pigs fly! ”

Brian was furious: "I'm Brian of the Hammer Family, but you asked me to stay and help you build farm tools!?" The family emblem of the Hammer family will cry! I'm really crying! ”

"Oh?"

Tang En said lightly: "Even if these farm tools will be updated in the future, you don't want to use new alloys?" ”

"No...... Absolutely! ”

Brian's face changed instantly, and he said righteously: "――No matter how powerful the forging weapons and equipment are, they are only killing tools, and only forging agricultural tools is the choice for the benefit of all beings!" I love building farm tools the most, don't rob me! Otherwise, I'll be in a hurry with him! ”

Don pouted, small, fight with me? You're still tender!

Brian despises Donn in his heart and fights with me? You're still thin-skinned!

"I see, my lord, can these farming tools be built according to the previous proportions?"

Edgar had a difficult face, and made a rough estimate in his heart, although the iron ore was a little nervous, but the savings were roughly enough.

Don sensitively noticed Edgar's anomaly: "What's wrong?" Having difficulties? ”

"No difficulty! Mission completion guaranteed! ”

"Hmm," Don nodded, "yes, although it is said to be an iron farming tool, but it is not all iron, as long as the key parts of the farm tool are replaced with iron tools, hoes, rakes, plowshares, and sickle blades are made of iron, and the handle is also made of wood, all iron tools are not only wasteful, but also too heavy, and there is no way to cultivate them." ”

"I see, I didn't expect that!"

Edgar suddenly realized, but as soon as he calculated this, there was a surplus of iron ore again, and he was quite happy.

Don motioned for him to start the calculations: "You roughly calculate how many of each need to be built, and then give me a quote." ”

Edgar hastily calculated, and said: "Lord Lord, as far as I know, there are 1,232 farming households in Ellington, and if all of them are replaced, at least 1,232 of each, considering the damage and replacement, I am afraid that it will be more than 1,500 to build, but the key places use iron tools, the cost is reduced a lot, the sickle and rake are ten silver coins each, and the hoe and plough are slightly more expensive and cost fifteen silver coins each, these are the cost price." ”

Edgar's offer to Donn is not false, saying that it is a cost price does not contain a trace of moisture.

"Well, I'll allow you a profit of one silver coin for each of them, and the price will be set at eleven silver coins and sixteen silver coins."

Don didn't even have to count, even if everyone bought everything, he would be enough to subsidize one gold coin, which was only 1,232 gold coins, which was really not much compared to the improved agricultural efficiency.

"Your Excellency is wise."

"Don't pat me on the back, how long will it take to get these things ready? Is one month enough? ”

"One, a month!?"

Edgar and Brian both jumped up, and Brian shouted, "Big brother, what are you kidding!" From now on, even if the two of us don't sleep, we will have to work hard for more than half a year to get it out! ”

Tang En was dumbfounded: "More than half a year!?" No, it's just something......"

"A layman is a layman!"

Brian snorted, "Edgar! No need to talk nonsense with him! Just half a year! At least half a year! ”

"This ...... Your Excellency? ”

"It's too slow!"

Tang En frowned, half a year, the harvest time of the harvest month was delayed.

"Slow? Who dares to say slow! ”

Brian was furious: "If it weren't for me, the master, it would have been longer!" ”

"That's right."

Ed deepened his thoughts: "My lord, to make iron, you need to smelt, temper it repeatedly, then cut it, quench it, and every step must not be sloppy. ”

"It's just a farm tool, not a weapon for going to war, so it's just so-so......"

"You're insulting us!"

Brian blew his beard angrily and glared: "Forging is a sacred skill, and what we make in our hands must be high-quality!" ”

"This ......"

Don had nothing to say, he only reacted at this moment, he had made the mistake of empiricism again.

On the earth, due to the highly developed industry, everything is manufactured in batches by assembly line, and it is embarrassing to start work if the assembly line does not produce 10,000 things every day, but Plandal is different, there is no assembly line factory here, and there are no various machines, all handmade!

For example, the things here are like mass-produced watches and handmade Patek Philippe, although the function is the same, but the added value is different!

But what Don wants now is efficiency, and what he wants is mass production.

"Can't you recruit apprentices?"

"No, no, apprentices also have to look at their understanding and techniques, and they can't build things independently without a few years of study."

Brian and Edgar shook their heads and discussed how to be more efficient, but no matter how they discussed, they couldn't avoid an important issue.

There are too few people available.

Donn's brow furrowed, the efficiency was too low, and it had to be improved.

"In that case, let's put aside what we have just discussed, and now we are going to discuss an important issue."

Don pressed his hands down, motioned for them to be quiet, and then said, "That's how to improve efficiency." ”

"Big brother, what can you do?"

"Will you use molds to improve efficiency?"

"Of course, what blacksmith doesn't know how to use molds? But that doesn't solve the fundamental problem. ”

"It's good to be able to use molds, so I think it's time to innovate Plandal's backward forging technology."

"Innovation?"

"That's right."

Don smiled brightly: "Assembly line operation and lathe manufacturing technology...... There should be applause here. ”

"Quack chirp ......"

Edgar and Brian, who looked sluggish, clapped their hands stupidly, and the next moment Brian shouted: "Big brother! I understand every word you say, but I don't understand it at all! ”

Apparently, Edgar and Brian were confused by Donn again.

"What is assembly line operation? What is lathe manufacturing technology? ”

The two in front of him may be witnesses to the Industrial Revolution in Purendal, so Don must patiently explain to them so that the next step can be started.

"The assembly line operation is very simple, the principle is to replace a variety of repetitive work with a large number of workers, each person completes one step, and then hands it over to the next person, so that there is no rest for a moment, and the work efficiency can be greatly improved."

Brian couldn't help but ask, "I understand the reason, but why does the efficiency increase?" ”

Donn almost thought he would ask "why are the pigeons so big", so he patiently explained to them what work efficiency is, how to improve overall work efficiency, and how to improve overall production efficiency by increasing efficiency per unit of time......

After listening to Donn's explanation, Edgar and Brian suddenly realized, and then they were amazed.

"Oh my God! I didn't expect that in addition to using magic, ordinary people could actually do this! ”

"Such a simple solution, why didn't we think of it!"

Edgar and Brian suddenly felt like they were stupid, it was obviously a simple thing, but why didn't anyone think of it before?

"But big brother, this is back to the old problem, we don't have that many blacksmiths available!"

That's right, whether it's hand-forging, or assembly line work, not having so many skilled blacksmiths is the biggest problem facing now.

Donne's solution to this problem was very simple and crude.

That is to move the lathes and stamping machines to Plandal!

"This brings us to the second point I mentioned, lathe manufacturing technology."

The corners of Don's mouth curled: "Since we can't improve the overall work efficiency, we have to improve the efficiency per unit time, as long as the two of you can produce more products per unit time, the efficiency will naturally increase." ”

Edgar and Brian looked at Donn as if they were looking at a fool: Wasn't this topic just discussed? It's obviously not feasible!

And what Don wants to tell them is that this method works, not only does it work, but it is also very feasible!

Lathe technology is going to change the whole of Ellington – no, it's going to change the whole of Brandal's industry!