Recently, the Kintai Iron Workshop has recruited hundreds of new craftsmen in one go, and has purchased a new piece of land in the workshop city to expand the area of the workshop.

This decision was also made by Mrs. Kim after careful consideration.

When Ah Niu mentioned to him about making gears, he immediately became interested.

Of course, since you decided to try your hand at making gears, you naturally have to think about who you want to sell them to.

Mrs. Jin has always had a very close relationship with Wang Fugui, and if she wants to expand the scale of the workshop, she will naturally consult Wang Fugui's opinion.

It just so happened that Wang Fugui also knew that the watch workshop was carrying out assembly line renovation and was worried about increasing production.

One of the components of this transformation is to entrust some of the parts to a special workshop.

Lang is affectionate, and concubines are intentional.

Under the leadership of Wang Fugui, after Langqing and Mrs. Jin met once, they set a batch of gear production orders.

The watch workshop even arranged for a few craftsmen to go to the Jintai Iron Workshop to guide them in the process of making gears.

And Mrs. Kim is also quite competitive.

As a workshop that deals with iron ingots every day, the metal gears produced by Jintai Iron Workshop are not at all of inferior in quality to those currently used in the watch workshop.

In particular, in order to ensure the quality, Kinta has drawn half of the skilled hands from the craftsmen who make the iron pots to make the gears.

In addition, their workshop was the first batch of workshops to accept the new measurement system, and many things were directly close to the workshops of the Chu Palace.

"Master, we delivered more than 300 gears last week, but the watchmakers just told us that we will be producing 500 gears a week starting next week, so we will have to arrange for craftsmen to work overtime."

Ah Niu was both happy and a little worried.

The more orders you have, the better, but if you can't deliver them for a while, or if you have difficulty in delivering them, it's a headache.

The watch workshop will certainly not wait for itself.

"Let's work overtime, and at the same time recruit some more people. In addition, I just visited the watch workshop, and their assembly line transformation is worth learning from. I plan to adjust the process arrangement of making gears, so that instead of making the entire gear by one person, it is divided into more than a dozen processes, and each person is only responsible for one process, so that new craftsmen can get started quickly and the output can be quickly increased. ”

Jin Tai listened to Ah Niu's words and was not very surprised.

A few days ago, the watch workshop had just organized various outsourced workshop managers to visit their production sites, and Mrs. Jin had a hunch that they were going to increase production after reading it.

At that time, Langqing also came forward to explain to them the significance of assembly line production, and recommended everyone to transform according to this idea.

Although this is not mandatory, if everyone else has been reformed, and only the Jintai Iron Workshop has not changed, then this attitude is worth discussing.

So just after hearing Ah Niu say that the order has increased, Jintai immediately decided to carry out the transformation of the assembly line production mode.

Of course, in order to avoid a drastic change that would cause a drop in production, he was prepared to change half of the production first, and then change the other half after success.

"I see that there is also an article in the journal "Science" to introduce the significance of assembly line production, if you don't say it, Master, I am going to mention it to you after a while. I've heard that the four-wheeled carriage workshop is one of the most successful workshops that use assembly lines for production. ”

Ah Niu is now also literate and hyphenated, and every issue of Science magazine will take a serious look.

"Well, find a time, you take the main craftsmen of gear making to visit and study in the four-wheeled carriage workshop, and get the transformation started as soon as possible."

The scale of Jin Tai's iron workshop is getting bigger and bigger, and it is naturally impossible for Jin Tai to do everything himself.

In addition, Ah Niu is the apprentice he brought out, and many things have been handed over to him.

"Master, don't worry, I'll arrange it now."

……

In the Weishui Wharf, it is as lively as ever.

Gu Panpan looked at Wu Meiniang's growing belly, full of reluctance and ready to get on the boat.

She Aye Gu Lian gave the housekeeper Gu Lei a death order, and she had to take her back to Yangzhou no matter what.

This girl has been away from home for a year under the guise of inspecting the family's property.

Originally, Gu Lian thought that she had fallen in love with the "Wu Langjun", but she turned a blind eye and let Gu Panpan fool around there.

Later, after the housekeeper Gu Lei returned to Yangzhou first, Gu Lian naturally knew that "Wu Langjun" was actually a "martial lady", and his attitude immediately changed.

"Mei Niang, I'll go back for a few months this time, and I'll be back then. I have discovered it now, where is Chang'an in Yangzhou. ”

Gu Panpan also misses her Aya Aniang a little bit in her heart, so she must go back to Yangzhou this time.

"Your Gu family's industry in Chang'an City is getting bigger and bigger, not only does it have its own money, but it is also the largest supplier of crocodile jerky and crocodile skin, and you will definitely have the opportunity to come to Chang'an in the future."

Wu Meiniang looked at Gu Panpan with a smile.

This has a straightforward personality and always likes to stick to her own girl, Wu Meiniang felt a headache at first, but now that she has been getting along for a long time, she is also a little reluctant.

"By the time I return to Chang'an, the babies in your belly should have been born, right? I'll say it first, I'm going to be his godmother when the time comes. ”

"Okay, if my baby knows that he has such a rich godmother before he is born, he will definitely be happy."

Gu Panpan pouted when he heard this, "Hmph, no matter how rich you are, you can't compare to Your Royal Highness the King of Chu." It is said that the richer the person, the more stingy he is, and I have seen it this time. My grandfather clock workshop promoted grandfather clocks in Jiangnan, and it turned out that they were sold to me at such an expensive price. ”

After the production of the grandfather clock workshop increased, Langqing immediately began to consider supplying to other state capitals.

And Gu Panpan has been in the Chu Palace's Mansion for so long, and he has personally witnessed the production and development of the table clock, so he naturally knows that selling the table clock is a promising thing.

So this time when she returned to Yangzhou, she asked for 300 table clocks from the grandfather clock workshop in one go.

However, this price made Gu Panpan very dissatisfied.

Although the price she took the goods was lower than the price sold in the Treasure Pavilion, Gu Panpan, who probably knew the production cost of the table clock, felt that she was slaughtered by Li Kuan.

"Scarcity is expensive. There are a lot of maritime merchants in Yangzhou, and there are a lot of merchants in Dashi and Tianzhu, so you just need to sell these clocks to them and earn double the money. ”

When it comes to business, Wu Meiniang will not be misled by Gu Panpan's words.

In fact, Gu Panpan's business acumen is actually very good.

It's just that most of the time, her mind is not here.

"Hmph, the people of Yangzhou City haven't used the table clock yet, how can those Fanbang merchants enjoy it first?"

"Okay, Yangzhou is your Gu family's territory, and you have the final say on who you want to sell to. It's getting late, it's almost time to board the ship. ”

"Mei Niang, are you driving me away?"

Gu Panpan showed an aggrieved expression on her face, and Wu Meiniang was very helpless.

"If you are really reluctant to go back, then I will help you find a good gentleman from among the noble children of Chang'an City and marry him to Chang'an City. You can stay here for a long time in the future. ”

Wu Meiniang sacrificed a big magic weapon, and immediately let Gu Panpan flee in the wilderness.

Gu Panpan is now a typical anti-marriage family, and he doesn't want to get married at all.

Wu Meiniang has a good grasp of her psychology.

……

"When! While! While! ”

The crisp bell sounded, and the watch workshop of the Chu Wangfu ushered in the afternoon break.

Going to work at 7 a.m. and leaving work at 6 p.m., an hour of lunch and a 15-minute break in the morning and afternoon are the working hours of the watchmakers.

As for weekends and eight-hour work days, there is naturally no such thing.

At the beginning, Li Kuan casually mentioned it, but everyone looked at him dumbfounded, obviously no one understood this kind of work arrangement he said.

"Shopkeeper Wang, this assembly line production method is really good. The output of our watch workshop has increased several times now, and we finally don't have to worry about not meeting the requirements of His Royal Highness the King of Chu. ”

Langqing accompanied Wang Fugui to visit the workshop.

There are a lot of workshops in the palace of the king of Chu, but the most modern factory characteristics are the four-wheeled carriage workshop and the current clock workshop.

As a new "banknote printing factory", Wang Fugui is naturally also very concerned about the changes in the output of the watch workshop.

"Although the output has increased a lot, it still can't meet everyone's requirements. At present, the cost of our grandfather clocks is still too high, and the size is too large, and the accuracy is not satisfactory. Langqing, you have to come up with a way to improve it as soon as possible. In addition, the prince is going to install grandfather clocks on all the seagoing vessels of the East China Sea fishing industry, and you have to think about how to ensure that the grandfather clocks can be used normally in a bumpy environment. ”

Wang Fugui knows better than Lang Qing how high Li Kuan's expectations are for the table clock.

Just to make the grandfather clock a size that everyone can carry with them makes Wang Fugui feel endless pressure.

There was no way, he could only pass on this pressure continuously.

Anyway, like Li Kuan, most of the time he will not directly face Langqing and them, but more through Wang Fugui and Wang Xuance to arrange some things.

"In terms of accuracy, the Watch and Clock Research Institute now uses all-iron gears for comparison, and the details are more accurate than those of wooden gears. And it can also make the parts smaller. However, the production efficiency of gears is a little lower, and now we are also working with machine workshops to use the power of waterwheels to design a machine that can be used specifically to process gears. ”

Langqing didn't waste a minute during this time, and when Wang Fugui asked, he naturally wouldn't be at a loss.

"This idea is very good, the prince always said that to improve production efficiency, be bolder, and don't stick to the status quo. Langqing, if you can make the grandfather clock what the prince expects, you will definitely be able to leave a strong mark in the history books. ”

Wang Fugui looked at Lang Qing with a little envy.

The status quo of Wang Fugui is definitely higher than that of Lang Qing.

But if you broaden your vision to hundreds of years, or even thousands of years, then Langqing's fame is greater than his, which is basically certain.

After a few hundred years, who would know that there was such a person as Wang Fugui?

But Langqing is different, the clocks at that time must have a wider range of use.

As an inventor, it's normal to be remembered.

Maybe there will be a clear story in the textbooks of Mengxue.

……

In the iron-making workshop of the eldest grandson's family, there is a courtyard that seems more mysterious.

Since the end of last year, this courtyard has been guarded by special people, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter and leave at will.

"How? Still can't go accurately? ”

Eldest Sun Chong looked at the table clock in front of him, which was highly similar to the table clock sold in the Treasure Pavilion, and his face was full of displeasure.

"Lang Jun, we have confirmed it several times, and each part is the same as others, but I don't know why, after it is assembled, it is not accurate."

One of the stewards explained tremblingly.

At the beginning of a simple auction in the Chu Palace, it attracted 200,000 yuan, which really shocked the noble people of Chang'an City.

When did the money come out so well?

Soon, some people began to imitate the production of table clocks based on gourd painting scoops.

From a purely structural point of view, it seems that there is nothing particularly difficult about the table clock produced by the Chu Palace.

But when I actually started it, I found that it was not the case at all.

"At first, the grandfather clock you made couldn't even walk, and it finally worked normally, but you told me that you wouldn't leave after a few hours, and the error was as high as half an hour, who would want such a thing?"

The imitation of the grandfather clock by the eldest grandson is full of expectations.

Although Li Kuan instigated Li Shimin to set up the Tang Royal Patent Office in order to monopolize the profits of the table clock, Changsun Chong was not afraid.

On the one hand, this patent office is a new thing in the market after all, and everyone has not yet felt its power.

On the other hand, Changsun Chong also thought of a countermeasure.

When the time comes, you will change yourself to a completely different appearance, and you can't say that I am infringing the patent, right?

The eldest grandson's family is not the kind of duckweed-like small trader, how can he be afraid of him Li Kuan?

"Lang Jun, this truth is naturally understood by his subordinates. But I heard that in the clock workshop of the Chu Palace, all the measuring instruments are uniformly produced by the Guanshishan Academy, and the size of each part is fixed. Our workshop has not adopted the new measurement method of Guanshishan Academy, so these gears are made, even if they are processed according to the sample, there are more or less errors. If it is a normal thing, this error is not much, but when it is used to make a grandfather clock, it will become inaccurate. ”

The steward of the eldest grandson's family is obviously not really the kind of person with a fat head and big ears who only knows how to eat dry food.

However, such a thing as the full acceptance of the new measurement scheme, without the approval of Changsun Chong, where would he dare to advance?

Who doesn't know that Changsun Chong is very bad with the Chu Wangfu?

"Just that millimeter, centimeter, and meter thing that Li Kuan made, how big is the impact?"

Although Changsun Chong is also smart, he is still a literati after all, and he does not have a deep understanding of these things.

However, the expression of his own steward has already said it all.

"You go to Xinhua Bookstore to buy a few sets of new measuring instruments and come back, and then remake the parts of the table clock to see how it works."

Changsun Chong would not easily give up the production of the table clock, so he would rather pinch his nose and accept the theory made by the Guanshishan Academy.

In Chang'an City, similar situations are not uncommon.

The so-called moisturizing things is silent, and there are many things that Guanshishan Academy has made, although it has not taken too much effort to promote.

But slowly, everyone discovered its benefits, and naturally followed silently.