In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

For the assembly line production organization and management, Zhang Qian actually only knows some scratches. However, this little bit of fur is enough for him to fool the ancients who have never had a concept of the assembly line.

What's more, while trying to reduce the production cost of windmills and machine shafts, he also spent a lot of thought on how to build the assembly line of these two sharp weapons.

"The windmills and shafts are very large and difficult to transport. However, its core components are less than a quarter of the size of the whole. Therefore, the first step of Wechen is to distinguish between the periphery and the core. Grabbing the brush handed by the eunuchs, he drew a rough sketch of the "combination of windmill and well" on a large roll of white paper, and he explained with a smile, pointing to the base and the shell.

Including Emperor Li Xian, everyone seemed to understand it. The frowning frown, the bearded beard, couldn't say a word to respond.

"The outer base, the roof, the four walls and the frame supporting the windmill are all built by the local people and craftsmen, and the materials and labor cost less than two cranes each!" I had long expected that everyone would react like this, and used a brush to hook the peripheral part, and Zhang Qian slowly added.

Most people still have black eyes, but Wu Qiu, the chief secretary of the water superintendent, has an instant brightening. Chang'an City is surrounded by eight rivers, and every year, the "Metropolitan Water Superintendent" needs to build hundreds of projects of various sizes in various parts of Gyeonggi. If we can outsource some of the parts that do not need to be made too delicately to the local government and the gentry, they can save a lot of effort by these small sesame officials who really work in the water supervision of the capital.

And outsourcing, you can't just be an individual who is qualified to contract, and you can't cost two dollars, just give the other party two dollars. In the case of ensuring quality, there are more places to make a fuss here!

Just as he was thinking about being happy, he heard Zhang Qian slowly add: "After the peripheral components are contracted to the place, there are only twenty-seven core components left. If you do only one set, you need two carpenters, three blacksmiths, and ten apprentices. It takes about seven days to finish. But if you do a lot, let's say more than 200 sets......"

"Practice makes perfect! I get it, let them do it together, and the more you get to the end, the faster you can do it! Hu Nan, the director of the Ministry of Works, has experience in making tools, and he couldn't help laughing and clapping his hands vigorously.

All around, countless people immediately glared at him, so frightened that he hurriedly clenched his fists to everyone to apologize, and then quickly lowered his head.

Practice makes perfect, and it can indeed reduce labor costs. But from making one set in seven days to doing one set in four days, the savings are only three days' wages and meal money, and it is impossible to cut the total cost in half.

Since Zhang Zhushu said so confidently, he would definitely be able to come up with a more clever method, instead of simply relying on craftsmen to gradually become proficient.

Sure enough, before everyone could withdraw their eyes from Hu Nan, the director of the Ministry of Works, Zhang Qian had already picked up the pen again and quickly drew the twenty-seven core parts on the paper in order according to their size.

While painting, he explained with a smile: "Among the core components, they can be divided into precision parts and ordinary parts. Precision parts such as gears, transmission wheels, and transmission rods must be built by the master craftsmen. Other ordinary parts, such as bamboo pipes, water buckets, cowhide mats, etc., are enough for apprentices, and can even be purchased from the outside according to the format and graphics. The key is that the size and accuracy of the same component must be exactly the same, which Zhang called standardization! ”

"Well, that's nature!" Everyone's eyes began to shine one after another, and they stroked their beards or chins without beards, and nodded slightly.

"Whether it's a precision part or an ordinary part, if you build it yourself. Once the standard has been set, it has to be a part that has to be done by the same group of people. Those who make gears, from morning to night, make the same kind of gear. Those who make transmission rods, from morning to night, make the same kind of transmission rods. Those who make windmill blades make the same kind of blades from morning to night. Even the process can continue to be refined. Let the sand mold be made only responsible for making the sand mold. If the rough is cast, it is only responsible for casting the rough billet. In this way, the number of craftsmen and apprentices needs to be tripled. The number of production can be increased by more than ten times. It is also seven days, 200 sets of core components, and it can be easily completed. If it is 1,000 sets, 10,000 sets, you can save more time and wages! ”

"Ah-" someone exclaimed in a low voice, and then took out the wat board from his sleeve, borrowed a brush from the eunuch, and quickly recorded it on it. There are also people who bow their heads in contemplation, and then there is an aggressive light in their eyes.

At this moment, most of the people present are some "technical" sesame officials of the Qingshui Yamen, and their positions are basically ignored by those who buy officials. Therefore, the IQ of everyone present today is basically above the passing line.

And Zhang Qian's explanation method is full of pictures and texts. Therefore, it barely took long, and most of the people present deduced the approximate cost that could be saved by using the "assembly line" method.

If you only build ten sets of eight sets of windmills and machine shafts, the assembly line production method will only increase the cost significantly, and it is impossible to reduce it by a fraction. And if you build more than 30 sets in one go, the cost will be roughly the same as the original way. If more than 100 sets are produced, the cost can be greatly reduced. If you produce more than 200, 300 or even 500 sets in one go, the cost can be reduced by more than 50% of the original!

"The core components are manufactured centrally, transported to the local area, and then installed and debugged according to the drawings. Because each component is exactly the same, if a part is damaged, it is only necessary to remove it and replace it with a spare one. There is no need to rebuild entire windmills and shafts. As if fearing that everyone's surprise was not big enough, Zhang Qian's words continued to come, and every sentence made people's eyes brighter.

"Joke, where did so many craftsmen come from?" Only Lu Zhengming, the servant of the ministry, although he clearly knew that he was going to lose, he couldn't pull his face to admit his mistake, and gritted his teeth to pick bones from the eggs.

"If the county seat is not enough, the state capital must have it. The state capital is not enough, and the place where the governor's mansion is located, there must be! Zhang Qian didn't think about it, and immediately gave an answer, "In fact, Zhang did not suggest that every county find a craftsman to manufacture this thing, but the local area was only responsible for building the periphery, and the core components were concentrated in the state capital and the governor's mansion." Even, concentrated in Chang'an, Luoyang, Gusu and other places with convenient waterway transportation. In this way, we can concentrate hundreds, thousands of windmills and machine shafts, and build them in a unified way. Funded by the government, the blessings of the saints will be widely extended to the world. ”

Fearing that Li Xian would be reluctant to allocate money from the treasury, after thinking about it, he picked up his pen again and drew a grinding plate near the sketch of the windmill. "Windmills are wonderful for more than just drawing water. When the flood and drought are alleviated, the windmill can also be used to drive the grinding disc to mill rice and flour. If you charge two cents for each rice mill, it will not take a year, and the government can recover all the expenditures, and may even achieve a slight surplus! ”

"This ......" was slightly stunned by Zhang Qian's whimsical thinking, and then, including Li Xian, the eyes of ninety percent of the people present showed excitement.

Indeed, the Tang Dynasty, like all dynasties, pursued the national policy of emphasizing agriculture over commerce. However, Li Xian, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the officials present were deeply suffering from the emptiness of the treasury.

In particular, the group of "technocrats" who were summoned tonight to participate in the pursuit of the DPRK have to endure countless hardships every year in order to win a little money. And the "investment-income" model launched by Zhang Qian today has undoubtedly opened a window in front of their eyes!

Since the combination of windmill and machine well can recover the cost of grinding noodles for the people when they are idle, is it okay to build a windmill to drive the grinding disc to make money? If investing in windmills and millstones can make money, can the imperial court also adopt the same model in the future to build other appliances that are beneficial to people's livelihood?

If every year in each prison and office, you can earn back a hundred hangs, a thousand hanging copper coins, who will have to go to the household department to ask grandpa to sue grandma? Everyone can make their purse bulge through serious means, so why would anyone take the risk of embezzling that little public money?!

"Qin Fa, this is Qin Fa! Master Zhang, what are your intentions in using Qin Law to bewitch Your Majesty? Just when everyone was thinking happily, Lu Zhengming's shouting came to their ears again. It's ten times more annoying than a stupid dog barking day.

"Indeed, the Qin Dynasty used similar methods to manufacture ordnance. It's just not that fine! Since he claims to be the heir of Qin Mo, Zhang Qian has of course put some effort into the history and rumors of the Qin Dynasty in his spare time. At this moment, when he heard that Lu Zhengming was actually talking about Qin Fa, he immediately smiled and admitted it calmly.

Ignoring the stunned in the other party's eyes, after a pause, he quickly added, "However, the book is the same text, the car is on the same track, and it is also Qin Law." The construction of Chidao to connect Kyushu is still the Qin law. Even my Datang is from the nine-grade and thirty-level official system, and I can't get rid of the shadow of the Qin Dynasty's official system. Although the Qin law is cool, not everything is evil. What's more, I, Datang, just choose the good and go to the evil! ”

I was really tired of continuing to be pestered by this surnamed Lu, and without waiting for this person to open his mouth to provoke, he added loudly: "What is a good strategy? Zhang believes that all policies for the benefit of the country are good policies. Even if it comes from the Qin and Han dynasties, it can be learned. What's more, the land under your feet was originally Qin soil. If it is because he is disgusted with everything in the Qin State, he will abandon it. The capital city of the Tang Dynasty should be in Luoyang, not Chang'an! ”

"You, you ......" Lu Zhengming couldn't find the right words to refute, his beard trembled with anger, and his eyes turned black.

Few of the "technocrats" around him sympathized with him. They all smiled and put the icing on the cake for Zhang Qian, "The assembly line manufacturing technique offered by Master Zhang can not only be applied to windmills and machine shafts, but also all kinds of utensils made by the Ministry of Industry every year, in fact, this technique can be used!" ”

"Weapons, the key is still weapons. If this technique is used, the cost of armor, bows, crossbows, spears and other items can also be reduced by half! ”

"Not only do we save money, but we can also replace the same parts at any time. Especially for car driving, every time you make a repair, you can save a lot of time! ”

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"Hmm!" Although Li Xian, the Emperor of Yingtian Shenlong, was a person who had no ideas, there was no suspense in tonight's debate, who would lose and who would win. Therefore, happily brushing his beard, he smiled and nodded: "Zhang Qing is really knowledgeable and talented, and there is such a thaumaturgy hidden in his chest that is beneficial to the country and the people!" Very good, very good, recently the water supervisor reported to me that the autumn rain has accumulated in many places around Gyeonggi, and the Qin Tianjian has warned me that there will be more wind and rain coming soon. I will follow the wonderful method you offered, and let the general superintendent immediately start construction, build 500 windmills and machine wells, and hand them over to the metropolitan water superintendent to alleviate the flooding in Gyeonggi. If the trial results are good, it can be promoted to the whole country next year! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The sesame officials of the Dushui Supervisor and the Qin Tianjian bowed down in unison. The expression on everyone's face was one of joy and lightness.

"Ministers and others for the people of Gyeonggi, thank Your Majesty for your grace!" The sedan chair carried people, seeing that Zhang Qian's steady progress was unstoppable, and those colleagues of the little sesame officials who had been waiting with him to participate in the pursuit of the dynasty also bowed to Li Xian one after another to help create an atmosphere.

Li Xian, the Emperor of the Heavenly Dragon Dynasty, was photographed so comfortably, and immediately, in his heart, he raised the reward that was originally intended to be given to Zhang Qian by a big level. However, before he could make a statement. The servant suddenly covered his mouth with his hand and coughed lowly, "cough, cough, cough......"

Immediately, a little eunuch rushed over and helped the person beat his back and dredge his qi and blood. Standing near the door, a person wearing the color of the imperial history quickly stepped out of the ranks, "Shengshang, the minister supervised the imperial history Jiang An, impeached Zhang Qian, the chief secretary of the Ordnance Supervision and Gunpowder Administration, colluded with local officials, and falsified his birth resume. Please also Your Majesty to be clear! ”

"Why isn't it over yet?" The surrounding "technocrats" glared angrily at Jiang An. Ying Tianshen Dragon Emperor Li Xian also frowned tightly.

It is normal for there to be factional disputes in the court. As an emperor, sometimes he wished that the courtiers would be divided into several factions and provoke each other, so that it would be more convenient for him to drive his courtiers to work hard.

But everything has to have a degree, and today it is clear that Li Xian, who is the emperor, has signaled many times that he is ready to reuse Zhang Qian. There are still people who keep jumping out to block it, so they can't help but take the imperial power too seriously.

Moreover, Ji Cunne, as a servant, repeatedly targeted a small eight-grade master book, which is really a bit disregarding his identity and too contrary to common sense.

However, Jiang An, the superintendent of the imperial history, knew that he might have committed public anger, but he insisted on refusing to turn back. He took a few steps forward and continued to add loudly, "As far as Wei Chen knows, Master Zhang only came out of the mountains more than three months ago. However, he settled in Weinan and became a fellow of the Tan Guogong clan. This matter is too unbelievable. The court should investigate all kinds of fraud behind it to the end and never tolerate it. ”

"Huh? Lu Qing, is there such a thing? Li Xian only knew that Zhang Qian was born as a child of the Mo family, but he didn't know that he had bought a fake hukou, and suddenly his suspicion was attacked again, and he looked at the gaze of Lu Zhengming, the servant of the ministry, as cold as two steel knives.

'You note! Lu worked tirelessly for you before and after the saddle, and you actually stabbed Lu in the back! Lu Zhengming shuddered, and in an instant, he greeted the eight generations of ancestors who remembered Ne in his heart.

If Zhang Qian's identity is forged, then in addition to him himself, he will not be able to escape severe punishment, and the officials will also have to suffer a lot for this. After all, Zhang Qian was appointed as the chief bookkeeper of the Ordnance Supervision and Gunpowder Administration, which was recommended by the officials.

And no matter whether the officials were favored at that time or not, it was basically their responsibility to assess the official qualifications, they couldn't just go through the motions and let Zhang Qian get into the ranks of officials!

Just when Lu Zhengming was anxious, Zhang Jiuling, a member of the ministry, stood up very righteously, "Your Majesty, Jiang An's accusation is not true. Mr. Zhang only came out of the mountains three months ago, and this matter is true. However, the procedures for him to settle in Weinan are clear. ”

"Huh?" Li Xian's idea changed again and again. He frowned and looked at Zhang Jiuling, waiting for him to continue to make more detailed additions.

Zhang Jiuling was well prepared and did not panic at all. After a change of breath, he continued to add, "In the summer of this year, Your Majesty once had a decree to grant amnesty to the world, and the displaced people settled on the spot, not limited to the people of the Tang Dynasty. Many Goguryeo, Turgish, and Great Cannibals were deeply benefited by this government. And the master book is just one of them. Wechen once personally checked the documents he registered at that time, and each one of them was exactly the same as the registration procedures given by the government to others! ”

This is Zhang Jiuling's cleverness, he has been trained at the grassroots level for many years, and as early as when Zhang Qian just became the chief bookkeeper, he already realized that the latter's identity problem would be a hidden big trouble. So he simply secretly sent someone down, unknowingly, and went through the entire registration procedures from beginning to end.

In this way, Zhang Qian is still the same clan as Zhang Gongjin, the Duke of Tanguo, and the two cheap brothers are still his cheap brothers. However, when he settled down, he was not based on the identity of the third child of the Zhang family, who had died, but into the implementation of the imperial court's policy of resettlement of displaced people!

The imperial court was willing to open up to the people of Goguryeo, Tuqishi, and even the surrounding countries who went to the Tang Dynasty to make a living, and regularly allowed them to leave the Tang Dynasty household registration by entering the family and worshipping relatives. Zhang Qian, as a fake Chinese citizen, how can he not enter?! From this point of view, the accusations made by Jiang An, the superintendent of Yushi, are simply untargeted. It is not worth refuting at all, and it is not worthy of the attention of the imperial court!

Immediately, those eight or nine sesame officials breathed a sigh of relief! And Zhang Qian himself, in addition to being shocked, looked at Zhang Jiuling's eyes, and was instantly full of gratitude.

It's just a matter of whether Bi Gou can be pulled back to Chang'an and reactivated. Ji Chu Ne easily refused to admit defeat, so Jiang An, his minion, could only continue to bite Zhang Qian.

Finding that he missed a blow, this person immediately changed his position and said, "Even if the procedure is met, it still can't explain the origin of Master Zhang's book and the purpose of going out of the mountain." Your Majesty, that Qin Mo is the study of the Qin State Zhenguo, he doesn't go out of the mountain early, he doesn't go out of the mountain late, but he only comes out of the mountain at this moment, what is his intention? Your Majesty, please think twice! ”

"Huh?" Li Xian's brow, which had just been loosened, furrowed again. Looking at Zhang Qian's gaze, he was appreciative, hesitant, and uncertain.

Through some words and deeds tonight, I found that Li Xian is suspicious and fickle, and at this moment, Zhang Qian does not feel any depression and grievances. Smiling, he took the initiative to hand over to the imperial book case: "Your Majesty, what Jiang Yushi said is not entirely accurate. In fact, after the fall of the Qin State, I, Qin Mo, also sent people out of the mountain once. And it was precisely because of what I saw and heard when I went out of the mountain that I Qin Mo was completely silent from then on, and I never wanted to ask about the world again! ”

"Why?" Li Xian's mind was immediately attracted by the story told by Zhang Qian, and he took the initiative to ask questions regardless of the emperor's prestige.

"That time I went out of the mountain, the previous generation heard a sentence, those who offend my Han Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away!" Zhang Qian sighed deliberately, and then his voice quickly turned high.

"At that time, the people of the world were proud of being the people of the Han family, and they couldn't remember a single cent of the Qin State. No matter how capable my Mo family is, what can I do?! At that time, the Han Dynasty was the world's first power, the Huns, Zhu Di, and they fled far away, who dared to go against the sky? At that time, the Han Dynasty, the talents of the six countries in the past, the politics were clear, and the people were rich and the country was rich, which was the prosperity that my Mo family had been working tirelessly for several generations, and how could I be the Mo family because I missed the kindness of the King of Qin, so I provoked trouble and made enemies of the world? What's more, the love of the Mo family is to love all the people in the world, not to love the family and one surname, how can it be because of selfish kindness to abolish righteousness and sacrifice the original and chase the end? ! ”

"Hmm!" Li Xian nodded again and again when he heard this, and the suspicion on his face receded, replaced by more and more appreciation.

"Your Majesty, although the ministers have only been in the Tang Dynasty for a few months, in Chang'an City, they have seen the Flame Sect, the Cross Sect and the Crescent Moon Sect Temple, which are less than ten zhang apart from the temples and Taoist temples, but they are in peace. Such a spectacle is impossible anywhere else in the world! Zhang Qian smiled at him and continued to talk. (Note, Pyroism, i.e., Zoroastrianism.) I don't want to cause trouble, and other teachings have also used pseudonyms. ）

"On the streets of Chang'an, I saw Persians, Japanese people, Goguryeo people, Khitan people, and Tuqi Shi people, busy running around, speaking Tang dialect, wearing Tang shirts, eating and living, all of which are no different from the people of the Tang Dynasty. The minister also saw that the traders traveled thousands of miles to transport all kinds of treasures from all over the world to Datang, just to earn a handful of my Datang Kaiyuan Tongbao. ”

In the past few days, Zhang Qian has not only been noticed by the world. At the same time, he is also paying attention to every grass and tree in Datang, so when it comes to it, he is full of emotion.

The minister even saw that the countries were so poor that they had no place to stand, or those who were so harmed by their national government and bullies that they could not tolerate themselves, risked death to come to the Tang Dynasty, just asking for a full meal and a peaceful night. Such a prosperous atmosphere is not only something that the Mo family has never seen in the past dynasties, but also the world of great governance in the Mo family classics! Let's ask, Weichen has never eaten a mouthful of food or a glass of water in the Qin Kingdom, why should he spoil this prosperous era and miss Daqin, who has nothing to do with him? ”

"Hmm!" Including Li Xian, ninety percent of the people in the Zichen Hall straightened up proudly, feeling that their faces were extremely bright.

Zhang Qian said that what he had seen and heard in Chang'an City, and the rest of the Tang Dynasty would definitely not meet this standard. However, who can deny that as long as Emperor Li Xian works hard to govern the country, as long as the ministers fulfill their duties, all parts of the world will not become another Chang'an?

And Zhang Qian, the more he spoke, the more he spoke, the more he spoke, the more he spoke: "Your Majesty, there is a saying in "Shangshu", there is tolerance and greatness, and the reason why my Datang is Datang is because of its magnificent bearing and all-encompassing. And the more my Datang has the mind to accept the world's knowledge for his own use and take the world's talents as his own motivation, the more my Datang national strength will be thriving! ”

"In the past three months, the minister has seen that the monks of the world, no matter what scriptures they read, as long as they ask God to bless the people of the Tang Dynasty, the government will let it go."

"The minister sees that the world's treasures, as long as they can benefit the people of Datang, will be used by my Datang!"

"The minister sees that there are talented people in the world, as long as they are willing to work for the Tang Dynasty, even if he is born in an enemy country like Goguryeo, Turkic, and Turkish, I will also treat him as a high-ranking official."

"The minister also sees that all the people in the world, as long as he is willing to wear Tang clothes, speak Tang Yan, come to the land of my Tang Dynasty, and abide by my Tang laws and customs, my Tang Dynasty will be regarded as the protection of the people!"

"With such a big Tang Dynasty, who doesn't want to live in it? In such a prosperous world, who dares to destroy it? Who wouldn't want to see it with their own eyes and protect it for themselves? Taking a deep breath, Zhang Qian took his eyes off Li Xian's excited face and turned to Zhang Jiuling, Hu Nan, Wang Jun, Jiang Ziyong, and even the stunned Lu Zhengming and Jiang An.

"More than 500 years have passed since the Han Dynasty, and the people of the world still call themselves Han people. Stuffed Hu, still pretending to be Liu! And Zhang was fortunate to come to Datang and bow to its prosperity, and he was even more grateful to God in his heart! ”

"Yes, in this life, Zhang is willing to work with you to use it for the Tang Dynasty! In this life, Zhang is willing to work with you to protect the prosperity of my Tang Dynasty. Let everyone in this land, even if they go to the country for thousands of years, will regard themselves as Tang people and be proud of the Tang Dynasty! ”

After that, he clasped his fists with both hands, first to Li Xian, and then to the people around him, and slammed to the ground!

In an instant, there was silence in the Zichen Palace. Immediately, applause and cheers alternated, like a surging tide.

Everyone present, including Ji Zhune, who wanted to stop Bi Gou from returning to the court by blocking Zhang Qian, was flushed and dancing!

At that moment, the night breeze was like wine, making everyone drunk.