Li Chen is here to deliver goods today, this new goods store in the east market has sold more than ten coal stoves in the past two days, and Li Chen has come to replenish the stock today. After delivering the goods to the shopkeeper and greeting the shopkeeper, and transporting dozens of pieces of money away, Li Chen once again complained that it was really inconvenient to trade in the Tang Dynasty, and he had to move dozens of kilograms around at every turn.

This is not over, wait a moment the money will become heavier ingots, and he will have to take the money to buy the goods, otherwise the workshop will be out of business. Therefore, I have to come with an ox cart today, otherwise I won't be able to move things back with such a heavy weight.

When Li Chen delivered the goods, the topic of the Jia family's father and son continued, "Master, I don't understand what you're worried about, how can you sell at a loss." ’

A coal furnace runs three times, and the iron material alone costs 800 Wen. Coupled with the cost of labor, it is always very reasonable. It can be sold for three times, because no one has imitated this thing yet, and Jia Xing believes that it will be soon. But even so, he made enough money in the front, and it was not impossible to lower the price with others in the back, but in any case, he didn't believe that he would lose money.

'What if people get enough iron at a time?' Jia Lao asked, "Master, are you saying that they rely on a lot of iron at a time, and then get a low price?" Jia Xing was surprised and asked, "Whoever does this, the iron will rust." You're saying that man, fool, is just a waste of money. ’

'Stupid, wouldn't I know this?' People just have a way. Jia Lao was angry that his son was not enlightened.

Li Chen's use is not a complicated way, it is just an assembly line. Every traverser understands it. A finished product is broken down into several parts, then built separately, and finally assembled. Actually, there is nothing difficult about this thing. That's it, to put it bluntly.

The difficulty lies in the fact that since it is built separately, the size must be exactly the same, at least not too much, otherwise it will be a waste product at all, and it will not be a bunch of parts, just garbage to be recycled.

'How did Childe come up with it?' For Li Chen's thoughts, Jia Laowan was subdued. It is very difficult for a person who has no foundation to learn to strike iron in a month. But if you concentrate on only one part of the month. If he does it for six hours a day, or even seven hours, and only hits the same item, he can't learn it again, and he has to be responsible as a master.

Jia Lao was just curious now, how did Li Chen come up with it, he had never heard of this method before. And Yangzhou, he believes that the best craftsmanship in the world has ten craftsmen, Yangzhou does not account for half, there are four. But even so, he had never heard the craftsman mention it.

I didn't come up with this method. Li Chen proudly began to show off, "It is said that during the Warring States Period, the Qin State relied on this method to produce Qin crossbows in large quantities. ’

In modern times, when talking about assembly lines, you probably think of Ford. Ford DeFord Vehicles has adopted an assembly line approach to reduce costs and increase production.

In fact, the assembly line appeared in the slaughterhouse much earlier, and those slaughtered pigs and cattle were hung on iron hooks, and one process after another.

It's just that that's the United States. It is rumored that China used this method as early as the Warring States Period, because the Qin law was strict, so as to achieve the unity of weights and measures, and the unity of weights and measures was the key to the assembly line. It's just that this method has been annihilated in the long river of history since the death of Qin.

'Pipeline.... Can't we imitate? After listening to Jia Lao's description of the assembly line, Jia Xing also realized that the situation was serious, and it was a foul to build like this. And Jia Lao didn't answer Jia Xingde's question, just in a daze. Jia Xing knew what his father meant, and he couldn't help it.

Jia Xing suddenly realized that there was a more serious problem, if he couldn't imitate the way of the assembly line, and when this method was learned by others in the future, those small workshops would have no way to survive at all.

Yangzhou also has a large workshop, but it is not like Li Chen, who only builds a coal furnace, but has everything, known as a hundred craftsmen to make a large workshop. There is also a simple car workshop, but it is not in Yangzhou, in Chang'an. It is said that the scale is not small.

The workshop that is made of 100 crafts is quite famous in Yangzhou and sells a lot of things. But this is not worth worrying, they have a lot of craftsmen, but they also have a lot of baggage. It is not possible to consider a single assembly line to produce a product in large quantities.

The car workshop is known as the division of labor and cooperation of craftsmen in the workshop, and the price of pieces is discussed. It's a bit of an assembly line, but it's not enough, and the subdivision is not enough.

I've thought about that, too. It's just that it takes a lot of money..., and you can consider it later. Jia Lao strooped his chin and bearded and said, "The old man relied on the old man to sell the old, and once asked Li Jun, as soon as this method came out, the small workshop had no way to live." ’

'Small workshops can consider boutique routes, this is your strength. Large workshops have the benefits of large workshops, and small workshops also have the advantages of small workshops. Small workshops can consider the boutique route, since it is slow, I will work slowly.

The advantages of handwork are also gained, take supercars as an example, in the twentieth century, there are still many supercars produced by hand. Do you have to build it by hand and mechanically? The mirror surface of the Harber Space Telescope is made in Japan, and it is slowly sharpened little by little by the master to achieve the precision that cannot be achieved by grinding out the most cutting-edge machines.

However, there are also limitations to manual work. Those manufacturers who rely on manual production of supercars have hardly survived the 21st century. Before the end of the century, all were bought out of bankruptcy. Because of the economic downturn, manual production is slow and expensive, and it really can't resist the impact of low-cost sports cars.

However, this kind of problem did not exist in the Tang Dynasty. No matter how rebellious the assembly line is, it is not as powerful as mechanical production. And since such a one-stop operation is adopted, of course, the advantage is that people can be replaced at any time, and everyone is a screw, so that they will not be able to turn without someone.

The downside is obvious, it's hard to train people to be veterans, and that takes time. Therefore, the handicraft workshop is still very promising to take the high-priced route.

I can only work on my craft. Jia Lao said, "We can't compete with them, there are many people in other families, and we can only work our craft." ’

'Craft? He was confident in his craft, and when he was a child, he grabbed a hammer, and when he was four years old, he could afford to catch a hammer, so he followed his father to learn. He is confident in this technology, but how to work on the craft? Aren't all the same stoves?

When the father and son of the Jia family were talking, Li Chen delivered the goods, bought iron and returned to the workshop. It doesn't seem like there's anything going on, but it's almost time coming. It took a lot of time to load and unload.

After lunch, Li Chen then took some people and drove the ox cart to the outside of the city. Towards Yang Zide's southern city. (To be continued.) )