After hearing the good news from the Storm Wagon Factory, Duke ended his work at the Storm Military Academy and went to the Storm Wagon Factory as soon as possible. ◢ with * dream ◢ small *.lā

In fact, compared with the real industrial assembly line of later generations, the wooden equipment of the horse-drawn carriage is relatively much simpler. After all, things such as rollers, leaf springs, and so on are made in the hydraulic factory, and the storm carriage factory only needs to make wooden frames and then assemble them, so the speed is relatively much faster.

At the same time, when Duke was making the wagon interview trees, he also ordered the workers and soldiers to cut down a large number of tall trees in the Saint-Michel Mountains to reserve fine timber for the future storm shipbuilding industry. After all, the sea water is not as good as on land, as long as the wooden moisture is not thoroughly dried, then even if it is built, the ship is estimated to disintegrate within a few months of launching.

Although Storm Castle does not have the strength to build a shipyard at present, this kind of thing will definitely be built in the future, so take this opportunity to stock up on some tall trees as soon as possible.

When he came to the Storm Castle Carriage Factory, the factory director Martin came to receive Duke as soon as possible, and from the excited expression on his face, it can be seen that the mass production of the Storm Carriage was also very happy as the factory director.

You must know that Martin was just a blacksmith before, but with the construction of the Storm Carriage, his status has skyrocketed, and he has almost become a core member of the Storm Construction Corps. Therefore, Martin especially wants to prove himself, and he is also very concerned about the construction of the Storm Carriage.

"My lord, after more than a month of construction, the Storm Carriage Factory has been put into operation smoothly, and we have followed your orders, so the parts are all produced in the division of labor, and then assembled on the conveyor belt, this speed and efficiency have increased many times compared to before. It used to take us about a month to build a carriage as a craftsman, but now we can assemble it in an hour. ”

After Martin finished speaking, he also took Zhang Nan to visit the assembly line they built, which is different from the mechanical arm assembly line that built cars in later generations, and the assembly line here is purely manual assembly. Even the conveyor belt below is pulled by animal power, which is completely an assembly line with medieval characteristics.

But even so, this efficiency is hundreds of times more efficient than the previous kind of hammering by a craftsman. This is still the trial operation stage, which can produce 24 carriages a day, and if the follow-up skilled workers are skilled and the procedures are streamlined, Duke believes that there will be no problem with 50 carriages a day.

Although this all-day efficiency is still not comparable with the automobile manufacturing industry in later generations, it is already the speed of the sky in this world, and the cost will be doubled under the assembly line operation. According to Martin's estimates, the cost of a four-wheeled carriage with a steering axle was about 100 gold coins, and now the cost of a carriage can eventually be reduced to 10 gold coins, which is a few thousand yuan in later generations in terms of purchasing power.

It can be said that this price has basically reached the stage where the common people can consume, and they no longer need to use any old two-wheeled vehicles. You must know that the four-wheeled carriage with the steering axle, whether in terms of comfort or load-bearing, is far more than the two-wheeled cart, and with the mass production of the roller, the overall maintenance cost in the later stage is also lower.

Duke came to the side of the first mass-produced Storm Carriage, although he had seen the Storm Carriage fifty times, but at this moment Duke still had an unconcealed excitement in his heart.

"Martin, the storm carriages that will be mass-produced in the future will be called the Storm No. 1 carriage, and if there is a facelift or other new carriage in the future, it will be given a different number. ”

"Yes, my lord. ”

Just like the Ford Model T that Ford built on the assembly line, Duke named the Storm Wagon produced by Storm Fort the Storm One. The appearance of this carriage will also be a cross-generational event, and Duke can imagine that in the future history books, the content that introduced the Ford Model T will be used in the future for the Storm Model 1.

"Lord Lord, the current cost price of this carriage is about twenty gold coins, in the future, with the proficiency of skilled workers and the maturity of the supply chain, I believe that the cost of accelerated production will be about ten gold coins, I don't know what price we set if it is sold to the outside world?"

Martin asked at this time, after all, the current financial situation of the storm, even if they don't belong to the financial department, probably still know a little. You must know that the other lords of Storm Castle for hundreds of years have never built Storm Castle on a large scale, and the current things are all the foundation laid by Henry III in the heyday of the French Empire.

So now that the storm carriage can be mass-produced, it will be introduced to the market as soon as possible. After all, the dispatch of the Storm Merchant Convoy during this period of time has made many merchants and lords pay attention to this new type of carriage, and they are all asking when Storm Castle will be able to sell.

It is conceivable that with the scale of one billion people on the Europa continent, there is a market of at least 100 million for the storm carriage, and because of the existence of high-tech components such as ball bearings, there is no other monopoly sales, how much profit will it bring!

For this pricing issue, in fact, Duke has already considered it, after all, he has been thinking about the way to make money for a long time, and the monopoly commodity of the storm carriage is naturally in a priority position.

"At present, the price of the four-wheeled carriage on the Europa continent is about one hundred gold coins, and the price of the first type of storm carriage is two hundred gold coins, after all, the bearing weight of our carriage is almost three times the scale of other carriages, and the price of only twice is very reasonable, not to mention the comfort and later cost. ”

"Of course, this kind of expensive price must not be affordable for many people at the bottom, Martin, you can try to simplify and reduce the size, and even come out with a two-wheeled version of the storm carriage, and finally launch a carriage with a price of 50 gold coins to 100 gold coins, so as to form a high and low match. ”

"I see, my lord. ”

Martin nodded, it seems that the lord has a great appetite and ambition, and is ready to wipe out the entire Europa continent market.

As for what Martin was thinking in his heart, Duke would definitely admit it if he knew, of course, he would have formed a monopoly in the early stage, and only in this way would he completely occupy the market.

Because although the ball bearing is very high-tech, it mainly hits the smelting foundation. This kind of thing is actually not difficult to chase, and if other empires are ruthless, it is not difficult to create it. Especially the Holy See, Duke understood that they would not allow a single family to dominate.