In the sixth year of Chongzhen, at the end of February.

Harbour City, Light Industrial Zone, No.1 Bicycle Production Plant.

On this day, Xu Yuan brought a number of high-level personnel to inspect and attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the first batch of 100 Golden Dragon bicycles off the assembly line.

Xu Yuan attaches great importance to this bicycle factory, from the beginning of the site selection and construction of the plant, he is very concerned about the construction progress of the factory, the training progress of workers, the research progress of the research and development team, and has invested nearly 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

His main purpose was to realize the localized production of bicycles in the late Ming Dynasty.

Including the localization of R&D talents, the localization of skilled workers, and the localization of most of the raw materials.

In the end, we will produce bicycles that are almost not dependent on modern society, not to mention achieving 100% local independent production, but also greatly reducing the degree of dependence.

So after more than a year of hard work, the bicycle named Jinlong brand has also been successfully mass-produced, and Xu Yuan's initial goal has been achieved.

In a spacious factory building.

On the assembly line, semi-finished bicycles.

Zeng Xiaoping, the director of the factory, personally introduced Xu Yuan:

"Owner, there are more than 300 parts that make up a bicycle, large and small, but we have simplified the design and successfully reduced the number to 153 after removing some parts without having much impact on the bicycle's use function."

"In terms of raw materials, we also try to find localized alternatives, and cooperate with steelmakers to tackle key problems, and smelt manganese steel and elastic yellow steel with performance standards."

"Reuse cutting machine tools, punching machines, drilling machines, wire drawing machines, laser processing machines and other advanced equipment to process all kinds of parts needed."

"So far, among the 153 parts that make up the Golden Dragon brand bicycle, the manganese steel frame has been independently produced, the 28-inch wheels have been self-produced, and 150 parts, such as spokes, brake pads, bells, gear discs, pedals, fenders, and yellow cushions, have been successfully produced independently!"

"Only ball bearings, chains, rubber tires, these three parts, for the time being, can not achieve self-production, but as long as we are given time, and after solving the problem of raw material supply of rubber, we will be able to capture these three core parts and create a 100% autonomous bicycle!"

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Zeng Xiaoping said confidently.

Xu Yuan was taken aback.

Of the 153 parts, 150 can be produced independently, and the independent productivity has reached 98% in terms of the number of parts.

That's pretty good, quite good, far beyond what was expected.

The remaining ball bearings, chains, rubber tires, the three core parts, in the modern society of the purchase price is not expensive, the next volume of orders is cheaper, he does not need to spend much money, can buy hundreds of thousands, millions of pieces, occupy a warehouse space is not large.

"Enough is enough, these three core parts, you don't have to rush to tackle key problems for the time being, I will provide you with a large number of them, the focus of your next work is to find a way to increase the production capacity of Jinlong brand bicycles, the larger the output of the assembly line, the better, and don't worry about not selling, no matter how you produce 100,000 or 1 million a year, all of them can be sold, just start the production at full horsepower."

Xu Yuan waved his hand and said with pride.

"Owner, there are currently several supporting parts factory production capacity is limited, parts qualification rate is not very high, I estimate, the current production capacity is only about 500 vehicles per week, the later will increase to 1,000 vehicles, but in order to continue to improve, it is somewhat difficult, must purchase some machine tools."

Zeng Xiaoping smiled bitterly.

1,000 units are produced per week.

Then the annual output is 50,000 vehicles, compared with the population base and consumption capacity of about 200 million in the Ming Dynasty, this production capacity is completely sufficient for the time being.

"What about the cost, what is the approximate production cost of manufacturing such a Jinlong brand bicycle?"

Looking at a shiny and assembled Jinlong brand bicycle, Xu Yuan asked again.

"In addition to the three core parts, the cost of building such a bicycle in all aspects adds up to about 50 silver dollars, and when the production capacity is improved and the efficiency is improved, the cost can be reduced to about 30 silver dollars." An engineer next to Zeng Xiaoping, the factory director, replied.

"It's okay, it's okay to control the cost."

Xu Yuan nodded, even if the production cost is calculated according to 50 silver dollars, and the purchase of a set of ball bearings + chain + rubber tires from modern society is only about 100 yuan at most, that is, the actual production cost is 50 silver dollars + 100RMB, compared to the price of 600 to 1000 yuan / vehicle, directly from the modern society to buy the whole vehicle, in fact, the cost has not been reduced, and even the monetary cost paid is higher, but 98% of the parts autonomy rate, I don't know how much trouble he has been saved.

At least for Xu Yuan, this result made him very happy and satisfied.

This also proves that the wisdom of the ancients, especially the Chinese ancestors, will never be much weaker than the modern people, because only excellent genes will be handed down, and the modern Chinese people can do it, and the ancient Chinese people will definitely be able to do it! The workers and engineers in the bicycle factory in front of you are a great proof of this.

And the local production of bicycles is basically realized.

Plus the biodiesel plant in front.

and a synthetic nitrogen fertilizer plant that will start trial production next.

The number of projects that have successfully achieved autonomy or are about to achieve autonomy has increased to three, which is equivalent to the landing of three big stones in my heart.

Of course, there are still many problems in front of Xu Yuan, and there are far more than these three that need to be produced independently, but biodiesel represents energy; Bicycles represent the flow of people, goods and goods, and the vitality of the economy; Fertilizers, on the other hand, represent stable and high-yielding grains.

Even in modern society, the three major blocks of energy, logistics, and food are the foundation of the foundation, and it doesn't matter if there are problems in other fields, if there are problems in these three areas, even if a highly modern country will quickly collapse and fall into a state of hell on earth.

On the contrary, as long as we can ensure that there are no problems with the three major blocks of energy, logistics, and food, even if the country is blocked by the whole world, there will be no major internal chaos, because as long as you can eat and drink enough, plus a small amount of entertainment, it is enough, in the face of survival problems, high-end chips are not important, computer games are not important, you can't eat foreign fast food, you can't buy Western luxury goods, and it won't affect the survival of normal people, so you don't have to worry about what chip wars, science and technology wars, etc.

Far from it.

As long as the three cornerstones of energy, logistics, and food are stable, Xu Yuan will be able to calm down a lot, even if the pace of development is slower, there is no big problem, and there is no need to be in a state of urgency and excessive busyness, and even have time to enjoy life.

Shook his head.

Get rid of the jumble of thoughts in your head.

The gaze fell back to the Golden Dragon bicycle in front of him, which was quite similar to the 28 bars, and was a little silly and clumsy (but there was no horizontal bar in the middle).

"By the way, what is the quality of our Golden Dragon bicycle and how is the load?" Thinking of a question, Xu Yuan suddenly asked a young worker in front of him.

"Zhuang, the owner, this, this car quality, quality is very good......" The young worker was startled, the most respected owner of the village, actually asked him a question in person, he immediately excited his face red, stammered, and his head was confused.

"Don't be anxious, don't be afraid, answer slowly, I'm not a tiger, don't be so nervous." Xu Yuan smiled and said comfortingly.

The young worker's face was even redder, but his speech was obviously a lot sharper: "Lord Zhuang, the quality of our bicycle is very good, the main frame is not broken keel, so it is called the Golden Dragon brand, the load is loaded, the front of the car can sit one person, the middle slash can squat one person, the back seat can sit one person, plus the cyclist, up to four people, the cargo can carry up to more than 300 pounds, will not bend the wheel hub ......"

"Yes, young man, what's your name, and how old are you?" Xu Yuan asked about the worker's personal situation.

"Back to the owner, my name is Chen Jiannan, and I am eighteen years old this year."

"Are you still used to this job, can you afford it?"

"Yes! This job is not tired, I don't have to be outside to dry, I can touch the bicycle every day, I like this job, and I earn a lot, 18 silver dollars a month, knowing that I work in a bicycle factory, the neighbors are envious, and there are many matchmakers who come to me to tell me that my daughter-in-law is also a lot, but I don't want to get married too early, but I can annoy these matchmakers......" Chen Jiannan's eyebrows fluttered and talked about his situation and troubles, which attracted a kind laugh.

"Oh, do you have a dream, tell me about your dream." Xu Yuan asked kindly.

"Yes, my first dream is to save money to buy a Jinlong brand bicycle that I assembled myself, the second dream is to learn how to build a better bicycle, and the third dream is to build a car with more wheels, which can not only hold a lot of goods, but also a lot of people, and run very fast, just like those excavators and harvesters!"

Chen Jiannan, a young worker, completely let go and spoke out loud about his dreams.

"Okay, ambitious, ambitious! These dreams of yours will definitely come true. Xu Yuan gave a thumbs up.

"Hahahaha~"

Zeng Xiaoping, the director of the factory, also laughed, and the factories were suddenly filled with a happy and relaxed atmosphere.

This happy scene was not only filmed and recorded by reporters on the side, but also played to the more than 2 million residents of Xujiazhuang at 7 p.m. in the form of a news broadcast through radio receiving devices and loudspeakers set up in hundreds of collective estates, and became a regular listening program every day after dinner and before going to bed.