Division of labor? Standardize the process?

Raphael and the others frowned at the two terms mentioned by Lynn, who could barely understand what they were trying to say, but couldn't figure out why it allowed the three of them to make a musket in a month.

Without magic, the butt and barrel are more than that.

"Lydia, how long would it take if I asked you to teach an ordinary craftsman all the techniques of making a musket?" Lynn asked.

"Maybe seven or eight days? No, at least half a month! Lydia said hesitantly, if you want to teach the other party, you have to take it with you and familiarize yourself with the process.

Even so, the other party may not be able to learn quickly and make it independently.

After all, not everyone can look at the drawings like her, and they can reproduce them the first time they are made.

Thinking of this, Lydia straightened her chest with pride.

"What if I only need him to learn how to make a scythe or a trigger?" Lynn asked with a smile.

"Two or three hours at most!" Lydia hesitated, these two things are not difficult to make, and even a stupid craftsman should learn it in three hours.

"Then why don't we just take apart the various parts of the musket, find a group of people to make the barrel, a group of people to concentrate on making the butts, and then a group of people to make the parts, and finally put them together, isn't it simple and easy?"

As Lydia said earlier, it takes at least half a month to teach a person how to make an entire musket, but it only takes a few hours for them to learn how to make one of the parts, which greatly reduces the difficulty of training a qualified craftsman.

This is also the concept of modern industry, which divides the work into a number of steps, and a part of the people complete one of the steps alone, the more detailed the division of labor, the higher the level of specialization.

Using this method, a group of skilled workers can be trained in a very short time, because they only need to do one thing a day, and practice makes perfect.

Can it be like this?

Lydia froze, always feeling that something was wrong, but she couldn't say it.

"Wait, Dean Lynn, what if we separate the production process and what if the things we make don't fit together?" Philip couldn't help but ask.

You know, there are thousands of craftsmen, and if they make different things, wouldn't it make a mess of things, for example, this person makes a larger barrel, and that person makes a smaller fire sickle......

Don't look at the slightest gap, even if it is forcibly spliced on the musket, it may face the risk of exploding.

"That's why we need to standardize and establish relevant standards!" Lynn spoke again. "For example, a barrel, we specify its length and diameter, and then determine that there are many errors, and only those that meet this standard are the finished products, so that anyone who makes a barrel can be mounted on the musket, and the same is true for other parts."

Although it was a bit troublesome at first, the benefits were obvious, even if a part of the musket was broken, the material could be directly replaced, and each worker would only know the process he made, so as to avoid the production method from being circulated.

Under Lynn's explanation, Philip and the others suddenly realized the advantages of the division of labor and the establishment of relevant standards, and wondered if this method could be extended to other places, such as the production of some alchemy items.

"Orlando, let the Magic Daily publish two pieces of news tomorrow, first, Iyeta is going to build a flintlock workshop and recruit fifteen hundred workers, and second, I am going to build a musket team, and the goal is set at three thousand." Lynn handed the musket back to Lydia and spoke to Orlando beside her.

Now that the flintlock pistol has been successfully built, it is time to consider the creation of the first musket team.

"But, Lord Lynn, if you need to recruit another four thousand five hundred, what about this year's farming and fishing?" Orlando said hesitantly, adding the glass, paper and textile workshops before, this is already tens of thousands of people.

The entire seaport of Iyeta adds up to just over 50,000 people, which means that one in five people will be removed from the original production tasks.

Not to mention that this is only a preliminary plan, according to this trend, Orlando has no doubt that in a few months, the whole city will have to work for this lord of the city.

"So during this time, you have to work harder, using internal combustion engine technology, and researching several alchemy instruments that can automatically cultivate, sow and harvest, so that even if most people are out of the land, it will not affect the production of food." Lynn said confidently that he had naturally planned this for a long time.

"Huh?" Orlando was dumbfounded.

Philip and the others also looked at Lynn with strange expressions.

The alchemical combustion engine is a treasure of magic, and you use it to cultivate the land?

And if there are alchemical instruments that can automatically cultivate, sow seeds, and harvest, then what else do the poor do, I am afraid that this is not a dream......

……

In the evening, in the village not far from the king of Hadlata, an invisible airship landed silently in a manor.

This is one of the strongholds set up by William outside the royal capital in order to facilitate the hoarding and transportation of goods.

After settling Lauder and the others and telling them not to run around, Cody only took a few henchmen and rode into the city alone in a carriage, and was soon received.

William, who looked short and stocky, was sitting in the wide chair in the secret room, his whole face was a little distorted, and his eyes were together.

"What's going on, Cody? You'd better not tell me if something went wrong with this year's trade......"

William was well aware of the time to leave and return to port, normally it would take at least forty days to complete a sea crossing, and now only half a month later, Cody was back, which made him have some bad guesses.

"My lord, this year's trade has been very smooth, and we have brought a new shipment from Iyeta, a thing called glass and paper." Cody said excitedly, and then as if he remembered something, he hurriedly added.

"By the way, my lord, the seaport of Iyeta is now headed by an extremely young wizard, and it is said that Master Helram has died while dealing with a civil strife."

"What do you say? Hellam is dead......" William's expression changed, and the whole person stood up directly from his seat, and the fat around his body shook continuously, bringing an indescribable sense of oppression.

(End of chapter)