Chapter 202: The Old Craftsman
Chapter 202
Qin Yu went straight to the craftsman workshop in the city, met pedestrians along the way, and greeted them warmly.
After the people in the city saw Qin Yu, there was no other place like that, like a mouse seeing a cat.
On the contrary, the people of Cangxian County were very enthusiastic about Qin Yu, and even ignored Her Royal Highness Li Yue, the princess.
When Li Yue saw this, she was also angry, very unhappy.
"This stinky guy is really popular." Li Yue pouted.
Li Yue said with a smile on the side: "Because he regards the people as a family, the people naturally regard him as a family." ”
Li Yue pursed her lips, but she didn't feel uncomfortable in her heart, but she felt a little surprised.
After all, none of the officials Li Yue had seen were full of official authority, and when the people saw it, they were all frightened away from the official authority.
Like Qin Yu, Li Yue saw it for the first time.
In fact, it's not like this in the past few days, it's just that Li Yue didn't go out much before, so I don't know.
The three of them came all the way to the craftsman's workshop, and Qin Yu summoned the people in the craftsman's workshop.
"Come on, come on, let's put down the things in hand first." Qin Yu shouted to everyone.
There are actually not many people in the craftsman's workshop, only a dozen people.
This is mainly due to the fact that most of them have been transferred to the arsenal of weapons manufacturing, and the dozen or so people left behind are relatively old.
"My lord, what do you command?" An old craftsman asked.
These old craftsmen usually have no tasks, so they do some small things they like, and they are usually idle and yawning.
Qin Yu took out a few drawings, "Let's take a look at the things on these drawings, and then build them." ”
An old craftsman looked at the drawings and saw that the drawings were a pair of plows, and they were zigzag plows.
"Is this a plow?" The old craftsman looked at the Quyuan plough suspiciously.
"Compared with the current plow, the curved plow is more labor-saving, and even if you don't use oxen, manpower can pull it." Qin Yu explained.
A few old craftsmen's eyes suddenly lit up, and manpower could be pulled, which meant that more land could be cultivated and more food could be grown.
An old craftsman looked at the drawings in his hand with a puzzled expression.
"My lord, what is this?"
Four wheels are drawn on the drawing, and in the center of the front wheels, which are connected together, a gear is drawn, and a wire is connected to the gear.
The old craftsman couldn't understand it at all, so he had to ask Qin Yu.
Qin Yu explained: "The current two-wheeled carriage can pull too little cargo, and it is also unstable, this is the drawing of the four-wheeled carriage. ”
"Drawings of a horse-drawn carriage?" The old craftsman was stunned, isn't this just four wheels? It's a carriage there.
An old craftsman said, "My lord, the main reason why this carriage uses two wheels instead of four wheels is that the four wheels are not easy to turn, or even impossible to turn. ”
"This problem is easy to solve." Qin Yu pointed to the drawings and explained to a few people.
"The gears of the front wheels are connected to a steering rod, and when steering, the steering rod is tossed by manpower, and the front wheels can be steered."
Several of the old craftsmen were experienced, and they immediately understood.
When going straight, the four wheels are a whole.
But when turning, the front wheels rely on human power to steer independently, and the rear wheels follow suit.
"Good way! Good way! Why didn't anyone think about it! Several people were very excited.
"My lord, you are really amazing, you can solve a hundred-year-old problem so easily!" Several people looked at Qin Yu with great excitement.
Qin Yu was a little hairy by a few people, and hurriedly said, "Let's take a look at the other drawings first, there is no problem." ”
"Okay, let's take a look." Only then did the craftsmen look at the other drawings.
In fact, Qin Yu's drawing skills are not very good, so I haven't heard of the questions of several people, and the most important thing is to see what it is.
Seeing Qin Yu being surrounded by a few old craftsmen, making a loud noise for a while, screaming loudly for a while, and laughing loudly for a while, Li Yue and Zhao Ling'er were curious.
"What's wrong with them?" Li Yue asked suspiciously.
However, when he turned his head, he found that Zhao Ling'er had gone to fiddle with the things made by those old craftsmen.
Those old craftsmen made a lot of small things out of boredom, some of them were for children to play with, and some were boring objects to pass the time.
Of course, there are also some practical things, and there are also small wooden weapons that look like small bows and crossbows.
The two girls played with these things, and the more they played, the more interested they became, and in the end they both ignored the situation on Qin Yu's side.
Qin Yu didn't have time to take care of the two, but discussed with a few old craftsmen.
Qin Yu made a lot of things, including a curved plow, a cylinder car, a textile machine, and so on.
Of course, Qin Yu is not omnipotent, some drawings are just concepts, and the details need to be studied and supplemented by these old craftsmen.
"A few people, my ability is limited, some things, I need a few people to improve." Qin Yu bowed to several old craftsmen.
The old craftsmen hurriedly returned the salute, "Your Excellency is polite, your talent, far better than us, since your Excellency has handed these over to us, we will definitely go all out!" ”
Qin Yu nodded and said, "Everyone, these things are all related to our future development, so we must complete mass production as soon as possible." ”
When several old craftsmen heard this, they looked at each other with a look of embarrassment.
"My lord, now it's just us old guys here, I'm afraid it's a little difficult to mass-produce." An old craftsman said.
Qin Yu nodded and said, "It's really a little less now, but now that the war is basically over, a group of people will be transferred back to help you." ”
"Also, you can also recruit some people, and as for the money, it will be transferred directly from the treasury."
"My lord, with your words, we are more confident!" The old craftsmen laughed.
Qin Yu continued: "I have another requirement, that is, to achieve standardization and assembly line manufacturing. ”
Earlier, Qin Yu had explained in these workshops what was standardized and what was called an assembly line, so several old craftsmen also understood.
"Don't worry, my lord, we have all been to the iron-smelting workshop and know how to do it." An old craftsman said hurriedly.
"What is standardization and streamlining?" At this time, Li Yue suddenly asked.
An old craftsman immediately explained: "It's the same thing, all the parts are all the same standard, so if it is damaged, the parts can be universal." ”
"This assembly line is like flowing water, one person does a part and quickly passes it on, which can improve the speed of manufacturing."
When Li Yue heard this explanation, she also remembered what Cheng He told her at that time.
What he saw at that time should be this standardization and assembly line.
Thinking of Cheng He, I don't know how Cheng He is, he hasn't come back yet, it seems that he won't come back.
Qin Yu saw that the two girls had nothing to do, so he called the two girls over to work with a few old craftsmen like himself.
Several old craftsmen were sincerely afraid, but at Qin Yu's insistence, several old craftsmen could only accept it.
However, after only two hits, Zhao Linger made an excuse to go to the Chamber of Commerce, and then slipped away.
Li Yue also said that she wanted to go to the Chamber of Commerce to have a look, and then slipped away with Zhao Ling'er.
Qin Yu smiled helplessly, but did not stop him.
An old craftsman smiled and said, "My lord, you are blessed! ”
Qin Yu smiled and just silently made a move.