Small Landlords of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 103 132. Industrial Revolution
Ma Jun: "Assembly line?"

Ma even didn't understand this novel word, but he could see the effect. He hadn't discovered before that it turns out that production can also be done in this way.

Wang Hao: "According to the production of this assembly line, does Ma Dajiang think it is possible to put together a catapult?"

Wang Hao looked at the thoughtful Ma Jun and asked, this change was hard for Ma Jun to accept for a while, he never thought that the original production could also take a shortcut and produce in this way.

Ma Jun: "There is no problem with the catapult. If you add a few hundred people to enter, I believe that a thousand catapults can be made by the end of the month, but the Yuanrong crossbow and the quick arrow..."

Wang Hao: "This can also be done through an assembly line, or through bidding and contracting."

Ma Jun: "Invite...tenders...contract, what's the explanation?"

When it comes to assembly line production, Ma Jun has seen it in his eyes these days, and he can barely understand it, but Ma Jun is at a loss for the two terms bidding and contracting.

Wang Hao: "What is the reason why Ma Dajiang thinks that the Yuanrong crossbow is the most difficult to make?"

If anyone else asked this question, Ma Jun would definitely keep silent. But when Wang Hao asked him, he had to say that there are not many parts to the Yuanrong crossbow, but many accessories need to be carefully prepared, and some require special training before they can be installed. .

It is precisely because the production process of the Yuanrong crossbow is very complicated, so this kind of crossbow was lost after the Three Kingdoms. Later, all dynasties wanted to make it again, but failed because there were no blueprints.

Wang Hao: "Since only certain accessories need to be made by ourselves, how about leaving the rest to others?
For example, arrow shafts are fine for ordinary people to make. As long as certain specifications are stipulated and recycled, many people can make them. Even the recycling and specifications can be handed over to merchants. We are responsible for giving gold and silver. , Doing one is called contracting! "

Hearing Wang Hao's words, Ma Jun's eyes widened. He never thought of this method. In the past, a group of masters and apprentices made the Yuan Rong crossbow arrows together. A lot of time was wasted here. Making quiver is much easier.

Ma Jun: "There is no problem in branching out to do it. It is impossible for others to decipher the production method of Yuan Rong's crossbow from Swift Arrow. However, Swift Arrow requires very strict standards. If the arrow shafts sent by those contracting companies do not meet the requirements, then the arrow shafts sent by the contracted companies will not meet the requirements." It is very troublesome when loading the arrow box!"

Wang Hao: "That's why there is a bidding process. We don't need to distribute it directly to the people. We just need to distribute it to more than a dozen companies, and more than a dozen companies only use arrow shafts from three companies."

Ma Jun: "That's why, isn't the more shafts the better?"

Wang Hao: "This is the brilliance of bidding. We use their arrow shafts with lower prices and better quality arrow shafts, so that when there are competitors, they will carefully help us select arrow shafts! "

Ma Jun: "My lord, what a great plan! In this way, the difficult production of the Yuanrong crossbow will be solved, and the output will gradually increase. As long as the apprentices in the workshop can learn how to install it, it is not impossible for the three armies to be equipped with Yuanrong crossbows in the future."

Hearing Wang Hao's explanation, Ma Jun suddenly realized that things that usually seem so complicated can become so simple. In the future, the output of ordnance in the workshop can basically be doubled, and the investment will be less than before, and it can save money. A large number of manpower and material resources.

In the past, Ma Jun often heard many novel objects from Wang Hao, but he had no time to research and develop them. Now it seems that he can put down his shoulders and develop some new objects properly.

Ma Jun: "Since my lord has said it so clearly, I must have my own ideas in my heart. I don't know how you plan to arrange the old man and others?"

Ma Jun knows that once the assembly line is implemented, they, the veterans, will give way. After all, when the time comes for mass production, only a few links will need them.

Let them put down their work and join the high-level management of the workshop. They think they don't have the ability yet, but the workshop cannot do without them. Ma Jun is not worried about his position being replaced, but because he doesn't know how What to do in the future.

Wang Hao: "Zhang Ren has a younger brother. After this time, I will let him come over to take over the supervisor of the workshop. In name, he is the person in charge here, but the status of you and the craftsmen is definitely not inferior to him, and you don't have to be affected by it." His ribs.

I will start to know the department called the Research Office, with Ma Dajiang as the head, and develop new equipment and objects together. You veterans do not need to be responsible to Zhang Yi. If you need anything, you can send me a message.

As for the mass production in the workshop, just leave it to Zhang Yi. After all, he is quite good at this. You can check it out as a supervisor. If there is anything wrong, Zhang Yi can be responsible for improving it.

Let Zhang Ren be in charge of the bidding. Some accessories for arrow shafts and crossbows can be contracted out. The people only want to earn gold and silver to support their families. No one will give up such a good job. More talented…”

Wang Hao briefly talked about some plans for the future. Ma Jun thinks this is okay. They don’t need a lot of official positions, and they just need to be free from restrictions during research. It's much easier than teaching apprentices one by one.

Wang Hao stayed in the ordnance workshop in Jiangxia for seven days. Zhang Yi was demoted back because of the Yuzhang incident. Unexpectedly, Wang Hao promoted him again a few days later and made him the maker of the ordnance workshop.

Although this official position is a few ranks lower than Yuzhang prefect, but the meaning is different. This military workshop is one of Wang Hao's trump cards, and being able to be the master of this workshop shows that Wang Hao thinks highly of him.

Wang Hao was in the workshop before and saw the car made by Ma Jun. Wang Hao originally wanted to call it a train, but now he has not even made a model, and Wang Hao has nothing to give advice, but seeing Ma Jun and others, I believe A model version will appear shortly.

There are also farming tools. In the past, hoes were relied on, and water conservancy was only waterwheels. Wang Hao drew a few rough drawings for Ma Jun, and agricultural tools such as shovels, tortures, iron plows, and sickles should also appear.

Since the pre-Qin period, iron wares began to replace bronze wares. Nowadays, bronze wares are no longer seen on the battlefield, and all weapons are replaced by iron wares, but the output is obviously not high.

Because the weapons and armors of this period can really be used to create the word, every weapon has to go through thousands of tempers.

It's not that the weapons that have been tempered and honed are not high, but that it requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and the output value is only so small. Wang Hao has a solution, and it is also because the assembly line this time is more than he remembered.

That is film injection manufacturing, such as crossbow arrowheads. A blacksmith cannot make a hundred arrowheads in one day. If it is replaced by film injection, each time the film is injected with red iron juice, tens of thousands of arrows can be injected at one time. The blacksmith only needs a little time. With some practice, it is not a problem to create thousands of arrowheads in a day.

Carriage saddles, war knives, long swords, and many simple iron instruments can all be made with film injection, and can be easily made with appropriate tempering. This not only saves a lot of manpower and material resources, but also improves the production of blacksmiths. Yield.

Ma Jun has discussed this with the blacksmith and believes that it is absolutely feasible. As for how to actually implement it, Wang Hao has no involvement and leaves everything to the professional and technical personnel.

(End of this chapter)