Jintai Blacksmithing Workshop recently recruited hundreds of new craftsmen and purchased a new piece of land in the workshop city to expand the area of ​​the workshop.

Mrs. Jin also made this decision after careful consideration.

When Ah Niu mentioned making gears to him, he was immediately interested.

Of course, since you have decided to try making gears, you must first think about who to sell these gears to.

Jin Tai has always had a close relationship with Wang Fugui. If she wanted to expand the scale of her workshop, she would naturally ask Wang Fugui for his opinion.

It happened that Wang Fugui also knew that the watch workshop was undergoing assembly line renovation and was worried about increasing production.

One of the contents of this transformation is to entrust some parts to specialized workshops.

The man is affectionate and the concubine is interested.

Under the leadership of Wang Fugui, Langqing and Jintai met once and placed a production order for a batch of gears.

The watch workshop even specially arranged for several craftsmen to go to Jintai Blacksmith Workshop to instruct them on the process of making gears.

And Mrs. Jin is also quite upbeat.

As a workshop that deals with iron ingots every day, the quality of the metal gears produced by Jintai Blacksmithing Workshop is not at all inferior to those currently used by watch workshops.

Especially in order to ensure quality, Kinta mobilized half of the skilled craftsmen who made the iron pots to make the gears.

In addition, their workshop was one of the first to accept the new measurement system, and many items were directly similar to those of the Chu Prince's workshop.

"Master, we delivered more than 300 gears last week, but the people from the clock workshop just told us that starting from next week, we will produce 500 gears per week. As a result, we will have to arrange for the craftsmen to work overtime."

A Niu was both happy and a little worried.

The more orders the better, but if you are unable to deliver them yourself at the moment, or have difficulty delivering them, it will be a headache.

The watch workshop will definitely not wait for you.

"Just work overtime, and at the same time, recruit some more people. In addition, I just visited the watch workshop. Their assembly line transformation is worth learning. I plan to adjust the process arrangement of making gears, so there is no need for a

Instead of making the entire gear, it is divided into more than a dozen processes. Each person only needs to be responsible for one process, so that new craftsmen can get started quickly and the output can be increased quickly."

Jin Tai was not very surprised after hearing A Niu's words.

A few days ago, the watch workshop just organized shop owners from various outsourced workshops to visit their production sites. After seeing it, Mrs. Jin had a hunch that they were going to increase production.

At that time, Langqing also came forward to explain to them the significance of assembly line production. He recommended everyone to follow this idea and transform it.

Although this is not mandatory, if everyone else has renovated and only Jin Tai Blacksmith Workshop has not, then this attitude is worthy of discussion.

So when I just heard A Niu say about the increase in orders, Jin Tai immediately decided to transform the assembly line production method.

Of course, in order to avoid a drop in output due to drastic changes, he planned to change half of the product first, and then change the other half after success.

"I saw that the magazine "Science" also published a special article introducing the significance of assembly line production. Master, if you don't tell me, I will mention it to you in a while. I heard that the carriage workshop uses assembly line production.

The most successful workshop."

A Niu is now considered literate and reads every issue of "Science" magazine carefully.

"Well, find a time and take the main craftsman of gear making to the carriage workshop to visit and learn, and start the transformation as soon as possible."

The scale of Jintai's blacksmithing workshop is getting bigger and bigger now, so Jintai naturally cannot do everything by himself.

In addition, A Niu is the apprentice he brought out by himself, so many things have been handed over to him.

"Master, don't worry, I will make arrangements now."

…

The Weishui Pier was as lively as ever.

Gu Panpan looked at Wu Meiniang's growing belly and reluctantly prepared to get on the boat.

She, Aye Gu Lian, gave the housekeeper Gu Lei a death order and wanted to bring her back to Yangzhou no matter what.

This girl has been running away from home for a year under the guise of inspecting her family's property.

Originally, Gu Lian thought she had fallen in love with "Wu Langjun", but she turned a blind eye and let Gu Panpan fool around.

Later, after the housekeeper Gu Lei returned to Yangzhou, Gu Lian naturally knew that "Mr. Wu Lang" was actually "Ms. Wu", and his attitude immediately changed.

"Mei Niang, I will go back for a few months this time, and I will come back then. Now I have discovered that there is no place like Chang'an in Yangzhou."

Gu Panpan also misses her Aye Auntie a little bit, so she will definitely go back to Yangzhou this time.

"Your Gu family's business in Chang'an City is getting bigger and bigger. Not only does it have its own bank, it is also the largest supplier of crocodile meat jerky and crocodile skin. You will definitely have the opportunity to come to Chang'an in the future."

Wu Meiniang looked at Gu Panpan with a smile.

This girl has a straightforward personality and always likes to cling to her. Wu Meiniang found her a headache at first, but now that they have been together for a long time, she feels a little reluctant to leave her.

"By the time I return to Chang'an, the baby in your belly should have been born, right? I made a promise in advance that I will be his godmother by then."

"Okay, if my baby knows that he has such a rich godmother before he is born, he will definitely be very happy."

Gu Panpan curled her lips after hearing this, "Huh, no matter how rich you are, I can't compare to your Royal Highness the King of Chu. They say that the richer people are, the stingier they are. I've seen it this time. My clock workshop is in Jiangnan

I was promoting a desk clock, but it ended up being so expensive for me.”

After the clock workshop's output increased, Langqing immediately began to consider supplying goods to other state capitals.

And Gu Panpan has stayed in the Chu Palace for so long, and has personally witnessed the birth and development of clocks. Naturally, he knows that selling clocks is a promising thing.

So this time when she returned to Yangzhou, she asked for 300 clocks from the clock workshop.

However, this price made Gu Panpan very dissatisfied.

Although the price she paid for the goods was lower than the price sold by Zhenpin Pavilion, Gu Panpan, who probably knew the production cost of the clock, felt that she had been ripped off by Li Kuan.

"Rare things are more valuable. There are many maritime merchants in Yangzhou, and there are a lot of merchants in Dashi and Tianzhu. As long as you resell these clocks to them, you can make double the money without any problem."

When it comes to business, Wu Meiniang will not be misled by Gu Panpan's few words.

In fact, Gu Panpan's business acumen is actually very good.

But many times, her thoughts are not here.

"Hmph, the people in Yangzhou City haven't used the clock yet, how can we let those foreign merchants enjoy it first?"

"Okay, Yangzhou is your Gu family's territory. It's up to you to decide who you want to sell it to. It's getting late, so it's time to board the ship."

"Mei Niang, are you driving me away?"

Gu Panpan showed an aggrieved expression on her face, which made Wu Meiniang feel helpless.

"If you are really reluctant to go back, then I will help you find a good husband from among the noble sons of Chang'an City and marry him to Chang'an City. From now on, you can stay here for a long time."

Wu Meiniang sacrificed a magic weapon and immediately made Gu Panpan flee.

Gu Panpan is now a typical anti-marriage person and does not want to get married at all.

Wu Meiniang had a good grasp of her psychology.

…

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The crisp ringing of the bell ushered in the afternoon break in the Chu Palace Watch and Clock Workshop.

They start work at seven in the morning, get off work at six in the evening, have an hour to eat at noon, and have fifteen minutes of rest time in the morning and afternoon. This is the working time of the watch and clock workshop craftsmen.

As for weekend breaks and the eight-hour work system, naturally there is no such thing.

At first, Li Kuan mentioned it casually, but everyone looked at him dumbfounded. Apparently no one understood the kind of work arrangement he was talking about.

"Shopkeeper Wang, this assembly line production method is really good. The output of our clock workshop has doubled several times, and we finally don't have to worry about not meeting the requirements of His Highness the King of Chu."

Langqing accompanied Wang Fugui to visit the workshop.

There are many workshops in the Prince's Palace of Chu, but the ones with the most modern characteristics are the carriage workshop and now the clock workshop.

As the new "money printing factory", Wang Fugui is naturally very concerned about changes in the output of watch workshops.

"Although the output has increased a lot, it still cannot meet everyone's requirements. The cost of our desk clocks is still too high, the size is too large, and the accuracy is not satisfactory. Langqing, you have to come up with ways to improve it as soon as possible.

Come out. In addition, the prince plans to install desk clocks on all the ships in the East China Sea Fisheries, and you have to consider how to ensure that the desk clocks can be used normally in a bumpy environment."

Wang Fugui knew better than Lang Qing how high Li Kuan's expectations were for the clock.

Just making the desk clock into a size that everyone can carry around made Wang Fugui feel endless pressure.

He had no choice but to pass on this pressure continuously.

Anyway, like Li Kuan, most of the time he would not face Lang Qing or the others directly, but would arrange some things through Wang Fugui and Wang Xuance.

"In terms of accuracy, the Watch and Clock Research Institute has now used all-iron gears for comparison. The details are higher than wooden gears. The parts can also be made smaller. However, the production efficiency of the gears is low.

Some, now we are also cooperating with machinery workshops to use the power of waterwheels to design equipment that can be specially used to process gears."

Lang Qing didn't waste a minute during this period. When Wang Fugui asked questions, he was naturally not at a loss.

"This is a very good idea. Your Majesty always says that you need to improve production efficiency, be bolder, and don't stick to the status quo. Langqing, if you can make the clock the way the Prince expects, you will definitely be remembered in the history books.

A strong stroke."

Wang Fugui looked at Lang Qing with a little envy.
To be continued...