Chapter 314 Unified Standards and Assembly Line Operations
"Uncle Emperor, this is really a sharp weapon!
We must make more of them..."
The cart pushed a sweaty Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan, with an uncontrollable smile on their faces, came to Liu Cheng and said.
"That's right..."
Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, who were also sweating, also spoke in agreement.
Liu Cheng nodded: "Of course we have to make more."
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Here in Wuzhangyuan, many soldiers were mobilized and began to cut trees here and make wooden cows and horses.
In order to speed up the manufacturing process, Liu Cheng even summoned a group of farmers nearby, paid them some wages, and asked them to come over and help make wooden cows and flowing horses.
In addition to wanting to speed up the process of making the Mu Niu Liu Ma brand cart, Liu Cheng also had another consideration in doing so.
This consideration is that we want these people to learn how to make wooden cows and horses by participating in the making of wooden cows and horses.
In this case, when the time comes for them to leave the military camp and return to their living quarters, they will be able to make the trolley by themselves.
It is conducive to the spread of wooden cows and stray horses among the people.
Wooden cows and flowing horses can not only be used to store food.
Stones, wood, crops, buckets, even wives and children...
As long as it can be mounted on it and pushed away, it can be pushed away.
Coupled with the simple production and low cost, it can be said to be a very high-quality and inexpensive tool.
This kind of thing that is not high in cost and very practical is the easiest to promote.
And once promoted, productivity can be improved to a great extent.
"... When making wooden cows and flowing horses, you must follow strict dimensions. Even the size of the mortise and tenon cannot be wrong and must be consistent!"
Liu Cheng explained this aloud to Zhao Gang and other people in the army who had good carpentry skills.
He is very strict with his words and very strict with his requirements.
"Huang, uncle Huang, if this is the case, it will be too slow to do it.
After all, these wooden cows and flowing horses were not made by one person, and the materials used were also different.
If this is really the case, then the production speed...
Uncle Emperor, I personally think that there is no need to be so strict..."
Zhao Gang hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but speak, saying this to Liu Cheng.
The other carpenters also nodded.
Liu Cheng heard this and said with a smile: "This matter may seem troublesome at this time, but in the later stages, you will find that the trouble is really worth it.
It is impossible for things such as wood, cows and horses to not break down later on.
It's very troublesome to repair.
It would be much more convenient if the dimensions of each wooden cow and horse were the same.
All we need is a broken wooden cow or a lost horse, and we can borrow some parts from each other.
As for what you said, the person who made the wooden cow and the horse is not the same. As a result, the wooden cow and the horse that are made are difficult to be the same, which will cause the production speed to be greatly reduced..."
Liu Cheng said, paused, showed a mysterious smile on his face, and said:
"If I say that I have a way to solve this problem without reducing the speed and ensure that the wooden cow and flowing horse produced meet the unified standards, do you believe it?"
Hearing Liu Cheng's words, Zhao Gang and others couldn't help being surprised and happy.
If this were said by others, they would naturally not believe it.
Is there any good way to do it quickly and well?
However, now that these words came from Liu Huangshu's mouth, they couldn't help but not believe them.
After all, the person in front of me is different from ordinary people, he is Uncle Liu Huang!
But it’s full of mystery and legend!
"I would like to hear the emperor's wonderful advice."
Zhao Gang saluted Liu Cheng respectfully and said this aloud.
Liu Cheng waved his hand to him, indicating that he didn't need to be so polite.
He smiled and said, "This is also simple.
There are quite a few people here who know carpentry skills, but not too many.
The soldiers who helped, as well as the people who were summoned, became even more unfamiliar.
It is too difficult for them to complete the construction of a wooden cow or a stray horse alone.
Even if they can barely be made, they are often crooked and not up to standard.
In this case, why don't we divide the labor?
This division of labor is not the current division of labor.
Instead, a more detailed division of labor is carried out on the premise of dividing the division of labor into felling wood and unpacking boards.
For example, you can have some people only make mortises and tenons, some people only make wooden handles, and some people only make car legs.
Even the wheel can be divided into multiple processes and let multiple people do it.
One person is only responsible for one of the processes...
Later, it will be assembled by specialized people..."
The level of division of labor that Liu Cheng mentioned was actually the assembly line that was common in later generations.
Divide one thing into dozens or even hundreds of processes and let people do them one by one.
Work efficiency should not be improved too much!
This method has never been thought of by Zhao Gang and others.
Even heard of it, never heard of it.
At this time, I felt very strange when I heard Liu Cheng say it.
But they are all still doubtful.
Even if Liu Cheng came up with this method, it still wouldn't work.
After all, people are full of doubt and disbelief about things they are unfamiliar with and don't understand.
The method Uncle Liu Huang mentioned sounds reasonable.
But after thinking about it carefully, I think it doesn't make sense.
They couldn't tell exactly what it was.
"Just do as I say on this matter!
After a few days of doing this, you will be able to see the results!”
Liu Cheng looked hesitant when he saw these people, knowing that no matter how much he talked to them at this time, it would be in vain and would not produce actual results that would be more convincing.
Therefore, I directly used the skill ‘Yi Yan Tang’ to determine it.
Don't give Zhao Gang and others a chance to hesitate.
However, when facing Zhao Gang, Liu Cheng would always think of Political Commissar Zhao involuntarily and felt that it was a bit of a joke.
As the emperor's uncle, Liu Cheng directly decided on this matter. Naturally, Zhao Gang and others had nothing to say.
After Liu Cheng explained to them the division of labor, cooperation and assembly line operations in detail, he divided the making of the wheelbarrow into many processes according to what Liu Cheng said.
And arrange corresponding manpower to carry out various processes...
At the end of the first day, through the assembly line operation mentioned by the emperor's uncle, only eight wooden oxen were produced.
There were even fewer stray horses, only five.
Compared with before when assembly line production was not used, there are almost fifty fewer cars!
Faced with this result, Zhao Gang and others seemed worried.
I really want to go to the emperor's uncle and ask him to give up this so-called assembly line.
But remembering the confident smile on Uncle Huang's face when he talked about the assembly line before, it was hard for Zhao Gang and others to say...
Just wait a little longer.
If you wait a few more days and the situation remains the same, even if you take some risks, you should talk to the emperor's uncle...
