Borrow the day to change the day

() Soon, Zhong Jinwei and Xu Guangqi appeared outside the gate of the palace, and then walked in quickly.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at both Zhong Jinwei and Xu Guangqi with smiles, and a stone in his heart fell to the ground, which must be good news.

Zhong Jinwei arrived in the hall, waited for Xu Guangqi who had fallen, and then played together: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the cement has been fired successfully."

Sun Chengzong was very happy to see Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren, and felt that he had missed something, so he quickly asked, "Your Majesty, what is cement?"

Emperor Chongzhen was in a particularly good mood at this time, and Sun Chengzong was someone he trusted, so he personally explained it to him, including the one-stop plan, and told Sun Chengzong all about it.

When Sun Chengzong heard about the efficacy of cement, he immediately thought of the Liaodong city-building plan. If there was this cement, the progress would be much faster, and the chances of winning the city would be increased.

Then he heard about the follow-up package plan, some of which he already knew, some of which he didn’t know. Listening to Emperor Chongzhen’s details at this time, a harmonious scene could not help showing in front of his eyes: merchants transported grain to the disaster area, and ordinary people built roads In exchange for food, the roads are good, taxes are collected, and the profits of state-owned enterprises are again used according to the plan. Officials, common people, soldiers, and businessmen are all happy.

Of course, the small number of vested interests such as those big salt merchants, northern grain merchants, merchants selling Western glass, and Westerners were directly ignored by Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong thought about it, and the smiles on his face grew more and more.After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he quickly asked, "Your Majesty, where is the cement?"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhong Jinwei, and Wen Tiren and Sun Chengzong followed Emperor Chongzhen's gaze at Zhong Jinwei.

Zhong Jinwei said excitedly: "It's just outside the Meridian Gate."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard about it, he wanted to visit the Meridian Gate.Knowing that this might happen, Zhong Jinwei hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I have a small bag of cement here, but it's really nothing to see. It's just gray powder."

After Zhong Jinwei finished speaking, he took out a small bag of cement from his cuff and presented it to Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen stood up from his throne, walked up to Zhong Jinwei, and opened it to look directly.Wen Tiren and Sun Chengzong also surrounded him, looking up.

Indeed, as Zhong Jinwei said, there is nothing special about it.

Zhong Jinwei suggested from the side: "Your Majesty, there is a truckload of cement outside the Meridian Gate. You can find a place for the craftsman Wu Shengda brought by the minister to build a house for Your Majesty to see."

Emperor Chongzhen passed the small bag of cement in his hand to Sun Chengzong, and then said to Zhong Jinwei: "Okay, it's at the Meridian Gate. After it's built, I'll take all the civil and military officials to see it."

Then he asked another question of concern: "Master Zhong, can Western glass be fired?"

Zhong Jinwei nodded: "Your Majesty, I think it should be able to be fired. You can ask the craftsmen of Liulichang to learn how to build a new type of kiln, and then build a new kiln according to the characteristics of firing colored glaze, and have a look at it."

Emperor Chongzhen heard "Okay", then turned to Xu Guangqi who was on Zhong Jinwei's side and said, "Xu Qing, I have already approved the cabinet's nomination of you as Minister of the Ministry of Industry. It will be officially announced in the early morning tomorrow. Then, you must concentrate Experienced craftsmen in the Liulichang and ironworks went to the ceramics factory to learn new kilns together.”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Guangqi agreed happily.

"Your Majesty, I still have a question." Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen seemed a little overjoyed, Zhong Jinwei hurriedly uttered a voice ready to throw cold water on him.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhong Jinwei, and joked with a smile: "Master Zhong, is there a reward?"

"Ah, no." Zhong Jinwei blushed when he heard this, and quickly diverted his attention: "Your Majesty, the new kiln is not yet mature, oh no, it has not yet formed. There are still many areas to be improved. The output of the new kiln is limited and cannot meet the requirements of assembly line operation."

"Assembly line operation?" Several people couldn't understand the term, and a question popped up in their minds. Emperor Chongzhen asked the question in their hearts.

Zhong Jinwei looked at them, saw their puzzled expressions, and said strangely: "The assembly line operation is like flowing water, and it is produced continuously."

Zhong Jinwei is a bit broken, and everyone feels the image. If this is the case, the efficiency is indeed very high.

Especially Xu Guangqi, he is a technical officer, and he has some experience with this.Thinking of some of the equipment I had seen, I played to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I want to go back to the ceramic factory immediately to study the production method of this assembly line."

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy to see Xu Guangqi's high enthusiasm for doing things. He waved to him and said, "There's no hurry. You can go after tomorrow morning."

Zhong Jinwei just mentioned the assembly line operation in passing, and felt that it was necessary to emphasize it.After all, in Daming's workshops now, most of the work is done by hand, and it is not yet possible to do assembly line work.In the future, with the development of society, assembly line operation will be the trend.

So, he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, this assembly line operation is very important."

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard Zhong Jinwei's emphasis, he listened carefully.

"Your Majesty, assembly line operations can significantly increase production. There are two types, one is like flowing water, all steps are automatic, raw materials go in, finished products come out directly, there is no need for interference in the middle, and it can be produced continuously from afar. The other is Yes, dismantling an object into many small parts, each person is only responsible for one of the small parts, and when everyone is done, the finished product will come out naturally.”

Xu Guangqi was thoughtful, but Emperor Chongzhen didn't think so about the second method: "Master Zhong, your second method is better if one person is in charge of one. As many people as there are finished products, it's easy to calculate."

"Your Majesty, I was wrong. Listen to what I say." Only Zhong Jinwei could speak like that, and he was not afraid of offending the emperor.

But Emperor Chongzhen obviously didn't mind, and said to Zhong Jinwei, "Master Zhong, what's wrong?"

"Your Majesty, for example, a gun. If a person is responsible for making a gun, he must understand and be proficient in every part and procedure?" Zhong Jinwei asked Emperor Chongzhen.

Isn't this nonsense, I don't know how to make a gun by myself.While thinking in his heart, Emperor Chongzhen nodded in cooperation with Zhong Jinwei as usual.

"This kind of craftsman is not easy to find, and it is not easy to train. It is also possible that one of the parts is not what he is good at, and it will delay time. But what I just said, one person is responsible for one part. Compared with the one just now, there are many advantages .”

"What are the benefits?" Emperor Chongzhen liked to ask this sentence the most.

"First, one person is only responsible for one part, so the time for this person to master this part is shorter than the time for a person who masters all parts? Such a person is also easier to train?" Zhong Jinwei guided Emperor Chongzhen by asking rhetorically.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and Sun Chengzong and Wen Tiren also nodded, but Zhong Jinwei ignored it.

"Second, if a person specializes in making a part, will this person's ability to make this part get better and better? In fact, it doesn't matter how good he is, as long as he makes it exactly according to the sample of the part. .It will be easier to meet this requirement if we only do this one.”

"Master Zhong, what's the benefit of doing this?" Emperor Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, this is called standard parts in Chen's hometown. If everyone makes parts according to samples, then all parts can be interchanged. From the perspective of maintenance, two guns may be scrapped before, but now because of the parts If they are all interchangeable, only one gun may be scrapped. Especially on the battlefield, this is especially important in terms of logistics or the timeliness of replacement.”

"Your Majesty, I heard that the pre-Qin Dynasty did this." Wen Tiren listened to Zhong Jinwei's explanation, and presented the treasure to Emperor Chongzhen.

When Sun Chengzong heard Zhong Jinwei use the gun as an example, he felt even more sorry, and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "I think Uncle Zhongxing is right."

Xu Guangqi has an understanding of the current working methods of the workshop, and some parts are already made in this way.But this is only because these parts are difficult and time-consuming to make, so there are special craftsmen to do them.It is similar to the concept mentioned by Zhong Jinwei, but it is not.

Now that Zhong Jinwei has emphasized this concept, Xu Guangqi seems to have been opened a door. There is a place beyond the door that he has never been to, and he has discovered another way of doing things.

In fact, speaking of it, Zhong Jinwei just raised a little concept of later generations.To the people of the Ming Dynasty, it doesn't seem very profound, just like a layer of window paper, which can be broken with a light poke.Just like temperature, as soon as he told the reason, Wu Shengda immediately thought of what to do.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Xu Guangqi to implement this idea in the Ministry of Industry, and then found bloodshot eyes in Zhong Jinwei, so he said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, you have worked hard, go back and have a good rest. I will discuss it with Xu Qing tomorrow. See how to improve the new kiln."

Zhong Jinwei was actually excited last night and couldn't fall asleep. He got up and dragged Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng to drink for a while, and then fell asleep late.

Now that he saw Emperor Chongzhen caring so much about him, he was happy to go home and rest.I haven't been back for a few days, so I went back to see how the storefront given by Emperor Chongzhen was.