The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 379 The Assembly Line of the Arsenal

Lu Bu would come to the arsenal at least three times a day, and Zhang Shiping would greet him at least three times a day.

With such a frequent frequency, anyone would feel impatient.

Accompanied by Zhang Shiping, Lu Bu walked into the arsenal. Lu Bu said to him, "I do come more often every day, and you don't have to come out to greet me every time. Sometimes I just have to look at it myself. If I don't send someone to Looking for you, there is nothing particularly important."

"Chuhou is here, so there is no reason for me not to welcome him." Zhang Shiping said: "A place like the arsenal is responsible for forging the ordnance of the soldiers. Chuhou even handed over the glider and balloons to the arsenal for manufacture, which is also a good thing for me and me." Trust in the Arsenal."

"I trust you, but it also caused you a lot of trouble." Lu Bu said, "Now you can only walk around in Xuyang and Yangzhou. Are you unhappy?"

"I used to walk a lot outside, but now I want to be stable for a few years." Zhang Shiping replied, "How can I be unhappy when Chu Hou gave me such an opportunity?"

"From your words, I can hear that you have a lot of resentment in your heart." Lu Bu said with a smile: "If you have resentment, just tell me, don't hide it."

"Actually, I have understood since the time when the Marquis of Chu asked me to build an arsenal." Zhang Shiping replied: "From now on, I am afraid that I can only do things for the Marquis of Chu. All kinds of business."

"I do intend to recruit you." Lu Bu said, "But I'm not asking you to do it for nothing. Except for the arsenal, which will not benefit you, you can still earn benefits from other businesses."

He lowered his voice and asked Zhang Shiping: "If I hand over all the coal to you in the future, I will make nine out of nine of the profits. Would you like it?"

Zhang Shiping was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lu Bu in astonishment: "Is the Marquis of Chu going to hand over the Xuzhou Coal Mine to me?"

"What Xuzhou Coal Mine?" Lu Bu waved his hands and said, "Yangzhou Coal Mine, Yuzhou Coal Mine, and the future Bingzhou Coal Mine, I will leave them to you."

"Yangzhou also has coal?" Zhang Shiping was even more astonished. He had never heard of any signs of coal mining in Yangzhou.

"Of course." Lu Bu said, "There are many places in the world that have coal mines, and there are even some places that have something better than coal. I will find out all of them in the future, and then I will hand them all over to you to manage. When the time comes, I will Of course, if you don’t worry about military supplies and local expenses, you will also become the world’s richest man.”

Lu Bu's promise to Zhang Shiping has always been fulfilled.

So he drew a cake, and Zhang Shiping really took it seriously.

However, he had never heard of coal mines in Yangzhou, Yuzhou, and Bingzhou, so Zhang Shiping still asked, "How does Marquis Chu know where coal can be mined?"

"I know more than you think I know." Lu Bu smiled slightly, and patted Zhang Shiping's arm lightly: "If there is anything you don't understand, read more books!"

He said that he read more books, and he was immediately confused by what Zhang Shiping said.

As a big businessman walking around the world, he used to read a lot of books.

Although some books do find records about coal, there is no mention in those books of where exactly coal is mined.

"Don't dare to lie to Marquis Chu, in fact, I can't read many books." Zhang Shiping said a little depressed: "But in those books, there is no mention of where there is coal to be mined..."

"That's because you don't read too many books." Lu Bu said, "Whenever you can read as many books as I do, most of them will be fine."

When Lu Bu said this, Zhang Shiping immediately looked embarrassed.

Not only Zhang Shiping showed embarrassment on his face, but even Sun Ce, who was following Lu Bu, had a very strange expression.

Zhang Shiping may not know how many books Lu Bu reads every day.

Sun Ce, who had been by his side all day, knew it very well.

Although Lu Bu spent a lot of time in the study every day, he was always playing with some strange things, and he really didn't spend much time reading.

He said that he has read a lot of books, which really made Sun Ce slander.

When Zhang Shiping built the arsenal, Lu Bu specially allocated a lot of land for him, so the arsenal occupied a lot of land.

In today's arsenal, there are not many ordnance put into production.

Even Zhang Shiping felt that this place was too spacious, and it would be better to come here smaller.

To enter the arsenal, one must first pass through a tightly guarded corridor. Walking through this small path, stretches of factory buildings appeared in front of Lu Bu and others.

"Marquis Chu still wants to see the armor?" Zhang Shiping asked Lu Bu.

"Exactly." Lu Bu asked: "Nowadays, how many armors can each craftsman make in a day?"

"It's not that Marquis Chu doesn't know that craftsmen don't make armor very quickly." Zhang Shiping replied: "Each craftsman can make two sets of armor a day, which is already considered a slow progress..."

"If this progress is made, I don't know how many days it will take to replace the armor in the future." Lu Bu said, "This is absolutely impossible."

"I also know that the soldiers in the army urgently need to distribute armor, but the craftsmen can only make so much every day." Zhang Shiping said: "I really tried my best, and this is the only way I can do it."

"If the craftsmen are separated, and the craftsmen responsible for inlaying copper and iron sheets on the armor and the craftsmen who cut the cowhide perform their respective duties, how much do you think can be produced every day?" Lu Bu suddenly asked.

"Chuhou means..." Zhang Shiping was stunned for a moment, he had never heard of such a method of making armor.

"The method I'm talking about can also be called an assembly line." Lu Bu said: "Every craftsman only does a single thing. After doing it for a long time, this thing must be very proficient. Although the number of people is still the same, the forging The amount of armor is the same, but the progress of making it will be quite different from the past."

"I seem to understand what Chuhou means." Zhang Shiping asked: "Do you want to assign different tasks to the craftsmen according to what they are good at? Those who forge armor pieces are dedicated to forging, and those who inlay are only responsible for inlaying. Those who tailor cowhide also only tailor cowhide..."

"Yes." Lu Bu said, "Even so, I still feel that the division is too rough. Those who tailor the cowhide need them to cut the cowhide according to the specifications, and then hand it over to another person for sewing. Wait until the sewing is done." , and then give it to the person who inlays the nails to inlay. The last step is someone in charge of quality inspection. All unqualified ones will be returned and remade. What do you think of this method?"

"It would be great if it could really be like what Chuhou said." Zhang Shiping said, "What I'm worried about is that the craftsmen can't get used to it."

"They can even make a whole set of armor. Could it be that they can't do it if they separate things?" Lu Bu asked, "How many craftsmen are there in the arsenal?"

"No more than 200 people." Zhang Shiping replied: "There are some carpenters, stonemasons and other craftsmen among them. Not everyone is making armor..."

"Recruit people, especially those women who are at home. We can't let them just give birth and play at home." Lu Bu said: "As the citizens of Xuyang and Yangzhou, they also have to take responsibility. Recruit them. In the future, they don’t need to understand every process. They only need to understand the part that should be done.”

"I understand what Marquis Chu means." I will arrange someone to do this as soon as possible.

"Let's take a look at the armor workshop first." Lu Bu greeted, and accompanied by Zhang Shiping, Sun Ce and others, he walked to a factory building.

Walking into the factory building, the craftsmen inside are busy.

Lu Bu came too many times, and when the craftsmen saw him, they just stood up and saluted, and then went about their own business.

Coming to an old craftsman, Lu Bu watched him inlay armor pieces on the armor.

The speed of the old craftsman inlaying the armor pieces was very fast. After a while, the half armor was almost inlaid.

"If you are only allowed to inlay nail pieces, how many sets can you inlay in a day?" Lu Bu asked.

Stopping what he was doing, the old craftsman replied: "Report to Marquis Chu, if only armor pieces are inlaid, I can make thirty or fifty sets a day."

"You make the whole set of armor, how many sets can you make in a day?" Lu Bu asked again.

"Up to three sets." The old craftsman replied: "From the selection of materials to the production of the armor, there are too many things mixed in. No matter which one has a problem, the armor will be considered finished."

"If I ask you to only inlay armor pieces from now on, and then other people will give you the armor pieces you need and the armor that has not been inlaid yet, will you be able to make them faster?" Lu Bu asked the old man again. The craftsman asked a question.

"It should be possible." The old craftsman thought for a while and replied: "It's just inlaying nail pieces, don't need to think about other things, it's definitely not a problem to make dozens of pairs every day."

Lu Bu looked back at Zhang Shiping: "What? Did you hear it?"

"Understood." Zhang Shiping replied: "I also understand the meaning of Chuhou, and I will let someone arrange it later."

"When arranging these things, don't delay making the armor." Lu Bu said: "The soldiers in the army lack armor, so that I want to attack Cao Cao, but I have no way to send troops so far."

"I understand the difficulty of the Marquis of Chu." Zhang Shiping replied: "It was also those profiteers who dared to tamper with the armor in order to earn more profits, and they didn't care about the safety of the soldiers at all."

"It's impossible for profiteers to put others in their hearts at any time." Lu Bu said, "In order to earn profits, they will do everything they can. I have issued an order earlier, but if they encounter such profiteers as before, they will be killed."

He then said to Zhang Shiping: "All the needs of the military are handed over to the arsenal. In the future, the civilians will have no chance to touch forged weapons and armor. Anyone who does not take other people's lives seriously, as long as they appear, one counts as one. Divide the body by five horses."

"In troubled times, heavy codes must be used. It is indeed appropriate for Marquis Chu to arrange this." Zhang Shiping said: "Some people always want to gain benefits in troubled times. People like this should indeed be rectified by Marquis Chu."

"For counterfeiting and cutting corners, heavy codes are required not only in troubled times, but also in governing the world." Lu Bu said: "Once they become popular with them, they dare to fake anything. If it is for them to arouse public resentment, Do you think it’s worth it or not?”

"Of course it's not cost-effective." Zhang Shiping replied: "Those who harm the country and the people should be killed without mercy."

"It's the best if you can think that way." Lu Bu said, "I thought you would speak for them as businessmen."

"Businessman?" Zhang Shiping smiled and shook his head: "They are not considered businessmen."

"Why don't they count?" Lu Bu asked.

"Of course not." Zhang Shiping replied: "Take my horse sales as an example. I can indeed buy a lot of northern horses when I go to the north. But no matter whether the Huns, Qiang people, Jie people, or Donghu people, they will not Sell ​​us the best horses. From the north, the horses I can get are just ordinary northern horses. When I arrive in the Central Plains, I can't sell them to others as thousands of miles of horses. It's just because the Central Plains lacks horses that the price will be raised. After all, merchants are still for profit.”

"Shiping said that, there is no problem." Lu Bu nodded: "The Central Plains lacks horses. If you can get good horses from the north, of course you have to raise the price. Even if you know that you have made a lot of money from it, no one will buy it." Say more. At most, say that you are mercenary."

"What Chuhou said is true." Zhang Shiping said: "It is hard to guarantee that a few horses will not get sick during the transport of horses. Some horse dealers will try to make these horses look alive and sell them at a low price. Buyers buy After the horses, they are fine at first, but after a few days the horses lose energy and die..."

When Zhang Shiping said this, Lu Bu thought of the dog dealer more than 2000 years later.

Some cat and dog dealers will inject serum into sick pet cats and dogs to make them look energetic, and they will get sick within a week at most when they arrive at the buyer's home.

Pets with better luck will survive under the care and treatment of their owners, but they will also have sequelae.

More will die because of delaying the best chance of treatment, which not only brings economic losses to those who buy them, but also hurts feelings to a certain extent.

People who have lost their conscience like this, in Lu Bu's view, all deserve to be killed.

He frowned slightly, and asked Zhang Shiping: "Can the horse dealer think of a way to make the sick horse look energetic?"

The reason Lu Bu asked this was because he was puzzled.

Post-2000 cat and dog dealers did this because serums were available then.

In this era, how do horse dealers make horses look so energetic that they will fall ill in a few days?
"Of course." Zhang Shiping said with certainty: "Just a few herbs can make a sick horse look alive and well. Except for those of us who often choose horses, ordinary people can't see anything. bug."

"You really haven't done it?" Lu Bu smiled and asked Zhang Shiping.

"How can I do something that has lost my conscience?" Zhang Shiping said, "I don't know how to respond to Chuhou's question."

(End of this chapter)