Chapter 28

Yes!

Edgar was stunned and looked at Donne eagerly: "Lord, do you want to place an order?"

"What order to place... Oh, it's an order for the time being, but it's not weapons and equipment."

Donne said, "today I inspected the farmland..."

I like the word "inspection"!

Donne was inexplicably satisfied and continued: "I found that the farm tools used by everyone are still wooden, so I want to give you some agricultural subsidies in the name of the Lord, so that you can replace iron farm tools."

"Really?"

Edgar calculated the number of Ellington farmers in his heart. He was very happy. Although the price of farm tools was not comparable to that of weapons and equipment, he could make a lot of money when the number went up.

"Of course it's true. In addition, I have something for you to help build, but I'll confirm it first."

"It's easy to say. Everyone knows that iron farm tools must be easy to use, but iron tools are too expensive for everyone to use, so they have been made of wood. What's the Lord's hair..."

"Agricultural subsidies."

"Yes! Agricultural subsidies - then again, what does agricultural subsidies mean?"

Edgar remembered then that he didn't understand what Donne meant.

You don't understand what's exciting!

Donne resisted the roaring impulse and explained patiently. Then Edgar understood that in short, agricultural subsidies are the Lord's money to exchange good things for everyone!

If Fiona were present, she would be even more shocked and amazed - shocked by his winning skills and his loser!

"This is a good thing!"

Edgar was excited: "Lord, the gods sent us to save Ellington! If you know this, you will be very grateful to Lord!"

"This matter will be kept secret for the time being, and will be announced when the farm tools are ready."

"OK! I swear in the name of the gods that I will keep it a secret!"

Hearing him swear in the name of the gods, Donne subconsciously paid attention to the movement outside, but he didn't hear the dull thunder.

Is that a coincidence this morning?

Donne soon put the idea behind him.

"Wait, wait! Big brother!"

Brian quit at this time, blowing his beard and staring angrily: "you called me here just to let me make farm tools!? are you kidding?"

"Of course not kidding!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Brian was furious: "I'm Brian of the forging hammer family, but you asked me to stay and help you build farm tools!? the clan emblem of the forging hammer family will cry! It's really crying!"

"Oh?"

Donne said lightly, "even if these farm tools will be updated later, you don't want to use new alloys?"

"No... of course!"

Brian suddenly changed his face and said with awe inspiring righteousness: "- no matter how powerful the forged weapons and equipment are, they are only tools for killing trees. Forging farm tools is the only choice for the benefit of all living beings! I like to forge farm tools best. Don't rob anyone with me! Otherwise I'll be anxious with him!"

Donne's mouth, sample, fight me? You're still young!

Brian despises Donne in his heart and fights me? You have a thin skin!

"I see, Lord, can these farm tools be made according to the previous proportion?"

Edgar looked puzzled and made a rough estimate in his heart. Although the iron ore was a little nervous, saving was generally enough.

Donne noticed Edgar's anomaly sensitively: "what's the matter? Is it difficult?"

"No difficulty! Make sure you finish the task!"

"Well," Donne nodded, "by the way, although it's an iron farm tool, it doesn't need all iron. As long as the key parts of the farm tool are replaced with iron tools, iron tools are used for hoes, harrows, plowshares and sickles, and wood is used for handles. All iron tools are not only wasteful, but also too heavy to cultivate."

"I see. I didn't expect it!"

Edgar suddenly realized, but with this calculation, the iron ore would be in surplus again, and he was very happy.

Donne motioned him to start the calculation: "you can roughly calculate how many pieces each need to be made, and then give me an offer."

Edgar calculated hastily and said: "Lord, as far as I know, there are 1232 farmers in Ellington. If all of them are replaced, at least 1232 will be needed. Considering the damage and replacement, I'm afraid more than 1500 will be built. However, iron tools are used in key places, which greatly reduces the cost. There are 10 silver coins for sickle and rake head, and 15 silver coins for hoe and plow head One, these are cost prices. "

Edgar's offer to Donne is not false. It's true that there is no moisture in the cost price.

"Well, I allow you to have a profit of one silver coin. The price is set at eleven silver coins and sixteen silver coins."

Donne doesn't even have to count. Even if every family buys everything, he subsidizes one gold coin, which is only 1232 gold coins. Compared with the improved agricultural efficiency, this money is really not much.

"Lord, you are wise."

"Don't flatter me. How long will these things be ready? Will a month be enough?"

"One, one month!?"

Edgar and Brian jumped up. Brian shouted, "big brother, are you kidding! From now on, even if we don't sleep, we'll have to work for more than half a year to get it out!"

Donne was stunned: "more than half a year!? no, that's all..."

"A layman is a layman!"

Brian hummed, "Edgar! Don't talk nonsense to him! Just half a year! At least half a year!"

"This... Lord?"

"It's too slow!"

Donne frowned. Half a year, the harvest time of the harvest month was delayed.

"Slow? Who dares to say slow!"

Brian was furious: "if it weren't for me, it would take longer!"

"That's reasonable."

Edgar thought: "Lord, forging iron needs smelting, repeated tempering and forming, then cutting and quenching. Every step must be careless."

"This is just an agricultural tool, not a weapon on the battlefield. Just be careless..."

"You are insulting us!"

Brian blew his beard and stared angrily: "forging is a sacred skill. What we hit in our hands must be fine!"

"This..."

Donne had nothing to say. He just reacted now. He made another empirical mistake.

On the earth, due to the highly developed industry, everything is manufactured in batches by assembly line. It's embarrassing to start work if the assembly line doesn't produce 10000 things every day, but prandal is different. There is no assembly line factory or all kinds of machines here. All of them are made by hand!

For example, the things here are like mass-produced watches and Patek Philippe made by pure manual customization. Although the functions are the same, the added value is different!

But what Donne wants now is efficiency and mass production.

"No apprenticeship?"

"No, no, apprentices also depend on their understanding and skills. They can't build things independently without learning for a few years."

Brian and Edgar shook their heads and discussed how to improve efficiency, but no matter how they discussed it, they couldn't avoid an important problem.

There are too few people available.

Donne frowned. He was too inefficient and must be improved.

"In that case, let's put aside the discussion just now. Now we want to discuss an important issue."

Donne pressed his hands down, motioned them to be quiet, and then said, "that's how to improve efficiency."

"Big brother, what can you do?"

"Will you use molds to improve efficiency?"

"Of course, which blacksmith can't use molds? But it can't solve the fundamental problem."

"It's good to be able to use molds. Then, I think prandal's backward forging technology is time to innovate."

"Innovation?"

"That's right."

Donne smiled brightly: "assembly line operation and lathe manufacturing technology... There should be applause here."

"Quack, quack, quack..."

Edgar and Brian clapped their hands foolishly, and the next moment Brian shouted, "big brother, I understand every word you say, but I don't understand it at all!"

Obviously, Edgar and Brian are confused by Donne again.

"What is assembly line operation? What is lathe manufacturing technology?"

The two in front of them may be the witnesses of prandal's industrial revolution, so Donne must explain to them patiently so that he can start the next step.

"Assembly line operation is very simple. The principle is to use a large number of workers to replace one person's diverse repetitive work. Each person completes one step and then gives it to the next person. In this way, without rest for a moment, the work efficiency can be greatly improved."

Brian couldn't help asking, "I know the truth, but why does efficiency improve?"

Donne almost thought he would ask "Why are pigeons so big", so he had to continue to patiently explain to them what is work efficiency, how to improve the overall work efficiency, and how to improve the overall production efficiency by improving the unit time efficiency

After hearing Donne's explanation, Edgar and Brian suddenly realized, and then marveled.

"My God! I didn't expect that ordinary people can do this besides using magic!"

"Why didn't we think of such a simple way!"

Edgar and Brian suddenly feel like fools. It's a very simple thing, but why didn't anyone think of it before?

"But big brother, it's back to the old problem. We don't have so many blacksmiths available!"

Yes, whether it is hand forging or assembly line operation, there are not so many skilled blacksmiths available, which is the biggest problem we are facing now.

And Donne's solution to this problem is very simple and rough.

That is to move the lathe and press to prandal!

"This involves my second point, lathe manufacturing technology."

Donne's mouth turned up: "since we can't improve the overall work efficiency, we have to improve the efficiency per unit time. As long as you two can produce more products per unit time, the efficiency will naturally improve."

Edgar and Brian looked at Donne as if they were looking at a fool: hasn't this topic been discussed just now? Obviously not feasible!

What Donne wants to tell them is that this method is feasible, not only feasible, but also greatly feasible!

Lathe technology will change the whole of Ellington - no, it will change the whole industry of prandal!