Lord of Rot

Chapter 127 The Assembly Line Factory

The sky is a bit gloomy, and it may rain recently. It is already hot enough, and it really needs to cool down.

The Porcupine Collars are still busy.

For two consecutive days of leisure, Li Qi used the "remote vision" to control the dead birds that were almost rotting, and watched the battle between Wodu [-] and Longship Fort.

The hot weather has an obvious disadvantage, the corpse decays faster.

Fortunately, the corpses soaked in magical antiseptic in the crypt did not encounter the same situation.

Li Qi spared some energy to communicate with the ghoul Aina. He would control the dead body to write and teach Aina how to read. Aina's intelligence level was no different from that of a normal person, and she was a blank sheet of paper, so she could learn very fast.

To Li Qi's surprise, the red-haired ghoul has low intelligence, but has been following Aina, and has learned a lot. He can understand short Chinese sentences, and even learned a lot of fighting skills from Aina , rather than just relying on instinct to fight.

Aina also expressed that she wanted to go outside to have a look, but Li Qi could only comfort her that it was not enough now, the appearance of ghouls in the human world would cause too much trouble.

In the distance, the battle of Hebeng Village is still going on.

I'm afraid Wodu Shiba himself didn't expect that his mighty army of tens of thousands would not be able to take down a Hebeng Village.

Fly high above and look down.

Li Qi could see the environment of Hebeng Village. The geographical location of Hebeng Village is very interesting. On a prominent corner, the left, right and rear sides are curved and wide torrents.

The soldiers and militiamen of Hebeng Village only need to build up fortifications in front, with pikemen and shield infantry blocking in front, and crossbowmen shooting from behind, and they are invincible.

Wodu Eighteen's troops carried out a total of three storms in order to capture Hebeng Village.

They may have the upper hand in numbers, but how would a battle be fought with well-armed soldiers and peasants throwing stones at people?
Watching rows of companions fall down, I was like a suicide target. The farmers were blocked by fear, and the farmers who rushed to the front row were finally overcome by fear, ran back, and then had a stampede.

More people died at the feet of their companions than under arrows.

In the second wave of attack, Wodu Shiba's subordinates sent shield soldiers. The broken wooden shields successfully resisted the arrows. This was the closest they could force them. They poured oil again, and the fire blocked the way.

So Wodu [-]'s team decided to wade into the water. The current was so fast that the available boats had long since been scuttled by the soldiers of Hebeng Village, and even the small wharf was destroyed. The third wave of probing attacks drowned some farmers, and the rest Those who knew how to swim tried to reach the shore, but were stabbed one by one by the spear, and all of them were killed.

If the stalemate continues, Wodu Eighteen may win by virtue of numbers, but in this battle, the soldiers of Hebeng Village are very honorable.

It is completely the crushing of soldiers with excellent military literacy on farmers who only know how to farm.

Compared with the war over there, Li Qi paid more attention to the results of the preliminary research on the hydraulic forging hammer. He rode to the river, and he could see a small waterwheel from a long distance away.

There is a huge "hammer" on the bank of the river.

An old tree trunk that needs to be hugged by two people is used as the hammer handle, and the hammer head is a huge anvil, and the hammer head side of the anvil hits the ground.

There were not only carpenters, but also blacksmiths present. It seems that after learning that the hydraulic forging hammer is to help the blacksmith work, the carpenters chose to find the blacksmith to study together. After all, it is made for the blacksmith, and the blacksmith must know how to do it best. use.

Li Qi was very satisfied with their spirit of cooperation.

"My lord!" A carpenter introduced: "This is the finished product made by us."

"Let's start the demonstration," Li Qi said.

Although this is a little different from what he said, it doesn't matter, as long as it can be forged with water power.

"Yes!"

The waterwheel is connected to the turbulent water flow and starts to turn.

There is a wooden gear at the end of the hammer. The water power drives the water wheel to rotate, and the water wheel rotating on the same axis drives the gear.

The gear rotates counterclockwise from top to bottom, and it will press the "hammer handle" during the downward process, and the end of the hammer will tilt up.

When the gear turns away and there is no pressure on the rear, the hammer will be pulled down heavily with the gravity.

"Boom!"

A pit was smashed into the ground.

"Boom", "Boom" and "Boom" have a balanced rhythm.

"How is it?" Li Qi asked the blacksmith.

The blacksmith said from the bottom of his heart: "Your wisdom is more dazzling than the sun!"

Li Qi is not humble, too modest will be considered cowardly, and he is proud of bringing the wisdom of the earth to this world.

"Everyone who participated in the research," Li Qi said loudly, "will be rewarded with 5 silver moons."

"Praise the lord!"

"Praise the lord!"

"Praise the lord!"

The carpenter's praises came one after another, and no one would dislike the rewards delivered.

It is estimated that only Li Qi would reward his subordinates so generously. After all, stinginess is one of the necessary qualities to be a lord.

This is only the initial research result of the water forging hammer, and the weight, size, speed, etc. need to be modified according to the requirements of the blacksmiths.

Li Qi has already asked Gulen to arrange for a special blacksmith factory to be built with red bricks. All blacksmiths will process weapons and armor there, and use more advanced hydraulic forging hammers. Of course, this is also to ensure that this technology will not be stolen.

"With these, how long will it take you to build a suit of armor?" he asked the blacksmith.

"Maybe one and a half sets can be built in a month?" The blacksmith was a little uncertain: "Maybe two sets can be made."

It's already very fast. Before that, they made half a set at most a month.

But the problem is that there are only three or five blacksmiths who can make weapons for porcupine collars, at most ten sets a month, and it takes half a year to arm 60 people.

It took half a year for the blacksmith to build this piece of equipment, so what about the other ironware?He needed more than armor and weapons, and he couldn't just ask a blacksmith to make armor.

Blacksmiths are inseparable from many aspects.

Li Qi asked: "It's like simple blacksmithing work, can't it be handed over to apprentices?"

"I'm sorry, my lord." The blacksmith shook his head: "You don't know what blacksmiths do. They may be able to do a good job in a certain aspect, like the black ears of a porcupine collar, but they can't create armor that can be worn by soldiers on the battlefield. , they don’t have enough experience.”

"Not enough experience..."

Li Qi stroked the stubble on his chin, he had a tendency to grow a beard, and the hair on his face was full of beards, but he asked his personal servant to trim his beard clean.

"Is it okay for everyone to be responsible for only one part? Accumulate the experience of a certain part."

"What?" The blacksmith didn't understand Li Qi's words.

Li Qi had no choice but to explain patiently: "For example, to make a long sword, some people are in charge of making iron ingots into long bars, some are in charge of hammering iron bars into sword embryos, some are in charge of making sword grids, and some are in charge of making long swords. Some are only responsible for making sword hilts, and some are only responsible for sharpening knives."

Perfection makes perfect, so accumulating experience will definitely be faster.

"But my lord, the weapons are not made by the same person, and the quality may be worse than those made by the blacksmith."

"That's why you are needed." Li Qi said, "You only need to supervise and teach, and you don't need to beat yourself. Every finished product will be paid."

As soon as he heard that he was paid and didn't have to work by himself, the blacksmith immediately regained his spirits.

Why did they choose to come to the Porcupine Collar?It's not because I heard that the salary here is high and the work is less, so I came here.

That's right, Li Qi is planning to use the assembly line to run the blacksmith factory.

High efficiency and low cost.

Although the assembly line is very inhumane, it has to be said that as a lord, it can help him save a lot of time and money.

He does not have a good blacksmith, but as long as the steps of blacksmithing are refined and further refined until each person is only responsible for one or two steps, even apprentices can easily master it. He does not have technical talents, but he does not lack coolies. , the problem of shortage of manpower is naturally solved, and the price of this kind of apprentice is much cheaper than that of a blacksmith!

This proposal was quickly approved by all the blacksmiths, and the blacksmith apprentices even raised their hands in support.

It was a mistake, because Li Qi gave a "commission" suggestion, and the blacksmiths even hoped to hire more assembly line apprentices. The more they build, the more they earn, and they don't have to worry about their skills being stolen. They are more concerned about this than Li Qi.

Because you can only sharpen knives, or only make sword grids, you cannot become a master blacksmith.

Li Qi calculated an account carefully.

A set of full body armor for porcupine collar infantry, including weapons, costs 2 gold days, and the cost of materials is about 50-80 silver months.

The rest is the manual cost. It takes two months to make a full set of Zhajia, and the profit is 1.5 gold days, that is, only 60 silver months in 150 days, and an average of 2.5 silver months per day. If the settlement price is in gold days , the average daily income is about 3 silver months.

The profit seems to be very scary. After all, the maids working in the castle only have 5 Bronze Stars per day, and the housekeeper Simon only has 2 Silver Months and 100 Bronze Stars a month.

But people are not machines. Swinging hammers non-stop, from armor to armor, to swords, boots, helmets, etc., consumes a lot of energy.

Normally speaking, building a full-body equipment in two months is the fastest speed, because the blacksmith always has other jobs in his hands, and there are very few elite soldiers wearing heavy armor, especially in Lintawan, where it is almost impossible to receive such kind of work.

For each piece of armor, Li Qi gave each blacksmith 10 silver months as a profit. They didn't have to wield a hammer, they only needed to teach and supervise the work.

If they are willing to make some weapons by themselves, Li Qi will still buy them at the market price.

Blacksmiths made a net profit without having to do it.

There are many people, the work speed is fast, and the production quantity is large, so the profits generated will naturally be high.

As long as the apprentices who are in charge of their respective steps do their job well, they will be paid 1 silver month per set. It is also hard work, and they earn more than other jobs, and the apprentices will not complain.

The blacksmith carefully divided these tasks into 20 steps, that is, the expenditure on the apprentice assembly line was 20 silver per set per month.

Adding material costs, apprentice manual costs, firewood and coal costs, and blacksmith commissions, Li Qi will spend up to 100 silver months in the end. If he can negotiate with Ironstone City on the purchase of iron ore, the price will be even cheaper, reduced to 80-90 silver A monthly set is not a problem.

From 2 gold days to 100 silver months, the blacksmiths and apprentices in Porcupine Collar also prefer this work mode, because everyone earns more.

Li Qi not only saved money, but also greatly improved production efficiency.

It's just that the quality is slightly worse than those made by experienced blacksmiths, but it's not a problem at all because it's cost-effective.

Get it in one fell swoop!
In such a happy atmosphere, the blacksmith assembly line factory in Porcupine Collar was quickly built and tried to operate.

　Ten thousand words.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)