Chapter 28 I Understand the Truth, But...

Yup!

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

"What kind of order are you placing... oh, let's just say it's an order, but it's not weapons and equipment."

Tang En said: "Today I inspected the farmland..."

I love the word "inspection"!

Tang En was inexplicably satisfied and continued: "I found that the farm tools everyone uses are still wooden, so I want to give everyone some agricultural subsidies in the name of the lord, so that everyone can replace the iron farm tools."

"Really?"

Edgar counted the number of farmers in Ellington in his heart, and was overjoyed. Although the price of farm tools was not as high as that of weapons and equipment, he could make a lot of money if the number increased.

"Of course it's true. In addition, I still have something for you to help build, but I'll make sure of this first."

"It's easy to say, everyone knows that iron farm tools are definitely easy to use, but iron tools are too expensive for everyone to use, so they always use wooden ones. What did the lord say..."

"Agricultural subsidies."

"Yes! Agricultural subsidy - by the way, what does agricultural subsidy mean?"

It was only then that Edgar remembered that he didn't understand what Dunn meant at all.

You don't understand what the excitement is!

Tang En resisted the urge to roar and explained it patiently, and then Edgar understood. In short, the agricultural subsidy means that the lord spends money for everyone to exchange for good things!

If Fiona was present, she would be even more shocked and amazed - shocked by his skills to win people's hearts, and amazed at his prodigal!

"This is a great thing!"

Edgar was very excited: "Lord Lord is indeed sent by the gods to save us Ellington! If everyone knows about this, they will be very grateful to Lord Lord!"

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

"Okay! I swear in the name of the gods that I will keep this a secret!"

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

Was it a coincidence in the morning?

Dunn put the idea behind him in a blink of an eye.

"Wait wait! Big brother!"

Brian gave up at this time, blowing his beard and staring angrily: "You called me here just to let me build farm implements!? Are you kidding me!?"

"Of course not joking!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Brian was furious: "I am Brian of the dignified Hammer Family, but you asked me to stay to help you build farm tools!? The family emblem of the Hammer Family will cry! Really crying!"

"Oh?"

Tang En said lightly: "Even if these farm tools will be replaced in the future, you don't want to use new alloys?"

"No...of course I do!"

Brian's face changed in an instant, and righteousness said: "—No matter how powerful forging weapons and equipment is, it is only a weapon for killing. Only forging agricultural tools is the choice for the benefit of all living beings! I like forging agricultural tools the most, and no one should rob me. Otherwise I'll be in a hurry with him!"

Tang En pouted, "Small, fight with me?" You are still tender!

Brian despised Dunn in his heart, fighting with me? Your face is still thin!

"I understand, Lord, so these farm tools are still made according to the previous proportions, right?"

Edgar's face was troubled, and he made a rough estimate in his heart. Although the iron ore was a little nervous, the savings was generally enough.

Dunn sensitively noticed Edgar's abnormality: "What's wrong? Is there any difficulty?"

"No difficulty! Guaranteed to complete the task!"

"Well," Dunn nodded, "By the way, although it is said to be an iron farm tool, it does not need to be all iron, as long as the key parts of the farm tool are replaced with iron ones, the hoe, rake, plowshare, and sickle blade are made of iron, and the handle is still used. Wood will do, but all iron is not only wasteful, but also too heavy to farm."

"It turned out to be so, I didn't expect it!"

Edgar suddenly realized, but after doing this, the iron ore was surplus again, and he was quite happy.

Dunn motioned for him to start the calculation: "You roughly calculate how many pieces of each need to be built, and then give me a quotation."

Edgar made a hasty calculation and said, "Lord Lord, as far as I know, there are 1,232 farm households in Ellington, and if they are all replaced, it will cost at least 1,232 each. Considering the damage and replacement, I am afraid it will take more than 1,500 to build. It is just that iron tools are used in key places, which reduces the cost a lot. The sickle and rake head are ten silver coins each, and the hoe and plowshare are slightly more expensive. It costs fifteen silver coins each. These It's all at cost."

Edgar's offer to Dunn did not dare to be false, saying that the cost price did not contain a trace of moisture.

"Well, I allow you to have a profit of one silver coin for each, and the price will be set at eleven silver coins and sixteen silver coins."

Tang En doesn't even need to count. Even if every family buys everything, it is enough for him to subsidize one gold coin. This is only 1,232 gold coins. Compared with the improved agricultural efficiency, this amount of money is really not worth it. It's a lot.

"Your lord is wise."

"Don't flatter me, how long does it take to get these things done? Is one month enough?"

"One, one month!?"

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

Tang En was stunned: "It's been half a year!? It's not enough, just something like this..."

"A layman is a layman!"

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

"This... your lord?"

"This efficiency is too slow!"

Tang En frowned, half a year, the harvest time of the harvest month was delayed.

"Slow? Who dares to say slow!"

Brian was furious: "If it wasn't for my master, it would have taken longer!"

"That makes sense."

Eddie took it seriously: "Lord Lord, to make iron tools requires smelting, repeated tempering, and then cutting and quenching. Every step is sloppy."

"This is just an agricultural tool, not a weapon on the battlefield, it's just sloppy..."

"You are insulting us!"

Brian blew his beard and stared at him angrily: "Forging is a sacred skill, and what we make in our hands must be fine!"

"This……"

Dunn had nothing to say, he just realized that he made the mistake of empiricism again.

On Earth, due to the highly developed industry, everything is mass-produced by an assembly line. If the assembly line does not produce 10,000 items every day, it is embarrassing to start work. But Plandal is different. There is no assembly line factory here, and there are no various machines. All handmade!

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

But what Dunn wants now is efficiency and mass production.

"You can't even recruit apprentices?"

"No, no, no, apprentices also depend on their comprehension and skills. After a few years of study, they can't build things independently."

Brian and Edgar shook their heads, discussing how to improve efficiency, but no matter how they discussed, they could not avoid an important question.

Too few people are available.

Dunn frowned, the efficiency is too low and must be improved.

"In this case, let's put it aside for the time being, and now we have to discuss an important issue."

Dunn pressed his hands down, motioning them to be quiet, and then said, "That's how to improve efficiency."

"Big brother, what can you do?"

"Are you going to use molds to improve efficiency?"

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

"It's good to know how to use a mold. Then, I think it's time to innovate the backward forging technology of Plandal."

"innovation?"

"That's right."

Tang En showed a bright smile: "Assembly line operation and lathe manufacturing technology... There should be applause here."

"Quack quack quack..."

The dull faces Edgar and Brian clapped their hands stupidly, 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 were confused by Dunn again.

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

The two in front of them may be the witnesses of the Prandal industrial revolution, so Dunn must explain it to them patiently, so that the next step can be started.

"The assembly line operation is very simple. The principle is to replace the various repetitive tasks of one person with a large number of workers. Each person completes a step and then hands it over to the next person. In this way, without a moment's rest, the work efficiency can be greatly improved."

Brian couldn't help but ask: "I understand the truth, but why does the efficiency increase?"

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

After listening to Dunn's explanation, Edgar and Brian suddenly realized, and then they were amazed.

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

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

Edgar and Brian suddenly felt like idiots. It was a simple matter, but why didn't anyone think of it before?

"But big brother, this is back to the old problem, we don't have that many blacksmiths available!"

That's right, whether it's hand forging or assembly line work, there are not so many skilled blacksmiths available, which is the biggest problem facing now.

And Dunn's solution to this problem is very simple and rude.

That is to move the lathe and punching machine to Plandal!

"That brings me to my second point, lathe manufacturing technology."

The corner of Tang En's mouth twitched: "Since we can't improve the overall work efficiency, we have to improve the unit time efficiency. As long as you two can produce more products per unit time, the efficiency will naturally increase."

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

And what Tang En wants to tell them is that this method is feasible, not only feasible, but also very feasible!

Lathe technology will change the whole of Ellington - no, the whole of Plandal's industry!