The next morning, when Tang Ping and Archduke John arrived at the carriage factory, they found that the carriage craftsmen who had just arrived yesterday were already working.
"Don, they are really hardworking!"
"Yes, the Tang people are the most industrious people." Tang Ping nodded.
Although he likes to lie flat, it doesn't mean that he doesn't respect the quality of hard work.
Tang Ping walked over with John, and the craftsmen also greeted them one after another.
"What are you doing?" Tang Ping asked curiously.
"Let's test the wood here." A craftsman said: "The wood in each place is different, so we have to first check the hardness, toughness and elasticity of these woods before we can decide how much to use in production. Material."
It is not as easy as imagined to make a carriage both strong and light.
If it is too heavy, it will be difficult to pull the horse and the speed will be slow.
If it is too light, it may be damaged by a bump.
Moreover, different woods are suitable for different positions. It does not mean that one kind of wood can be used for carriages and wheels.
To put it bluntly, these craftsmen have to understand the material parameters of these woods before they can design the carriage based on these parameters.
Tang Ping translated what they said to John, and John gave a thumbs up and said: "Amazing, this is professionalism!"
He really didn't expect that there were so many explanations in it.
Then he and Tang Ping watched with interest.
Some people may think this kind of work looks boring, but others may find it very pleasing to watch people doing these things.
Otherwise, why would there be so many people repairing donkey hooves and washing carpets on the short video platform and attracting so many people to watch.
Even if you put a few bottle caps into a small river to see which bottle cap floats the fastest, you can get 5 million likes.
Now Tang Ping and the others feel that way when they watch these craftsmen sawing, planing or carving wood.
It may seem boring, but it's actually awesome.
It didn't take long for John to find that the wood of various shapes in the hands of these craftsmen was gradually being pieced together.
Sure enough, the wood was put together into a carriage without using a single nail.
To be precise, it is not a standard-sized carriage, but a scaled-down model carriage.
"Oh my God! How...how...is this done?"
Archduke John assured that he had been watching these craftsmen at work.
They made wooden strips, planks, etc., and suddenly when they were assembled, it turned into a carriage?
Is this magic or something?
"Hahaha, John, in the words of our Tang Dynasty, you only know what you are familiar with."
Tang Ping took the model from the craftsman's hand. It was a four-wheeled carriage.
This carriage doesn't seem like much, but the difficulty lies in the fact that it was completed by dozens of craftsmen each with one or two components.
None of the four wheels were made by the same person, but they look exactly the same.
In addition to testing materials, these craftsmen are also demonstrating their craftsmanship to their owners or bosses.
This was used to tell Archduke John that it would definitely not be a loss to hire them.
"Don, show me, show me."
Like a child begging for a toy, Archduke John took the carriage model from Tang Ping and looked at it seriously.
"Don, I have to say, this is not a carriage, it is a work of art, no, it is a luxury product!"
The more Archduke John looked at it, the more he liked it, and finally he said directly: "Don, look at the size, it's just right for a baby to ride on. Can you ask them to change it into a car that a baby can sleep in?"
"You have a child so soon?" Tang Ping asked in surprise.
"Not yet, but I'm sure it will be soon because I work hard every night."
Tang Ping shrugged and said, "Then just ask them to make you a stroller."
Tang Ping found a few pictures of strollers on the Internet and called two craftsmen to discuss it. Then the two craftsmen drew with pens, marked the dimensions, and called the others over.
More than half an hour later, a wooden stroller appeared in front of Archduke John.
"Don, I swear, this will be the best gift my child has ever received!" Archduke John was extremely satisfied with this.
After having a meal at noon, these craftsmen began to work hard to build a new carriage.
Datang's assembly line operations have long been popularized, but no one has ever used it in this way in Europe.
At first, Archduke John was curious as to why each of these craftsmen focused on one part and made almost four sets in one afternoon.
Those who moved slower also did more than two sets.
Then while waiting for dinner, when two sets of finished carriages appeared, Archduke John shouted "Wang Defa!"
He thought that each of these craftsmen would make a carriage. Seeing them like this, he thought it would be several days before he could see the finished product.
Unexpectedly, in just one afternoon, two finished products appeared in front of me.
"Tang, you Tang people will definitely know magic! For sure!"
Archduke John said incredulously.
"John, this is an assembly line operation." Tang Ping explained to him: "Look at their operation line, it's just like an assembly line. From beginning to end, each person makes several parts of the carriage, and then finally assembles these parts. ."
"Each of them only makes the parts they are most proficient in, and they will become more and more proficient. At the same time, because each part is made by the same person, every carriage assembled in the end will be very standard. This is also called modular operation. ."
"Your industries can actually try to let your workers do this."
"Can my property also be used?" Archduke John asked sincerely: "Don, teach me."
"You have to let your workers discuss this among themselves, because they only know the steps of their work, and after they are separated like this, once there is a problem with the product, it is very easy to find out what link caused the problem."
These two carriages are of course much worse than Tang Ping's one, but they are still very well made.
As long as you look at the details of many things, you can find many differences, and Archduke John also, after careful observation, you can find that this carriage is much more refined than his original ones.
In particular, there are many special humanized designs on the carriage. While these craftsmen were talking, Tang Ping was translating, and Archduke John nodded repeatedly.
Finally, Archduke John looked at the carriage, looked left and right and said, "Is there something missing?"
Then he said with a sudden realization: "There is still one more logo left, Don! Our first Mercedes-Benz carriage still lacks a logo like the Donkey brand fashion product!"
