At noon, at two o'clock, in the Manlu Hall.
Qin Ming knelt down in front of a table and slowly ate the food on the table.
On his upper hand sits Miaoying Zhenren, and on his lower hand sits Baili Zhi.
Across the hall, opposite him sat Princess Jinyang kneeling, and Prince Li Chengqian sat opposite Zhenren Miaoying.
Compared with Wan'er's craftsmanship, the royal chef in the palace was obviously inferior. Moreover, perhaps because the kitchen of Ganlu Palace was far away from the main hall, the dishes were already cold when they were delivered.
At this time, Qin Ming just wanted to leave the palace as soon as possible. Firstly, it was really awkward to stay in the palace. Secondly, for some unknown reason, Li Er looked at him more and more unkindly since he got off the carriage.
I don’t know what illness Li Er suffered from today! The nose is not a nose, and the eyes are not eyes!
Li Er picked up the wine bowl and took a sip, narrowed his eyes and looked at Qin Ming and said:
"Qin Qing's family."
Qin Ming put down his chopsticks, cupped his hands towards Li Shimin who was sitting in the chair and said:
"I'm here."
"I heard from Gao Ming yesterday that the cost of your four-wheeled carriage is 800 yuan?"
"Indeed."
"Not really, right? Apart from anything else, there should be thousands of gold and silver decorations alone, right?"
Qin Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then thought about it and said:
"Your Majesty clearly knows that the price quoted by Wei Chen to His Highness the Crown Prince yesterday is only the cost of Wei Chen's grandfather's car, and the interior of my ancestor's car does not have these gold and silver decorations."
Li Shimin nodded, and then the hall fell into a deathly silence.
As Li Shimin's pillow, Queen Changsun naturally knew what Li Shimin was planning.
What Li Shimin really cares about is not how expensive or rare the carriage is. What he cares about is why the Emperor, Queen, and even Jinyang were given carriages, but why he didn't.
As the old saying goes, don’t worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality!
After taking a look at Qin Ming, who still didn't react, she wanted to use some words to remind Qin Ming and let him offer to send His Majesty a carriage on his own initiative.
"Brother Ming, isn't it very time-consuming to build such a carriage?"
Qin Ming nodded heavily when he heard this and said:
"What the Empress said is true. Although the carriage-making workshop on Zhuangzi has been built, it will take at least a day to build such a carriage."
Queen Changsun's smile suddenly froze on her face.
When Li Shimin, who was drinking heavily, heard this, he spit out the wine, pointed at Qin Ming with two fingers, and asked in disbelief:
"The kind of carriage outside the palace can be built in one day? How is this possible?"
When Qin Ming heard this, he frowned and said:
"Your Majesty, has His Royal Highness the King of Yue not mentioned to you the speed at which four-wheeled transport vehicles are produced in my palace?"
Li Shimin thought for a while after hearing this. Qingque did mention it a few days ago that the Qin Mansion's four-wheel transport vehicles were built faster, but at that time he was busy processing the memorial and did not listen carefully.
Compared with the comfortable and luxurious four-wheeled carriage outside the palace, the transport vehicle produced by the Qin Mansion was obviously more useful to the Tang Dynasty, especially in escorting grain and grass, which could greatly reduce the burden on the court.
So as soon as he got the four-wheeled transport, he asked people from the Ministry of Industry to dismantle the transport vehicle and asked the Ministry of Industry to build a vehicle-building workshop.
According to news from the Ministry of Works the day before yesterday, the workshops of the Ministry of Works can now produce a four-wheel transport vehicle basically every two days.
He remembered that when he heard about this incident, he was so happy that he even issued a decree to reward the officials responsible for it.
And since Qin Ming's workshop can produce one finely crafted four-wheeled carriage outside the palace a day, doesn't it mean that that workshop can produce rough-made transport vehicles faster?
Thinking of this, he stood up and asked seriously:
"How many craftsmen are there in your workshop? If they all build transport vehicles, how many can they produce in a day?"
Qin Ming thought for a while and said:
"There are currently a hundred craftsmen in the car-making workshop. If they all build four-wheel transport vehicles, they can build at least ten vehicles that day."
Li Shimin recalled that the workshop established by the Ministry of Industry seemed to have hundreds of craftsmen.
But with the same number of craftsmen, why is Qin Ming building transport vehicles so fast?
Is there any skill involved in this?
If the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry can also achieve such high efficiency, doesn't it mean that the Ministry of Industry will soon be able to equip the army of the Sixteenth Guard with logistics transport vehicles?
Thinking of this, Li Shimin no longer cared about being sulky with Qin Ming. He didn't even care much about Qin Ming's deal with the Shandong nobles.
Li Shimin walked around the desk, walked quickly to Qin Ming, and asked with red eyes:
"Does your workshop still have any skills? Why does the vehicle-making workshop of the Ministry of Industry, which also has a hundred craftsmen, take two days to build a transport vehicle?"
Qin Ming was startled by Li Shimin's appearance and couldn't understand why Li Er was so excited.
"The workshop in my house doesn't use any skills, it just uses the assembly line production method."
Li Shimin grabbed Qin Ming's shoulders and said eagerly:
"What is an assembly line?"
"Your Majesty, please stop shaking, Wei Chen is a little dizzy."
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately let go of Qin Ming and said displeasedly:
"Don't wait, tell me quickly."
Qin Ming rubbed his temples, and then Li Shimin explained in detail what standard parts were and what assembly line operations were.
After listening to this, Li Shimin murmured:
"How can this be so? Doesn't that mean that as long as the standards are established, then the Ministry of Industry and the production of swords, guns, swords and halberds can use this method to increase production?"
"No wonder it is recorded in unofficial history that after the war, the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty were able to sharpen their halberds faster and faster. It turns out that this is so wonderful, wonderful! Hahaha..."
After laughing, Li Shimin reached out and patted Qin Ming on the shoulder, and said with a pleased expression:
"Wonderful nephew, what a great talent!"
Qin Ming bowed and said:
"Your Majesty has given you too much praise. The humble minister is just a little clever. Compared with His Majesty's great talents, they are nothing to mention!"
Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard this, patted Qin Ming on the shoulder and said:
"Okay, okay, okay, neither arrogant nor impetuous, this is the good man of my Tang Dynasty!"
After speaking, Li Shimin looked at Qin Ming seriously and said:
"My dear, please write a memorial about the assembly line as soon as possible and submit it! This method will be of great use to me!"
Qin Ming bowed and agreed.
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(pS: It’s raining hard, please be safe when you go out!)
