Chapter 200 [Assembly Line Production]
Jiang Lili finished examining the Zhang brothers and put away her medicine box. "There's a herbal remedy for diarrhea, but the village storehouse is out of it. I'm going to have someone go to the mountains to pick it now. You guys just wait. It just so happens that you won't be able to take my new medicine until tomorrow."
The two of them looked pale and nodded painfully: "Thank you for your hard work, Miss Jiang."
Zhang Huang thought it would be a good idea to have an extra doctor on the island. "I will repay you for your kindness today."
Jiang Lili muttered to herself, "I'll report back someday. If they attack me then, I'll be lucky enough to be spared." However, she maintained a lively and kind smile on her face. "No need. We saved you without asking for anything in return. Just give us a few more baskets of fish if you have the chance."
Zhang Zhao watched Jiang Lili leave: "Miss, you are such a nice person!"
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Jiang Lili brought the replaced recorder to the Dan'er County Government Office. Today, she did not see Lord Hu enjoying the cool air at the gate of the government office.
Xin Cheng and Lord Hu were studying gunpowder and fire rods in the basement.
Jiang Lili turned on the recorder, and the three of them listened to the conversation between the Zhang brothers in the recorder and got some useful information.
Even though Jiang Lili had explained the function of the recorder to the two before, they couldn't help but admire it every time they saw such advanced technology.
After listening to the conversation between the Zhang brothers, Xin Cheng was very excited: "So they are from Mi Country!"
Lord Hu had also heard a little about Miguo: "Miguo is a small country at the northernmost tip of the Sunan Islands, closest to Haizhou Island."
Jiang Lili immediately asked, "What's their size? What's their combat power?"
This is what Jiang Lili urgently wants to know. If she can know some intelligence in advance and provide it to Wen Qiao, then Wen Qiao can also deploy early. If nothing unexpected happens, Wen Qiao will meet up with the pirate squad in the next few days and land on the Sunan Islands.
Xin Cheng recalled what he knew in his mind: "The land where Miguo is located is flat. There are no high mountains, only low hills at most. Because it is mostly grassland, they are good at raising horses and riding and shooting. The people of Miguo are generally not tall, but they are very light and slender."
"But the information I have is quite old, almost ten years old. However, I estimate that their current population should not exceed 30,000."
Lord Hu added, "The Mi Kingdom is not like the Great Sheng Dynasty, where administrative divisions are clearly defined. It is a relatively dispersed tribe, and the tribesmen migrate and there are conflicts between tribes."
Jiang Lili understood: "It's okay. As long as we know which country these Zhang brothers are from, Wen Qiao's task will be much easier."
She immediately sent the contents of the recorder and what she learned from Xin Cheng and Lord Hu to Wen Qiao.
"In this recording pen, the Zhang brothers also said that the prince has been poisoned by the golden silkworm Gu, and your whole family will be in trouble. How come you are not panicking at all?"
Of course Jiang Lili remembered the content about the poison. This Zhang Zhao was indeed something. She felt the breath of the golden silkworm poison from Xin Che. However, Xin Che carried this poison insect with him just to cover up his tracks and prevent the dog emperor from sending people to verify the results of Hou Xiaoxiao's poison.
"We already know that this golden silkworm Gu was planted by the members of the Miao tribe when they passed through the Qinglin Mountains during exile." Jiang Lili told Hu Chen about the attack on Qinglin Mountain.
She concealed the parts about her cheating and being carried away by her teammates, and made some modifications and additions to round it out, trying her best to make their side sound like they had survived a disaster and were in a miserable state.
Jiang Lili shook her head and continued, "I don't know when we became enemies with the Miaojiang tribe. But luckily, Granny Zheng in our village, who knows witchcraft, has a way to stabilize the poisonous insect. I'll find a way to completely release it."
After hearing about the thrilling experience of Marquis Zhaoping's family, Lord Hu was furious. Not only was the hero defending the border framed and exiled, but he also had to endure such a hardship: "Hasn't it occurred to you that someone hired a killer behind the scenes?"
Xin Cheng glanced at Jiang Lili and carefully chose his words to respond to Lord Hu: "I've thought about it, but the Xin family has offended too many people."
"I think it was that damned Emperor Qingning who sent someone to do it!"
Lord Hu's words were earth-shattering. "God damn it! He'll get himself killed sooner or later! His whole family is no good!"
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Lord Hu made an excited condemnation and cursed so filthyly that the hatred in it made Jiang Lili and Xin Cheng admire him!
This Lord Hu is also a man with a story.
"Master, calm down." Jiang Lili poured a cup of tea for Master Hu. "You are so brave to say that."
Hu Chen gulped down his tea in one gulp and waved his hand, "It was Emperor Qingning and the group of treacherous villains he indulged who caused my family to be torn apart."
"I don't know how the workers in the smelting company and the quarry are doing now, and whether they are holding on."
"Sometimes I wish I could make him a fool with my gunpowder. But let's get down to business. I'm going to get back to making the fire-pole."
Lord Hu sighed, "It's really too slow for the two of us to make a firewood stick."
He and Xin Cheng worked day and night for seven days and finally made two fire poles.
You have to know that both of them are craftsmen with extremely superb skills.
Seeing that Lord Hu and Xin Cheng's dark circles had deepened, Jiang Lili told them the solution she had come up with.
She suggested, "Is there a blacksmith in the village? Why not let them participate in the production?"
Lord Hu frowned. "But, not to mention that this fire rod is an extremely dangerous secret weapon, if we ask other blacksmiths in the village to participate, we will have to teach them how to assemble it and how the fire rod works."
When Lord Hu thought seriously, he looked quite wise: "This will take up a lot of time and will also delay the production progress. Why don't we just work hard together?"
Xin Cheng felt that Jiang Lili was so smart that she must have thought of what Lord Hu said, so he asked, "Sister-in-law, do you have any other way to solve the problem that Lord Hu mentioned?"
Jiang Lili snapped her fingers and uttered five words that puzzled her two ancient friends: "Assembly line production!"
To earn money for college, Jiang Lili worked as an assembly line worker during her summer and winter vacations. She handled packaging, assembly, and quality control. She was inspired by the assembly line model: "A fire rod is made up of 23 parts."
"We'll have each blacksmith responsible for mass-producing a component or assembling a section of the fire rod. They'll then send the components or semi-finished products to my second brother and Old Hu. You two will then perform the final assembly and test whether they work properly."
“Great!”
After hearing what Jiang Lili said, Lord Hu slammed the table angrily and said, "Everyone only knows the appearance of the same parts, so they can't guess what we are making."
"Besides, the gunpowder shells we need to fire are in our hands. Even if others have a fire rod, it will be useless."
Xin Cheng was also very excited. Jiang Lili's words enlightened him. The weapon forging in the military camp was also like this: "Plus, each person is only responsible for making one component. Their proficiency improves very quickly. It's much more efficient than if we were all responsible for making all the components and then assembling them!"
After Mr. Hu's excitement, he calmed down and said, "However, we only have two experienced blacksmiths in the village, plus four apprentices who have been studying with them for a month. I'm afraid we still don't have enough manpower."
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