At the end of February in the sixth year of Chongzhen.
Harbor City, Light Industrial Zone, No. 1 Bicycle Manufacturing Factory.
On this day, Xu Yuan brought several senior officials to inspect and attended the ribbon-cutting celebration ceremony for the first batch of 100 Jinlong bicycles to roll off the assembly line.
Xu Yuan attaches great importance to this bicycle factory. Starting from the location selection of the factory, he pays great attention to the construction progress of the factory, the training progress of workers, and the research progress of the R&D team. He has invested nearly 1 billion in funds, starting from modern society.
We have purchased a variety of machine tools, production and processing equipment, assembly line equipment, and even raw materials, etc. We will provide whatever is lacking, which can be said to be a response to every request.
His main purpose was to achieve localized production of bicycles in the late Ming Dynasty.
Including the localization of R&D talents, the localization of technical workers, and the localization of most raw materials.
In the end, we will produce bicycles that are almost independent of modern society. Not to mention achieving 100% localized independent production, we must also significantly reduce dependence.
So after more than a year of hard work, the bicycle named Jinlong brand has been successfully mass-produced. Have all the goals originally set by Xu Yuan been achieved?
In a spacious and bright factory building.
Facing the semi-finished bicycles on the assembly line.
Factory director Zeng Xiaoping personally introduced Xu Yuan:
"Master, there are more than 300 parts and components that make up a bicycle. However, through design simplification, we successfully reduced the number of parts by removing some parts without having a big impact on the function of the bicycle.
Arrived at 153."
"In terms of raw materials, we also tried our best to find local alternatives, and cooperated with steel mills to solve key problems, and smelted manganese steel and spring steel with up to standard performance."
"We then use cutting machine tools, punch machines, drilling machines, thread processing machine tools, wire drawing machine tools, laser processing machine tools and other advanced equipment to process all kinds of parts we need."
“So far, among the 153 parts that make up the Jinlong brand bicycle, the manganese steel frame has been independently produced, the 28-inch wheel hub has been independently produced, as well as spokes, brake pads, bells, gear plates, pedals, and mud guards.
150 parts such as plates and spring cushions are all produced independently!"
"There are only three parts: ball bearings, chains, and rubber tires. It is not possible to produce them by ourselves at the moment. But as long as we are given time and the supply of rubber raw materials is solved, we will definitely be able to capture these three core parts and create 100%
Autonomous bikes!”
Zeng Xiaoping said with confidence.
Xu Yuan was shocked.
Out of 153 parts, 150 can be produced independently. From the perspective of the number of parts, the independent production rate has reached an exaggerated level of 98%.
This is already very good, quite good, far beyond Xu Yuan's expectations.
The remaining three core parts, ball bearings, chains, and rubber tires, are not expensive in modern society. It is even cheaper to place a volume order. He can buy hundreds of thousands or several without spending much money.
There are millions of pieces, and the warehouse space occupied is not large.
"That's enough, that's enough. You don't have to rush to tackle these three core parts for the time being. I will provide you with them in large quantities. The focus of your next work is to find ways to increase the production capacity of Jinlong bicycles. The greater the output of the assembly line, the better."
Well, you don’t have to worry about not being able to sell it. Even if you produce 100,000 or a million vehicles a year, you can still sell them all. Just run the production at full capacity."
Xu Yuan waved his hand and said with a proud face.
"Manufacturer, there are currently several supporting parts factories with limited production capacity, and the parts qualification rate is not very high. I estimate that the current production capacity can only be about 500 vehicles per week, and will be increased to 1,000 vehicles later, but if you want to
It will be difficult to continue to improve, unless we purchase more machine tools and equipment."
Zeng Xiaoping smiled bitterly.
And it produces thousands of vehicles every week.
The annual output is 50,000 vehicles. Compared with the Ming Dynasty's population base and consumption capacity of about 200 million, this production capacity is completely sufficient for the time being.
"What about the cost? How much is the production cost to manufacture such a Jinlong bicycle?"
Facing a polished-looking, assembled Jinlong bicycle, Xu Yuan asked again.
"Except for the three core parts, the total cost of manufacturing such a bicycle is about 50 silver dollars. When production capacity increases and efficiency improves, the cost can be reduced to about 30 silver dollars." Next to factory director Zeng Xiaoping
one engineer replied.
"It's okay. The cost control is okay."
Xu Yuan nodded. Even if the production cost is 50 silver dollars, buying a set of ball bearing chain rubber tires from modern society only costs about a hundred yuan at most. That is, the actual production cost is 50 silver dollars per 100rmb, compared with 600 to 1,000 yuan.
If you buy a complete vehicle directly from modern society at the price of /vehicle, in fact the cost is not reduced, and the monetary cost is even higher, which means it is better to buy it than to build it.
But the 98% parts autonomy rate saves him a lot of trouble.
At least for Xu Yuan, this result made him very happy and satisfied.
This also proves that the ingenuity of the ancients, especially the Chinese ancestors, is by no means weaker than that of modern people, because only excellent genes will be passed down. If the Chinese people in modern society can do it, then the ancient Chinese people must also
It works!
The workers and engineers in the bicycle factory in front of me are very good proof.
The localized production of bicycles has basically been realized.
Plus the biodiesel plant out front.
And the synthetic nitrogen fertilizer plant that will start debugging and producing next.
The number of projects that have achieved independence or are about to achieve independence has increased to three, which is equivalent to three big rocks falling in my heart.
Of course, there are still many problems before Xu Yuan. What needs to be independently produced is far more than these three items. However, biodiesel represents energy; bicycles represent the flow of people and logistics, and the vitality of the economy; and fertilizers represent stable and high-yielding products.
food.
Even in modern society, energy, logistics, and food are the foundations of the foundation. It doesn't matter if there are problems in other fields. If there are problems in these three aspects, even a highly modernized country will collapse quickly.
Falling into a state of hell on earth.
On the contrary, as long as there are no problems with energy, logistics, and food, even if the country is blocked by the whole world, there will be no major internal troubles, because as long as people can eat and drink enough, and add a small amount of entertainment, they will be able to
Enough. Before the issue of survival, high-end chips are not important, computer games are not important, and it is even less important that you cannot eat Western fast food or buy Western luxury goods. Without these, it will not affect the survival of normal people, so there is no need to worry about anything at all.
Feeling worried and anxious about chip war and technology war.
So as long as the three cornerstones of energy, logistics, and food are stable, Xu Yuan can take it easy and leisurely. Even if the pace of development is slower, it won't be a big problem. There is no need to be in a hurry or overly busy state, and he may even have time to enjoy it.
Life.
That's too far.
Get rid of the many chaotic thoughts in your mind.
My eyes fell back on the Jinlong bicycle in front of me, which was similar in shape to the 28th big bar. It looked a bit silly, big and chunky (without the horizontal bar in the middle).
"By the way, how is the quality of our bicycle and how is its load capacity?" Thinking of a question, Xu Yuan asked a young worker nearest him.
"Sir, the owner of the village, this car is of very good quality..." The young worker was shocked. The most respected owner of the village actually asked him a question. He suddenly turned red with excitement.
He was stumbling when he spoke, and his mind was in confusion.
"Don't be hasty and answer slowly. I'm not a tiger, so there's no need to be so nervous." Xu Yuan comforted him with a smile.
The young worker's face turned redder, but his speech became much clearer: "Sir, the quality of our bicycle is very good. The main frame is an unbreakable keel, so it is called the Golden Dragon brand. If the load is heavy, the front of the bicycle is
It can seat one person, the middle slash can squat for one person, and the back seat can seat one person. Including the cyclist, it can seat up to four people. When loading cargo, it can carry up to more than 300 kilograms without bending the wheel hub..."
"Okay, young man, what's your name and how old are you this year?" Xu Yuan asked about the worker's personal situation.
"Back to the owner, my name is Chen Jiannan, I am eighteen years old this year."
"Are you still used to this job? Can you tolerate it?"
"Yes! This job is not tiring. I don't have to hang out in the sun, and I can touch bicycles every day. I like this job, and the income is quite good. It's 18 silver dollars per month. I know that I work in a bicycle factory, and there are many neighbors around me.
I’m envious of all the matchmakers. There are quite a few matchmakers who come to me to propose wives to me, but I don’t want to get married too early, but I’ll bother these matchmakers..."
Chen Jiannan's eyebrows danced as he talked about his situation and troubles, which elicited good-natured laughter.
"Oh, do you have a dream? Tell me about your dream." Xu Yuan asked kindly.
"Yes, my first dream is to save money to buy a Jinlong bicycle that I assemble myself. My second dream is to learn how to build better bicycles. My third dream is to build more wheels.
The car can not only carry a lot of goods, but also a lot of people, and it can also run very fast, just like those excavators and harvesters!"
Chen Jiannan, a young worker, let go completely and spoke out loud about his dream.
"Okay, be ambitious, be ambitious! All your dreams will definitely come true." Xu Yuan gave a thumbs up.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Factory director Zeng Xiaoping and others also laughed heartily, and the factory was suddenly filled with a happy and relaxed atmosphere.
This joyful scene was not only photographed and recorded by the reporters on the side, but also in the form of a news broadcast. At seven o'clock in the evening, through radio receiving stations and loudspeakers set up in the centers of hundreds of collective estates, the two broadcasters broadcast the news on time.
It is played by millions of people in Xujiazhuang and has become a regular listening program after meals and before going to bed every day.
And worker Chen Jiannan's lively performance today will definitely become a minor celebrity after it is broadcast on the radio.