A poor hero

"Yes, Grandpa Patriarch, Chen Chen is very powerful. He earned more than ten taels of silver yesterday."

Shen Qian nodded and agreed seriously.

This little guy admires Chen Chen. Chen Chen has become a god in her heart.

Patriarch Shen also knew that Chen Chen was a capable person, and he believed what Shen Qian said.

So he couldn't wait to ask: "Chen Chen, what kind of business is it? Is it very profitable?"

Chen Chen smiled and replied: "Grandpa, patriarch, I'm hungry. Let's have a good chat after dinner."

Just like that, everyone started to use the dishes and chopsticks.

After the meal, Shen Qian, Shen Qian's mother and Shen Qian's grandma cleared away the dishes.

Shen Nan also burped and went out to play with his good friends.

Patriarch Shen looked around, stared at Chen Chen and asked, "Chen Chen, tell me quickly, what business do you want to cooperate with me on?"

Chen Chen smiled and pointed to the small waterwheel model he had just made, "Grandpa Patriarch, we can sell waterwheels. When we make the waterwheel, the villagers will not need so many people to carry water to drench the rice seedlings. We can make more Water tanker comes to sell.”

Patriarch Shen actually thought about something just now.

That is to ask the villagers to build a few more waterwheels, and then distribute them to other villages of the same clan.

In recent years, some villages have become more developed and no longer obey him as the patriarch.

He wanted to use the drought to send water trucks to earn back some prestige as a clan leader.

Now that he heard Chen Chen's plan, he felt a little embarrassed, "Chen Chen, how many more units do I want to give to the brother villages? Will it be too late? After all, the drought is only short-term."

Chen Chen understood Patriarch Shen's concerns. The rice seedlings would not be able to survive the drought for long.

If the waterwheel cannot be built in a short period of time, no one will buy the waterwheel again until the rice seedlings die or the rice seedlings survive the dragon boat rain in May.

In the past, carpenters often made waterwheels in a family workshop or even by one person.

It takes a lot of time and effort to make a waterwheel.

But Chen Chen's production is modular. Each person is responsible for one thing, or several people are responsible for one thing, and then assemble it.

In this way, as long as everyone is familiar with what they are making, practice makes perfect, and they can quickly build a large waterwheel.

Moreover, each module can be divided into several processes, and each process can be responsible for different people, thus forming an assembly line production.

In this way, people can be added to each process at any time. It is not difficult for new people to learn one thing, and they do not need to spend too much time teaching others.

So Chen Chen raised his head, smiled and said, "Grandpa Patriarch, what if I say how many large waterwheels can be made in one day?"

When Patriarch Shen heard this, his eyes lit up, "Chen Chen, do you mean how many large waterwheels can be made in a day?"

"Grandpa Patriarch, yes, we can produce several units a day, or even more than a dozen units."

"As long as we can find enough manpower, that's not a problem."

Chen Chen replied seriously.

Patriarch Shen frowned and became disappointed, "Chen Chen, you might as well not say anything about this. There are hundreds of people in Shen Village, but there are only about a dozen who are familiar with carpentry. It's too late to go outside the village to find them in a short time." ”

Chen Chen smiled and said: "We don't need everyone to be able to do carpentry. We can find some people with flexible minds, and then those people will be responsible for each component and let them guide the new people to work. That's fine."

Patriarch Shen also understood after hearing this.

The villagers who were looking for materials just now also returned here one after another.

Patriarch Shen told them Chen Chen's idea, and they immediately agreed.

They are also simple rural people, and the thought of building a large number of waterwheels has made them happy.

They didn't even eat, and immediately wanted to find someone to help.

But Chen Chen felt that sharpening the knife would not stop chopping wood, so he insisted on letting them eat before letting them go out to find people.

They had no choice but to eat and listen to Chen Chen introducing various things to pay attention to.

These villagers can be considered smart people because they can learn carpentry as a means of making a living during their spare time.

After they finished eating, they immediately went to find their helpers according to Chen Chen's instructions.

When other villagers heard that this was arranged by the clan leader and that they could receive a sum of money every day, they rushed here to sign up. The yard stood slowly and became very lively.

But Chen Chen and Patriarch Shen didn't care about these, and it was up to the person in charge to choose their helpers.

In this way, the person in charge of each component selected a few helpers and got busy.

Because there are so many people, they are all working in this yard, and it is a bit difficult to do their best.

So Chen Chen asked each person in charge to take the materials back to their homes, and then when they were ready, they would be collected at the entrance of the village.

The person in charge had just finished the parts he was responsible for, and with the drawings, they each rushed back to their homes with their helpers carrying the materials.

There are many people to work with, and after only two hours, the first batch of parts was delivered to the entrance of the village one after another.

Chen Chen and Chief Shen found several villagers and assembled them on the spot at the entrance of the village.

Soon, only an hour passed.

The first large water tanker was assembled by Chen Chen and the others and ran smoothly. They only needed to add some bamboo pipes to connect the water.

Of course, Patriarch Shen arranged for people to take over these matters.

Patriarch Shen stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Chen Chen, that's great. The first water tanker has come out. I agreed to the water tanker business."

This is the result Chen Chen wants. As the head of the clan, Chief Shen must have a lot of connections.

With the approval of Patriarch Shen, this business is already half successful.

Chen Chen nodded and said with a smile: "Grandpa Patriarch, it's up to you to sell water trucks."

Patriarch Shen patted his chest and said with a smile, "This is no problem. As long as the price is fair, I guarantee that we can sell twenty or thirty units."

Chen Chen replied with a smile: "Haha, the price must be fair. After excluding the cost of labor and materials, we can make five taels of silver per unit."

Chen Chen also calculated this cost price.

A worker costs about twenty or thirty cents per day, and materials are easy to find in rural areas, so it only costs one or two silver a piece.

According to the current production model and assembly line production, at least five or six units can be produced a day.

On average, the production cost of each unit will not exceed two taels of silver.

Now for only seven taels of silver, you can buy a waterwheel that is more advanced than the usual ones that cost dozens of taels of silver. It will definitely sell well.

It's a pity that this business will not last long, because the water tanker can be used for so long that it will not need to be replaced for more than ten years.

Moreover, Xu County is not usually a place that is short of water, but this year is special.

Patriarch Shen smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a straight line, with a smile on his face, "At this price, I guarantee that the entire Xu County can use it."

Because I only started making the waterwheel in the afternoon, and then I made a waterwheel component. Before I had time to assemble it, it got dark.

It was too dark to travel, so Chen Chen had to change his plan and take Shen Qian home the next day.