The same person worked on a vestment from start to finish, embroidering six spell arrays.
If the assembly line approach was adopted and the work was split into smaller parts, each person only needed to be responsible for embroidering one spell array, and six people could complete a vestment.
If the quantity was large enough, the advantages of the assembly line approach would definitely show.
This was because the workers in the assembly line only needed to be skillful in one of the six spell arrays, which lowered the skill requirement. As long as they kept repeating their task, they would become more skillful at it, and the speed of production would greatly increase.
This was the magic of Earth's industrialization.
Even after listening to Chen Shaojie's explanation, Tuoba Guoyun and Wenjie were still a bit hesitant.
They felt that Chen Shaojie's method would not necessarily be able to speed up the production process.
Chen Shaojie could guess what they were thinking. For the sake of merit points, he proposed, "Seniors, if you don't believe in my method's effectiveness, you can perform a small test first. It'll show you how effective the method is."
"What kind of test?"
"You can pick a group of people who are among the lesser skilled in the pavilion to work on the vestments in the way I specified, and check the result after a few days. You should be able to see the improvement for yourselves."
Chen Shaojie decided to convince them with proof.
Tuoba Guoyun's eyes lit up as he looked at Chen Shaojie. "You're confident this will work?"
"Try it and you'll see!" replied Chen Shaojie in a confident voice.
"Okay, let's give it a try."
...
Wenjie soon finished selecting the people for the experiment.
They were all embroiderers with slow hands.
The first thing Chen Shaojie did was to give them a short training.
He was not a professional. The so-called training consisted of asking the embroideresses which spell array they were most familiar with, then dividing them into six groups so that each group was only responsible for one spell array. That was all.
An hour later, these embroideresses started working according to Chen Shaojie's instruction.
On the first day, the speed of production was still average and had not changed much.
However, starting from the second day, the embroideresses slowly started to work faster.
On the third day, the assembly line finally showed its true might – the production efficiency had doubled.
"How can this be? At this speed, it's not impossible to make a thousand sets of vestments in a month!"
Both Tuoba Guoyun and Wenjie now looked at Chen Shaojie differently.
Tuoba Guoyun in particular stared at Chen Shaojie's head like he was staring at a precious treasure. "What kind of brain does this kid have? If I make use of it well from now on... tsk tsk, it's easily worth more than getting ten more people from Dingyue!"
Chen Shaojie was not surprised.
Be it on Earth or in this alternate world, the assembly line was just as powerful.
Those who had not seen it in action before would indeed need a little time to come to terms with it.
After the initial surprise, Tuoba Guoyun and Wenjie no longer had any hesitation. They immediately placed all the embroideresses in the Embroidery Pavilion in assembly lines according to Chen Shaojie's design.
Meanwhile--
Chen Shaojie had not forgotten about the reference number.
He asked Yingjing and Hualian to write a reference number on each piece of vestment. Wu Fulai was responsible for recording them.
The reference number record must be submitted to Wenjie every day for safekeeping.
In a mere two days, the entire Embroidery Pavilion had transformed inside out. They had successfully implemented a major upgrade to the production process.
Now that the problem of producing 1,000 sets of vestments had been successfully resolved, Chen Shaojie returned to the Hall of Learning with 200 merit points in hand.
That's right, 200 merit points.
Tuoba Guoyun rewarded him with 200 merit points instead of 100 because Chen Shaojie had helped him solve a big problem.
With these 200 merit points, he could finally go to the Scripture Depository to redeem a new cultivation technique.
But before going to the Scripture Depository, he had one more thing to do – look for Li Luoyun to have a nice chat with her and confirm the matter of cultivating together.
Chen Shaojie strolled into the Hall of Learning and said to Li Luoyun loudly in front of everyone, "Junior Sister Luoyun, can you come outside for a minute? I have something to talk to you about."
Li Luoyun was momentarily stunned, but Chen Shaojie had already turned around and left after he finished speaking. Everyone's eyes were on her. She could not help but gently frown. But in the end, she still stood up and followed Chen Shaojie outside.
After walking to a secluded spot outside the Hall of Learning, Chen Shaojie turned around and waited for Li Luoyun.
Li Luoyun walked over unhurriedly and stood in front of Chen Shaojie. "What do you wish to talk to me about, Senior Brother?"
Her voice was still as cold as ice.
Chen Shaojie did not think much of it, because he had an icebreaker hidden in his groin...
...a jade token that contained 200 merit points.
"You must have heard that I'm now working in Jing Yun Hall, haven't you Junior Sister?"
Chen Shaojie asked with a smile.
That the hall master of Jing Yun Hall had personally come to the Hall of Learning to take him away was well known among the new disciples. It was his capital for showing off.
Li Luoyun nodded. "I've heard about it."
Chen Shaojie continued, "Based on the usual practice, new disciples like us have to attend lectures in the Hall of Learning for two months before we'll be assigned for work in the various halls, and then another month before we'll obtain merit points, right?"
Li Luoyun stared at Chen Shaojie. "What are you trying to say, Senior Brother?"
Chen Shaojie looked into Li Luoyun's eyes and asked bluntly, "Sister Luoyun, do you want to get merit points early to redeem a technique at the Scripture Depository?"
"What do you mean, exactly?"
"It's simple. Remember what I mentioned the last time we talked? If you agree to it, I'll lend you 50 merit points. How about it?"
Chen Shaojie smiled at Li Luoyun.
Li Luoyun raised an eyebrow. "You already have merit points? How did you get them?"
"That's not important, Sister Luoyun. What's important is if you want them."
Chen Shaojie took out the jade token that contained the merit points from his pants to briefly show it to Li Luoyun before putting it back. "If you try to earn merit points with your own effort, you'll need at least three months to redeem the technique you need... Didn't you say you want to avenge your parents, Junior Sister Luoyun? The sooner you get your hands on a new technique, the sooner you can start cultivating, and the sooner you start cultivating, the better, right?"
Li Luoyun's expression was cold. After giving it some thought, with almost no fluctuation in her voice, she said, "Lending me 50 merit points...is a no deal. But if you give me 50 merit points, I'll agree to it!"
Chen Shaojie's eyes lit up. He was not wrong about her. This girl was a very simple, straightforward girl.
Back on Earth, Chen Shaojie loved this kind of girl. They did not think of too many unnecessary things and were very simple to deal with. They only wanted one thing - to trade pussy for handbags. It was simple and straightforward.
Unlike some chicks who were especially pretentious and wanted both money and love. Such a distorted view on life.
To such a good girl, Chen Shaojie agreed right away without even negotiating the price. "Deal. I'll give you 50 merit points, and you'll be my Daoist partner from now on."
Li Luoyun's eyes brightened. She thought about it and asked, "We'll only cultivate together and discuss cultivation insights, right?"
Hey, chatting is the most addictive, especially if we're not wearing any clothes...
Chen Shaojie nodded with a straight face, "I've already told you, Junior Sister Luoyun, this body has already been promised to the Dao. I will not get distracted by anything else. Please don't have any unnecessary thoughts."