Chapter 10 Manufacturing Standards
This time he made some mistakes in his judgment and missed an important drama.
Song Jiu almost fooled the nobles with one great reason, not to mention that these ordinary people were talking nonsense. Song Jiu gave a wink, and Boss Hu knew it and also gave a wink to the lower level. His younger brothers had to take the lead, and they would come to sign and press their handprints first.
The address was not written by Song Jiu, but asked a few ghostwriters in the river who could recognize some words. But I remember it was a terrible sight. Song Jiu stretched out his head and looked at it, and found many typos. He did not correct it. He came to the edge of the Bian River with his hands behind his back. The lower earth bridge was diagonally opposite, and across the Bian River, and he didn't know what was going on here, so he stood on the bridge to watch.
They saw this place as a scenery, and Song Jiu saw that they were a scenery.
Looking at each other.
Suddenly, Song Jiu's eyes lit up.
On the bridge was standing a girl with a maid next to her, she seemed to be from a wealthy family.
But his figure is extremely graceful and graceful, just like a flower blooming.
Perhaps because of genetic factors, although Song Jiu studied, he had good eyesight and the Bian River was wide. After all, when he entered the city, he could see clearly the appearance of the characters on the other side.
So I stared at it for a few more times, and suddenly my heart started to be pounding.
The girl's skin color is as snowy as snow, her face is as bright as jade, her eyes are as bright as lacquer. Wherever she stands, she looks like a lotus in bud, like a beautiful jade, like a brilliant cloud, like a fairy...
Is there such a beautiful color in the world?
Song Jiu was so crazy that he was a little lost.
The girl didn't pay attention to Song Jiu, but stared for a while, whispered a few words to the maid, and then got on the carriage and left. Song Jiu woke up and thought, "Shame, I'm ashamed." He really saw the appearance of the girl. Could it be that Song Jiu was in trouble with spring again before?
Walking back, I felt a sense of loss in my heart, and I couldn't help but scream ashamed.
Human beings have a blind obedience mentality. Some people take the lead. If you think about it carefully, Song Jiu’s Golden River will not take it seriously. But now this matter is indeed beneficial to everyone, and more and more people are signing and stamping.
Some people asked questions.
Everything was written on the Constitution Book. For Song Jiu, it was a primitive and terrible crane, but for people today, it was simply a miracle. It not only improved efficiency, but also released a large amount of labor.
Therefore, the contract clearly states the division of labor matters such as patrol and security, accounting and delivery, and rotating maintenance. There are also many humane measures, such as special circumstances at home, you can discuss with relatives and friends and exchange them for value. If there is an accident in the workplace, everyone will raise money to treat them. Many are from other places, some will stay and become new people in the capital in the future, some will return to their hometowns, and some will seek additional work, or for other reasons, everyone will raise money to make up for the principal. Once a large-scale launch is launched, a laborer may have to pay two or three chunks of money. For these suffering people, it is not a small number, but everyone will gather together and one penny will solve the problem.
It was not a clever idea, but in this era, it was too clever and too human. The fact that the senior chiefs and Li Zheng, who invited him, read dozens of terms in the contract, and then they were all stunned.
The people asked, and the ghostwriters answered. After hearing these terms, they changed from dozens to hundreds, and they lined up together to sign and seal the documents.
Boss Hu said enviously: "Xiaojiu, scholars are very smart."
"Hu Xingtou, don't worry, your child will be able to study in the near future."
Boss Hu smiled with a big mouth.
After a while, everyone signed and stamped, but they were not happy with the share of Brother-in-law. So many people agreed and the contract also stated that the labor force was released. The labor force was now unnecessary. No matter whoever was in the future, no matter who was in it, he could only go out but not enter. After passing this village, there was no more store. After passing this mountain, there was no more temple. If you don’t sign it, you can’t do it.
Boss Hu did not let them go.
Also, the greatest advantage of machinery replacing manpower is that it does not know how tired it is. No matter windy, rainy, frost, and hot sun, it will cause wear and tear. One part cannot be broken, and the whole part can be replaced together. If you want to replace the part, it involves a serious problem, standard!
In later generations, standards were everywhere, ranging from rockets, aircraft and missiles to household appliances, pots and pans, but for a long time in China, this standard was very vague.
Xiangsheng, Qin and Western Han Dynasty were equivalent to the standard milliliters of later generations, only 190 milliliters of the Eastern Han Dynasty, two hundred and ninety milliliters of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and five hundred and ninety milliliters of the Tang Dynasty, six hundred and sixty milliliters of the Song Dynasty, nine hundred and forty milliliters of the Yuan Dynasty, and one thousand milliliters of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The Qin and Western Han pounds were 258 grams, the Eastern Han pounds were more than 220 grams, the Sui Dynasty became more than 660 grams, and the Sui Dynasty was 220 grams, and the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty became more than 220 grams, and the Tang Dynasty was more than 590 grams.
One foot of Qin and the Western Han Dynasty was twenty-seven centimeters, twenty-three centimeters in the Eastern Han Dynasty, twenty-four centimeters in the Wei Dynasty, and after the Tang Dynasty, it floated between thirty and thirty-two centimeters.
This is thanks to Qin Shihuang, otherwise the seven countries in the Warring States Period would have played their own games and would be even more chaotic.
The division system is different. One zhang is ten feet, one pound is sixteen taels. One is decimal and the other is hexadecimal. So how much is sixteen pounds? I can answer it immediately after my mental calculation, but how much is two hundred and fifty-six taels, can I answer it in one mouthful?
It’s not terrible, but in the same era and the same place, the weights and measures were very chaotic. Some large scales could weigh 17 or 8 taels per pound, while some small scales were only 14 or 5 taels per pound. As long as the difference was not large, the government could not interfere. Therefore, shops often bought big and sold small. It was the loophole caused by this weight and measure. For example, the copper ruler unearthed in the Tang Dynasty in later generations was less than 29 centimeters, and the most was 31 centimeters.
One foot is almost three centimeters apart. What a terrible error!
If there is such an error, Song Jiu's screw will not be able to play at all.
Therefore, there is another thing: Unified weights and measures in the river. What profound impact will unified weights and measures have? That is, it can standardize industry, industrialization, mass production, and lay a solid foundation for large-scale mechanization. But it is definitely not something Song Jiu considered, and he couldn't take care of it himself. So when I come to take care of others, I just want to take care of it. Does he have this ability?
Song Jiu didn't want to move the hexadecimal system of weight and the decimal system of length. Although the hexadecimal system was troublesome, people were used to it at this time. What they moved was the standards of weight, length and volume. A small-scale weight and measure standardization was made in the river.
It is not promoted nationwide, and there is no need to alarm the two kings of Kaifeng Prefecture, nor is it qualified to alarm the martial arts master in the imperial city.
The actual number of centimeters per foot, how many grams per kilogram, and how many milliliters per liter are not important. The only important one is this standard. With a unified standard, the bucket, lift, scale and ruler can be unified. Not only will the cost of manufacturing decrease, but the parts produced can be replaced. Otherwise, if a part is broken, the overall cost will be replaced, and the cost will be seriously increased.
Song Jiu thought of its profound significance, but he would not think too much. This could only be promoted by powerful figures. Like Emperor Zhenzong of Song promoted Chameng rice and Zhu Yuanzhang promoted cotton. Otherwise, it would have been like Jiangdong plows, which had been around for two hundred years. Now, this advanced plow has not been used all over the country. Cotton has appeared since the Tang Dynasty, but it has been planted in Lingnan and the Western Regions, and has not been seen in the Central Plains. All kinds of miscellaneous grains appeared in the Ming Dynasty, but because no big figures forced it to promote it, it ended with drought in the late Ming Dynasty, peasant uprising, Ming Dynasty was destroyed, and Qing people entered the pass.
The people could not think of it at all. Song Jiu said that Boss Hu also sent people to Kaifeng County to invite various weights and measures, and used the various weights and measures in Kaifeng County as the standard to manufacture various equipment to measure size, volume and weight.
There is only Li Blacksmith shop in the river. The Song Dynasty used two taxes, summer tax and autumn tax. The summer tax is about to arrive soon, with a large throughput and various cranes must be built in advance. The Li Tie family's blacksmith shop is not good, and we have to find several other blacksmith shops in the city.
The matter is not over. In addition, there are no great scholars in the Hezhong area, and all the exchanges are white. Once they are together, someone must manage the accounts. How many people can read and manage the accounts well? Each household must also select some young people and Song Jiu will teach them.
That's not easy.
First of all, the weights and measures are not only unified, but existing tools are not enough. There must be a triangle ruler, a straight ruler, a caliper, and a soft ruler. The first three rulers are easier to use, just use wood. What material should the soft ruler be used? After cutting Song Jiu's head, it will not be able to produce PVC plastic and glass fiber.
There are also large compass, and various more precise measurement standards. The length must be accurate to one fifth of an inch, that is, a few millimeters, the volume must be accurate to one thousandth of a liter, a standard milliliter of zero point six six, and the weight must be accurate to one thirty two, which is 480th of a kilogram, and more than one gram, so as to achieve standardization of equipment components.
Teaching students is not easy to teach, and Song Jiu has not thought about how to teach.
After listening to Song Jiu finishing it, the people were silent together. It turned out that the money was also difficult to get, and finally convinced.
Long before them, Boss Hu was not convinced, but after hearing Song Jiu raise these difficulties one by one, he couldn't say anything.
Many things come one after another.
As the sky gradually became dusk, Boss Hu said, "Let the villagers go back first."
Song Jiu grabbed him: "Hu Xingtou, don't worry, you haven't stopped making the bet yet."
"Sing?" Boss Hu did not forget.
"Yes, you have to bring someone to sing."
Chapter completed!