"One zhang is equal to ten feet, one foot is equal to ten inches. Since the size is a fixed number, take the sum of three feet, and set it to one meter, one meter is equal to ten centimeters, one centimeter is equal to ten millimeters, one millimeter is equal to ten filaments, and one millimeter is equal to one hundred microns. Although silk microns look very small now and may not be used in many places, we can set it first. When it can be used in the future, there is evidence to follow..."

On the morning of November 16, in a yard in the Huanglong County Manufacturing Bureau, a newly manufactured plaque was hung with three golden characters "Hengqitang". In a room in the Hengqitang, Yan Liqiangzheng, Qian Su, and a group of craftsmen from the Manufacturing Bureau carefully placed several newly created standard meters in the Manufacturing Bureau's display cabinets as the future meter standards for the Manufacturing Bureau.

The new weighing instrument is made of the most expensive meteorite alloy that can be found in the manufacturing bureau. It is strong, wear-resistant, and is difficult to damage by swords. As long as you don't throw those things into the steelmaking furnace and return them to the furnace, you will basically not be damaged.

Looking at the heavy handfuls of rulers of different lengths, metal squares and metal measuring cylinders that are full of metal texture and held in their hands, Yan Liqiang's heart was filled with a strange feeling. To a certain extent, he is now creating the history of this world.

Regarding the issue of weights and measures, he talked with Zhang Yourong when he was in the Imperial Capital. Zhang Yourong's view was consistent with Yan Liqiang, that is, the current weights and measures standards in this world have great flaws. This flaw is extremely unfavorable to the development of the way of investigating things. The simplest thing is, take length as an example. In this world, there are only five weights and measures that can be used in this world, including 150 zhang, 10 zhang, 10 zhang, 10 inches, 10 inches, 10 inches, 10 inches, 10 inches, 10 inches, 10 inches, 10 inches, 10 inches, 10 inches, 10 inches, 10 inches, 10 inches, 10 minutes,

The unit of small length is 3.333 mm, and the size of craftsmen can define the most accurate size of things made by craftsmen. However, the error of the lowest 3 mm is OK to be seen with the naked eye. It is OK to create many daily necessities, furniture, swords, armor, and houses. This error is nothing. Once more precise equipment manufacturing is involved, the embarrassment and helplessness of dividing into the smallest length measurement is reflected. The so-called precision lacks a more objective standard measurement.

In view of this, Yan Liqiang introduced the set of length units he was familiar with in the manufacturing bureau in the past two days, and determined the base of one meter with a standard three feet, and then extended downwards. When extending to the concept of millimeters, Yan Liqiang also truly invented a new length unit of silk rice, as an excessive between millimeters and micrometers, making it easier for craftsmen to accept.

With this basic unit of length, the units of area and volume are determined in sequence. The area with a length and width of one centimeter is one square centimeter, and the volume with a length, width and height of one centimeter is one cubic centimeter. At the same time, one cubic centimeter is equal to one milliliter of capacity, and one cubic meter is 1,000 liters...

With this volume and volume, the traditional four units of measurement used by craftsmen in the manufacturing bureau are dwarfed by the new units of measurement.

With the weight and measure of volume and volume, Yan Liqiang redetermines the unit of measurement of weight based on a liter of water at room temperature of 1 kg, 1 kg equals 1000 grams and 1 gram equals 1000 mg.

Yan Liqiang was in the Weighing Equipment Hall, holding the carefully made weighing equipment, and told the craftsmen of the Manufacturing Bureau the relationship and connection between each weight and measure to each other.

Put down the one-liter standard metal measuring instrument in his hand, Yan Liqiang picked up another disc, pointed to the scale and text on the disc and said to everyone, "In addition to the weighing instruments in front, there is also a measurement standard for time. I know that everyone is used to using the twelve earthly branches of Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Shen, You, Xu, Hai to determine the twelve hours of the day. Each hour is divided into eight moments, but even if everyone can still divide a moment into two and a half moments, this division is too rough. You must know that for a master, even if it is only half a moment, it can already determine the life and death of a duel, or kill hundreds of people. This short half a quarter of an hour can give birth to countless life and death victory and defeat. As craftsmen, how can we be so crude? If we want to strive for excellence, we must refine the time. As craftsmen, we must have a belief in our hearts, that is, everything can be measured between heaven and earth..."

"Ahem, in fact, in addition to time and a moment and a half moments, we have other statements about time on weekdays. The shortest one is actually one breath, one moment, a cup of tea, and one stick of incense. These are all statements that measure the length of time..." An old craftsman coughed and added among the crowd.

"Very good. You just said that one breath, a moment, a cup of tea, and a stick of incense are all units for measuring time. Then let me ask you, how much time is a breath? One breath is inhaled into one breath, how much breath is in a quarter of an hour?" Yan Liqiang asked with a smile.

"I haven't counted this, but, about two or three hundred times?"

"Okay, then just say that you breathe two hundred times in a quarter of an hour, and you say that one quarter of an hour is equal to two hundred breaths, but do you think that other people will agree with the one you said? Do you think that the ten breath time is the same for different people? "

"This..." The old craftsman couldn't speak at once.

"Of course the answer is different, because for different people, the time for breathing is different. Children and weak people have a short breath. They breathe rapidly, and strong people have a long breath. Especially for many practitioners, their breathing is equivalent to an ordinary person's ten breaths. Not too far, in this room, my breath is different from everyone's breath. Basically, many of you breathe more than six times, and I only breathe once, so the ten breaths you said are different from the ten breaths I said. You said that one quarter of an hour is equal to two hundred breaths, and for me, a quarter of an hour is only a few dozen breaths. Similarly, for a cup of tea, some people drink for a long time, some people drink for a short time, and a cup of tea is also different for different people, and a stick of incense is the same. The time required for different incense is also different. Therefore, in the measurement of time, there must be more objective and accurate standards..."

"In the future, in the manufacturing bureau, the day will still be Zi Chou Yin Mao Chen Si Wu Wei Shen You Xu Hai twelve hours, but each hour is divided into two hours, for example, Zi Hou, then it can be divided into two hours, upper Zi Hou and lower Zi Hou. At the same time, one hour is equal to sixty minutes, equal to four moments, each moment is equal to fifteen minutes, each minute is equal to sixty seconds, how long is a second? That is, we will finish the length of one, two, three, and four at a slightly faster speed. You can try it with me. One, two, three, and four, about one second. If it is more accurate, this second is the time it takes for a bird egg to fall from a five-meter-high branch. Now we do not have a tool to accurately measure one second, but now there is no one in the future. If anyone can create a timer tool in seconds, I will reward him with 1,000 taels of silver……………”

Ten thousand taels of silver? Yan Liqiang's words caused a commotion among the group of craftsmen, and many craftsmen's eyes suddenly shone brightly...

"In the future, rules should be formed in the manufacturing camp. When everyone uses measurements, they must use the units of the weighing instruments displayed in the weighing instrument hall as the standard. The things to be made must be able to accurately describe how long, heavy, and large the length of each process should be at least accurate to minutes. For example, the time interval between the second and first paint when making paint should be accurate to minutes, and it is best to determine how many minutes is the best, and it cannot be achieved by experience alone. The size of many exquisite tools and instruments should be accurate to millimeters, or even silk meters. The weight of the metal-processed instruments and tools should be accurate to grams. You should discuss the specific accuracy error!"

"Someone may not know why I emphasize these in the Manufacturing Bureau. Then I will tell you that in the past few days, our Manufacturing Bureau has received more than 30 orders of four-wheeled carriages, and 170,000 taels of silver have been recorded. We collect money first and then deliver the goods. Half of the money recorded are yours. This is just an order from Pingxi County. There will be more orders in the future. The carriages we manufacture will definitely make people jealous and will definitely appear in the future. If you want to live a good life in the future and want to get a large dividend every year, you must have excellent skills. If others don't have it, we must have what others have, and we must be more refined. If you want to do this, you must have the spirit of striving for excellence. What is striving for excellence, then you must measure these things..." Yan Liqiang turned around and pointed to the tools and standard weighing instruments displayed in the room.

"Don't worry, sir, we know how to do it!" The craftsmen expressed their opinions one after another.

Seeing the craftsmen nodding and patting their chests, Yan Liqiang finally felt relieved. He turned to look at Qian Su, "Uncle Qian, I think the Manufacturing Bureau can first give 50,000 taels of silver we have recorded in the past few days to share. It is considered as the rewards for everyone's hard work a few days ago, and encourage everyone to experience what is going on with dividends according to shares. In the future, the Manufacturing Bureau will make more money and everyone will share more. The rules I set in the Manufacturing Bureau will say the truth, and the rewards and punishments will be trusted..."

"Okay, we can share it today to make everyone happy!" Qian Su, who understood Yan Liqiang's intention, nodded and said.

In the afternoon, the bank division meeting began. The manufacturing bureau, from craftsmen, craftsmen, to sergeants and laborers, were all excited because according to the shares, the entire manufacturing bureau, even the lowest-level laborers, each had a share. This share could be divided into 14 taels and six cents of silver. The craftsmen and sergeants who own 30 shares, each of them was allocated almost 400 taels of silver. The most common craftsmen and sergeants who own 3 shares were also divided into 40 taels of silver. Many people were excited to shed tears with the silver they had received.
Chapter completed!