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"Father, please take two steps forward!" Li Min held a ruler without scale in his hand and said to Li Shimin with a smile on his face. This is a small school ground in the palace. In addition to the father and son, there are also other people nearby.

He was accompanied by Duan Lun, who was the minister of the Ministry of Industry, but looking at the reluctance on his face, one could guess that he was forced to come here by Li Min.

"Liu Lang, is it necessary for you to do this?" Li Shimin walked forward a few steps with a smile, and asked Li Min as he walked. His son entered the palace just after the court today, what do you want to do with him?

Although he couldn't think of Li Min's intention to do such a thing, it was still an act to leave a name for himself, so he also showed some interest.

"What your Majesty said is true. I also think that His Highness King Qi is unnecessary!" Duan Lun is not an outsider, and has a very good relationship with Li Min, so he doesn't care what he says. Besides, he still has a lot of things waiting for him to deal with in the Ministry of Works.

, I really don’t want to mess around with Li Min here.

"My father and uncle don't know something. This is not a joke on my part, but it is related to the future development of industry and commerce, so don't underestimate this matter!" Li Min explained with a smile.

A few days ago, he and Changsun Wuji had reached an agreement on the throne and were waiting for the opportunity to push Li Zhi to power. He also warned the other party to assist Li Zhi honestly and not to have any other ideas.

Although Changsun Wuji felt very angry, he was finally overcome by Li Min's momentum and strength.

However, after settling the matter of Changsun Wuji, Li Min was troubled by another matter, and this matter was something he discovered accidentally. Although he can't see anything now, it may cause great inconvenience in the future.

.So Li Min made up his mind to solve this hidden danger this year.

When Li Shimin walked a few steps on the school field, a series of footprints immediately appeared behind him. Li Min stepped forward with a blank ruler, measured the distance between each footprint one by one, and then handed it to the person next to him to pick one.

The average value is then multiplied by two, and the result is the distance of one step. Let me explain here. In ancient times, one step refers to the distance after two feet step out alternately. Those who only lift one foot are called steppers, and two steps.

for one step.

After the person next to him calculated the distance of one step, he made a mark on the blank ruler, and then cut off the excess part of the ruler. Then he handed the ruler to Li Min, and he saw that he was holding this unmarked ruler.

Ruler, with excitement on his face, bowed and said to Li Shimin: "Father, this is the new unit of length in the Tang Dynasty. In order to distinguish it from the current unit of length, I decided to call it the Huangbu, which can also be called the Imperial Step.

Public step!"

In order to get Li Shimin to agree to his next move, Li Min was trying to flatter the other party. After all, it was just a unit of length. It was also called a meter, and it was also called a step. There was no big difference at all.

In the previous Winter Games, especially in bicycle competitions, Li Min accidentally discovered a problem, that is, bicycles that were damaged during the competition could rarely replace parts at will like later generations. There must be expert craftsmen specially customized for the lost bicycles.

parts before they can be used again.

This discovery made Li Min very strange. After he took a closer look, he realized that there are different bicycle manufacturers now. Each factory has its own specifications, and even bicycles produced by the same manufacturer have different specifications.

This is mainly because the production process of bicycles is extremely irregular. An experienced master craftsman leads a group of apprentices. From the selection of bicycle materials to the final installation and debugging, these people are responsible for everything. This results in every

The bicycles produced by the old masters all have slight differences, and it is difficult to use common parts between them.

Regarding this discovery, Li Min originally wanted to introduce the assembly line work of later generations, but later found that it was not feasible at all, because there was another most basic problem, that is, the non-standard weights and measures. Originally, Li Min thought that since Qin Shihuang unified weights and measures, ancient times

China should be unified in this regard, but after understanding it, he discovered that that was not the case at all.

Speaking of which, our ancestors don’t know what to think. Things as basic as weights and measures have been changed over and over again. Although the name may not have changed, the meaning has undergone tremendous changes. Even each dynasty has its own

Weights and measures. For example, take the length unit ruler. This unit existed as early as the Shang Dynasty. When converted, it is approximately equivalent to twenty centimeters in later generations. However, it may be that in ancient times

The king did not attach much importance to this unit and imperial power. Each new dynasty had to add a little more to the original one foot to show that it was different from the previous dynasty. By the time of the Tang Dynasty, one foot had already reached

Thirty centimeters. Moreover, the country was only founded a few decades during the Zhenguan period, and many places were still using the dimensions of the former Sui Dynasty. Therefore, the length represented by one foot may have different lengths across the country.

This is true for the simplest units of length, not to mention units of area, volume and weight. There are no unified weights and measures, let alone unified industrial standards, so Li Min's assembly line is impossible to talk about.

Regarding this situation, Li Min had to start from the most basic aspects and prepare to formulate a set of industrial-specific weights and measures. However, this matter had to involve the Ministry of Industry. Although Li Min had a good relationship with Duan Lun, in this kind of situation

In fact, I was not sure of convincing the other party, so I turned to Li Shimin and set the length unit according to the other party's step, which is why today's scene happened.

"Your Highness, our Tang Dynasty already has weights and measures, and the people have already adapted to it. There is no need to use a new set of weights and measures!" Duan Lun still objected. He mainly considered that the current weights and measures have been accepted by most people.

, if another set is launched rashly, it may cause confusion in the market and cause unnecessary trouble to their Ministry of Industry.

"Uncle, you misunderstood. My set of weights and measures is not for private use, but for industrial production. It does not conflict with the original weights and measures." Li Ming explained with a smile. This situation he said is very common.

For example, when buying things in later generations, although the standard unit of weight is kilograms, Chinese people still generally use the unit of market jin, which does not have much impact.

"Then I don't understand. Why not just use the original weights and measures in industry?" Duan Lun asked.

"Uncle, haven't you found that the original weights and measures were too complicated? Taking the unit of weight as an example, there are baht, liang, catty, jun, stone and other units, and the carrying between them is very complicated. Among them, twenty-four baht is

One tael, sixteen taels is one catty, thirty catties is one jun, four jun is one stone.

The carry between these units is different, making calculations very complicated. In addition, the units of degree and quantity also have this problem. Industrial production requires a lot of calculations, and the old weights and measures cannot adapt to this requirement at all, so I

I had to come up with a new set of weights and measures..."

When Li Min said this, he briefly introduced the weights and measures he thought of. It is actually very simple to say, most of them refer to the units of later generations. For example, the units of length include steps, cent-steps, centisteps, millisteps, etc.

, and they are all based on the decimal system. In fact, the meters of later generations were replaced by steps, and the distance of one step was defined as Li Shimin's step.

The length. With the unit of length, volume becomes easier. Just introduce the concept of cube. As for weight, Li Min multiplied one pound of Tang Dynasty by two and named it kilogram. The reason for this is mainly due to the Tang Dynasty's

The kilogram is too small, and it is very inconvenient to calculate some industrial products. One thousand kilograms is one ton, one kilogram is equal to ten kilograms, etc.

The units of these weights and measures use the decimal system uniformly, throwing away the original quaternary, octal, hexadecimal, and even 24-decimal systems, making calculations much simpler, and in order to facilitate industrial production.

Calculate and improve accuracy, especially adding some large and small units, such as tons, millisteps and so on.

After listening to the new weights and measures introduced by Li Min, Li Shimin and Duan Lun also fell into deep thought. Although they were already accustomed to the old weights and measures, they had to say that the set of weights and measures proposed by Li Min was indeed easier to understand. After all,

They are all unified decimal systems. Once you understand one, you will naturally understand the others.

"Duan Qing, what do you think?" Li Shimin thought for a while, but he did not take the lead in expressing his opinion. Instead, he first asked Duan Lun for his opinion.

"This..." Duan Lun also hesitated for a while. He knew clearly that the new weights and measures were indeed much more convenient than the old ones, but when he thought about promotion, he had a headache. Datang was so big, even if it was only promoted in industry,

That's enough to keep him busy.

"Uncle, it is actually not difficult to promote new weights and measures, especially in industry. As long as the Ministry of Industry issues a formal provision to release the new weights and measures, and forces all industries under the Ministry of Industry to use them, I will then convince everyone.

Industry associations, let them take the lead in promoting within the industry. In this way, both the government and the private sector will have an example to refer to. By then, other industries will not be able to remain unchanged!" When Li Min saw Duan Lun's appearance, he immediately understood that the other party was trying to

What was there to worry about, so he immediately spoke to persuade him.

When Duan Lun heard that Li Min took the initiative to help him share a lot of work, he had no worries at the moment and immediately said: "Even so, I don't have any objections, but weights and measures are very important. Liulang, when you are promoting

, be sure to be careful and never act recklessly!”

Li Min naturally nodded in agreement to Duan Lun's instructions. In fact, he didn't need to be reminded at all. Li Min also knew that weights and measures were of great importance, and the promotion of weights and measures was not a matter of a day or two. He had long been prepared for a protracted war.

After agreeing on this matter, Duan Lun made an appointment with Li Min to discuss it in detail. After all, the two of them wanted to work together, so they naturally needed to communicate further. Then Duan Lun hurried back to the work department to busy with his affairs. And Li Min

After staying with Li Shimin for a while, he was ready to leave, but before leaving, he borrowed something from Li Shimin.

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