Li Shimin was excited, the benefits of the assembly line production method were obvious, but suddenly his face changed, and he said to Xia Hongsheng: "No, Xia Qing, there is a problem here." The tailor is not the same person, and the sleeves, skirts, and gowns are made...... And how can you ensure that they can be sewn together and fit perfectly? Naturally, there are differences between the things made by different people. If the sleeves are long, the skirt is thin, and the caftan is fat, how can they be sewn together for people to wear? Let's just say that the thickness of the bow and arrow is also different, not to mention that it was made by different people, that is, it was made by the same person, and the thickness and length will not be exactly the same. In this way, wouldn't the parts be made for nothing, but they couldn't be put together?! ”

Li Shimin really deserves to be a person with a long-term and broad vision, and after listening to the method of assembly line production, he almost immediately thought of the problem.

Xia Hongsheng bowed down with a smile and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen naturally also took this issue into account. Therefore, Your Majesty, you look at the minister's recital, before the assembly line production method, the word standardization is also crowned, which is the solution to this problem. ”

"Standardization?" Li Shimin's eyes froze and asked, "What is standardization?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the so-called standardization means that production is carried out according to certain standards. Taking making clothes as an example, assembly line production will produce the problems that His Majesty Fang Cai said, and the size and length of things made by different people are different, and they cannot be ready-to-wear. But if we set a standard in advance, how long the sleeves must be, how wide the skirt must be, and how long the caftan must be...... These are given a fixed value. The values are set. It doesn't matter which tailor does that part. Just follow this value. Then there will be no different sizes and lengths. ”

After listening to Xia Hongsheng's words, Li Shimin thought for a moment, and said: "Then in this way, isn't every piece of clothing the same size?" ”

"Yes, so the standard of this value is dynamic and can be changed. For example, if we want to make clothes for the palace attendants, we will first make statistics, and there are a few thin people. There are a few tall people, a few tall and thin people, and a few short and fat people...... Isn't it possible to formulate different standards in this way, and then there are tailors to carry out assembly operations according to different standards? ”

"I see!" Li Shimin suddenly realized.

But I heard Xia Hongsheng continue: "Not only that, Your Majesty, there are many other benefits of standardization. For example, if the bow and arrow are produced according to standardization, then because all the shafts are the same standard, the length and thickness are the same. All tail feathers and arrowheads are of the same standard, and they are all the same. Then if the shaft of this bow on my body is broken, I can find one from anyone else and attach it again. If the arrow on his body is damaged, then he can get an arrow from anyone and attach it to another good bow and arrow. Your Majesty, think about how many broken weapons are left on the battlefield after a battle! If the iron can be reburned and remade, but if it is the others, it can only be discarded. But if these weapons are all weapons produced through standardization, then after cleaning the battlefield, they can be recycled together, and the handle of this weapon is broken, but the rest of the weapon is broken, but the handle of the knife is good. In the past, they could only be thrown away. But if it is standardized production, then I will remove the handle of the weapon, because of the same standard, so it can be installed on the weapon that is broken to the handle, and it will be a good weapon again. As long as it is produced under the same standard, each part can be replaced with other parts of the same part, so how much can it save for the imperial court?! ”

Li Shimin's glasses widened, and from the joy between his eyebrows, it could be seen that Xia Hongsheng's words spoke in his heart.

"Not bad! With each expedition, countless weapons and objects were destroyed, and they had to be remade, which was time-consuming and laborious. If there is this standardized assembly line production, not only can the efficiency of production be greatly improved, the output can be several times more, and because of the same standard size, as long as it is a standard assembly line, things can be replaced and complemented by each other...... Good! That's great! All right! Xia Qing's talent, I ...... Hahahaha! Xia Qing is my Zhuge Kongming! Wang De, quickly pass Yan Shangshu to see you! ”

"Yes, everyone!" Wang De bowed and hurriedly summoned him.

didn't wait long, Yan Lide arrived in a hurry, met Li Shimin, and then stood aside.

"Yan Qing, you take a look at this first." Li Shimin gave Wang De the recital written by Xia Hongsheng, and asked Wang De to send the recital to Yan Lide.

"Yes!" Yan Lide bowed, then took the song from Wang De's hand, looked down, he was a little stunned, looked up at Li Shimin, and then looked at Xia Hongsheng, seeing that neither of them reacted, so he had to open it and continue to watch.

Soon, Yan Lide raised his head suddenly, the shock on his face was beyond words, he looked at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, this is ...... If this method can be implemented, wouldn't it be ...... Your Majesty, please implement this law in the Ministry of Industry immediately! ”

"Haha, Yan Qing don't be in a hurry, although I also intend to implement this law, but everything can't be implemented rashly and widely at once." Li Shimin smiled and said: "Summoning Yan Qing here today is to tell Yan Qing that from today onwards, Xia Qing will also be the general of the military aircraft workshop as a young eunuch, responsible for working with Yan Qing to formulate the regulations for our dynasty's technical secrecy, and at the same time try out this standardized assembly line production method." Yan Qing presided over the military aircraft workshop, and if there were any questions, he could ask Xia Qing. I hope that the two Aiqing will work together to share my worries! ”

"Obey the order!" Xia Hongsheng and Yan Lide bowed.

Li Shimin nodded, and then said to Xia Hongsheng: "Xia Qing's strategy today, if it can be successful, it will have a thousand merits in my Tang Dynasty, although Xia Qing will do it, if it is really done, I will give Xia Qing a satisfactory return." Remember what I said to you before, if you don't live up to me, I will live up to you, and I won't be able to live up to you! ”

Yan Lide was taken aback by these words, and turned his head to look at Xia Hongsheng, but saw that Xia Hongsheng just bent down deeply and bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty treats me as a national soldier, and the minister should repay Your Majesty as a national soldier, it should be so, how can you want Your Majesty to reward?" Besides, the minister is also for himself. The country is a country, there is a country to have a home, the minister's family has suffered from war, and everything the minister has done is to make the country stable and prosperous, the people rich, and no longer have the pain of mourning. The minister's family can live in a peaceful and prosperous world, which is the greatest reward that the minister wants! Now, thanks to Your Majesty's kindness, this ambition of the minister has finally been achieved, and he should repay it to His Majesty. ”

Li Shimin laughed and waved his hand: "Country, country, only with a country can there be a home...... Xia Qing is right, when the country is stable, the small family can be stable. Go ahead, I won't disappoint Xia Qing. ”

Xia Hongsheng and Yan Lide bowed down and left the Taiji Palace. Li Shimin sat there alone and was silent for a while, and then said to Wang De: "Swing and go back to the main hall of Li, I want to discuss something with the queen." ”

However, it was said that Xia Hongsheng and Yan Lide went out of the Taiji Palace, and under the leadership of Yan Lide, the two went all the way out of the imperial city, and found a large courtyard in the neighborhood not far away, which was to be the prison.

He will be the overseer, and he will be in charge of the palace building, the production of gold and jade beads and rhino elephant treasure vessels, and the embroidery of lesatin, as well as the creation of various strange utensils. In short, it is an official institution similar to the housing construction project. There are three school offices on the left, center and right, as well as the Zhen official office, which is in charge of the manufacture of different things in the imperial court.

"Xiahou, this is the general as a supervisor, originally the boat army, weapons, miscellaneous weapons and the like were specially manufactured by the lieutenant colonel under the general supervisor. After His Majesty's order, the old man selected craftsmen from the lieutenant colonel's office and put them in the military aircraft workshop. Ordinary boats, armaments, miscellaneous weapons, etc., are still in charge of the lieutenant colonel's office, and those involving secrets are directly handled by the military aircraft workshop. Yan Lide introduced to Xia Hongsheng.

"Yan Shangshu, since Your Majesty has asked Lord Shangshu to handle this matter with me, why don't we discuss what to do with it now?" Xia Hongsheng said to Yan Lide.

Yan Lide waved his hand and said, "Although the old man is a scholar of the Ministry of Industry, he is only good at architecture, and he has not studied other things. Xiahou is proficient in Gewu, and all officials know how to operate, and Xiahou looks at it. ”

Hearing Yan Lide say this, Xia Hongsheng didn't shirk it, but just arched his hand and said: "In this case, thanks to Yan Shangshu's trust, that kid will have the courage to give it a try." The military machine workshop is no more than the other school offices, and everyone should be absolutely loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and then I can teach them how to make those things. Otherwise, if it is passed out by them and falls into the hands of the enemy, the harm to Datang will be great. It was the kid who decided to conduct pre-job training for these craftsmen, handymen and other people in the military aircraft workshop first! ”

"Pre-job training?" Yan Lide heard the words he didn't understand, and looked at Xia Hongsheng blankly.

"It is good to teach Yan Shangshu to know that the so-called pre-job training means that before these craftsmen, miscellaneous servants and others enter the military aircraft workshop to do things, they must be educated, so that they are absolutely loyal to the Tang Dynasty and His Majesty, and the little nephew calls this patriotic education. When they reach this level, they can enter the military aircraft workshop to do things. However, now that they have started, it is not good for them to stop. Therefore, the little nephew decided to go back and find some people to come over, and what they were best at was to instill in others the idea of loyalty and patriotism. As for those who enter the military aircraft workshop in the future, they need to be ordered to receive patriotic education first, and only after passing can they enter the military aircraft workshop to do things! (To be continued......)