Lijiazhuang. Shang Wu and Jia Xu were looking around a large cabinet.

It's a new kind of timer. Clocks, only the hour hand. There is no minute hand. Not even more aiming. In less than an hour, a gong will sound. Indicates that an hour has passed.

"Good. All right. In that case, we have standard time. Shang Wu said with a smile. With the development of machinery. As well as gears, springs and other parts appeared. The conditions for the emergence of clocks and watches are much more ripe. Of course. This does not mean that the clock will be very mature, no, he still needs some conditions to accomplish such a thing, such conditions are, industrial demand. Such a demand can greatly stimulate such development, otherwise, even if there are such conditions, such a thing will not appear.

"What's so good about something like this?" Jia Xu said puzzled. For something like a clock, it's just a concept of time. After the advent of glass, a new kind of timer appeared, the hourglass. In the combat headquarters of the martial arts, there is such an hourglass. It's a timer, but it's limited. First of all, there is no standard time for an hour. Most of them are made with reference to certain objects. For example, the length of the day, etc. It's very vague.

In the past, for example, when working in a factory, there was no fixed amount of time, and they usually worked until dark, and the time for eating was extremely irregular, and sometimes the working hours were very late. Because people don't have a standard concept of time. It's not just factories. Trade transactions, especially stock trading, are also very vague. Because there is no clearer concept of time. It is difficult to form a relatively clear time coordinate chart. In such a situation, many situations are difficult to carry out.

Time, industrial production needs to be accurate, and standards are needed. But there is no standard that has been inherited from antiquity.

Opening hours are not fixed, trading hours are not fixed, and workers are allowed to work at a maximum of eight hours, despite the fact that the Republican Army has set a maximum of eight hours. But under the stimulus of huge commercial profits, it is usually at the cost of exceeding eight hours, because they can be calculated by different hours, or by less time, for example, a stick of incense. The length of the incense. Thickness can greatly affect such a situation. Time is too vague.

Accurate industry does not need such a vague time. They need to be accurate. Thus, a method of fixing the standard of time by the mechanical means they produced became extremely necessary.

"Time, we are embarking on the road to industrialization. Industry needs accuracy, and we can do more than just make hourglasses. Such a simple timer as an hourglass. It doesn't meet our needs yet. Shang Wu said. Previously, the IRA produced an hourglass timer. Mainly used in factories, the hourglass can be turned over several times before it can be started. But there is still an error, and this error comes from people flipping, despite the automatics. For example, someone invented the idea of taking measures according to the change in gravity, and in such a situation, he could achieve such a state. This is a very favorable situation. However, judging from the current situation, many of their situations have undergone some major changes. Because it's still inaccurate, for example, someone can deliberately do something bad. As long as there are enough benefits, destruction can still be carried out.

"We need a standard. mechanical, unchangeable and accurate time, so that our industrial production can enter a standardized production state. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm. I understand it now. We are equivalent to giving time to carry out a standard. Through a mechanical device such as a clock, machinery is our expression. "Something like an hourglass, for us, it's still just a handicraft. But clocks are different. There's machinery in it, and we need to make machinery out of machinery. Is that right? Jia Xu is very smart, his comprehension ability is very strong, and Shang Wu agrees with this. Also admired.

"Yes. That's right, what we need is something that's going to give us a different situation, a situation that's going to give us more and more benefits, and in that situation, a lot of our situations are actually different. This is the state in which we are today. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm. I understand. Jia Xu nodded and said. The different forms of expression of time also represent the difference in the level of industry. Craftsmen can use a stick of incense, or watch the sun and the changes of the moon, but most of them do it directly with the senses. The hourglass seems to be the highest form of handicraft expression. But clocks are completely different. He relied on the power of the spring to release little by little, relying on the rhythm of the machine to reach such a new level, which is a situation represented by production.

"The clock you said is very good, very good, I think, in Lijiazhuang, you can set up a very big clock. This is not only done in Lijiazhuang, but also in many more places. Set a large clock time to make our time more accurate. Shang Wu said to Li Shi, who invented clocks.

He was a very intelligent, craftsman in his early thirties, he had studied carpentering, he had studied blacksmithing. In order to make more money, he came here as an apprentice, learned the principles of mechanics, and it is said that his exam scores were all first-class. If you continue your education, you can become the best engineer.

"Sir, this clock, as long as it is useful, it can be useful." Li Shi said with a smile. The reason why he did this was to show his ingenuity. This is because he has a family to support. During this period, there were generally many children. It's scary, and when Li is in his early thirties, he is already a father of five children. He was married at the age of fifteen. In the second year, I had my first child. He still has parents, and there is a blind old mother on his mother's side. In times of military disaster. The family was lucky enough to dodge it. But a problem with eating came, and they were worried. My wife fell ill during childbirth. You can only do some simple tasks at home. The two parents are also old. If they were sick, they were fortunate to be treated in time in the field hospital, otherwise, someone in their family would have died. The burden of the family is on this man. Fortunately, he is smart and studious. He himself was a carpenter, a blacksmith. The patent bill gave craftsmen like him a chance to develop. He desperately wanted to invent something, and finally invented something like this.

"It's not useful, it's useful. I think I can give you a lot of credit. Shang Wu said.

"Republic Project Second Class Medal." Shang Wu said with a smile.

"What. This. This. Sir, just give me the royalties. I don't dare ask for this medal. I don't dare to ask for it. Li Shi hurriedly waved his hand and said. He's still shy.

"No, it's something you deserve, something like that, it's something that's supposed to be given to you." Shang Wu said.

"You've solved a big problem with time, but if you can represent time more precisely, for example, an hour becomes two hours, that is, a day becomes twenty-four hours, and each hour has sixty minutes. There are sixty seconds in a minute. If you can determine the second, I'll send you the first prize medal. Shang Wu looked at the other party and said.

"This." Li Shi hasn't reacted yet.

"In other words, you are not good at making this thing, you need to evolve further and become smaller, or you can make it bigger. Not only that, but you also need to be more precise. Let the time go more meticulously, so that people can feel the pace of time. For example, don't say a breath time, say a second, a minute. In that case, you will be most credited. Shang Wu said. Time is of the essence. For example, in a war, when do they need to attack. Shangwu has encountered such a time, because it is impossible to determine a more detailed time, and many people's understanding of time is not sufficient, at most they can only tell you that noon, or what time it is, which is simply a big disaster for coordinated operations. But with time, their military operations will be more accurate. Hit the blockade. And the timing of the attack will be more accurate. That's where the best part goes.

"Well, I'll try sir." Li Shi said. Then Shang Wu arranged it. And then quickly solved some of these things. That's the best thing about them. Li Shi was very encouraged. Because he received a prize of 20,000, a second-class medal. In addition to this, there are substantial patent fees. It depends on the number of users. For each clock, he would get a fee of two dollars. All he had to do was invent well-made, accurate clocks that could be big or small. Improvement, he still has a lot of room for improvement.

"This is industrialization, such a road, whether we can change such a situation, it depends on ourselves." Shang Wu said with a smile. He was relieved that the appearance of clocks and watches did not occur by chance, it was an industrial necessity, and many situations would not have happened without such things. For example, the timetable of the train. There is also the time to send and receive telegrams, the time to coordinate, and the time to attack, etc. These take time. If humans could record them accurately, the meaning would be terrifying. Because they can change with the changes of time.

Time has finally moved from vague to concrete. This is the first time that mankind has truly seen his changes.