"This is industrialization?" Xiao Yu was stunned, he was a nobleman all his life, and until now he is in the year of the sixtieth year, he is still a nobleman.

In this life, I have never experienced what the life of ordinary people is like, which means that Xiao Yu has stood on the highest place to look at the world all his life.

So he knew how difficult it was for Li Yuanji to do what he said, and now, it was the things they saw in front of them.

With the cooperation of two or three people, half a day's work can be worth two people's work efficiency in ten days.

What does this mean?

This answer not only allowed Xiao Yu to find it, but also the other ministers also had the answer in their hearts.

That's two people can do what it would take twenty or even forty people to do before, and do it better than they did.

As for the unified standard mentioned by Li Yuanji, these ministers still don't understand it in their hearts, and the main reason is that they don't know much about it.

But just because the ministers don't understand doesn't mean that others don't understand.

"Your Majesty said that you should make these parts like rebar?" Lao Xu asked excitedly, and even forgot his identity for a short time.

"Exactly!" Li Yuanji nodded, although there were some differences, but this was probably what it meant.

The standard of rebar in this era is not high, and after heating, the use of abrasive stamping and forming, although it is a unified standard, but the problem is that steel is not easy to process, and sometimes there will be various problems with abrasives, so it is impossible to ensure that every rebar is the same standard.

But then again, because the material is not adulterated, the so-called non-uniform standard, just the shape of the rebar, its own quality or something is not a problem.

Rebar is mostly used in construction, and threading is to make concrete and steel better combined, so as to improve the solidity of the building.

For 100-storey buildings, the requirements may be stricter, but for buildings that are now only 10 or 20 meters tall, a slight difference in appearance is not a problem.

But it is not good for some other precision instruments, and those parts on the steam engine are listed as precision instruments by Li Yuanji.

"Good, great! If there are enough molds, I dare to guarantee that a train can be made within half a month! Lao Xu excitedly stood up with the military order, Li Yuanji's recognition of the train, and the recognition of their work, which made Lao Xu extremely excited.

And this is not the most impressive for Lao Xu, what are the benefits of a unified standard?

Others don't know, but how can Lao Xu, who has suffered a lot in this regard, not know?

Take the train in front of you as an example, almost every component in it has undergone secondary or even tertiary processing, and the largest part has even undergone no less than ten processing.

And the main reason is that they can't be combined with each other, because these parts are artificially built, and most of them can only look good on the outside, but in fact, when docking, a small deviation can't work.

This requires them to take the file to polish little by little, and at the same time to constantly compare, to prevent the entire part from being scrapped.

And in order to prevent this possibility, when the craftsmen in the back are building, they simply go beyond the standard.

For example, the iron pillar with a specification of 10 centimeters is made into a specification of 11 centimeters, and the extra centimeter is polished when it is assembled, and the place where the iron pillar needs to be inlaid should be a 10-centimeter hole, and in order to prevent mistakes, a nine-centimeter hole will be left.

This needs to be polished off a little by hand, even if it is done well, at most it can ensure that the two can be combined, but how much is the standard difference of ten centimeters, it can only be said that there is indeed a deviation.

However, if all the grinding tools are used for stamping, then this problem can basically be solved.

If you can have enough abrasives......

Li Yuanji said Ju Khan.

"Efficiency, what Datang needs most now is efficiency, and at the same time to ensure quality, when industrialization comes in an all-round way, you will find that what you are talking about today is how ridiculous." Li Yuanji couldn't help but hit everyone.

It's not that he's dissatisfied, but as a means for His Majesty, he should be beaten when he should be beaten, and he should be encouraged when he should be encouraged.

Half a month to make a train out, this efficiency is already very high, I don't know how high it is.

But Li Yuanji doesn't think so, obviously, although Lao Xu realized that the unified standard will be of great help to the production speed of the locomotive, but he didn't realize that his thinking span is still too restrained.

"In the case of this knife, the normal process would take ten days to complete, but now? It only takes a few people to complete it in less than half a day, and twenty of these knives can be made in ten days. How long did you use this locomotive? If it were to be manufactured according to this standard, would it take 300 days for a unit? Li Yuanji shook his head, this is a simple efficiency conversion formula.

Although it is not rigorous, there is no place for research, and it is even unreasonable, but there are always some references.

After the full adoption of mechanization, the efficiency of making a knife was increased by a factor of twenty, and if the locomotive was actually put into production, even according to the previous model, a maximum of 100 days would be enough, and according to the calculation of 20 times the efficiency, two days would be enough.

Of course, this is a bit fantastical, the train is not a knife, and even if the efficiency is improved, it is impossible to mention it so high.

Although it is already efficient to build one within half a month, in Li Yuanji's opinion, this is far from enough, and it is still under the premise of having enough equipment.

"Let people prepare meals, I and the ministers are here today, I want you to take a good look at how terrible the efficiency of the industrial machine is when it is started!" The original plan was to end in one morning, but now Li Yuanji has changed his plan.

Because he found that although what was being shown to them at the moment had already had a huge impact on them, it was not enough.

Industrialization requires not only equipment and resources, but also some ways, some right ways.

Li Yuanji didn't plan to wait for future generations to slowly discover this efficient way of working, which would only delay the present and more time.

So he decided to spend an afternoon completely changing their thinking, so that they can truly realize the horrors of industrialization, not just what they see in front of them.

It's a knife on display, but this time it's more than just a knife.

"As many steps as it takes to build a horizontal knife, go to as many craftsmen as you want, and each person is only responsible for the process he is best at!" Li Yuanji looked at the remaining materials in the furnace and nodded immediately.

Lao Xu has still done a lot of work for today's display, in addition to the one that has been built before, ten have been prepared for each step, that is, there are still nine left.

This means that they can then save themselves from waiting for heating up, which is the most time-consuming process.

In a short time, more than 20 craftsmen were ready, each arranging their positions in the order of the process, and in front of them were the various tools needed for the process.

And then ......

The ministers were completely dumbfounded, Lao Xu was also completely dumbfounded, and even the craftsmen who personally participated in the whole process were also dumbfounded.

"This ......" Lao Xu couldn't close his mouth in surprise, and in just two hours, fifty-four horizontal knives were placed in front of him in such a regular manner.

No, in fact, there are only a dozen or so that are really completed, and most of the rest are not completed, because there is no cutting yet, but other processes that can be completed before the cutting have been completed, and then only need to be quenched after the cutting is made, and then it can be assembled, and the whole process will not last an hour.

"This is the efficiency I said, everyone is only responsible for the operation of one step, even if it is a novice, no matter how stupid the head is, it can become a skilled hand in a month or two, and in a short period of time, the craftsmen of each step can be proficient, and formulate a unified standard for each step, so how many knives can these people make in a day?" Li Yuanji said unabashedly.

Of course, the problem is not without it.

"The mode is such a model, but the efficiency needs to continue to improve, for example, the most time-consuming forging and grinding, you can add some machines accordingly, according to the current model, each group adds four forging and grinding stations, basically you can ensure continuous start-up, and in this way, in a day, these twenty or thirty people can build hundreds of such horizontal knives, an average of more than three per person, and one such team, a year can create more than 36,000 such knives. Even in wartime, I only need a hundred of these squads to ensure that the weapons of the front-line soldiers can be used at will. ”

"You can do this with tools, and you can do the same with making trains, the difference is that there are more processes, larger scales, and more people, but the benefits are also obvious, as long as you plan properly, you can even say that as long as you can build as many train wheels and steam engines in a day, as many trains as you can build in two or three days at most." What Li Yuanji wants to talk about is the assembly line production model.

This model originated from the Ford factory in the United States before and after World War II, and the rise of Ford is also based on this model.

Because the production capacity can be maximized, even a piece of steel can be sold off the assembly line in less than a day, so the price of Ford is also lower, so as to quickly occupy the market.

"Yes...... But Your Majesty, in this way, the scale of the workshop is too big......" Lao Xu was still a little shocked and couldn't believe it.