Great Tang princess

Chapter 832 Mom is back

The happiest part of this trip to Qingdao was the brothers who were brought back.

Originally they thought that even if they went to pick them up, it would be a few years later, and they were even ready to settle there for a long time, but they didn't expect Duan to pick them up after taking you for a year.

Of course, this is something to be happy about, and I cried even more when I came back this time.

And Li Yuechen also announced on the spot that they would be promoted and their salaries raised, making them even more happy.

Apart from these soldiers, the happiest one is actually the crown princess Lu Yao.

Growing up in Dongdu, his knowledge of the outside world comes only from the words in books.

After becoming an official in the court, I have seen some photos, but after all, it is not as real and shocking as what I saw with my own eyes.

After seeing the sea with my own eyes, it felt as if all the stress of this time had melted away.

As a princess, Lu Yao is under a lot of pressure now.

Not only must he always pay attention to the affairs of the bank, but also learn how to analyze data from the queen in the dark guard.

The dark guards need to process a lot of information every day, and they have to constantly analyze the specific reasons behind it, and many of the processes are quite troublesome.

This time I have seen the sea with my own eyes, and I feel that the pressure in my heart has disappeared a lot.

In fact, this is something that can’t be helped. As the future helm of the dark guard, she doesn’t have to do many things herself, but she must understand all the processes. This is a test that newcomers must pass.

And Li Chongrun also agreed with her to bring her over in summer to see what the salt field looks like and how it produces a lot of salt.

On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, everyone watched the fireworks in the Qingdao Military Region.

That's right, although there are not many people in Qingdao now, there are also fireworks to watch.

Moreover, the fireworks in the army are much more splendid than those in Dongdu, of course, the main reason is that the gunpowder is enough.

Therefore, the size of the fireworks here and the sound of the explosion are incomparable to those in Dongdu.

Moreover, after the fireworks are over, there will be an activity of striking iron flowers. Many active soldiers will participate in the battle in person, and the atmosphere of the festival is very strong.

After the festival, on the [-]th day of the first lunar month on the second day, everyone set off for the Eastern Capital.

After returning to Dongdu, Li Yuechen told his elder brother about the return of his mother after the beginning of spring, and then went to the engineering institute to continue to study trucks with them.

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The success of the first car greatly boosted the confidence of the Engineering Institute, and immediately began to produce in-line eight-cylinder engines for trucks.

Several project teams started work at the same time, and the frame, body, engine, etc. started to be produced at the same time.The first truck is expected to be built within a month.

A few years ago this was pure nonsense, but today, this goal is not impossible.

Today's various machine tools and other equipment have been put into use, and the time and cost of parts manufacturing have been greatly reduced.

Basic supplies such as bearings and screws are produced in the thousands every day, and there is no problem at all in building the first truck within a month.

It was even said that during this period of time, Li Yuechen went to the Engineering Academy every day to solve problems they didn't understand at any time.

At the same time, I also brought a group of students to help them calculate various data and organize them, which will be used as teaching materials in the school in the future.

Science and technology are the cornerstone of a country's progress, so the idea of ​​opening a polytechnic university was in Li Yuechen's plan many years ago.

Although there are elementary schools, middle schools and high schools, the only universities are military schools and universities of political science and law, and the cultivation of talents is really limited.

Nowadays, the talent training of the Academy of Engineering adopts the model of bringing children or apprentices.

Although this method allows the master to teach in more detail, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, there is no energy to teach too many people at once.

Therefore, the establishment of a polytechnic university is imminent.

Now bring the students over to calculate the data and sort out the textbooks, which is to prepare for this.

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And the Academy of Engineering did not disappoint Li Yuechen. On the tenth day of February, the first truck of the Tang Empire had already appeared in the courtyard of the Academy of Engineering.

The truck hadn't been painted yet, with silver and white metallic all over it.

It is six meters long, two meters five in width, and three meters six in the highest point.

The six-wheel design of the front two and the rear four, meanwhile, the car body is equipped with a rainproof cover and two cabs.

To be honest, the data of this car is very poor. If you look at it by future standards, let alone military vehicles, it may not even meet the standards of cargo trucks.

However, here, it seems out of tune with the whole era.

Li Yuechen went up and tried it himself. The data in all aspects can barely be seen, and the motivation is enough.

As a military vehicle, it can at least meet the minimum requirements for carrying people and cargo.

After three days of continuous testing, it was determined that there was no problem, so they started painting and painted the car in a camouflage pattern.

Then he called the second brother Li Xian, asked him to actually observe and ride once, and then gave the order.

Let him dispatch a group of engineers to find a place at the foot of Mang Mountain to build a driving school.

The two models are military off-road vehicles and trucks, and currently Li Yuechen personally serves as the instructor.

After the first batch of apprentices are taught, some of them will be placed in the army, and the other will stay in the driving school as coaches.

In the next few days, Li Yuechen drew up the construction drawings.

The first is the various facilities inside the driving school, such as figure-eight curves, S-curves, unilateral bridges and other teaching facilities are necessary.

At the same time, the training syllabus was also being prepared. In order to cultivate independent drivers, it was not enough for Li Yuechen to teach them how to drive.

It is also necessary for the masters of the engineering academy to come to the class in person to teach them various skills such as mechanical construction, replacement of tires and parts.

At the same time, I did not forget to ask the engineering institute to speed up the production of a jack, which is an indispensable equipment for car repair and tire replacement.

And in this era, there is no need to consider pneumatic or hydraulic types, just make the simplest mechanical jack.

Its structure is spiral, which is not too difficult for the Datang Institute of Engineering, which is already capable of manufacturing screws.

Li Yuechen is also very familiar with it. Many extreme athletes like to modify motorcycles or cars by themselves, so they are also very familiar with this thing.

Compared with hydraulic or pneumatic jacks, mechanical jacks are also cheap enough, which can be regarded as a very cost-effective product.

Considering the current level of craftsmanship and material issues, Li Yuechen's requirement for them is that the jack must be able to support a weight of [-] tons to be considered qualified.

The engineering institute took a look at the design drawings and thought that the problem was not serious, so they immediately agreed and promised to deliver a batch of them when the driving school was built.

After getting the answer, Li Yuechen went back to ponder about the University of Science and Technology.

And her busyness was in stark contrast to Emperor Li Xian.

After the fly field was built, Li Xian played by himself for a while.

After pondering the rules thoroughly, the hand feel is almost done, so I started to invite ministers to come and play together.

Many older ministers found it quite interesting after playing it, and recommended it to their younger generations.

In order to please the old man, the juniors naturally began to learn by themselves.

And this flying field is usually open to the public, although the price is a bit expensive, but for the rich and powerful, this amount of money is not a big deal.

Officials from poor backgrounds don't have to worry about not being able to afford it, because officials are completely free.

Officials all have fish charms, which can be regarded as proof of identity, and they can enter to play as long as they show it.

It's just that one person can only use it alone, and no additional people can be brought.

The purpose of doing this is to allow officials from poor backgrounds to have the opportunity to approach the emperor. At least in front of the emperor, try to make them equal as much as possible, which is also conducive to the display of the emperor's art.

As for wealthy private businessmen who want to come in and play together, no problem, just pay, the price is very expensive.

In fact, Li Yuechen was somewhat supportive of the cooperation between officials and businessmen.

As long as the cooperation between the two parties is good enough, the economic level can be boosted and more jobs can be created... There are many benefits.

Of course, the premise is normal cooperation and no troubles.

Li Yuechen also thought of corresponding measures for possible corruption incidents in the future.

First of all, it must be clear that it is impossible to completely ban this kind of thing.

After figuring this out, the goal is to prevent officials from corrupting as much as possible.

The cooperation between the two parties can enable businessmen to earn more benefits and pay more taxes.

Then at that time, the court will set up a reward mechanism within the court, relying on this to increase the salaries of officials.

Simply put, it is to increase the cost of bribery and corruption by increasing wages and benefits.

At that time, officials with outstanding political achievements will have higher salaries and better treatment. At the same time, it will be more difficult for them to embezzle and accept bribes.

Especially in terms of treatment, there must be benefits that ordinary bribers cannot give.

In terms of actual rewards, for example, titles can be given, certain personal income tax can be exempted; or the arrangement and education of children can be given more choices and resources, etc...

As for honor rewards, there are more, such as entering Lingyan Pavilion, leaving a name in history; or getting textbooks, etc...

Through these policies, the cost of official corruption crimes should be greatly increased.

In addition, various details will be added to the criminal law in the future, and legal deterrence will be adopted.

Because now under Li Yuechen's interference, the laws of the Tang Dynasty are no longer simply a tool for maintaining society, but have become a means of revenge, so various punishments can be arranged.

For example, in today's Tang Dynasty, if the amount of money stolen is not large, you don't need to go to jail, you just need to be whipped thirty times.

If the amount is large, it will be whipping and hard labor; if the amount is particularly large, then another finger chopping will be added!

That's right, the current Datang Empire, the law is like this.

It may sound a little weird, but Li Yuechen traveled all over the world back then, and saw so many weird laws, it's really nothing.

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In the blink of an eye, it came to mid-March, and the weather began to warm up gradually. People gradually took off their thick clothes and put on light clothes.

From this year, it can be clearly felt that there are almost no people with large patches on their clothes.

The main reason is that the prices of various fabrics have dropped a lot, and many ordinary people can afford clothes.

Although silk is still more expensive, the price of linen and the like is much lower.

And silk fabrics, which were originally used as currency, have gradually entered middle-class families, and they are one step closer to popularization.

Such a discovery made Li Yuechen very happy, which meant that the loom had begun to exert its strength, and at the same time, the tax revenue this year would also increase.

Another good thing is that the discussion on the construction of the Ministry of Commerce has been finalized.

From then on, a Ministry of Commerce will be added to the Ministry of Industry, and the market will be supervised and improved on a large scale.

In addition, there is such a template as the Taiping Group under the name of Li Yuechen, so from the end of March, a lot of companies registered under the name of the Ministry of Commerce have appeared.

For example, Fanyang Lu's Co., Ltd.; Qufu Kong's Co., Ltd.; Taiyuan Wang's Co., Ltd....

That's right, until the end of April, the registered large companies were basically family businesses, and there were no joint stock companies.

And Li Yuechen felt that this situation would continue for a while.

It's just that there is no need to worry about this aspect. The market has not yet formed, but the advanced level of technology has reached.

When trucks and airships can be used as transportation tools, these family businesses will expand their business and grow stronger, and they will also start fighting among themselves due to various factors such as market conflicts.

It is estimated that by then we will be able to see a large-scale commercial war...

Then after this war is over, the anti-monopoly law will be introduced to ensure the interests of small and medium-sized enterprises...

This was all planned long ago. After all, the current Li Yuechen is also an emperor in the actual sense, so of course he will think about the future in advance.

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The time came to the third day of April.

Early in the morning, just as the genius was lighting up, an airship had already appeared in the sky above Dongdu.

Li Yuechen, who came to the yard with a weapon and was about to practice, saw the direction the airship was coming from, and immediately guessed that it must be the return of his mother.

During the Shangyuan Festival, I said that I would come back after the beginning of spring, but it was not unexpected. Rather, it was a few days later than expected.

So he immediately threw away the weapon and drove to Xuanwu Gate.

That's right, driving, the off-road vehicle that was built at the beginning has now become Li Yuechen's private property.

It was originally kept in the Engineering Academy, but since the first truck was made, this truck came to the Princess Mansion and became Li Yuechen's car.

But Li Yuechen didn't drive out all the time, because there were a lot of guards, and they all rode horses, so they couldn't catch up with his car.

So I thought I'd be fine and let my guards go to the driving school to attend classes and take the driver's license test together.

But since my mother is back today, why not take her to experience it.

So he didn't bring any guards and drove directly to Xuanwu Gate.

Although there are no guards, there is no need to worry about being attacked. After all, this car is made of iron. If something really happens, just hit the accelerator and it will be over!
When this black-painted off-road vehicle appeared on the streets of Dongdu, the people on the road couldn't help but look sideways.

Although there was surprise in his eyes, he did not feel fear.

After all, compared to that, the huge airship in the sky is more worthy of fear.

(End of this chapter)