Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 683 The Datang Cabinet Begins Preparations

It's just that many military officers are away fighting, and this matter can be discussed and discussed.

Ma Zhou, who had been listening all the time, stood up: "Sage, all the ministers. Although the younger generation is in this room, it is definitely not qualified to be a member of the cabinet. The younger generation proposed that officials below the fifth rank select a few people to set up an admonishment cabinet and be in charge of it." Supervise the announcement after the cabinet's discussion, and if there is any objection, it can be raised at the court meeting."

"Yes." Xiao Yu didn't think it was a bad thing.

"The discussion will be postponed at this time, and the grand meeting will be held after the New Year." Li Shimin suspended the discussion on this matter. This is a major event. What Li Shimin wanted was the imperial examination, but he took the initiative to say it before Liu Mu mentioned Xiao Yu.Moreover, Ma Zhou added a group of low-level officials to supervise the cabinet, which was better than what he had discussed with Liu Mu.

The ministers also believed that such a major event needs to be discussed by the Great Court Council.

Li Shimin asked: "Liu Mu, Qibi Heli wants to take refuge in my Tang Dynasty, do you believe it or not?"

"Letter." Liu Mu only answered this one word.

"Okay, let's act according to the letter and discuss the matter of the Western Expedition. After Gaochang was captured, the General Shipping Department established the Hami Transshipment Department, and the General Shipping Department came up with a detailed proposal within two months."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, Xiao Yu shouted loudly: "Everyone, return to your seats and be quiet."

The new round of meeting started, and the Western Expedition to destroy Gaochang is the most important thing for Datang right now. As long as Gaochang is destroyed, then Datang and Western Turks will be connected together.

The meeting went on into the night.

From the marching route to the logistics support, etc., all have come up with extremely detailed plans.

The only thing that is bad is Shence Guard's expedition equipment, the equipment for the main force of the Western Expedition, and the price issue.

Li Shimin did not intend to intervene in this matter, and asked the quasi-cabinet to negotiate with Liu Mu.

Before dawn the next day, a long line of carriages headed north from the north gate of Chang'an, heading for Huayuan County.

But Liu Mu didn't go, he just gave Li Bi a letter.

In the afternoon, after Li Shimin had lunch at Liumu Mansion, the two enjoyed plum blossoms in the garden.

Li Shimin asked Liu Mu, "Why don't you go?"

"If I don't go, they will be embarrassed to approach the inner restricted area. The things in the outer restricted area are meant to serve all industries in the Tang Dynasty. Li Bi knows it well, and it doesn't matter if the Ministry of Industry needs some technology to leave."

"What's in the inner restricted area?" Li Shimin asked.

Liu Mu didn't answer, and sat there thinking blankly for a quarter of an hour.

Li Shimin didn't urge him, he just waited quietly.

After a quarter of an hour, Liu Mu stood up: "Second brother, I'll take you to see something interesting. I arranged for someone to make this thing for me, but she didn't even know what it was after seeing it. It was just a sand table. The sand table of the four counties."

"Go and have a look." Li Shimin also stood up.

Middle courtyard, willow wood office area, back room of willow wood study.

What Li Shimin saw was a sand table, the sand table of the four northern counties, and there were some marks on it. Li Shimin had been marching and fighting for many years, and it could be seen that this was the defense map of Huayuan County.

"Second brother, do you see these tiny tracks?"

After being reminded by Liu Mu, Li Shimin noticed that between Chang'an and Huayuan, there were two parallel iron bars in a crooked manner, and there was a horizontal wooden bar under the iron bars.

"What is this?" Li Shimin didn't understand.

Liu Mu smiled: "In the world, except me. The second brother is the first person to know the secret of this thing. Even the ghost workers who are spending money like running water and studying day and night don't know What is this thing, and I don’t know what the things they research can do in the future.”

Li Shimin turned his head: "Inner restricted area?"

"En!" Liu Mu nodded solemnly.

Li Shimin asked again: "What is this?"

Liu Mu opened the cabinet, and put the small boxes made of small wooden planks one after another on the rail.

"Second brother, this is a car, not a carriage. This is called a train. I estimate that if we throw in a few million more, this thing will be successfully researched in about three to five years. This locomotive pulls section after section, When it can be loaded with a carriage weighing 140 shi, and can run [-] miles per hour on the steel track, the second brother thinks this thing is amazing!"

Li Shimin was stunned.

Liu Mu said again: "I will throw a lot of money into Guigong Valley to continue researching this thing. If I run to 240 miles in one hour, what does the second brother think?"

240 miles per hour is Liu Mu's belief that the limit of Datang steam trains will be reached within 20 years.

During the period of the Republic of China, the steam trains of later generations reached a speed of 120 kilometers, which was 480 miles per hour in the Tang Dynasty. Liu Mu knew very well that this depended on the development of the steel industry, the improvement of steam engine technology, and so on.

This is a comprehensive improvement of the industrial level, and Datang may be able to do it 100 years later.

But within 20 years, it will be a miracle for Liumu to be able to run at a speed of [-] kilometers per hour.

Forty kilometers per hour is Liu Mu's inner satisfaction.

Li Shimin stayed there for a full quarter of an hour, and after countless thoughts in his mind, he said: "Create roads when encountering mountains, build bridges when encountering waters, and build them to Gaochang in one go, and even farther. Then the second brother's soldiers and horses will only be completed in a few days and nights." It can be reached, this train is enough to be called an artifact of the country.”

"Great isn't it?"

"Excellent." Li Shimin smiled, very happy: "Don't say a few million guan, even tens of millions of guan are worth it."

Willow is also laughing at the side.

"Okay, good train." The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more he felt the train was good.

Liu Mu said at this time: "Second brother, how about giving the senior ghost worker a title?"

"A mere title is nothing compared to such an artifact of the town." Li Shimin will be in a good mood now, he really doesn't care about the title.

Li Shimin played with the willow train model on the sand table: "Tell me, what kind of object is this train?"

"Second brother, the most difficult part of the train is the front. The machine that powers the train is already usable, but the power is too small. Right now it only has the power of fifty horses at most, and I plan to use it in the mine. After making it more refined, it can It is used on spinning machines. It is estimated that after three months, the one with [-] horsepower will be available, and I plan to use it on a boat.”

"The boat can also be used?"

"Yes!" After Liu Mu gave an affirmative answer, he took out a model from the cabinet.

There are two huge round wheels on both sides of the ship. Liu Mu believes that this kind of primitive steam ship Datang can be easily built, as long as the steam engine can be used, the ship can definitely be used.

"Second brother, this is a wheel paddle. Li Dejian has calculated that if you take the canal upstream from Yangzhou, you can pull [-] flat boats, or three flat-bellied grain boats with two thousand grains, and you can reach Chang'an in about five days. "

"Then what about the train, why not?" Li Shimin couldn't wait to see the train running in Manda Tang immediately.

　Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, three days in a row.

　　Ok, deal.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)