Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 684 The Most Crazy

Liu Mu could see Li Shimin's enthusiasm for trains, but!
Liu Mu shook his head helplessly: "Without a [-]-horsepower locomotive, the train cannot be moved at all. It is meaningless to carry only a few carriages, and it loses the meaning of the super-transportation capacity of the train. Moreover, our steel workshop in Datang is still It needs to be built more, this train uses steel rails, and it needs countless steel, countless."

Li Shimin asked Liu Mu: "Build a few more large steel workshops."

"There has to be a plan."

After pondering, Li Shimin said: "A plan is needed. You are right. It is better not to let the courtiers know for the time being. This kind of thing is like the big and small generals. It has a huge impact on the national fortune of the Tang Dynasty. Think of my cousin. , Digging a canal to conquer Goguryeo destroyed the Sui Dynasty.”

Liu Mu didn't answer, because in his eyes, Emperor Sui Yang was as powerful as Li Shimin.

The two have too many similarities.

But there is a huge difference in the key point. Li Shimin cares about people's livelihood and is very diligent.Yang Guang was not, just looking at the number of people in his harem, the scale of his tours, etc., and the time he spent in Chang'an during his many years in power did not add up to a year.

"According to what you said, if you do everything you can to repair the railway, I'm afraid even Datang will not be able to afford it."

"Yes, after the steel output is increased by another thirty times and the treasury revenue is increased by three times, it will not be too late to repair it."

Liu Mu believes that the minimum guarantee for the construction of the railway is that Datang has an annual output of more than 30 tons of steel, and Datang's treasury has at least 6000 million yuan in revenue before the railway can be built.

However, it is a good thing to use it on a ship, in a yarn mill, or in a mine.

Anyway, Datang can't make steam engines for trains at all right now, and the ones for ships are already at the limit of Huayuan, and they are not big enough ships, and they are only used for tugboats.

A real steamship hull needs to be at least 50 meters above.

But at present, Datang’s pot-bellied tank ship is more than 70 meters long, but the internal structure of this kind of ship is likely to fall apart when it is installed with a steam engine. The location, but also a very good structure to ensure the stability of the hull.

Datang's shipbuilders still need time to study a better hull structure.

Liu Mu didn't understand, but he only knew a general idea. It was already the limit of Liu Mu's help to the shipbuilding industry that Datang could have a full-sail sea-going ship with five hundred materials.The next step is to provide concepts and rely on the continuous research and attempts of the excellent craftsmen of Datang.

Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was like a primary school student, asking about everything about trains tirelessly.

When Liu Mu explained that he felt that he had no words, he finally stopped.

Li Shimin was also tired of asking, poured a cup of tea and sat on a chair and said to Liu Mu: "Mu, there is one thing that I didn't mention in the hall that day. Huating County is your fiefdom. The original household department's opinion is that Huating's income will be deducted from the national treasury. [-]% , and the rest is yours."

"Hubu...is Cui Junsu stupid?"

Liu Mu's words made Li Shimin laugh out loud, obviously Liu Rucunyu was telling the truth, and Huating's income would be a terrifying figure.

Liu Mu said: "The four major ports of the Tang Dynasty, none of them can be handed over to anyone. In the era of maritime trade, the annual net income of any port will exceed the current treasury income... several times."

"Four major ports?" Li Shimin's eyes changed.

The four major ports are several times more than the revenue of the treasury, so it does not mean that Datang's treasury will have ten times the income.

Liu Mu said: "The top two super giant ports are Huating and Guangzhou Port. Huating and Guangzhou will build ten or dozens of large and small wharfs, and the daily cargo volume will exceed One hundred thousand stones."

One hundred thousand stone is five thousand tons in later generations.

Is it too much?

Huating is called Magic City in later generations, and its annual throughput is close to one billion tons.

"What about the other two?"

"There is a small fishing village next to Yanzhou, which is very suitable for building a port. Shangyingkou there, and Beisha City, which will be occupied soon, will be the most important port group in the north and the distribution center for goods in the north. There will be no less than [-] shi of goods every day. The last one We haven't occupied it yet, it is the most important port in the future."

"Place?"

"Further south of Guangzhou, at a distance of almost ten thousand miles, there is an entrance to a strait. Those who control that entrance will control the ocean fifty thousand miles away in Fangyuan."

Li Shimin nodded slightly: "Okay, then control him. Let's talk about Huating, your second mother said that I will only give you five thousandths."

"Giving too much. Too much. Some coins are taken too much, and people will probably hate them. To be honest, I don't want my second brother. It is a golden mountain. Whoever dares to monopolize it will be a thorn in the eyes of countless people."

"Huating, is it really that powerful?"

"Second brother, Huating is the most important port for Jiangnan goods to go to sea, and Huating West will build countless workshops to process foreign raw materials into high-quality goods and then sell them, plus the goods transferred to the port, the number will increase. To make everyone jealous, I like to make money secretly, not to be in the limelight."

Liu Mu's words made sense, Li Shimin said after thinking, "Then, I'll give you another one."

"Sanjiangkou. Juzhang City in the former Sui Dynasty seems to be called Cixi County now."

This place is the Ningbo of later generations, the southern corner of Hangzhou Bay.

"Yes, the second brother in that place remembers that the surrounding counties are all lower counties, and none of the counties has more than [-] households." Li Shimin was worried that the small place would not be able to earn much money at all.

And with Huating Port, it is impossible to build a second big port there.

Li Shimin said again: "However, for this kind of thing, you submit the form yourself, and then the Minister will discuss the matter. The second brother does not intend to participate. It doesn't matter whether you change it or not, unless you insist on it."

"It's not important to change or not, but at Huating, I dared to ask for one thousandth of it at most. This is the limit. No matter how much it is inappropriate, if it is [-]%, don't let me stick to the Huating tariff. I will build a few workshops with peace of mind. Thirty percent is fine."

"If this is the case, the state treasury will charge up to [-]% of the tax. You should discuss this matter with the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Rites. Also, the accounts of the four northern counties are listed separately, and the expenses of Guigong Valley will be calculated separately. Accounts. Those who supply the Palace and Shence Guards must also be accounted separately, and the excess will be handed over to Guigonggu, but the accounts must not be less."

"Understood." Liu Mu really understood.

Beisi County is in Chang'an, which can be used as a supplement to the royal income and expenditure, but it cannot be used as part of Liumu's personal income, so Liumu is given another place.

Liu Mu can understand all this.

But Huating is indeed too conspicuous.

Li Shimin chatted with Liu Mu all afternoon, and in the evening, the eldest grandson Wugou also came over and had dinner at Liu Mu's place.

(End of this chapter)