Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 724 Divine Craftsmanship
Fang Xuanling suddenly put away his smile: "Saint, I think of something. Prince Liu has been funding the bridge builder Li Chun, and it seems that a bridge can be built on the Yangtze River in a few decades."

"So it is!" Li Shimin also expressed emotion.

Obviously, the willow bridge is for trains.

At this time, Fang Xuanling saw many people standing up and rushing towards the shore, the forbidden army began to block the ordinary officials who were standing in the lower places, and at the same time, some people came to the stands to ensure that the important officials of the Tang Dynasty would not get too close shore.

Even if it was the second time for Li Shimin to see this scene, his heart was full of joy.

Going upstream, the speed exceeds 120 miles per hour, and it is also dragging such a heavy five tank boats full of grain. This is so important to Datang.

What's even more powerful is that the consumption of this thing is not large, as long as coal storages are set up at each dock of the canal, there will be no problem at all.

As for water, there is plenty of water in the canals.

When countless important officials exclaimed, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui asked Li Shimin very calmly: "Sage, what is on this boat and why it has such great power."

"A machine made of fine steel that can generate enormous power by burning coal. Huayuan Workshop distinguishes the size of this object by horsepower. Right now, this machine may have the power of hundreds of horses. I don't know the details. What I know very well is that if you can pull forty heavy carriages containing six hundred stones and travel to Gaochang in five days and five nights, it will take thousands of horses."

I don't understand anything else, but Li Shimin still knows that this kind of machine also has different sizes.

After explaining the boats, Li Shimin said again: "The queen saw smaller ones in Changping's workshop, with a force of about fifty horses, which can drive countless spinning machines, and the spinning speed is really amazing."

"The art of divine craftsmanship." Fang Xuanling said with emotion.

Du Ruhui also asked: "Sage, how to use this thing?"

"This……"

Li Shimin was stopped by the question, he thought about how good this thing is, and also thought about the train running on the land of Datang.But before the steam engines for trains were completed, how to use these small steam engines?
Du Ruhui asked again: "Sage, has the Huayuan Workshop started to manufacture such machines in large quantities?"

Being asked again, Li Shimin didn't even know whether Huayuan Workshop started to officially manufacture this object.

Fang and Du didn't ask anymore, they knew that they had to ask Concubine Liu about this question, since this machine has far surpassed their understanding of the word machine.

Datang is not without machines.

In the former Sui Dynasty, there were already simple woodworking lathes, which were mainly used to process cylindrical wood, and the lathes used pedals.

Also, the watermill is a kind of machine.

Many people want to take a look on the boat.

Li Shimin refused, he didn't want anyone to take a closer look at this kind of thing.

"Go back to the palace." Li Shimin ordered.

Tai Chi Palace in Chang'an City.

Originally, Li Shimin only wanted to chat with the important ministers about this matter, but in the end it was still placed in the Taiji Hall, allowing the fifth-rank officials to participate.

"Decree. Huayuan County will be expanded, and the surrounding [-] miles will be under the jurisdiction of Huayuan. Qin Shubao is ordered to send troops to garrison. Only when he sees my warrant can he enter Huayuan. No one is allowed to enter the restricted area of ​​Huayuan without my face-to-face authorization."

Qin Qiong made an exception: "The minister leads the order."

Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty issued an imperial decree, which was written by Shangshu Province, and supported by the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of War.

In just a quarter of an hour, this procedure was completed, and Qin Qiong returned to her place holding the imperial decree.

Xiao Yu stepped forward: "Saint, why hasn't Concubine Liu arrived yet?"

"He." Li Shimin shrugged his shoulders, which surprised all the officials.Immediately afterwards, I heard Li Shimin say: "He ran away, it is estimated that this person has left Chang'an for hundreds of miles."

"Run?" Xiao Yu couldn't believe his ears.

This kind of thing is not a bad thing, is it necessary for Liu Mu to hide?

In fact, Willow just ran away.

After pulling those boats to the upper reaches, let go of the boats, turned around and returned to Dugu Lanruo Jingyang's Zhuangzi, moved the sound insulation panels that had not been installed onto the boat, and then filled it with charcoal and filled it with water.

During this process, Dugu Lanruo, Baoqin, Xiao Linger and others have already boarded the boat and allocated rooms.Bring enough guards, and a team of strong female soldiers who have been trained to burn boilers, go east along the Jing River, and then turn to the Wei River and the Chan River.

Then turn to the canal and go all the way to Tongguan.

At a speed of about forty kilometers per hour in the later generations, all the way to the east.

So when Li Shimin brought the officials back to the palace, it was almost two hours after Liumu left. At this time, Liumu had already passed Huashan Mountain and was heading east at an economic speed.

That's why Li Shimin told his ministers that Liu Mu had escaped.

"Sage, that ship is related to the fate of the Tang Dynasty." Xiao Yu emphasized.

Li Shimin shook his head: "Do you think I don't know?"

"Sage, why did Prince Consort Liu allow him to leave?"

"He..." Li Shimin stopped, he needed to make up a suitable reason for his courtiers.

The real reason Liu Mu left was to hide, and Liu Mu knew too well the power of this steam engine.

If gunpowder and artillery are fatally attractive to military officials, then steam engines are even more attractive to civilian officials.This thing can change an era.

Liu Mu has never underestimated the ancients, the wisdom of the ancients is definitely not inferior to the modern people of later generations.

Once they saw the unlimited potential of the steam engine, to paraphrase a modern saying, Datang's GDP dared these civil servants to predict an annual increase of [-]%.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Shimin had already thought of an excuse: "You guys know how amazing this machine is."

"I can imagine the magic of this thing."

"Then, you know how much money was spent on the Ghost Works Valley in Huayuan's forbidden zone after research and trial production again and again? How much money does it cost to manufacture such a machine. Therefore, Concubine Liu had to go south, and had to spend the New Year's Day I hurried south to raise money."

Having said that, I can't ask any more questions.

The important ministers knew that Liumu was going to Yinshan, and there may be other reasons, but all this is a reasonable reason.

At that moment, Xiao Yu asked on behalf of the courtiers: "Saint, can you let me know more about this machine."

"can."

Li Dejian entered the hall, his rank was too low for the courtiers above this hall.

However, because Li Dejian has not rested or returned home for three years, he is busy working on this machine day and night.A meritorious service has been placed on the table, just waiting for the evaluation of the merits.

Li Dejian ordered someone to carry out a huge blackboard, and then drew a few simple pictures on the blackboard.

"I'm ready." Li Dejian asked Li Shimin for instructions.

After Li Shimin nodded slightly, he signaled Li Dejian to start.

(End of this chapter)