Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 727 A shock caused by a machine

Tang Jian said at this time:

"Sage, I think that we should build more than ten fire fish for the canal first. Li Jiancheng said that this thing is not very difficult, and it is technically qualified. If it is a ship going to and from the south of the Yangtze River, it can reach Chang'an and Luoyang in five days. The ships can reach Chang'an in one day and night, so I think it has strategic value."

Li Shimin smiled heartily a few times: "You didn't talk too much, the emperor was arguing to go to Huayuan to see it in person, and even asked to make a hundred of them first, but I knew it was absolutely impossible. This matter can be done, and the number can be counted." Discuss with Huayuan County in detail."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin stood up: "Everyone is an important minister of the Tang Dynasty, the pillars. It's not that I can't trust anyone, but the Huayuan restricted area. In fact, even I have never been to the inner restricted area, Guigong Valley. The emperor wants to go there. I also persuaded him. Back then when I was the King of Qin, the Supreme Emperor promised Liu Mu."

Having said that, how can the ministers not understand.

As soon as the important ministers made eye contact, Xiao Yu immediately said: "Saint, I think that Guigong Valley is a place of extreme hardship, and all of them can be called ghost craftsmen without strange talents. In terms of iron donkeys and iron oxen, it takes three years. This is the result of being busy day and night without a break, I think it should be granted again."

"En." Li Shimin nodded.

"I believe that it is a place to study more advanced skills, not a place to play like Qujiangchi. The decision-making ministers of the saints think it is very suitable. If they really let the ministers go there, they may not understand it, and they will disturb them." Guigonggu's work, so I just need to know the result."

"Well, that's right." Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction.

"My minister is concerned, how many iron donkeys can be built?" Cui Junsu very directly put forward what he wanted most.

He knew very well that this iron donkey could reduce the cost of linen craftsmen by [-]%, or even more.So he took advantage of the meeting to study the steam engine these few days, he wrote a form, and it will be handed over.

Li Shimin took the watch and looked through it.

"this!"

It wasn't that Li Shimin couldn't understand, or anything else, but that he suddenly discovered that Cui Junsu's form was written so simply and directly, without any fancy words, and went straight to the point.

Cui Junsu said: "You have to learn from the advantages. The official documents of Liu Concubine are simple and direct, without those flashy words. I think it is advisable. But at this time, I don't discuss this. I think that the Ministry of Households contributes, the Ministry of Industry manages, and the Ministry of Officials dispatches first." Appropriate officials. It is imminent to establish the first yarn workshop in the Tang Dynasty."

"Does the household department have that much money?" Li Shimin knew how much money Datang had.

Cui Junsu replied confidently: "Saint, what I have learned from Concubine Liu is not only concise and concise statements, but also two other things. One is national debt and the other is stocks. With these two, the household department has enough money. , During the Western Expedition, the national debt was used for the initial funds for the construction of the workshop, and the debt was repaid after the Western Expedition.”

"This matter needs to be discussed."

"Saint, I just hope that after getting permission, the Ministry of Households will come up with a complete plan in detail. No, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Officials will jointly come up with a complete plan."

After Cui Junsu finished speaking, he waited for Li Shimin's answer.

Li Shimin quickly flipped through this preliminary idea, and then showed it to everyone.Xiao Yu said: "I think it is more important to build the largest farm in the Tang Dynasty first. Bingzhou Tuntian has always been a military station. Now it can be handed over to the state capital, or it can be directly turned into a large state-owned farm."

In the past, the first reaction of the big nobles was to occupy land.

At this time, the big aristocrats are thinking about state-owned shares.

How many fields did Liumu manage? With such a small amount of fields and workshops, Liumu could support a strong army like Shen Cewei who piled up money with money.

Just ask that big nobleman who dares to say that the hundreds of thousands of acres of land in his family can support Shen Cewei.

In a word, selling goods to the first corner of the world is much more profitable than merging land.If the land without an owner competes with the country, the problem of the end of the Han Dynasty will fall, and the court and the nobles will become enemies before that time.

Li Shimin felt a headache: "This, the discussion is messed up."

"Saint, there are too many things that need to be discussed. Excuse me, you shouldn't keep it secret for so long. If I had known about the iron donkey and the iron ox earlier, I would have started planning it two years ago, and I wouldn't have done it today." There are a mountain of things to discuss." Xiao Yu stood up and boldly accused Li Shimin.

This is Datang, and the courtiers thought the emperor was wrong, so they spoke directly.

So will Tang Emperor Li Shimin be angry?
the answer is negative.

Li Shimin said: "Mr. Xiao is wrong. I am not wrong. On the contrary, I have meritorious service. Maybe it is not that I have found a way to announce all these things in Huayuan. I am afraid that the bastard Liu Mu will keep it secret until the day when the dragon car needs to build a railway. .”

"If you really say that, well, I apologise." Xiao Yu changed quickly.

No one in the Tang Dynasty knew that Liu Mu had relied on the token and promise given by the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan to keep Hua Yuan a secret and never let out any news.

"Everyone, let's continue the discussion." Cui Dunli said at this time: "I will send the fleet westward in the next few days, and then arrange for the university to invite guests from far away as visiting doctors."

Du Ruhui also said: "The Western Expedition is the most important thing right now, and the iron donkey is also related to the century-old national destiny of the Tang Dynasty. I think that the cabinet should be formed immediately. After the cabinet is established, the daily state affairs..."

"I thought...

Li Shimin pressed his head. He never expected that a steam engine would suddenly complicate state affairs.

It seems that Liu Mu's words are not wrong.

Artillery changed the pattern of warfare, and steam engines changed the pattern of the times.

Liu Mu hid, Li Shimin finally understood why Liu Mu hid, and why Liu Mu didn't run away, he would be tied up in this endless discussion within half a year.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all the important officials of the Tang Dynasty were unable to enjoy the lanterns.

It can be said that officials in Chang'an began to work overtime every day, and the Western Expedition was busy. The iron donkey was a major event related to the fate of the country for a century, and no one dared to neglect it.

Liu Mu hid, but after arriving in Hangzhou, he didn't dare to go out to sea in his own steamboat, because this one was a flat-bottomed boat.

After living in the manor in Hangzhou, what Liu Mu didn't expect was that many people came after him, such as Wang Junxuan from the Wang family and Zheng Yuanxuan from the Zheng family.

Although they don't have the speed of a steamship, the sailboats going down the river are not too slow.

For the first time in his life, Liu Mu encountered a small challenge that was both charming and embarrassing in Hangzhou.

Dugu Lanruo tasted the fruits brought from Lingnan in the house, while looking at the rocking cart and the wind chime that Liumu made for Xiaolin, she didn't expect that Liumu's carpentry skills had not been forgotten.

What I was thinking about was the little carpenter from before.

In the lower part of the room, Xie Xing'er was sitting there silently sipping the black tea from her hometown. This tea was quite close to what Liu Mu said was the most popular in the world, at least Liu Mu praised it.

(End of this chapter)