Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 993 To fight or not to fight

The output of Fukuoka Steel Works is astonishing.

The annual output there has reached 80 tons. Although it is not as good as the small steel mills of later generations, it is already a miraculous steel mill in the era of Datang.

Li Shimin asked about the output, and Liu Mu replied, "Equivalent to [-] times the output in the five years of Wude."

In the five years of Wude, Datang's total steel output was about 800 million catties, or [-] tons.

Li Shimin looked out of the window silently. The output of Fukuoka and Xingzhou's two major steel workshops accounted for about [-]% of the entire Datang Iron and Steel production. In particular, Fukuoka's steel workshop can be said to gather the power of Datang and continue to expand. Back in Liumu Previously, the relevant reports obtained by Li Shimin had already indicated that the new blast furnace in Fukuoka Steel Works had been built and was just waiting for the fire test to start.

Li Shimin doesn't know much about steel, and he doesn't know the annual production capacity of a blast furnace.

However, one steel workshop reached [-] times the total output of Datang Iron and Steel in the five years of Wude, which Li Shimin likes.

"When I was in Huating, enamel bowls and enamel cups were popular in Huating. This is all because of the increase in steel production, otherwise iron can be used to make bowls there."

Li Shimin turned his head and asked, "When are you going to fight Goguryeo?"

Liu Mu replied: "Father said, you don't have to fight."

Hahaha!

Li Shimin's smile was only laughter but no smile. After laughing, Li Shimin looked at Liu Mu: "It's a joke, Goguryeo can't be destroyed, why treat the world?"

Liu Mu retorted: "I didn't say it won't be destroyed, I just said it wouldn't be fought."

"How can we destroy it if we don't fight?" Li Shimin was a little confused.

"I haven't thought about it yet, but my father heard that Goguryeo has been rich in recent years and can spend money to buy a lot of food. After that, it has been a few years since Goguryeo was born. The number of toddlers in China has increased by more than 40, to nearly 50."

Hearing this data, Li Shimin smiled coldly: "If you don't fight, wait another 15 years, and Goguryeo will have at least 35 more young and strong, and young and strong are the strength of the army."

Liu Mu retorted again: "Second brother, who said youth is strength?"

"I just said...wait a minute." Li Shimin came back to his senses. He suddenly thought that at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, young and strong were indeed equal to military strength, but not now. Young and strong can only be potential military strength. China's military strength is obtained through arduous training, and the era when picking up a knife and being a soldier is gone.

With such soldiers, Datang's current elite can fight [-] to [-].

Li Shimin said: "A few days ago, I heard from the pharmacist that the Goguryeo people had begun to have doubts. We sealed off the sea and kept telling Goguryeo that our Tang Dynasty and the Wa Dahe Kingdom were fighting fiercely, especially the battle at sea was very fierce, so we did not allow it. Any ship going to sea. They're already suspicious."

"So what about doubt?" Liu Mu asked disdainfully.

"Suspicion means that they want to make a move. I understand what my father means. In my father's mind, the Goguryeo people can increase the population of Datang after they are trained. After all, they have the same roots as us."

Liu Mu didn't speak, and was waiting for Li Shimin to continue.

Li Shimin said: "The Ministry of War has calculated that if an army is launched to attack Goguryeo, Datang will have to prepare for the death of more than 7000 elites and the disability of [-] elites, and the consumption of materials will be equivalent to [-] million guan. And the population of Goguryeo will drop by at least one million people. , which is also not good for Datang."

Liu Mu asked, "Have you ever calculated the battle of beheading?"

"This is the result of the raid on the royal city as the first battle. If there is an all-out war, there will be more casualties."

Liu Mu asked again: "Did you overestimate the division of war?"

Li Shimin nodded: "It has been calculated, but the results of several calculations are not the same. First, let Goguryeo be divided into four, one for iron mines, two for Wangcheng, three for the eastern coastline, and four for the northern mountainous area. This result is the most accurate. A good calculation is that there were 130 million deaths and injuries among the young and strong in Goguryeo."

Liu Mu asked again: "Second brother, have you calculated peaceful naturalization?"

Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, but the cycle is too long. The second brother doesn't want to wait for 20 years. If it fails, when Goguryeo has a population of 800 million, it will be even more unfavorable to Datang."

Without waiting for Liu Mu to ask Li Shimin again, he said again: "You mentioned the financial collapse earlier, and few people understood it, so I didn't make any calculations. But Shangshu Sheng thinks this kind of trick is too evil, which means that more than 500 people in Goguryeo and Baekje will be cut off. The livelihood of thousands of people is not available unless it is absolutely necessary."

Although Li Shimin didn't quite understand the economic collapse that Liu Mu was talking about, but when he thought that all the banknotes were invalidated, it was equivalent to the loss of all the money in Goguryeo's hands from the country to the people. This is really terrifying.

Li Shimin asked Liu Mu again: "You really don't want to fight?"

"It's not right now to fight. It's too late to wait for a few years. If you really need to fight, I'll talk to my father, and I can't say that the calculations by the Ministry of War are wrong. It's just that they may not have thought of something."

Liu Mu's words didn't go too deep. For the whole Goguryeo, Liu Mu actually has other ways.

Li Shimin looked at Liu Mu suddenly: "If it is because of this matter, you will not rush back to Chang'an. The second brother knows that Liuzhao is fighting fiercely there. Liuzhao has a good location and people. It is not an easy battlefield. The first stage There were at least five fierce battles, and after the second stage went deep into the hinterland of Liuzhao, there will be more fierce battles."

"I want to go to Huayuan to stay for a few days."

Liu Mu gave Li Shimin an answer.

Li Shimin immediately said: "Then I'll go too. Huayuan has recently closed a valley, and no one is allowed to approach it. The second brother is very curious."

Liu Mu said with a smile: "Second brother was joking, Hua Yuan has restricted areas, but no one dares to block the Emperor of Tang."

"No!" Li Shimin waved his hand: "No one dares to block the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but if the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty knows, then some people dare to follow the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to ask, and even hope to get special permission to visit the restricted area What. Especially the Ministry of War and the old generals."

Liu Mu immediately said: "What I arranged in Huayuan is for people's livelihood, not for war."

Li Shimin pulled Liu Mu back to the table, first added a little charcoal to the hot pot and then added a little water to the hot pot, and said to Liu Mu while continuing to eat: "The Daomen made a kind of medicine with the method you said, the Ministry of War People discovered the drug, and it was listed as an emergency treatment for angina, but..."

Li Shimin didn't go on, because the method of making this thing was provided by Liumu.

Liu Mu smiled wryly and shook his head: "They seem to have discovered that this thing is more explosive than gunpowder, but it is very unstable when turned into a weapon. They probably want to study it further."

"Correct."

Li Shimin couldn't help laughing after he finished speaking.

(End of this chapter)