Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 245 Luoyang Development Plan

"Going back to the topic, it's my first time participating in a war, so I can't have too much preparation for the war!"

Li Tai looked around the crowd and said, "In addition to the horses, weapons, and armor that must be prepared, everyone also prepared ten catties of meat bricks, five catties of sugar cubes, and two catties of tea cakes. Tell me, what else do I need?" Is it equipped?
Especially Yaxiang, you are a member of the army, do you have anything to add? "

Ren Yaxiang listened to Li Tai's words, but couldn't help showing a bit of a wry smile, and said: "Every normal soldier in my Tang army needs to prepare a bow, thirty arrows, a horizontal knife, a whetstone, and a felt hat. , a felt pack, and a box each.

And most importantly, you need to bring nine buckets of wheat rice and two buckets of rice.

On the contrary, the armor was prepared by the imperial court and usually placed in the army trousers of Zhechong Mansion.

As for the meat bricks and tea cakes you mentioned, King Yan, it is possible for the cavalry to bring these things, but ordinary soldiers may not be able to carry them! "

"Peacock, can we collect another [-] donkeys as pack horses for our army's operations?" Li Tai asked Peacock.

"Yes!" Peacock nodded. "Compared with horses, donkeys are relatively easier to raise and easier to buy."

"As for the equipment Ren Yaxiang mentioned just now, when you open the mold and make it, prepare two sets, one for use and one for spare!"

"Okay!" Peacock nodded upon hearing Li Tai's words, indicating that this matter is no problem.

To be honest, in the subsequent development of the Tang Dynasty, especially when it developed to the Kaiyuan period, the Tang army prepared a large number of pack horses for the expedition.

But who knows that this is still the Zhenguan era, even if Zhang Wansui is training, but the level of being able to be slaughtered every year is only more than [-], and as for the draft horse, don't expect extravagant expectations.

And Li Tai didn't expect his soldiers to fight on donkeys, he just hoped that these donkeys could carry their supplies.

Seeing Li Tai's simple and rude solution, Ren Yaxiang opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

In the end, Ren Yaxiang asked doubts, and said, "I understand the meat bricks, but how did you get so many sugar cubes and tea cakes? 2000 people each have one share, what a huge amount of money and food?!"

"It's 3000 people, one for each!" Li Tai corrected,

"Sugar cane gardens and tea gardens are planted in Guangzhou, and sugar cubes have become necessary military supplies every year, so the sugar cane gardens in Guangzhou have also expanded their production.

It's just that the military doesn't pay much attention to it. Every year, some of them are retreated to the palace by the military to make sweets and snacks.

Because I was the one who promoted the use of sucrose as military supplies, when the Ministry of War disposes of the sucrose every year, I bought part of it and unknowingly hoarded a lot of it.

And I bring tea cakes, not for the enjoyment of the soldiers, but because I prepare another kind of food for the soldiers - fried noodles.

This kind of food is a cooked food researched by Ding Jie. With fried flour, just add hot water to form a paste.

It can be eaten right away, the only disadvantage is that if you eat too much, you will get angry, and you need tea to reduce the fire. "

"For 3000 people, two catties of tea cakes per person, that is six thousand catties of tea, and King Yan has hoarded so much tea?" Ren Yaxiang asked.

"When delivering sugar cubes, it's just a few more cars on the way, what a big deal!" Li Tai said calmly,

"Precisely because the materials that the soldiers can carry are limited, I can only try my best to come up with these two.

Under the same load, the combination of fried noodles and tea cakes is more than barley and rice, so the soldiers can last longer. "

"Yan Wang is wise!" Ren Yaxiang shut his mouth decisively, because he had never seen what Yan Wang said about fried noodles, but it was undeniable that Yan Wang considered more meticulously than himself, rather than just talking casually.

"King Yan, since we have to travel for a long time, do all the horses and donkeys have to wear horseshoes?" Wang Xuance asked.

Wang Xuance asked this question because there were short-distance gallops in Tianjin. In order to ensure the life of the horses, Li Tai had already suggested putting horseshoes on the horses' feet, so this kind of thing was no stranger to Wang Xuance.

As far as the Tang Dynasty is concerned, there have been examples of horseshoes. From this point, there is a picture of "nailing horseshoes" in the murals of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. It can be seen that this thing was at least important to Dunhuang, a place where the East and the West meet, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It's rare.

But let alone the Tang Dynasty, even the Song Dynasty, because Zhao Rushi recorded in his book "Zhu Fan Zhi" that the horses of the Dashi Kingdom "used iron as shoes", which felt novel, and there were no large numbers of Tang and Song Dynasties unearthed. The battlefield relics of horseshoes, or funeral objects, are enough to show that things like horseshoes were not popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and they were not even considered a niche.

Horseshoes really appeared in large numbers on the territory of China, and it was not until the Yuan Dynasty that there were such things on the horseshoes of Mongolian cavalry.

"Of course!" Li Tai said, "By the way, in addition to this, during the implementation of the "Grass Seed Project", you can try to breed horses and donkeys to see if you can breed more suitable draft horses.

After all, donkeys are easy to take care of and can eat anything, but they are too small. I hope you can cultivate a more suitable horse breed! "

"Xuance understands!" Wang Xuance nodded to King Yan upon hearing Li Tai's words.

"In addition, I need to bring a team of musicians there. With the help of the battle song, the students can get into the state as quickly as possible!" Lu Cai said to Li Tai at this time.

"Only boys are allowed in the army, no girls are allowed!" Li Tai looked at Lu Cai and said, "If there are not many people, all of them will be included in the medical battalion, and they will assist the medical battalion when they are not busy."

Li Tai knew that this was necessary, because agricultural students were not soldiers who volunteered to become government soldiers, they were originally trained by Li Tai as farmers.

Their war department talents are greatly influenced by military music. Before a battle, no one can guarantee whether they can maintain their combat effectiveness when facing the enemy, so they must prepare for the environment they are familiar with.

"By the way, can you suona?" Li Tai looked at Lu Cai and asked with some doubts.

"Slightly understand!" Lu Cai nodded when he heard Li Tai's words. Suona was introduced to China in the third or fourth century.

Although Lu Cai doesn't often use this kind of musical instrument that can carry people away, as long as it is an instrument, Lu Cai can master it very quickly.

"In the next month, you and Yaxiang will go to combine the recruited people with my own soldiers for drills, so that they can understand the meaning of the military order Golden Drum.

As for the war tunes you play on the battlefield, you should also change them to this kind of suona, otherwise it will not be easy to hear the sound of other instruments on the battlefield. "

To be honest, the integration of music into the battlefield has existed since ancient times, and even this tactic has been used until the twentieth century.

In the battle of the founding of a certain country, the use of the charge can greatly reduce the morale of the enemy and improve the morale of one's own.

However, this world is slightly fantasy, so the effect of the battle song is more intuitive.

"Obey!" "Obey!" Lu Cai and Ren Yaxiang agreed one after another.

After all, although theoretically speaking, those with the talents of the war department are the most suitable soldiers, but these soldiers have changed jobs halfway, and they must be trained if they really want to use them.

Although Ren Yaxiang thinks that the training is not bad, he wants to train these people in a month. To be honest, Ren Yaxiang has no confidence.

But Ren Yaxiang knew that he gave up Su Lie and came to work under King Yan, not just to eat resources for nothing.

Now that I am the only one present here who can train soldiers and train them well, then I must shoulder this responsibility.

Li Tai nodded, and then said, "Ya Xiang, I don't understand military matters, but I believe in your ability.

Therefore, I authorize you to have the right to fully represent me in the military. If Lu Cai's opinion conflicts with yours, you will still take the lead.

In addition, if you have any needs during the training process, feel free to ask me, I will satisfy you as much as I can!
I only have one request, let these students come back alive as much as possible! "

Hearing this, everyone present felt a sense of solemnity unconsciously.

And Ren Yaxiang even stood up and answered decisively, "I will definitely do my best to let them survive on the battlefield!"

Li Tai didn't say too much anymore, just nodded to Ren Yaxiang and asked Ren Yaxiang to sit down.

Li Tai continued: "The next step is to enter the second topic, which is to integrate the industries in my hands.

At least it won't be like this time. In a month, even if you want to dispatch resources, you won't be able to do it. "

"What King Yan means..." Du Chuke was curious when he heard Li Tai's words.

"Luoyang!" Li Tai said calmly, "Luoyang is the center of the Grand Canal, and all goods traveling from south to north will converge in Luoyang.

At the same time, if there is a need in Chang'an, Luoyang dispatches resources to Chang'an, which is about 20 days. If it is more urgent, it is not impossible to do it in [-] days.

Therefore, I want to integrate my large and small industries in Luoyang, and store materials, at least as long as I need them, there will be no more things that are difficult to dispatch materials like today! "

Li Tai looked at Peacock and said, "Chang'an's development had a skeleton when I left, and the feathers have been enriched in three years, but without any special skills, the scale of business can only go so far.

Therefore, in addition to retaining some industries, some industries also need to be transferred to Luoyang in order to seek new development opportunities!
Because of Aye, Chang'an will be the political center of my Tang Dynasty, but with the Grand Canal, Luoyang will be the economic center of my Tang Dynasty. "

Although they don't understand a specific term such as political economy, but when you say the whole sentence, everyone present can understand the meaning.

For example, do you know how to pronounce the word "Shenzhen", but "Shenzhen", maybe this is the particularity of Chinese.

"King Yan, aren't you going to stay in Chang'an for a long time?" Du Chuke suddenly asked at this moment.

"After all, I am a feudal lord. After the conquest of Tuyuhun this time, I think I will leave Chang'an!" Li Tai replied.

When people around heard this, they more or less understood why Li Tai did not choose Chang'an, but chose Luoyang as an important base to integrate his forces, not only because of economic reasons, but also because of political considerations.

Li Tai looked at everyone's emotions as if they were depressed, but continued,
"I will leave it to you, Peacock, to deal with the integration of resources. Cane sugar and tea in Guangzhou, chicken farms and cotton in Longyou, and my fiefdom in Youzhou. You need to connect these places and integrate them into one place. Make material preparations for the establishment of Luoyang Academy in the future."

"Obey!" Peacock heard Li Tai's words, and agreed at this moment.

Li Tai nodded, set his eyes on Du Chuke and said,

"Aiming at the Luoyang order, if you can get the best, if you can't, then try to get an official position related to Luoyang. Hereafter, it will definitely become the center of the Tang Dynasty."

"King Yan is confident!" Du Chuke couldn't help but smile wryly when he heard Li Tai's words.

Li Taidao: "The population carrying capacity of the Guanzhong Plain is limited, even if I develop the Zheng Baiqu, the population of Chang'an will exceed one million in at most 20 years.

No matter how long it takes, Chang'an will need to rely on other places to transport food to support it.

It's not a big deal in normal times, but with such a food structure, as long as there is a natural disaster, the whole city may be out of control!
Guanzhong is a barrier, but at the same time it is also a shackle. Only relying on land transportation to transport food restricts the development of Chang'an.

Only Luoyang, relying on the Grand Canal to integrate the resources of the Tang Dynasty, can support a city with a population of more than 200 million, no, even more than 500 million. "

"There are 500 million people in a city?" Hearing Li Tai's tone, everyone present was somewhat shocked.

What shocked them even more was that Li Tai took it for granted, even with a somewhat confident tone, as if Li Tai's eyes had surpassed time, as if he had really seen the prosperity of Luoyang.

In Li Tai's view, in the feudal era, if there was a city with a chance to have more than 500 million people, the only possibility was Luoyang.

In comparison, no matter which city in the world is in terms of geographical location, it is really not as superior as Luoyang.

Of course, if it is just official history, Luoyang may break through the population of 200 million if the Grand Canal is built.

However, Li Tai develops agriculture in this way, supports fishery, and even if he can really produce hybrid rice, coupled with the general popularization of medical homes and the increase in the average life expectancy of the population, it is really possible to break through the 500 million population.

"Today's meeting will probably end here. Bai He, you copy the minutes of the meeting, go back and simplify and refine, and send a copy of the refined content tomorrow." Li Tai said to Bai He who has been taking notes.

"Of order!" Bai He nodded, and according to the usual practice, he planned to distribute these things to everyone.

Of course, Li Shimin was probably the first to get this meeting minutes.

As for this, Li Tai didn't care at all, because Li Tai knew that his plan to develop Luoyang was to give Li Shimin a copy, so that even if he came back from conquering Tuyuhun, he could stay around Chang'an. I'm really planning to go back to Youzhou and take the orthodox King Yan route!

The plan to develop Luoyang is also very attractive to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin's biggest opponent in the political arena now is the Guanlong nobles, and they are also the strongest force in the political arena of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Because the Li family of the Tang Dynasty was a member of the Guanlong nobles, but after becoming the emperor, they instinctively needed to balance this force.

Under such circumstances, the Luoyang development plan can naturally integrate the power of the Guandong and become a force to contend with the Guanlong nobles.

　100 million words, as far as the history book is concerned, it has officially started. I think I should work hard intermittently and try to update twice a day. Of course, it is not surprising that one update will resume one day, so don’t expect too much.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)