Datang first village

A penny, can something like this be made with a penny?

Li Yuanxing's calculation came from Wu Zhao, who based on industrialization, and after adding a complete set of supporting machinery, it can be done for a penny.But Li Yuanxing did not tell these businessmen that it would take at least three years for the cost to reach a penny.

The first is the production and improvement of supporting machinery, the second is the utilization of water and animal power, and the last is the management ability of the industrial assembly line.Therefore, with pure handwork and simple machinery, four coins is already a limit. You must know that for a craftsman to make a complete set, a piece of thirteen coins, you need to be a skilled worker.

Li Er smiled, and originally planned to go to the brocade silk merchant association that Li Yuanxing worked hard to support.

At this time, he dismissed the idea.

If the Brocade Silk Chamber of Commerce is like this Wanhuo Merchant, it has used ingenious methods to increase production and reduce costs.If the envoys from foreign countries knew about it, they would definitely raise objections to the shipping price of the silk.

So Li Er decided not to go to the Jinsi Chamber of Commerce.

But Li Er asked Eunuch Gao to send people to the Brocade Silk Chamber of Commerce, and told them that he would go to inspect it in person in ten days, so that they could get ready, thinking that the foreign envoys should go back after ten days.

Li Er thought about it and started to go out, but he saw that the envoys seemed to be attracted by something.

"What is that?" Li Er asked the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper raised his head and took a look, and the shop partner over there was introducing something and replied: "Return to the honored guest, those are wool shears. Eight workshops have trial-produced eight different wool shears, and there is no distinction yet. , so they are all put out for the merchants to choose, and in a few days, there will be a competition for these eight kinds of wool shears at the Lianggong Platform at the west gate of Qinwangzhuang."

Li Er also walked over, and the partner was blowing like a river.

"This thing is called a hundred sheep shears. Even a novice can shear the wool of a hundred sheep in an hour." The partner was blowing, and the envoys were gesticulating, and it seemed to be really useful.The aristocrats on the prairie are not completely idle, at least they know how to shear sheep.

Li Er asked softly: "Is there really a hundred of them?"

"When returning to the distinguished guest, there are experienced hands who have tried it, and cut more than 170 sheep in one hour. But the hands are also sore and weak. It is absolutely impossible for a novice, but forty or fifty sheep in an hour is doable!" said Here, the shopkeeper blushed: "In each store, selling their own goods is naturally a bit exaggerated!"

Li Er smiled, he understood such a thing, shook his head and didn't ask any more.

Li Yuanxing, on the other hand, has not yet started buying wool, and the wool shears have already been sold ahead of time, obviously he has to do a lot.

In fact, Li Er didn't know that wool shears were only the initial items, and there would be hundreds of various tools in the future, especially the cashmere combing machine. the arrival.That machine needs a third-class master craftsman to lead the work, five fourth-class craftsmen as assistants, and hundreds of fifth- and sixth-class craftsmen to work. It can only produce one high-end machine a month. Currently, there is only one complete product in Chang'an City. There are five semi-finished products and dozens of machines under production.

With the ability to make this machine, apart from the workshop of King Qin's Mansion, there are only seven great families and a few honorable families, the total number of which does not exceed twenty.

After Li Yuanxing brought a few more cashmere scarves from Hyundai, anyone who had the opportunity to see them knew very well that if a wool business didn't have this ultimate thing, it would be inferior to others first.

Except for the two big families of Taiyuan Wang and Luoyang, no one wants the rest of the family.

The Wang family in Taiyuan had a coal business, which was already huge enough, so they gave up wool.

As for the two big families in Luoyang, they had a foundation of immortal grain, and they signed a pledge to guarantee that Luoyang would become the granary of the Tang Dynasty. To put it bluntly, they are big grain merchants, so they are not sticky to the wool business.

For the rest, no matter whether it is Shandong or the nobles in Guanzhong, no one who is qualified wants to stick a hand.

"Your Majesty, do you want to remind me?" Eunuch Gao asked in a low voice. He was talking about reminding those envoys. They have been asking around for half an hour for a Wanhuo firm. There are dozens of firms here. .

Li Er nodded slightly.

Only then did Eunuch Gao signal to the people from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple to urge them. The envoys from various states understood that they would definitely give them time to come here again, so they felt a little bit reluctant, but they also left one by one, ready to go back to the carriage and go to Qinwangzhuang go.

Li Yuanxing was dozing off under a tree on a reclining chair, when the old wolf hurried over: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the Holy Majesty's guard of honor has arrived five miles away." Li Yuanxing opened his eyes and looked at the sun in the sky, the sun had already set to the west . "It's past noon?"

"It's long gone!" Lao Lang supported Li Yuanxing to stand up.

Li Yuanxing was waiting in the Erliting Pavilion outside Qin Wangzhuang, watching Li Er's guard of honor approaching from afar.But Li Yuanxing was made to wait for a full 10 minutes.

Li Er was really taken aback when he saw Li Yuanxing, there was still a bit of King Qin's demeanor there.

But Li Er really felt that Li Yuanxing's attire was full of heroism, which was far more indescribable than the complicated Qin Dynasty costume, especially the one-handed waist knife hanging from the belt. It's like a king.

There was no chance for Li Er or the censors to speak at all. Li Yuanxing stepped forward and gave a salute and said first: "My brother is at fault, and I brought torture tools to show my self-blame." Li Yuanxing pulled the necklace around his neck, Then he continued: "The torture tools are not enough, I think I should make up for it, so wear some light clothes and do more work!"

Li Er smiled, and said in his heart that you can work, but I don't believe it.

However, Li Yuanxing would direct others to work, and Li Er absolutely believed it.

Next, Li Yuanxing should get into Li Er's car, and then enter Qinwangzhuang together, which is regarded as a welcome.However, something happened, but the little Turkic Khan of Turkic stood up: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, His Royal Highness the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty have made great achievements, and they should be rewarded heavily, but I don't know what kind of fault can overshadow their meritorious deeds!"

Li Er was stunned, how to answer this question.

Not to mention Li Er, even the civil officials who impeached Li Yuanxing didn't know how to answer.

There is no distinction between rewards and punishments, and if such things spread, what is the state of the Tang Dynasty, and what is the face of the Tang Dynasty.They patronized the impeachment of Li Yuanxing, but forgot the great contribution of Li Yuanxing's victory over the Turks.

But Li Yuanxing laughed: "Little Khan Tuli, thank you for speaking for this king. It's just that this merit is merit, and demerit is demerit. This king has some minor faults, so he has to be punished." At this point, Li Yuanxing suddenly burst into tears. He came up with a bad idea, and said to Liu Zhenghui, who impeached him the most viciously: "For a small merit, the emperor gave me a fief two hundred miles north of the Jinghe River. For a small mistake, the emperor ordered me to be imprisoned for three months. Naturally, there are rewards for meritorious deeds and punishments for demerits!"

"The laws of the Tang Dynasty should be rewarded for meritorious deeds and punished for faults. Princes and common people are guilty of the same crime! Liu Shangshu, do you understand?"

Liu Zhenghui, former Minister of the Household Department.Even if Li Yuanxing was dismissed from his actual position without mentioning a word, leaving only a vain position of being a minister of the household department, he hated Li Yuanxing very much if he only talked about his character and morality.In particular, Li Yuanxing killed Liang Shidu, in his eyes, it was not a gentleman's act, and it was not a benevolent person's act.

What's more, Li Yuanxing slaughtered Wang Junlang's family and dozens of close officials in Daizhou.Killing as many as hundreds of people is cruelty, and it is not shameful for Confucian morality.

But at this time, Liu Zhenghui couldn't agree with Li Yuanxing's words.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin said it is very true, the laws of the Tang Dynasty, there are rewards for meritorious deeds, and punishments for demerits!"

Li Er was the only one who smiled and said nothing. He knew that Li Yuanxing wanted Yaozhou, but he didn't expect Li Yuanxing to do it right away.You, Li Yuanxing, want to, go ahead and drive the idle princes and dukes to a remote place, out of sight and out of mind.

Naturally, the people in the front cannot hear what the people in the back are saying, and no one will dare to pass on what is said here.

"Wulang, enter the village!" Li Er waved his hand, and the matter was over.

When entering the village, Wu Zhao was actually inside the gate of the village, and the person carrying her was not Su An, but another guard. The guard made a pergola on his back, with chairs, and a special place for placing gadgets .

"Girl Mingyue, why don't you come to pick me up!" Li Er said with a smile.

Wu Zhao quickly crawled into Li Yuanxing's ear and said a few words, then Shi Li stepped aside.Wu Zhao would not speak easily when outsiders were around.

Li Yuanxing turned around: "Brother Huang, there is a gift, Brother Huang will definitely like it."

"Really?" Li Er became interested, because he saw a cunning in Li Yuanxing's eyes, but Li Yuanxing's gaze was directed at the grassland envoy.Very good, if Li Yuanxing wasn't here to give the envoys on the grassland a blow, he wouldn't be my fifth younger brother.

"Borrow five hundred forbidden soldiers!"

"Sure!" Li Er waved his hand. He was also looking forward to it. What would he see?

Xiyan Wuchang!The guard of honor was naturally sent to the place where they should go. To come here, everyone has status.Li Er stood on a high platform, with Li Jing on one side and Huihe Khan on the other.Further to the two sides are the King of the Ministry of Rites and Shan, and the little Khan Tuli.

"Prepare the crossbow!" Li Yuanxing gave an order, and there were naturally messengers to pass the order down.

Then ten figures on horseback appeared, all covered in gray linen.Li Yuanxing ordered again: "Five hundred riders, shoot with a crossbow." King Qin ordered, who dares to hesitate at all, this is the school field.King Qin's order was a military order, and the soldiers of Datang showed their high quality, without any hesitation, [-] crossbow arrows shot at the ten cavalry.

Li Er didn't understand, but he believed that Li Yuanxing would not mess around.

But he saw that the ten riders held the horse's head, facing the five hundred crossbow arrows without moving a muscle!

In a blink of an eye, five hundred crossbow arrows arrived, which was only two hundred steps away. Five hundred crossbow arrows shot at ten people.Even Qin Qiong raised his heart, he asked himself, even if these ten people had martial arts higher than his, they still couldn't knock down the five hundred crossbow arrows!

Not only Qin Qiong, everyone's hearts were raised.

"Five hundred cavalry, three consecutive shots!" Li Yuanxing ordered again, and the orders of the messengers were passed on. There were two more shots in between.When the last wave of crossbow arrows was shot, the first wave of arrows was still flying in the air.

The ten knights remained motionless.

The envoys from the prairie don't understand, is this considered martial arts?Could it be said that shooting ten people who did not resist was the performance of King Qin's martial arts?No!From the perspective of the behavior of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, this matter must be strange. (To be continued.)