Datang first village

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty had been discussing secretly in the study until the early hours of the morning. .

No one dared to ask what they were talking about.

It must be impossible to guess.

The next day, Li Yuanxing finished his breakfast while half asleep and half awake, but he walked into the small meeting room of the palace full of energy.There was no such thing as a conference room in the Tang Dynasty. It was completely created by Qin Wangzhuang, and such a room was set up in the palace as a conference room.

In Datang's small conference room, everyone sat against the wall.

Moreover, there is a long table, surrounded by a circle, in addition to the little eunuch who pours tea and water, there are scribes who are in charge of documents interspersed back and forth.

"First thing, I want 500 million cans, at least 100 million of which are fruit."

Every time Li Yuanxing opened his mouth, he was able to scare the people who attended the meeting for the first time.

No one spoke, only the voice of the scribe writing and the paper.

"How much can Lingnan produce? How much can Jiangnan produce? How much can Henan produce? How much can Huainan produce? How much can Guanzhong produce?"

Feng An put a cup of tea in both hands: "His Royal Highness, why don't you ask for your surname once? What else do you want? This is also a good way to make a plan. If there are only fruits, I don't know how many cans there are. But within a month in Lingnan, As long as His Highness doesn't choose the species, three to five thousand tons is still safe."

"Okay, I want 200 million canned fish and 200 million canned vegetables. At least 300 million catties of cured meat and 200 million catties of fresh vegetables are needed. This is for the army during the New Year. For the safety of the border defense of the Tang Dynasty, For next year's battle. In addition, in June next year, I will prepare another one according to this. Of course, there is no fruit, and I will replace it with vegetables."

Li Yuanxing really opened his mouth like a lion.

Many governors are gulping water, such a large amount of supplies, time is tight, and good quality is required, it is really not an easy task.

"I am in Liaodong Province, and I have [-] tons of sea fish. We have no vegetables and no fruits!" Xiao Yu was the first to express his opinion.

300 tons of sea fish, according to the production plan of about 300 million canned fish per ton, this is [-] million canned fish.

"We have a good grain harvest in Henan Province, and the fruit trees are newly planted. The original fruit trees, I'm afraid [-] tons is the upper limit. However, we can provide [-] chickens, which are considered meat after marinating. There is no problem with five thousand pigs."

After hearing this, Li Yuanxing immediately said: "Don't pay five thousand. I know how many pigs you raised in Henan Province last year. I want ten thousand! Send me another three million dans of grain to Liaodong, and you can discuss the payment yourself."

Dugu Xiude also said at this meeting: "Your Highness, the cotton harvest can be regarded as a bumper harvest. It is estimated that the cotton in Longxi can be transported to Chang'an before the snow falls, and the cotton in Hebei has already started weaving half a month ago. Since it is a labor force, how about A set of close-fitting clothes for each sergeant is also the best choice, just food, and there will be nothing left after eating.”

"Two sets for one person, okay?" Li Yuanxing asked with a smile.

"Unless you use a flying boat to transport cotton from Longxi twice. You can also add two pairs of socks per person. However, this flying boat goes to Longxi, and it's not worthwhile to run once empty. It's worth discussing what to transport." Dugu Xiude Speech is very slow.

The governor of Longxi just smiled: "Longxi doesn't have enough, not even a knife for cutting vegetables!"

"stop!"

Li Yuanxing suddenly yelled to stop, and then motioned for everyone to wait and not to speak in a hurry.

Li Er looked at Li Yuanxing, but felt emotional in his heart.

You know, when he was in Wude for four years, he was very struggling to spend on military expenses, and he had to use money and food to reward the sergeants and boost morale.After three full days in the court, one hundred thousand guan of money and food was paid from the treasury.

As for Li Yuanxing's meeting, he asked for more than a million pieces of supplies from various sources.

But each way didn't hesitate at all, and offered as much as they could.When did this change start? Did it start from fighting and winning together, or did it start from the fact that as long as there is victory in the battle, all parties have enough interests?

Li Er saw that Li Yuanxing was thinking, and he was also thinking while holding a teacup.

In the battle of Liaodong, it was said that Chang'an sent troops.However, those who actually benefited from the battle of Liaodong, except for Jiannan Road and Shannan Road, which only stuck to one side, Huainan, Jiangnan, Hebei, Hedong, Jingzhao's aristocratic families and businessmen all took great advantage.Lingnan Road supported Li Yuanxing because Baiyue was about to be fought.

Feng An's two sons have already been assigned to train with the cabinet master, at least they are also pioneers in fighting Baiyue.

Not to mention Liaodong, those who get actual benefits there will show enough sincerity. Only when the army is stable can they make money with peace of mind.

While Li Er was analyzing the changes of these people, Li Yuanxing suddenly spoke in a serious and scary tone: "I heard some information, but I didn't take it seriously at first. Now that I think about it, it's interesting. The Khitan people took Datang for money. The fine steel that was rewarded was sold to the Goguryeo people. But in fact, many people are reselling the fine steel. The East Turkic people, all the tribes are stockpiling some goods for them.”

"There is such a thing, but don't worry, Your Highness. The East Turks can't make big waves. The amount of fine steel they have in stock is too small."

The governor on Hedong Road responded loudly, he was born as a military general, and he was a relative of the Li family.The Dou family would not make casual promises on such matters. Since they said to make Li Yuanxing feel at ease, he was confident enough.

Li Yuanxing asked back: "Then, who is the big trouble?"

"Western Turks, Tuyuhun!" Four or five governors answered in unison.

Li Yuanxing waved to Pei Xi: "You go to General Tiance's Mansion yourself and ask Princess Mingyue to fetch some things for this king." Li Yuanxing said, writing on a note, c304.

C, the letter, is almost never seen by people in Tang Dynasty, and the original form of English is not known in this age.

What is it, Pei Xi just took it as a code name, and hurried out with it.

Li Yuanxing then said: "As for the supplies, you can discuss them in private. Anyway, what I want is more, not less. I will save the extra, and the army can still use it for emergency food. Especially in Longxi, no matter what You have to save some more to be at ease."

In case of Western Turks and Tuyuhun, all senior officials have no objections.

"Don't worry, everyone, whether these things come from various official treasuries or from merchant families, they will naturally be rewarded. If the family is worried, then I will buy them with coins."

"Whoever asks the King of Qin to pay the money is really stupid!" After Feng An responded with a smile, everyone laughed.

Li Yuanxing laughed a few times along with him: "Have some snacks, I'm going to talk about the railway. That one needs a railway, put on the seal, and make a plan. One said earlier that the railway can use refined steel rails. Someone stole it. This is not a small mistake, if a piece of steel rail is missing, the train overturns, and dead people destroy the goods, the loss is not as small as a few hundred catties of steel."

All the governors nodded, and they also saw the railway from Chang'an to Luoyang.

It has not been officially opened to traffic, but the track has been laid, and the car is also in the warehouse.Assuming that one truck loads 36 tons, a single row is 300 knots, which is [-] tons of cargo, which is close to [-] million catties when converted into two catties.

If it turns over, not to mention hurting people and destroying the goods, the train will not pass for ten days and a half months, and the goods will pile up in the two places, the loss will be even greater.

The lady of the palace has brought snacks, here are baked cakes, and some biscuits.

For these senior officials, it is a novelty.

This is also considered a break in the middle of the meeting.

Soon, Pei Xi brought what Li Yuanxing asked for, and under Li Yuanxing's signal, he opened the box in the middle.

What is c304?Of course Wu Zhao knew, this is the Austrian stainless steel that later generations said.The steel is bright, and it looks like it has hardness and hardness, and it needs texture and texture.

Here are bowls, small pots, small knives for cutting vegetables, etc...

In short, they are all small things that can be used in the kitchen at home. In the modern age of later generations, a stainless steel bowl is only a few dollars. According to Datang, it is the price of a penny.

This is based on the premise that the steel output of later generations is astonishing.

However, in Datang, Li Yuanxing also controlled the cost price of a stamped stainless steel bowl within three pennies.A small steamer was also controlled within seventy wen.There is no external sale, Wu Zhao set the price, the bowls are divided into different sizes, eight yuan with a diameter of two and a half inches, and the largest four-inch bowl is only priced at twenty yuan.

Datang's workmanship is still a bit poor, and the rework rate of large bowls is a bit high.

"A bowl, a small eight-cent coin. What do you think, this is real fine steel, and it is guaranteed to never rust. After ten or eight years of use, it is still so bright. How much of this thing, a lot of it If it is sold in various states and counties, will someone collect it at a high price?"

"It seems that the steel is not bad, and the price is not too high."

Someone held the bowls in their hands, and then put several of them in their hands, and weighed them: "It's not heavy, seven or eight bowls weigh only one catty, and it has to be calculated according to the price of fine steel in the past. Some tribes The leader dares to pay fifty pennies a piece, and he will receive as much as he has."

"Tell someone to do this business secretly. This thing is in Chang'an, and I only sell it for eight yuan!"

"Your Highness, aren't you preventing the Western Turks from buying a large amount of Tang's stainless steel?" Du Ruhui, who had been silent all this time, asked now.

It's not just him, no one really understands.

"There are some things added to the steel." When Li Yuanxing was speaking, he took out a steel bar from the bottom of the box and put it on the table: "Actually, try this thing and you will know. Anyone who is interested can come and chop it." Make two cuts, don't use too much force, and cut it off with one force, cut it lightly a few times."

Stainless steel does not produce an edge, nor is it a steel that can produce an edge.

After a few people tried it, the round steel felt like wood, and it would bear marks every time it was cut, but the knife in hand didn't hurt at all.

"This steel knife has some very special skills. On the surface, it can look similar to the first-class good steel knife of Tang Dynasty, and it is no problem to chop wood. It is also enough for ordinary knives before. But for the real The steel knife made of Datang military steel, this thing is a paper knife.”

Everyone understood that Li Yuanxing was voicing Yuhun and Western Turks. (To be continued.)