Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 417 Chapter 428: Pitting the Japanese Country
On October 18, the 25th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin received Cui Peng's memorial. Cui Peng's memorial was very simple, saying that he followed Li Hao's strategy and used the method of barbarians to rule barbarians, so that the barbarian leader Sayika unified the Qiongnan aborigines. The south can develop steadily, and I want to ask Li Shimin to make Saika the chieftain of Annan.

After reading this memorial, Li Shimin had mixed feelings in his mind. Why, because he found that gold shines everywhere. Qiongnan aborigines have been the biggest obstacle to the development of Qiongnan since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the most troublesome problem. Even after decades, Li Hao couldn't solve it. It took less than half a year for Li Hao to solve it immediately. This is ability.

However, Li Shimin felt that it was a pity, and felt very uncomfortable. Li Hao, such a talented man with extraordinary ability, actually deceived him. He was very disappointed in Li Hao. Therefore, no matter how great the contribution Li Hao made in Qiongnan, he was rewarded, but he was not allowed to return to Chang'an.

Li Shimin summoned several important ministers to discuss this matter together. All the ministers were quite embarrassed and sighed silently for Li Hao's ability. The thoughts in their hearts were probably the same as Li Shimin's. Li Hao's ability was obvious to all, but everyone had a tacit understanding. No one spoke up.

In the end, the monarchs and ministers reached a consensus, named Saika the chieftain of Qiongnan Annan, and sent a decree team to Qiongnan to proclaim the decree.

In the past few months, Li Hao has recruited thousands of craftsmen to build his new palace. The palace is right next to the water in Shecheng, and there are mountains behind it. It is a good environment surrounded by mountains and rivers. It’s not really a big construction project. Li Hao also occupied the big mountain behind his palace to build a super-large summer resort. After all, Qiongnan is very hot in summer, so it is necessary to build a summer resort. He is going to pay for this summer resort The name is Wolong Villa, he is comparing himself to Zhuge Liang, shameless.

In fact, the construction of the villa and the palace is just a foreshadowing, a cover. His purpose is to acquire all the craftsmen in Qiongnan, and then build a shipyard, expand the seaport, and a metallurgical factory.

Zhenguan rice is mature. When Qiongnan people and indigenous people harvested it, they were stunned by the output of Zhenguan rice. After Zhenguan rice arrived in Qiongnan, due to the soil and climate, the yield per mu reached more than 800 catties. Tang Dynasty The 800 catties in the North, then it will look like 1300 catties in the future world, can they not be shocked?

This year's Qiongnan has a bumper harvest, and what is most exciting is not the people, but Cui Peng. They can finally be self-sufficient in Qiongnan, and they no longer have to ask the court for food. Not only that, but starting next year, Qiongnan's rice will no longer be available. If you can’t finish it, there might be too much mold, because Zhenguan rice not only has a high yield, but also grows very fast. The growth cycle of rice is ten to 20 days shorter than normal rice. There is absolutely no pressure to grow three seasons a year. Qiongnan The temperature in winter is still quite high, and even frost will not appear, let alone snow.

The current Qiongnan is flourishing, and all the people in Qiongnan are happily celebrating the new year. Even the aborigines have begun to learn the customs of the Tang people, and they also celebrate the new year.

After the Chinese New Year, Li Hao received a letter from Feige from Lu Yun, and Liuqiu received gold, silver and jewelry from Gionee, but they may not need them for the time being, and gold, silver and jewelry are not money after all, so they cannot be used directly. In addition, the Liuqiu Shipyard has built ten Galen ships, each of which is equipped with a heavy-duty bed crossbow. As far as the current situation is concerned, it is definitely the most powerful ship in the world. During the training, the progress is a bit slow due to the addition of naval combat training. It is estimated that it will take another half a year to complete the training. The biggest problem at present is the metallurgical plant that Li Hao requested. The metallurgical plant has already started construction, but Lu Zhi and the others did not. I haven't tried this stuff before, so I don't dare to try it lightly, so I want to ask Li Hao to guide it.

Coincidentally, Li Hao's summer resort and palace have been completed, Qiongnan has nothing to do here, so Li Hao went to find Cui Peng and asked him to go to the sea for convenience.

Strictly speaking, Cui Peng has the right to supervise Li Hao. After all, the county king who has been ordered as an official cannot leave the fief without the emperor's order. Otherwise, it will be regarded as a big treason. The highest political official in the country naturally wants to supervise Li Hao.

However, the current Cui Peng is no longer the former Cui Peng. He made Li Hao feel at ease to go to sea, and gave him the green light all the way. After Li Hao dressed up, he took the crowd and set off in the Galen ship.

The Galen ship was relatively fast, and it was winter, with less wind and waves on the sea. It galloped all the way, and arrived at Liuqiu in ten days without stopping.

After landing, Li Hao was stunned. The harbor was built. It was so big that it was basically a harbor city. Moreover, Wanggang City had also been expanded. In the city, many Liuqiu natives dressed in Chinese clothes could be seen. Although they had their own autonomous region, but they come to work for the Tang people, which is not contradictory.

With a large number of indigenous people joining, Wanggang City immediately became prosperous, and now the currency of Datang has begun to circulate, Lu Yun’s wages for the indigenous workers are still good, and the indigenous people like to buy Buying and buying, they like all the things from the Tang people. The food is delicious and the daily necessities are easy to use.

Next, Li Hao went to the shipyard to visit the newly built Galen ships. When he came to the shipyard, he saw the huge sailboats on the lake. He was so excited. Although there were only ten ships, they were already very excited. Spectacular, very spectacular, these Galen ships vary in size, the largest one is nearly 60 meters in length, and the visual displacement is estimated to reach 1000 tons. This ship is destined to become the main ship. Li Hao boarded the largest Galen ship Visiting the Lun boat, I saw five huge bed crossbows on the front deck, which were much larger than those he built in Lantian. The crossbows alone were as thick as arms. of.

Next, let’s talk about the metallurgical plant. In fact, ancient Chinese metallurgical ironmaking technology is world-leading. At least in this era, it is already the most powerful. Li Hao also listened to the explanations of the craftsmen. To understand the current metallurgical technology, Li Hao provided their metallurgical technology, and none of them used the metallurgical method of the future world, because there is no such condition at the moment, but only made adjustments in some links of ancient metallurgical technology , increase the output of steel and improve the quality of steel.

What Li Hao provided were the two important metallurgical technologies of blast furnace ironmaking and steelmaking. Among them, steelmaking is relatively simple, and blast furnace ironmaking is the most troublesome. If you make a mistake, you will die, and it is not as simple as killing one or two, so you must be cautious.

Li Hao and all craftsmen held meetings every day to discuss and discuss, and then started construction. It took nearly two months to finally build a blast furnace. This blast furnace was built at the foot of a mountain. There was a cave at the foot of the mountain. Half of the blast furnace was in the cave. Iron-making raw materials can be added to the blast furnace from above the cave, which saves time and effort.

A large amount of raw materials such as hematite ore and coal coke have been prepared, and the first iron smelting is about to start. Iron smelting is the most important thing, and Li Hao is still very confident in making steel.

This time, hundreds of craftsmen and more than 200 indigenous workers were used to open the furnace. Four tons of hematite and a large amount of raw materials were added to the blast furnace, blowing hot air, and smelting.

Li Hao has been watching on the mountain, feeling extremely nervous. He has never been exposed to heavy industries such as iron making before, so it can be said that the difficulty is very high. Although he has collected a lot of information and done research for a long time, he is still Very disturbed, steel is a very, very important resource for any era. The reason why the industrial revolution in the West can be successfully carried out is based on the improvement of iron-making and steel-making technology.

"Iron has been tapped!" In the afternoon, with the shout of a craftsman, the tap hole at the bottom of the blast furnace was opened, and the hot molten iron leaked out and flowed into the ladle that had been prepared. Since it was an experimental ironmaking, the molten iron The quantity was not much, only about two tons, and then I saw the twisted shaft rotate, the iron chain pulled the iron-clad wagon, and the iron-clad wagon walked on the rails, heading towards the direction of steelmaking.

"Successful!" Li Hao clenched his fists and said to himself excitedly. The iron smelting was successful, and the steel smelting was no problem. He turned to Lu Zhi and said, "Lu Zhi, I need you to forge a large number of swords."

Lu Zhi said: "I don't know much about iron and steel. You need to ask Wang Cheng, the head of the iron and steel smith."

"Then inform Wang Cheng." Li Hao said, "Let him go to the Chengshou mansion to look for this king after he finishes his work here, and this king will go back first."

"Yes! Congratulations to the prince!"

After Li Hao returned to the Chengshou Mansion, he went to the study to take out a pencil and paper, and began to draw on the paper. What he drew was a kind of knife, which was somewhat similar to the Tang knife, but it was different. The Tang knife was straight. , and the sword he drew has a curvature, yes, what he painted is a Taidao, which is what people in the future world often call a Japanese samurai sword.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Wang Cheng, the supervisor of the steelsmith, came and asked to see him outside the study door, and Li Hao let him in.

After Wang Cheng saluted, Li Hao stood up and walked forward with a smile, "Master Wang has worked hard, how is the progress of steelmaking?"

Wang Cheng was full of excitement and said: "Go back to my lord, everything is going well, and the casting has already begun. Your lord, you are really an incomparable talent, and you are so proficient in metallurgy!"

"Hehe, don't be flattering." Li Hao waved his hand, picked up the Taidao drawing from the table and handed it to him, saying, "Look at this knife."

Wang Cheng took it over and looked at it carefully for a while, then asked suspiciously: "My lord, this knife is modified according to the Tang knife."

"Yes." Li Hao nodded and asked with a smile, "You are an expert in this field, what do you think of this knife?"

"The knife is pretty good." Wang Cheng said, "The blade is curved to reduce the weight of the blade head, which is more convenient for chopping. The width and thickness of the blade body have been reduced. It should be much lighter than the Tang knife. My lord, what is the name of this knife?" ?”

"It's called a Taidao." Li Hao asked, "Wang Cheng, do you have a technique, that is, when casting this kind of sword, you cast a certain part of the blade very brittle, and you only need to hit that part of the blade hard, and you can Make it break, this technique, will you?"

"Ah?" Wang Cheng was a little dazed when he heard that. He had spent his entire life forging iron and forging swords. This was the first time he heard such a strange request from someone.

Of course it's strange, Li Hao is going to make a batch of knives and sell them to the Japanese country, how can he sell good knives to them, how can he do it without doing some tricks.

The Japanese people belong to the wolf family, and selling weapons to them is to make their domestic fights more intense and chaotic, and at the same time, I can earn a lot of silver from them, but in order to prevent them from using these knives against Datang, so Li Hao has to tamper with the sword in advance, if you dare to fight, hehe, your weapons will be broken after a confrontation, and the next step will be massacre, killing you will be effortless.

　I am ashamed to say that although Hua Jian is now working in a steel factory, but because he is only a driver, he does not understand the matter of the blast furnace, so he will not write about iron and steel making in detail.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)