People are in the Tang Dynasty, creating a mythical dynasty

Chapter 110 The Improvement of Comprehensive National Power

Datang's danger was greater than he imagined, which made Li Ming feel urgent.

After all, there is not much time left for him.

No one knows how long the Kyushu enchantment can last.

When will Journey to the West come again?

The best way is to improve the national power and system, so that Datang has enough ability to deal with everything.

In this case.

He started to carry out almost everything that could improve the national strength of Datang.

Aquaculture, planting.

Farm implement improvements.

As long as he can think of or sign in, he will start to spread on a large scale.

Under this kind of vigorous promotion, the effect is also extremely obvious.

The first is more scientific and chemical planting, which will directly increase the production of various products.

The advent of Quyuanli and various new farm tools also increased production in a disguised form.

As for the others.

Li Ming is also working hard.

Shaofu.

At this time, a huge device slowly took shape.

This thing, even people in later generations can't realize what it is for a while.

Because this thing is really old antique.

It has almost disappeared in later generations.

But in this era, it is extremely novel.

Because this is an oil mill.

To be more precise, it is Tufa Youfang.

In the ancient times more than 1000 years ago, what was lacking was not only meat, but also oil.

The effectiveness of oil is beyond doubt.

The main physiological function of oil is to store and supply heat energy, and the energy it can provide in metabolism is about twice that of sugar and protein.It, together with protein and carbohydrates, constitutes the three major nutrients in nature.Provide heat for the human body, provide essential fatty acids that the human body cannot synthesize but must be obtained from vegetable oils, and supply fat-soluble vitamins. If everything is short of oil, it is difficult to maintain the functions of the human body.

Physical fitness is also difficult to improve.

And although the Han Dynasty has already begun to appear vegetable oil.But it was not until the Tang and Song Dynasties that sesame oil became a very common cooking oil.

In this day and age, the main and only source of oil is from animals.

Available animal oils are limited.

Even with the rapid development of the breeding industry, it is still difficult to meet the needs of the people of the entire Tang Dynasty for freedom.

The presence of vegetable oil is undoubtedly essential.

In the process of sorting out, the general discovered the method of extraction.

Although it is only the simplest method of oil extraction.

But for this era of more than 1000 years ago, it is enough.

During the one month of construction ahead, the oil workshop is gradually being completed.

There are about a hundred square meters, including a drying room for burning wood, an automatically rotating circular trough, and a pressing room.

There is not much actual difference from the old antique oil mills of later generations.

"Your Highness, all inspections have been completed, whether to start it."

A craftsman reported to Li Ming.

"let's start!"

Li Ming nodded.

And in his response.

The oil pressing also started immediately.

The long-dried soybeans began to enter the crushing groove and were broken.

Afterwards, the crushed soybeans are placed in a squeeze pile made of a large giant log, and the squeeze pile is filled with long, square and strong wooden stakes, leaving the longest one outside.

Next, several people need to hit it with a very strong piece of wood that is lifted, and the inside is loosened, and then the wooden pile is plugged, just like this, hitting and plugging the wooden pile again and again...

Under the extrusion of the wooden stakes, the soybeans will be squeezed out of oil continuously... and after the oil drips dry, the rest will form bean cakes.

Although oil extraction is very hard work, especially the few people who hit the extraction pile must be strong to extract oil.

The previous life has even been eliminated for various reasons.

But in this era, its value is unimaginable.

As for who hits, that's pretty good too.

Don't forget, there is also a group of people who practice martial arts.

Just in time to use it.

Extracting oil is not a problem at all.

And the moment the yellow-orange-orange oil dripped, the hearts of all the people in the Shaofu couldn't help trembling violently.

"It's oily!"

"It's oily!"

"Your Highness, it's oily!"

I don't know who shouted loudly, and countless people couldn't help shouting at this moment.

It is conceivable that oil is of great value to them.

Not even as much as table salt.

And it was still stolen from soybeans, and many people became fanatical all of a sudden.

Although soybeans have long been available.

But the oil production rate in front of them is obviously not on the same level as what they know.

This time the oil yield was obviously much higher.

And this kind of news, even the busy Shaofu supervisor rushed over.

At this time, Li Ming was waiting.

Waiting for the results to come out.

Soybean oil extraction is not a novelty. If there is not enough output, then the value of gas will not be too high.

And amidst his anticipation and apprehension.

Soon the results appeared.

"Your Highness, the soybeans consume a total of fifty catties, and the oil weighs five catties and two taels!"

A Shaofu official spoke with a trembling voice.

At this moment, his eyes could not help but brighten up.

Five catties and two taels, this is an extremely unbelievable value.

You must know that the soybeans he used to extract were only fifty catties.

Although in later generations, the oil yield rate of soybeans is about 20.00%30.00 to 20.00%1, if the oil yield rate of soybeans is 0.25%[-], then [-] catty of soybeans can produce [-] catties of soybean oil under normal circumstances.

But that's high-oil soybeans.

In fact, for ordinary soybeans, the domestic oil yield per catty is between 12.00% and 17.00%, and the oil yield for imported soybeans is between 15.00% and 18.00%.

Now fifty catties can produce more than five catties of oil, and the ratio has exceeded ten percent.

In this era, the proportion of oil extracted from soybeans can reach [-]%, which is not bad.

It was simply a world of difference.

The value that can be generated is even greater.

"This this!"

At this moment, the Shaofu Prison's voice stammered.

As the supervisor of the Shaofu Supervisor and the Royal Internal Treasury, he naturally knows a thing or two about soybean oil extraction.

But precisely because he knew it clearly, he couldn't help being shocked at this time.

It's just that Li Ming didn't care about these things.

Instead, he frowned and spoke.

"Continue to improve and see if there are any other problems. Fifty catties of soybeans should be enough to swindle more than six catties of soybean oil."

"Whoever can perfect it, I will reward him ten thousand times."

The voice ordered.

And what he said made everyone's eyes shine in an instant.

"promise!"

One after another figure responded.

After these people responded, Li Ming took a step and left the oil workshop.

Start to enter the next place for inspection.

During this period of time, he has started more than one oil workshop.

Amid the respectful glances, Li Ming left.

The Shaofu supervisor hurriedly followed, his expression was agitated, and his face was even more flushed.

At this moment, he felt countless coins flying towards him.

Oil and salt are the same, and everyone has to consume it. It is almost unnecessary to think about the value of that.

Li Ming didn't pay much attention to this person's thoughts.

His figure has already stepped to another part of Shaofu.

There are puddles here.

All of them are soaked in green bamboo.

And these green bamboos have obviously been soaked for a long time.

Natural microorganisms have decomposed and washed the green skin off the bamboo.

Beside the puddle, several large iron buckets had already appeared, and steaming heat was rising.

There is no doubt about what he is doing in this scene.

--papermaking.

Although it has been hundreds of years since Cai Lun improved papermaking technology, paper appeared in China.

But paper is still scarce.

Just after time travelling, Li Ming signed up for papermaking.

Just never had time to use it.

Now, when he didn't have enough new ideas, Li Ming also set his sights on it.

On the one hand, the oil extraction project was started, and on the other hand, papermaking was started.

three months.

The initial materials are almost ready.

Today, at the same time as the oil is produced, the mortar and mortar link of papermaking has also begun.

After reaching this stage, the paper can be produced by completing the last few steps of slopping the material into the curtain, covering the curtain and pressing the paper, and drying through fire.

Compared with oil extraction, papermaking is undoubtedly simpler.

Put the processed bamboo into a stone mortar, and beat it with a stone pestle until the bamboo is smashed, which is like a mud surface. This is the mortar link.

Pour the smashed bamboo material into the water tank, and use the bamboo curtain to swing the material in the water. The bamboo material becomes a thin layer and attaches to the bamboo curtain, and the rest of the water flows into the tank from the four sides of the bamboo curtain. .

Curtain-covering and paper-pressing is to repeatedly pass the curtain so that the wet paper falls on the board to form a sheet of paper. In this way, repeat the steps of slopping and covering the curtain to make thousands of sheets of wet paper, and then add wooden boards on top. Press hard to squeeze out most of the water.

Fire drying is to raise the wet paper one by one and dry it. The paper baking equipment is made of clay bricks to form an alley, and a fire is lit in the alley. After the temperature of the clay bricks rises, the wet paper is pasted one by one and baked.

Compared with today's papermaking process, the papermaking technology obtained by signing in is undoubtedly more perfect, more concise, and its cost is lower.

Today's paper can basically only be used by nobles. If the current manufacturing technique is completed, the day when even ordinary people can use paper will not be too far away.

Although this thing does not seem to be so direct for the improvement of national strength.

Not to mention explosives, even compared to the breeding industry, the planting industry is not so obvious.

But it's just not obvious.

Its role is not small at all. This is a revolution in writing materials. It is easy to carry and draws a wide range of materials, which promotes the cultural development of China, Arabia, Europe and even the whole world.

It greatly facilitated people to record their thoughts and all kinds of interesting things that happened at that time for future generations to exchange and learn. In short, it has a role in promoting the development of human civilization.

The influence of national power cannot be ignored.

After all, the prosperity of civilization is not a kind of prosperity of national power.

One after another figure is busy.

When the bamboo curtain enters the water, a thin layer appears.

It also represents the success of papermaking.

Looking at the paper that was gently put down, Li Ming couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

"Shaofu supervisor, you are fully responsible for this matter."

"Remember that from today onwards, Shaofu will devote everything to making paper."

"Whatever you need, just tilt!"

A smile appeared, and when the Shaofu Supervisor had just stabilized his footsteps, his words came out.

"promise!"

Although the Shaofu supervisor was still a little confused, he still responded quickly at this time.

And after the Shaofu Supervisor nodded.

Li Ming then watched the papermaking process again.

After confirming that the paper has indeed started to be produced, his figure immediately stepped forward.

Left Shaofu.

Heading towards the palace.

When the paper came out, it was time for one of his plans to kick off.

Although such a plan may have certain risks.

But in the current situation where there is not enough national power to improve, opening it seems to be a good choice.

And this is a record of the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years.

If it can be implemented.

Even in the case of Datang, it can be improved by leaps and bounds in the next few decades.

Its effect is far greater than the improvement that aquaculture and planting can bring.

Even dynamite may not be comparable.

Entering Chang'an City and walking on Zhuque Avenue, Li Ming's heart was surging, and his heart was beating violently at this moment.

He knew that the risk of taking this step would be extremely huge.

Once the aristocratic family really thinks that he is destroying their foundation, there will be no bones left of him, King Wei, who might be swallowed.

In the time and space of history, the strength of the seven clans and five surnames is already extremely terrifying. In this world of Journey to the West, the strength of these families may be even more terrifying.

And the determination of these people to protect their own rights is beyond doubt.

For this step, he must grasp a certain degree, at least in the early stage.

It is best to be the same as the imperial examination.

The imperial examinations are digging the roots of the aristocratic family, but the early imperial examinations, including the current imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty, basically have no impact on the aristocratic family.

After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, in order to limit the power of the aristocratic families and consolidate the central imperial power, an examination-based imperial examination system was established on the basis of the Han Dynasty's procuratorial examination system, hoping to select officials from the common people through examinations and break the upper-class opposition. monopoly of power.

But even now, the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty only gave more opportunities to the aristocratic families, not opportunities for the poor.

Historically, in the entire Tang Dynasty, more than one-third of the imperial examination candidates came from the 10 most prominent families, and among the officials above the seventh rank in the Tang Dynasty, 70% were the children of the aristocratic families with privileges (say The fact that the imperial examination braked the interests of the aristocratic family is basically nonsense. Historically, the imperial examination system before the Song Dynasty did not pose any threat to the aristocratic family, and no one in the aristocratic family objected).

Naturally, it will not pose a threat to the family, and the family will not have too much influence.

However, the existence and maintenance of the imperial examination system, as long as it persists, the roots of the aristocratic family will inevitably be dug, sooner or later.

So when Huang Chao rebelled, the aristocratic family collapsed, and after the Song Dynasty, there was no soil for the aristocratic family.

The idea in his mind wants to succeed.

It must be hidden as early as the imperial examination system.

Until he has enough power, and Li Tang's royal family has enough power, there is no possibility of an explosion.

Thoughts flowed in my mind one after another.

Thoughts keep popping up these days.

Then he got rid of them one by one.

It wasn't until his figure crossed the Xuanwu Gate and entered the imperial palace that his inner thoughts gradually calmed down, and the thoughts that he had been thinking about in his mind gradually had a clearer context.

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