Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 202 The Core of Happy Village
The smelting process of the Tang Dynasty in this period is actually very high. Tang knives will add a certain proportion of carbon to increase their toughness. Later, the Japanese learned the production process of Tang knives. They have been on the road of researching high-carbon steel. go down.

However, due to the original steel, there is still a big gap between the quality of ordinary Tang knives and the knives made of Uzi steel. If the shipping route is stable, Sun Xiangfu will import a large number of this Uzi steel from Tianzhu. You know, this thing disappeared by the seventeenth century.

Of course, the knife test involves chopping. Li Shimin's arms are very strong, so ordinary swords can't stand him knocking. After cutting several wooden stakes one by one, Li Shimin finally remembered to collide with the steel knife. Then, Chang He's beloved saber died sadly.

Due to the large gap between the toughness of the two knives, the knife in Li Shimin's hand was fast and heavy, and Chang He was passively hacked. His saber was chopped into two pieces without any accident, and when Li Shimin laughed, he carried it. When the Mo knife walked out of the smelting workshop, Chang Hecai, who was crying, held Ma Sai under his arm.

"Boy, with your craftsmanship, it is more than enough for Qianniuwei to be a school captain in charge of ordnance. Help Ben to forge a sword like the one in His Majesty's hands. This will be considered a deal."

When Ma Sai heard the words, he looked embarrassed and waved his hands, "General, you can't do this. If you want a sword, why bother, you only need to send a thousand guan of steel cost, Caomin is willing to build one for you for free."

A good weapon is definitely worth a thousand gold to a military commander. A precious sword that can easily cut off the saber in his hand is rare, let alone a thousand guan, no matter how much money he is willing to spend.

Patting Ma Sai on the shoulder, Chang He said with a smile, "Your brother, I will recognize it, and the material money will be delivered tomorrow. After your weapon is forged, send someone to notify Ben to pick it up in person."

After finishing speaking, Chang He happily chased after Li Shimin's back outside the smelting workshop.

"Your Majesty, the minister promised the post of captain, but that brat blacksmith refused without even thinking about it."

"Well, the people that Sun Zhengming used have reassured me. I will send more people to and from this place in the future. But if there is a new craft, I want to know as soon as possible."

"The last general takes orders."

The manufacture of ironware and ordnance has always been strictly controlled by the imperial court. Li Shimin has always allowed Sun Xiangfu to develop these things. In fact, it is a kind of trust in him. Li Shimin never felt that Sun Xiangfu's loyalty was problematic. He just didn't work with Sun Xiangfu. Feel his awe of the monarchy and his admiration and superstition for the emperor.

He asked Chang He to test this way because he was afraid that Sun Xiangfu would leak these technologies out like other technologies, but he didn't know that Sun Xiangfu paid more attention to the issue of confidentiality than he did. It is the production technology that Sun Xiangfu deliberately leaked out to benefit the whole people, and the things that will really affect the stability and security of the country, he can take care of them very tightly.

After visiting the smelting workshop, Li Shimin went to the cement workshop and glazed workshop at the foot of Chaishan Mountain. Sun Xiangfu handed over the cement firing technology to the imperial court early in the morning. In fact, it was not worth much, but the inventory in Xingfu Village was obviously a bit too much. Among the victims, at least 1 young and strong were arranged to work here, and another [-] people were arranged to crush stones in the quarry of Zhongnan Mountain.

"Why are there so many people here?"

Li Shimin had already figured out the routines of Xingfu Village, and knew that if there were any questions that he didn't understand, he could just ask the person with the word "Nong" written on his clothes. Therefore, it was Zhao Xi, an aborigine from Xingfu Village, who answered him.

"Your Majesty, the village head said that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Our village is only a hundred miles away from Chang'an. Now there are tens of thousands of victims here, so we can build roads. So much cement has been fired in the village, and a lot of crushed stones have been mined. Shi, it is precisely to build a concrete road leading directly to Chang'an."

"Straight to Chang'an?"

Li Shimin also saw the cement road when he came up from Xiaoheji. It is really easy to walk, especially on horse-drawn carriages. There is basically no resistance and no bumps. The speed is much faster than taking the official road. , then the time from Chang'an to Xingfu Village can be shortened a lot, especially for freight, even if it is a fully loaded carriage, it will take less than two hours.

"Although there are many workshops in your village, you don't produce large quantities of goods for sale. Why do you spend huge sums of money to build such a road?" Fang Xuanling asked puzzled.

"Uh, the village chief didn't mean to help our Xingfu Village get rich. Our village is already rich enough. What he said was to help the people in Guanzhong get rich. The construction of the road to Chang'an is only the first stage, and the road to Hongnong will be built later. Even the road to Luoyang, once it is built, Changan can go to Luoyang, and it will be a one-day journey, and it will be more convenient for the people in the prefectures and counties along the road to go to the city to sell agricultural products..."

Zhao Xi's words were endless, but the scene he described shocked Li Shimin and several ministers abruptly. How much would it cost to pave a cement road from Chang'an to Luoyang?You must know that even the current yellow mud, gravel and slag official roads in the Tang Dynasty were built gradually over the past dynasties.

"how can that be?"

After Zhao Xi's call was over, Xiao Yu shook his head and said.

"The grassroots also thought it was impossible at the time, but when the village chief assigned us the task, he said, don't underestimate the power of the people. When autumn comes, there will be millions of victims without food in Guanzhong. Millions of people, For every 1 people, only one mile of road needs to be built every day, and the roads in Guanzhong will be greatly changed. Let us reserve the materials for road construction in advance, and it will depend on whether the imperial court dares to organize major repairs... ··”

"This······"

Xiao Yu lost his temper again. He thought that building a cement road from Chang'an to Luoyang was fantastic, but he didn't think that Sun Xiangfu wanted to build the entire Guanzhong road network. What he didn't know was that Sun Xiangfu has never I still remember myself and Sun Dali pushing a wheelbarrow and taking the dirt road to Xiaohe Market to sell fish. They often had to walk for more than an hour on the dirt road of more than ten miles, and they were unable to walk to the county town that was less than fifty miles away. At that time, it was the road that restricted their development.

However, road construction is not something that Sun Xiangfu simply said to repair. Land acquisition and dispatch of personnel all need to be organized by the government. Sun Xiangfu has opened up a new way for Li Shimin to provide disaster relief. He considered it for himself.

"Xuanling, let's have a good discussion later. If it is feasible, I think this road can be repaired."

"I also think it is feasible. In the past, the imperial court's relief method of feeding the victims for nothing is not advisable. We should take advantage of this opportunity to build the infrastructure that Sun Zhengming said. I have also studied the cement before. If the streets in Chang'an City... ···”

The need for infrastructure construction is everywhere. There are not many streets in Chang'an City with bluestone pavements like Zhuque Avenue. Most of the places are covered with yellow mud roads. Walking on this kind of road is often a waste of shoes. If the body is dirty, it needs to be washed, and the goods are dirty, which will affect the quality.

Thinking of those millions of hungry mouths, Xiao Yu felt that the imperial court was not able to do road construction, but had to do it. He was not a rigid mind. He would be very resolute in implementing things, so he said, "It's not about whether or not to do it, but how to do it. As long as the victims have a place to work and can earn rations, there will be no chaos. I suggest, Your Majesty We must take advantage of this rebellion to scare the chickens and monkeys, reserve some food for the victims in advance, and use various resources to facilitate the road construction."

"Xiao Yu's words are reasonable. Tomorrow, let's call the officials above the Ministry of Household Affairs, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of War to discuss together!" What Li Shimin likes most is Xiao Yu's political foresight and execution ability. Xiao Yu will be used as a prime minister during important events, but when he is in power, he is easy to offend people. Of course, he has suffered a lot of political fire for Li Shimin, so after his death, he can be ranked ninth in Lingyan Pavilion .

Next to the cement cave dwelling is the glass workshop. Li Shimin is very interested in the glazed cave dwelling because he already has a telescope and a full-length mirror in his hands. Although pure transparent glass has not yet been fired, exquisite glaze products have been produced. Quite a few, the price of this thing in the Chang'an market is comparable to jade, and in Li Shimin's view, it is a sharp weapon for attracting money.

However, when he came to the glazed cave, he was not happy when he saw the expressions of the craftsmen taking out the exquisite colored glaze from the cave. After asking, he realized that what they wanted was to make telescopes And the transparent glass of the full-length mirror.

Li Shimin felt relieved after discovering many guards standing in front of and behind the cave. You must know that the second-generation binoculars in Li Shimin's hand played a lot of roles in encircling and annihilating Li Xiaochang's Lizhou Army. Those who have an overview of the overall situation have the bonus of a telescope, so they can remedy the shortcomings of all parties in time and maximize their combat power.

This time, it was because of designing an extremely perfect encirclement circle that the imperial army wiped out Li Xiaochang's rebels at a very small cost. Li Shimin, who knew the importance of binoculars, of course had to strictly control this military weapon.

As for Li Xiaochang, who rebelled during times of national calamity, Li Shimin was determined to execute him, but before executing him, it was necessary to dig out some descendants of aristocratic families who had conspired with him.

Li Shimin still has a lot of criminals like Sun Xiangfu brought back from Lingnan who can testify against the crimes of the aristocratic family. They are all secretly imprisoned in the palace. When necessary, they can be released to bite people. Like this disaster in Guanzhong, When the court is short of food, it is a necessary time.

In fact, after watching for so long, Li Shimin and his group have not seen the core of Xingfu Village. Those children wearing agricultural uniforms are the focus of Sun Xiangfu's cultivation. During Li Shimin's half-day visit to Xingfu Village, there were basically no To see such a child doing things.

At the foot of Chaishan Mountain, on the river slope of Xingfu Village Fishing Ground, after lunch, all the children in agricultural uniforms gathered here.

In the several ridges of fields reclaimed along the river slope, each small piece is inserted with a wooden signboard, which says XX experimental field. The total area is only two or three acres, but dozens of crops are planted.

"Zhao He, your lettuce was sown at the same time as mine, but now it's much smaller than mine. It's considered a failure in the trial planting. I guess you were lazy when draining the fertilizer. Go to the warehouse to get the seeds and plant again! This time! Don't just use the pig manure you got from your father, remember the ratio, and add some other materials to ferment..."

Similar discussions were very lively on Hepo. Li Shimin and several ministers watched them from a distance, listening to some terms they didn't understand at all, and wanted to compare these things with the "Qi Min Yao Shu" they had read some time ago. Closed the content, only to find that it is not the same thing at all.

But they didn't think it was because the children didn't learn well. After all, in front of them was a field with very dense growth and no weeds. Then, the problem should lie with themselves. So, after a few people looked at each other, , walked over to where the children were.

　The third chapter is dedicated, thanks to Emperor Yong, the First Tank Guards Brigade and I want Kakasang Yejun to give another reward, thank you for saving face and cheering up the fat man, so much for today, 30 manuscripts for one day More than 1 changes, and it won’t last long, and I have more time to perfect the plot behind it. Yes, the plot of the great god is not enough, so we can use writing to make it up. We were originally screenwriters, so we can only make up the plot if the writing is not enough. up.

　　
　
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