Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

Now that the conversation has been made, Tang Jian did not hide it anymore, and simply stated all the problems in it, and let His Majesty decide for himself.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the blacksmith's problem is still a trivial matter, and the real key problem is the raw material."

"We simply don't have that much iron."

"Although this Mo Dao is only fifteen catties, it consumes more than thirty catties of iron."

Then, Tang Jian looked at him to Changsun Wuji and asked, "Dare to ask Duke Qi, how much iron does Tang Dynasty produce now?"

Changsun Wuji was taken aback for a moment, quickly found the iron production in his mind, and then said dumbly: "Because the war ended not long ago, the national iron production has not yet fully recovered."

"Last year's output was [-] jin, and this year it is expected to exceed [-] jin."

After Changsun Wuji finished speaking, he was slightly stunned again, and understood the meaning of Tang Jian's words.

According to Tang Jian, just one thousand Modao would consume Datang's iron production for nearly a year.

However, Datang is currently waiting for a lot of waste, building new houses, making farm tools, and other ordnance all need iron.

It is obviously impossible to use all the iron for a year to make Modao.

Not to mention all, even one tenth is impossible.

If so much iron is used in the making of Mo Dao, it is estimated that the first thing after the formation of Mo Dao Army is to suppress domestic riots.

This time, all the generals present stopped talking, even Cheng Yaojin opened his mouth hard, but didn't say a word.

Including Li Shimin, the excitement and excitement on everyone's faces turned into deep helplessness.

None of them thought that Mo Dao would use so much iron.

However, with the current national power of the Tang Dynasty, it is simply impossible to support such a big killer.

In the end, Li Shimin sighed and made a decision: "It seems that the matter of Mo Daojun has to be slow."

Facing Li Shimin's sentimentality, Qin Qiong, who had been silent all this time, said, "Your Majesty, don't be sad."

"Under His Majesty's governance, the Tang Dynasty is booming. We can't build the Modao Army this year, but we can build it next year."

"Back then it took us four years to pacify the world, why are we in such a rush to wipe out those barbarians now?"

"Without the Modao Army, our Tang soldiers will work hard and work together to protect one's homeland."

"So what if we let those barbarians run wild for another two years!"

Qin Qiong's words finally revived the stagnant situation just now.

As Changsun Wuji said, last year's iron output was [-], and this year it will be [-]. It is not impossible to wait two years to reach [-] to [-].

At that time, even if one thousand Mo knives cannot be produced at one time, one or two hundred is still possible.

Coupled with the accumulated intermittently over the years, it may not be impossible to form a Modao army that will make the barbarians outside the pass fearful.

These words made Li Shimin cheer up.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Changsun Wuji immediately explained his intention of coming, and presented more than a dozen local good news in front of everyone.

This memorial seems to confirm what Qin Qiong said just now, and let the generals once again see the hope of being able to command the Modao Army.

I don't know who started it, but everyone present bowed down and shouted long live three times.

Looking at the prostrating ministers, Li Shimin was naturally extremely proud.

After feeling proud, he naturally thought of Li You.

'This bastard got you right again. '

'If I hadn't heard your heartfelt voice, I'm afraid that what I'm going to receive now is the disaster of waterlogging in various places. '

'Recently, it has been raining heavily for days, and I haven't seen this bastard for ten days, and I don't know what he is doing now. '

'Is there, and come up with some new gadgets. '

As soon as he said he would leave, Li Shimin asked all the civil and military ministers to disperse, and took Li Junxian out of the palace.

However, Li Shimin ran into Li You's carriage as soon as he left the palace.

"Yuer, where are you going?"

Li Shimin asked.

Li You replied obediently: "Go back to my father, my son is about to enter the palace to pay his respects to His Majesty."

Li Shimin was wondering why Li You was so well-behaved today, so he heard his heartfelt voice.

[Not only do you want to greet you, but the labor and management also want to ask you for an exit ticket. 】

[It's really lucky, I met you here, if you came late and let you run away, where can I find someone! 】

[Mu Bin's people found coal mines and iron mines on the fief. Although samples have been sent, I still want to go and see for myself. 】

[But if I want to leave Beijing in my current capacity, I need the permission of Zongzheng Temple. 】

[Zongzheng Siqing Li Shenfu is an old man who has always looked at me with dislike, so going to him will definitely touch my nose. 】

[No way, I can only find you. 】

Although he understood why Li You wanted to find him, Li Shimin was still curious why Li You valued coal so much.

Li Shimin didn't see Li You's heart before, no matter whether it was paper making, printing or cement making.

Xianyu, who has always been lying at home with nothing to do, actually has the idea of ​​leaving Beijing for the coal mine.

But curiosity is curiosity, what Li Shimin valued more was that Li You was about to ask himself.

Such a thing was the first time since Li Shimin was able to eavesdrop on his heart.

Immediately, a hundred ways to embarrass Li You appeared in Li Shimin's mind, and all he was waiting for was Li You to speak.

"You'er, please give me an encore, do you have something to report?"

But he said that Li You had already prepared a set of rhetoric.

As soon as his words came to his lips, he felt a smug smile on the corner of Li Er's mouth.

What did Li You do in his previous life? He was a psychiatrist, a psychologist, and he was best at analyzing people's expressions.

Seeing Li Shimin's smug expression, he couldn't say what he just asked.

[No, I definitely can't say it now. 】

[There is a premonition that Li Er will definitely want the lion to open his mouth now. 】

Seeing that Li You didn't speak, Li Shimin couldn't wait any longer.

He opened his mouth and said, "You'er, Jingzhao Mansion has recently reported that there are bandits outside Chang'an City."

"I know you're fine and like to hang out, so you have to be careful recently."

Li You was shocked.

[What's wrong with Li Er today, before I said I was going, he came to give me some eye drops. 】

【Let me just follow his words and see what he wants to do. 】

"Thank you, father. My son must remember that I won't go out for a few days!"

Seeing Li You's obedient answer, Li Shimin lost his composure all of a sudden.

"You'er, didn't I hear that you wanted to visit your new fief in Hexi?"

"If you want to go, I can send the forbidden army to protect you."

"But..."

[Look, the fox's tail is exposed. 】

[I also really admire Li Junxian and Baiqisi, who guessed my intentions from the fact that I frequently sent people to Hexi. 】

[However, it’s not for me that I went to a coal mine and built a coal washing workshop. 】

[I didn't do this because of the rare frost damage in Kanto and Henan this autumn. Only enough charcoal fires can effectively prevent it. 】

[Besides, these charcoal fires will still be used in the severe winter this winter. 】

[When the time comes, I won't be in a hurry. 】

【Hmph, I'm going to help you, but you still want to take advantage of me, how is that possible! 】