Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

But on the other hand, hundreds of people have been eating and drinking for more than two months, and if the money and food for people are added, it will be even more.

This is not a fire dragon furnace, it is simply a gold-swallowing furnace, it burns too much money.

And these are all paid for by their own small coffers.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin felt bad all over.

First, two crops a year spent countless money and food, and then there was the gold-swallowing beast, Blast Furnace, whose small treasury was about to go bankrupt! !

Li Shimin was aware of being poor for the first time, and he couldn't help feeling: "I...is so poor??"

And Li Tai turned his head silently, wanting to stay away from this poor Li Er.

Who knows, Li Shimin turned his head and asked Li Taidao: "My lord, how much money did Liuli earn, can you lend me some?"

Li Tai was silent, his face darkened, he ignored Li Shimin, but turned to Yang Siqi and said.

"Since the ore and coal are used up, it can only be forgotten. Let's put down all this furnace!

By the way, is the iron pool repaired? "

"Returning to Your Highness, the iron pool has been repaired bigger and deeper, and it will never be melted into a whole piece that cannot be divided."

Li Tai glanced at it, this time the iron pool was dug deeper, using stone bricks divided into orderly blocks.

In this way, after it comes out, it will be a square brick-sized iron block.

Listening to the noisy and harsh voice, Li Tai asked, "But after putting it down, don't use cold water to cool it down. Is there any mold for the previous industrial machine?"

Yang Siqi turned his eyes and quickly replied: "Yes, Cao Min listened to His Highness's order and specially prepared an extra set of molds."

In fact, he has long discovered that this industrial master machine is extraordinary, and modified many unreasonable parts without authorization.

"Well, when the time comes, use the method of melting lead and silver to cast it. There are more iron saws to be melted..."

"Yes!"

"Go!" Li Tai waved his hand. The industrial master machine was drawn by himself with all his brains. It has only three functions, drilling, sawing and cutting.

"What kind of chicken is an industrial mother machine?" Li Shimin asked while listening to the conversation between the two.

Chapter 91 Borrow money?No!

"Eh...it's the machine that makes the machine." Li Tai replied after pondering for a few seconds.

"The machine that makes the machine???" Li Shimin was stunned on the spot.

If you heard me right, make yourself?

And this kind of thing?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin looked at Li Tai suspiciously, maybe he wanted to change the subject?

He urged and asked, "How do you think about the money and food?"

Li Tai showed a look of embarrassment: "Father, the matter of the money and food is not because the son doesn't want to give it but..."

"Just what?"

The richest one today is the treasury, followed by the Li family and the Wu family, and the next few are the major families.

If you want to use the money from the treasury, you must have a suitable reason, otherwise you will be advised by hundreds of officials.

Remonstrance is just a trivial matter. If the civil and military officials go on strike and protest and paralyze the court, then the trouble will be big.

Moreover, the blast furnace is different from the project of two crops a year.

For the project of two crops a year, after giving money to people, this group of people can farm by themselves and support themselves, basically in a state of ignoring sheep herding.

The output of this blast furnace is iron, which is not for sale!

Therefore, Li Shimin did not want to hand over the blast furnace.

But his little coffers were depleted.

So after thinking about it, he put his thoughts on the Wu family.

The Wu family is rich, and has recently started the glass business, which is a huge profit.

Li Tai understands Li Shimin's idea of ​​hitting the Wu family with his attention very well.

In Li Shimin's eyes, the Wu family is like a fat sheep without horns, which can gather some wool from time to time.

But understanding belongs to understanding, but I'm afraid it won't work now, business is in the stage of development.

If Wu Meiniang's money was taken away at this stage, wouldn't the business be unable to develop.

Forming a chamber of commerce, other families will only think that Li Shimin is changing ways to pluck a group of people's wool.

Misleading people, this is obviously not okay.

And another important reason is, if Wu Meiniang wants to murder her husband because of this incident, wouldn't she want to be cool?

From the current point of view, using Wu Meiniang's money and food is all harm but no benefit.

If you want to share the money, you have to wait for the Chamber of Commerce to be established successfully.

"It's just that this chamber of commerce has not been successfully formed yet.

If the Wu family's money is used now, other families will think that our Li family is robbing us in disguise.

The dissatisfaction of the major families is not a big deal, but if they raise their troops to rebel, it will be a big trouble. "

"Chamber of Commerce, business..." Li Shimin sighed, and after thinking about it, he was right.

The Chamber of Commerce has to search for gold and silver from other countries, and most importantly, get cotton seeds.

But this does not use the Wu family's money, and there is no excuse to use the treasury's money.

Do you want to use your own coffin book, the money from the Li family in Longxi?

It's a matter of cheating one's own people, let alone this, it's all one's own people who are leading the troops.

"Neither this nor that.

What should I do now, I don't want to let go of this dragon stove! ! "

Li Shimin turned to Li Tai and said.

"When the chamber of commerce is formed, father will also join it.

At that time, the children will provide products with the Academy of Sciences, escorted by the emperor, produced by the Wu family, and jointly distributed by the major families.

All the families earn money together, and the time will be based on how many points they contribute.

What does the emperor think? ? "

"This...?" Li Shimin frowned tightly.

"So, the Chamber of Commerce actually counted me in!

That's all, the Wu family, the Academy of Sciences and I are the same family in the eyes of other families.

If this is the case, I am afraid that the division will be uneven. "

"Er... Erchen is just a proposal, how to divide the money is yet to be discussed."

Li Tai looked at Li Shimin and asked, "What do you think of this proposal?"

"It's too early to talk about this matter, we'd better wait for the chamber of commerce to be formed before discussing it.

If the chamber of commerce can be established successfully and is harmless to the common people, then it is not impossible for me to join. "

Li Shimin rubbed his temples.

Although the business has improved, it has not yet reached the point of joining directly. After all, the chamber of commerce has not yet been established, let alone showing its own value.

"Then this matter can only be taken slowly.

If the father is really short of money, there is still some money and food in the treasury of the palace. "Li Tai said miserably.

Li Shimin had black lines all over his face: "...that's all."

It hasn't reached that point yet, and it doesn't matter if this matter slows down.

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"Open the iron spout!!"

While the two were talking, Yang Siqi shouted into their ears.

Li Tai and Li Shimin looked sideways.

I saw the scorching hot molten iron rushing out, splashing countless sparks, and flowing into the molten iron pool.

The hot and bright heat distorts the field of vision, and from time to time, open flames ignite. Watching this scene during the day is even more shocking.

Soon, all the molten iron was discharged from the water outlet.

Li Shimin walked quickly, and looked at the iron pool from a distance of ten meters.

This time the iron pool is different from the previous ones, it is deeper and at the same time, it is surrounded by stone bricks to form a fixed model.

It looks like a huge military chess, and the molten iron is like chess pieces falling on the board, connected by the grid in the middle.

After forming, as long as the middle part is cut off, a square iron block can be obtained.

This will not make mistakes like the first time.

"Not bad!" Li Tai looked at the pool, feeling very relieved.

On the other side of the pool, more than a dozen craftsmen took long stone ladles, took molten iron from the molten iron pool, and then turned around and put it into the ground on the other side.

There are many round gears on the ground.

At first glance, it looks like footprints on the beach, but this is made of clay and the shape is also the shape of a gear.

Li Shimin frowned and walked over.

Watching the craftsman holding the red iron ladle, he carefully poured it into the circular pit.

Turning to Yang Siqi, he asked, "What is this for?"

"Return to Your Majesty, this is an industrial mother machine!" Yang Siqi replied with a salute.

"Industrial mother machine? Consuming so much iron?" Li Shimin was not happy on the spot, and quickly waved for Li Tai to pass.

Li Tai looked at Li Shimin frowning, and knew what Li Shimin wanted to ask just by looking at the gears on the ground.

"Huanger, isn't it too wasteful to use so much iron to cast industrial machines?" Li Shimin said, pointing to the gears on the ground.

"Father, please trust my son. It is definitely not a waste to manufacture an industrial mother machine." Li Tai said cautiously.

Seeing that Li Tai was so cautious, Li Shimin was confused for a while, not knowing how to measure it, so he could only say: "... I will wait and see."

In addition to Yang Siqi and a group of people who were scooping up molten iron, Zhang Yajiu's disciples were also scooping up molten iron and began to forge horseshoes and weapons.

Li Shimin looked at it and nodded, and said with a smile on his face: "Yes, it's a pity that this dragon furnace can't make steel. It would be great if it can make steel."

While speaking, he looked at Li Tai, indicating something.

The difference between steel and pig iron is the impurities and carbon content.

The pig iron produced in the blast furnace is characterized by a lot of impurities, high carbon content, and high brittleness.

This is also the main reason why large-scale steelmaking by indigenous methods failed in the end.

Ironmaking and steelmaking are actually two concepts, and the processes are quite different.

There are special steelmaking furnaces for steelmaking. Pig iron is used as raw material, and after various methods of removing impurities, the final product is steel.

Li Tai could only speak speechlessly: "Father, this steelmaking requires a steelmaking furnace."

"Steel-making furnace?" Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly, "How is this furnace built? Is it all made of steel?"

"I'm afraid this can't be done now." Li Tai said in a very embarrassed way.

"Then how can it be done?"

"Wait for the science to develop for a while."

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Seeing Li Shimin lost, Li Tai couldn't help it.

The technological content of the steelmaking furnace is too high, so it is impossible to tinker with it at all.