Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"Why?" Li Shimin asked immediately.

"It is mainly caused by many reasons. First of all, most of the iron ore we are mining now has low-quality reserves, about 35%-45% iron content, which is not considered rich ore, and these iron ore The interior is rich in other metals. And the main mining reserves are not high."

"Because of the current transportation problems, these iron ores with low reserves can only be mined nearby to build places. Some large iron ores have also been discovered, but many large iron ores are in areas that are difficult to develop. The other is The areas where the large coal deposits are located are also farther from the iron mines."

"In accordance with the planning of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Construction, and the Ministry of State-owned Assets, these areas need to be connected with each other by railway."

"As for the several state-owned commercial firms at the Ministry of Industry, they currently have plans to upgrade their steel plants, mainly to upgrade their blast furnaces, and the upgraded blast furnaces will not be extinguished even after one furnace is opened, and one furnace can even be fired for ten years. , or even 20 years." Duan Lun shared some plans of the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry.

Li Shimin and the others were a little stunned. One furnace can be burned for ten or twenty years?How powerful this stove must be, anyway, they certainly can't think of it.

"So that's the case, but this amount of steel must be enough." Li Shimin nodded and said.

"Father, this is definitely not enough." Li Ke shook his head and said.

"Not enough?" Li Shimin was a little stunned. Isn't it enough to double the steel output by a thousand times?

"Of course not enough. Datang's industrial progress will inevitably reach a certain leapfrog development in the next ten years or even 30 to [-] years. Many places need to consume a lot of steel, such as a large number of columbine carts, brand-new plows, etc. etc. Especially when more and more people work in factories, there are not many ordinary people farming in Datang.”

"At that time, don't say that the normal price will be given to agricultural subsidies, that is, as long as the farm is paid for every mu of land, it is estimated that there may not be people willing to farm. At this time, we need to reduce the cost of farming. For example, now everyone knows The steam engine inside the locomotive is miniaturized and developed into a vehicle."

"Such a vehicle can drive dozens of plowshares at the same time, and it can plow thousands of acres of land in one day. A thousand acres of land."

"In this way, the cost of farming for common people will naturally drop, and more common people will be willing to farm when they have more profits. Otherwise, with the development of Datang's industry, working in a commercial bank for a month The income from farming is much higher than the income from farming, and more and more people will not want to farm.”

"In addition, a large number of railways need steel to build rails, bridges, locomotives, train carriages, and even steel ships. Such a huge amount of steel requires an annual output of several million tons. Not enough at all." Li Ke shook his head and said.

The domestic production of later generations can reach more than one billion tons a year. One can imagine how terrible the steel consumption is. Now that Datang has such a large land area, the demand for steel in the future will inevitably increase greatly.

But the only advantage is that Nanao State is now under the control of Datang, and the aborigines on it have been cleared out by Monobe Village. As long as the situation in Datang is stable, they can emigrate there later.

Li Ke's words made everyone in the court stunned and extremely speechless. Are you talking about a fairy tale?But...it seems to make sense.

Although they don't know anything else, they have seen all the trains. Now the railway from Chang'an to Chencang has almost become a tourist attraction in Datang.

For businessmen who came to Chang'an from other places, those who had money would definitely take a railway ride to experience it, while those who had no money would go to the railway station to watch the railway.

That kind of powerful and shocking industrial power can be said to be a shock to everyone.

Now the people near Chang'an are bragging when they meet people from other places, and they all use the railway to brag.

So, the locomotive can drive such a terrible weight of goods and carriages forward, as if it can bring some plowshares and columbine carts, and it can plow thousands of acres a day without any problems?

It's just that none of them can think of how to do these things.

"It seems that the development of our Tang Dynasty is far ahead of other countries. This is a good thing! A good thing!" Li Shimin said happily.

But even though he was happy on his face, Li Shimin was startled in his heart. Good guy, has Datang already developed to such a point?Fortunately, I have laid the groundwork enough. At present, this kid doesn't know much about it. Otherwise, in a few years, it is estimated that this kid is really not sure what he will do.

At that time, even if his plan is successful, this kid may have some backhands. Now these things can obviously confuse his hands and feet, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous!

Good guy, this statistics temple is not bad, it seems that I know more about these things.

"That, Shangshu of the Ministry of Agriculture." Li Shimin said directly.

"The minister is here." A minister about 40 years old came out, he was the eldest grandson of the eldest grandson's family.

"Just now I heard from the Statistical Temple that the consumption of staple food by the people near Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty is decreasing, but the consumption of staple food in the whole country of the Tang Dynasty is increasing. What's going on?" Li Shimin first asked the question he was interested in. asked out.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have learned about the relevant issues because the people near Chang'an are already rich, and now there are people in various parts of the Tang Dynasty who grow rapeseed under the arrangement of His Highness. After the rapeseed is squeezed for oil, the people also follow His Highness. Stir-fried vegetables and other eating methods, as well as large-scale breeding of livestock and poultry, allow the common people to occasionally eat meat throughout the year."

"Many people who got rich first could even kill one pig a year, enough to feed a family for a year. After the people could eat oil, water and meat, their consumption of staple food dropped."

"We have learned from various state-owned commercial firms that in some iron mines, coal mines and other mines, the people working in these places are all hard laborers. If there is no oil and water, they can eat an average of three catties of staple food a day. Some strong people , and can even eat four catties."

"However, if some meat is provided to them, especially meat with a lot of fat, they can basically eat a catty of staple food plus a catty of meat with vegetables and potatoes a day, and they can meet their daily needs for work. need."

"And the consumption of staple food by the people near Chang'an first went through a period of increasing and rising, and then began to decline again."

"At present, the consumption of staple food in the whole country is mainly due to the fact that the people did not have enough to eat before. Now that they have the conditions to eat enough, they naturally eat more. However, potatoes, which can be called the gods brought out by His Highness, are of great importance to everyone. Tang’s support is also unparalleled, mainly because it doesn’t pick land and requires less water, but the output is quite good, which makes Datang absolutely impossible to starve to death in the future.”

Changsun Zhiren obviously knows a lot about this aspect, so he directly gave Li Shimin's answer.