Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Yu Wenlin came and left quickly, but when he left, he still took some of the books and materials that Li Kexin had brought out. These books were all about ship building knowledge, and sailing knowledge, which could only be handed over to him. To Yu Wenlin.

The two ships that have already been built will cooperate with some of Datang’s original ships to start sea trial training on the sea. The main thing is to practice positioning at night and day by relying on compass, sextant, etc. Naturally, all the sea charts are given. is a replica.

Some of these crew members were trained by Yuelai Trading Company, while the other part was supplemented by Datang's current navy.

The transfer order was naturally issued by Li Shimin. The Tang Dynasty had a navy. Although there was no name for the navy at this time, the Tang Dynasty had always been training the navy. Strike out, and achieved very good results.

So this time Li Shimin also transferred a navy general to Li Ke's caravan.

However, Yuwenlin's coming brought good news to Li Ke. Li Ke was not clear about the progress of Yuwenlin's side. The main reason was that the shipyard for construction and research and development was a bit far away from Chang'an, and it was impossible for Li Ke to keep an eye on the progress. After giving Yu Wenlin the relevant information, let him study it.

Now we have received good news. At present, Yu Wenlin has not only researched and built two sea-going ships, but also trained a lot of shipbuilders, which is very important.

But this time, Li Ke has mobilized most of the resources of Yuelai Trading Company. First of all, if they build ships and build docks near the Bohai Sea, most of the ships of Yuelai Trading Company will be used to transport timber from all over the country of Datang.

And it's not just wood, because an ironworks will be built near Youzhou. In fact, the best place is Tangshan in later generations, but that place is still the territory of Goguryeo, and it can't be taken back for the time being, but there are also Luzhong and Handan. But for the time being, it is a bit far away, Handan is okay, because Handan is close to the Grand Canal, which is convenient for transportation.

It is also possible to build directly in Handan, and some large-scale components developed will also need to be transported there, so it is impossible to reproduce a set locally, mainly because the craftsmen here already have experience, and local production is not easy.

Fortunately, there are canals near Chang'an. Although these parts are heavy, they are not in a state where they cannot be transported.

After the construction of the sea-going ship was arranged, Li Ke had to arrange the production work. The armor Li Ke pondered for a long time. It was definitely impossible to use the improved steel armor used by the soldiers now, but it must be equipped with iron armor.

If it is to produce Mingguang armor, it does not mean that it cannot be produced, mainly because it is too straightforward.

After thinking about it, Li Ke called Duan Lun and Yan Lide over.

At present, Yan Lide is the master craftsman of the Tang Dynasty, and he was responsible for the construction of Li Yuan's mausoleum in the ninth year of Zhenguan.

"I've seen His Highness King Qin." When Duan Lun came over, his eyes still had some dark circles. He was obviously very tired recently. Li Ke explained too many things, which was not easy for the Ministry of Industry.

However, Li Ke has no idea of ​​correcting it, because many of Datang's efficiency is actually very low, but this low is not because of objective reasons, but because they often have overlapping functions, and they don't know how to adapt, so they change. very tired.

In fact, at least [-]% to [-]% of their work was repeated.

But he will not correct it. For these tasks, for various departments, only by making them busy can they find their own work problems. If they do not know how to adapt themselves, how can the efficiency of various departments of Datang be improved?

Laziness is the driving force behind human progress.

If they want to be lazy, they will have the motivation to find ways to improve efficiency.

"Excuse me, it's like this, how many kinds of blueprints does your Ministry of Industry have for armor? Apart from Mingguang armor." Li Ke asked.

"Is it the iron armor that Your Highness wants to ask?" Duan Lun was a little puzzled.

"Yes, the protective area of ​​iron armor is similar to that of Mingguang armor." Li Ke asked.

"There are two other types, but after our research, we found that they are not as easy to use as Mingguang armor, and the other types are much worse." Duan Lun immediately introduced.

"Well, I see. In this way, you can ask someone to send over the patterns of these two armors, and I'll take a look." Li Ke thought for a while and said.

"Yes!" Duan Lun immediately agreed.

"How many craftsmen are there in the Ministry of Industry for forging armor and farm tools?" Li Ke asked again.

"If it's just craftsmen, there are only about 300 people. The auxiliary personnel are all recruited from the surrounding people, or the people in corvee service." Duan Lun introduced it to Li Ke.

Li Ke was slightly stunned. The small number of craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry surprised Li Ke, but after thinking about it, it was not that surprising. After all, these were the main craftsmen, and the iron mines in Datang were seconded because they were privately owned. Private iron mines such as Changsun's family are responsible for things like iron ore forging.

Naturally, the number of craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry does not need to be so many, and if the armor is made, it is responsible for polishing the armor pieces, etc., and there is no problem in using the people in corvee service.

Li Ke frowned. To be honest, the role of the Ministry of Industry is much lower than Li Ke thought, especially under the premise of Li Ke's current work that focuses on recruitment, the role of the Ministry of Industry has been greatly reduced up.

Only in aspects such as flood control and dredging, canal digging, and road repair have certain organizational capabilities.

In addition, the advantages of other engineering departments are not so great.

Datang's large-scale projects are actually not particularly large, mainly building buildings, dredging rivers, and constructing flood control dams and other large-scale projects.

Of course, the Ministry of Industry is not only responsible for these projects. For example, the most important farming work is also in charge of by the Ministry of Industry.Therefore, the craftsmen and other aspects of the Ministry of Industry are really not the main task.

But in this case, Li Ke wondered whether to split the Ministry of Industry into the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Agriculture?Because there will inevitably be more and more construction work after Datang, with the current understanding of the Ministry of Industry, or the current efficiency of the Ministry of Industry, it is simply not acceptable for tasks of this scale.

"Duan Lun." Li Ke thought for a while.

"The minister is here."

"The efficiency of your Ministry of Industry is too slow, I am very dissatisfied, but Wei Guogong said before that you can't force you, I didn't say much, but if the efficiency of your Ministry of Industry is still so slow, I will make the Ministry of Industry's The functions have been split." Li Ke said.

Duan Lun: "..."

Your Highness, have you seen my current state?Look into my eyes, look at my tired look... Am I still working hard?