Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

This bastard had the idea of ​​cultivating Changle into an empress before.

Li Shimin suddenly realized that if he took advantage of his unpreparedness and gave the seat to this kid, he would not give the seat to Li Yan.

This...is something this bastard can do.

The problem is that Li Yan is fully capable of taking over this position.

The more Li Shimin thought about this possibility, the more he started to have a headache again. This bastard... really spared no effort, and he can guarantee that this bastard probably didn't just cultivate Changle. The son said that she would be an empress in the future.

Ask her who called her, and she also said it was the third brother.

"What are you looking at? Let's go to the next place. Didn't you say that today we will have a thorough understanding of Datang's industrial system?" Li Shimin was a little angry for a while, and he directly kicked Li Ke's backside.

Li Ke is a little puzzled, what's up with Lao Li today?Was it kicked out of the quilt by the mother and concubine yesterday?Otherwise, how could there be such a big anger.

As for the others, they didn't see it at all. Even Wei Zheng didn't bother to care about these things now. He was bound to be impeached before, but now, forget it. He found that His Majesty was also approaching Li Ke. The father and son are becoming more and more alike, and I don't know who influences whom.

Anyway, this character is a disaster for them, censors.

Patting his own butt, Li Ke didn't take it seriously, and said directly: "Let's go, the next step is to go to Changgang, the core of Datang."

The Changan Iron and Steel Plant is still some distance away from the power plant, but fortunately, all these industrial areas are now connected by concrete roads, and the carriages like Li Shimin and the others are naturally upgraded.

These carriages can also run, and even running is much more comfortable than walking before, especially since there are no bumps on the road.

So their speed was quite fast, and they arrived at Chang'an Iron and Steel Plant in about an hour.

This is the earliest industrial zone in Chang'an, but this is not Datang Welfare Industrial Park, but farther away.

"This place will be demolished soon, and the follow-up Chang'an Iron and Steel Plant will be relocated to Chencang." After getting out of the car, seeing the vast area in front of him and the scene of countless thick smoke billowing inside, Li Ke said with emotion road.

For these smogs, Li Shimin and others did not have much feeling. The ancients did not have the concept of environmental pollution, especially this kind of pollution that is difficult to see the results in a short period of time.

Mainly there is no systematic research.

"Demolition? No money for demolition?" Li Shimin was stunned and asked subconsciously.

"It's not my money, the treasury's money." Li Ke waved his hand.

"Boom" Li Shimin raised his leg again, "The money in the treasury is not money, is it?"

"Father, this is to avoid pollution, and a large iron mine has been discovered near Chen Cang. Building a steel plant near the iron mine can definitely improve efficiency." Li Ke said helplessly.

"You are talking about everything. I remember you said that long-distance transportation can increase the number of people employed by the common people, and then increase the employment rate of the common people and provide more jobs for the common people. That's right? That's what you said, right? "Li Shimin glared at Li Ke.

Li Ke: "..."

You remember so clearly what you were doing.

"It's true to say that, but this matter needs to be looked at comprehensively, because we are seriously short of transportation manpower now, so if we can save manpower, we must save manpower." Li Ke quickly found an excuse.

Before Datang’s state-owned enterprises were able to monopolize certain parts of the market, this kind of behavior of throwing money to the people did not need to worry about collapse. As long as the money circulated, copper coins would definitely be enough.

Anyway, there is still silver in the end, and all the copper coins are used for circulation at the bottom, and silver has gradually begun to replace the storage currency of the powerful families.

Because the central bank of the Tang Dynasty issued a law, within a certain period of time, copper coins that have not been exchanged are not allowed to circulate in the Tang Dynasty.Especially for large amounts of copper coins, once they are discovered, the consequences to be borne due to the huge amount are very terrifying.

So although the powerful family knew that this trick was aimed at them, they happily dug out all their copper coins and handed them in.Anyway, it is not a loss to exchange copper coins for silver.

Because what Li Ke said is also true, Datang really lacks a large number of transportation manpower now.

Li Shimin didn't bother to argue with him, so he directly raised his legs and walked into the Chang'an Iron and Steel Plant. When they entered the interior of the Iron and Steel Plant, the unique blast furnaces in the distance attracted everyone's attention.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, where are we going to visit?" The director of Chang'an Iron and Steel Plant who came here asked respectfully.

"Let's visit your latest blast furnace and flat furnace integrated system." Li Ke said.

"Yes!" The factory manager led them directly inside.

When everyone completely entered the steel plant, they realized that compared with the steel plant, the large steel components in the power plant just now are nothing at all!

It's just... is this the Datang Iron and Steel Plant?This is not at all the same thing as the steel factory in their impression.

They had the impression that ironmaking was carried out by craftsmen, but the shaft furnace for ironmaking was not large, and the height in front of them... was at least ten meters high. How did they operate it?

And the noise inside is also very loud. They heard the roar of the steam engine and the sound of releasing steam that they had heard before.

Seeing the burning flames inside the huge monster, everyone was a little confused.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, gentlemen, this is the largest blast furnace we have cast so far, and a single tap can reach about 20 tons." As the director of the steel factory, he naturally undertook the task of introduction.

Li Ke is not very clear about their output.

"20 tons?" Everyone thought they heard it wrong.

"Yes, 20 tons, you can tap iron twice a day, and the amount of iron smelting per day is about 40 tons."

Everyone was completely speechless. They were already very familiar with the number of tons. After all, as officials, Datang reformed weights and measures, and they naturally had to follow the reform and were the first to understand.

40 tons a day, that is to say, 8 jin a day!How much iron was smelted in the year before Datang?Just such a stove in front of you can produce 240 million catties of pig iron a month!A set of Mingguang armor is calculated at 40 catties, and the monthly output is enough for Datang to cast 6 sets!

One month's output!And this is not counting the small blast furnaces they saw in the distance, the output of those blast furnaces is probably not low, right?

Many eyes looked at Changsun Wuji silently, they understood how the Changsun family lost at that time.

With this kind of pig iron output, the ironware sold by Li Ke is nothing at all.

Changsun Wuji: "..."