Tang Dynasty Never Night

Li Xian felt that his thinking seemed a little rigid. He had been thinking about how to improve wrought iron, but he hadn't thought of changing the material.But in fact, iron is stronger than copper, but in this day and age, copper smelting technology is better than wrought iron, and many bronze wares are very exquisite. I guess it would be easier to use copper?

After listening to Zheng Qi's words, Li Xian turned his head and ran out like a mad dog as soon as the brain storm started. Zheng Qi was stunned to see Li Xian's figure disappearing at the door. He didn't even have a chance to stop him, so he could only sigh in the end Get on with your work.

Li Xian rushed to the Ministry of Works in one breath, and the people in the Ministry of Works were shocked when they saw him. This day is a holiday, why did this ancestor come here?

Li Xian sent the order to change the material to bronze. By the way, he discussed the specific matters with the minister of the Ministry of Industry who stayed here. To be honest, changing a material means that the experimental data they have done now is basically useless. The various coefficients brought about by different materials are naturally different, so we have to start from scratch.

Zhang Ning, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, said bitterly: "I will be stared at by Dai Shangshu again."

R&D is a waste of money. This time Li Xian doesn’t need his own money, so every time he goes to the Ministry of Accounts, Dai Zhide is annoyed and says that this guy is an elbow. Li Xian was still in the Ministry of Accounts after all. Woolen cloth.

At this time, Luo Hui, the newly appointed Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, also came over, and smiled when he saw Li Xian: "Why is the king here today?"

Although Li Xian is a prince, he usually has no airs. Being with him is more relaxed than Li De, a corporal who is acting like a virtuous corporal. In the bottom line, it probably doesn't matter if you combine his current status, but Li Xian is different, he treats these people as colleagues, so everyone seems a little more casual when talking to Li Xian.

Li Xian smiled and leaned over and said, "Luo Shangshu, we are short of money here again, and this important task is entrusted to you."

Luo Hui was shocked when he heard this: "Why are you short of money again?"

Obviously, a sum of money was allocated not long ago, but this meeting is actually short of money again?

Li Xian coughed and told his thoughts. In fact, he was also a little guilty. It was because his thinking was not perfect, otherwise he wouldn't have wasted so much money, and now he had to change the materials again.

After hearing this, Luo Hui saw Li Xian's embarrassed expression and quickly shook his head and said, "Hey, don't say you didn't realize that we also forgot that bronze can be used, that's all right, all right, I'll leave this matter to me. I'm going to find Lao Dai for dinner."

This meant that they were going to ask for money again. Of course, when the real appropriation was made, it must be done in one meal. Luo Hui had to submit a report, and Li Xian was more open-minded when he went back.

I don't know how Luo Hui and Dai Zhide communicated in the end. Anyway, Dai Zhide had a painful expression on his face when he saw the people from the Ministry of Industry, especially Li Xian, which made Li Xian feel embarrassed. , but even so, I still have to ask for the money I need.

The only advantage is that the craftsmen probably have more experience in forging copper. Anyway, the manufacturing speed is faster than iron, and the things made look more delicate. After several experiments, the initial conclusion is that it is already relatively stable. .

The only thing that makes Li Xian regretful is that what can be produced now is still the firecracker. He needs two people to use this thing together. A wooden stick is poked behind the bronze firecracker tube, and one person holds the firecracker to aim at the target. Then another person took a charcoal fire to ignite it, and I have to say that the efficiency was slightly low.

It's just that even such a thing is very novel to everyone, and Li Zhi even wants to hold a military parade for this thing.

Li Xian: ...

Where is this? If you toss out the cannon, you will not be crazy?

To be honest, in Li Xian's opinion, this firecracker is just an experimental product. It depends on the stability of the bronze, but it still looks good now. Although the Forging Iron Bureau is still working hard to change the forging iron technology, I am afraid that in the short term it will be sent Not useful.

Li Xian didn't intend to put this firecracker into use at first, this is just a transition, he felt that he couldn't make any achievements behind closed doors, he could only do it step by step, but when Li Zhi was happy, he waved his hand and said that he would make more and deliver it first Go to the battlefield.

Although Lou Shide's confrontation with the Dashi army ended in failure, he was not beaten too hard. Lou Shide's marching method was conservative. He is now confronting Hengluo City, and there will be victories and losses.

The current situation is that the Dashi army wants to build projects, and Lou Shide wants to defend the city. Before he can figure out how to deal with the Dashi army, Lou Shide dare not attack casually.

Li Xian originally wanted to stop him, but before he could speak, he was dragged down by Li Xian who was beside him. Li Xian decisively shut up. One of his advantages is that he listens to persuasion.

Then Li Xian was brought to the East Palace by Li Xian, and as soon as he sat down, Li Xian said: "Hey, why did you stop me just now? I told you that the old ones can't do it now that it's popularized and there are new styles. Use it, waste it or not?"

Li Xian took a sip of tea, sighed and said, "But the battle on the front line is tight now, can you research the new firecracker within ten days?"

Li Xian suddenly misfired. What he wanted to improve was not just one or two points. It was obviously impossible within ten days.

Seeing him like this, Li Xian said: "So use some of them first, and there are not many produced in this batch, and it won't be too wasteful at that time. If you really think it's a waste, you can sell it. "

Li Xian was immediately unhappy. He worked so hard that he wished he could stay up all night every day in order to let Datang's hot weapon development be at the forefront of the world. Li Xian is still here to drag him down. He doesn't play like this.

But what Li Xian said is really reasonable. Now is the time for war, so use what you have, and don't care about replacing it.

This matter is settled like this, the fire gun is actually very useful, and you don't have to worry about hitting your own people if you miss the target-because this thing has no shooting accuracy, this It's a bunch of offensive weapons.

So the place where this thing can be used is one is to stand on the city wall to attack the enemies below in a large range when defending the city, and the other is to launch a round of long-range strikes when the two armies first start fighting, and then... you can retreat , Strictly speaking, the scope of application is not as good as bows and arrows, but the strike force of this is much stronger than that of bows and arrows.

The Forging Bureau began to work overtime, and then... Li Xian took a vacation, because the money was used to make firecrackers, and there was not enough funds for research, so Li Xian naturally had to rest, which made Dai Zhide It is rare for him to look better.

When the firecracker is almost cast, he will send someone to deliver it. What Li Xian didn't expect was that Li Zhi actually sent Zheng Qi over there, and he replaced the Nuohebo by the way, and asked Zheng Qi to stay there for the next time. Lou Shide started.

Li Xian was a little worried. The Dashi army was quite strong, otherwise Lou Shide would not have been forced by them to stay in Hengluo City to confront them. Zheng Qi's trip this time was even more dangerous than the previous one.

Regarding this, Zheng Qi said quite heartlessly: "Any war may cause casualties, and you can't stop going because of fear. Now the emperor let me go because he trusts me. Naturally, I will not let the emperor down."

After hearing this, Li Xian felt strangely relieved. Zheng Qi's promises had never been fulfilled. He said that not letting Li Zhi down would naturally mean that he would not lose the battle, so his life safety should... be guaranteed. Bar?

Li Xian would not naively ask Zheng Qi not to be injured, so after thinking about it, he asked the Forging Bureau to make him a cast iron helmet with a mask, and then gave it to Zheng Qi.

Zheng Qi took the helmet dumbfounded: "You...are you planning to disfigure me and abandon me?"

Li Xian stared at him without saying a word, Zheng Qi quickly changed the subject: "This helmet is good." But it was too boring to wear, but Zheng Qi didn't say it out, Li Xian didn't sleep well recently, often woke up in the middle of the night, and then said Every time he wakes up, Zheng Qi knows, and he also knows that Li Xian is worried about him, but Li Xian seldom says it out. It can make Li Xian feel at ease.

When Zheng Qi left, Li Xian didn't go to see it off, because Zheng Qi started from the forging bureau on the outskirts of the city, where he wanted to light the gun before leaving.

On the way, Zheng Qi wrote to Li Xian very confidently and boldly—the messenger was sent by Li Xian to deliver the letter for the two of them. Knowing that, they all turned a blind eye. Of course, on the surface, it seems that this messenger is for sending letters home, so many people who don’t know the truth think that Zheng Qi is sending it to his parents. Although the parents also have them, they are not as much as they give to Li Xian.

And this messenger came in handy this time. In the end, not only Zheng Qi sent home letters, but many people also sent one or two letters from home. Later, Zheng Qi simply found someone to receive letters, and Li Xian Bian also quickly figured out the place to send the letter.

But even in this way, there are not many people who write letters back. The first one is that they don’t have much time, and the second one is... the illiteracy rate of this idea is still quite high. Let's walk around... Zheng Qi's soldiers even have the school lieutenant who doesn't know any words.

After Zheng Qi left, Li Xian didn't feel so empty, lonely and cold. To be honest, he also missed and worried, but... he didn't have much time to miss and worry, because he had to continue to be busy fighting with those veterans!

This incident was caused by Zheng Qi. When Zheng Qi wrote back, he wrote many times that the road is not easy to walk. Where and where the road needs to be repaired again. Where and where the official road is not maintained. I already have a preliminary impression of the roads across the country——Zheng Qi is from Luoyang to Hengluo City, which spans almost half of the Tang Dynasty.

So Li Xian summed up some of the situations that Zheng Qi had mentioned, took the summary and went to Li Zhi, and asked for road repairs confidently.

After listening to what he said, Li Zhi said helplessly: "I think you are not busy enough, and you still have the mind to take care of this."

Li Xian was a little guilty. Of course he wasn't busy enough. He had written almost all his thoughts and ideas before. All he needed to do was to stare at the experiment. The experiment hadn't fully started yet, and the forging bureau was still making firecrackers—after all. This thing also has wear and tear, and I don't know when this battle will be fought, so I need to make a little more to prepare.

So now he has a little spare time, so he can come here to argue with Li Zhi.

Li Xian doesn't have to eat a fat man in one go: "Father, I know that the national treasury is not very full in the war, but some main roads need to be repaired, which can save a lot of time. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. It's money."

Li Xian felt that in order to convince Li Zhi, he had to work hard. Before, he was very careful not to use idioms that he was not sure about, for fear that he would accidentally become the "creator" of idioms. Now he doesn't care about those, building roads This matter is obviously beneficial to the country and the people, why is it so difficult?

Li Zhi still didn't nod but said: "You wait a moment."

Li Xian was helpless, but he also knew that Li Zhi must have listened, and he must have his own ideas in letting himself wait.As a result, within two days, he knew why Li Zhi made him wait.

Because Li Zhi changed the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty again, many positions were changed.

Among them, the prince Zuo Shuzi, Tong Zhongshu Menxia Sanpin, and Le Chenghou Liu Rengui are Zuo Pushe, who still supervise the compilation of national history; Zhongshu Menxia Sanpin, Dali Qing Zhang Wenguan are servants; Zhongshu Shilang, Tong Sanpin, and Zeng Shan Gong Hao Chujun are Zhongshu Shu Ling supervises and compiles the history of the country as before; Li Jingxuan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Prince Zuo Shuzi, who supervises the history of the country, is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Prince Zuo Shuzi, and the third rank of Tong Zhongshu, who supervises the compilation of the history of the country according to the previous one; .

Then the prime ministers Liu Rengui, Dai Zhide, Zhang Wenguan, Hao Chujun and the prince's guests.

Compared with Li Honglai, Li Xian's East Palace lineup is about to blind people's eyes!

But here Li Xian only pays attention to one official position, that is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Yes, Dai Zhide was transferred away and became the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the Minister of the Ministry of Households became the teacher of Xu Yu. Now Li Xian finally knows why Li Zhi let him He waited.

However, Li Zhi didn't make him wait too long, and directly recruited several prime ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Household and Industry, and then invited all the princes to the meeting.

Yes, princes, besides Li Xian who became the prince, Li Lun also appeared here.Now Li Lun is not too old and has not yet entered the court, but now everyone can see that Li Zhi probably wants to cultivate Li Lun's political literacy first, so he is not surprised by his appearance.

And Li Xian and Li Lun are not that close, but they are not bad. In Li Xian's view, unless he dies suddenly, Li Lun has no competitiveness. The difference is too old, not to mention that Li Xian is still him. that side.

Li Xian, the prince, is more comfortable than Li Hong because he doesn't have a younger brother who is eyeing the reserve. He is very relieved about Li Xian. It is impossible for a person who does not marry a wife and leave no children to become an heir. Li Xian has already established his potential, and Li Lun's temper is relatively soft, so he has nothing to worry about.

Li Zhi pulled some of the most powerful people in the country into a discussion group. Of course, the content of this discussion group was not watery at all.

Li Xian previously proposed that the purpose of building roads was to develop the economy of the Tang Dynasty. This is not a good standpoint, but it is not enough to move people's hearts, so this time he changed the method.

"If the official roads extend in all directions, then the maneuverability of our army can be greatly improved. For example, Zheng Qingcheng traveled from Dongdu to Hengluo City for half a month this time. It can also shorten the time! This way we can gain more initiative in foreign wars, can't we?" What Li Xian said was very reasonable, and even the old foxes couldn't help but think about it.

Then Master Xu Yu asked, "If you want to be an official, how much budget do you need?"

With the new official taking office, Master Xu Yu has already entered the role very quickly.Li Xian glanced at Master Xu Yu somewhat sadly. He thought that there was someone to talk to, but he didn't expect that the feng shui of the Ministry of Households is probably relatively evil, and everyone who became a minister turned into an iron rooster.

"The money that should be spent has to be spent. In fact, not only official roads but also state roads have to be repaired, but... let's do the same thing."

The various sequelae caused by inconvenient transportation are very obvious. Li Xian can't change much now. People still don't agree with Lingnan in the northwest and areas inhabited by ethnic minorities in the north.

In recent years, these ethnic minorities often have civil strife, and today they are still attached to Datang, and they may rebel tomorrow, so wouldn't it be more helpful for their cause of rebellion after Datang painstakingly repaired the road?

Li Xian: ...

I'm really sorry. In our era, 56 ethnic groups belonged to one family, but everyone's worries were correct. The national consciousness in this era is stronger than the national consciousness. Others make wedding dresses.

Li Xian really can't change this point. In his opinion, this is a problem with Datang's policy on ethnic minorities, but this is not a problem on the side of Datang, but the ethnic minorities... the various ethnic groups in this era are really different. Especially fierce, if nothing else, let's talk about the Turks, Tubo and Lingnan mountain people, all of them are tough, and it is not easy to get them to surrender.

Li Xian didn't think about using the policies of future generations to influence the present, because the policies of future generations are not applicable at all. The flower growers have experienced wars. At that time, the people of the whole country were unprecedentedly united and there were no races, so the result of breaking up and then establishing... There are fewer minorities and a stronger sense of belonging to the country.

Not now, if you want to subdue them now, unless they are wiped out to a small number, it's like Tuyuhun, but who has nothing to do and sends troops to beat them in order to build roads, isn't this putting the cart before the horse?

So the final result is to rest the national road within a limited range, and the route of the national road must be carefully delineated. This matter is left to the prime minister to assist the prince. Oh, Li Xian also has a name, but he thinks It's better for him not to bother, because he still doesn't know much about the geography of Tang Dynasty, so he often leads Li Lun to listen.

Li Lun is still a bun-faced boy, he is very obedient, he does what he is asked to do, and he does not have the rebellious heart that children of this age often have, nor does he think about being in the limelight, and he is very serious about his studies. For this youngest son Li Zhi I like it very much.

Li Xian took Li Lun to listen, and sometimes he would explain something that Li Lun didn't understand, and of course there were things he couldn't explain, so he and Li Lun turned into students to harass the prince.

Li Xian is also helpless to these two younger brothers, Li Lun is better, it is understandable that he is young and does not have enough knowledge reserves, but Li Xian...you are so old, do you dare to be uneducated?

So the crown prince urged his younger brothers to read more books every day. He was very optimistic about the way these three brothers got along with each other. No one wanted to go through the bloody storm of fighting for the reserve position. How many capable people Because of this matter, it is unclear.

After the final scope of road construction was selected, Li Xian sighed. There is a reason why the central and southern areas are rich. The government has strong control over these areas, so it is naturally willing to vigorously develop them. Where the control is weak, it is natural to suppress them. , and the final selected areas are mostly in the central North China Plain and Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

However, although he was suspected of being ignorant, Li Xian could still give some good suggestions in some aspects, such as what to do when encountering mountains when designing the route.

Li Xian said decisively: "To blow up the mountain, you can use gunpowder to blow up the mountain. If the mountain is too high, build a tunnel; if the mountain is too short, just use scum to create a road."

He is extremely grateful that he has developed gunpowder, otherwise road construction would be troublesome.

But soon Dai Zhide said: "Exploding the mountain? I'm afraid it's bad Feng Shui."

Li Xian got stuck in an instant. He really didn't expect this. After thinking about it, he said, "Then ask Mr. Feng Shui to see. Wherever it suits you, you can blow it up. You can't go around. If you encounter a place with rolling mountains, you can go around to build roads." Who knows how far it will go around?"

Seeing the hesitation on everyone's faces, Li Xian said helplessly, "At worst, I'll go and offer sacrifices to places that you think will affect Feng Shui."

Originally, he was joking, but unexpectedly, the group of prime ministers headed by Liu Rengui almost agreed decisively after hearing what he said.

As the number one mascot of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xian, King of Shou, obviously his reputation in this area has already surpassed the horizon. Did he encounter a warning from the heavens?It doesn't matter, let Shou Wang go to pray; afraid of natural disasters?It doesn't matter, let Shou Wang go to sacrifice; if the firearms are too overbearing, will they harm the harmony of heaven?It doesn't matter, it was invented by Shou Wang.

Regarding this result, Li Xian also... has nothing to say.In any case, the matter was settled, and Li Xian was relieved.

It's just that he soon realized that it was too early for him to rest assured!Master Xu Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and Dai Zhide, Minister of Industry, formed a team and said to Li Xian: Your Majesty, the cement you have stored is not enough for road construction. Look... this formula...

Li Xian: md!It's time to hand it over to the country again!