"You still have a Taoist priest here?" Lu Daqiang was a little surprised.
"Yes, I have learned before that many things such as mercury are smelted by these Taoist priests. Isn't our steel factory also smelted? I invited some Taoist priests with relevant experience. There are a few Someone agreed and came to our place and helped me a lot." Yan Zilun said simply.
"The main thing is to provide us with some ideas." Yan Zilun said, "Now they are no longer Taoist priests, they are all workers here, but I think it is impossible for them to forget their old profession."
"Okay, our spring requirements are relatively high anyway." Lu Daqiang said.
"I'll give it a try. I'll talk to my engineers later, but I can't guarantee you whether it can be done. I will try my best to give you high quality, but there is a premise. The price is not low! Our costs are very high. High." Yan Zilun said.
"Don't worry, we'll give you the money!" Lu Daqiang said simply.
Anyway, there is no upper limit on the research cost His Highness gives them. Isn't it just money? The money that should be spent must be spent as His Highness said.
"That's right. I think if you can't, just set up a factory to specialize in the production of steam engines and manufacturing machinery. By the way, let's discuss how to research a complete production line. Academician Lu, you are responsible for the research. I think you can leave the work of smooth childbirth to the factory. Better."
"Didn't the imperial court restructure some time ago? Now these factories have to apply to the Ministry of State-owned Assets and the Ministry of Industry, and then the imperial court will provide funds." Yan Zilun said.
"Forget it, I hope the court can give me as much as the treasury's money is not enough." Lu Daqiang curled his lips disdainfully.
"You're crazy, you don't even look down on the treasury." Yan Zilun was a bit dumbfounded.
"As long as we can research something useful, His Highness can allocate us a treasury!" Lu Daqiang shrugged, "As we all know, with Your Highness, the treasury is a quantifier!"
Yan Zilun: "..."
You are awesome, you deserve to be an academician, you are more awesome than me anyway.
"It's not up to you. Anyway, to establish a new factory or business, you have to apply to the Ministry of State-owned Assets." Yan Zilun shrugged.
"Let's talk about it then. At most, it will be established under the name of our research institute. Otherwise, it will be too slow to wait for the treasury to allocate funds. Then I will leave a few people here for the follow-up research. I will go back to find people to discuss the establishment of this steam engine foundry. ."
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In the Taiji Hall, when the enlarged meeting of the military department ended, all the ministers went back to make preparations, but Li Shimin left Li Ke behind.
"Is what you said about another continent true?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and asked. There was no one else around the two of them at the moment, and Qi Julang didn't want to know about it, so he simply followed him from a distance.
Although he is a daily servant, he cannot really follow His Majesty 24 hours a day. He must give His Majesty an independent space to avoid His Majesty's resentment.
"It's true, it's not true either." Li Ke shook his head.
"What do you mean?" Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He was under great pressure just now.
"It's true, it means that the continent is indeed real. After all, it makes no sense that only this half of the planet has a continent, and there is a high probability that the other half also has a continent. But it's not true. It means that those technologies are indeed not from The ones on that continent were developed by ourselves."
"But what cannot be denied is that no one knows whether the country on another continent is more powerful than us." Li Ke said.
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "I have never heard of it in so many years. Do you think there is really a country more powerful than the Tang Dynasty?"
"Dad, you don't think we are number one in the world, do you?" Li Ke sighed helplessly.
"That's true, hey, so you are deliberately setting up an enemy for Datang to avoid falling into civil strife and to prevent these courtiers from being complacent?" Li Shimin thought for a moment.
"Absolutely. Only when you have pressure can you get motivation. To be honest, in two years at most, any enemies around us will not be our opponents. If we don't have a clear and more powerful enemy at that time, I'm afraid they will become Become a proud soldier." Li Ke said.
"That's true." Li Shimin nodded. If a country's army always wins battles, it is easy to develop a arrogant mentality and think that it is invincible. In this case, it is very likely that some generals will take aggressive actions and cause trouble. They have a sword hanging over their heads, which is a good thing.
"Anyway, I guess Songtsan Gambo will suffer a big loss this time with the Tubo incident." Li Shimin was a little gloating. Back then, this guy didn't talk much about the Tang Dynasty. Although he said he wanted to marry the Princess of the Tang Dynasty, he also wanted to marry the Princess of the Tang Dynasty. It is also true that the princess who begged to marry attacked the Tang Dynasty.
This time, his family is gone. Let’s see if he dares to be arrogant.
"Yes, by the time he finds out, the day lilies will probably be cold." Li Ke nodded and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. I'll go see Jinyang and the others, and then I'll go back."
"Okay, I won't care about you, but you should keep an eye on the Tubo side. You did a good job in Xizhou, but your tricks are beyond the reach of the ministers in the DPRK. You still have to deal with it. I don't care about you. Whether you leave it to the people below to handle it, or you can handle it yourself, it seems that the westward march is inevitable in the future, and stabilizing Tubo and the Western Regions must be the top priority." Li Shimin waved his hand.
"I know." Li Ke had a headache, and the work was in his hands again. Although he didn't need to do it himself, he just opened his mouth.
The problem is that there are many places where he needs to open his mouth.
Li Shimin returned to Liangyi Palace, while Li Ke simply went to Lizheng Palace. Jinyang and the others were on summer vacation. Currently, several royal schools and ordinary schools in Datang are on track, and there are more Many schools are under construction.
I can only say that... people in big cities like the capital have been relatively more open-minded since ancient times. At least in Chang'an City, the proportion of ordinary people willing to send their children to study is much higher than in other places.
For example, on Lingnan Road, Hu Zhi and others have built primary schools in some counties, but in the entire county, the minimum number of school-age students in a primary school is less than 700. Moreover, there are at least more than 200 children from wealthy families, businessmen, and poor families, and only more than 400 ordinary people have sent their children to school.
You know, this is still when the school is in charge of food and housing. If food and housing are not taken care of, I'm afraid this ratio will be even smaller.
If you think about it, you can understand it. After all, when Li Ke was a child in his last life, there were many people in rural areas who were unwilling to send their children to school. In this era of the Tang Dynasty, it was even more common.
It was Li Ke's influence that convinced many people to trust him and send the children in. Otherwise, the number would probably be even less.
