This bastard had the idea of cultivating Chang Le into an empress before.
Li Shimin suddenly realized that if he took advantage of his unpreparedness, beheaded first and then directly gave the Zen position to this kid, he would not give the Zen position to Li Yan.
This... is what this bastard can do.
The problem is that Li Yan is fully capable of taking over this position.
The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more likely it was, and he started to have a headache again. This bastard... really spared no effort, and he could guarantee that this bastard probably not only trained Chang Le, but also listened to Si Zi while he was chatting with him that day. Zi said that she would be an empress in the future.
Asked her who called her, she also said it was 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 moment, and he directly raised his foot and kicked Li Ke in the back.
Li Ke was a little confused. How is Lao Li doing today? Was he kicked out of the quilt by his mother and concubine yesterday? Otherwise, where would there be such anger?
As for the others, they just pretended not to have seen it. 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 getting closer to Li Ke. Father and son are becoming more and more alike, and I don’t know who influences whom.
Anyway, this character is simply a disaster for them censors.
Patting his butt, Li Ke didn't take it to heart and said directly: "Let's go, next we go to the core of the Tang Dynasty, Changgang."
Chang'an Iron and Steel Plant is actually still some distance away from the power plant, but fortunately, these industrial areas are now all connected by concrete roads, and the carriages Li Shimin and others ride 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 they were quite fast and arrived at Chang'an Iron and Steel Plant in about an hour.
This area is the earliest industrial zone in Chang'an, but it is not the Datang Welfare Industrial Park, but is farther away.
"This place will be demolished soon, and the Chang'an Iron and Steel Plant will be moved to Chencang." After getting off the car, Li Ke said with emotion when he saw the vast area in front of him and countless thick smoke billowing inside. road.
Li Shimin and others did not have much feelings about these smog. The ancients did not have the concept of environmental pollution, especially this kind of pollution, which was difficult to see the results in a short period of time, did not pay attention to it.
Mainly because there is no systematic research.
"Demolish it? Will it cost no money to dismantle it?" Li Shimin was stunned and asked subconsciously.
"It's not my money, the treasury's money." Li Ke waved his hand.
"Bang" Li Shimin raised his leg again, "Money from the treasury is not money, right?"
"Dad, this is to avoid pollution, and a large iron mine was discovered near Chencang. Building a steel plant near the iron mine will definitely improve efficiency." Li Ke said helplessly.
"You are the one who talks about everything. I remember you said that long-distance transportation can increase the number of people who can hire people, and then increase the people's employment rate and provide more jobs for the people, right? Is this your exact words? "Li Shimin glared at Li Ke.
Li Ke: "..."
You remember so clearly what you were doing.
"That's true, but this matter must be looked at comprehensively, because we are currently seriously short of transportation manpower, so some things that can save manpower are naturally to save manpower." Li Ke quickly made an excuse.
Before the state-owned enterprises of the Tang Dynasty were able to monopolize certain parts of the market, there was no need to worry about collapse by spreading money to the people. As long as the money circulated, copper coins would definitely be enough.
Anyway, there is still silver in the end, and all copper coins are used for low-level circulation. Silver gradually begins to replace the storage currency of wealthy families.
Because the Central Bank of the Tang Dynasty issued a law, within a certain period of time, unredeemed copper coins were not allowed to circulate in the Tang Dynasty. Especially for large amounts of copper coins, once discovered, the consequences will be horrific due to the huge amount.
Therefore, although the powerful family knew that this move was meant for them, they were happy to dig out all their copper coins and hand them over. Anyway, there is no loss in exchanging copper coins for silver.
Because what Li Ke said is true, Datang indeed lacks a large number of transportation manpower.
Li Shimin didn't bother to argue with him and walked directly into the Chang'an Steel Plant. When they entered the steel plant, the unique blast furnaces in the distance attracted everyone's attention.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, where are we visiting?" the director of the Chang'an Iron and Steel Plant who came here asked respectfully.
"Let's visit your latest blast furnace and open hearth integrated system." Li Ke said.
Blast furnace ironmaking
"Yes!" The factory director 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 were nothing at all!
Pinglu Steelmaking
It’s just...is this Datang Iron and Steel Works? This is not the same thing as the steel factory in their impression.
They had the impression that ironmaking was done by craftsmen, but the shaft furnace for ironmaking was not very large. The height in front of them... was at least about ten meters high. How did they operate it?
The noise inside was also very loud. They heard the roar of a steam engine and the sound of releasing steam that they had heard before.
Seeing the flames burning inside the huge thing, everyone was a little confused.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, gentlemen, this is the largest blast furnace we have currently cast. It can produce about 20 tons of iron at a time." As the director of the steel plant, he naturally shouldered the task of introduction.
Li Ke didn't know much about their output.
"20 tons?" Everyone thought they heard wrong.
"Yes, 20 tons. It can produce about two irons a day. The daily iron-making capacity is about 40 tons."
Everyone was completely speechless. They were already very familiar with the number tons. After all, as officials, when the Tang Dynasty reformed weights and measures, they naturally had to follow the reform and were the first to understand.
40 tons a day, that is, 80,000 kilograms a day! How much iron was smelted per year before the Tang Dynasty? The furnace in front of me produces 2.4 million kilograms of pig iron a month! A set of Mingguang Armor weighs 40 kilograms, and one month's output is enough for Datang to cast 60,000 sets!
One month’s output! And that's 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 finally understood why the Changsun family lost at that time.
With this kind of pig iron output, the ironware Li Ke sold was nothing at all.
Changsun Wuji: "..."
