"Why?" Li Shimin asked immediately.
"It is mainly caused by many reasons. First of all, the quality reserves of most of the iron ores we mine now are not high. They have an iron content of between 35% and 45%. They are not considered rich ores. Moreover, the iron ore reserves of these iron ores are not high. The interior is rich in other metals. And the main mining reserves are not high.”
"Due to the current transportation problems, these iron ores with low reserves can only be mined nearby for construction. Some large-scale iron ores have also been discovered, but many large-scale iron ores are in areas that are difficult to develop. In addition, The areas where large coal reserves are located are also located further away from iron ore deposits.”
"According to the plans of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of State-owned Assets and other departments, these areas need to be connected to each other by railways."
"Several state-owned commercial banks here at the Ministry of Industry currently have plans to upgrade their steel plants, mainly to upgrade blast furnaces. After the upgrade, the blast furnaces will no longer be extinguished after one furnace is opened, and they can even burn for ten years after one furnace is opened. , or even twenty years." Duan Lun told some plans of the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry.
Li Shimin and the others were a little dumbfounded. One furnace can burn for ten or twenty years? They would never have imagined how powerful this stove must be.
"So that's it, but the amount of steel is definitely enough." Li Shimin nodded and said.
"Dad, this is definitely not enough." Li Ke shook his head.
"Not enough?" Li Shimin and everyone were a little confused. Steel production has increased a thousand times. Isn't it enough?
"Of course it's not enough. Datang's industrial progress will inevitably reach a certain level of development in the next ten years or even twenty or thirty years. A lot of steel will be consumed in many places, such as a large number of columbiners and brand-new plows. Wait. Especially when more and more people work in factories, there will not be many ordinary people farming in the Tang Dynasty."
"When the time comes, let's not talk about agricultural subsidies at normal prices, but just pay every acre of land for farming. It is estimated that people may not be willing to farm. At this time, we need to reduce the cost of farming. For example, everyone knows now The steam engine inside the locomotive is miniaturized and developed into a vehicle."
"Such a vehicle can drive dozens of plowshares at the same time, and can cultivate thousands of acres of land in a day. Similarly, when the machine is equipped with a columbine, it can sow hundreds of acres of land in a day, so that one household can cultivate thousands of acres, or even several acres. Thousands of acres of land.”
"In this case, the cost of farming for the people will naturally drop. With more profits for the people, more people will be willing to farm. Otherwise, with the development of Datang's industry, working in a trading house for a month will The income is much higher than the income from farming, and more and more people will be unwilling to farm."
"In addition, steel is needed to build a large number of railway tracks, bridges, locomotives, train carriages, and even steel ships, etc. Such a huge amount of steel is used, and the annual output is only a few million tons. It's not enough at all." Li Ke shook his head.
In later generations, domestic production can reach more than one billion tons per year. It is conceivable how terrible the consumption of steel is. And now that Datang has such a large land area, the demand for steel will inevitably increase greatly.
But the only advantage is that Nanao State is now under the control of the Tang Dynasty, and the indigenous people above it have been cleared out by the Mononobu village. As long as the situation in the Tang Dynasty is stabilized, they can immigrate there in the future.
Li Ke's words made everyone in the court stunned and extremely speechless. Are you talking about a fairy tale? But&...it seems to make sense.
Although they don't know anything else, they have seen the trains. Now the railway from Chang'an to Chencang has almost become a tourist attraction in Datang.
Any businessman who comes to Chang'an from other places, those who have money will definitely take a railway ride to experience it, while those who have no money will go to the railway station to watch the railway.
That kind of powerful and shocking industrial power can be said to be a shock to everyone.
Now when the people near Chang'an see people from other places bragging, they are bragging about the railway.
So, the locomotive can drive such a terrifying weight of goods and carriages forward. It seems that there is nothing wrong with bringing some plowshares and columbians to plow thousands of acres a day?
It's just that they can't figure out how to do these things.
"It seems that our current development in Datang is indeed far ahead of other countries. This is a good thing! A good thing!" Li Shimin said happily.
Although he was happy on his face, Li Shimin was shocked in his heart. Good guy, has the Tang Dynasty developed to this point? Fortunately, I have laid enough groundwork, so this kid doesn't know much about it yet. Otherwise, in a few years, this kid may not really be able to do anything.
Even if his plan succeeds by then, this kid may have some back-ups. Now these things can obviously hinder his hands and feet, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous!
Good guy, this statistics temple is pretty good. It seems like I know more about this.
"Um, Minister of Agriculture." Li Shimin said directly.
"I'm here." A minister about forty years old came out. He was the eldest grandson of the eldest grandson's family.
"I just heard from the Statistics Temple that the consumption of staple food by people near Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty is declining, but the consumption of staple food across the country is rising in the Tang Dynasty. What's going on?" Li Shimin asked the question he was interested in first. Asked.
"Replying to Your Majesty, I have learned about the relevant issues. The reason is that the people near Chang'an have become rich, and now in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, under the arrangement of His Highness, there are people planting rapeseed. After extracting rapeseed oil, the people also followed His Highness's example. Stir-fried vegetables and other cooking methods, as well as large-scale breeding of livestock and poultry, allow people to eat meat occasionally throughout the year."
"Many people who got rich first could even kill a pig a year, enough to feed their family for a year. After people could eat oil, water and meat, their consumption of staple food dropped."
"We have learned from various state-owned commercial banks that the people working in some iron ore, coal mines and other mines are doing hard labor. If there is no oil and water, they can eat an average of three kilograms of staple food a day. Some strong people , and can even eat four kilograms.”
"But if they are provided with some meat, especially meat with a lot of fat, if they eat one pound of staple food plus one pound of meat a day with vegetables and potatoes, they will basically be full and meet the needs of a day's work. need."
"The consumption of staple food among the people near Chang'an first increased and then began to decline."
"The current consumption of staple food is rising across the country mainly because people did not have enough to eat before. Now that they have the conditions to eat, they naturally eat more. However, potatoes, which can be called the miraculous seeds brought out by His Highness, are of great benefit to the world. Tang's assistance is also unparalleled, mainly because it does not pick up land and requires less water, but its output is quite good, which means that Datang will definitely not starve to death in the future."
Changsun Zhiren obviously knew a lot about this aspect and gave Li Shimin the answer directly.
