After cleaning up, Zhang Yang frowned and looked at his masterpiece. First of all, this was the first experimental product. The bullet flew out and the breech of the gun was burned out.
Picking up the gun in the basin, Zhang Yang was dejected. This gun was considered useless.
The instantaneous temperature during combustion is too high. This semi-wooden gun barrel cannot withstand such high temperatures. The structure is a problem, and accuracy is also a problem.
It would be too embarrassing to just hear a noise when you can't hit the target.
Zhang Yang suddenly lost his mood, but the sound woke up the sleeping cubs. The five cubs also woke up and crawled out one by one, thinking that spring had arrived.
The cold wind blowing made them realize that it was still winter, so they returned to the woodshed to continue sleeping.
A huge map was spread out, and Li Yue pointed in the direction of Persia, "Is the goal now to capture this place?"
"Well, expansion is necessary."
"But it also needs to be managed." Li Yue emphasized.
Aunt Wang stood aside quietly, listening to the couple discuss important affairs of the government. It had been a long time since she had heard these words from Her Royal Highness the Princess and the County Marquis.
There are several points on the map, which are the locations of the Protectorate's Palaces that need to be built in various places, including the Tubo Protectorate's Palace, the Hanhai Protectorate's Palace, and the Anxi Protectorate's Palace. It is not a bad idea to build a few more Protectorate's Palaces.
The sudden collapse of the powerful Tang Dynasty is heartbreaking. Zhang Yang hopes that the Tang Dynasty can be well and become stronger and stronger.
Wealth and strength are inseparable from wealth and strength.
How did Persia perish? Persia was a very wealthy place. It was located at an important intersection of the Silk Road. Persia made enough money from trade, but it was only wealthy but not powerful.
There are different opinions on the historical reasons why the Tang Dynasty collapsed.
Zhang Yang put himself in his shoes and thought about it. The Tang Dynasty was very powerful, one of the few powerful countries in history. Although the people were strong and the emperor was tyrannical.
To talk about the collapse of the Tang Dynasty, we have to start with the cessation of expansion.
There were many strong men in the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty had not stopped its expansion and put many strong men on the ground to let them continue to grow, there might not have been An Lushan and his like. The original strategy was obviously inappropriate.
What Li Shimin is doing right now is that he has been weakening local power by gathering power. The pillar of the Tang Dynasty is Chang'an City. The stronger this pillar is, the greater his power is. The denser the branches and leaves of this big tree, the better. .
It's just that the branches and leaves cannot grow too much. Weak localities and strong centralization are beneficial to each dynasty.
We can't let these strong men with military strategists stay in Guanzhong. If they get involved too much, trouble will happen.
Will these strong men be assigned to various parts of the Central Plains to guard them, fighting for territory and endless involution?
In this way, can nothing happen?
The internal friction cannot be too great, otherwise people will be killed.
With such strong strength, we should expand. This is the upward force and the positive influence.
As for Datang’s reputation? People's ideas are not yet so enlightened. There are monarchies everywhere, and conquest and occupation have always been the main tone of this era and this world.
So in this era, expansion is the right way.
Strengthen the centralized power and send out expeditionary forces. The powerful centralized power does not need to worry about whether the generals will support their troops and respect themselves. After returning, they can be rewarded by the Khan.
No one would foolishly stay outside and hang out with a group of barbarians. Their civilization was too far behind the Tang Dynasty.
The important thing is that identity recognition always exists under centralization, because you are a Tang person from beginning to end. With this identity, no matter how far you go, you know where to go home.
Planting the flag of the Tang Dynasty all over the world, the territory of thousands of miles can meet the needs of the Tang Dynasty now.
This is the only reason Zhang Yang can analyze why Datang will collapse suddenly.
Personal opinion cannot be everything, at least Zhang Yang thinks this should be right.
A few days ago, another batch of kitchen utensils was sent to Gaochang. People from Gaochang would give these kitchen utensils to Pei Xingjian, who was far away in Persia, and let the young guard use these kitchen utensils to overthrow the cannibals and conquer the Tianzhu people.
Anyone who dares not to surrender to Tian Khan is Zhang Yang's biggest enemy.
Li Yue took a sip of boiled water. Now that she was pregnant, her aunt only allowed her to drink boiled water.
Not long after, Xu Hui and Xiao Wu also came back. Because Xu Xiaode also came to Lishan to celebrate the New Year, Xu Hui took Xiao Wu to visit them.
"Teacher, dad said that Duke Zhao wants to take over the power of the Foreign Affairs Academy." Xu Hui told the matter sensibly.
Li Yue smiled and said: "Ask aunt to send some fine salt to your father."
"Thank you, teacher."
Xu Hui laughed and entered the house with Xiao Wu.
In fact, I had told Li Yue about this matter before, but I didn't tell anyone else. Zhang Yang put his arm around her shoulders and whispered: "You are becoming more and more powerful as a mistress of the house now."
"Well, our family business is so big, I can only learn more. It's all taught well by my mother."
Zhang Yang chuckled and said, "It's been a while since the Taiye Pond construction started, and I don't know how prepared Yan Liben is. After spring, we should prepare for the second phase of fortifications."
The flintlock gun was finally useless. It was a failed experiment.
With failure comes experience. It will be much faster to build another one. It is still a problem with the craftsmanship. The craftsmanship needs to be improved.
Zhang Yang looked at his drawings and came up with several reasons. The first one was that the structure of the breech was changed. Fortunately, it only burned and did not explode.
If you want to improve the accuracy, you need to continue to compress the breech space. You need to use refined iron from Lishan. The barrel also needs to be remade to find the best accuracy.
In the end, it was Xiao Qingqing who wandered around Huaqing Pool and found the bullet. It turned out that it had deviated from its target and finally landed on the east side of Huaqing Pool. This deviation was really far enough.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Xiao Qingqing looked at a pair of big hands polishing ironware. He placed his hands on the table, his chin on his hands, and blinked his eyes curiously.
"I have a very powerful toy. Wait until daddy makes it for you to play with."
"Mom! Daddy said he would give me a gun to play with." Xiao Qingqing ran out again.
This made his wife roll her eyes at him, how could such a dangerous thing be given to a child to play with.
After dismantling the gun and keeping all the usable parts, Zhang Yang washed his hands and prepared to make dinner.
Although mutton hotpot is simple and hassle-free, my family is tired of it.
Zhang Yang stood in his kitchen, looking at a large pile of mutton, frowning, and saw that his aunt was going to deliver fine salt and take the mutton with her.
"Well, I feel much better without the mutton."
Nodding heavily, Zhang Yang looked at the pork ribs on the side. His wife was pregnant and was afraid that she wouldn't be able to eat it, so he made a meal of sweet and sour pork ribs.
I picked some vegetables from my own greenhouse. In winter, my dining table is always the warmest.
Li Yue ate the ribs and whispered: "New Year's Eve will be in two days. According to the rules of the village, a banquet will be held."
"Well, let's have a feast for three days."
"There are a lot of onions in the greenhouse. These onions and garlic grow so tall. I also bring some to the villagers."
Zhang Yang still nodded, "I'll listen to you."
After thinking about it again, Li Yue said again: "Distribute some more brown sugar to the villagers."
The daughter-in-law is the biggest mistress of the family in Lishan. She needs to reward the villagers of Lishan. After the meal, the couple settles the accounts.
Lishan's total profit this year was 53,000 guan, of which 30,000 guan was earned from business outside the customs, while the surplus within the pass was only 20,000 guan.
"The separation of the paper mill has reduced a lot of pressure on the family." Li Yue moved the abacus skillfully, "5,000 guan will be allocated to each family, and money will be given for various technological breakthroughs. This year, the blacksmith workshop will develop a pressure cooker. Also need to add money..."
When she finished the calculation, including wages and various rewards, the total would be more than 10,000 yuan.
But now her family has a fortune of millions, and Li Yue is very generous with her money. The richest woman in Lishan spares no effort to win people's hearts.
In fact, there is no need for her to bribe her. The villagers of Lishan are all simple and honest. As long as they are given a peaceful life, a surplus every time they harvest, and enough food and clothing, they can support Lishan wholeheartedly.
Now that my daughter-in-law is pregnant, she has to sleep with her daughter at night.
Zhang Yang looked at his small bed in the study, sighed and lay down, covered himself with quilt and prepared to fall asleep. As soon as he closed his eyes, thunderous snoring began. The bear grew bigger and bigger, and the snoring became louder and louder. Louder.
Being so noisy that he couldn't sleep, Zhang Yang suddenly sat up from the bed, holding an oil lamp in one hand and a stick in the other, intending to teach it a lesson.
As soon as he opened the door, he was greeted by a few snowflakes, which made him shiver from the cold. Zhang Yang had no choice but to put down the stick, return to the study room, and continue to endure the torture of the bear's snoring.
The main house of the family is very large, and the study is far away from the bedroom, so neither the wife's bedroom nor the daughter's room can be heard. Only the study window faces Little Bear's woodshed.
Really no longer sleepy, Zhang Yang stuffed some paper into his ears and simply continued drawing.
The next day, Zhang Yang walked out of the study listlessly. As soon as the genius showed up, his aunt brought hot porridge cakes, noodles, and scallion eggs and placed them on the table.
Pick up a hot pancake and a bowl of noodles and sit in front of your home to eat.
Although it was unsightly to sit in front of the house and eat, I was born in the country. I was also born in the country in my previous life, so I was used to eating breakfast like this.
The aunt carried a wooden basin in front of the woodshed. There were some pork and pig bones in the wooden basin, as well as half a chicken and porridge.
The bear is getting better and better at eating, from small bowls to large bowls, and now its food needs to be contained in a basin.
After watching it finish eating, it was still unsatisfied and staggered back to the woodshed.
Zhang Yang stared at the culprit bear that ruined his sleep. It didn't notice its owner's malice at all. Instead, it lay down after eating, lying there without sleeping, enjoying it very much.
After having dinner with her daughter, Li Yue asked Xiao Wu and Xu Hui to tell the villagers to prepare a banquet.
The two aunts each brought a basket of onions, garlic and vegetables to the villagers, and the villagers at the foot of the mountain cheered happily.
Vegetables are rare in winter. Except for a few allocated to Chang'an City, Lishan can't use many to be self-sufficient.
Zhang Yang continues to build his own workshop.
Seeing that her husband's project had completed all the walls, she nodded and said: "If you study in the study all day long, sooner or later your new home will be burned down."
Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly and said, "It's not that serious."
"Really?" Li Yue looked like he didn't believe this statement. "Since I started studying earth mines and flint hair, I have burned down sixteen tables."
"I'm ashamed. I'll try not to do these experiments in the study in the future, which will make Madam worried."
Li Yue suppressed a smile. She was very pleased with the lady's voice, but she straightened her expression and said, "I'm used to you calling me wife."
To mark the wooden strips and then saw them down, the workshop needs a very large table, on which a lot of equipment must be placed.
"My daughter said she really wanted a brother."
"She doesn't have anything to say about this kind of thing."
The snow today is not heavy, there is some snow on the ground, and there is still a lot of snow on the pine forest in the distance. The silvery scenery is very beautiful.
The aunt brought the accounts of the Hexi Corridor, "Your Royal Highness, the County Marquis, this is this year's taxes for the Hexi Corridor."
Lishan has 70% of the taxes from the Hexi Corridor. This is a deal reached with Tian Khan.
Di Zhisun collected customs duties in the Hexi Corridor, 70% of which belonged to Lishan, and the remaining 30% were handed over to the Central Government.
Li Yue looked through the accounts and said in surprise: "There are actually more than 8,000 strings."
Especially after the sale of liquor in Guanzhong began, the business environment in the Hexi Corridor has experienced unprecedented prosperity.
Including the inflow of pepper, jewelry and jade, this also allowed huge revenue from customs duties.
To ensure that the Tang Dynasty's money does not flow out too seriously, commercial taxes must be increased. The current tariffs in the Hexi Corridor are the heaviest.
It is also the highest income earner.
As for what was given to the court, there was only a little more than 2,000 guan.
Li Yue sighed: "Now I am a little worried about my father's health, and I don't know what he will think when he sees this account."
"What else can you think about it? If he dares to go back on his word after we established the document, I will go to Chengtianmen every day to demand the account."
Li Yue held her forehead in distress, "How can my father, the Emperor of Heaven, refuse to pay the bill?"
Di Zhisun contributed a lot to the construction of the Hexi Corridor. Today, the environment in Longxi is not as bad as in later generations. Even in the Hexi Corridor, you can now raise horses, herd sheep, and farm.
Protecting the environment must start now. Di Zhisun’s tree planting project has been going on for two years. Now he has planted a Populus euphratica forest, and more will be planted in the future. In addition to planting trees and managing the four counties in Hexi, he also needs to Busy helping Lishan with his business, buying and selling goods.
It will soon be the eleventh year of Zhenguan. Whether it is the Western Regions, Tubo, or the Anxi Protectorate, there will be many changes in the court.
Zhang Yang and his wife were sitting in the snow, "Your father will not give up on such a fat piece of tax."
"What about that?"
"Daughter-in-law, if I fight with your father, do you think your brothers and sisters will help me?"
Li Yue remained speechless for a while with a straight face.
"I think these little heartless people may not be able to help me when the time comes."
"Father will not argue with your husband."
"Let's do this. If your father comes to Lishan to bargain with me, you will let me sleep in the bedroom. If your father doesn't care, I will continue to sleep in the study."
"But my..."
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "No problem, I'll sleep on the floor!"
The couple made an agreement, and the snow stopped for a while.
The villagers at the foot of the mountain were preparing a banquet. Xiao Yu took the little girls in the village and saluted to the top of Lishan Mountain, "Thank you to Her Royal Highness the Princess and the County Marquis for giving us vegetables in the winter. We will loyally guard Lishan and never leave." "
The unity of the people in Lishan is unbreakable. Anyone who dares to quarrel with the county prince or Her Royal Highness the Princess will be at odds with the entire Lishan Mountain.
