On the morning of early winter, the sun shines on the earth, giving people a warm feeling, not hot at all.

In the courtyard of the Chu Palace, Wang Xuanwu was a little clumsy and rode on the bicycle according to Li Kuan's appearance just now.

Originally, Li Kuan thought that he would definitely fall a few times, but in addition to the fact that the bicycle shook at the beginning and looked like he was about to fall, he didn't feel that Wang Xuanwu was a novice soon.

When Li Kuan learned to ride a bicycle by himself, it was still an old-fashioned bicycle of the Phoenix brand, and Li Kuan, who was young, had no way to sit on the cushion to study the school bike, so he could only stretch one foot under the crossbar in front of the cushion and learn to ride a bicycle in a peculiar posture.

For this reason, there is no less wrestling.

Now that I see Wang Xuanwu learning it directly, I really sigh at the difference between people and people's talents, it's really big.

"Lord Wang, is this bicycle the sharp weapon you said was prepared for the police station?"

Wang Xuance also looked at the bicycle his brother was riding with bright eyes.

Such a light and flexible bicycle is of great significance to the police station responsible for the security of Chang'an City.

In the past, it took a lot of time to go around a square.

If you have a bicycle, not to mention one lap a day, a few laps are enough.

To some extent, the exposure rate of the police is inversely proportional to the outbreak rate of the case.

That kind of invisible deterrent will make some criminals who are ready to move extinguish the years in their hearts.

"That's right, it's the bike. This king is going to equip the police of the two police stations in Chang'an City with a bicycle for each person, so that whether it is patrolling the streets or handling cases, the efficiency will definitely be greatly improved. ”

With a unified system and uniformly painted bicycles, Li Kuan feels that the freshly baked police will definitely attract a wave of attention.

For criminals, deterrence is sometimes more tangible than anything else.

Let everyone know that the police in Chang'an City are not easy to mess with, don't make trouble casually.

In a sense, it can be regarded as a way to improve the security of Chang'an City.

"Lord Wang, it's good, but if you have a bicycle per person, won't it be too extravagant?"

Wang Xuance felt that the bicycle in front of him was obviously a high-end thing, and now Li Kuan actually wanted to give every policeman one, what a luxury this must be.

Although the household department has had money in the past few years, it will definitely not agree to this expense.

Although the Chu Wangfu is rich and rivals the country, it is not suitable to equip the police station with bicycles out of his own pocket.

If this is the case, the act of secretly controlling the police station will become known to the world.

That's not the same as my starting point.

"The bicycle is of extraordinary significance to Datang. Although wealthy families have horse-drawn carriages to ride, the price of horse-drawn carriages is much higher than that of bicycles, and they need to raise horses and grooms, which are impossible for ordinary people to afford.

But bicycles are different, light and flexible, whether they are streets and alleys, cement roads and bad roads, they can pass. And its maintenance cost is very low, if every household has a bicycle, the efficiency of travel can be high.

As for your opinion that the bicycle is a luxury and the price will be high, Ben Wang has a different opinion. ”

The more Li Kuan said, the more he felt that the promotion of bicycles was of great significance.

In later generations, the automobile industry played a particularly huge role in driving a country's industry.

Whether it is the United States, Japan, or Germany, China, the automobile industry is a pillar industry of the national economy.

It is certainly unrealistic to engage in the automobile industry in Datang today.

Before, Li Kuan was thinking about discovering four-wheeled carriages on a large scale, but now it seems that the development of bicycles is the king.

The bicycle industry has a lot to offer.

This is not an exaggeration at all.

"Lord Wang, this bicycle uses a lot of stainless steel, and the price can't be lowered, right?"

Although Wang Xuance is also full of expectations for the bicycle, he is not as optimistic as Li Kuan.

For Datang, steel has never been a bargain.

Although a bicycle has been made of wood to the maximum, the weight of steel is still very large.

Wang Xuance is even worried that because of the popularity of bicycles, Datang's steel will fall into the hands of some opponents.

"It's time to reduce the price of ordinary steel. Now even the iron-making workshop of the Changsun family can directly smelt refined steel, and the price has not changed is a bit too much.

Some time ago, news came from Shuozhou that Nanshan Construction Engineering discovered a huge iron ore and coal mine on the way to build a cement road from Liangzhou to Shuozhou, and this king was going to build a new iron-making workshop near there, so that Datang's steel production would at least quadruple. ”

Huaxia is not a country rich in iron ore.

But this is only relative.

In terms of the annual output of more than one billion tons in the future, Huaxia will definitely not have so many iron ores to satisfy the iron and steel mills.

But the current output of Datang Iron and Steel is not even comparable to a private cottage steelmaking plant in later generations, how can there be a problem of insufficient iron ore?

As for coal, not to mention, there is no shortage at all.

In particular, the Ordos and Yulin areas in later generations were famous coal-producing areas.

As for Shanxi, which is now under the jurisdiction of Hedong Province, there is no shortage of coal.

Li Kuan expanded the ironmaking workshop of the Chu Wangfu from Chang'an City to the north, and the time was ripe.

Even because of the new iron-making workshop, a new city can appear on the frontier of the Tang Dynasty.

"Quadruple? Lord, this ...... Is this really okay? ”

Wang Xuance knew that Li Kuan had always been very bold, but it was still very scary to quadruple at every turn.

Of course, it's not that Datang doesn't need so much steel, but that the sudden increase is so big that Wang Xuance feels that he can't adapt to it for a while.

"Since our royal ironmaking workshop invented the technology of direct smelting of refined steel, Datang's steel output has increased by at least ten times compared to the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, right? It's quadrupling now, it's not that exaggerated, right? ”

Li Kuan felt that not to mention quadrupling, even if it was more, it would not be enough to see it compared to later generations.

Of course, there is no point in such comparisons.

After all, the degree of industrial development is not at one level.

"If you can really add so much steel, then the price of the bike can be reduced a lot. This is the gospel of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Wang Xuance's heart suddenly became excited.

With so much steel in control of the Chu Palace, wouldn't it be possible to have as many weapons as you want?

If necessary, it can be produced in a short time.

"Steel, cement and coal are the foundation of Datang's industrial development, and we must not only increase steel production, but also synchronize coal. As for cement, the technology can be further opened up to allow more cement workshops to appear on the land of Datang. ”