Chen Xuanli and Ang Lee have worked together, fought against strong enemies together, climbed watchtowers together in the East Women's Country, according to the words of later generations, they have fought together, and they have found good brothers who have found women together, and the feelings between the two sides are naturally not different, so when speaking, there is no need to pay too much attention to details, let alone too much politeness. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The general will always be young, and the general will always be majestic, so it's all right!"

Li An couldn't help but smile, paused, and said, "General, there is one thing that I don't know if I should tell you or not." ”

"If you have anything to say, what can you do in front of the old man, Li Shilang is now His Majesty's celebrity, what else can I do to you?"

Chen Xuanli is the one who leads the soldiers, obviously he doesn't like this kind of mother-in-law and mother very much, and he also thinks that Li An should not be such a person, after all, they have worked together, Li An led the troops to fight, climbed the watchtower of the East Queen, but never hesitated.

"The prime minister of the East Female Country gave birth to a son, who looks quite similar to the general."

Li An said softly, and looked at Chen Xuanli with eyes that all men understand.

When Chen Xuanli heard this, he nodded first, then looked at Li An, and said excitedly: "She really gave birth to a son, is it my Chen Xuanli's species?" Ha ha! It's really good, I didn't expect that I, Chen Xuanli, would be able to grow old and have children. ”

After getting Ang Lee's affirmative eyes, Chen Xuanli was at a loss for excitement, he had not added an heir for more than ten years, but when he was looking for joy in the East Female Country, he unexpectedly got a son, this feeling is what people often say, if you have the intention to plant flowers and flowers, you will not bloom, and you will unintentionally plant willows and willows.

He spent so much effort on the belly of several of his mothers-in-law, but he didn't add any more heirs for more than ten years, and went to Zhao Mengjie with the intention of seeking joy, but unexpectedly got a son, which feels so cool for an old man, not to mention how cool it is.

"Li Shilang, do you have anything to say to Mengjie?"

Chen Xuanli looked at Ang Lee with eager eyes, looking forward to Ang Lee's answer.

"Oh, the little prime minister said, she and the general will definitely see each other again, I hope the general doesn't forget that she is."

"No, no, how could I forget her? One more son, hahaha! ”

Chen Xuanli's complexion was already very good, but now that he heard that Zhao Mengjie gave birth to a son for him, he was in a better mood, as if he was dozens of years younger all of a sudden.

"General, you slowly steal the fun! I'm going back. ”

Ang Li didn't have much time to talk to Chen Xuanli, and Yan Ruyu, who was like a flower at home, was still waiting for him to go back to eat?

"Wait, Li Shilang, how did you get today? How much black powder has been made, and the old man still has to report it to His Majesty? ”

Chen Xuanli was stunned for a moment, patronizing and chatting, almost forgetting the big thing.

Li An frowned and said the number of finished black powder.

"So much? It has only been one day to make so much black powder, and His Majesty will be very happy to know it. ”

Chen Xuanli was surprised, of course his mood was better, this was simply overjoyed, overjoyed.

However, Li Anke didn't have much time to accompany Chen Xuanli to be happy, he was going back to accompany his wife Yan Ruyu, and after bowing to Chen Xuanli, Li An left the black powder workshop and went straight to Dayefang's home.

These laborers working in the workshop have to work six to eight hours a day, which is really hard to catch up with the American black slaves in later generations, but fortunately Ang Lee did not fall into such a fate, otherwise, it would really be worse than death!

After learning that the production rate of black powder was extremely alarming, Li Longji's mood could not be calmed for a long time, and he immediately called a number of high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Industry and asked them to immediately arrange manpower to mine all the iron ore in the Guanzhong area, and to recruit enough labor to ensure the progress of mining.

In a very short period of time, the main personnel were allocated to collect labor and carry out large-scale mining of iron mines.

In addition, if there are several mines that have been mined by the mine owners, they will immediately find the family forces behind these mine owners, let them obey the overall situation, buy the black powder of the imperial court, and use all of them to mine the mines, and these families naturally dare not offend the emperor, and all of them said that they will appropriately increase the manpower and buy the black powder of the imperial court to increase the mining efficiency.

The large-scale mining of iron ore is progressing in an orderly manner, and the black powder workshop, under the helm of Ang Lee, has entered an increasingly mature operation mode.

With these black powder as the basis, Li Longji's confidence rose, and he immediately sent people to the black powder workshop to take out these black powder bags that could be used directly and transport them to various mines.

In order to alleviate the financial pressure, the imperial court had to sell the extremely low-cost black powder to the families who needed to mine minerals at five times the profit, and warned them that they could only use it for mining, otherwise they would be punished.

The family owns all kinds of mines, all of which need black powder to blast, and they don't know the true composition of black powder, so even if the imperial court sells it to them at five times the profit, they don't know that they are slaughtered, but they think it's very cheap, and they all compete to buy it, which greatly relieves the financial pressure on the imperial court and gives the imperial court money to do more things.

Since these black powders were transported to the major mines, there will be a loud rumbling sound every day on the nine iron mines in Guanzhong, and the mining of iron ore has entered a gratifying acceleration stage, and a large number of pig iron raw materials have been continuously transported into Chang'an City.

At the same time, the black powder packets sold to the major nobles were also transported to mines across the country to speed up the mining progress of these mines.

The speed of the configuration of black powder is too fast, and the use of various mines and the purchase of the family family are not enough to consume the production capacity of the workshop, so after just half a month, all the underground warehouses of the black powder workshop are full, and there is a gratifying overcapacity of black powder.

However, even so, Li An did not let the six hundred people idle, although the black powder can no longer be configured, but the grinding of the three raw materials can not be stopped, the ground charcoal powder, sulfur powder and saltpeter powder are packed in the clay pots of their respective workshops, and stacked together for storage, these raw materials are stored separately, there is no safety hazard, naturally there is no need to consider safety, and there is no need to occupy the underground warehouse.

Li Longji will be informed of all kinds of situations in the workshop as soon as possible, so Li Longji is also very clear about the situation of the black powder explosion in the workshop, and at the same time, by selling the black powder to the family, the imperial court has also received a lot of income, so that he can do a lot of meaningful things, all of which made Li Longji very excited, and decided to immediately summon Li An to discuss the next plan with Li An.

"Li Shilang, Your Majesty is in the Zuozang Library, not in the Zichen Palace."

A little eunuch waited at the gate of Daming Palace for a long time, saw Li An arrive, and after greeting him, he hurriedly took Li An to the Zuozang Library.

When Li An stepped into the Zuozang Vault, he saw that Li Longji was happily listening to the introduction of the officials of the Zuozang Vault, and he laughed twice from time to time, showing an excitement that could not be concealed.

Behind Li Longji was a small warehouse full of copper coins, gold and cloth, and a small warehouse next to him was stacked with a large amount of pig iron materials, which looked really a lot.

"Weichen Li An see Your Majesty."

Li An respectfully saluted Li Longji.

"Haha! Li Shilang, you came just in time, look, these are the income from the sale of black powder, here are the pig iron raw materials transported back from the major mines, how about it, a lot! ”

Li Longji said happily.

"Yes! Weichen didn't expect that there would be so many, this is all His Majesty's way of governing the country, and the ministers have done their best. ”

Li An slapped a sycophant, which made Li Longji even more happy.

"If it weren't for Li Shilang's invention of black powder, I would have been able to govern the country again, and no matter how hard the courtiers did their best, they would not have achieved such results.

Li Longji praised Li An, and walked to Zuozang, and Li An followed.

"Your Majesty Xuanweichen is here today, there must be something important to discuss!"

Li An believes that Li Longji will definitely not just praise himself when he comes here, there must be something to discuss, and it is a very important matter.

Li Longji pondered for a moment, and said: "Li Shilang also saw it just now, in just half a month, there are so many accounts in the Zuozang Treasury, and there is no longer a shortage of iron, I feel that the plan to lay the rails can be implemented." ”

'I'm going, I'm in a hurry than I am, and the train hasn't been invented yet?' It's just a human-powered rail car, which is in a hurry to promote? ’

Li An felt that Li Longji was really a little too eager, and only then did he have a little family background, so he couldn't wait to lay the railroad tracks.

"Your Majesty, spring ploughing is coming soon, should we wait until after spring ploughing to think about laying railroad tracks?"

Li An felt that spring plowing could not be delayed, and besides, there was no need to be in such a hurry.

"Of course, I won't delay the spring ploughing, now think about it first, and after the spring ploughing, start the construction, so that when the construction starts, there will be no rush, in addition, the black powder workshop is full, I always have to find something for you to do, lest you have nothing to do and be gossiped about by other ministers."

Li Longji opened his mouth to explain that he is the king of a country, and his consideration of the problem is naturally more comprehensive, of course, he will not ignore the current situation of spring ploughing, and in addition, he also considers that Li An is too idle and wants to find something for him to do.

"Oh, then which railway does Your Majesty plan to lay first, Weichen can go and explore the road conditions first."

Li An knew that Li Longji, the big boss, would not let himself be too idle, how could there be a kind boss in the world, but Li An was very curious, which road would Li Longji choose to pave first?

Li Longji pondered for a moment, and said: "I have discussed with the ministers that if you want to lay the railroad tracks, you should first lay the section from Chang'an to Luoyang, but Chang'an to Luoyang stretches for seven or eight hundred miles, and the distance is a little too long, so I decided to lay a railway track from Chang'an to the Hot Spring Palace first, and start laying it from outside the north gate of Daming Palace, what does Li Shilang think?" ”

"Your Majesty, Chang'an to Luoyang must pass through the Hot Spring Palace, first lay this section just to test the operation of the rail car, and wait for the iron to be prepared sufficiently, and then continue to lay to Luoyang."

Now that Li Longji has already thought about it, of course Li An will not object, anyway, there is nothing to do now, and inspecting the road conditions is regarded as tourism.

"Okay, from tomorrow, Li Shilang doesn't have to go to the black powder workshop, he will go directly to inspect the road conditions, and draw the best path to lay on the drawings to facilitate the laying work that will start after spring ploughing."

Seeing that Li An was full of promises, Li Longji directly ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li An opened his mouth to respect the order, and looked at Li Longji, and suggested: "Your Majesty, in the future, Datang may have to lay more railroad tracks, and they are all counting on Weichen alone, but I am afraid that I will not be able to catch it, so it is better to let Weichen lead some manufacturable materials to inspect the road conditions together, so that under the guidance of Weichen, these people can design the road to lay rails alone in the future." ”

"Well, Li Shilang is reasonable, it should be so, I will ask the Ministry of Industry to mobilize talents to follow Li Shilang to inspect the road together, Li Shilang should cultivate these talents well, as long as the main roads of the Tang Dynasty are all laid with railroad tracks in the future, the officials of the states and counties can arrive in the capital faster, and the ministers I send will also arrive in the states and counties faster, which is very convenient!"

Li Longji has personally experienced the comfort of the iron wheel carriage, and knows that people can sit in the iron wheel carriage for a longer time, and in addition, as long as the manpower responsible for driving in front is doubled, the wheel can be driven forward day and night, so that the time to reach the destination can be shortened by many times.

"Your Majesty, Weichen still has an idea, I don't know if I should mention it?"

"Li Shilang has any ideas, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Your Majesty, there are still many ideas in Weichen's mind, but they all need to be studied, but Weichen's ability alone is really limited, if there are more talents, and Weichen cooperates, Weichen may be able to invent more things more easily, including transforming the iron wheel car better."

Li An said.

"Haha! My skilled craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty are all concentrated in the Ministry of Industry, and I will now appoint you as the squire of the Ministry of Industry, so that you can enter and exit the official office of the Ministry of Industry at will, and if you have any ideas that need to be studied, you can directly order all the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to cooperate, so it should be okay! ”

Li Longji was very generous and gave Li An a big official of the squire, so that the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household both had two squires in power at the same time, of course, for Li An, this is just a title with a little power, and the specific affairs of the Ministry of Industry are still the responsibility of the original squire, and he does not need to be responsible for these mundane affairs.

"Your Majesty, Weichen will go back and prepare, and he will start inspecting the road to the Hot Spring Palace early tomorrow morning."

Ang Lee thanked him and left. (To be continued.) )

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