No matter how intense the discussion between Sun Xiangfu and his family was on the question of whether to label themselves as saints, early the next morning, both of them dressed up and boarded the carriage to Weinan, the reason is naturally that last night's discussion was not finalized, and today, Yu Xiuer wants to enforce it.

"Xiu'er! Even if you record your husband's words and deeds, there is no need to follow them to Weinan, just go back and let Zhang Ke and them tell you to listen. ”

"Their memory is unreliable, besides, now that you are resistant to this matter, you will definitely find a way to avoid them."

"I, can't I resist it?"

"But your expression and tone tell me that you still resist."

It is said that a woman with a child will become fierce, Sun Xiangfu now understands that since they got married, the two have never had such a big disagreement, Yu Xiuer regardless of the breastfeeding of two children who are less than two months old, but also to implement this matter, so that Sun Xiangfu is really a little angry, he can't understand the woman born in the family for a while, after he has a child, why does he attach so much importance to the family inheritance, Yu Xiuer, who is a first-time mother, seems to have reacted a little too much, saint, it's not so easy to do.

"You must have an itchy throat and want to sing on stage, so you deliberately made such a play."

The atmosphere in the carriage was a little wrong, and Sun Xiangfu found a blunt reason to divert the topic.

"Compared with the great cause of the husband's sanctification, this hobby of the concubine is nothing, even if she doesn't sing in the future, the concubine is willing." Yu Xiu'er had a straight face, not like she was lying at all.

"Xiu'er, let's not be like this, people live for a lifetime to be happy, especially an optimist like your husband and me, if you are not happy, I am not happy to be an emperor."

"Optimist? Is this a new term for husband? Isn't it the meaning of indifference to fame and fortune? The concubine will record it. ”

Sun Xiangfu covered his forehead and said with a depressed face, "Where am I so noble as a husband, in fact, I also like fame and fortune very much, but I know more clearly, those fame and fortune can be obtained, and those fame and fortune cannot be obtained. ”

"But the concubine body just thinks that it should mean indifferent to fame and fortune."

"Oh my God, can you let me go······"

Sun Xiangfu arrived in Weinan with a sad face, he felt that Yu Xiuer was suffering from postpartum boredom paranoia, and she should find something to do for her. Her brain cells should be put up and running as soon as possible, and she should return to her normal state.

So, as soon as he got off the carriage, Sun Xiangfu pulled Yu Xiuer straight to the performance venue, and designated Yu Xiuer as the chief director of the performance, and asked Li Xiangdie, Yao Hongsleeve and others, no matter how big or small, to ask her, and then, he hurriedly ran to the inspection team headed by Li Shimin, and inspected various construction sites with him, all of them are men, Yu Xiuer is not easy to follow, and the performance will be held at night, and there are really a lot of things to do on the stage.

Compared with more than half a month ago, when Sun Xiangfu first came to inspect here, the setting of the smelter has been greatly adjusted, and the eight super-large workshops at the gate have become warehouses.

At present, it is impossible to reach the level of large boiler smelting like the iron and steel mills in later generations, but dozens of furnaces are turned on at the same time, and the output is also incomparable to any smelting workshop in Datang before.

Ma Zhou, who had been prepared for a long time, introduced after Li Shimin and a group of ministers walked into the smelting workshop, "Your Majesty, after the entire smelter starts production, there will be eight smelting production workshops, corresponding to different types of needs, producing steel materials, and each production workshop has 50 large smelting furnaces, and the daily output is expected to reach 100,000 catties." ”

100,000 catties, that is, about 50 tons, the daily output of 50 tons, excluding some rest days, the annual output is almost 17,800 tons, with the previous annual output of Datang smelting industry of almost 5,000 tons, just this smelting workshop is operational, which is equivalent to about three times the total output of Datang Iron and Steel.

Eight workshops, almost more than 20 times, plus the increase in smelting workshops in Shanyang, the total output almost has the ability to surpass the Song Dynasty in history, but in fact, it will take many years to achieve such a high output.

Because, if there are coking coal furnaces and smelting workshops, you don't have so many workers, you don't have so many mines, and it's in vain.

With Datang's current mining capacity, even in the summer and autumn when the mining volume is relatively large, it is already the limit to make the three production lines produce at full capacity, so the overall output can reach a little more than ten times the original, which is enough for the current use of steel in all aspects of Datang, after all, Datang does not have as much population as the Song Dynasty, and overcapacity will only lead to its cheap outflow.

Of course, this is only in the current market demand situation, if the future Datang wants to build more reinforced concrete buildings, then, even if the output is increased tenfold, it may not be enough, the output of any steel listed company in the future is many times this number, and I have not seen the country's infrastructure to a very high degree, it is really too big, the population is too big, even if the ore is opened, it may not be enough, a large number of dependence on imported ore, in order to slowly promote infrastructure projects.

When Li Shimin and all the ministers saw the smelting furnaces that were relatively huge during this period, and when they heard the data reported by Ma Zhou, they were all amazed, producing 100,000 catties of steel a day, which was something they could not have imagined in the past.

"Have you already started the trial? Can the yield be accurate? ”

"After each furnace is erected, a furnace is tried by the old smelters, according to the smelting time and the number of iron, there is no problem, but there are not enough skilled smelters to operate all the furnaces at the same time, and it will take about a month for the previously recruited apprentices to actually operate, and before the Spring Festival, the first smelting workshop should be able to operate."

Now it is November, there is still more than a month before the Spring Festival, the reason why Ma Zhou said that the time is more generous, because the forging workshop supporting the smelting workshop also has the problem of insufficient manpower, although the steel filling technology used in the smelting workshop is a new steelmaking method invented by Qi Wuhuaiwen during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which can reduce the number of repeated folding and forging, and is easy to operate and easy to master.

But theoretical training, is always theoretical training, before the workers who have not done this line of work do not have a month or two of actual operation, for each process is not very proficient in getting started, easy to produce unqualified things, this is the manufacturing industry in the early stage, the accumulation of experience must go through some of the process.

"Very good, if all the workshops can be operational, I, a Datang soldier, will be equipped with iron armor, who else in the world will dare to match it."

Li Shimin's dream is good, however, as a more pragmatic minister, Ma Zhoude let him stay sober.

"Your Majesty, it is very difficult for the smelter to be fully operational, unless the speed of ore mining is increased by more than ten times."

Hearing this, Li Shimin was stunned and said, "Didn't you already let you auction the mine and let the people organize mining on their own?" ”

According to the information he received before, the mine was sold a lot, and a lot of money was recovered for the imperial court, and at least a quarter of the more than 20 million yuan of military purchase money would come out of the income from the sale of minerals.

"Back to Your Majesty, the mine has sold some, but the output will not be able to be effectively enlarged for a while and a half, the mining technology of ordinary people is very limited, in addition, the winter is cold, and the transportation is not very easy to solve."

Speaking of mining technology, Li Shimin looked at Sun Xiangfu again, among the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty, he is the only one who is in the flow of technology.

"Well, that, Your Majesty, the minister is not omnipotent, since there are technical problems, Your Majesty should organize manpower research to overcome these technical problems, so many engineering students in the current scientific examination, but not let them come to the factory to be workers, in addition to managing workers, but also to set up a variety of industrial technology research groups to study and solve all the problems encountered in industrial production in Weinan."

Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded, turned his head to Yan Lide, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and said, "Zhengming's words Lide heard it!" I will ask the Ministry of Industry to build an industrial research institute in Weinan, as a place for all industrial technology research, and you will let those skilled craftsmen, as well as the engineers of the current department, set up a number of research groups, specifically collect and study these industrial developments, the technical problems encountered, whoever can find a solution to the problem, the imperial court will promote and reward him. ”

"No, after the minister goes down, handle it immediately."

Yan Lide received Li Shimin's new task, but Sun Xiangfu answered on the side, "Your Majesty, the imperial court actually only needs to be promoted, and the rewards can be rewarded by the owners of these factories, so that the research funds needed by these researchers will not be used by the imperial court, and if there are many research results, it may be able to bring high benefits to the imperial court." ”

Although the industrial technology research in this period is far from scientific research, the nature is the same, if you want to do something for a long time, then it is very important to keep it profitable and not become a burden to the imperial court.

Otherwise, once one of Li Shimin's descendants is short of money to spend, maybe a department like this will only cost the imperial court's money, and at that time, the road of technological research and development may be cut off again.

Of course, the theme of this inspection is not to check the progress of the construction of the new industrial city in Weinan, but to cheer up all the workers involved in the construction of Weinan, so that they can overcome difficulties and complete the construction of related industries and export ordnance weapons and equipment to the army before the imperial court and Goguryeo start a national war.

The location of the last gate of the smelter is the ore warehouse, here, there are a lot of workers are busy, in addition to carrying ore, they also have to break up the larger ore as much as possible to facilitate smelting, Li Shimin and the arrival of a minister, interrupted the workers who are in full swing.

"Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, you have worked hard, and I have come to see you."

Just one sentence, all the people who were still working hard just now stood on the spot in an instant, looking at Li Shimin with a look of disbelief, awe and worship.

"Your Majesty, at this time, it will be better if you go up and shake hands with them and pat the dust on their bodies."

Sun Xiangfu gritted his teeth and said in Li Shimin's ear in an extremely small voice.

Li Shimin didn't realize it, he didn't even look at Sun Xiangfu, and walked to the warehouse full of ore, and then, as Sun Xiangfu said, he grabbed the rough palm of the first worker, looked at the frozen wound on the back of his hand, and stroked it, "Hard work, you have bled and sweated for the prosperity and strength of the Tang Dynasty, and I and the country will not forget your credit." ”

Worker A, who was caught by his hand and trembled with excitement, was filled with a huge sense of happiness in his heart at this moment, and he almost fainted.

"The grass people don't work hard, the grass people don't work hard······"

Worker A held back for a long time, and only held back this sentence, Li Shimin smiled and patted his shoulder gently, and continued to shake hands with the second worker and the third worker on the ore pile.

I didn't think the dust on their hands was dirty, and while holding it, I said with a little shame, "I came a little late, your hands are frostbitten and bruised during the labor, I didn't think about it enough, but you don't have to worry about it in the future, I have brought you warm and comfortable cotton gloves, as well as cotton socks that can protect your ankles, Zhongqing, hurry up and work with me to distribute gloves and cotton socks to these fathers and villagers······