"Old Zuo, when will the new rifles, mortars and other weapons delivered by your logistics department start to be transported to the northwest?" The day after Xu Tianxiang returned to the General Staff Building, that is, on December 20, the third year of the Apocalypse, he began to coordinate all the logistics of the war in the northwest, although the roads in the northwest were difficult to travel, Xu Tianxiang was still ready to send a corps to Hexi, and join the headquarters of Liu Baoliang of the Seventh Corps stationed there for training, ready to send troops into Gansu at any time to support the front line. At this moment, he sat directly in the office of Zuo Tiancheng of the Logistics Department and asked about the transportation of new weapons in Fengzhou.

"I said Tianxiang, you don't have to worry about what I do, now I even sent my deputy minister to Fengzhou to keep an eye on Qin Yao's arsenal, I'll install one piece out of the factory over there, so it's not okay." Zuo Tiancheng poured Xu Tianxiang a cup of tea and said with a wry smile: "Don't urge me in your general staff, at the end of this year, my logistics department also has a bunch of things to deal with, even if I don't care about Qin Yao in the arsenal." But I'm just worried that there won't be enough of them. ”

Zuo Tiancheng also sighed and said: "Before March, even if Qin Yao started all the second and third factories in Shenzhou and Tianjin, the shortage of guns still can't be satisfied, and there are no less than 200,000 regular troops in the northwest, and it is good that we can guarantee the production of 100,000 in three months, how can we meet the need to redress 200,000 troops in three months?" And the guns are still secondary, mainly bullets, and the total number of bullets produced in a month is not enough for them to fight a medium-sized battle on the front line. This new rifle is not only powerful, but most importantly, the bullet consumption is too large, and we can't get that much ammunition together in a short time? ”

"Didn't we have hundreds of millions of bullets in stockpiles before? How? Can't use it? Xu Tianxiang didn't understand what was going on for a while, and asked in surprise. Speaking of which, he was not to blame, he had never seen this new rifle until now, so he didn't know what the difference was from the previous ammunition.

"Tianxiang, I said that you can't always sit in Chang'an every day as a chief of staff, and have time to go to Fengzhou to have a look. This new rifle is not just a breech gun, even the bullets are redesigned, our previous Mini bullets are basically gone, and they can only be retired to the National Guard and the Ministry of Guards together with the Apocalypse rifles in service. Zuo Tiancheng shook his head and said: "Our current five major ammunition factories can only produce 10 million rounds of ammunition in a month, how many can this two average to 200,000 hands?" ”

"Forget it, I don't care about this matter, I'll leave it to you and Qin Yao to deal with, anyway, I don't care, according to the ammunition reserves of the field corps compiled by the emperor, the one-time ammunition carrying capacity of the combat readiness troops must be more than two bases, and you must find a way to produce enough ammunition before the senior brother sends troops in March, and you must also be responsible for sending it to the front line." Xu Tianxiang gritted his teeth and began to say a little scoundrel.

"You're bullying, okay?" Zuo Tiancheng was a little helpless about the appearance of this goods, but he also knew what he was worried about, so he nodded and said: "Forget it, I'm afraid of you, I'll try to solve it as much as possible, but I suggest that the Apocalypse One Rifle should not be so anxious to recover it for the time being, so that if the ammunition is not enough, it will not let the soldiers on the front line face the Uighur cavalry with burning sticks." ”

"I have already arranged for some of the elite soldiers of the trained Guards Battalion to go to the northwest, so that when the time comes, I can explain and train the Western Expeditionary Army on new tactics." Xu Tianxiang stood up and shook his head and began to walk out directly, no matter what, Zuo Tiancheng had already nodded, so according to his temperament, he would definitely do his best to find a way to solve the problem of ammunition. In fact, the logistics department and Qin Yao's equipment department really solved most of the ammunition problems within three months, but this brought great problems to the transportation on the Hexi side in the early spring.

Xu Tianxiang was staring at the logistics of the war, while Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi were discussing the five-year industrial plan that had been given to him before, which was laid out according to the composition of the previous economic center. The previous six major economic centers have basically had a preliminary prototype so far, the northern heavy industry center represented by Fengzhou, which is also the area with the fastest industrial development in the Tang Empire, because it is the starting place of Li Xuanqing and Tiance Army, and now it has become the cradle of the imperial industry, according to the statistics of Fengzhou Thorn Shifu, the proportion of industry and commerce in Fengzhou in the economic structure has accounted for more than sixty percent, and most of them are heavy industry and manufacturing. This is based on the fact that Toyoshu, which already has a mature commercial grain production and a huge animal husbandry brought by the abundant grasslands, can account for 60% of the proportion, which already shows that Toyoshu has basically achieved industrialization. Among the other economic centers, it is impossible to achieve the point of Fengzhou, because Guanzhong is the capital of Chang'an, it is basically a comprehensive economic development structure, and it is close to the political center, so most of them are business-oriented, plus this model of scientific and technological research and development. Tianjin is a little better, because it is backed by the heavy industry center of Shenzhou in the north, plus shipbuilding and weapons manufacturing, so the development is relatively good, but several other places can't be said, Chengdu, Central Plains and Hangzhou are basically commerce, and even agriculture occupies an absolutely dominant position. This cannot be blamed on the governments of these places, the Central Plains and Jiangnan are places with traditional agricultural development, and Chengdu in the southwest is the same. In the south, Guangzhou and other places have developed into port centers due to the rapid development of maritime trade, and the advantages and disadvantages brought by the rapid development of foreign trade are also obvious.

"What does the emperor mean to establish and improve the Northern Industrial Belt?" Cen Tianshi had already finished studying Li Xuanqing's plan in the past few days, so he was a little puzzled: "Isn't our industry in the north already very perfect?" ”

"Sir, what the big brother means is to thoroughly integrate the industrial development of the north on the basis of the current situation, and combine the industrial development of the northern provinces and regions in a planned and purposeful way, and optimize the combination to form a northern industrial belt, from Fengzhou to Tianjin, such a long industrial development area." Qiaoxi said: "In this area, we should establish and improve the road system, improve the industrial categories, and a complete system from the source to the finished product." ”

"In short, based on Fengzhou, accelerate the radiation of Hezhong and Bingzhou, establish a system from mineral development to processing and smelting and finally become a finished product, and establish a manufacturing center with Shenzhou and Tianjin as the terminal, and radiate the entire Bohai Bay industrial belt to the outside world, and strengthen the railway transportation between the two, in addition to the construction of waterway and land transportation." Li Xuanqing also refers to the industrial development trajectory of later generations to sort out the method, Fengzhou's current industrialization has been obvious, with Fengzhou as the leader can allow the surrounding upstream and downstream industries to develop rapidly. The five-year plan for industrial development that Li Xuanqing is now going to do is to increase the investment of the empire on this basis, promote the development of industry again, and truly establish this region into a pattern similar to the current economic structure of Fengzhou.

In addition to manufacturing, large-scale coal mining and processing in Bingzhou has also become the top priority of the development of this industrial belt, which is related to the development of the chemical industry. The chemical industry represented by the industrial group already has a certain technical reserve, and it is very important to start from coal to establish a complete set of chemical industry foundation, which is very convenient to develop in various parts of the state. Moreover, in addition, the three acids and two alkali bases prepared by Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi will also start construction at the same time, thus completely reversing the embarrassing situation that the current industrial development only has one leg to walk.

This is a bit similar to Murong and their plan for next year, but Murong's plan doesn't seem to be as comprehensive as the emperor's plan. However, I have already given this plan to Murong and asked him to sort it out before next year's Imperial Conference. Cen Tianshi nodded and said, "When it comes to February, I will go to Fengzhou to supervise on the spot, so that the emperor's plan can be launched as soon as possible." ”

"Mr. doesn't have to do everything, Murong has a very good set of industrial development, and he himself is from the Murong family, and now he is the head of the six giants, as long as he mobilizes the strength of the six giants, he will definitely be able to assist the empire and improve the northern industry as soon as possible." Li Xuanqing waved his hand and said: "The top priority is that the cabinet and the Ministry of Finance need to prepare sufficient funds, otherwise it will inevitably affect the economic development of the whole country." Moreover, although at present our main force is to develop the northern economic belt, several other economic centers cannot be stagnant because of this, and we must ensure that the investment is not less than this year, so as to lay a good foundation and undertake the industrial transfer of the northern economic belt in the future. ”

"I have only one question." Cen Tianshi smiled bitterly: "We have produced so many industrial products, but we are afraid that we can't digest them inside the empire, right?" If it is shipped abroad to be sold, will it expose our technology? "Cen Tianshi has been the prime minister for three years, and his first term has passed more than half of his term, so he naturally knows all aspects of industrial development. Li Xuanqing vigorously develops industry, then it will inevitably bring a large number of terminal products, although the speed of economic development within the empire is very fast, the internal market will be gradually expanded, and the demand for industrial products of the wealthy imperial people will also accelerate the rise, but according to the current population estimates, the industrial products produced after the completion of a northern industrial belt alone can almost fill the domestic market, which is not counting the output of several other economic centers in recent years. Therefore, it is imperative to open up the external market, which is related to the development of the empire, but Cen Tianshi is not worried about what means Li Xuanqing uses to open the market, but is worried that once the foreign market is opened, the empire's industrial technology will leak with the outflow of these finished products.

"Sir, don't worry, our technology will not be leaked, and the empire needs enemies, otherwise the peace in the world will inevitably kill our ambitions, and in the end we will still be in danger. There is a cloud in the art of war, although the country is big, the warlike will die, but forgetting the war will be dangerous. Only after the enemy can our children and grandchildren always be vigilant, so that they dare not indulge and always strive for progress. ”

Li Xuanqing's words were heavy and solemn, and he said slowly: "Before the Anshi Rebellion, my Tang Empire was thousands of miles long, all countries came to the court, and the four Yi were subdued, and the national strength was on a higher level. But it wasn't overnight, Chang'an was confused and out of control. The empire we want to build is to always maintain the ambition of being aggressive, to maintain the heart of the founding father, and only then can the empire survive. ”

"And to be able to maintain this kind of unhesitation, we need to erect a place for future generations to make contributions to their careers, so that they will always have enemies." Li Xuanqing's voice revealed a faint emotion: "So sir, don't worry that our technology will be leaked, and even I don't have to worry that those outsiders will learn our technology, as long as our Chinese nation can always be so open-minded, we will never lag behind others." ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, I think I understand." Cen Tianshi solemnly clenched his fists and said solemnly: "The Anshi Rebellion is the national martyrdom that my Tang Dynasty will never erase, I will find a way to let the people of the empire remember these forever, only by remembering the past and not forgetting the future can we learn from history to know the rise and fall." ”

"This is much more difficult than the establishment of the Northern Industrial Belt, and it is too difficult for the people and future generations to inherit the aspirations of their predecessors and enter them from generation to generation so that the empire will always be positive." Li Xuanqing shook his head and said with a wry smile, he has nothing to do about this matter, even if he copied the political system of his previous life and tried his best to improve the level of economic development, but the inertia that this person should have is still not a good way for a while. In the history of the previous life, Huaxia stood on the top of the world for too long, and Dugu sought defeat, so he would die by himself, and all the tricks he thought of were not to deal with foreign enemies but to fight among his own people, so that he abolished his martial arts, so that he had a hundred years of darkness. The unexpected arrival of Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi in this life, the troubled times after this prosperous world, are very similar to the prosperous and declining scenes of later generations, so Li Xuanqing can't let any hidden dangers appear in his hands again no matter what.

Li Xuanqing's ingenuity naturally understood, so when he saw Li Xuanqing's expression, he stood up and walked to his side, shook Li Xuanqing's sleeve and said: "Big brother, don't worry, our empire has just been established not long ago, and all the people and the top leaders of the empire are out of the era of striving for progress and being aggressive, so we have a lot of time to formulate various policies to influence the next generation, as long as we can inherit the spirit of our ancestors, I believe that our Chinese people will be worse than other nations?" After all, we are still the people of the Heavenly Empire. ”

Qiaoxi's unintentional words made the two men present tremble, and they looked up at each other almost at the same time, and both found the meaning in each other's eyes.