With the improvement of the smelting process, the output of steel has increased suddenly, and although the steel produced cannot reach the level of steel, it is much harder than ordinary iron.

In the process of refining, adding some scrapped steel, or practiced steel scraps, etc., can also greatly improve the output rate of steel.

With the emergence of coke, the smelting industry has been further improved.

Today, Datang Iron and Steel output is enough to be called the world's first.

There are a total of 17 new iron-smelting workshops in the country, all of which are the latest smelting technology, and these lower output can also smelt three or four thousand catties of steel per day, and the output of higher ones can reach seven or eight thousand catties per day.

What restricts Datang's iron and steel output now is not the smelting process, or the shortage of iron-smelting workshops, but the serious shortage of iron ore.

There is iron ore, but after all, it needs to be mined a little bit manually, and the speed is naturally not as good as the workshop to practice one furnace at a time.

Coupled with the inconvenience of iron ore transportation, it has caused various difficulties today.

But even so, Datang's annual steel output has reached nearly 30 million catties, with steel accounting for about one-third and iron accounting for two-thirds.

Today's output can be said to be a hundred times that of before.

The road of industrialization will only get stronger and stronger, not weaker.

Since the moment he became the emperor, Li Yuanji has strengthened this belief to start the industrial revolution in advance in the Tang Dynasty and bring the entire ancient society into the industrial society.

It's not easy to do, but if you don't change it, you won't be able to do anything in the end.

"Do you know why I would give up everything else and devote all my energy here?" Pointing to the carriage in front of him, Li Yuanji asked calmly.

There is still the same problem as before, what do I have to think is to do it directly, and there is a lack of communication with the ministers, which has caused the current situation, the ministers do not understand why they are doing this, but they dare not say anything.

This was good for the emperor, but it was not without problems.

Now, Li Yuanji hopes to release his thoughts through Li Tao.

Looking at the strange carriage, Li Tao really couldn't understand what this thing was for? He shook his head one after another.

"This, I call it a railway, fixed by rails, a special carriage on it, the weight of the goods carried, more than three percent more than other carriages, more importantly, four horses, can pull five cars, the speed is faster than ordinary carriages, from here to Luozhou, take the previous official road, it takes seven or eight days, take the new official road, it takes five or six days, but take this, at most three days, no matter day or night, you don't need to stop to rest, you only need to change the horses on the way." Pointing to the carriage, Li Yuanji said in high spirits.

I wanted to call the train directly, but how could the horse-drawn call the fire? It's more realistic to simply call it a railway.

The earliest trains were powered by horses, and because the railway had a relatively stable track, the friction was less than that of ordinary roads, so it would be easier for horses to pull up, and the speed was much faster than that of ordinary ground carriages.

But the problem is not impossible, for example, horse-drawn trains, which are more likely to derail.

After all, the horse is not a steam engine, as a power source, if there is a human handling error, the direction in which the horse provides power may be problematic, but this situation generally occurs when the car is empty, or when the curve is at a large angle, if you take the straight, plus the special carriage, you basically don't have to worry about the problem of derailment.

"If a railroad is built to the border, once there is a situation on the border, the time for the army to support will be half less than before, and what will happen in this half of the time, I don't need to say more, right?" Li Yuanji continued, "Even if there is no war, these railways can also be used as freight transportation, fast speed, which naturally means that the time is short, the same time can transport more goods, the price will naturally be cheaper, and when the time comes, the railway will be full of carriages carrying goods, what kind of scene is that?" ”

"The rise of commerce means that the money available in the hands of the people will increase, and if the people have money in their hands, the country will naturally have money and will naturally be strong."

"Besides, do you know why I'm so big about business?" Li Yuanji continued to ask.

"Isn't it because the treasury is empty and it will not be able to fill the vacancy in a short time?" Li Tao was stunned, he knew this answer, and many people knew it.

Li Yuanji shook his head and said: "That's just one of them, when commerce is developed enough, the money in the treasury will naturally be too much to be used up, if you want to get rich, build roads first, haven't you heard of this?" ”

Li Tao was stunned suddenly, and looked at Li Yuanji in great surprise.

If you want to get rich and build roads first, Li Yuanji said this as early as a year ago, and he naturally heard it.

He was surprised by the previous words, when commerce is developed enough, the money in the treasury will naturally be too much to be used up.

Building cement roads and railways, whether suitable or not, at least proves that Li Yuanji is building roads and promoting the development of commerce in this way.

As an ancient farming nation, the main income of the Chinese government comes from the taxes paid by the common people, which is as stable as a dog, so much every year, and there will rarely be a large deviation, unless there is a natural disaster, the emperor pardons the taxes of a certain place.

But the disadvantages are also obvious, there is only so much money, and the expenses of the government at all levels are so large, there are naturally not many that can be used for other places.

Li Yuanji's work has always been confusing, even incredible, but it turns out that his decisions are not bad.

Listening to Li Yuanji's words, Li Tao thought of another unbelievable result, and was a little surprised and couldn't open his mouth and said, "Your Majesty wants to reduce taxes?" ”

The fundamental reason for the happiness of the life of the farming people lies in the level of taxes, the lower the taxes, the happier the people, and the more unhappy they are.

For this reason, many emperors, even if they wanted to reduce taxes, had no choice but to give up because of the lack of revenue in the treasury.

I have to say that Li Yuanji's idea is quite novel, to make up for this gap by promoting commerce, and the income supplemented by commerce is used to reduce the burden of the people.

Once this thing is really done, as long as the old Li family does not do anything that hurts nature and reason, and loses their conscience, there will be people who want to rebel, and the people will not want to.

This trick is ruthless, really ruthless!

"Nope! You only guessed the beginning, but not the end! Li Yuanji ruthlessly smashed Li Tao's speculation, it stands to reason that he talked about economic issues with the secretary of the First Military Department, which was a very uninteresting problem, but Li Yuanji still talked about it with relish, and couldn't help but put on a kingly posture, looked into the distance, and pretended to be X: "There is consistent money in commercial taxes, and I will order that this year's total national tax will be reduced consistently, and if there are ten, it will be reduced by ten, and the reduction is not the goal, my purpose is to cancel the taxes that are apportioned to the people." ”

"Take ...... Cancel? Li Tao was taken aback, and instantly closed his mouth in shock, thinking that his ideas were enough for that, but he didn't expect Li Yuanji's idea to be more advanced, and directly cancel the people's taxes.

"Yes, it's canceled. How much money do people have for a year? After half of the people go to farm, half of the people go to work to make money, and the combination of the two will naturally not be bad. ”

"This ......" Li Jing couldn't imagine what kind of scene it would be like when that moment really came?

It can only be said that Li Yuanji's idea is very peculiar, and for the people, it is tantamount to a bombshell, but it is not a bomb that kills them, but a bomb that sends them happiness.

After Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, he promulgated a new policy in the second year of Wude, establishing a new tax system and regulating rents.

That is, according to the rent of Dingna, each Ding pays two stones of grain every year, two zhang of silk, and three taels of cotton, which is rent.

Yong is forced labor, working for the government for 20 days a year.

The tune is the household survey, and the male is accepted according to the local production.

There are those that began to be implemented in the Sui Dynasty, and there are also new ones created by the Tang Dynasty, in addition, there are not many miscellaneous taxes in the Tang Dynasty, so if there are no natural disasters at this time, the people's lives are still very good.

Now Li Yuanji is actually thinking about canceling the tax, although these two items do not mean mediocrity, but according to Li Yuanji's previous practice, it is very likely that they will be canceled together.

It's amazing, it's unbelievable.

Li Tao didn't even dare to imagine what would become of the Tang Dynasty when the imperial court promulgated this decree?

I don't know if the people will slack off on farming because of this, but it is certain that without the pressure of taxes, they will definitely live a happier life.

And for the royal family, for the emperor, the benefits are too great.

By replacing the people's taxes with commerce, the income of the imperial court did not decrease, but on the contrary, it continued to rise if it was operating well.

Of course, the biggest gain is not these money and other things, but prestige.

Don't underestimate the prestige of the ancient emperor, Li Shimin because he forced Li Yuan to give up the throne to him, until now the people are jealous of him, and when they learned that the King of Qi overthrew Li Shimin, the people even celebrated, although Li Yuanji later also became the emperor, but it was Li Yuan willingly, and Li Yuan often appeared freely, which also proved that Li Yuanji did not force him, and the goodwill naturally returned to Li Yuanji's side.

In this era, as long as the emperor guarantees not to raise taxes, the people of the world can be grateful.

In this era, even if the emperor has been doing mischief all his life and making the people miserable, as long as the emperor has an edict against himself, all the resentment in the hearts of the people can be erased.

It is even conceivable that as long as Li Yuanji promulgates this edict, he will become the supreme god in the hearts of the people, and he will never tolerate the defilement of others.

Brushing prestige, this is just an incidental thing, Li Yuanji's real purpose is because he disdains to exploit those poor people, even if he wants to exploit, he has to find those rich people to exploit, right?