Truck?

The truck is good, and that big guy can transport a lot of things, but just relying on one truck, to build so many roads, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate, right?

Moreover, how can it be so easy to build roads?

Take Changluo official road as an example, part of it is directly renovated on the original official road, and some of it is directly newly repaired, on the whole, the newly repaired Changluo official road is closer, and there are several bridges on the way, if there are no these bridges, you must still take the original road to go around.

It's not expensive, but the problem is that it's too time-consuming.

"Are trucks just for carrying materials?" Li Yuanji said a little speechlessly.

Saying that these people are elm heads really look down on elm is really a little bit despised by elm, although li yuanji also knows that this is something that can't be helped, their thinking hasn't changed for a while, and it's understandable that they can't think of this.

But now technology is already developed, right?

At least more than before, and the versatility of many things has been shown, so why can't you think of it?

Is it really unexpected? Still don't dare to think about it? Or is it simply too lazy to think about it?

Li Yuanji felt as if he had enough, and he didn't want to guide these people anymore.

Somewhat depressed, he continued: "The steam engine was first used in trains, then in steamships, in industry, and now in trucks. If the steam engine can be used in so many places, why should trucks only be used to carry goods? Couldn't it be modified to install a huge iron roller in front and use its own weight to roll the ground back and forth, so as to replace the manual compaction step? A five-mile long road, a device like this, just need to keep pressing for a day, right?

In the same way, it can be modified for construction machinery, why can't it be transformed into agricultural machinery? Continuing to reduce the size of the body and installing the ploughshare in the back, is it possible to use these machines to complete the ploughing and leveling? Under normal circumstances, it takes an hour to turn over an acre of land, but now it doesn't take a quarter of an hour to do this.

Isn't it possible to use it as a place other than that? You have to dare to imagine, dare to think, as long as the theory is feasible, you can try it, my biggest worry is that I don't even dare to think about it.

The current Datang, except for walking forward, will not look at the road ahead at all to see whether the road ahead is good or bad. I won't even see if this road can be walked. ”

Development takes a detour, which is the inevitable result, whether it is in the past life or in the present life, it is inevitable.

Take tractor ploughing as an example, in history, it was not after the steam engine was made into a car, but after many years of evolution, continuous exploration, and innovation, the tractor we see now has it.

The evolution of the tractor is that at the beginning, the huge and bulky tractor went directly to the ground, and then people found that the speed was indeed a lot faster, but the tractor would crush the ground harder, which was not conducive to farming, but affected farming.

And then the first generation of mechanized farming was eliminated, and then there was a second generation, since it would crush the ground, wouldn't it be better not to let it go to the ground? So a wire rope was attached to the plowshare, and the tractor dragged it on the ground to turn over the ground.

The efficiency has also improved, but the operation is still not smooth.

Then came the third generation, and since it was compacted, why not reduce the area where the tractor is in contact with the ground?

So the tractor was fitted with wheels, and in this way, the tractor that was initially put into practical use appeared, and no matter how it was improved, this mode of operation was not changed.

Of course, this process may take a decade or two to evolve and make people think.

Now Datang has to go through the same steps, but as a later generation, Li Yuanji can't wait for this process.

This is the biggest contradiction now, people in this era are normal people, they need time to accept this, to understand this, to think about this.

But Li Yuanji didn't need it, his mind was full of more advanced things, and he felt that he shouldn't wait so long.

In the same way, he also felt that these ministers should not be unexpected.

If you really talk about it, there is nothing wrong with both sides, in the final analysis, it is still a matter of ideological collision between the past life and this life, Li Yuanji feels that he is ready, but in fact he is not.

"That's right!" Cheng Zhijie slapped the desk violently, and the excitement startled everyone.

It's a bit rude, but at this time, he can't care about any rudeness.

Because of Li Yuanji's words, it also opened up his brain circuit, making this person, who was not considered a conservative in the first place, suddenly become more nervous.

"Who says trucks can only be used to transport supplies? If the truck is sealed and only a few small holes are left on it, the soldiers can hide inside and shoot outside, so that no matter what defense the other side has and how many people there are, they can drive directly to the truck and run it over properly.

In addition, the rocket artillery can be mounted on the truck, so that the mobility is stronger, you can run after the fight, and when facing the enemy cavalry, you are not afraid at all, as long as the cockpit is sealed, and you can even drive the rocket artillery to crush the enemy cavalry.

Hey? Thinking about it this way, is it possible to mount artillery on trucks as well? So that no matter where the troops advance, artillery can provide support at any time? And with trucks, as long as the rear can deliver supplies, there will be basically no shortage of ammunition on the front line.

Your Majesty, why don't we try it on a small scale first? Speaking of the back, Cheng Zhijie's voice became smaller and smaller.

Although he thought it was very reliable, it was just a hot thought in his head, and by the time he reacted, it was too late.

In addition, it was Li Yuanji's previous words that induced him, so he said these words directly.

"The gun seems to be a little unreliable to be mounted on a truck, and the recoil is too great, but the first two sound like there is some room for maneuver." Fang Xuanling's eyes lit up, this is indeed a solution.

However, the method is the method, Huangfu Wuyi also has something to say: "Moreover, in this way, the size of the army does not even need to continue to expand, on the premise of having a large number of trucks, the battle losses of the troops will be lower, and having such a strong mobility ability also means that the same army can control a larger range, what used to take 100,000 people to complete, now it may only take 50,000 people, or even 30,000 people to complete, before the enemy finds a solution, the army equipped with this kind of truck, it seems that there is no solution...... ”

The insoluble ...... of the fart

Li Yuanji secretly took a sip.

It was Cheng Zhijie who said this, Fang Xuanling, or someone else, Li Yuanji could understand it, but it was Huangfu Wuyi who said this, so Li Yuanji had to think about it.

This is not for Huangfu Wuyi personally, but for his identity.

Huangfu Wuyi is a bigwig-level figure in charge of financial power.

Over the years, when the household department counts and allocates funds, military spending will always be the first, and after completing the military expenditure, it will be distributed to other yamen.

The future expenses of the army will be greater and greater, especially the army equipped with rifles and other thermal weapons, the cost will be even greater, guns, cannons can be reused, but bullets and shells and grenades are disposable, when the time comes, the household department will have to invest all the spare funds into the production of ammunition for them.

Since this is unavoidable, why not go the elite route? Through the enhancement of equipment, let them complete tasks that can only be completed by more people with fewer people?

Although the cost will increase in the short term, it will save money in the long run.

1,000 people to shoot, it's nothing more than a hundred trucks, but 10,000 people to shoot, the bullets needed, normal funds, how many trucks can be bought?

Therefore, what the emperor has nothing to calculate is the economic account.

Of course, Li Yuanji also had to admit that Huangfu Wuyi was right, that is, he wanted to take the line of elite soldiers.

But elite soldiers are also inseparable from the support of ordinary troops, but in any case, for the army, there is basically no need to expand the army, but the tactical aspect needs to be reformulated, but this is not impossible.

"It's a long-term plan! Let's talk about the current one first! Li Yuanji was a little speechless, he found that these people's crooked building skills seemed to be quite powerful.

Even if these things are feasible, can they be done in less than one or two decades?

Besides, equipment doesn't need to be studied? Don't need to go for a test? Doesn't it take time?

"The most important thing at the moment is only two points, one is to build roads, the other is agriculture, and other things should be done or done, but you can put it in a proper way, after a year or two, and then do new planning after everyone is used to it." Li Yuanji forcibly pulled the topic back.

Cheng Zhijie's thinking is very close to the armored combat of later generations, but it is the most rudimentary version, he just uses armored troops as a way to break through the enemy's formation, and does not realize the meaning of its real existence.

Li Yuanji is still very happy that Cheng Zhijie can think of this, at least he has this awareness, which is very important.

However, these things cannot be done in a while, and they need to be done step by step, so it is important to solve the current problem first.

Among all the ministers, Fang Xuanling is a well-behaved baby-like existence, he will never question Li Yuanji's decision, even if he makes a suggestion, he will put it forward very vaguely, and he will not say it directly like Wei Zheng, don't be cowardly, it is a tough attitude.

Li Yuanji finalized these two points, and Fang Xuanling also put his thoughts on these two points, and with the help of the series of events just now, he was also thinking about a possibility.

"The Ministry of Industry is responsible for road construction, and the minister has no suggestions, but in terms of agriculture, what needs to be done now is to make the truck able to turn over the ground, and second, should we study a truck that can dig the soil? In this way, reservoirs can be built in suitable places, and water can be diverted from rivers for storage, and in the event of a drought, the water from the reservoirs can be used. In the event of a flood, the reservoir can also release water in advance, and when the river swells, the water will be diverted into the reservoir? ……”