"My lord, don't worry, our steel mill will never have raw materials that can't be eaten, at least we can provide 1340,000 catties of soft steel and nearly 100,000 catties of hard steel every month." The head of the steel mill jumped up first and made a guarantee. On the side, the directors of various departments also spoke enthusiastically, but the expression of the director of the artillery workshop was a little ugly: "My lord, it is a good thing that the steel has increased, but without copper, the output of our artillery still can't go up." ”

I can only sigh, who made Datang's copper production not high. "In this way, the output of artillery and ship guns is still fixed, but you give me more manpower and material resources, and work harder, and I will give you another half a year, so that by that time, all steel can be used to build cannons, you also know that the principle of iron tire copper embryo cannon barrel is that iron is hard, and copper is soft, can you think of a way to change copper to soft steel, or simply cast soft steel." I don't know if it's okay or not, but I just give them a suggestion, whether they can achieve it or not is their business, after all, I am only a mentor, not a specialist in the engineering school.

I finally drew up a report to be handed over to Uncle Li, the production of steel crossbows can reach 5,000 per month, and as for the production capacity of mortars, it can be increased to 150 per month, and the artillery is still the same, but due to the abundance of iron, the production of grenades has tripled.

Uncle Li is also very happy, at least, it only takes two to three months for him to meet the needs of his beloved generals, and even surpass, and can carry out a small number of re-equips for other troops.

"Yes, hehehe, okay, in this way, the old man can save his heart, now increase the development of Liaodong, this year's Liaodong grain will already be self-sufficient, in a few years, Liaodong will become a big granary of my Datang, at that time, no one will want to take Liaodong away from my Datang." Uncle Li proudly patted the list I handed over.

"By the way, it's winter now, what's the matter, have you ever made that dog cart?" Uncle Li finished talking to me and began to talk nonsense with me. "I've already made three prototypes, but it's not snowing right now, and it's useless to take out the small ones, so I'm still waiting." I replied with a smile. "Well, when the time comes, the old man will have to see a thing or two." Uncle Li stroked his long beard and lifted it up.

I was bragging with Uncle Li in Qifeng Pavilion, but I didn't have much effort, and I reported that the old master Kong Yingda Kong had something to do with Uncle Li, so I quit first, and bumped into this old man who was old and strong outside the door of Qifeng Pavilion, and hurriedly saluted him: "Xia Guan Fang Jun has seen the boss." ”

But the old guy didn't know who he was angry with, he just snorted at me with his nose, arched his hand, and hurriedly walked inside, I don't know if this old guy was also spoofed by Uncle Li, the bad emperor who likes to joke about ministers? I looked at the old guy's back and grinned, put my hands behind my back and walked leisurely towards the palace on the other side, and continued to teach the students of the prince.

---------------------------------------------------- finished eating, sat down in front of the iron stove, the old man was reading the newspaper, the green butterfly was teasing the second sister, a group of silly boys jumped around on the side, making a lot of noise, the old man squinted a few times, smiled and continued to read his newspaper, another three beautiful girls were squatting in front of the mahjong table with my mother, and they were playing happily.

And I, looking through the double glazing on the window, looked at the thick clouds outside the house, and was thinking about when it would snow, and our dog sledding had already done everything, only the east wind was owed. "Hey, Erlang, what did the old man ask you about, what are you doing outside in a daze?" The old man rolled the newspaper into a cylinder and reached out and poked me.

"The boy just wants to see when it will snow. What did my father call me? As soon as I finished saying this, I heard my mother over there shout in surprise: "Hu, all of them touch themselves, hehehe, hurry, a family is twenty dollars, no one is allowed to rely on it!" ”

The old man glanced over there, shook his head helplessly, and turned his face back to glare at me: "Everyone in the family has brought damage to your kid, and your mother and your daughters-in-law are now smearing that face all day long, hum!" "The old man is very unhappy with ......the rapid consumption of eggs, honey and other things at home.

"Father, it's the child's fault, but you have also seen it, is our mother's complexion and skin much better than before?" I plead guilty, but we can't erase the achievements. The old man nodded subconsciously, suddenly realized that something was wrong, and quickly straightened his face: "Tell you something serious for my father, Master Kong Yingda Kong is going to retire." ”

"Are you talking about the old man of the wine hole of the country's priest? Uh, Mr. Kong saw him go to court a while ago, didn't he just preside over the autumn exam? What did he think about retirement? I asked, confused.

The old man smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty issued a decree that from next year, that is, from the twentieth year of Zhenguan, all imperial examinations, whether they are local examinations in prefectures and counties, or examinations in Shangshu Province, must adopt methods such as vague names and transcriptions. Another point is that the release of the brown test of the Ministry of Officials has been cancelled and changed to the palace test, which will be written by His Majesty in person, answered on the spot, and His Majesty will read the papers together with the six departments of the three provinces! ”

Hearing the old man's words, my face was happy, a good thing, this is a good thing, "Isn't this a good thing?" Why did Master Kong think about retirement? I asked curiously. The old man gave me a blank look: "Confused! Who wants to do this offending thing? The old man hit the key in one sentence, yes, although Uncle Li's imperial examination reform is in line with the development of the times, however, this move did offend a large number of literati, especially those who are the sons of the Manchu Dynasty, as well as the high-ranking giants of the family, I can't help but say that this is a heavy blow to these people, it is conceivable that this will definitely cause a series of turmoil in the government and the opposition, and it is even very likely to form a change in the political pattern.

"The tribute is indiscriminate, the children of the powerful family, the reward of each other, the handsome of the poor people, and half of them are abandoned! Your Majesty has no choice but to do it now, otherwise, if it goes on like this, passing the imperial examination, it will only make the power of the family gate valve rise more and more, and I am afraid that it will be rare to be virtuous again, and the children of the family gate valve will be united when the time comes, Datang, I am afraid that it will be worried...... "The old man stroked his gray beard and made a summary.

"Yes, if this goes on for a long time, then the Tang Dynasty, I'm afraid it will be the same as at the end of the Han Dynasty." I nodded and agreed with the old man's opinion, in the last years of the Han Dynasty, the peasant uprising was just an introduction, and the most important thing was the struggle between the gate lords and the warlords. And the Yuan brothers are the representatives of the gate valve.

----------------------------------------------------Besides, do these gate valves really have the heart to save the country and help the people? Fart! Why can these gate valves start from the Han Dynasty, go through the chaos of the Three Kingdoms, and go through the Northern and Southern Dynasties, until the Sui and Tang Dynasties, what do they rely on? Relying on the trick of power, relying on the thick thighs, regardless of whether you are the orthodox ruler of China or a foreign invader, in their eyes and hearts, there are only family interests, in their eyes, the change of dynasties has little to do with them, who will rule this land, they still do not feel pain, they will only be loyal to the family, trying to make their family can obtain greater benefits from the hands of the state to strengthen themselves, expand their influence, in fact, it is an interest group that lacks national consciousness.

Such a group of forces is extremely lacking in the heroic spirit of self-restraint and dedication and sacrificing ego to fulfill the interests of the country and the nation. Such a force should be suppressed, so although many of the actions of the palace maid sister in another time and space are also stigmatized by the world, she uses an iron fist to suppress the family gatekeeper, and I have to say that this is also a last resort.

No wonder Kong Yingda's old guy's ugly expression that day, pitiful, who made him the current Minister of Education of Datang, who put him in charge of the world's schools, if he doesn't take his head, who else can he come forward to solve this problem, it is conceivable that Uncle Li will really squeeze the remaining labor of this shriveled and thin old man.

The old man squinted: "However, Your Majesty does not allow Master Kong to take a break, and take away the title of Prince of Qufu County, and add his title of Earl of Qufu County, and give him a few more money and silk, and speak leniently." Your Majesty also has to do this, to do this, it is not necessary for the descendants of Confucius, others to do this, not to mention that the surname is worried, I am afraid that there is danger all over the house. The old man saw that my expression was a little confused, and patiently explained to me: "Confucius is a saint, and he is the teacher of the world's scholars, Kong Yingda is now more than seventy years old, and he can't do it for a few years in the position of the country's priest wine. The old man smiled deceitfully.

That's right, Confucius has now become a saint, the highest existence in the minds of the people in the world, Uncle Li asked Confucius's descendant Kong Yingda to do this, no matter how many complaints you have, can you do it? Moreover, the implementation of this policy is definitely enthusiastically supported by the poor scholars of the world, even if it is a family and a noble, even if they are so angry that they want to go crazy, it is useless. In the backstage of Old Man Kong, His Majesty the Tang Emperor Uncle Li is squatting on the side with a knife and sharpening it, who wants to try it?

(To be continued)