The hydraulic press built by Li Qinzai is greatly beyond the scope of Li Zhi's cognition, and everyone is not only not in the same channel, but also in the same era.

With Li Zhi's insight, it is impossible to imagine what it is like for a country to develop industry, and in an agrarian society, whether it is the Son of Heaven or the subjects, the only thing that is valued is food.

A bumper grain harvest represents a strong national strength, and the people have surplus wealth and do not worry about eating and drinking.

For thousands of years in China, the only thing the Son of Heaven worried about was the belly of the people, and the belly had two concepts, one is to be full, and the other is to have more children.

So, what does it look like when a country has industry?

Li Zhi couldn't imagine that since he met Li Qinzai, Li Zhi's biggest psychological change was that Li Qinzai, the so-called son of the Mo family, could save a lot of manpower and material resources, and at the same time make the Tang Dynasty invincible on the battlefield.

The concept of industry, he does not have at all.

After eating and drinking, Li Qinzai led Li Zhi and Wu Hou to the water press at the entrance of the village.

Li Zhi circled around the hydraulic press several times, and admired as he turned.

Li Qinzai was greatly moved: "Your Majesty understands? ”

Li Zhi said categorically: "I don't understand at all, but this thing is the biggest thing ever made in the early days of the world, such a big thing, it must be extremely powerful, I inexplicably feel that this thing has a fierce aura rushing to my face......"

Li Qinzai smiled, the Son of Heaven's version of "Unknown Sense" didn't sound so poor.

"Your Majesty, the name of this thing is 'Hydraulic Press', it is an industrial forging machine, using the gravity principle of water pressure, it can forge all large appliances, from iron sheets to plate armor, from the armor of warships, to the iron gates needed by civil river embankments, it can be forged."

"Also, if you use it to quench pig iron, you can get a hundred refined steel, and you will be invincible in the world when you use it to build weapons."

Li Zhi was taken aback: "So powerful? Jing Chu quickly show me a show. ”

Li Qinzai thought about it, ordered the blacksmith to prepare a plate armor mold, and then burned the iron red, put it on the mold, the buckle of the hydraulic press was released, and the iron ingot fell heavily, almost in an instant, a complete plate armor was formed.

In the middle of the plate armor is a solid iron, and the edge is decorated with a fish scale moire pattern, Li Zhi stepped forward and repeatedly knocked the plate armor, and struck it with his sword several times, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Good stuff! It takes at least ten days for an ordinary blacksmith to create a plate armor, and the thing you create will be formed in an instant. ”

Li Qinzai said: "Your Majesty, forging plate armor is just one of the very small uses, its greater use is large metal utensils, as long as there is a mold, everything can be formed instantly, especially can forge a hundred refined steel, which is very important to the military of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Li Zhixi said: "Okay! Jing Chu is worthy of being a national scholar of my Tang Dynasty, and he really lived up to his expectations, how long did it take to get the cement out last time, and today he sent me a national weapon. ”

"Jing Chu's heart of serving the community should be shown to the world, so that the subjects will know, recorded in history, and will be remembered for generations."

Li Qinzai didn't dare to say again.

Li Zhi pondered for a moment and said, "Jing Chu's title is still county uncle, right?" I remember that it was sealed in the second year of Longshuo, and it was only a year ......"

On the side, Empress Wu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, think twice, Jing Chu's title has been promoted too quickly, and there are many criticisms in the court, if you are promoted to the knight again, Your Majesty and Jing Chu are afraid of falling into rumors." ”

Li Zhi's face suddenly turned cold: "Those who chew the root of their tongues, let them also make a few national weapons for me, I will never be stingy with knighthood, they can't make them, and they also disagree with the really useful talents, their faces, I have already seen through them!" ”

Li Qinzai said with interest: "Your Majesty, the minister is still young, but he is in his early twenties, it is not a good thing that the lord is too fast, and it will also damage His Majesty's reputation. ”

Li Zhi also knew that it was not a good thing to give a young courtier three or two promotions in two or three years, so he had to give up.

"Zeng'er has 300 households, 100 taels of gold, 100 horses of silk, his wife Li Cui's Jin Sipin Commandment Lady, and his son Li Qian Jin Ningyuan General ......"

Li Zhi's tone was stunned, and suddenly inexplicably added another reward: "The household department allocated twenty ploughing cattle and gave them to Jing Chu." ”

Li Qinzai was stunned, but Li Zhi squeezed his eyes at him: "These twenty ploughing cows, Jing Chu can be raised well, 'well' raised!" ”

Li Qinzai comprehended, bowed down and said: "The minister will definitely 'take care of it'!" ”

Empress Wu sighed helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "The monarch and the minister deceive themselves and hide their eyes, why bother." ”

Li Qinzai lowered his head and said: "If Your Majesty can wait for a day or two, the minister can order the blacksmith to start work to build a piece of refined steel for Your Majesty, and then make this steel into a pair of armor and give it to Your Majesty. ”

Li Zhi's spirits were lifted, and when he mentioned the pro-conquest of Goguryeo, he was not sleepy.

"Good, good! I'm waiting, let the blacksmith start work, the armor made of refined steel, haha, if I wear it, I dare to charge in person in the army of ten thousand horses, and behead the enemy! ”

Empress Wu and Li Qinzai were so frightened that they said in unison: "Your Majesty, no!" ”

"I know I can't, and I'm not stupid." Li Zhi glanced at the two.

…………

At night, Li Zhi and Empress Wu naturally chose the best room in the other courtyard to live in.

Li Qinzai and his wife didn't even dare to stay in the backyard, and the family of three dealt with each other in the front yard all night.

Today's harvest is not small, not only increased the food estate, got gold and silk, buckwheat who didn't do anything was actually promoted to an official, six or seven years old, going out is also a five-grade military official, according to the etiquette system, it is not too much to give him a team of honor guards.

Cui Jie also has gains, when Li Zhiqin got married, he was awarded the five-grade edict, and now he has been promoted to a level and has become the fourth-grade wife, and the family of three has more and more capital to run rampant in the township.

As for Li Qinzai himself, he really doesn't have any expectations for the title, no matter how his wife and son are officials, they are all graces, but if he is promoted to a county marquis in his twenties, it will be too eye-catching.

What kind of existence will a county marquis who relies on his own merits and does not rely on the grace of his family at all stand on the court?

It must be the existence of being kicked in the circle by the ministers.

It's still low-key, the county uncle is very good, the status is not high, but it is not low, the title of "county uncle" is full of smug smell from the inside out, and the kind of image that has no ability but relies on this little title to run rampant and domineering is on the paper, and it will not make too many people wary.

Hold on, don't wave, obscene development is the king.

The family of three was crammed into the same room, and late at night, Buck Er fell asleep on another small bed, but Cui Jie was so excited that she buried her head on Li Qinzai's chest and laughed silently.

"The husband is really powerful, the concubine body has also been stained with the husband, and she has been promoted to the first level, and tomorrow the concubine will write back to Qingzhou and Chang'an, telling my father and my brother, so that they will be happy and happy."

Li Qinzai tugged at the corners of his mouth: "After your brother receives the letter, the most likely thing is to tear your letter to shreds, if conditions permit, he will send someone to Zhuangzi and throw the torn letter in my face......"

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