Following.

Let's put aside the matter of the Wu clan for now, or after visiting the small steam locomotive of the Academy of Sciences.

And......

This is not!

It's almost the end of the year.

Just after the visit, Li Chong also hoped that Li Er would give each person one or two hundred silks, and then let the craftsmen have a fat year.

Otherwise......

If you work so hard to make things and don't express it, it will be difficult for this team to bring in the future.

So this next day......

Li Er took a group of twenty or thirty people to the Academy of Sciences to visit the display of small steam locomotives.

See a small steam locomotive tirelessly spinning in circles on the tracks, with the ability to carry five people at the same time.

And it doesn't seem to be strenuous at all, and it can even be accelerated.

Let's be honest.

How could an ancient person like Li Er have ever seen such a thing.

Therefore, they all watched with wide eyes.

It's like I've seen something amazing.

It wasn't until Li Zhong finished saying that the craftsmen of the Academy of Sciences worked hard to finally build this thing, which lasted a total of at least eight years, before and after.

Because if Li Chong is not mistaken.

Then......

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still studying with him in the temple.

When Li Zhong said all this.

In addition, he also talked about the wide range and application scenarios of steam locomotives in the future.

Everyone began to look at him with strange eyes.

Therefore, Li Chong had to secretly say in his heart, he is really not a favorite minister, he is based on strength!

Li Er was so happy that he directly rewarded each of the Academy of Sciences with two hundred silks.

The craftsmen can happily spend a fat year when they get the silk.

Li Chong's side, too, jumped directly from the middle doctor under the fourth grade to the third grade, and was promoted to the silver Qingguanglu doctor from the third grade.

It is recorded in the history books that it is this loose official who is the princess of Gaoyang and her uncle's widow.

And after being promoted to Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, Li Chong's purple clothes can be regarded as completely reasonable and legal.

Of course!

In fact, Li Zhong doesn't care about these false names.

But......

It's good that there can be more of this.

"Prince, can I sit on this thing and try it?"

Wei Zheng is so old, and he had an eye disease some time ago, so he can still have such a good interest.

Li Chong said, "Of course you can."

As soon as he spread his hands, he asked the craftsman to stop the steam locomotive and take Wei Zheng to sit on it.

Others were a little jealous at first.

After all......

They've never seen anything like this before.

But when Wei Zheng sat firmly on it, and even felt a little bit like an old boy, the rest of the people couldn't stand it anymore and signed up one after another.

Be sure to experience the feeling of being able to run without having to be pulled by a cow.

Even Li Er couldn't help but have such an impulse.

It's just that what kind of system is this?

The eldest grandson Wuji objected!

But the opposition was ineffective, and Li Er still sat up.

Now that we've done that, let's ......

Li Zhong asked the craftsman to hand over the drawings of all the parts of the steam locomotive to Li Er. ….

Later......

The craftsmen of the Academy of Sciences will not do this, and at most provide technical guidance.

If you want to do it, Li Er will find someone else to do it.

They had to solve other problems.

Subsequently......

He applied to Li Er for a lot of iron.

Of course!

It may not be now, but he really wants it

Many.

This is almost one hundredth of Datang's annual ironmaking.

"What do you need so much iron for?"

Fang Xuanling, as a left servant, is naturally very concerned about these.

Li Chong said, "This is naturally because the Academy of Sciences also has to study other things, so Zuo Servant Shooting should not think that the Academy of Sciences will only do this, right?"

Wait two days.

Li Chong also wanted to take people to see Datang's iron-making methods.

In fact, blast furnace iron smelting has existed for a long time in ancient times.

It seems that there was one in the Han Dynasty.

The only thing Li Chong can do is probably to provide some theoretical directions, so that they can try to improve them in the direction they say.

Or is it ......

Li Zhong can provide them with a steam blower as a blower power, reduce the number of people needed to make iron and blower, and also provide a steady stream of power for twelve hours a day.

By the way, coal coking technology can also be tried to establish. The reason why sometimes the iron made from coal cannot be used in some places is because it contains all kinds of dust and impurities, and if it can be improved by coking technology, the quality of the coal is enough to make iron.

Of course!

The ancients were not stupid, why didn't they do that, one is probably that the charcoal has not been burned yet, and the quality of ironmaking is obviously better, and the other is that digging coal and coal coking also requires a certain amount of labor, so it is not cost-effective.

To this end......

Li Chongcai is talking about the establishment of coal coking technology, not the invention of coal coking technology.

If we were to talk about invention, it might have already been invented.

Now we need to consider how we can make this technology widely used in ironmaking.

Fang Xuanling was asked by Li Zhong and had nothing to say.

Li Chongben said, "In fact, there are many things that the Academy of Sciences can do. A more wonderful world is still to come, but unfortunately, at your age, we may not be able to see it."

Fang Xuanling: "......"

All the rest: "......"

Li Chong: "In the future, Datang will slowly enter a new era."

As for this new era, what era is it, and how is it different from the previous ones......

Truth be told, it's up to them to figure it out.

……

A few more days passed.

More people know.

And at the same time......

A new year is coming.

Twelve years of Zhenguan.

Li Chengqian is 20 years old.

Li Lizhen is naturally eighteen years old.

All I can say is......

They've all grown up!

Then just after the Shangyuan Festival, within a few days, an incident happened.

Li Tai started to make trouble.

reported to Li Er, and when the officials above the third rank saw him, they did not dismount and salute him. ….

Although Li Er did not treat Li Tai very much for a period of time, Li Tai was his son after all, and now that his son was treated like this, he was still a little unhappy in his heart, so he ......

So he called everyone and held a meeting.

Discussion, when an official above the third grade meets the king, should he dismount and salute.

You must know that this is put in the Sui Dynasty, and the princes of the Sui Dynasty can beat the ministers of the court at will.

Now that he has treated the minister leniently, he has humiliated his son, which of course makes Li Er unhappy.

Of course!

It's not a big deal either.

Anyway......

Li Chong did not attend.

It was also afterwards that Li Er told Li Chong.

The Tang Dynasty was different from the dynasties that followed.

It's like why there were so many heroes at the end of the Sui Dynasty, whether it was placed in the Song Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, this is unreasonable.

And among them, we have to talk about the power of the family.

From this incident, Li Er saw the family's threat to the imperial power.

This does not just refer to the five surnames and seven hopes.

In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, the five surnames and seven wangs were nothing at all.

It's just that they have a higher reputation among the people.

The family here refers to people who have a certain status and real power in the court today.

"Li Chong, how do you think this threat should be eliminated?"

Li Zhong finished listening to his words.

That's not the point.

Li Chong said directly: "This King Wei has nothing to do, in fact, he wants to arouse Your Majesty's intentions. If Your Majesty goes to deal with the family, won't you not understand the true intention of King Wei? As for the threat of this family......

To be honest, Li Chong can't see a few powerful families now. Of course! Or maybe it's because he doesn't know. After all, in the past ten years, he has not socialized with other people at all, nor has he gone to court. So there's a limit to what you can learn.

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