The people are like water, and the king is like a boat, but in Li Shimin's own opinion, it can also be put in another way:

The Tang Dynasty is like a boat, and the Tang people are like a tide.

And he was just a man standing at the top of the giant ship, looking as hard as he could.

The annals of the former dynasty are the maps in his hands, and in the explorations and records left by the ancestors, Li Shimin knew the prosperity of Hexi, the benefits of the Western Regions, the horse fertilizer in Liaodong, and the vastness of the East China Sea.

These simple records provide direction for Datang, but they also form a bamboo pipe, allowing him to look beyond Datang like a leopard in a tube.

And Tubo is this fish that slipped through the net.

Later generations called this Tubo "the same as the Tang Dynasty", and the war and entanglement lasted for 200 years.

Looking at the topography of Tibet from the map, there are mountains to the west and south, so it is natural to invade the western regions in the east and the western regions in the north.

In such two places, from the analysis of the topography, Li Shimin will not give it to others, and Tubo will never extinguish his ambitions, so ...... Only war!

This junior Wen Mang said that he, Li Shimin, was a princess and a pro-princess, and sent key technology to Tubo.

Li Shimin and Fang Du studied it and felt that what later generations said casually may not be all right.

After all, whether it is the Turks in the north or Goguryeo in Liaodong, such a small country must be much more convenient than Tubo to learn the "production technology materials" of the Tang Dynasty, why did such a small neighboring country not rise and rest with the Tang Dynasty?

In-depth understanding of the specific information of Tubo, why it can be strong, is also part of the temple calculation.

Therefore, since the beginning of last year, the Qianniuwei faction, on the orders of Li Shimin, has sent several teams of secret agents to Lingnan Dao and Longyou to collect intelligence.

The merchants and monks in Chang'an City also became the target of intelligence collection, from the sons of the hundred horsemen to the eagle dog boys of the Criminal Department, who took turns to shoot, and the information sorted out was continuously sent to Li Shimin.

And because the eagle dog of the Criminal Department is too active, Chang'an already has the name of "Six Doors" by the people, and Li Shimin laughed at it.

Li Shimin slowly fell into contemplation on the side, and on the other side, the Zhenguan ministers were coaxing Li Jing.

"This later generation loves the old general so much, if you don't have an inscription, you can't say it."

Li Jing couldn't shirk it, so he had to get up on the spot, say to Yan Liben that he borrowed the book case, and inscribed a picture on the spot to send it over.

However, Li Jing's only worry is that a single piece of writing may be a little shabby, and now it is about to be delivered, so naturally there is no effort to frame it.

"There is another thing here, which everyone took from the inner library yesterday, and it is a tribute from Lingnan Road."

Du Ruhui said and took out a box.

Li Jing naturally had no opinion, and immediately wrapped the notebook in silk cloth and sent the two things over together.

……

The Chengdu government has also completed the process.

At this time, Zhang Fei was holding the transcribed art of war to discuss with the two military advisors:

"This Li Weigong said that the army has three potentials, what should be done?"

Kong Ming and Pang Tong glanced at each other and laughed together.

It was Kong Ming who stopped laughing first, shook his head and said:

"Yide, Yide, you must remember that soldiers are impermanent."

"Just like Li Weigong's correct solution, if you can win, you will win, and if you can win, you will win."

"Zhengqi and the three potentials are all from the heart, and all means are for winning."

Pang Tong kindly reminded:

"Yide played very well in Hanzhong, and he should be the first to take the lead."

"The words of such soldiers should be used as examples of war, and they must not be blindly copied."

If it is said that the commander of the army and the command of the battle, now Kong Ming and Pang Tong are tied together and cannot compare to Zhang Fei.

But to understand the words of this soldier, the two of them can see it very clearly, so they are worried that Zhang Fei will go around him.

Zhang Fei understands this very well, so he also guarantees the two military advisors again and again.

After all, for the people of the Han Dynasty, every time they talk about the art of war, turn it forward, Wei Huo, turn it again, Huaiyin Marquis and Gaozu, turn it again, Zhao Kuo.

Seeing Zhang Fei holding the transcribed content and running to whisper to Zhao Yun, Kong Ming's heart was full of relief.

Since Li Jing is almost seventy years old and goes into battle, the three generals Yun Changyide and Zilong may not be impossible.

At this time, the light curtain in mid-air slowly unfolded again, and everyone in Chengdu Mansion was in high spirits, coming!

[Hi hey, today's big guy's gift is also quite a heartfelt day.

Two cans of cane sugar UP The owner tried it himself, and it was quite sweet, and there were just materials on the side where he lived, so he made a sugar painting and a rock sugar gourd, and the big guy made do with it.

I like it very much, and the same wrapped metal mirror feels like a copper mirror, but why is it white? 】

Everyone's eyes moved down, and the first thing they saw was to see two small cans of cane sugar, which were sent by Liu Ba.

The reason is also very simple, I took other people's formulas to make a finished product, and it is natural to give back.

The second picture is an ugly and miserable sugar painting, vaguely recognizable as a fist with a thumbs up.

The third picture shows a few red fruits, which have been wrapped in cane sugar, and it seems that they are still ...... Quite appetizing?

"This should be the fruit of the 朹 (sound the same as the same qiu)?" Zhao Yun immediately recognized this thing.

This thing can be seen and eaten in the mountains, but it is simply sour, so not many people pick it.

The sugar mill is now in the south of Chengdu, and everyone has seen it, so the younger generations can understand this approach at a glance.

With this in mind, everyone's eyes continued to move back, and they knew in their hearts that most of the rest was given by the Tang Emperor.

The fourth picture is a piece of writing, with a straight handwriting but little pyrotechnics.

"The victorious army wins first and then seeks to fight, and the defeated army fights first and then wins"

The payment is simple: Yongzhou Sanyuan, Li Jing.

Zhang Feiton, who loves to join in the fun, was a little disappointed in time:

"I thought I had to write a Tota Li Heavenly King anyway......"

The last picture is a white mirror, which makes Kong Ming dare not confirm it for a while:

"It looks like a silver mirror, but it's ......"

Kong Ming decided to look at the evaluation of later generations.

[The UP master is already okay, sugar painting is our intangible cultural heritage, but in your hands, I think the four words cultural heritage can go, and the intangible is appropriate.

Rock sugar gourd is still okay, after all, this thing is not difficult to make, but I remember that this thing seems to be able to reduce high blood pressure, and Cao Cao didn't explain that he should eat more of this back then?

Pull down, our modern hawthorn is also selected and cultivated, the ancient hawthorn sour is not good, before the Song Dynasty developed the way to eat the rock sugar gourd, basically no one cared about it, that is, someone ate the rock sugar gourd, and someone studied it, eh, this thing can still be used in medicine.

Although I don't know calligraphy, I still have to comment that the words are good.

Although I don't know about crafts, I still have to comment that the silver mirror is good.

Upstairs I really don't understand, the silver mirror is not like this, looking at the color, it is more likely to be a bronze mirror.

Aren't bronze mirrors yellow? Why is there still white, and the old one should also be green, how can there be such a thing?

Upstairs I remembered that, I'm afraid it's not white copper, right? The copper-nickel binary alloy originated in Yunnan Province, which is an important original achievement of our ancestors in the history of metallurgy.

This should be this thing, after all, the contact boss likes to imitate the hobby, this thing was a priceless treasure in the Tang Dynasty, only officials with more than one product can use it, and the Rui Beast grape pattern on this mirror is also the most commonly used in the early Tang Dynasty.

I went to check, this thing is produced in Sichuan, Yunnan, in the 17th century, exported to Europe copper-nickel-zinc ternary alloy was very popular, called Chinese silver, and later in the 19th century Britain and Sweden successfully imitated and mass-produced, but completely squeezed China out of the market.

Nonsense, people's large-scale assembly line production is not much better than a small workshop.

Then I still remember learning when I was in school, nickel is the most metal in Gansu, and Gansu is also rich in copper ore, why is it Yunnan to explore this thing.

Less war...... And Gansu is not only so much, more copper, more coal, more molybdenum, lithium, gold, zinc, aluminum, etc., it is a real industrial mining capital, but the war here has not stopped, so it cannot be developed.

The war in the entire Hexi Corridor has not stopped, the simplest example, the green salt produced in the salt lake near Qinghai Lake is much better than the bitter salt of the halogen method, but the Tang Dynasty was located on the front line of the war with Tubo and could not be developed, the Yuan did not look down on it, the Song Dynasty took care of itself, the Ming Dynasty did not take care of it, and it was not officially developed until the Qing Dynasty.

We modern people know too well how good the fruits, cattle, sheep, and cotton of the Western Regions are, so we still have to be strong and prosperous. 】

"Binary Alloy ......"

Kong Ming muttered this term, thoughtful.

As a well-informed person, Kong Ming clearly remembers that this is also the first time that the light curtain has officially mentioned alloys.

I used to joke that the circle of the late Tang Dynasty was as strong as titanium alloy, and I didn't understand what it meant at the time, but now I seem to understand a little.

A variety of gold and iron blending, can you make a better metal?

It's just that...... Among them, Kong Ming is also clear about the difficulty: the quality of charcoal.

Although it is not possible to quantify the temperature as in later generations, it is possible to roughly determine the temperature inside the furnace based on the length of time it takes to melt the iron into molten iron.

Nowadays, the blacksmith workshops in Chengdu and the public security have been able to push the temperature of the furnace very high by relying on exhaust air, small blast furnaces, charcoal and other materials.

But the problem today is that the same iron ore, the same furnace and exhaust air, and the iron smelted from different qualities of charcoal are completely different.

Smokeless charcoal can be refined into a weapon like the Glaive Knife.

The swords and soldiers made of the thick smoke of charcoal can cut off a stone, and there are too many differences.

Now Kong Ming has another idea, since the inferior charcoal smelts the inferior iron, then simply mix some other metal ores into it, or mix some messy things, can it also save a little?

As for turning smoked coal into smokeless coal...... The craftsmen and Kong Ming also had nothing to do for the time being.

However, there are not many people in the Chengdu government who think like Kong Ming.

Liu Ba was wondering if this white copper could also be used to make currency? But can it pay for itself?

Pang Tong is imagining, this Hexi is really a treasure land, and it will be taken by the Lord and the Han!

Zhang Fei's idea is more simple and straightforward:

"Zilong, that fruit...... No, where is the hawthorn? Take me to find some. ”

"I still have the remaining sucrose, come and make that rock sugar gourd for you!"

(End of chapter)