After staying in the industrial zone until more than nine o'clock, knowing that Lu Daqiang and they had not yet eaten dinner, Li Ke had a light meal with them, but during the meal, he learned that the leading general of the right guard rushed to the industrial zone with 5,000 soldiers, saying that His Majesty had called him.

Li Ke asked them to rest first, and he finished eating with Lu Daqiang first.

During the meal, while chatting with Lu Daqiang and them, Li Ke was thinking about the next plan, the emergence of the steam engine means that the industrialization process of the Tang Dynasty has advanced by more than a thousand years.

Even according to Li Ke's original plan, it has advanced a lot, and the status of these craftsmen, the status of their families, etc., will inevitably be improved.

The secrecy measures of this era are easier to do than in later generations, especially in the vicinity of Chang'an City, but for Li Ke's own plan, it still needs to be adjusted.

The simplest point, the emergence of the steam engine means that such as automatic forging hammers can appear, and extra-large forging hammers may not be able to be made, but ordinary large forging hammers are definitely possible.

This means that more large forgings will have higher strength, and higher strength means that many parts of industrial structures can also be cast.

I have to say...... The emergence of power sources means that the entire industrial system has entered a new era.

For example, the ongoing railway construction in Xizhou, the steam engine has been made, is the steam train still far away? This shouldn't be too simple.

Especially when Li Ke still has relevant drawings in his hands, it is even more difficult.

However, compared with here, Li Ke found that the chemical industry is backward, physics and chemistry are complementary to each other in almost many places, at least materials science is inseparable from chemistry, and many applied physics are also inseparable from the assistance of chemistry.

And having a power source means that electromagnetism can also be put on the agenda, and it is not difficult to generate electricity with a steam engine.

It's fair to say that there's so much that can be improved!

No, I still have to find something to do for Duan Lun, how can this be handled by Li Ke alone, he has to find someone to come over.

In particular, these industrial aspects belong to the Tang Dynasty to a certain extent.

The problem is that Li Ke is really not very good at announcing these things now, because announcing them means that many gate valve families will know about it, and after they know it, the profits in the same market will increase significantly.

If the market is destroyed, it will be the people who will be damaged in the end, and it will have to be in Li Ke's own hands for a period of time.

Well, it seems that the reform of the army is already imperative.

There are many things that Datang needs to reform, but the first to reform can only be the army, and only when the army reform is completed, Datang will not be chaotic.

As for the cost of the army, Li Ke roughly calculated that the current government soldiers in the Tang Dynasty are about 600,000, and this number must be streamlined, because if it is converted into a professional army, many soldiers will not need it.

But in the later period, in order to fill some of the gaps in the locality, it is possible to recruit some veterans to become local officials, and if these are counted, Li Ke will be counted as a million.

The monthly money of one million per soldier per month is calculated according to the basic 150 Wen, and the monthly money for a year is only 1.8 million yuan, which is a huge burden on the former Datang treasury, but it is much simpler for the current Datang.

Of course, the reform of the military service system is not only a cost, but also a huge cost in terms of food, except for the war horses and heavy weapons supplied by the state, the rest of the government soldiers are carried by the government soldiers themselves.

The so-called heavy weapons include weapons and armor, and the government soldiers must bring seven things with them when they serve: clothing, quilts, assets, objects, bows and arrows, saddle bridles, and weapons. This is also the reason why the burden of the Tang Dynasty is so low.

If the military service system is changed, just clothes, bows and arrows, quilts, etc., will be a huge consumption for the entire Tang Dynasty. Saddles and the like are simpler because they don't break easily.

And this also includes grain, and the supply of food is only provided by the imperial court when fighting abroad, such as the attack on Tuyuhun and the attack on Goguryeo.

In fact, the food of most of the people is not directly brought to the army by the soldiers, but when the government soldiers serve, their own families will hand over the food to the local area according to the regulations, and then they will be uniformly dispatched.

Most of the government soldiers are also basically stationed in their own localities, after all, they will still return to their homes to farm after the end of their service.

Only many elites will fight everywhere, but in fact, when fighting against Tuyuhun, it is basically mainly based on the dispatch of nearby government soldiers.

And once it changes to a conscription system, this means that the military expenditure of the imperial court will be terrifyingly increased, but for Li Ke, the cost is actually not much.

First of all, the armor and weapons of the quilt can be so low that everyone wants to cry for Li Ke, who has a steam engine, even if it is to stabilize the market and stabilize the lives of the people, it is impossible to release it to the outside world.

But in fact, the cost of internal procurement in the army can be reduced to a minimum, or simply, without reducing the price, directly let the court owe it.

The Tang Dynasty court borrowed money from Li Ke privately, interest-free, calculated according to the market price.

In this case, it does not affect.

In addition to the 40 million stones imported from the outside world, as well as the large-scale expansion of Lingnan Province and the increasing arable land in Jiangnan and other places, in fact, Datang is not short of food.

If there is no shortage of grain, everything is easy to say, and even if new technologies such as the quyuan plow are adopted in places such as Linyi, the annual increase in rice production can still increase.

The cost of food is not much.

Not to mention the bows and arrows, the bows and arrows provided by the soldiers themselves are actually mixed, and they are not as good as those provided by Li Ke himself.

And once the restructuring and military training are completed, the combat effectiveness of Datang's army can be increased by at least two times! The elevation of the spirit and spirit alone is very terrifying.

"Go and call in the right guard leader." After eating with Lu Daqiang, Li Ke said to Huo Gang.

"Yes!"

Soon, a young general outside walked in with his head held high, and after coming in, the other party directly saluted Li Ke and said, "The last general, An Yuanshou, has seen His Royal Highness." ”

"An Yuanshou? Are you the son of Rong Guogong? Li Ke asked with some surprise when he heard this surname.

"It's my father." An Yuanshou said.

"No courtesy, Rong Guogong is my Tang Dynasty pillar!" Li Ke immediately said with a smile.