This bastard had the idea of cultivating Changle into an empress before.

Li Shimin suddenly reacted, if he took advantage of his unpreparedness and directly gave the Zen position to this kid first, he would not give the Zen position to Li Yan.

This...... It's something this bastard can do.

The problem is that Li Yan is fully capable of taking over this position.

The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more likely this became, and he began to have a headache again, this bastard...... He really spared no effort, and he dared to guarantee that this bastard is estimated to be more than just cultivating Changle, when he was chatting with his son that day, he also heard his son say that she would be the empress in the future.

When I asked her who called her, she also said it was the third brother.

"What do you see? Let's go, the next place, doesn't it mean that today let's have a thorough understanding of Datang's industrial system? Li Shimin was a little angry for a while, and directly raised his foot and kicked Li Ke in the back of his buttocks.

Li Ke is a little inexplicable, what's wrong with Lao Li today? Was he kicked out of the quilt by the queen mother and the concubine yesterday? Otherwise, where would there be such a big anger?

As for the others, they shouldn't have seen it at all, even Wei Zheng doesn't bother to care about these things now, he was bound to be impeached before, but now, forget it, he found that His Majesty is also moving closer to Li Ke, this father and son are becoming more and more alike, I don't know who affects whom.

Anyway, this character is a disaster for them as the imperial historians.

patting his buttocks, Li Ke didn't take it to heart, and said directly: "Let's go, let's go to the core of the current Tang Dynasty, Changgang." ”

Chang'an Iron and Steel Plant, in fact, is still some distance from the power plant, but fortunately, now these industrial areas are all connected by concrete roads, and then like Li Shimin, the carriage they ride in is naturally upgraded.

These carriages can also run, and even if they do, they are much more comfortable than before, especially since there are no bumps on the road.

So their speed was quite fast, and they arrived at the Chang'an Iron and Steel Plant in about an hour.

This is the earliest industrial zone in Chang'an, but this is not the Datang Welfare Industrial Park, but further away.

"This place is about to be demolished, and the follow-up Chang'an Iron and Steel Plant will be relocated to Chencang." After getting out of the car, looking at the scene in front of him covering a vast area and countless thick smoke billowing inside, Li Ke said with emotion.

Li Shimin and others did not have much feeling about these smokes, because the ancients did not have the concept of environmental pollution, especially this kind of pollution, which is difficult to see the results in the short term, did not pay much attention to it.

The main thing is that there is no systematic study.

"Demolition? Don't you want money to dismantle it? Li Shimin was stunned and asked subconsciously.

"It's not my money, the treasury's money." Li Ke waved his hand.

"Bang" Li Shimin raised his legs again, "The money in the treasury is not money, is it?" ”

"Dad, this is to avoid pollution, and a large iron mine has been found near Chencang, and the establishment of a steel plant near the iron mine will definitely improve efficiency." Li Ke said helplessly.

"You're talking about everything, I remember you saying that long-distance transportation can increase the number of people who hire people, and then increase the employment rate of people, and give people more jobs, right? That's what you said, right? Li Shimin glared at Li Ke.

Li Ke: "......"

You remember what you did so well.

"That's right, but this matter needs to be looked at comprehensively, because we are now seriously short of transportation manpower, so some people who can save manpower are naturally to save manpower." Li Ke quickly made an excuse.

Before Datang's state-owned enterprises were able to monopolize some parts of the market, this kind of behavior of throwing money at the people did not have to worry about collapse, as long as the money was circulated, in fact, copper coins would definitely be enough.

Anyway, in the end, there is still silver on top, and all the copper coins are used for the bottom circulation, and silver gradually begins to replace the storage currency that acts as a gate valve family.

Because Datang Central Bank has issued a law, copper coins that have not been exchanged are not allowed to circulate in Datang for a certain period of time. Especially for large copper coins, once discovered, the consequences to be borne because of the huge amount are very terrifying.

Therefore, although the gate valve family knew that this trick was for them, they were also happy to dig up their copper coins and hand them over. Anyway, copper money for silver, no loss.

Because what Li Ke said is also true, now Datang is indeed lacking a large number of transportation manpower.

Li Shimin didn't bother to bother with him, and walked directly to the Chang'an Iron and Steel Plant, and when they entered the steel plant, a unique blast furnace in the distance attracted everyone's attention.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, where are we visiting?" The director of Chang'an Iron and Steel Plant, who came to him, asked respectfully.

"Let's take a look at your newest integrated blast furnace and open-hearth system." Li Ke said.

Blast furnace ironmaking

"Yes!" The director of the factory led them directly inside.

When everyone entered the steel plant, they realized that the large steel components in the power plant were nothing compared to the steel plant!

Flat road steelmaking

It's just that...... Is this Datang Iron and Steel Plant? It's not the same thing as the steel mill they remember.

It is true that they have the impression that iron-making is carried out by craftsmen, but the volume of the iron-making shaft furnace is not large, and the height in front of them is ...... At least about ten meters high, how the hell do they do this?

And the noise was also very loud, and they heard the roar of the steam engine that they had heard before, and the sound of releasing steam.

Looking at the flames burning inside the behemoth, everyone was a little confused.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, this is the largest blast furnace we have cast so far, and a single tap can reach about 20 tons." As the director of the steel plant, he naturally took on the task of introduction.

Li Ke didn't know much about their output.

"20 tons?" Everyone thought they had misheard.

"Yes, 20 tons, about twice a day, the amount of iron smelting per day is about 40 tons."

Everyone was completely speechless, they were already very familiar with the number of tons, after all, as officials, Datang reformed weights and measures, and they naturally had to follow the reform, and they were the first to understand.

40 tons a day, that is, 80,000 catties a day! How much did Datang smelt in the previous year? Just such a stove in front of me is 2.4 million catties of pig iron a month! A set of Mingguang armor is calculated according to 40 catties, and the output of one month is enough for Datang to cast 60,000 sets!

A month's worth of production! And that's not counting the small blast furnaces they saw from afar, and the output of those blast furnaces is probably not low, right?

Many eyes looked at Changsun Wuji silently, and they understood how the Changsun family lost at that time.

With this kind of pig iron production, the iron tools sold by Li Ke are nothing at all.

Eldest grandson Wuji: "......"