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The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty had a secret discussion in the study until early in the morning.
What they were talking about, no one dared to ask.
It's definitely impossible to guess.
The next day, Li Yuanxing finished his breakfast while half asleep, but he walked into the small conference room of the palace in high spirits. There was no such thing as a conference room in the Tang Dynasty. It was entirely due to Qin Wangzhuang that it was first established.
Such a room was set up in the palace as a conference room.
In Datang's small conference room, everyone sat against the wall.
Moreover, there was a long table with several desks surrounding a circle. In addition to the little eunuchs who brought tea and water, there were also scribes who were in charge of documents and went back and forth among them.
"The first thing I want is five million cans, at least one million of which must be fruit."
Every time Li Yuanxing opens his mouth, he can scare people attending the meeting for the first time.
No one spoke, only the sound of scribes writing and writing.
"How much can Lingnan produce? How much can Jiangnan produce? How much can Henan produce? How much can Huainan produce? How much can Guanzhong produce?"
Feng Ang held a teacup in both hands: "Why don't His Highness the King of Qin ask all at once, what else do you want? It's easier to make a plan this way. If only fruits are given out, I don't know how many cans there are. But within a month, Lingnan will
As long as Your Highness doesn't choose the variety, we can still get three to five thousand tons."
"Okay, I want two million canned fish and two million canned vegetables. I need to prepare at least three million kilograms of cured meat, and two million kilograms of fresh vegetables. This is for the labor force in the New Year, for the Tang Dynasty.
Border security, for next year's war. In addition, next June, prepare another one according to this. Of course, if there is no fruit, replace it with vegetables."
Li Yuanxing is really a lion with a big mouth.
Many governors were gulping down water. With such a large amount of supplies, time was tight. It was really not an easy task to require good quality.
"I, Liaodong Province, have prepared 10,000 tons of marine fish. We have no vegetables and no fruits!" Xiao Yu was the first to express his stance.
For 10,000 tons of marine fish, we plan to make about three million cans per ton, which is three million canned fish.
"We have a good grain harvest in Henan Province, and we have newly planted fruit trees. The original fruit trees are probably limited to 1,000 tons. However, we can provide 100,000 chickens, which can be considered meat after being marinated.
There is no problem with five thousand pigs."
After hearing this, Li Yuanxing immediately said: "No, five thousand. I know how many pigs you raised in Henan Province last year. I want ten thousand! Send me another three million loads of grain to Liaodong. You can negotiate the settlement yourself."
Dugu Xiude also said at this moment: "Your Highness, the cotton harvest can be considered a bumper harvest. The cotton from Longxi can be transported to Chang'an before the snow starts. The cotton from Hebei has been weaved half a month ago. Since it is a labor force, how about giving it to the labor force?
A set of close-fitting clothes for each sergeant is also a good choice. Just the food will be gone after eating."
"Can one person have two sets?" Li Yuanxing asked with a smile.
"Unless we use a flying boat to transport cotton twice from Longxi, we can also add two pairs of socks for each person. However, if this flying boat goes to Longxi, it will not be on duty if it runs empty. It is worth discussing what to transport there." Dugu Xiude said.
The speaking speed is very slow.
The governor of Longxi just laughed: "Longxi doesn't have enough. Not even enough knives for cutting vegetables!"
"stop!"
Li Yuanxing suddenly shouted stop, and then motioned for everyone to wait and not to speak in a hurry.
Li Er looked at Li Yuanxing with emotion in his heart.
You know, during the fourth year of Wude, he was very struggling to get military expenses. He had to use money and food to reward the sergeants and boost morale. He stayed in the court for three days before he asked for one hundred thousand guan from the treasury.
Money and food come.
At this time, Li Yuanxing asked for more than one million yuan of supplies from various Taoist groups.
But each Taoist group did not hesitate at all. They provided as much as they could. When did this change begin? Did it start from fighting and winning together, or did each Taoist group have enough benefits as long as the battle was won?
Li Er saw that Li Yuanxing was thinking, and he was also thinking while holding a tea cup.
In the Battle of Liaodong, it was said that Chang'an sent troops. But the actual benefits of the Battle of Liaodong were that except for Jiannan Road and Shannan Road, which were only on one side, the aristocratic families and businessmen of Huainan, Jiangnan, Hebei, Hedong, and Jingzhao all occupied
It's a great benefit. Lingnan Road supports Li Yuanxing, because Baiyue is about to be defeated.
Feng Ang's two sons have been assigned to receive training from Master Gui, and they are at least the pioneers in the fight against Baiyue.
Not to mention Liaodong, those who get actual benefits there will show enough sincerity. Only when the army is stable can they make money with peace of mind.
While Li Er was analyzing the changes in these people, Li Yuanxing suddenly spoke, with a serious and scary tone: "I heard some information, but I didn't take it seriously at first. Now that I think about it, it's interesting. The Khitans took the Tang Dynasty for money.
The fine steel given as a reward was sold to the Goguryeo people. But in fact, many people are reselling the fine steel. The Eastern Turks and various tribes are all keeping some goods for them."
"This is true, but Your Highness need not be uneasy. The East Turks cannot afford to make big waves. The amount of refined steel they have in stock is too small."
The governor of Hedong Road responded loudly. He was a military general and a relative of the Li family. The Dou family would not make casual promises on such matters. Since he had said it to reassure Li Yuanxing, he was confident enough.
Li Yuanxing asked back: "So, who is the big trouble?"
"Western Turks, Tuyuhun!" four or five superior governors replied in unison.
Li Yuanxing waved to Pei Xi: "Go to Admiral Tiance's Mansion in person and ask Princess Mingyue to bring something for me." Li Yuanxing said and wrote on a piece of paper, C304.
C, this letter, has almost never been seen by people in the Tang Dynasty. In this era, we still don’t know what the original form of English is.
What was it? Pei Xi just thought it was a code name and quickly took it out.
Li Yuanxing then said: "You can discuss the matter of supplies privately. Anyway, I can only ask for more. I will keep the extra. The army can still use it for emergency food. Especially in Longxi, there is no way.
You need to save more to feel at ease.”
All the officials had no objections to guarding against the Western Turks and Tuyuhun.
"Don't worry, everyone. Whether these things come from the treasury of various officials or from the merchant families, there will be rewards naturally. If the family is worried, then I will buy them with coins."
"Whoever asks the King of Qin to pay for it is really stupid!" Feng Ang responded with a smile, and everyone laughed.
Li Yuanxing laughed a few times along with him: "Have some snacks, I want to talk about the railway. Which one needs a railway, sign it up, and make a plan. One thing is mentioned first, the railway can use fine steel rails.
Someone stole it. This is not a small mistake. If a rail is missing, the train overturns, people die and the goods are destroyed, the loss is not as small as a few hundred kilograms of steel."
All the governors nodded, they also saw the railway from Chang'an to Luoyang.
It has not been officially opened to traffic, but the track has been laid and the car is in the warehouse. Assuming that one car carries 80 tons, a single train is 36 cars, which is 2,800 tons of cargo, converted into pounds,
It’s close to three million pounds.
If this goes wrong, not only people will be injured, but the goods will be destroyed, the train will be blocked for ten days and a half, and goods will pile up in the two places, the loss will be even greater.
The palace maid now brought snacks, which were baked cakes and some biscuits.
For these senior officials, it is a novelty.
This is also considered a break during the meeting.
Soon, Pei Xi brought what Li Yuanxing wanted, and at Li Yuanxing's signal, he opened the box in the middle.
What is C304? Wu Zhao naturally knows it. This is what later generations call Austrian stainless steel. The steel is bright, looks hard, and has texture.
Here are bowls, small basins, knives for cutting vegetables, etc...
In short, they are all small things that can be used in the home kitchen and in daily life. In modern times, a stainless steel bowl only cost a few yuan. According to the Tang Dynasty, it was worth a penny.
This is based on the astonishing steel production in later generations.
However, in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanxing controlled the cost price of a stamped stainless steel bowl within three cents and a small steamer within seventy cents. There was no external sales, Wu
The price I ordered was eight cents for bowls of different sizes, with a diameter of two and a half inches. The largest four-inch bowl was only priced at twenty cents.
Datang's craftsmanship is still a bit poor, and the rework rate for large bowls is a bit high.
"A small bowl costs eight cents. What do you think? This is real fine steel, and it is guaranteed not to rust. It will still look bright after ten or eight years of use. You can get as much of this thing as you want, a lot of it
If it is sold in various states and counties, will someone charge a high price?"
"The steel looks good, and the price isn't too high."
Someone held the bowl in his hand, then put several bowls in his hand and weighed the weight: "It's not heavy. Seven or eight bowls only weigh one kilogram. It depends on the previous price of fine steel. Some tribes
If the leader dares to pay fifty cents a piece, he will take as much as he wants."
"Tell someone to do this business secretly. This thing is in Chang'an. I only sell it for eight cents!"
"Your Highness, aren't you guarding against the Western Turks purchasing a large amount of Tang Dynasty's fine steel?" Du Ruhui, who had been silent until now, asked.
Not just him, no one really understands.
"There are some things added to the steel." As Li Yuanxing spoke, he took out a steel bar from the bottom of the box and placed it on the table: "Actually, you will know if you try this thing. Anyone who is interested can come and cut it.
Use two swords, don't use force, it will be cut off with one force, just use a few gentle blows."
Stainless steel cannot be sharpened, nor is it steel that can be sharpened.
After several people tried it, the round steel felt like wood, and every time it was cut, there would be marks, but the knife in the hand did not hurt at all.
"This steel-made knife has some very special skills. On the surface, it looks similar to a first-class steel knife from the Tang Dynasty. It can cut wood with no problem. It is also enough for ordinary knives in the past. But when it comes to real
The Tang Dynasty military used steel knives, this thing is a paper knife."
Everyone understood that Li Yuanxing was talking about Yuhun and the Western Turks.
PS: Don’t say anything, just try to come up with a fourth update.