Routine inspection of the workshop was a daily task that the emperor would do every once in a while. When the artillery was being developed previously, the emperor was always paying attention.
Nowadays, throughout Guanzhong, especially around Chang'an, the sides of major water systems, such as the Wei River, Fengshui, Bashui and other rivers, are densely packed with huge industrial parks that have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain.
Many of these buildings were built by the court organized by the people during the natural disasters in the early years of Zhenguan.
Now, it has completely reached scale.
In many workshops, there are huge chimneys standing one after another, with thick black mist floating all year round.
Take a whiff, yes, it's an industrial smell.
These workshops have many different functions, including soap workshops, sugar workshops, tea workshops, textile machine workshops, iron and steel making workshops, glass workshops, cement factories, paper mills, and even top-secret artillery research and development centers.
In addition, there are workshops specializing in the development of agricultural tools.
In recent years, on the basis of the curved shaft plow, the emperor had people develop a large multi-wheel heavy plow, the kind that required eight oxen to pull. There was also a pedal-operated wooden threshing machine. This kind of threshing machine was not
It's not complicated. It's just like a sewing machine, except that it has a threshing drum and a connecting rod. The only metal part is the connecting rod, and the other parts are made of wood.
In fact, it doesn't matter even if it is made of iron, because under the guidance of the emperor, the technology of iron and steel mills has advanced rapidly, and now all four-wheeled carriages use multi-purpose steel rollers. Not to mention a small threshing machine connecting rod.
Don't be too simple.
Over the years, most of the waterwheel technology has been gradually understood by craftsmen. They have even developed small pumping trucks that can pump water from low-lying areas to high fields.
Li Zhiyun said yes after reading it.
High temperature resistant crucibles and other mechanical instruments, the craftsmen are also mastering the technology bit by bit. According to the report given to him by Yuwen Rutong, the number of craftsmen in the workshop now exceeds 1,000. In a few years, the railway will be started
Try laying it out, and then try building a horse-drawn train. The success of the track carriage is a good breakthrough, and I believe that the railway track will also break through soon.
Among scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, the status of craftsmen was not high and the wages were low. But when working for the emperor, the wages were high and the status was not low. They had only half a foot in the system. The craftsmen in the workshop all came from clean and pure families.
People, good citizens of the emperor.
When inspecting the workshops, Li Zhiyun focused on inspecting the artillery workshop and the water-powered spinning machine workshop.
Needless to say, the former is the top priority, while the latter is Li Zhiyun's weapon to expand the spinning industry. In the future, there will be water-powered looms, mule looms, and even the final steam engine!
Everything he did was to put the empire on an industrial path.
After walking up, it is natural to make money, then expand, make more money, and expand again. The grassland is now being crazily sucked by Datang's handicraft products. When they are "eaten by sheep", Datang will have to find another place to suck blood.
After all, the grassland is not a country, but a tribe, and it cannot suck blood for too long.
The Western Region is better.
Stupid people have too much money.
Li Zhiyun thought that once the blood of the grasslands and the Western Regions were sucked dry, the population of the Tang Dynasty would explode, and so would its technology.
At that time, there will still be Japan, Nanyang, and Tianzhu.
Anyway, there will be no shortage of colonies.
In summary, the countries in the Western Regions, the grasslands, and Goguryeo were sacrifices for the Tang Dynasty to complete the initial accumulation of capital.
After eating them, Datang will definitely have the ability to sail to the earth.
As for whether I can see that time, is it important?
Li Zhiyun thought very clearly. What he wanted to do was to expand the Han and Tang Dynasties infinitely. As for whether the empire could last forever?
Does it matter?
How can the feudal dynasty last forever? It is a liar.
What he wants is a sentence: wherever mountains and rivers go, there is Tang soil!
It doesn't matter whether the empire is still there or not at that time, if we want to fight anyway, we will be fighting to the death with our own people.
If it is beaten to pieces, the meat will also rot in the pot.
The last people to eat meat must be the Han and Tang dynasties, so that’s fine, that’s enough.
When returning to the palace after an inspection, the emperor also brought back a bamboo tube of dry food to taste.
The dry food in the bamboo tube is a new type of military dry food, and the main ingredients are taro and bacon.
Taro is mainly used to collect starch. The yield of this crop is not low. The yield per mu is about 1,500 kilograms. In the field, more than 2,000 kilograms can be produced. After careful processing, more than 100 kilograms of fine flour can be obtained.
The production process is pretty average and not particularly complicated. From harvesting the taro to cleaning, shredding, peeling, grinding, and pulping, it is all done by slave girls or children from various tribes.
For example, taro grinding mainly relies on rubbing, manually rubbing on rough riverside stones, and then rinsing with clean water to obtain crude taro starch.
After rough processing, there is fine processing. Use a mesh sieve to sift the pulp, repeat it several times, let it stand for a second time to dehydrate, and then leave it to dry in the sun, or dry it yourself.
The starch finally obtained is quite fine, and after removing large impurities, the remaining starch can be pressed and packaged.
Put starch and bacon and pickles together and spread them out to make pancakes. The taste is definitely average in Li Zhiyun's opinion, but in the eyes of Tang people who have never eaten such delicate food, it is a good thing.
What's more, it is a high-energy food that replenishes physical strength.
Later, when the Tang army went on an expedition, the fire-head soldiers in charge of logistics were responsible for spreading pancakes for them. They could light a fire anywhere and cook it with just an iron plate. It was convenient, delicious, and filling.
Of course, Li Zhiyun himself felt that the taste was average after eating it, but compared with military rations, it was definitely delicious on earth.
You know, when Li Zhiyun led the troops to fight, when food was most scarce, the food he ate even contained rice husks, sand, and pebbles.
A little better, it's just pickles and white rice.
Don't think that military rations in this era are very good. In fact, they are very poor.
But having said that, if you can have a full mouthful of food, then it is considered a success. What kind of delicacies do you want in the world?
When returning to Chang'an, Li Zhiyun opened the curtain and saw the people pushing the dung carts home with joy on their faces.
Nowadays, the manure in Chang'an is definitely considered a treasure. After the people tasted the benefits of fertilizing, they flocked to it, and some even made a distinction between high and low manure.
For example, the excrement in the palace is the best excrement, stained with the nobility of the emperor.
The next best thing is the dung of the Duke's Mansion, stained with the wisdom of the ministers.
The next thing that comes first is the excrement of wealthy merchants, which smells like copper.
In any case, Chang'an can now boast that it is a first-rate super civilized city in the world.
Except that it is inferior to Luoyang Palace in terms of scale, everything else is very impressive.
In addition to the people of the Tang Dynasty, merchants from all over the world who came to Chang'an for business exclaimed, "Chang'an is the most beautiful place!"
As for those foreign merchants, when they saw Chang'an City, the green belt, and the cement roads all over the ground, they almost knelt on the ground and shouted loudly, "Your Majesty the Holy Emperor Khan, so are my ancestors!"
There was no way, the Tang Dynasty was so powerful that it defeated the surrounding countries.
Mu Qiang is an inevitable thing for human beings.
Just like those grassland tribes who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, when they came to Chang'an, various departments crazily stuffed them with money just to get a Datang ID card.
Unfortunately, the Datang ID card is not easy to obtain and very difficult to obtain.
The people of the Tang Dynasty looked down upon these barbarians who were treated as livestock by their Emperor.
When the people in the pass see those foreigners, they inevitably sneer at them. The local ruffians even sneer at them from time to time and get some benefits.
What, you don’t want to give it?
Why don't you give it a try and see if the government will help my family or you barbarians?