Chapter 23 Cement for Privileges Chen Shan was stunned, holding half of the Mo knife silently, completely ignoring the cracked tiger's mouth.
Li Shimin was also stunned, tremblingly touched the deep marks on the cement slab and muttered: "Chen Shannai is a famous warrior in the army, his divine power is huge, this blow has at least 1,200 catties of strength, and the ordinary stone is afraid that it will be split, but now it is only cut in less than half, and even the Mo knife is broken, what is this?"
” "It's not a lot of things."
Li Zhen pointed to the bag of cement: "Actually, this thing is the initial form of the board." ” "What?"
Li Shimin suddenly turned around, and with a 'Sla' sound, he tore open the bag and found that it was just a pile of stone powder: "Zhen'er, do you mean that the stone slab is just made of these powders?"
” "That's right, Father."
Li Zhen grabbed a handful of cement and said: "This thing is called cement, it is a special substance that can be condensed as long as it encounters water, and more importantly, the production of this kind of thing is very simple, as long as there is enough kiln, it is not a problem to produce 100,000 catties a day." ” "Build roads."
Li Shimin is worthy of being the first emperor of the ages, this IQ is definitely leveraged, Li Zhen just said a little, he knew the greatest use of cement in this era.
"Yes, it's the road."
Li Zhen said with a smile: "As long as we have enough cement and money, we can build hundreds of thousands of miles of galloping roads, and the speed of driving on such roads is at least twice as fast as ordinary roads." ” "At least three times."
Li Shimin's words are more exaggerated, but also more pertinent: "Especially the carriage, as long as there is such a road, it is not only fast, but also much smoother."
Especially used to transport grain and grass, the general grain and grass can walk 50 miles a day, even if God blesses, if it rains, it is good to be able to walk 10 miles a day.
But if you take such a road, you can go 100 miles, and if you don't have horsepower, 150 miles is not impossible.
There is also the march, and it is common for foot soldiers to walk ten or twenty miles a day in bad weather, and if this is the case, it is not a problem to walk seventy or eighty miles a day.
At that time, the speed of the army's aid will be greatly increased, our Datang's control over the border will become stronger and stronger, and the consumption of money, food, and baggage will be lower and lower. ” The more Li Shimin spoke, the more energetic he became, and in the end he was completely intoxicated with his fantasy deeds.
"Father is right, the only problem is ......
It's still in the child's hands.
"Li Zhen really can't stand it, there are still outsiders, can you be a little bit promising, father?
"Huh?
Oh, yes.
Li Shimin was immediately woken up by Li Zhen's basin of cold water, waved his hand to let Chen Shan go down, and took Li Zhen back to the study, and he didn't care about the grenade.
"Okay Zhen'er, you say, how do you want to give the cement to your father?"
Li Shimin followed Li Zhen's example, stared at his 'watery' big eyes, and asked Li Zhen for advice in a 'soft voice' - if outsiders see it, I'm afraid that my jaw will fall off.
"Father, rest assured, since the child took out the cement, he naturally wants to give it to his father, but well, the rules are there, and let the child think about it, what can the child ask for from his father."
Li Zhen 'pretended' to hold her chin with her little hand and thought for a long time, before she clapped her hands violently: "The child really can't think of what the child needs." ” "Hey!"
Li Shimin's spirit suddenly withered: "Zhen'er, think about it carefully, or else, my father will add a little fief to you?"
” "Forget it, the food of a thousand households has already caused the dissatisfaction of the brothers, and besides, I am afraid that the love of the brothers will dissipate."
Li Zhen waved her hand weakly: "Otherwise, father, you can give the child a little privilege." ” Li Shimin was surprised: "Privilege?
As a prince, the dignified prince of the Tang Dynasty, what privileges do you have?
Are you trying to kill human rights?
” "Oh, no."
Li Zhen took out a grenade: "The child has been researching firearms recently, oh, that is, something like a grenade, which requires a lot of good steel."
But the prisoner in the Young Prison's Mansion is really a dead old man, and every time the child asks him for good steel, he is like a dead father.
Therefore, the child wants to ask his father for a little metal smelting privilege, and the father can rest assured that the child is only for his own use, and will not sell it in a big way, and the child knows the laws of the Tang Dynasty. ” "Metal smelting?
You want this?
Li Shimin exclaimed, it's not that Li Zhen wants more, but too little.
Li Shimin has seen the prospect of cement, if it can really be mass-produced, it will be absolutely beneficial for Datang to control the frontier, and even with this cement, Datang's territory will expand again.
Because the reason why the territory of the Tang Dynasty is only so large now is because in terms of the transportation and communication conditions of this era, the Tang Dynasty can only control such a large geographical area, and if it is more, it will not only not be beneficial to the imperial court, but will do a lot of harm.
It's like there was a rebellion in the Western Regions Anxi Protectorate, and the current transportation conditions, if you use 800 miles to expedit, it will take more than ten days to reach Chang'an, if you add the reaction time of the imperial court, and wait for the counterinsurgency army to arrive, maybe it will be two months later, and such a response speed is already fast.
If the border extends another thousand miles, and the news of the rebellion spreads on your side, it will be half a year after the arrival of the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court - half a year, and the rebellion has ended.
So it's not that the emperors of the past dynasties were unwilling to expand their territory, but even if you laid a huge amount of land, you can't rule.
But now it's different, as long as there is a cement road, the mobilization of Datang's troops will be greatly increased, in other words, in the past, if the army marched ordinarily, it would be good to be able to walk 800 miles in 15 days, but if there is a cement road, it will not be a problem for the army to walk 1,200 miles in 15 days, and it is not impossible to walk 1,500 miles faster.
In other words, as long as there is cement, Datang can at least increase the controllable territory of 1,500 miles, how much benefit and merit is contained in this?
Therefore, the significance of the emergence of cement for the Tang Empire is very huge, it can be said unceremoniously, as long as there is a cement formula in his hand, even if Li Zhen asks Li Shimin for the governance of the entire Lingnan, he will agree without thinking, but now Li Zhen actually just asked for a metal smelting right, even Li Shimin feels a pity.
"Zhen'er, cement was invented by you, and you know the meaning very well, is a steel smelting right a bit less, will Zhenyuan Daxian be dissatisfied?"
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"It's okay father, this cement kid can still call the shots."
Li Zhenhao said cheerfully, but his eyes rolled, and he smiled again: "Of course, if the father is really unhappy in his heart, he can't give the child a little more power to explore and exploit the mine." ” "Okay, good Zhen'er, my father really didn't mistake you, and my father agreed to whatever you wanted."
Li Shimin was very moved, hugged Li Zhen in his arms, and kissed him fiercely.
He didn't feel that Li Zhen was asking him for the right to mine again, and he was raising prices on the spot, but thought that Li Zhen was just reducing the guilt in his heart, and the pity in his heart was even stronger.