Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"You still have Taoists here?" Lu Daqiang was a little surprised.

"Yes, I have learned before that many things like mercury are smelted by these Taoist priests. Isn't our steel factory also smelted? I invited some Taoist priests with relevant experience. The one who agreed, came to our place and helped me a lot." Yan Zilun said straightforwardly.

"The main reason is to provide us with some ideas." Yan Zilun said, "Now they are all working as workers here, but I think it is impossible for them to forget their old profession."

"Okay, anyway, our spring requirements are relatively high." Lu Daqiang said.

"I'll give it a try. I'll have a chat with my engineers in a while, but I can't promise you whether it can be done. I will try my best to give you high quality, but there is a premise that the price is not low! Our cost is very high. Tall." Yan Zilun said.

"Don't worry, we'll give you the money!" Lu Daqiang said simply.

Anyway, there is no upper limit to the research cost His Highness gave them, isn't it just spending money, and His Highness said that it must be spent.

"That's right, I think you can't do it, just set up a factory and firm, specializing in the production of steam engines and machinery. By the way, let's discuss how to study the complete production line. Academician Lu, you are in charge of the research. I think you will leave the work of normal delivery to the factory. Better."

"Didn't the imperial court restructure some time ago? Now these factories have to apply to the Ministry of State-owned Assets and the Ministry of Industry, and then the imperial court will provide funds." Yan Zilun said.

"Forget it, count on the court, the treasury's money is not enough to distribute, how much can you give." Lu Daqiang curled his lips in disdain.

"You're gone, you don't even look down on the national treasury." Yan Zilun was a little dumbfounded.

"As long as we can research something useful, Your Highness can allocate a treasury for us!" Lu Daqiang shrugged, "As we all know, the treasury is a quantifier for Your Highness!"

Yan Zilun: "..."

You are awesome, you are worthy of being an academician, but you are better than me anyway.

"It's not up to you. Anyway, to set up a new factory and commercial bank now, you have to apply to the Ministry of State-owned Assets." Yan Zilun shrugged.

"Let's talk about it at that time. It's a big deal to establish it under the name of our research institute. Otherwise, it will be too late to wait for the treasury to allocate funds. Then I will leave a few people here for the follow-up research. I will go back and find someone to discuss the establishment of this steam engine foundry. .”

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At the end of the enlarged meeting of the Tai Chi Hall and the military department, all the ministers went back to make preparations, while Li Shimin kept Li Ke behind.

"Is it true what you said about the other continent?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and asked. There was no one else around the two of them at the moment, and Qi Qilang didn't want to know about it, so he simply followed behind.

Although he is a living man, he can't really follow His Majesty 24 hours a day. He wants to give His Majesty an independent space to avoid His Majesty's disgust.

"It's true, and it's not true." Li Ke shook his head and said.

"What do you mean?" Li Shimin was slightly relieved when he heard this. He was also under a lot of pressure just now.

"It's true that the continent is indeed real. After all, it doesn't make sense that only half of this planet has continents, and the other half has a high probability of having continents. But it's not true. It's true that those technologies did not come from The ones on that continent were developed by ourselves.”

"But it cannot be denied that no one knows whether the country on another continent is stronger than us." Li Ke said.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "I haven't heard of it for so many years, do you think there is really a country stronger than Datang?"

"Father, you don't think we are number one in the world, do you?" Li Ke sighed helplessly.

"That's true, hey, so you are deliberately setting up an enemy for the Tang Dynasty to avoid civil strife, and to prevent these courtiers from being complacent?" Li Shimin thought for a while.

"Sure, there is pressure to be motivated. To be honest, in a maximum of two years, any enemy around us will probably not be our opponent. If we don't have a clear and stronger enemy at that time, I am afraid that they will become Cheng Jiaobing." Li Ke said.

"That's the truth." Li Shimin nodded. If a country's army has always won battles, it is easy to develop arrogance and think that it is invincible. It's a good thing they have a sword hanging over their heads.

"Anyway, Songtsan Gampo is going to suffer a big loss for the Tubo incident this time." Li Shimin was a little gloating. Back then, this guy didn't talk too much about Datang. It is also true that the princess begged to marry and attacked Datang.

This time, his home is gone.Let's see if he dares to be arrogant.

"Yeah, when he finds out, the day lily will probably be cold." Li Ke nodded and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about it, I'll go see Jinyang and the others, and then I'll go back."

"Okay, I don't care about you, but you should keep an eye on Tubo. You did a good job in Xizhou, but you can't play with the ministers of the DPRK and China. You have to deal with it, no matter what you do. It doesn't matter if you leave it to the people below, or you can handle it yourself, it seems that the westward advance is inevitable in the future, and stabilizing Tubo and the Western Regions must be the top priority." Li Shimin waved his hands.

"I see." Li Ke had a headache, and the work was in his hands again, although he didn't need to do it himself, just open his mouth.

The problem is that there are many places where he needs to open his mouth.

Li Shimin returned to Liangyi Hall, while Li Ke simply went to Lizheng Hall. Jinyang and the others are on summer vacation. At present, several royal schools and ordinary schools in Datang are on the right track. There are still more Many schools are under construction.

It can only be said... From ancient times to the present, it may be like the capital. People in these big cities have a relatively broad vision. At least in Chang'an City, the proportion of ordinary people who are willing to send their children to study is much higher than that in other places.

For example, on Lingnan Road, Hu Zhi and the others have built primary schools in some counties, but in the entire county, the minimum number of school-age students in a primary school is less than 700.Moreover, there are at least 200 children from aristocratic families, businessmen, and poor families, and only more than 400 ordinary people send their children to school.

You know, this is still the case where the school is in charge of food and housing. If the school does not care about food and housing, I am afraid that this ratio will be even lower.

Thinking about it, I can understand it. After all, when Li Ke was a child in his previous life, there were many people in the countryside who were unwilling to let their children go to school. This was even more common in the Tang Dynasty.

This is because of Li Ke's influence, which made many people believe in him, so they sent their children in. Otherwise, the number is estimated to be even smaller.