The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

This generation of Mohist giants is not as pedantic as the Mohist giants in previous generations, which surprised Li Chengdao, but this is a good thing.

"I want to create a smelting bureau and recruit a group of skilled craftsmen to specialize in the research of advanced technologies. Would the Mohists be willing to join?"

Li Chengdao looked at Xu Mo and asked.

On the one hand, Mohism is superb in its mechanical skills, but more importantly, Mohist disciples have unique innovation and research spirit. These are the most important.

Whether it is science or technology, its root lies in innovation.

"What does the Smelting Bureau mainly manufacture and research?"

Xu Mo did not rush to agree, but asked.

"Cutting-edge technologies and innovative technologies that have never appeared before can be studied for both military and civilian applications."

Li Chengdao said, "For example, the track carriage is the first thing to be put into research and production after the founding of the Smelting Bureau."

"What is a track carriage?"

Xu Mo asked doubtfully. This was the first time he heard this term.

Li Chengdao was already prepared. He picked up a few drawn drawings from the dragon table and handed them to Xu Mo.

After Xu Mo took it and looked at it for a few times, a look of shock suddenly appeared in his eyes and said: "Your Majesty wants to put this thing into use nationwide?!"

There is a road map on the drawing, which clearly connects the major capitals. This is a magnificent project.

The principle of the rail carriage is not complicated. Xu Mo understood it after just one glance. However, this uncomplicated thing has great value and significance.

"This is just one of them. Take a look at these pictures."

Li Chengdao handed over a few more drawings. These drawings were structural analysis drawings of firecrackers and artillery!

"Gunpowder... can it still be used like this?"

Xu Mo's eyes widened, his tone full of disbelief.

Gunpowder already exists today, but it is usually used as fireworks. How can it be made into a weapon? !

From the drawings Li Chengdao gave him, he seemed to see a whole new world!

After putting down the drawings, Xu Mo said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, our Mo family is willing to join the Smelting Bureau!"

His intuition told him that if he did not join the Smelting Bureau, he would definitely regret it for the rest of his life.

Several disciples of the Mo family who followed Xu Mo were shocked. How could the giant agree to join the Smelting Bureau so easily?

"Okay, I will leave the Smelting Bureau to you. I will also select a group of skilled craftsmen to join the Smelting Bureau. I also ask Mr. Xu not to be stingy in teaching the Mohist machine arts."

Li Chengdao said with a smile.

"Your Majesty is serious. Common people cannot deserve the title of sir. Common people will definitely carry forward the Mohist techniques without any reservation!"

Xu Mo said firmly.

Although various Mohist techniques are miraculous, they have always been regarded as strange and heretical techniques. However, Li Chengdao attached great importance to these techniques and regarded them as the key to the country's prosperity!

This is the opportunity for their Mohist family to develop!

Looking at Xu Mo's expression, Li Chengdao couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart. He had finally deceived this Mo family giant.

What a feat it would be if, under his guidance, the Mohist art of mechanism evolved into mechanics!

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After Xu Mo agreed to join the Smelting Bureau, he summoned all the Mohist disciples to Chang'an.

The Mohist family has now declined, and the entire Mohist family only has a few hundred disciples.

But talents are more valuable than more. Li Chengdao was already very satisfied with the hundreds of talents from the Mohist family.

He ordered Jia Xu to allocate a piece of land in the southern suburbs of Chang'an as the headquarters of the Smelting Bureau, and selected a group of skilled old craftsmen and talented young craftsmen from the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau of the Ministry of Industry to study there.

The Smelting Bureau is not under the jurisdiction of the Six Ministries, but is in charge of Jia Xu, and the research and development expenses are allocated from Li Chengdao's internal treasury, which can ensure its independence to a large extent.

The Ministry of Industry is quite critical of this, especially the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau. They feel that the Metallurgical Manufacturing Bureau has taken away their jobs, so why not just leave the research and development technology to them.

In fact, this is not the case. As the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau has developed to this day, their thinking patterns and systems have been finalized, and it is difficult to innovate on the original technology.

The Metallurgical Manufacturing Bureau is newly established. With the participation of Mohist children and ensuring its independence, its development potential will be much higher than that of the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau.

As the days passed, the Metallurgical Bureau was busy establishing, the Ministry of War was preparing for the expedition in the coming spring, and officials from the three provinces were finalizing the national policy of promoting both agriculture and commerce.

Amidst such busyness, the end of the year is coming soon.

This winter is not an easy one for the people of the Tang Dynasty. Affected by drought and locust plague, people in many places have lost their harvest. In previous years, it would have been a disaster. I don’t know how many people would starve to death and freeze to death in one winter.

However, this year we have the imperial court as our backing, so although the winter is a bit sad, it is not so bad that we cannot survive.

Fortunately, this year's winter was not as long as last year. It ended early as spring approached, and the ice melted and snow melted, and everything revived.

With the arrival of spring, the imperial court also issued several edicts that shocked the world.

The first thing was to gather an army and attack Goguryeo.

The second thing is to vigorously promote the Young Crops Law, encourage farming, and at the same time encourage private trade to improve the status of merchants. Several laws specifically targeted at private commerce have also been promulgated.

Once these edicts were issued, the entire Tang Dynasty was in a state of excitement.

We had just survived various natural disasters last year and should be recuperating. Why attack Goryeo at this time?

Forget it, after all, everyone with a discerning eye knows that this is a necessary decision to transfer internal conflicts at the moment, and it also needs to be plundered through war to make up for the loss of the national treasury.

But improving the status of merchants and encouraging private trade is incomprehensible.

Since ancient times, agriculture has been emphasized and business has been suppressed. If the status of businessmen has improved, wouldn't this mean that farming has been abandoned?

But with the promulgation of several laws by imperial edict, all the opposition voices disappeared.

While improving the status of merchants, relaxing trade restrictions, and encouraging private trade, commercial taxes will also be increased; two-thirds of commercial taxes are used to establish agricultural subsidy funds.

There are also court loans to encourage businessmen to borrow money from the court...

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A series of national policies were rapidly implemented with the support of Li Chengdao.

The army that went on an expedition to Goguryeo was also well prepared. ..