Li Mu complained silently in his heart. He was about to say it out, but he swallowed it again when he reached his lips.
He realized what the problem was. It was not a matter of who studied it or not. Rather, the process of history should be like this, moving forward slowly and bit by bit.
According to his perspective as a time traveler, he knows what these things look like after they are formed. It is like a college student doing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It will be difficult for him to understand why such a simple question can be done wrong. But for a college student
For a seven or eight-year-old primary school student, this is the most difficult question he has ever faced. He will only find it simple when he looks back after going through elementary school, middle school, and college.
Thinking of this, Li Mu put away his anxiety and continued to read.
After reading it from beginning to end, Li Mu concluded that if the current situation continues, this Dongcheng Arsenal may not be able to produce anything useful in a short time.
Looking at the eyes of both pairs of people who were working hard but unwilling to give up, Li Mu sighed and said: "Let's put all the projects in your hands aside for now - you all go home and have a good New Year. When the first month comes, you can
I will go to Luoyang and teach you when I have time."
After saying that, Li Mu turned around and left. He couldn't stand this place anymore and couldn't stay any longer.
Li Mu turned around and walked away. The people behind him were already whispering. They were all the best craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty. They came from all over the world. Many of them were not from the Ministry of Industry and did not understand Li Mu's ability. Seeing that Li Mu was so loud, they
Some people were unconvinced and muttered, thinking that Li Mu was just a lucky minister who relied on His Majesty's favor to achieve his current status. How dare he give guidance? Does he know how to forge? Does he know how to make weapons? As soon as he finished speaking, there was work.
A craftsman from the Ministry stood up and rebuked harshly. Both sides started fighting each other, and everyone went home bruised and swollen.
The news quickly spread to the palace. After Li Shimin heard it, he just laughed. Eunuch Gao was confused and asked: "Why is your majesty laughing? A fight in the East Factory should be severely punished."
"Severe punishment?" Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "What I want to see is a situation like this. Only when the two sides compete with each other can progress be made faster. I originally thought that Li Mu would lose his temper, but now it seems that he has grown up after all.
"
Eunuch Gao didn't seem to understand, but he also remembered the duties of a eunuch and didn't ask any more questions.
Li Shimin put his hands behind his back, looked at the sunset outside the window, and said to Mr. Gao: "Let the Imperial Hospital send a few doctors to check on the condition. These people in Dongchang are all very valuable talents. Don't let anything happen to them."
By the way, you should also give them a few words, don't say it too harshly. Those who have opinions about Li Mu, as well as those who try their best to defend Li Mu, write down their names and let Dongchang's fans know.
Pay more attention and report anything unusual to me."
"promise."
Eunuch Gao responded, becoming more and more confused about what Li Shimin was thinking.
…
After returning home, Li Mu became worried. He was now faced with two choices. Either, he would use the golden finger to turn all the skills in the system into secrets, and then teach them to these craftsmen. In this case, Datang would
The level of various industrial technologies will grow by leaps and bounds. But there are also disadvantages to this, that is, if you do this, it is likely to release a devil. Li Shimin is not a monarch who defends the city. His ambition is extremely high, and Li Mu dare not
Imagine if he did this, would Li Shimin become militaristic, and would he become like Qin Shihuang back then, who wanted to occupy everything he set his sights on?
If Li Mu was an angry young man, he would think that there is nothing wrong with this. However, after he came to Datang, he came into contact with the people of Datang and felt the living people around him. He could clearly sense that most of them
The people actually just wanted to live a peaceful life for a few days, and they did not have such big ambitions and ambitions. Even if there was excitement in front of Chengtian Gate like that day, it was just the effect of deliberate incitement. Those fanatical people,
They won't think about going to the battlefield and really facing the blood. They won't like it.
Li Mu didn't like it either, and he even felt that it was unnecessary to do so. Because the world in the early Tang Dynasty was far from saturated with materials, resources, and population. This world could easily support the entire world's population. In this way
Under such circumstances, the purpose of the invasion was just aggression. For the selfish desires of the ruler, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people had to sacrifice their lives. Li Mu did not decide that this was a good deal.
Life has only been a few decades. What will happen in the future has already been written in the history books. That will happen hundreds of years later and has nothing to do with the present. Li Mu does not want to think about it. What he wants to do now is to develop vigorously.
Economy, vigorously improve infrastructure construction, and truly change the poor life of the people. He has no time to think about other things.
Li Mu pondered for a long time and said: "Yingluo, please help me compile the information I asked you to sort out some time ago——"
Before he finished speaking, Li Mu stopped. He suddenly realized that this was Xiaoyao Valley, not Luoyang. Wei Yingluo would not appear behind him at any time to bring him the documents he needed.
Just when he was feeling sad, suddenly, a hand stretched out from beside him. Li Mu looked up and saw that it was Wei Yingluo. He looked confused, and Wei Yingluo explained: "It's almost the Lantern Festival. I haven't gone out to wrap myself up at home."
Today, Pearl came home and took me out. We walked around the East Market and saw some beautiful jewelry, which was not expensive, so I bought it for my sisters."
Hearing what Wei Yingluo said, Li Mu was very excited: "Have you met Qiaoqiao? What did she say?"
Wei Yingluo started to pretend to be stupid and said: "My wife said the hairpin is beautiful, but she also asked me not to spend any money." She spread her little hands and said to Li Mu: "I have spent all my monthly salary, and now I have no money.
"
"Oops." Li Mu put his hand into his sleeve, exchanged a few gold bars from the system, put them in Wei Yingluo's hand, and said, "When has our family ever been short of money? Besides, aren't you a housekeeper? If you don't have any money, you
Just withdraw it yourself.”
Wei Yingluo shook her head and said, "After Zhien came back, I handed over all the account books to her."
"Oh..." Li Mu suddenly realized that Wei Yingluo was handing over power. Because when Li Zhien was here, she was in charge of the family's accounts. Li Zhien went to Silla for more than half a year before Wei Yingluo took her place. Now Li Zhien is back.
Yes, she returned the account book, not only to show her attitude, but also to consider Qiaoqiao's feelings. After all, among all the wives, Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien have the closest relationship.
At the same time, Qiaoqiao's acquiescence in this matter also shows Qiaoqiao's attitude. She should still hope to see Li Zhien taking care of the family's accounts, so that she will feel more at ease. And Wei Yingluo's positioning, maybe as a secretary?
Li Mu looked at Wei Yingluo and didn't continue talking about it, but just ignored it.
It seems that they have already made arrangements, so don't mess with it.
"I remember that before I came back from Luoyang, I asked you to help me collect some information about the cost of road construction. Have you brought it over?"
"Ah, I brought it here." Wei Yingluo nodded and said, "It's in a box. I'll go look for it in the warehouse." After saying that, he turned around and walked out. After a while, Li Mu heard footsteps behind him and thought it was Wei Yingluo.
Yingluo came back, but after listening carefully, she felt something was not right. The footsteps did not sound like it. When she looked back, it turned out that it was not the case. Li Zhien had a candied fruit in his mouth and looked at him with a half-smile.
"Thank you."
"Ouch," Li Zhien was still a little embarrassed. He blushed and pinched his nose, then whispered in Li Mu's ear: "Actually, I do have selfish motives."
"What?"
Li Zhien whispered something into Li Mu's ear. Li Mu couldn't laugh or cry and said, "What kind of goods am I? Is it used for trading?"
"No matter!" Li Zhien grabbed a handkerchief from his sleeve with words on it, waved it and said, "No one can go back on the contract after signing it." After saying that, she stuck out her tongue and chased Wei Yingluo.
He ran away before coming back.
After a while, Wei Yingluo came back with the things Li Mu asked for. Of course, Li Mu would not show any abnormalities. He took the document in Wei Yingluo's hand and started to read it.
The information was compiled by Wei Yingluo. Wei Yingluo naturally remembered it. As Li Mu looked through it, she said: "The most common ground is to use rammed earth. This method is the lowest cost and only consumes manpower. But this kind of
After the road is built, it just looks like it, and it will be full of potholes when it rains. But it is the most widely used among the people. It is usually repaired before the rainy season and repaired every year. Even better, it is backed by a mountain or
Near the river, there are gravel and gravel, which are then laid on the road and then compacted. The road built in this way is stronger than a road with only compacted soil, but it is not a long-term solution."
"Usually the government or local wealthy people use cooked soil to build roads. Cooked soil means frying the soil with fire, so that there will be no insects or grass, and the foundation will be more stable. The next step is to use the soil to make green bricks to pave the road.
It is relatively strong and does not require heavy-duty vehicles. There will be no problem in three to five years. Of course, the highest cost and the best are stone slabs. However, it is not easy to mine and the output is low. Except for building palaces, few people can afford bluestone slabs.
of."
"Currently, the best way to build roads is the 'Sanhe soil' you invented. The price is lower than that of blue bricks, but it is more durable than green bricks. But even if it is built in this way, it will take three miles to build one mile.
Thousands of guan. The total cost of building Chidao is about 300,000 guan. This is already the result of savings in all aspects."
"Too slow, still too slow!"
Li Mu listened to Wei Yingluo's words. He also finished reading and murmured to himself. He said it too slowly. It didn't mean that the road construction was too slow. In fact, it was hundreds of miles from Chang'an to Luoyang and was completed in a few months.
It is already a moderate miracle. He said that the reason why it is too slow is that the Sanhetu road is also inseparable from the old problem. When it rains, landslides and other natural disasters occur, the road will still be damaged. Now
It looks pretty good, but maybe it won’t survive for a year or two, and problems will arise on various road sections. By then, people will have become accustomed to the convenience and speed of Chidao. Once there is a problem on any road section, Chidao will no longer be usable, causing losses.
It will definitely be very big.
There has to be a way out.
In the era when Li Mu lived, there were three main forms of road construction.
The first type is gravel road. First dig up the ground, and then replace the granular materials, that is, large stones, and then slowly reduce the size. Finally, the road surface is filled with fine gravel. The advantage of this is that the entire road surface
It is not a problem to use it for five or six years without heavy loads. Many main roads in rural areas still use this method. This method has certain feasibility, but it must be used in places where there are stones.
Needless to say, it cannot be implemented where there are stones. How can we transport stones in this era without trucks? Where there are stones, it also depends on what kind of stones they are. No matter how much granite there is, it cannot be crushed in this era and it will not be used.
The second type is the asphalt road commonly used on national highways. However, there was no oil mining in this era, and asphalt, as an appendage of oil, is naturally not available. The quantity of natural asphalt is too small to form a large scale.
The third type is cement road.
Li Mu has been thinking about cement for a long time. He has always wanted to make cement, but he has never had the time. The main ingredients of cement are very simple, and he knows the proportions. The biggest problem is that he does not know the origin of the raw materials. The first type
, gravel road. First excavate the ground, and then replace the granular materials, that is, large stones, and then gradually reduce the size. Finally, the road surface is filled with fine gravel. The advantage of this is that the entire road surface is compacted and crushed to death.
, it is not a problem to use it for five or six years without heavy load. Many main roads in rural areas still use this method. This method has certain feasibility, but it must be used in places where there are stones and where there are no stones.
Needless to say, it will definitely not be implemented. How can we transport stones in this era without trucks? Where there are stones, it depends on what kind of stones they are. No matter how much granite is, it cannot be crushed in this era, and it is not of use.
The second type is the asphalt road commonly used on national highways. However, there was no oil mining in this era, and asphalt, as an appendage of oil, was naturally not available. The quantity of natural asphalt is too small to form a large scale.
The third type is cement road.
Li Mu has been thinking about cement for a long time. He has always wanted to make cement, but he has never had the time. The main ingredients of cement are very simple, and he knows the proportions. The biggest problem is that he does not know the origin of the raw materials. The first type
, gravel road. First excavate the ground, and then replace the granular materials, that is, large stones, and then slowly reduce the size. Finally, the road surface is filled with fine gravel. The advantage of this is that the entire road surface is compacted and crushed to death.
, without heavy loads, it is not a problem to use it for five or six years. Many main roads in rural areas still use this method. This