Tibet

In the carriage, Princess Xincheng had a gloomy face, and Princess Qi turned her face away, which made her really angry.

She didn't approve of this marriage in the first place, so she reluctantly agreed. Today, when she came to visit her on the first day, she actually felt very angry. It was simply unreasonable.

Of course, she never examines herself. Why do others look down on her? If you don’t talk nonsense, belittle and humiliate others, who will look down on you?

Princess Xincheng glanced at her daughter and saw her looking out the window angrily and ignoring her.

She was even more annoyed and gritted her teeth and said, "Tai Wei, this princess is not easy to get along with. I'm afraid you will suffer."

"Mom, what are you talking about? She is my sister. What's wrong with her?"

"You also saw it today. I just said a few words casually, but she couldn't stand it and tried to show off to me. All I can say is that she is too small-minded."

Dugu Taiwei said coldly: "This is not a matter of temperament, it is a matter of principle. If someone dares to say that my parents are too small-minded in front of me, I will scold her to death. In my opinion, the eldest sister is already very tolerant."

Princess Xincheng's eyes widened, "You mean I'm wrong?"

"Mom, this matter has passed. Just don't mention it again. If you insist on holding on to it and not releasing it, I guarantee that you will be the one to humiliate yourself in the end."

Princess Xincheng said angrily: "Do you speak like this to your mother?"

Dugu turned his head too slightly and ignored him.

Princess Xincheng stared at her for a long time before snorting heavily.

Princess Xincheng wanted to say that the marriage was cancelled! But she couldn't say that. She had already reached the stage of welcoming the bride, and the marriage was basically decided.

Generally, only wealthy families who do not want to marry their daughter to a commoner family dare to cancel the marriage before the wedding.

But the other party was King Qi, the de facto lord of Chang'an, and their family could not afford to offend her. Princess Xincheng did not dare to mention breaking off the engagement no matter how angry she was.

What's more, this is really not a big deal, everyone just wants to take a gamble and regain face.

Princess Xincheng wanted to say something more, but she didn't know where to say it. Thinking of her daughter's little leopard-like character, if she said a few more words, she might choke her to death again. After much deliberation, she had no choice but to hold back her bad breath. heart.

Although the matter was settled in the end, there was still a trace of dissatisfaction between Princess Xincheng and Dugu Xinyue.

Li Ye asked the carriage to take Yang Yuhuan and his daughter back to the house, and he went to the official residence himself.

He has been feeling a lot these days. He used to not pay much attention to technology, but now he realizes more and more deeply that there are some things he must do. He cannot be afraid of changing history and restrain his hands, although he still faces the problem of unifying the world. , but that doesn’t mean he won’t act now.

Returning to the official room, Li Ye immediately ordered: "Go and find Chen Sima!"

Not long after, Chen Huan hurried over.

"See Your Highness!"

"I am very concerned about copper and iron now. I hope to get a detailed report, including our inventory situation, mining situation, and mine situation. It will take three days. Can this report be produced?"

Chen Huan nodded, "It should be possible, I'll make arrangements immediately!"

As he was about to leave, Li Ye stopped him and said with a slight smile: "I remember three months ago, the Yanzhou well-drilling team sent a report and found a large coal mine with a thick layer of soil below three feet deep. The coal seams are of very high quality. Have you sent anyone to look at them?”

"We have sent people to see it. It is located in Fenglin County, Yanzhou, close to the Qingshui River, and water transportation is very convenient."

"How big is it?"

Chen Huan thought for a while and said: "It covers an area of ​​about hundreds of hectares, and the reserves are very rich. The report says that the quality is indeed very high."

"In this case, make arrangements to start mining as soon as possible. If you need anything else, make the plan as soon as possible!"

"Your Highness, the Mineral Resources Administration hopes to get the support of Fire Thunder. I heard that there has been a breakthrough in the development of Iron Fire Thunder. Is it going to be developed?"

Li Ye nodded, "It has been successful, but it is not reliable yet. Only three out of ten can explode. We need to continue to work hard. At least it must be improved to seven or eight out of ten to be considered qualified. Once developed, I will specially approve it in coal mines." Use it!”

"Thank you for taking care of me, Your Highness!"

"Go! Copper and iron are the key points. I want to read the report in three days!"

Chen Huan bowed and left in a hurry.

Li Ye was obsessed with transportation during this period. Especially after he returned from Anxi, he began to realize the difficulty of the Tang Dynasty controlling Anxi. In the future, if he wanted to develop into the river and even farther west, he would need powerful transportation.

Li Ye thought for a long time, got up and came to the door, saying to Wei Yingwu: "I want to rest for half an hour, don't disturb me!"

Wei Yingwu nodded and stepped forward to close the door.

Li Ye then came to the bookshelf. He squatted down and groped behind the bookshelf for a moment, only to hear 'Click! ' With a sound, he stood up and slowly pushed open the bookshelf. A small iron door appeared behind the bookshelf. This was his secret room. His secret room was far less complicated than Feilong's secret room. It could be opened directly with three keys.

"Squeak!"

Li Ye pushed open the iron door and walked into a secret room of about eight square meters.

Li Ye has a total of two secret rooms, one in the mansion and one in the court room. The secret room in the mansion mainly contains various rare treasures, while the secret room in the court room contains various important documents, such as the imperial edict given to him by the Supreme Emperor, etc. They are all in the secret room of the court room.

He walked into a wooden box from the iron frame in the corner and walked out of the secret room.

Li Ye sat on the table and slowly opened the wooden box. Inside was a yellowed book. This was something he recorded shortly after he came to Datang in the ninth year of Tianbao.

Li Ye slowly looked through the book. The first page was a matchlock gun. He drew a sketch and wrote down the principles. The second page was a flintlock gun, which also had sketches and principles. These were not realistic for the time being. They were mainly copper. Tube can't solve it.

He slowly turned back and saw the glass. This was actually the easiest thing to achieve. After all, Tang Dynasty's glaze production technology was already very sophisticated.

Li Ye carefully tore off the page and put it aside. He continued to look at the bottom and tore off another page of the gravity clock. This was also easier to achieve.

After flipping through a few more pages, Li Ye suddenly stopped.

This is a sketch of a steam engine. His middle school physics teacher explained the principle of a steam engine to them in detail. The teacher also insisted that the steam engine was invented by the Chinese during the Song and Yuan Dynasties and evolved from the traditional bellows technology. Task technologies are constantly accumulated. , and finally from quantitative change to qualitative change, Zheng He's treasure ship was equipped with a steam engine, so that it could travel across the world, and finally went to the United States.

Although the teacher's idea was a bit wild, Li Ye still remembered the principle of the steam engine to some extent. He could tell the principle to the craftsmen, and the craftsmen would realize it for him. If one day a railway from Chang'an to Samarkand could be built, then the Tang Dynasty would surely Will conquer the entire Eurasian continent.

The imagination is beautiful, but the reality is very basic. It can be as small as a screw, as big as a train wheel, and where can you get so much steel?

Of course, we can give priority to the development of water transportation. Water transportation is to dredge rivers. From sea transportation, we can go directly to Liaodong, where there is boundless fertile land. .

We can also develop overseas planting industries, such as Luzon Island, using Silla and Japanese as laborers to develop Luzon. The Cagayan Valley and the Central Plains in northern Luzon Island are the best agricultural areas, and the Central Plains alone has Twenty thousand square kilometres, all grown in food, can feed a population of 100 million.

If high-yielding crops from the Americas can be obtained, the population of the Tang Dynasty can increase to 300 million people within a hundred years, which will provide the most solid foundation for expansion westward and overseas.

Li Ye took up the pen and wrote down the ship, power, and explosives on the paper. These are the most powerful weapons for mankind to transform nature.