Datang: Integrate three times the combat power of Lv Bu at the beginning

When the words fell, Li Tai only felt his heart skip a beat, his heart was horrified, his back was chilled, and he said in his heart; "It's bad, how could I forget my father, this is going to be bad..."

"Hehe..." Li Tai turned around and looked at Li Shimin with a big smile on his face, "Father, why are you calling my servant? Aren't we going to the inner courtyard to see the latest thing that Brother Huang has developed? Don't delay , let's go quickly..."

"Huh..." Li Shimin said with a sullen face: "Didn't you say that you are reading sage books these days? I will give you this opportunity. After returning to the palace, you will not go out of the palace again within half a year. Honestly give it to me." Studying in the palace?"

"Ah?" Li Tai was startled, "Father, where did you say that? My son, I..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Shimin lowered his eyes and said, "What? Do you think half a year is too short?"

The surrounding civil and military officials mourned for Li Tai in silence.

This king of Wei is really losing his eyesight. Just hitting the knife edge, it seems that he thinks that he is too comfortable.

A little prince who was originally loved by Li Shimin, how did he become like this now, always patting on the horse's hoof.

Hearing Li Shimin's reprimand, Li Tai waved his hands again and again, "Don't dare, I don't dare, not to mention half a year, even if I punish my son not to leave the palace for a year, I won't have a word of complaint... Complaints..."

Before he finished speaking, he regretted it. Didn't he dig a hole for himself?

It seems that I have to say goodbye to many girls in Chang'an City.

Chapter 496 Asphalt Road

Li Shimin listened.

"Huh? Are you a gangster? You don't go out for a year, and you don't go out..."

Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin got off the donkey along the slope and said: "Okay, then I will satisfy your request. You will not leave the palace within one year after returning to the palace today."

Li Tai was crying, feeling helpless, "??"

But the matter was at this point, and he didn't dare to say anything else, for fear that Li Shimin would add some more sentences to his sentence.

"Let's go." After venting, Li Shimin felt a lot better. He stopped talking to Li Tai and strode forward, "Everyone, let's go and see what cool thing Chengqian has developed."

Li Chengqian glanced at Li Tai sympathetically, in fact, being a carefree prince is quite comfortable.

When they arrived at the courtyard, Sun Liuchuan brought everyone to the experimental base where they laid the asphalt road.

The yard is small and very desolate. The asphalt road in the yard is about 200 meters long, and the remaining asphalt concrete is piled up in a mess.

There are millstones, horse-drawn carriages and other things to test the endurance and toughness of the asphalt road beside the asphalt road.

Li Shimin entered the yard, scanned the messy yard, frowned slightly, then turned to look at Li Chengqian, wondering: "Chengqian, where is the thing you developed? You just show me this messy yard?"

Li Chengqian stepped forward and pointed to the asphalt road on the ground: "This is the road."

"Road?" Li Shimin followed Li Chengqian's finger and looked over, "You...you mobilize the crowd just to show me this stuff?"

Li Chengqian turned his head, looked at Li Shimin and said with a smile: "What? Father looks down on this road?"

"I... look down on such a thing..." Li Shimin thought carefully: "Anyway, I won't bet with you."

Li Shimin remembered the fear of being dominated by betting with Li Chengqian, so he became more careful when speaking.

"Hahaha... hum..." Cheng Yaojin listened at the side, and laughed like a pig, which caused everyone around him to roar with laughter.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin's narrowed cold eyes instantly looked at Cheng Yaojin. If eyes could kill, then Cheng Yaojin would definitely die.

Cheng Yaojin was startled by Li Shimin's eyes, and hurriedly stepped forward to apologize and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I really didn't mean it, you go on, go on..."

Li Shimin gave him a cold look, then turned around, and continued: "What material is this road built with, why does it look so dark?"

"It's an asphalt road paved with asphalt concrete."

"Asphalt concrete? What kind of soil is this?"

"Asphalt concrete is a kind of soil prepared by Erchen by mixing gravel, stone chips and natural asphalt in a certain proportion."

Li Shimin listened, stepped forward, and stepped on the asphalt road.

Stepping on the asphalt road, he had the illusion that the road seemed to be alive, and it had a soft feeling.

Li Shimin murmured: "This road is so strange, isn't it?"

Immediately afterwards, he called everyone to come and walk on the asphalt road to experience this feeling.

boom!boom!boom……

Cheng Yaojin jumped onto the asphalt road in three steps, his whole body turned into a human-shaped cannonball, bouncing up and down on the asphalt road, full of vitality.

"Fatty Cheng, are you sick? This road was paved with great difficulty by His Royal Highness, and it is used for people to walk. Why are you jumping and jumping on it? Why don't you use this asphalt road for your size?" It's crushed."

Looking at Cheng Yaojin's appearance, Yu Chigong couldn't help but say a lesson.

"You know what!" Cheng Yaojin didn't agree with him, "His Royal Highness showed the asphalt road to His Majesty, the hardness is already within the scope of consideration."

"Look at the carriages and millstones around, and there are traces of the asphalt road. It looks like it was caused by testing the road surface. I am testing the hardness and wear resistance of the road surface for Your Highness."

After listening to Cheng Yaojin's words, everyone looked at the road, and there were traces on it.

After reading it, I couldn't help but admire in my heart, when did Cheng Yaojin, a rough man, be so careful, it really is rough and detailed.

"Hehe..." Li Shimin's eyes were bright, "Zhijie, I really didn't realize when did you develop such eyesight, it really impressed me."

"Hehehe..." Cheng Yaojin scratched his head embarrassingly, "Your Majesty, you are over-rewarded. I didn't learn this from your side. How can I not even notice this under the influence of Your Majesty."

Cheng Yaojin struck while the iron was hot and gave Li Shimin a wave of rainbow farts, which made him very comfortable.

This was one of the few times Cheng Yaojin didn't get a picture of the horse's hoof.

Everyone admired Cheng Yaojin, this guy really put in a lot of effort, his flattery didn't hit the horse's hoof, it really made them a little uncomfortable.

Li Shimin stopped talking to him, turned to look at Li Chengqian and continued: "Chengqian, please introduce this asphalt road to everyone, and let everyone understand the benefits of this asphalt road. I have to make the money willingly." Is it right?"

When he heard Li Chengqian talking about the way, his first reaction was money.

What Li Shimin saw was not an asphalt road, but a golden brick road paved with golden gold.

He knew Li Chengqian too well, as long as Li Chengqian brought out something, he needed to pour real money into it.

Now that Li Shimin thinks about it, he understands why Li Chengqian turned over all the gold, silver and jewels collected from other countries' treasuries to the Datang treasury.

It turned out that Li Chengqian was waiting for him at this place.

After all the calculations, Li Shimin is at most a passing God of Wealth.

However, Li Shimin always thought about it, life is like a wall, and it is better to enjoy it than to resist.

After Li Chengqian heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, this is because he trained Daddy Cheap.

"Since father is interested in this, the minister there will talk to father."

"First: The asphalt road has good driving comfort and low noise due to the two-stage shock absorption of the wheel and the road surface.

"Secondly, it is the softness felt by the father, which makes the asphalt pavement highly adaptable to subgrade, foundation deformation or uneven settlement.

"Third, the repair speed of asphalt pavement is fast, and it can be opened to traffic after rolling."

"Of course, asphalt roads also have corresponding shortcomings. The compacted mixture has a large void ratio and poor water resistance, which is prone to water damage. A single rainy season may cause a lot of damage to the road surface. What's more, the temperature stability of asphalt materials is poor. The temperature range between the brittle point and the softening point is relatively small, which cannot cover the natural high and low temperatures, so it is easy to be brittle in winter and easy to soften in summer.”

"This requires the imperial court to set up a separate department to be responsible for the maintenance of asphalt roads."

"Even so, the benefits of asphalt roads are self-evident compared to green brick roads and native official roads."

Li Chengqian introduced it to everyone, and everyone listened carefully, gradually showing shock in their eyes.

Chapter 497

After hearing this, while Li Shimin was still thinking secretly, Liu Zhenghui, Minister of the Household Department, was the first to be unable to bear it.

"His Royal Highness, the old minister dares to ask, is the cost of building this asphalt road expensive, and how long is the construction period?"

The flood in Guannei has just ended, and the post-disaster reconstruction work led by the household department is still in full swing, and the daily silver consumption is a huge sum of money.

Li Shimin invested in the Shenwei Fire Gun project again, which was another expensive expense.

The most important thing is that the flood in the customs has paralyzed all the traffic, blocked the trade routes, and the economic development has experienced a short-term decline. It is unknown how much commercial tax will be reduced this year.

According to Liu Zhenghui's rough estimate, this year's tax revenue will be nearly [-]% short.

It can be seen how much the flood has affected Datang.

Li Chengqian said indifferently: "If only the asphalt road is built, the cost of rebuilding the traffic on Guannei Road will have to be increased by at least five times."

He said this casually, but the surrounding princes were not calm anymore, especially Li Shimin and Liu Zhenghui's faces changed.

"You...how much did you say it was turned up?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian in astonishment, and said in disbelief, he felt that what Li Chengqian said was talking to him.

"Five turns?" Li Chengqian said softly, "Does Father feel a lot?"

"Don't you feel much?" Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian like looking at two fools, "Do you think this is cabbage? Turn it over five times casually, and I won't even frown."

"This is traffic reconstruction. Do you know how much manpower and material resources will be invested just to build the original native official road? Turn it up five times, do you think the money can be blown to the treasury by the wind?"

Li Shimin felt a bit of a headache, especially when Li Chengqian made some inventions, he had a splitting headache.

He didn't know when Li Chengqian developed the character of taking money inappropriately.

"His Royal Highness." Liu Zhenghui echoed from the side: "It's not that the Ministry of Household Affairs can't get the money out, it's true that it can't get it out. The aftermath work in the customs has just started, and countless expenses need to be invested. The first batch of funds for the Shenwei Fire Gun It has already been allocated, and the national treasury is nearly [-]% short this year, and the tax revenue continues to decline. I don’t know when it will slow down.”

Li Shimin and Liu Zhenghui, you and I said to Li Chengqian.

It's just two words: no money!

Li Chengqian just stood there quietly, without the slightest expression on his face, "Father, Mr. Liu, the transportation of the Tang Dynasty is a major issue related to the national economy and the people's livelihood. After the flood, the traffic in the pass has basically been paralyzed. If the road is blocked, the business will be blocked." , How can the economy of the Tang Dynasty develop without business?"

"Don't talk about floods, even heavy rains will paralyze the traffic in the Tang Dynasty, and countless money is spent on it every year. Does it mean that the money spent was small just because there were not many silver taels spent at that time?"

"If all the official roads in the Tang Dynasty are changed to asphalt roads, apart from the renovation of individual roads, the traffic in the pass after the baptism of the flood, let alone paralyzed, even the impact will be minimal."

"Father, don't you know the pros and cons of this?"

In fact, Li Chengqian already knew about the fact that the Tang treasury did not have much money, but the traffic improvement must be carried out, and he could pay part of the money out of his own pocket, but only if he got all the money back.

After all, every money earned by Qinghuo Trading Company is useful.

"Yes, Your Majesty..." Wei Zheng stepped forward to persuade him, "What His Royal Highness said is very true. Although the current life is a little bit bitter, but we grit our teeth, we can pass it. What His Royal Highness said is for the national economy and the people's livelihood. For a major event, it would be a bit too arbitrary to deny His Highness the Prince's plan just because of the large amount of money spent."

"Your Majesty, you are a sage and enlightened lord. The pros and cons of this, I think you can weigh it clearly."

Li Shimin frowned, and said in his heart: What you said is really easy, if you can't get the money, all this is just empty talk.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Zhenghui suddenly said, "His Royal Highness, you just said, what do you mean if you only build asphalt roads?"

"I can't say this in one sentence, or two sentences, so please move to the outer courtyard."

As Li Chengqian said, he walked towards the outer courtyard.

Li Shimin couldn't calm down when he heard this. Hearing this, you kid still wants to do other tricks.

At this time, Li Shimin was not in a hurry. He didn't worry about having too many debts, and he didn't itch if he had too many lice.

Originally, he didn't want to pay for the five times the road construction cost. At worst, he wouldn't pay for it and let Qinghuo Trading Company bear it. Anyway, Qinghuo Trading Company is very rich.

"Okay, I have nothing to do today, so I will accompany you to the end. Let's go and see together, what tricks can be cultivated on this road."

Li Shimin was about to go outside.

Liu Zhenghui cried in the back and said, "Your Majesty, do you still want to follow?"

In fact, both Li Shimin and Liu Zhenghui were not confused. How could they fail to see the benefits and advantages of the asphalt road? Moreover, with Li Chengqian's guarantee, the quality of the road will only be better, not inferior.

The reason why they obstructed it in every possible way was because the revenue of the treasury really couldn't keep up with Li Chengqian's speed of promoting the development of Datang.

Agricultural reform, commercial reform, military reform, bureaucratic rectification, arsenal, military hospital, White Deer Academy, Shenwei artillery, Shenwei firecracker...

Li Chengqian has done many, many things, but except for commercial reform, none of them raised money from the treasury, all of them were projects that cost money, and each project was a gold-swallowing monster, a bottomless pit of investment.

How many countries' treasuries were copied to fill Datang Fengying's treasury.

Not long after it was filled, Li Chengqian pulled out most of it.

According to their current estimates, if it takes three to five years, it is estimated that they will not be able to survive the next year, and Li Chengqian will evacuate the treasury.

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how could Li Shimin not want the Tang Dynasty to develop?Why don't you want Datang to become stronger and stronger?

But his thinking couldn't keep up with Li Chengqian's speed of advancing Datang.

The only thing that can be seen is the ledger handed over by Liu Zhenghui.

If you are not in charge, you don't know firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.