Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

Imperial Study.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei is outside the palace asking for an audience!"

When Li Shimin heard that Li Tai had returned to the palace, he immediately remembered that Su Chen had mentioned before that Li Tai would return to the palace after the road was repaired.

"Announce!"

"Your son greets the emperor and all the uncles!"

Li Tai came to the Imperial Study and saluted everyone, and the ministers returned the salute.

Looking at Li Tai now, their eyes lit up.

Because Li Tai has lost a lot of weight now, his original round body shape is basically gone, and he is just a little fat.

"Father, Su Chen asked me to return to the palace. Please temporarily close Mingde Gate. Before the construction of cement road, reserve a distance of 100 steps outside Mingde Gate.

Today, the last section will be poured with cement. In order to prevent inconvenience in construction, pedestrians are prohibited from entering and exiting from Mingde Gate."

Li Shimin nodded after listening, "Old man, call Li Junxian!"

"Yes!"

Li Junxian arrived soon, and Li Shimin asked him to call the guards of Mingde Gate to close Mingde Gate for five days and make relevant explanations.

Only prohibit passage, do not close the city gate.

"Qingque, does that kid have anything else to convey?" Li Shimin arranged the city gate and looked at Li Tai.

He was also very satisfied with Li Tai's current appearance. He looked more capable after losing weight.

Li Tai glanced at Wang Defa, and it seemed that he was a little embarrassed to speak.

Wang Defa has been observing Li Tai. After all, a person who was so fat before can be so thin now, it is still quite eye-catching.

Suddenly, Wang Defa found that Li Tai was looking at him, and he was delighted. Lord Su was still thinking about him!

"Father, Su Chen wants to borrow some eunuchs from the palace's cleansing room, and the piglets in the manor need to be castrated."

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard this. It seemed that Su Chen had brought another batch of pigs.

"Okay, okay! Old man, arrange it immediately. I need someone with good skills. I heard from that kid that two pigs were lost due to improper handling last time."

When Wang Defa heard this, it seemed to have nothing to do with him.

"Yes, I'll do it right away!" Wang Defa left the imperial study and went to find someone with good skills.

Li Shimin looked at Li Tai and asked anxiously, "Did that kid tell me how many pigs we have now?"

Li Tai answered without thinking, "Father, I heard from the fifth brother... my brother, the King of Chu, that there are a thousand pigs!"

Li Shimin was very satisfied after hearing this. He had heard from Su Chen before that this pig can give birth to more than a dozen piglets in a litter. When pork is accepted by the public, the whole Tang Dynasty will surely set off a pig-raising boom, as long as the food can keep up.

Then he remembered the task that Su Chen gave to their brothers, "Qingque, how are you preparing for the matter of returning to the palace this time?"

"Father, I am returning to the palace this time to assist the prince in checking the accounts." Li Tai replied respectfully.

Li Shimin nodded, then took out a token, "This token allows you and the prince to enter and exit the various departments of the palace to check accounts, and you have the right to act at your own discretion!"

Li Tai stepped forward and respectfully took the token, "Thank you, father, please allow me to leave first, Qingque will go to find the prince now."

Li Shimin nodded and smiled, "Well, go ahead, remember to go to Lizheng Hall to see your mother!"

"I understand, Qingque will leave!" Li Tai bowed and saluted, and then bowed to the ministers present, and left the imperial study.

Looking at Li Tai who was walking away, Li Shimin nodded frequently.

"Congratulations to your majesty!" Fang Xuanling and others stood up and congratulated Li Shimin in unison after Li Tai left.

Li Shimin pretended to be puzzled, "Oh? My dear ministers, what is there to congratulate me!"

Everyone looked at each other and exchanged glances, and Fang Xuanling stepped out and saluted respectfully.

"Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty will last forever, and the harmony of the princes is the top priority. I didn't dare to make any comments before, but I have heard a little bit. Now, in my opinion, the princes will be able to work together to protect the Tang Dynasty for a long time."

Several other ministers also nodded frequently, agreeing with Fang Xuanling's words.

General ministers dare not say these words in front of Li Shimin.

"Hahaha! I am very happy with what Xuanling said!"

The ministers also laughed loudly. With the experience of the last time, they would never let the emperor laugh alone.

After laughing, Li Shimin's face suddenly changed.

The ministers quickly put away their smiles, and at the same time they were full of doubts. Why did they suddenly change their faces when they were laughing?

Li Shimin knew that the credit for this matter was all on Su Chen.

But thinking of the son who raised pigs, Li Shimin really couldn't accept it.

"My dear ministers, please tell me, is it really feasible for the King of Chu to raise pigs?"

You look at me, I look at you, this is really hard to answer, if you are not careful, your son will be sent by Li Shimin to raise pigs.

Seeing that no one answered, Li Shimin did not ask any more questions.

"My dear ministers, do you have other important matters to decide today? Why don't you follow me out of the city and watch that kid build the road? What do you think?"

Su Chen has always emphasized that this road is very important, he wants to see how this road is built.

Without waiting for everyoneAfter answering Li Shimin's question, the eunuch outside the door came to report that Duan Lun and Dai Zhou wanted to see him.

After Duan Lun greeted him, he reported to Li Shimin with a worried look on his face.

"Your Majesty, the court's pig iron reserves are about to run out, and horseshoes have used up 50% of the pig iron reserves. If we continue to make horseshoes, I am afraid that there will be a shortage of weapons. Please make a decision, Your Majesty!"

After Duan Lun finished speaking, Dai Zhou stepped forward and reported:

"Your Majesty, I went to the nobles who mainly engaged in pig iron business before, wanting to purchase a large number of pig iron ingots, but their reserves were also running low.

And he said that the pig iron smelting technology is now at its peak, and the output of 600,000 catties is the highest. Even if the price is increased, more iron ingots cannot be produced."

Li Shimin frowned after hearing this. Is the Tang Dynasty iron not enough?

At present, the annual output of Tang Dynasty iron is about 10 million catties according to modern calculations, which is about 5,000 tons per year in tons. By the Ming Dynasty, it had reached 90 million catties.

"Lord Duan, how many sets of horseshoes have been made now?" Li Shimin asked after thinking.

"Your Majesty, 50,000 sets have been made before today, and they have been equipped to the war horses in the army one after another, and there are 20,000 sets of saddles."

Duan Lun reported truthfully, but he didn't say one thing, Su Chen also used a lot of iron to make tools.

Li Shimin nodded, "Are the road repair tools made by Su Chen still being made?"

"Your Majesty, the tools made by the Marquis are not all iron tools. The Ministry of Works has made a total of 1,300 iron tools according to the drawings, which are iron rakes and shovels."

The 1,300 tools were made in three times. Later, Su Chen did not notify anyone to continue making them, so the Ministry of Works stopped making them.

"Lord, how much pig iron is left now?"

Duan Lun thought and replied: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Works must register every time it uses iron, and now there is less than 30,000 catties left."

Before, the promotion of the Zhenguan plow used 500,000 catties of pig iron, and the recycled and replaced iron tools were not included.

Only 30,000 jin of pig iron was left. Duan Lun dared not make more. If there was a sudden war and the weapons were not enough, it would be over.

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and thought, why are there so many troubles? Playing mahjong is much better than this.

"My dear ministers, do you have any ideas?"

"Your Majesty, the current plan can only be to order the court to purchase the pig iron from all provinces, states, and prefectures to supplement the military reserves. Other civilian uses can only be postponed."

Changsun Wuji can only make this arrangement. He can't take back all the ironware from the people's homes.

Li Shimin nodded, "Do other dear ministers have good ideas?"

There was no other good way for everyone, so Li Shimin could only listen to Changsun Wuji's words.

"In this case, then according to the words of the auxiliary machine, order all prefectures and prefectures to store pig iron for military supplies."

"Your Majesty, I obey your order!"