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

The ministers had never heard of tons, but it did not affect the pig iron production that Su Chen mentioned just now.

"Boy, tell me what 'ton' means first, is it a unit of measurement?" Although Li Shimin did not know what ton meant, he could understand from that sentence that it should be a unit of measurement.

Su Chen understood that the Tang Dynasty might use jin as a unit.

There is no need to convert, one ton can also be 2,000 jin in the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, one ton is 2,000 jin." Su Chen answered concisely.

Li Shimin nodded after listening and remembered it in his heart.

At this time, one person was too excited. More than ten days ago, they were worried about the shortage of pig iron, and now Su Chen mentioned the pig iron production.

The smart Dai Zhou thought that Lord Su must have some way to solve the problem of insufficient pig iron production.

"Lord, the pig iron production in my Tang Dynasty has always been..." Dai Zhou was interrupted before he finished speaking.

"Boy, the pig iron output of the Tang Dynasty has always been high, and the pig iron reserves have always been sufficient. What's the point of asking this?" Li Shimin decided to take a gamble.

He vaguely remembered that when he first met Su Chen, this kid was always thinking about cheating him out of money.

But later, Su Chen didn't seem to cheat Li Shimin. The key was that Su Chen didn't know what the extra money was for.

When Su Chen heard Li Shimin say that the pig iron output of the Tang Dynasty was very high and there was no shortage of iron, he thought to himself: It shouldn't be!

"Your Majesty, I accidentally got a method of iron smelting, and the daily output of iron is about... 250,000 catties."

Su Chen converted the modern 200 tons into 250,000 catties of Tang system and told them.

The introduction of blast furnace iron smelting technology stated that the daily output coefficient of a 100 cubic blast furnace is 2-3 tons per cubic meter. Su Chen calculated 200 tons per day according to the lowest.

Li Shimin asked calmly, "You mean, you have a way to smelt 250,000 jin of pig iron every day?"

"Yes, no more, no less, and less impurities than the pig iron of the Tang Dynasty now." Su Chen answered affirmatively. The system said that 200 tons per day was calculated based on the productivity of the Tang Dynasty.

Hearing Su Chen's affirmative answer, Li Shimin felt a little uncomfortable breathing.

Slowly scanning the ministers, he found that they all opened their mouths.

They all knew that the current annual output of pig iron in the entire Tang Dynasty was about 620,000 jin, and this number would not lie.

Now Su Chen said that his method could smelt 250,000 jin of pig iron a day.

The ministers pretended to be serious and nodded slowly, all looking at Li Shimin.

At this moment, Changle walked into the living room, "Father..."

"Lizhi, go out and play first, father has something to talk to Su Chen about." Li Shimin didn't even look at Princess Changle.

Princess Changle heard from the servants that the emperor had come, so she came over to say hello, but Li Shimin didn't even look at her.

"Yes, father!" Princess Changle frowned and turned away.

Li Shimin's mind was working quickly, thinking: "How can I get this iron smelting technology without spending too much money?"

"Boy, although my Tang Dynasty is not short of pig iron, you should know the importance of iron to the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, I think this technology must be in the hands of the court, just like you treated fine salt before.

Don't you think so?"

Li Shimin patiently persuaded Su Chen, while observing the expression on Su Chen's face, and found that the boy looked indifferent.

Su Chen was speechless after listening to Li Shimin's long speech. This should be state-owned.

"Your Majesty, I think so too, but..." Su Chen was about to say that to smelt iron, a road must be built first.

Li Shimin interrupted quickly, "I can give you... 20% profit, no more!"

Su Chen stood up immediately after hearing this: "What? Give me 20% profit?"

Thinking: You probably don't know how much this 20% profit is.

Li Shimin was also anxious after hearing this, and stood up as well: "Boy, 20% profit is not a small amount. I provide manpower and effort, and you only provide this technology."

Su Chen was confused. He didn't even think about sharing the profits of this iron smelting plant.

It seems useless to ask for so much money in the Tang Dynasty!

He just wanted to complete the shitty task quickly and see what he could get in the end.

"Okay, Your Majesty said 20%, 20%, I have no objection!" Su Chen sat down slowly, not wanting to refuse it in vain.

Li Shimin was in a good mood and laughed:

"Su Chen, I didn't make a mistake about you. I gave you the Qin Wang Mansion in Chang'an City. If you want to live in Chang'an in the future, you can live there!"

Li Shimin felt that he was too wise.

If Dai Zhou told the Tang Dynasty that it was short of iron, he would definitely ask for a huge sum of money, maybe even 50% of the profits.

Producing 250,000 kilograms of iron every day? Li Shimin was excited just thinking about it.

The ministers were a little surprised but also happy when they heard Li Shimin give the Qin Palace to Su Chen.I can understand.

Although Su Chen is only a marquis now, this marquis is not ordinary.

"Your Majesty, this iron smelting plant must be located in a place with abundant coal and iron mines. I have already explored that Shanxi is very suitable. At the same time, a direct cement road from Chang'an to Shanxi needs to be built."

Su Chen continued to finish what he had interrupted before.

Build a cement road from Chang'an to Shanxi? How much does it cost?

"Boy, how much does it cost to build this road?" Li Shimin sighed. Sure enough, there is no free lunch.

Su Chen has already marked it on the map, "Your Majesty, this road is about 1,300 miles wide and 40 feet wide. It will cost about 30 million guan."

Then Su Chen took out the map and told them in detail that it passed through several counties, there were several bridges to be built along the way, and the narrowest places were only 20 feet wide.

"Your Majesty, after this road is built, it will make the trade routes along the way smooth and allow various places to exchange what they have, which is a good thing for the country and the people.

As the saying goes: To get rich, build roads first!" Su Chen talked nonstop for two quarters of an hour.

"Boy, I already know the benefits of building this road, but the Tang Dynasty's treasury is currently short of money!" Li Shimin only knew that there was no money now.

Su Chen smiled, "Your Majesty, as long as it is operated properly, the treasury does not need to spend a penny!"

There is such a good thing?

When Li Shimin heard that it did not cost the treasury a penny, he instantly became excited.

"Su Chen, please tell me in detail how to operate it properly!" Li Shimin's ears shook unconsciously.

Su Chen thought of a word, not sure if they could understand it, "Your Majesty, we can attract investment!"

When Li Shimin heard the word "attract investment", his first reaction was unfamiliar.

All the ministers frowned and thought. After a while, Changsun Wuji tried to probe: "Su kid, are you talking about cooperating with others to jointly fund the construction of this road?"

Su Chen thought, his meaning was not entirely right, but it was not entirely wrong either. "Uncle Changsun, you are not entirely right."

"There is a principle for attracting investment, mutual benefit, win-win, and common development. As your majesty or the court, we will not invest, but only provide projects. Let others pay to build this road, such as the powerful families."

Everyone was puzzled. The people of the family were not stupid. Why would they pay for you to build a road? What benefits can they get?

"Boy, how can you be sure that the family is willing to pay for the construction of this road?" Li Shimin asked immediately.

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Note: To avoid frequent quotations, the titles of Aye and A Niang are changed to: Father Emperor and Mother Empress.