Li Shimin led Empress Zhangsun to the Ministry of Works.
The Ministry of Works was the high-tech center of the Great Tang. All the most advanced things of the Great Tang were developed and manufactured here.
Li Shi Min brought the Empress to the core area of the Ministry of Works. There, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, Lu You Cai, stood respectfully at the door to welcome Li Shi Min.
Seeing Li Shiming, Lu Youcai quickly walked over to greet His Majesty! Greetings, Empress!
Looking at the diligent assistant minister of the Ministry of Works in front of him, Li Shimin smiled and nodded, Minister Lu, please rise!
Thank you, Your Majesty! Lu Youcai stood up.
Lu Youcai, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, was the best mechanic in the Tang Empire. In modern times, he would be the kind of person who could rub aircraft carriers with his hands. Li Shimin also admired Lu Youcai very much.
"Lu Youcai, how is the Quyuan Plow that the Empress asked you to forge yesterday?”Li Shi Min asked.
"Reporting to the emperor, after the empress brought the curved shaft plow over yesterday, this lowly official mobilized the skilled craftsmen of the Ministry of Works to make a copy. They have already made two curved shaft plows, please take a look at them, emperor and empress.”Lu Youcai brought the Emperor and Empress to the place where the Quyuan Plow was placed.
"Not bad, not bad. The imitation is exactly the same.”Li Shi Min looked at the newly produced Quyuan Plow, nodded and praised.
"The design of this curved shaft plow is truly exquisite. This old minister is truly in admiration. The Empress is so thoughtful, I can't wait.”When Assistant Minister Lu saw Qu Yuanli and the design drawings, he was extremely shocked.
The straight shaft plow had been used for thousands of years, but it had not thought of changing.
He had studied farming tools for his entire life, but he had never thought of such a design.
"How could it be designed by bengong, bengong merely obtained it from a strange person, and his farm has already been using this curved plow for more than a year.”Empress Zhangsun explained.
"Not only is the design of this curved shaft plow very ingenious, but its blueprint is even more exquisite. I'm not afraid that the emperor and empress will laugh at me, but there are some parts of this blueprint that I can't understand.”Lu Youcai said.
"You don't understand? Assistant Minister Lu has been working in the Ministry of Works for his entire life, and you still have drawings that you can't understand?”Li Shi Min said in surprise.
It was not an exaggeration to say that more than half of the complicated tools of the Great Tang were made by Lu Youcai, and the drawings he had drawn were countless. Now, it was said that there were drawings that he could not understand.
"This lowly official is ashamed. I really don't understand. Can the emperor understand these contents?”Lu Youcai took out the design drawings of the curved shaft plow from his pocket. In addition to the various parts of the curved shaft plow, there were also various Arabic numbers, Pythagorean theorem, trigonography...
Li Shimin,"What the hell is this? I don't understand it either."
The Empress smiled." When BenGong took it back, I didn't understand it either. I thought Assistant Minister Lu could understand it, but I didn't expect that he couldn't understand it either."”
"If you don't understand the blueprint, how did you replicate this Quyuan Li?”Li Shi Min asked in confusion.
"I'm not afraid that the emperor will laugh at me, this lowly official copied the gourd and the ladle, relying on the finished product of the curved shaft plow that the empress brought.”Lu Youcai replied.
"As long as it can be replicated, it's fine. Have you tried using it?”Li Shi Min said.
"When I created the first curved plow, I tried it out. It can be called a divine tool for farming. Only one cow and one person could plow two acres of land in two hours.”
"Moreover, two grown men can easily pull the curved shaft plow, successfully solving the problem of the Great Tang's lack of cattle.”The more Lu Youcai spoke, the more excited he became.
"Since the curved shaft plow is so useful, we should increase the production of the curved shaft plow and quickly spread it to the farmers of the Great Tang.”Li Shi Min said.
"This…is a little difficult. With the current manpower of the Ministry of Works, even if they go all out to produce the curved shaft plow, they can only produce one curved shaft plow per person. There are only about a hundred craftsmen who have the skills to produce the curved shaft plow.”Lu Youcai said with some difficulty.
"We don't have enough craftsmen. This…it's difficult for the Great Tang to send out many craftsmen at once. You can produce them for now, and We will think of a way.”Li Shi Min said.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Youcai replied.
"Emperor, emperor, urgent report from Youzhou.”Outside the Ministry of Works, Minister of War Zhangsun Wuji ran in, panting.
Li Shimin's heart skipped a beat when he heard the urgent report from Youzhou Province. Could it be that Qin Fang was right? Luo Yi of Youzhou Province had rebelled!
"Brother, if you have something to say, say it slowly. Why are you in such a hurry?”Empress Zhangsun said.
"I received a secret letter. Youzhou…Luo Yi of Youzhou has rebelled!”Zhangsun Wuji panted as he spoke.
Hearing that Luo Yi of Youzhou had rebelled, Li Shi Min was dumbstruck.
Empress Zhangsun was also stunned.
"Rebel, it really rebelled." Li Shi Min muttered.
Zhangsun Wuji was dumbfounded. What did he mean by really rebelling? Could it be that there was a fake rebellion? Or rather, the Emperor knew that Luo Yi had rebelled. How was this possible? As the Minister of War, he had first-hand access to the secret letter.
"Second brother, Luo Yi has really rebelled." Empress Zhangsun said.
Zhangsun Wuji was even more dumbfounded. So you guys already knew that Luo Yi was going to rebel, but I, the Minister of War, didn't know!
The Minister of War could no longer do his job. Even the information was second-hand. Zhangsun Wuji was very hurt.
"Return to the palace!"
"Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Cheng Yaojin, Pei Ji…enter the palace.”
In the royal study.
Not long after, all the important officials arrived.
Li Shi Min sat on the dragon throne and looked at the ministers with a myriad of thoughts.
The news of Luo Yi's rebellion had just reached Chang 'an, and Cheng Yaojin still did not know what had happened.
"Jing De, what is it? I was drinking at home.”
Cheng Yaojin took out the Sky Shooting Wolf that Qin Fang had given him a few days ago and was drinking happily when he was summoned into the palace.
The location was the royal study. Cheng Yaojin knew that something big had happened.
The bigger the matter, the fewer people knew about it and the fewer people involved in the decision-making.
This was the rule of officialdom. For trivial matters, a general meeting would be held.
You still don't know what's going on after a few people have decided on it.
Yuchi Gong didn't know what was going on, so he ignored Cheng Yaojin.
"Luo Yi has rebelled." Zhangsun Wuji whispered.
"What? Luo Yi rebelled?" Cheng Yaojin shouted.
Li Shimin's thoughts were interrupted by Cheng Yaojin's words.
Qin Fang had told him about Luo Yi's rebellion two days ago.
However, Li Shi Min treated it as a joke.
"Dear ministers, everyone knows what happened. Why don't everyone share their opinions?”
Li Shimin muttered in his heart,"Qin Fang said that Luo Yi will die halfway, so there's no need to send troops."”
Were these words reliable? If not, the Great Tang would be gone…
Bah, bah, bah, Qin Fang didn't miss it.
He said that Zhang Liang was rebelling, and Zhang Liang really formed a clique for personal gain, privately making dragon robes and jade seals.
He said that Luo Yi rebelled, and Luo Yi rebelled as expected.
She didn't believe him at first, but now it all came true. Could this kid be a god from heaven?
He just didn't know if Luo Yi would really die halfway.
"Reporting to the emperor, Luo Yi is rebelling. I, Old Cheng, am willing to take the lead and let him taste the power of my three axes.”Cheng Yaojin shouted.
"I'm also willing to take the lead."”
"I'll take the lead."
……
All the generals expressed their willingness to take the lead.
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