On October 25, the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin received Cui Peng's recital, Cui Peng's recital was very simple, saying that he followed Li Hao's strategy and used the method of barbarian rule to let the barbarian leader Sayka unify the indigenous people of Qiongnan, and since then Qiongnan can develop steadily, and I want to ask Li Shimin to seal Sayka as the Tusi of Annan. Fastest updates

After Li Shimin read this recital, he had mixed feelings in his heart, why, because he found that it was gold, it would shine everywhere, and the indigenous people of Qiongnan have been the biggest obstacle to the development of Qiongnan since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the most headache problem, and it can't be solved for decades, Li Hao has only passed less than half a year, and it was solved immediately, this is ability.

However, Li Shimin felt a pity, and felt very uncomfortable, Li Hao, such a talented person with extraordinary ability, actually deceived him, he was very disappointed in Li Hao, he had decided to let Li Hao die in Qiongnan and not be used again for the rest of his life, so Li Hao made great contributions in Qiongnan, and the reward was given, but he was not allowed to return to Chang'an.

Li Shimin convened several important ministers to discuss the matter together, and the ministers were also quite embarrassed, sighing silently for Li Hao's ability, thinking in his heart was probably similar to Li Shimin, Li Hao's ability was obvious to all, but everyone had a tacit understanding, and no one said it.

In the end, the monarch and ministers reached a consensus, named Sayika as the Tusi of Qiongnan Annan, and sent a proclamation team to Qiongnan to proclaim the proclamation.

In the past few months, Li Hao has recruited thousands of craftsmen, built a large number of buildings, built his own new palace, the palace is on the edge of the water in the city, behind the mountain, is a good environment by the mountains and rivers, if only to build the palace, it is not a big construction, Li Hao also occupies the mountain behind his palace, here to build a super large summer resort, after all, Qiongnan is very hot in summer, it is necessary to build a summer resort, he is ready to name this summer resort Wolong Villa, he is comparing himself to Zhuge Liang, shameless.

In fact, the construction of the mountain villa and the palace was just a foreshadowing, a pretense, his purpose was to collect all the craftsmen of Qiongnan, and then build a shipyard, expand the harbor, and a metallurgical factory.

Zhenguan rice matured, when the people of Qiongnan and the aborigines harvested, they were stunned by the yield of Zhenguan rice, after Zhenguan rice arrived in Qiongnan, due to soil and climate reasons, the yield per mu actually reached more than 800 catties, 800 catties of the Tang Dynasty, then it is the future world of 1300 catties, can they not be shocked.

This year's Qiongnan harvest is a bumper harvest, the most excited is not the people, it is Cui Peng, they Qiongnan can finally be self-sufficient, no longer have to ask the court for grain, not only that, but from next year, Qiongnan's rice will no longer be able to eat, there may be more moldy, because Zhenguan rice not only has a high yield, but also the growth rate is also very fast, shorter than the normal rice growth cycle of ten days to twenty days, there is absolutely no pressure to plant three seasons a year, the winter temperature in Qiongnan is still quite high, even frost will not appear, let alone snow.

At present, Qiongnan is a vigorous development posture, all the people of Qiongnan are happy to have a happy New Year, even the indigenous side has begun to learn the customs of the Tang people, and they also celebrate the New Year.

After the New Year, Li Hao received Lu Yun's flying pigeon handbook, and Liuqiu received the gold and silver jewelry sent by Jinli, but it may not be needed for the time being, and the gold and silver jewelry is not money after all, and it cannot be used directly, in addition, Liuqiu Shipyard has built ten Galen ships, each ship is equipped with a heavy bed crossbow, for now, it is definitely the most awesome ship in the world, and their five thousand Xuanjia troops are being trained, but due to the addition of naval combat training, the progress is a little slow, and it is expected to wait another half a year to practice, At present, the biggest problem is the metallurgical plant requested by Li Hao, the metallurgical plant has already begun to be built, but Lu Zhi and they have never built this thing, so they don't dare to try it easily, and want to ask Li Hao to guide.

It just so happened that Li Hao's summer resort and palace were built, and there was nothing to do here in Qiongnan, Li Hao went to find Cui Peng and asked him to make it convenient for him to go to the sea.

Strictly speaking, Cui Peng has the right to supervise Li Hao, after all, the county king after being ordered cannot leave the fief without the imperial order, otherwise it will be regarded as a great rebellion, and Cui Peng, as the governor of Yazhou and the highest official in Qiongnan, naturally has to supervise Li Hao.

However, the current Cui Peng is no longer the Cui Peng of the past, he let Li Hao go to sea with confidence, and gave him the green light all the way, Li Hao disguised himself, and then took everyone to drive the Galen ship and set off.

The speed of the Galen ship was relatively fast, and it was winter, and there were few winds and waves at sea, and it galloped all the way, without docking, and arrived at Liuqiu in ten days.

After going ashore, Li Hao was stunned, the harbor was built, so big, it is basically a harbor city, and Wanggang City has also been expanded, in the city you can see a lot of Liuqiu natives dressed in Tang people's service, although they have their own autonomous region, but they come to work for the Tang people, this is not a contradiction.

With a large number of indigenous people joining, Wanggang City immediately prospered, and now the currency of the Tang Dynasty has begun to circulate, Lu Yun's wages for indigenous workers are still good, and the indigenous people like to buy and buy when they get their wages, and they like all the things of the Tang people, the food is delicious, and the daily necessities are easy to use, so they have no reason not to buy them, just like that, the economy of Liuqiu is alive.

Next, Li Hao went to the shipyard to visit the newly built Galen ships, when he came to the shipyard, he saw the huge sailing ships on the lake, the excitement in his heart, although there were only ten, but it was already spectacular, very spectacular, these Galen ships are large and small, the largest one is nearly sixty meters long, and the visual displacement is estimated to reach 1000 tons, this ship is destined to become the main ship, Li Hao boarded the largest Galen ship to visit, only to see five huge bed crossbows on the foredeck, It was much bigger than the bed crossbows he had built in Lantian back then, and the crossbow bolts alone were arm thick, and the destructive power of this thing was beyond words.

Next, it is to talk about the metallurgical plant, in fact, the metallurgical ironmaking technology of ancient China is leading the world, at least in this era, it is already the most awesome, Li Hao also listened to the craftsmen explained, and has an understanding of the current metallurgical technology of the Tang Dynasty, Li Hao provided their metallurgical technology, and did not use the metallurgical methods of the future world, because there are no such conditions at present, but in some aspects of ancient metallurgical technology to make adjustments, increase the output of steel, and provide the quality of steel.

What Li Hao provides is the two important metallurgical technologies of blast furnace ironmaking and steelmaking, among which steelmaking is relatively simple, blast furnace ironmaking is the most troublesome, even if it is a simple small blast furnace, it can't be messed around, if it makes a mistake, it will kill people, and it is not as simple as dying one or two, so we must be cautious.

It took nearly two months to finally build a blast furnace, which was built at the foot of a mountain, and there was a cave at the foot of the mountain, half of the blast furnace was in the cave, and from the top of the cave you can add iron-making raw materials to the blast furnace, which is more time-saving and labor-saving.

A large number of raw materials such as hematite and coal and coke have been prepared, and the first ironmaking is about to begin, ironmaking is the top priority, and Li Hao is still very sure of steelmaking.

Hundreds of craftsmen and more than 200 indigenous workers were used to open the furnace, and four tons of hematite and a large amount of raw materials were added to the blast furnace, where hot air was blown and smelted.

Li Hao has been watching from the mountain, his heart is extremely nervous, such a heavy industry as ironmaking, he has never been in contact with it before, it can be said that the difficulty is very high, although he has collected a lot of information, and has done research for a long time, but his heart is still very, steel, for any era is a very, very important resource, the reason why the industrial revolution in the West can be successfully carried out, the basis is because of the improvement of ironmaking and steelmaking technology.

"Out of the iron!" In the afternoon, with the chanting of a craftsman, the bottom tap of the blast furnace opened, and the hot molten iron leaked straight out, flowing into the iron ladle that had been prepared, because it was a test of ironmaking, so the amount of molten iron was not much, only about two tons, and then I saw the winch turning, the iron chain pulled the iron-clad car, and the iron-clad car walked on the rails and drove towards the direction of steelmaking.

"It worked!" Li Hao clenched his fists and said to himself excitedly, the ironmaking was successful, and the steelmaking was naturally no problem, he turned his head to Lu Zhi and said, "Lu Zhi, this king needs you to make a large number of knives." ”

Lu Zhidao: "In terms of steel, the villain doesn't know too much, so you need to ask Wang Cheng, the chief manager of the steelsmith." ”

"Then you inform Wang Cheng." Li Hao said, "After letting him finish his work here, he will go to the city guard mansion to find this king, and this king will go back first." ”

"Yes! Congratulations to the prince! ”

After Li Hao returned to the city guard, he came to the study and took out the pencil and paper, and began to draw on the paper, he drew a knife, this kind of knife is a little similar to the Tang knife, but it is different, the Tang knife is straight, and the knife he drew is curved, yes, he drew the Tai knife, which is what people in the future world often call the Japanese samurai sword.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Wang Cheng, the chief manager of the steelsmith, came and asked to see him outside the door of the study, and Li Hao asked him to come in.

After Wang Cheng saluted, Li Hao got up and stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Wang has worked hard, how is the progress of steelmaking?" ”

Wang Cheng said excitedly: "Back to the prince, everything is going well, it has begun to be cast, you are really an immortal talent, and you are so proficient in metallurgy!" ”

"Hehe, don't be a sycophant." Li Hao waved his hand, picked up the drawing of the Taidao from the table and handed it to him, saying, "Look at this knife." ”

Wang Cheng took it and looked at it carefully for a while, and asked suspiciously: "Lord Wang, this knife is modified according to the Tang knife." ”

"Yes." Li Hao nodded, smiled and asked, "You are an expert in this area, what do you think of this knife?" ”

"The knife is good." Wang Chengdao, "The blade has added an arc to reduce the weight of the blade, which is more conducive to chopping, and the width and thickness of the blade have been reduced, which should be much lighter than the Tang knife, Lord Wang, what is the name of this knife?" ”

"It's called Taidao." Li Hao asked, "Wang Cheng, do you have a technique, that is, when casting this kind of knife, a certain part of the blade is cast very brittle, and you can break it by just striking that part of the blade, this kind of technique, will you?" ”

"Huh?" Wang Cheng was a little stunned when he heard this, he had beaten iron all his life and forged swords all his life, and it was the first time he heard someone make such a strange request.

Of course it's strange, Li Hao is going to cast a batch of swords to sell to the Wa Kingdom, how can he sell good swords to them, how can he do it without doing something.

The Japanese people are wolves, and the purpose of selling weapons to them is to make their domestic battles more fierce and chaotic, and at the same time they can earn them a lot of silver, but in order to prevent them from using these knives to deal with the Tang Dynasty, so Li Hao has to do things on the knives in advance, you dare to fight, hehe, a confrontation, knock off your weapons, and then the slaughter, you will be wiped out without much effort.