It's just that many military attachés are out on the battlefield, and this matter can be discussed and discussed.

Ma Zhou, who had been listening, got up: "Sage, ministers. Although the juniors are in this room, they are definitely not qualified to be a member of the cabinet, the juniors proposed. A number of people below the rank of five are selected by the officials to form a cabinet to supervise the matters announced after the cabinet has been discussed, and if there is any objection, it can be raised at the court meeting. ”

"Yes." Xiao Yu doesn't think this is a bad thing.

"At this time, the discussion will be postponed, and a big court meeting will be held after the New Year." Li Shimin paused the discussion of this matter, this is a big deal, what Li Shimin wants is the imperial examination, but he took the initiative to say it without waiting for Liu Mu to mention Xiao Yu. Moreover, Ma Zhou added a group of low-level officials who supervised the cabinet, which was better than what he and Yanagi had discussed.

The ministers also believed that such a major event needed to be discussed by the court.

Li Shimin asked: "Liu Mu, why does Qi Bi want to take refuge in my Datang, do you believe it or not?" ”

"Faith." Yanagi replied with only one word.

"Okay, then act according to the letter and discuss the matter of the Western Expedition. After Gaochang was captured, the General Shipping Division established the Hami Transshipment Division, and the General Shipping Division came up with a detailed proposal within two months. ”

After Li Shimin finished speaking, Xiao Yu shouted loudly: "Everyone return to their positions and be quiet." ”

At the beginning of a new round of meetings, the Western Expedition to destroy Gaochang is the first major event of the Tang Dynasty at the moment, as long as Gaochang is destroyed, then the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks will be connected together, and the Western Turks' surrender will make the Tang Dynasty make countless profits in the Western Regions.

The meeting lasted until late at night.

From the march route, to the logistics support, etc., all came up with an incomparably detailed plan.

The only difference is the equipment of Shen Cewei's expedition, as well as the equipment for the main army of the Western Expedition, as well as the price.

Li Shimin did not plan to meddle in this matter, and let this quasi-cabinet negotiate with Liu Mu.

Before dawn the next day, a long line of carriages headed north from the north gate of Chang'an, which was going to Huayuan County.

And Liu Mu didn't go, he just gave Li Bi a letter.

In the afternoon, after Li Shimin had lunch at Liumu Mansion, the two enjoyed the plum blossoms in the garden.

Li Shimin asked Liu Mu: "Why don't you go?" ”

"If I don't go, they will be embarrassed to approach the inner forbidden area, and the things in the outer forbidden area are supposed to serve all industries in Datang. Li Bi knew in his heart, even if the Ministry of Industry wanted some technology, it didn't matter. ”

"What's in the inner restricted area?" Li Shimin asked.

Liu Mu didn't answer, and sat there thinking for a quarter of an hour.

Li Shimin didn't rush and waited quietly.

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Mu stood up: "Second brother, I'll take you to see something interesting." This thing was arranged for someone to help me make it, but she didn't know what it was when she saw it, just as a sand table, the sand table of my four northern counties. ”

"Check it out." Li Shimin also stood up.

The middle courtyard, the willow office area, the back room of the willow study.

What Li Shimin saw was a sand table, that is, the sand table of the four northern counties, and there were some marks on it, Li Shimin had been marching and fighting for many years, and it could be seen that this was the defense map of Huayuan County.

"Second brother, do you see these tiny tracks?"

After being reminded by Liu Mu, Li Shimin noticed that between Chang'an and Huayuan, there were two parallel iron bars in the bend, and there were horizontal wooden bars under the iron bars.

"What is this?" Li Shimin didn't understand.

Liu Mu smiled: "In the world, except for me." The second brother was the first to know the secret of this thing. Even the ghost workers who are currently spending coins like flowing water, studying day and night, don't know what this thing is, and they don't know what they can do in the future. ”

Li Shimin turned his head: "Inner forbidden area? ”

"Yes!" Liu Mu nodded solemnly.

Li Shimin asked again: "What is this?" ”

Willow opened the cabinet and placed the small boxes made of small planks on the rails.

"Second brother, this is a car, not a horse-drawn carriage, this is called a train. I estimate that if you throw it in a few million more times, it will take another three or five years or so for this thing to be successfully studied. This locomotive pulls one after another, which can be loaded with a carriage weighing six hundred stones, and then can run one hundred and forty miles per hour on a steel track, the second brother thinks that this thing is powerful! ”

Li Shimin's whole person was sluggish.

Liu Mu said again: "I will throw a large amount of money into the Ghost Worker Valley and continue to study this thing." If it is an hour when it reaches two hundred and forty miles, what does the second brother think? ”

Two hundred and forty miles per hour is the limit of the Datang steam train in twenty years.

When the steam train of later generations was in the Republic of China, the speed reached 120 kilometers, that is, 480 miles per hour of the Tang Dynasty, and Liu Mu knew very well that it depended on the development of the iron and steel industry, the improvement of the steam engine technology, and so on.

This is a comprehensive industrial level improvement, and Datang may be able to do it after a hundred years.

But within 20 years, it is a miracle that the willow wood can run at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour.

Forty kilometers per hour is the value that Yanagi is satisfied with.

Li Shimin stayed for a full quarter of an hour, and after thinking about countless things in his mind, he spoke: "Open the road in the mountains, build bridges in the water, and repair to Gaochang in one go, or even farther." Then the second brother's soldiers and horses can be reached in a few days and nights, and this train can be called a Zhenguo artifact. ”

"Awesome, isn't it?"

"Awesome." Li Shimin smiled, and smiled very happily: "Don't say that millions of runs, even tens of millions of times are worth it." ”

Yanagi was laughing with him.

"Okay, good train." The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more he felt that this train was good.

Liu Mu said at this time: "Second brother, how about giving a knighthood to a high-level ghost worker?" ”

"A mere title, compared to this kind of town and country artifact, it is not worth mentioning." Li Shimin will be in a good mood, he really doesn't care about the title or anything.

Li Shimin fiddled with the model train placed on the sand table by willow wood: "Tell the second brother, what kind of object is this train?" ”

"Second brother, the most difficult thing about the train is the front of the train. The power of the machine is ready for now, but the power is too small. At the moment there is only a maximum of fifty horses, which I intend to use in the mines. After remanufacturing is finer, it can be used on the yarn machine. It is expected that in three months, the 200 horsepower will be usable, and I plan to use this on the boat. ”

"Boats can also be used?"

"Yes!" After giving an affirmative answer, Yanagi took out a model from the cabinet.

Two huge round wheels were on either side of the ship, and Liu Mu believed that this primitive steamship Datang could be easily built, and the steam engine would definitely work if the ship could be used.

"Second brother, this is an oar. Li Dejian calculated that if you go upriver from Yangzhou by taking the canal, you can pull 20 flatbed boats, or three 2,000-material big-bellied flatbed grain ships, and you can reach Chang'an in about five days. ”

"What about the train, why not?" Li Shimin couldn't help but immediately see the train running up in Mandatang.