Due to some well-known reasons, this book is expected to be officially renamed "Leisurely Tang Dynasty" from next Monday, and don't be surprised to find that you can't find the book. The most important thing is not to forget to subscribe, dear!

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Unlike those civil servants who focused on growing grain, a group of military generals led by Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chi Jingde were banging around the two containers, looking very interested.

In the eyes of these generals, it is too tyrannical for such a good steel material to be used to create such a strange big box. If it can be made into weapons and armor, it will be of great benefit to the military strength of the Tang Dynasty.

In ancient warfare, strategy, calculation, and numbers did occupy a very important weight, but when the two armies were in contact with each other face-to-face, in addition to fighting for these, they also had to fight for weapons and equipment.

Just imagine, if the Tang Dynasty's army is used well and has an advantage in numbers, it is inferior to the enemy in terms of weapons. Then, even with so many advantages, once the two armies fight, the consequences are not so optimistic.

On the contrary, if the weapons and armor used by the Tang army are far superior to the enemy, then not only can the survival rate of the soldiers be greatly improved, but also cooperate with the strategy and calculation, the effect is not as simple as one plus one equals two.

In addition, Cheng Yanjin also found another valuable place.

When Li Anran flew to the upper realm with a sack containing grain before, these generals didn't pay much attention to it. But when he found that the other party had returned from the upper realm, he brought with him two such huge and heavy "wooden oxen and horses". The meaning is completely different.

In ancient wars, especially in the kind of super-large-scale wars with hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, there were many headaches for the generals, but the most troublesome was logistics.

As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first.

In fact, the meaning of this statement has already shown the importance of logistics and transportation.

With the limitations of ancient transportation, it is definitely not a small problem to provide 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of troops with food and grass to eat every day. Even if there are conditions to supply military supplies from the rear, it is not easy to transport things from the rear to the front.

Don't say it. Just in those romances of the Three Kingdoms, Sui and Tang Dynasties. More than once the plot of looting the enemy's grain and grass was mentioned. This description is not an exaggeration, and it is a very effective means of attack, whether it is in ancient or modern warfare.

Once the logistics of a large army fails, it is not as simple as winning or losing a war. One is not good. That's the ruin of the country.

In the eyes of the generals led by Cheng Yanjin. If there is a real person in the army. To some extent, it can not only solve the problem of food for the army, such as forage, medicine, drinking water, weapons, and even camp tents and siege equipment. But it can solve a lot of trouble for the army.

Thinking of this, where can the generals still hold on. It's just that after seeing someone's subtle methods, no one is willing to risk offending an Upper Realm Immortal. So, at first, the generals who were half-envious and half-mocked Cheng Yanjin for finding a position for his son to take care of the home, invariably lowered their posture and instigated the other party to mention this matter to Li Shimin.

But the problem is, don't look at Cheng Yanjin as a rough person, but it doesn't mean that he is stupid. He doesn't want to take the risk that others don't want to take. Especially, because his son Cheng Chuhei got the task of taking care of the family, he privately reported to himself some things he saw with his own eyes, the more this is the case, the more Cheng Biting Jin does not want to be this "bird".

But after thinking about it, although this matter is indeed to take some risks of offending people, if it can really solve the problem of military logistics, hehe...... That's a real achievement.

Thinking of this, Cheng Jinyi, who didn't pay attention to the words of his colleagues, gritted his teeth, walked forward and saluted, and said: "Holy Lord, the minister has something I want to ask the real person, but I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

With Li Shimin's understanding of his own general, coupled with the obviously wrong look of those generals, I don't know what benefits these guys must have seen, so they instigated Cheng Yanjin to come over and speak, and said with a smile: "Zhijie, since you want to ask a real person for advice, but you came to ask me, what is the reason?" ”

"Oh, General Cheng has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Relying on his extraordinary hearing, he heard some of the generals who had just been hiding not far away to "calculate" what they wanted to do, but Li Anran said quietly.

"I heard that these wooden oxen and horses of real people can travel thousands of miles a day, I don't know if it's true?" Pointing to the container truck parked next to him, Cheng Yanjin asked.

"A thousand miles a day? If you can replenish enough energy for these wooden oxen and horses, and have enough people to take turns driving, it is indeed not difficult to travel thousands of miles a day, or even 2,000 miles a day. But ......" patted Li Anran, who was a container truck, and when it came to the worst, he deliberately sold it.

And after these words came out, not only Li Shimin was attracted attention for the first time, but even the generals who were hiding on the side just now, and the ministers who were watching the grain planting also surrounded one after another.

"Real people have words, but there is no way to say them." As the boss, Li Shimin couldn't help but speak.

"If you want to achieve the speed of traveling thousands of miles a day and traveling 2,000 miles a day, in addition to the two conditions I just mentioned, there is one biggest problem, that is, the road." Li Anran, who found himself being watched, said with a smile.

"Road?" The people who heard this were either stunned or dazed.

"Yes, way!" Li Anran said with a smile: "If you want these wooden oxen and horses to travel at a speed, there must be a good road. Preferably, it is possible to have a cement road like Unicom College and the Villa. Otherwise, once they leave the official road, the usefulness of these wooden cattle and horses will be greatly reduced. If you encounter a mountain road, it is even more difficult to walk an inch. ”

With this explanation, everyone at the scene finally reacted.

"I wonder if there is a solution to this problem?" Cheng Biting Jin, who found that he still had some things to take for granted, asked a little unwillingly.

"Yes." Li Anran, who nodded, said.

"What's the explanation?!" Li Shimin hurriedly asked.

"Actually, it's easy to say, if you want to solve this problem, just build roads." Speaking of this, Li Anran paused intentionally, and then pointed to the direction of the villa and the academy, and said: "Just like my road, take some time to build it, and then the entire Datang will extend in all directions, and with these wooden cattle and horses, it is not only the benefits that General Cheng thinks, but also has a great effect on the development of the people's livelihood in the entire Datang, which I call logistics." ”

"Logistics?" For this new term, the ancients led by Li Shimin couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"Yes, the so-called logistics actually refers to the circulation of goods. What General Cheng just said was to use these wooden cattle and horses to transport grain, grass, medicine, weapons and other items to those troops fighting in the sand war. In addition to this, with logistics, we can achieve the effect of transferring goods from the south to the north, moving goods from the north to the south, transporting goods from the east to the west, and selling goods from the west to the east. ”

"Although among the four major industries of Shinong industry and commerce, business is the cheapest, but there is a saying that is very reasonable, saying that no agriculture is unstable, no work is not rich, and no business is not living. Once the resources of the entire Datang can be revitalized, the benefits to Datang will naturally ...... at that time" Li Anran, who knew that the concept of the ancients was not so easy to reverse, deliberately left a suspense for them to think for themselves.

As for whether what he said could be accepted, Li Anran was not in a hurry at all.

After the words fell, the space of the container truck suddenly became silent. Regardless of whether it was Li Shimin or those civil servants and military generals, they all began to think about the possibilities described in the words just now.

"Holy Lord, the matter of building roads is quite expensive, and you need to think twice." Fang Xuanling, who was on Wenchen's side, suddenly stood up and said.

"Holy Lord, the minister seconded the proposal." The eldest grandson Wuji also stood up and said.

As the monarch of a country, Li Shimin naturally also thought of the construction project, especially in various places, how much burden it would cause to Datang. But when I thought of the benefits of building all the roads in Datang, I couldn't dispel this thought.

"Real person, do you have any suggestions for building roads?" Li Shimin, who had been silent for a while, asked.

"Holy Lord, the biggest consumption of road construction is actually people, as long as there are enough people, nothing else is a problem." Li Anran, who had expected that someone would refute his plan, said with a smile.

"Where did that man come from?" Li Shimin, who knew that the other party's reaction must have been prepared, asked again.

After glancing at the military generals who were watching him, Li Anran said with a smile: "Shengshang, I don't know what to do with those prisoners of war after each battle?" (To be continued......)

PS: Due to some well-known reasons, this book is expected to be officially renamed "Leisurely Tang Dynasty" from next Monday, and don't be surprised to find that you can't find the book. The most important thing is not to forget to subscribe, dear!