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The wheelchair that Ang Lee was currently experiencing was a new wheelchair that was tailor-made for Prince Xin An, Li Yi. Compared to the previous wheelchair, this wheelchair had an additional structure to adjust the backrest. In addition, there was a mechanism that could be opened and a small platform installed under the buttocks so that people with impaired legs could relieve themselves directly in the wheelchair.
"You guys did very well. However, this backrest keeps changing. Is it sturdy enough? Will it break? "
Ang Lee was most worried about the safety of the wheelchair. After all, this wheelchair was going to be given to Prince Xin An, Li Yi. If the safety standards were not met and Li Yi fell, the consequences would not be good.
"Assistant Minister, don't worry. We have tested it many times. It won't break even if three people lie on it. The safety is absolutely reliable."
Ang Lee stood up and carefully examined the mechanism that changed the angle of the backrest. He shook it with his hand and felt that it was quite sturdy. As long as the wood itself did not have any quality problems, it should not break. The safety performance was quite reliable.
"Oh, not bad. There's also a small bucket below. How do I open this?"
Ang Lee squatted down and saw the small bucket. However, he did not see the switch to open the mechanism under the buttocks for a while.
"Assistant Minister, it's here. As long as you gently turn this small button, the gap will open."
Ang Lee personally tried it, and the gap was opened very easily.
"Not bad, not bad. This improved wheelchair can be considered done. I can give it to Prince Xin An today."
Ang Lee was very satisfied with the improved wheelchair. Although the biggest problem of shock absorption was still not solved, the two improvements were already very good. At least, it could solve the actual situation that Li Yi was currently facing and make his life more convenient.
After that, Ang Lee sent a few servants to deliver the improved wheelchair to Prince Xin An's residence and handed it to Prince Xin An.
The servants returned very quickly and told Ang Lee that Prince Xin An was very happy to receive the improved wheelchair. However, he blamed Ang Lee for not personally going over to chat with him.
It wasn't that Ang Lee didn't want to personally go to Prince Xin An's residence. It was just that he still had to make a trip outside the city. He hadn't checked on the 500 mu of vegetable greenhouses for many days. In addition, he also wanted to take a look at the honeycomb coal reserves.
As for the honeycomb briquette, Ang Lee originally planned to sell it to the market and make a lot of money for himself. However, he already had a vegetable greenhouse. In a situation where he was not short of money, there was no need to increase this income. Moreover, in Ang Lee's heart, this honeycomb briquette had a greater use.
Along with his steward Zhao Liu, Ang Lee urged his horse to gallop fifteen li south of the city and entered his own courtyard.
After many days of construction, the courtyard with an area of 50 mu had already taken shape. It was just that it was not habitable for the time being.
Ang Lee and Zhao Liu walked around the courtyard and greeted the people working. Then, they went straight to the vegetable greenhouses.
After so many days of growth, the vegetables in the greenhouses had already grown very big. At most, it would take another half a month for them to go on the market.
Looking at these results, Ang Lee was very happy. He wasn't overly greedy for money, but money didn't bite! In this world, who would go against money?
"Let's go and take a look at the reserves of honeycomb briquette and stone charcoal."
Ang Lee brought Zhao Liu to the newly built warehouse to check how much stone charcoal and honeycomb briquette were stored.
The little steward, Wang Ba, was making honeycomb briquette with a few male servants. When he saw Ang Lee walking over, he hurriedly welcomed him with a smile.
"Alang, this is the honeycomb briquette stored here. This is the stone charcoal dug out from the stone charcoal mine in the south."
Wang Ba introduced them one by one and told Ang Lee where each item was located.
Ang Lee followed behind Wang Ba and inspected several large warehouses. Looking at the piles of honeycomb briquette and stone charcoal, he was very happy. With these things, his family's energy problem would be completely solved.
Due to the huge consumption of honeycomb briquettes in the 500 mu greenhouse, Tortoise had to arrange for people to transport the coal every few days. This way, Li An could save a lot of money, which would save him the money to hire the people nearby.
However, because the stone charcoal was relatively heavy, the amount transported at a time was very limited. Moreover, the road was inevitably bumpy. After a long time of transportation, it caused the road along the way to become black. This was not hygienic and the transportation efficiency was very low.
Was there a way to increase the transportation efficiency and be more environmentally friendly at the same time?
Ang Lee thought of the train in the future. The train went along the railway track, which was relatively stable. It was much better than the carriage. Moreover, the carriage could not compare with the carriage.
However, with the current technological level of the Tang dynasty, it was a bit too difficult to build a train. At least, Ang Lee had a headache when he thought of the complicated structure of the locomotive.
The advanced trains of the future were difficult to build, but it was possible to build a simple toy. At least, things like the railway track were easier to build. It was completely competent with the technological level of the Tang dynasty.
Moreover, the railway track that Ang Lee wanted to build was not the same as the railway track of the future. It was smaller, like the small railway track of the coal mine of the future.
The train carriage and wheels were not too difficult. It should be relatively easy to build at the time.
As for the locomotive, it was a big problem. However, it did not matter if it could not be built for the time being. For the time being, horses could be used to pull the carriage. At least, it was much more labor-saving than pulling the carriage on the ground. The power problem could be solved slowly.
Of course, Ang Lee's idea was good. However, if it was just to facilitate the direct transportation of the stone charcoal, it would be a waste of resources to build the railway track. However, Ang Lee's purpose was to explore the way to build the primitive truck step by step in the future. This 15-mile railway track was just a small tool for Ang Lee to carry out his scientific research.
Ang Lee told Zhao Liu his idea. Zhao Liu said in surprise, "Alang, in order to save their labor, you want to lay the railway track? It's really not necessary. Moreover, it needs a lot of iron. The Tang dynasty strictly controls iron. I'm afraid that we can't buy so much iron in a short time."
"Haha! Then you should send more people to more places. That way, we should be able to buy enough iron. "
The railway track Ang Lee wanted to build was only 15 miles long. Moreover, it was a smaller version of the railway track. The consumption of iron materials was not high. Naturally, they could buy it by going to more places.
"Alang, if we were to be found buying iron on such a large scale, they would think that we are building weapons to rebel. This is too dangerous. "
Zhao Liu had been in the capital for many years and had seen similar things with his own eyes. Naturally, he would advise Ang Lee not to do anything stupid.
"Zhao Liu, you don't have to worry. We are buying iron to build the railway track. We are not afraid of the imperial court's investigation. At most, it will be a false alarm. Once the railway is laid, not only will it be much more convenient to transport the stone charcoal in the future, but it will also be more useful."
Ang Lee narrowed his eyes and looked forward to it.
"Alang, what's the use of it?"
Zhao Liu obviously did not understand the beauty of it. How could the backward people of this era understand the results of the industrial revolution of later generations?
"There's no harm in telling you. If the railway track is built, Alang will also build a train that can transport more goods. The transport capacity of this train will be far greater than that of a carriage. In the future, maybe all the roads in the Tang dynasty will be paved with railway tracks. We won't need to take a carriage to travel. We can take the train directly. It's really convenient."
Ang Lee said longingly.
"All the roads in the Tang dynasty will be paved with railway tracks? Alang, this will never work. Even the Tang dynasty doesn't have so much iron! "
The problem that Zhao Liu considered was very realistic. Without so much iron, how could they make railway tracks?
However, Ang Lee had a plan in mind. At present, a lot of iron ore had been discovered in the Tang dynasty. The iron ore resources were extremely rich, but the mining method was very backward. Basically, they used sledgehammers to chisel out the iron ore piece by piece, and then crush it to extract pig iron.
It would be strange if they could get enough iron with such a primitive mining method. Ang Lee planned to use the gunpowder of later generations to collect iron ore. He only needed to chisel a small hole in the iron ore, put the gunpowder in, and ignite it with a rope dipped in oil. In this way, a large amount of iron ore would be blown to pieces with a bang, and the mining speed would be increased by more than ten times.
Moreover, the gunpowder was very simple to mix. It only needed sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal powder in a fixed ratio. These three materials could be easily found in the Tang dynasty, so it was possible to make gunpowder in large quantities.
However, Ang Lee had always been worried about what the invention of gunpowder would bring to the whole world and what changes it would bring to the Tang dynasty. Would it rekindle the ambition of the old Li Longji to conquer the world again?
All these were unknown, and the main reason why Ang Lee had not dared to make gunpowder at will. At this moment, in order to improve the mining speed and for the future of the Tang dynasty, Ang Lee did not care so much. The gunpowder must be made.
"Alang, Alang."
A trusted subordinate hurriedly ran over.
"Alang, this is the evidence of the land annexation by the Fanyang Lu family."
Ang Lee glanced at it and smiled gently. "Lu Shangyi, an important person. He is now in Chang 'an. It seems that it's time to meet him."
At this moment, Ang Lee's heart was sweeter than honey. With this evidence, he could execute Lu Shangyi, an important person of the Fanyang Lu family. However, in this way, the Fanyang Lu family would be forced to die, which was not good for the overall situation of the Tang dynasty. In order to win over the Fanyang Lu family, Ang Lee certainly would not execute Lu Shangyi, but the time to force Lu Shangyi to accept the two taxation laws had obviously come.
"Zhao Liu, send some people to stock up more iron. I'll go back to the city first."
Ang Lee and his trusted subordinates rode back to Chang 'an, ready to meet Lu Shangyi, the representative of the Fanyang Lu family.
When Ang Lee rode back to the capital, Lu Shangyi, the representative of the Fanyang Lu family, was reading the urgent letter sent by the family patriarch from the rear. The content of the letter was very simple. They should try their best to prevent the implementation of the two taxation laws. At the same time, they should hide behind other families and support them.
Of course, this was not the idea of the patriarch of the Fanyang Lu family alone. The patriarchs of all the families had the same idea. In the face of protecting interests, they would spare no effort, but they all understood the principle that the gun would hit the bird that sticks out. Therefore, no family would be willing to stand in the first position.
"Father, the patriarch's worry is unnecessary. Now, Zheng Laoliu of the Zheng family in Xingyang has been executed, and the Zheng family is in the first position. Now, we just need to wait for the Zheng family's reaction."
Lu Shangyi's son, standing next to him, certainly saw the letter from the patriarch.
"My son is right. Now the Zheng family must be like ants on a hot pan. They must be restless! We don't need to worry. "
Lu Shangyi looked at his son with a relaxed face, as if he was watching the fire burning across the river.
Although at this moment, their interests would be damaged by the implementation of the two taxation laws, the fact that the Zheng family was the first to be targeted made them feel a sense of schadenfreude. This was the so-called psychological balance!
I am miserable, but there is someone more miserable than me. Then I feel much better in my heart.
"Alang, Assistant Minister Li requests an audience."
A servant came over and reported to Lu Shangyi.
"Assistant Minister Li? Which Assistant Minister Li? "
"Father, it must be Ang Lee."
"Ang Lee? What is he doing here? "
Lu Shangyi suddenly felt a burst of panic. He had heard that Ang Lee executed Zheng Laoliu. His method could be said to be extremely ruthless. Was it his turn to be the next?
"Father, don't be nervous. Ang Lee is here to visit, not to arrest us. Let's find out his purpose first and then make plans."
"Well, invite him in."
"There is no need to invite him in, Minister Lu."
Ang Lee directly broke in. Although it was somewhat impolite, the servants in Lu Shangyi's residence did not dare to stop him.
"Li Shaolang, haha! A rare guest, a rare guest! Please come in. "
Lu Shangyi was surprised for a moment, then he greeted Ang Lee with a smile.
"Minister Lu, there is no need to be polite. This official does not visit without a reason. Since I am here, I naturally have something to discuss."
Ang Lee was too lazy to beat around the bush with Lu Shangyi, a representative of an aristocratic family, and directly pointed out the main topic.
"May I ask what Assistant Minister Li is here for?"
Lu Shangyi pretended to be surprised, as if he were a law-abiding citizen.
Ang Lee grinned. Lu Shangyi's acting was also very good, but it was still a bit lacking compared to the film emperors of the later generations. His expression was still a bit stiff and unnatural.
"Minister Lu should have heard about Zheng Laoliu's matter! Take a look, this is all evidence of your recent annexation of land. With this evidence, this official can follow His Majesty's imperial edict and exile your entire family. "
Ang Lee spoke rather directly, without the slightest hint of euphemism.
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