A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Gu Qing has been working hard for so many years, maybe these efforts are too insignificant to change an era, maybe everything Gu Qing has established will be overthrown, but Gu Qing has worked hard, at least there is a shadow of his struggle in history, Wu Mei's heart He understood that everything Gu Qing did was actually for his hometown, for the utopia in his heart that he could never go back to, and he never gave up on going back to his hometown.

He has been working hard to change this era and the entire Central Plains. With these changes, Gu Qing can feel that he is stepping towards his hometown step by step. If he does nothing, it will be the real despair for Gu Qing.

After talking for a long time, feeling the coolness of the night, Gu Qing supported Wu Mei to stand up, "It's getting late, let's go back."

"Master fell asleep?" Wu Mei asked in a low voice.

"Already asleep." Gu Qing said.

Sun Simiao is over 100 years old. At this age, he may leave at any time. Wu Mei looked at Gu Qing's expression. If Sun Simiao left, it would be a big blow to Gu Qing. I knew Gu Qing since childhood, and Gu Qing was an orphan without many relatives. At that time, Gu Qing and Sun Simiao were like grandparents, and Gu Qing treated Sun Simiao as a real relative.

It was not until Gu Qing had himself and this home that Gu Qing built the academy and everything here. Home and hometown are more important than life to Gu Qing.

The rain didn't stop overnight. There was a lot of movement in the academy today. The academy and the factory worked together to produce steel that had never been seen before. The mirror-like steel has a very smooth surface, excellent hardness and toughness.

This is a major breakthrough for the factory and academy. The new wrought iron technology can be used in too many places. This steelmaking technology can be used in all walks of life.

Li Tai looked at the new steel in front of him. This kind of steel was not simply forged, but almost recast steel, and the impurities in the iron ore were calcined to almost nothing.

However, this wrought iron technology consumes too much cost. Even with such a big breakthrough, Li Tai still hesitates. The technology still needs to be improved. The manpower and material resources consumed by this technology are too large. It is unrealistic even in the military, and the output will never be too high.

Fang Yizhi said to Li Tai: "Do you feel that something is missing? During the years of factory construction, it always feels that a very important link is missing."

"I feel the same way. If I follow the idea of ​​taking care of Qing step by step, I also feel that something is missing, and it is a very important thing. With this thing, maybe we can break the bottleneck. Once this bottleneck is broken, those things we expected Maybe it can be done.”

"It's time to talk to Gu Qing, he must have something else to say."

Nowadays, the technology mastered by the academy and the factory is very mature. They can use energy, use simple physics, and can also make cars, but there is one very important thing missing from these things. And the factory can reach new heights.

Chapter 1055 A Portrait From Many Years Ago

Waking up early in the morning, Gu Qing saw Li Tai and Fang Yizhi, "Why do you have the time to come to my place today?"

Li Tai sat upright and said: "Gu Qing, I want to ask you something. The current factory level has reached a bottleneck period. You should be clear about this bottleneck period."

Gu Qing drank the porridge and ate the steamed stuffed bun and said, "I know what you are talking about. There is indeed a technology that can break the current bottleneck, but to bring this up, the first thing that needs to be changed is Datang's money tax."

Fang Yizhi asked curiously: "Gu Qing, why do you think this bottleneck has something to do with money and taxes?"

"There is a thing called electricity."

"Electricity? Lightning?" Li Tai took a bun and ate it impolitely. "Need electricity to break the bottleneck? I still don't understand what this has to do with money and taxes."

Gu Qing went on to say: "How much do you think the reserves of Chaozhong Copper are now?"

Fang Yi thought about it and replied: "Recently, the government has printed a lot of copper coins, and it shouldn't be too many. The copper mines in the market are strictly controlled."

"Electricity is inseparable from copper, but once electricity is used, the consumption of copper will become very large." Gu Qing put down the bowl and chopsticks and continued: "I actually thought about this plan a long time ago. At that time, I gave up this idea. First of all, the demand for copper in terms of money tax is too great. If you want to change this situation, you must first change the money tax. You can start with the bank and exchange old money for new money.”

"The old money is exchanged for new money to get copper?" Fang Yizhi immediately understood the problem after listening, "Gu Qing, the copper you mentioned, even if you want to recycle and recast all the copper coins, let's not talk about the hurdle of the court. Can it be passed that the value of the copper alone is placed there, a catty of copper is always the same money, if the value is still the same, why do the people have to pay new money?"

Gu Qing calmly drank a cup of tea.

"Wait!" Li Tai seemed to have thought of something suddenly, and interrupted Fang Yizhi's words: "The basis of value is the scarcity of items. If the amount of copper is too large, copper will become worthless. New money can be exchanged." With the old money, everything can be done smoothly.”

"But how much copper do you need?" Fang Yizhi said again: "Also, Gu Qing, why did you say that electricity can break the current bottleneck, and why did you say that copper is indispensable for electricity."

The servants at home took care of the house quietly, Gu Qing asked the servants to take away the bowls and chopsticks and poured a cup of hot tea for the two of them, saying: "This matter starts from the first time I saw a doctor for the eldest grandson empress. The Empress made something to relieve the eldest grandson Empress’s gas disease. At that time, I used gold wire. In fact, the mystery is not difficult to understand. It is a kind of electrolyzed water to decompose oxygen, and people rely on oxygen to breathe.”

Li Tai said blankly, "I don't understand."

Gu Qing shook his head and sighed, "Fatty, do you still remember the numbness and electric spark?"

"Remember." Li Tai nodded vigorously.

"That is a kind of electricity. Of course, we can't use gold wire. That thing is too expensive. Gold conducts electricity very well, but the value is too high. The most cost-effective thing to get from it is copper wire. Copper wire conducts electricity. It is less durable than gold, but it is also very useful, and copper is the most." Gu Qing looked at the two and said, "Don't worry, once you master the technology of electricity, you will find that Datang has entered a new era. "

"Electricity?" Fang Yizhi was still skeptical.

"Speaking of copper reserves, what we need now is to increase the existence of copper to a certain level in a short period of time, but the copper reserves in the Central Plains are fixed and will only be used less and less. Over the years, the Maritime Trade Department has been For development, we can first get copper from other places, the Maritime Trade Department, and the Western Expedition. To put it mildly, it is to promote the Tang Dynasty's national prestige, but it is actually for resources! For more and more resources, gold, silver, copper and iron are all what I want."

"So you've already made the arrangements!?" Li Tai looked at Gu Qing and stood up with inspiration, "You've already figured it out from the beginning, right? You already knew that today's step would happen, you already knew You have already known that the development of our academy has returned to the current bottleneck!"

"That's not true." Gu Qing said with a wry smile: "Actually, I didn't expect your development to be so fast, which caught me off guard, so even if the industry reaches a bottleneck, we must proceed steadily, improve technology, and lay a solid foundation. When the time comes, we can manufacture generators, let our industrial level rise to a higher level, and a steady stream of resources will flow into the Central Plains through the Maritime Trade Fair."

"I understand." Li Tai also nodded and said, "It's like what you said, let's save enough money first, so as not to fail in the future, and do a good job in the present. Once the family money is enough, it will be a matter of time."

Li Tai understood. Gu Qing looked at Fang Yizhi and seemed to be full of doubts. Electricity is a very conceptual thing for everyone now. Only in thunderstorm weather can you see thunder and lightning in the sky. few.

"Brother Fang, let Fatty make something I did back then and you will know."

"Can it be done?" Fang Yi looked straight at Li Tai.

"Ah?" Li Tai glanced at Gu Qing and then at Fang Yi and said awkwardly: "After such a long time, how can I still remember, I just know that I need a magnet, and there is a gold thread for a magnet, but Gu Qing said that copper wire can be used."

"Wait a minute."

Gu Qing came to his laboratory and searched for the blueprints that should have been left behind. The laboratory was taken care of by Wu Mei. The baby warmer that Wu Mei used to keep warm can no longer be warmed up. She also found the clothes she wore back then, an old faded sweater, which was folded completely and placed at the bottom of the box. It should be just wearing it now. fit.

There is also a pair of jeans, which are almost washed to white now. These things are always unwilling to throw away by Wu Mei. When I saw Wu Mei for the first time, I was wearing such clothes, which aroused people's curiosity.

It took me a long time to find a stack of old blueprints, and I found a pattern of ouroboros, which I got in Mangshan, and then I found the blueprints I used to make new paper. I rummaged down and found a picture.

I remember that I have never had anyone draw a portrait of myself. In the portrait, I painted the appearance of my own child when time travel came, wearing clothes that were too big, the cuffs were folded up, and the jacket almost covered the knees. This painting Only there is no expression of her own, her face is blank, maybe Wu Mei asked someone to draw it, when she left without saying goodbye, Wu Mei might not remember what her facial features looked like, and she didn't want to forget herself.

Chapter 1056

After finding the blueprint, Gu Qing looked at the content on the blueprint and couldn't see the handwriting clearly. This is the blueprint he drew when he was treating the eldest grandson Empress.

Gu Qing took the blueprint and handed it to Li Tai, "This is the blueprint."

Li Tai took the drawing and looked at the patterns on it, looking at the crooked and incomprehensible text, "What is this!"

"It's a bit sloppy, but it should be understandable if you take care of it carefully." Gu Qing cleared his throat and said.

Seeing Fan Jian walking to Gu Qing's side, Fang Yi glanced at Fan Jian's expression, and said, "Let's go back and think about it."

"No, I haven't figured it out yet." Li Tai pointed to the blueprint and said.

Fang Yi tugged at Li Tai's sleeve and gave him a look.

After understanding the meaning, Li Tai followed Fang Yi straight away to leave the Gu family, looked back at the Gu family, Li Tai asked curiously: "What's wrong? You let me go all of a sudden."

"Don't you know that Gu Qing is getting farther and farther away from us now?" Fang Yi said straightly.

"You mean..." Li Tai seemed to understand something.

"In the future, this kind of thing will not bother Gu Qing. Gu Qing has already become what he least wants to live. Now Gu Qing is deeply trapped in the quagmire of the emperor. What he has to do now is more important than us, or Said that right now is more important than our affairs."