No Regrets In Flourishing Tang

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Do everything within your ability. No matter whether it is a person, a family, or even a country, you can’t consume your energy too much, otherwise it will cause very serious losses and cause very bad consequences.

If a person is overworked, he will seriously deplete his body and make his body less healthy. A family that bears an unbearable burden will cause the family to collapse. If a country consumes too much power, the country will Disintegration and demise.

The power of the state includes financial resources, civilian power, material resources, etc. The financial collapse is the most terrifying. If the national finances are out of money, the officials of the Imperial Court will not receive salaries, and the army will not receive the pay. After the famine, There will be no money for disaster relief.

If the officials do not receive salaries, they will use their rights to exploit the old 100 surnames, making the life of the old 100 surnames even more difficult. If the army does not receive the pay, there will be a mutiny, and even go to snatch directly, uphill as a bandit, and famine In the region, without the assistance of Imperial Court, a large number of dead people and even large-scale peasant uprisings will occur, which will cause chaos in the entire society and cause the dynasty to collapse step by step.

Civil strength refers to the people ’s manpower, material and financial resources, and excessive consumption of civilian power refers to the endless levy of the people to serve labor, making the people exhausted, and using harsh taxes to snatch the people ’s property and items, so that the people have nothing. It is difficult to survive, so it does not agree with Imperial Court, and even rises up to launch a large-scale resistance movement.

Material power refers to all the materials available for use. It is good to say that the soldiers and horses do not move the food and grass first. The Armed Forces, which are expended, consume a lot of materials, and as the war enters a state of stagnation, right The consumption of materials is even greater. If the country’s supplies are not available, it is easy to cause the collapse of the army and the demise of the empire.

In short, manpower, material resources, and financial resources are the foundation of an empire, and they must be cherished. They must not be consumed too much. Otherwise, once the income is not enough, an empire will collapse.

There are too many such lessons in history. The Umayyad dynasty is still expanding at the end of the dynasty. The same is true of all dynasties in China. The Great Qin Empire built the Great Wall, built the Afang Palace, and vigorously developed Lingnan. The great loss of national power, the same is true of the Great Sui Empire, the excavation of the Grand Canal, the three conquests of Korea, and other crimes are known throughout the ages. Due to the accumulation of generations, the Great Ming Empire is only a delicious lazy Imperial Family. 3, these people don’t need to do anything, but Imperial Court has to spend money to support them, so that they can worry about their food and clothing, so it imposes a huge burden on Imperial Court’s finances, and makes Imperial Court’s income gradually out of pocket.

The lessons of history must be learned. Now the national power of the Great Tang Empire is getting stronger, but it must not be excessively consumed. Fortunately, the increase in the expenditure of the Great Tang Empire is far behind the increase in income. The money in the treasury is not only The expenditure was reduced because of a large increase, but increased a lot. The original warehouse could not be installed anymore. I had to rebuild a larger warehouse inside the imperial city. The size of the imperial city ’s left and right Tibetans has expanded several times. If the income continues to increase, it will have to find another place in the capital to build another warehouse, otherwise, there will be no place for so much tax revenue.

In the past, the taxation of the Great Tang Empire was mainly derived from the taxation of agriculture. Since Li An has engaged in industrialization and promoted the development of commerce, now, the revenue of the Great Tang Empire, the taxation of commerce and industry have gradually increased, and have become Absolutely, the taxation of agriculture has become more and more insignificant, and even the abolition of agricultural taxes across the country has no pressure.

Li An led a large expeditionary fleet out to open up new land, which was a huge drain on Imperial Court ’s financial resources, but Li An also seized a lot of wealth along the way, and by fighting hostile and pirate forces, the Maritime Silk Road It has gradually become smoother. At least, for now, the number of merchants from Great Tang to Malacca has increased several times, businesses have become more frequent, and taxes on Harbor City in the south of Great Tang have also greatly increased. The income will soon recover Li An’s expenses for the formation of the fleet. In short, it is absolutely not loss-making.

After casually talking about the situation of Aab Caliphate, Li An and his military and military officials went to the nearby city wall to inspect it, because there were enough 6000 troops in the ranks of work, so the progress of various projects was quite Smooth, especially the construction of the city wall which is not very technical.

Because the city wall is just two very thin brick walls filled with mud in the middle, it is not difficult to build at all, and the mud was dug nearby.

The site for digging mud is 5 steps away from the city wall. So, after the city wall is built, a natural moat trench is formed outside the borrowed soil. As long as the water flow is introduced, a moat can be quickly formed.

The city wall was built, and even the moat was also built. It can be described as one move, two gains, and the prerequisite for doing all this is sufficient human resources.

After several thousand Armed Forces were put into construction, some people did the work of fetching and compacting. The work of building the walls was done by skilled craftsmen, and the largest amount of fetching and landfilling and compacting work were all done by these. The soldier is finished.

In order to speed up the construction progress, the city wall construction was completed as soon as possible, and some machinery was used on the construction site, such as the excavators belonging to the Great Tang military. These excavators dig a shovel to dig more soil than dozens of soldiers dug. There is a lot more. In addition, the excavated soil is very laborious if it is manually moved. Smart craftsmen immediately thought of a good way to create a simple conveyor belt. The dug soil is directly put into the conveyor belt. The manpower stepped on the conveyor belt to send the soil between the two thin walls, and then the manpower or the machine pushed the soil to the required place, and compacted with the foot, and finally with the machine.

The combination of a lot of manpower, a small amount of machinery, and the ingenuity of craftsmen have shortened the construction period of the city wall. It is almost a day, and most of the city wall is built in just one month. It is estimated that there will be no pressure to complete the work within ten days.

Among them, a City Wall section is completely built, that is, a city wall at the north gate of the city. The construction time of this City Wall section is not the earliest, but it is the earliest completed section.

The fastest construction of the city wall in this part is not because of the good location or the hard work of the artisans here, but Li An attaches the most importance to this section and mobilizes more artisan manpower, so naturally it can be built at the earliest finished.

The outside of the city wall is bare, but inside the city wall, there will be a ladder that allows people to climb the city wall at every distance. There are one on each side of the city gate, which is also the largest and widest ladder. The rest The ladder in the part is relatively simple and small, as long as it can satisfy the soldiers to board the city wall.

There are many houses built around the edge of the inner city wall. These all are prepared for the soldiers who guard the city wall. Soldiers can usually rest in these houses. Once an emergency occurs, the resting soldiers can quickly reinforce the city. On the wall, there are some houses that store city defense materials, such as swords and arrows, rolling wood, stone, and other large city defense equipment. If they are usually placed on the city wall, they will be easily attacked by the sun and rain. The damage, placed in the house below the city wall, can undoubtedly improve the use of lifespan.

Li An, with his military and military officials, quickly reached the city wall in the north, and walked up the city wall from the wide ladder at the city gate.

Like building a city wall, ladders are also made of mud. As long as the outer wall and surface are bricks, all of the bricks are under the mud. However, because the compaction is relatively tight, there is no need to worry about the ladder being damaged.

The most feared thing about mud is rain, because rain can wash away the mud, so in order to prevent the mud under the city wall and stairs from being washed away by the rain, all bricks are smeared with cement material, and the smear is very uniform. It’s meticulous and there are no leaks, so that the rain won’t enter under the brick, and it won’t break the foundation under the brick.

The bricks were neatly laid, and it was very comfortable to step on it. Li An felt it and was very satisfied, and walked to the top of the city wall step by step.

The bricks on the ground at the top of the city wall are very well laid. After seeing it, people have a pleasing feeling. The female wall is a short wall on the outside, with a shooting port and a lookout, and there are small walls on the inside. Outside, so the small wall built inside is very low, only half the height of a person, not even half the height of the female wall. Standing on the city wall, you can easily see all the conditions in the city, but if you want to see For the scenery outside the wall, it is necessary to pass through the lookout and shooting port, because the height of the female wall is higher than the height of the person, which will block the person’s view.

Li An walked to a lookout and looked out, just to see the concrete pavement outside, as well as the artisans working on one side, the cement road was already available, so the foundation on the other side also started to lay the cement road In addition, the cement produced by the cement workshop of 20 li in the north is used. In this way, the materials are taken nearby, and the speed and cost of construction will be very beneficial.

Above the city gate is naturally the city gate building, since ancient times, wherever there is a city gate, a city gate building is generally built, one is more beautiful, it is more domineering from the distance, and the other can also be guarded The captain of the city rests and uses it, so that the officers and soldiers of the city have a place to cool off. The most important reason is that the city gate is the weakest part of the city ’s defense. Foreign enemies capture a city, usually from the city gate. At the beginning, the defense of the city gate position has always been the most important. The defense measures are naturally more than that of the city wall. In addition to the deployment of soldiers and horses on the female wall, the city gate also needs to deploy troops upstairs. The lethality of the stone thrown from the female wall is absolutely different from the lethal force dropped from the height of the city gate building. A higher city gate building can give the rolling wood a higher potential energy, which greatly increases the rolling wood. The killing power of the beating stone gives the enemy a more deadly attack. If Archer is deployed, shooting from upstairs of the city gate will have a good attack distance and archery vision.

Normal city gate buildings are mostly 2 floors, but in some important cities or checkpoints, city gate buildings are relatively tall, and can be city gate buildings above 3 floors, even higher and larger.

Li An does not pay much attention to the defensive role of the city gate building, and the construction period is also relatively tight. Therefore, the city gate building in Anzhu City has only two floors up and down, which is the most common city gate building specification. There is no difficulty in building the opportunity. .

Most of the ancient city gate buildings are built with wood, and how can the strength of wood be equal to the concrete on on terms? Moreover, wood is not fireproof. In the event of a fire, the wooden city gate building will be completely finished. Therefore, Li An requires that the city gate building in Anzhu City must be constructed of concrete, and even use precious in important load-bearing parts Reinforced steel, walls should be at least brick walls, rather than the lack of solid wood materials.

“Go, go upstairs and have a look.”

Because of the obstruction of the women ’s wall, Li An needs to hook his head to see the scenery outside the city, which does n’t feel very good, and this also affects his image, so he decided to go upstairs to the city gate, where there is only a waist fence , Will not block their sight.

The stairs are wooden and comfortable to walk. Although Li An requires the use of concrete materials as much as possible, it is most convenient to use wood in some parts. Moreover, the internal small stairs are safe, and there is nothing wrong with using wooden materials. There are also window materials, which are also made of wood, but the walls and themes have been replaced with concrete materials.

The tiles on the top of the city gate building are also ordinary tiles, which are produced by the nearby brick kiln factory, which is not at all different from the tiles in the rest of the city gate building.

Walking up to the city gate building, Li An stood next to the wooden fence, stroking the wooden fence with one waist high with one hand, looking up towards the outside of the city.

Since there is no obstacle in sight, Li An can observe the scene outside the city on a larger scale, the cement road outside the city, and the artisans who are working. It can be seen more clearly.

And farther away, you can see the heads of each and everyone, and the hills of 20 li in the north, bursts of smoke and dust. Obviously, there is a lime mine. The smoke is caused by artisans mining limestone. Soot.

In addition to the location of the lime mine in the north, there are many hills. In these densely packed hills, are there more resource mines? Are there coal and oil resources beneath the hills?

These all are Li An’s expectations, what resources are there in the many hills ahead, these all are in need of talent to explore, Great Tang’s exploration technology is also improving, after the technology is further mature, you can explore more and better Various resources.