In the morning of early winter, the sun shines on the earth, giving people a warm feeling, not hot at all.

In the courtyard of Prince Chu's Mansion, Wang Xuanwu, a little clumsily, rode on his bicycle just like Li Kuan did.

Initially, Li Kuan thought that he would definitely fall a few times, but in the end, except for the initial shaking of the bicycle, which seemed like it was about to fall, he quickly lost the feeling that Wang Xuanwu was a novice.

When Li Kuan learned to ride a bicycle, it was still an old-fashioned Phoenix bicycle. At such a young age, Li Kuan could not sit on the seat to learn to ride a bicycle. He could only stretch one foot under the crossbar in front of the seat.

Unique learning to ride a bike.

For this reason, there is no shortage of wrestling.

Now that I see Wang Xuanwu learn it instantly, I really marvel at the huge difference in talent between people.

"My lord, is this bicycle the weapon you said you prepared for the police station?"

Wang Xuance also looked at the bicycle riding by his younger brother with bright eyes.

Such a light and flexible bicycle is of great significance to the police department responsible for the security of Chang'an City.

Usually, it takes a lot of time to go around a square.

If you have a bicycle, you can do it not only once a day, but also a few times a day.

To a certain extent, the exposure rate of the police is inversely proportional to the outbreak rate of the case.

That kind of invisible deterrent will stop some criminals who are ready to act.

"That's right, it's this bicycle. I plan to equip the policemen of the two police stations in Chang'an City with a bicycle. In this way, whether it is patrolling the streets or handling cases, the efficiency will definitely be greatly improved."

With a unified system and uniformly painted bicycles, Li Kuan felt that the fresh police officers would definitely attract a wave of attention.

For criminals, deterrence is sometimes more effective than other things.

Let everyone know that the police in Chang'an City are not to be trifled with and don't commit crimes casually.

In a sense, it can be regarded as a way to improve the security of Chang'an City.

"My lord, yes, that's great, but wouldn't it be too extravagant to have a bicycle for each person?"

Wang Xuance felt that the bicycle in front of him was obviously a high-end gadget. Now Li Kuan actually wanted to equip every policeman with one. What a luxury this was.

Although the Ministry of Revenue has gained money in recent years, it will definitely not agree to this expenditure.

Although the Prince of Chu's palace is extremely wealthy, it is not suitable to equip the police station with bicycles out of its own pocket.

If this were the case, the secret control of the police station would become public knowledge.

This is different from my starting point.

"Bicycles are of extraordinary significance to the Tang Dynasty. Although rich families could ride carriages, the price of carriages was much higher than that of bicycles, and they required specialized horses and grooms. It was impossible for ordinary families to afford them.

But bicycles are different. They are light and flexible. They can pass through streets, alleys, cement roads and bad roads. Moreover, their maintenance costs are very low. If every household has a bicycle, travel efficiency will be high.

As for your opinion that bicycles are luxury goods and the price will be very high, I have a different view."

The more Li Kuanyue talked about it, the more he felt that promoting bicycles was of great significance.

In later generations, the automobile industry played a particularly huge role in driving a country's industry.

Whether it is the United States, Japan, or Germany and China, the automobile industry is considered a pillar industry of the national economy.

It is certainly unrealistic to engage in the automobile industry in Datang today.

Li Kuan had previously thought of discovering four-wheeled carriages on a large scale, but now it seems that developing bicycles is the right way to go.

The bicycle industry has great potential.

This is not an exaggeration at all.

"Your Majesty, this bicycle uses a lot of fine steel, so the price can't be reduced, right?"

Although Wang Xuance is also full of expectations for bicycles, he is not as optimistic as Li Kuan.

For Datang, fine steel has never been a bargain.

Although a bicycle uses wood to the maximum extent, the weight of fine steel is still very huge.

Wang Xuance was even worried that due to the popularity of bicycles, Datang's fine steel would fall into the hands of some rivals.

"It's time to lower the price of ordinary refined steel. Now that company commander Sun's iron-making workshop can directly smelt refined steel, it's a bit unreasonable that the selling price has not changed.

Some time ago, news came from Shuozhou that Nanshan Construction Engineering discovered a huge iron ore and coal mine during the exploration process of building a cement road from Liangzhou to Shuozhou. I am planning to build a brand new iron-making workshop nearby.

, allowing Datang’s refined steel production to at least quadruple.”

China is not a country rich in iron ore.

But this is only relative.

Calculating the annual output of more than one billion tons in future generations, China definitely does not have that much iron ore to satisfy various steel plants.

But the current output of Datang Steel is not even comparable to that of a later private copycat steel plant. How could there be a problem of insufficient iron ore?

As for coal, let alone coal, there is no shortage at all.

Especially the Ordos and Yulin areas in later generations were famous coal-producing areas.

As for Shanxi, which is now under the jurisdiction of Hedong Road, there is no shortage of coal.

The time was ripe for Li Kuan to expand the iron-making workshop of the Prince of Chu from Chang'an City to the north.

Even because of the new iron-making workshop, a new city could appear on the border of Datang.

"Quadruple? Prince, is this...is this really no problem?"

Wang Xuance knew that Li Kuan had always been very bold, but it was still scary to quadruple his actions at every turn.

Of course, it's not that Datang didn't need so much steel, but the sudden increase was so large that Wang Xuance felt that he couldn't adapt to it for a while.

"Because our Wangfu Ironmaking Workshop invented the technology of directly smelting refined steel, Datang's steel output has increased at least ten times compared to the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, right? Now it has quadrupled. Isn't it that exaggerated?"

Li Kuan felt that even if it were more, let alone quadrupling it, it would not be enough compared with later generations.

Of course, such a comparison is meaningless.

After all, the degree of industrial development is not at the same level.

"If so much fine steel can be added, the price of bicycles can be reduced a lot. This is good news for Datang."

Wang Xuance suddenly became excited.

The Prince of Chu's Mansion controls so much fine steel, doesn't it mean he can have as many weapons as he wants?

If necessary, it can be produced in a short time.
Chapter completed!