The pomegranate tree in the Chu Wangfu is very old, and the two-zhang high branches leave a large circle of shade.

Although the sun is shining, the late spring in Chang'an City has not yet begun to heat up.

Inoue Yamada stood under the pomegranate tree, but he began to sweat.

"Lord Wang, you're really joking."

To be able to serve as the envoy of the Tang Dynasty sent by the Japanese State, the thickness of the dog's skin is naturally sufficient.

In fact, any official who can achieve a certain level has enough cheeks.

So even if Li Kuan said don't say it, he still has to say his thoughts, otherwise it will be really in vain today.

"The ministers are very grateful to the prince for providing us with the opportunity to study in the country, but some people have been studying in the workshop before and like that kind of environment, can you let these people continue to stay in the workshop?"

"What is Guozijian, what is the workshop? Little dog, you just came to Datang, and you may not know too much. Shinong industry and commerce, Guozijian is the most desirable place for scholars, and what is the workshop? It is not worthy to carry shoes for the country. Datang attaches great importance to the Wa Kingdom, and you have come all the way to Chang'an, so that you can go to the best place to study, so that you can understand the most essential knowledge of Datang. ”

Li Kuan naturally would not agree to the dog's request, on the contrary, he casually said a bunch of high-sounding reasons, so that the dog could not refute at all.

"Lord, having said that, but among the Tang envoys, some people were originally born lowly, and it is too lofty to let them go to the Guozijian, it is better to work in the workshop, and it can be regarded as contributing to the Tang Dynasty."

The dog still wants to fight for the same, but it is obviously in vain.

"Little dog, don't have to look at Shu, the Ministry of Rites already has a lot of opinions on letting you go to Guozijian to study, if you make any more messy requests, don't beat eggs in a bamboo basket at that time, and end up empty."

Li said in a threatening tone.

"The prince has every opportunity, then the ministers will not bother for the first time, but in the future, if the prince has any send, the ministers will definitely go to the soup and die."

Seeing that Li Kuan's attitude was very resolute, the dog had no choice but to retire first.

As for whether the heart is dead or not, that's another matter.

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"Lord Wang, this Japanese country is lonely overseas, don't they all say that they are very poor? I heard that the common people in their country still live a life without clothes and food, but this dog is so extraordinary when he shoots, and he doesn't look very poor at all. ”

After Inougami Yamada left, his own subordinates moved the gift he sent to Li Kuan, although Wang Xuance already knew what it was on the gift list, but he couldn't help but be surprised after seeing the real thing.

"Although the Wa Kingdom is isolated overseas, because of this, it has not been subject to too much external interference for thousands of years, and the princes and nobles have still accumulated a lot of wealth. Besides, don't look at Wakoku as an island country, but people have gold and silver mines, and there are natural gold mines near Nara, and all gold is actually not uncommon in Wakoku, and these gifts are not as rare as you think. ”

Li Kuan is different from Wang Xuance, but he knows that the gold and silver produced by the Japanese in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties once accounted for one-third of the world's output, which is really unexpected.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty did not take the Wa Kingdom in its eyes at all, believing that there was no value there, except for a very small number of people-to-people exchanges, and there were very few official contacts.

The envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty by the Japanese were the largest official exchanges in recent years.

"The Japanese state has gold and silver mines?"

Wang Xuance was taken aback, you must know that even in Datang, gold and silver mines are very scarce, and even if there are, they are some small mines with average output.

This has caused the extraordinary value of gold in Datang.

The so-called Miss Qianjin, the daughter is also a thousand taels of gold, and it can be seen that the family property reaches 1,000 taels of gold, which is already the standard of a strong party.

"Naturally, there is." Li Kuan seemed to think of something, and sat up from the recliner, "Since the envoys sent by the Wa State to the Tang Dynasty can come to the Tang Dynasty, it should not be difficult for us to go to the Wa Kingdom." ”

Wang Xuance showed a proud look, "That's for sure." Our shipbuilding technology in Datang is much stronger than that of the Wa Kingdom, and since the ships made by the Wa Kingdom can come to Datang, it will definitely be no problem for us to go over. ”

"There are still too few ships that can go to sea in Datang, and they are generally suitable for inland navigation, so we must prepare some ships suitable for sailing in the sea."

Although it is not necessary to go to sea immediately, the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, and the ship is the most important "grain and grass" to go to sea.

Li Kuan felt the need to start preparing.

After all, ships such a thing, especially a ship that has to sail in the sea, it is not good to prepare in advance, and it is really not necessary to sit on it casually, and human life is at stake.

Besides, this can be regarded as an investment in advance, and it will be used sooner or later in the future anyway.

"Lord, isn't this boat about the same in the river as in the sea? It's nothing more than making it bigger. Although the shipbuilding technology here in Chang'an City is average, there are still many craftsmen who can make ships in Jiangnan. There's no need to be in such a hurry, right? ”

Wang Xuance's view may represent the thinking of the vast majority of people, but the truth is often in the hands of a few.

As Li Kuan from later generations, he is obviously one of those few people.

"It's a big difference. There are very many winds and waves in the sea, and it is necessary to fully consider the anti-rollover performance of the ship; There is also seawater that is salty and very corrosive, and it is necessary to take into account the anti-corrosion of ships; Also, ships walking on the sea are prone to wind and waves......"

Although Li Kuan is not an expert in shipbuilding, he still understands some of the bad roads of later generations.

Now that he is going to arrange for Wang Xuance to prepare for shipbuilding, he naturally has to pour out half a bucket of water in his stomach.

Don't let your boat go to sea when a storm comes and capsizes.

That's hilarious.

"Lord Wang, there will be a special craftsman in charge of shipbuilding, and I will go to the Ministry of Industry in a while to see if I can lend a few to us."

Wang Xuance saw that Li Kuan was very interested in shipbuilding.

During this time, he has not made any achievements in the Chu Palace, and the shipbuilding workshop is the first task he officially accepts, so he naturally has to think about it carefully.

"Go ahead. Take my post and go directly to visit the Ministry of Works, presumably borrowing a few craftsmen who will be superintendents, it should be no problem. ”

The general supervisor is the yamen of the Ministry of Industry that is specially responsible for the production of various weapons, warships, tools, etc., and Li Kuan is too lazy to find out who is specifically responsible for the general supervisor, and directly find the biggest head, and the matter will naturally be done.

The status is noble, and doing things is so simple, so domineering.