After Li An returned to the capital, he rested for a few days, and did nothing in these days, so he stayed in the courtyard to accompany his wife and children, teasing his children during the day, and pampering his wife at night. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A few days later, Ang Lee officially clocked in to work and began to work in the R&D center, due to the delay of too much time in the western expedition to Tibet, many research projects in the R&D center fell into a state of stagnation due to the lack of Ang Lee's guidance, and even directly canceled the research.

Now, Ang Lee has returned to the R&D center to clock in and go to work, and these R&D projects have been picked up again and re-studied, of course, for some research projects that are not difficult, the craftsmen of the R&D center have been developed, and in the absence of Ang Lee's guidance, which makes Ang Lee quite satisfied.

Li An's current R&D focus is on people's livelihood and the economy, and the military and national defense only needs to be taken care of, after all, with Datang's current military scientific and technological strength, it can already beat the whole world, and there is no need to rush to develop more advanced weapons.

In the field of people's livelihood and economy, the most important thing is logistics and transportation, so the research and development of more advanced means of transportation has become the focus of the moment.

Trade stimulates wealth, and the bottleneck restricting the development of trade is the transportation conditions, only when transportation and logistics become more convenient, trade can be more prosperous.

If Datang wants to be rich, it must encourage trade, not only to prosper domestic trade, but also to do more foreign trade, and most of the countries are in the west of Datang, so Datang must attach importance to trade with western countries.

On land, trade with the western countries must rely on trains, which is the best and most convenient way, and only the capacity and efficiency of trains can meet the growing trade demand.

In addition to land trade, a sea route could be opened to the west via the Strait of Malacca and pass through countries along the way, thus promoting the prosperity of maritime trade.

The prosperity of the land must depend on the railway system, so the research of the railway system must be the top priority, in addition to speeding up the laying of railways, but also to develop more advanced locomotives to improve the speed and efficiency of train transportation.

The transportation of the ocean must rely on steam ships to better improve efficiency, and this is also the focus of Ang Lee's research and development.

In addition, whether it is land transportation, or sea transportation, are inseparable from the support of countries along the way, the railway must lead to foreign countries, so that a large number of goods can be transported to these countries, and although the sea route does not need to lay lines, but the sea ships have been adrift for a long time, there must be a port for replenishment, and the countries along the way must provide reliable large ports to provide fresh water and food supplies for the Datang fleet.

High-tech transportation equipment must be developed by Li Anlai, and laying railways abroad and finding reliable supply points at sea require the Tang Dynasty court to come forward to solve it.

The R&D equipment itself is very boring, but when I think of the huge role that can be played after using it, Li Ang does not feel bored, besides, most of the work is in charge of the talents of the R&D center, he is only responsible for guiding and preventing these talents from taking detours, in fact, it is not very tiring, it is just more cumbersome.

As long as we persevere, we will eventually be able to develop more and more advanced and high-end vehicles.

Step by step, the results were revealed, and with the deepening of research and development, more advanced locomotives and steam turbines were born, and gradually began to replace the old models to improve the efficiency of transportation.

Winter went to spring, and soon, the fifth year of Tianbao came to an end, and when the spring of the sixth year of Tianbao came, there was shocking good news from the east, the fleet sent to explore the Americas returned smoothly, and brought back a large number of specialties from the Americas, and these specialties were exactly the same as the situation described by Ang Lee before.

Due to the very cold weather in early spring, in order to prevent these precious plants from freezing to death, Ang Lee immediately got on the train and rushed to Laizhou after learning that the fleet exploring the Americas had returned, so many varieties of plants and seeds, he had to go over and deal with them as soon as possible.

Three days later, Ang Lee arrived in Laizhou and boarded ten ships that had returned from the sea.

Ten sea ships, each loaded with a large number of plant seeds and vines, as well as rubber trees that Ang Lee specially confessed, in addition, there were some animals that Datang did not have, even cougars and jaguars were caught.

Looking at more than a dozen cougars and jaguars trapped in iron cages, Ang Lee sighed at the strength of human beings, even if the beast has sharp claws, what can it be, isn't it obediently subdued by humans.

"Li Shilang, these are all plants and plantings that were retrieved according to the drawings you gave, and some of them were brought back by the lower officials on their own initiative."

Li An nodded and said appreciatively: "Yes, yes, very good, you have made great contributions to explore the Americas this time, and this official will personally report to Your Majesty truthfully, you just wait to receive the reward!" However, this is not the end, there are so many good things in the Americas, and now, I Datang has built more and better sea ships, you must continue to go to the Americas in the future, bring back these good things, so as to popularize them in Datang as soon as possible, so that these good crops can bloom everywhere in Datang as soon as possible. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all very happy, especially the fishermen who were experienced in seafaring, and the imperial court had to send people to the Americas constantly, and in this way, they would have a livelihood and could earn a much higher income than fishing.

Next, Ang Lee is going to start distributing these crops from the Americas, after all, not all crops can be shipped to the capital, such as rubber trees, which must survive in the tropics.

Although Chang'an City has greenhouses, greenhouses can be built taller and larger, but the use of greenhouses to cultivate rubber trees, first, the cost is too high, it is very cost-effective economically, in addition, the effect of greenhouse cultivation can not be compared with the rubber trees grown in nature, this is undoubted, so Li An immediately arranged a wave of people and ordered them to immediately transport the saplings of these rubber trees to Jiaozhou and Yazhou, and find a suitable land for planting.

In addition, because this batch of rubber saplings is extremely important to the future industrialization of the Tang Dynasty, it is necessary to notify local officials, send people to take care of and protect, if something happens to these rubber saplings, all the state and county officials must be punished, if these saplings grow well, the state and county officials must be credited, and even rewarded.

In the era of the Tang Dynasty, under normal circumstances, it was officials who had no way out and were degraded that would appear in remote states and counties, especially Jiaozhou and Yazhou, which were the best places for exile and demotion since ancient times

Therefore, Li An believes that as long as he releases these words, the officials of Jiaozhou and Yazhou will not dare to be careless, and will definitely take care of the rubber tree, and will never let the rubber tree have an accident, otherwise, they will not be able to live with their own future.

Of course, local officials can send people to protect these saplings, but to take care of rubber saplings, you must have the corresponding professional knowledge, for this reason, Li An will take care of the rubber saplings of the requirements written on a piece of paper, and let his subordinates copy a number of copies, at the same time, but also personally know a few people who went south, tell them how to do it, must take care of these rubber saplings, and personally send these people on the ship, so that after arriving in Jiaozhou and Yazhou, immediately start transplanting, and take care of them.

After disposing of the most important rubber trees, Ang Lee began to instruct a large group of people to carry the ship's important supplies onto land and onto the train to be transported to the capital.

These important materials, there are sweet potatoes, potatoes, peppers, corn and other important American products, sweet potatoes in addition to finished products, there are seedlings, potatoes only finished products, peppers and corn only seeds, the rest of the materials, but also mostly seeds, this is of course because of carrying seeds, you can bring more, if you carry seedlings, the space to occupy is too large, and it is very difficult to take care of.

In addition to the rubber seedlings that need to be transported to Jiaozhou and Yazhou, the remaining materials are all loaded onto the train and immediately transported to Chang'an City, in order to prevent frostbite, all sweet potatoes and potatoes are wrapped in cotton cloth, and some seedlings that are afraid of frost are also wrapped in cotton cloth.

As for sending a larger fleet to the Americas to transport urgently needed supplies, it is necessary to discuss with Li Longji after returning to the capital, Li An really can't make decisions about such a big matter, otherwise, it will not be easy for the emperor to investigate it.

With a large number of supplies, Li An took the train back to the capital, of course, this batch of materials were all loaded into the freight train, and Li An took a high-end passenger train, the important materials in the train, naturally there are people under his hands to take care of them, after all, the weather is so cold, it is more comfortable to live in a soft sleeper car with a fireplace, even when eating, it is a subordinate to come in, after all, the temperature in the dining car is low, far less than the temperature of the soft sleeper car.

A few days later, the train arrived at the Chang'an City Railway Station, and many officials and nobles who had already learned the news came to see the excitement, after all, a few days ago, news had come from the east, telling the officials about a large number of magical products in the Americas, making them curious, besides, how could they not come to see the excitement for such a big thing?

"Li Shilang has worked hard all the way."

As soon as Li An got off the train, he was greeted by Yang Zhao with a smile on his face, and all the ministers were standing in the distance waiting, only he saw the train entering the station, ran to the train in a hurry, and almost collided with Li An who got off the train.

"Yang joined the army, you also came to see the excitement?"

Li An responded with a smile.

"Your Majesty asked me to manage Wufang, and I heard that I brought back a lot of interesting beasts from the Americas this time, so I naturally want to come over."

Yang Zhao smiled, as if he was showing off that he had received the emperor's attention, although the reputation of Wufang in the Tang Dynasty was not very good, and he was called Wufang Xiaoer, but it was a fat and oily errand, and it was a position that was valued by the emperor.

The five fangs refer to the institutions that keep five kinds of animals in captivity, namely the carving workshop, the falcon workshop, the harrier workshop, the eagle workshop and the dog workshop, the first four can be classified as eagles, and the last one is dogs, noble men always like eagle dogs, and the emperor is of course no exception, as if only eagle dogs can reflect their wealth.

In the beginning, there were only these five most valued animals, and then the institution was expanded, and in addition to eagles and dogs, other animals were also raised, so as to provide all kinds of fun for the royal family.

In fact, it is equivalent to the zoo of later generations, when the emperor is tired, he can accompany the concubine to the zoo to take a look, see all kinds of magical animals, and pass the time of boredom, Wufang is actually synonymous with Datang Zoo.

Of course, in order to satisfy the emperor's increasingly strong curiosity, the officials in charge of managing Wufang must continue to collect all kinds of rare beasts among the people in order to present them to the palace, and in this process, it is inevitable that there will be disturbances to the people, so that the people have a very bad impression of the staff of Wufang, and call them Wufang children, which shows the great resentment of the people.

And now, Yang Zhao was appointed as the supreme governor of Wufang, and the burden of collecting all kinds of rare beasts fell on his head, in order to keep the emperor's favor, he naturally had to work very hard, and the rare animals shipped from the Americas were all never seen by anyone in the Tang Dynasty, of course, they were the most rare, he just came to see, how could he be worthy of such a fat position.

"There are a lot of rare beasts, but there is a train behind it, and it hasn't arrived yet? Yang Senjun estimated that he would have to wait a little longer. ”

Li An opened his mouth and said, in fact, he himself has to wait here, after all, so many important properties, he must personally arrange them to rest assured, and he is worried that they will be damaged if they are handed over to others.

After greeting the ministers and the royal family for a while, Li stood quietly at the train station, waiting for the freight train that was about to arrive at the station.

Two quarters later, the freight train arrived at the train station on time and came to a steady stop.

Li An personally arranged a group of people to unload the materials loaded in the train and transport them to different locations, all the eagles and dogs and other animals were handed over to Yang Zhao, anyway, Yang Zhao did not come alone, he brought a large group of subordinates, responsible for transporting all the exotic animals is more than enough.

Peppers, corn and other seed materials, is not afraid of the cold, so, do not need special care, as long as it is transported to the designated place, and sweet potatoes and potatoes, as well as many seedlings are different, once frozen to the loss of heavy losses, these are all cherished plants shipped from the Americas, which are extremely important for the future agricultural development of the Tang Empire, and must not be lost.

"Li Shilang, this red thing is sweet potato! I heard that you can produce up to 10,000 catties per mu, can there really be so many? ”

A minister grabbed a sweet potato, held it in his hand, and asked curiously.