When Li Longji first got the world map presented by Li An, he couldn't put it down, and he observed the map every day, eager to pocket the whole world, but after a long time, the freshness slowly decreased, and let the little eunuch collect the map, after all, the map is such a big piece, if you look at it every day, you will definitely be upset. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When the little eunuch heard the order, he immediately brought the world map he had collected and hung it in the main hall.

Li An walked to the world map, pointed to the Datang part of the world map, and said: "Your Majesty, this is the bay of Datang Laizhou, and now the large shipyard here has launched ten large steam ships, and the training is also very good, Weichen feels that it is time to send them to the Americas and bring back the specialties there." ”

After speaking, he stretched out his hand along the bay of Laizhou, pointing to the whole of South and North America.

Li Longji's eyes, following Li An's fingers, saw the entire American continent from Laizhou, the eastern part of the Tang Dynasty, and his eyes were full of excitement, he hadn't looked at this map for a long time, and there were many places that he couldn't remember clearly.

"Li Shilang, you once said that there are crops with a yield of thousands of catties per mu in the Americas, and there is no need for fertilization, is there really such a good crop?"

Li Longji confirmed again in a curious tone.

Li An said with certainty: "Your Majesty, of course this is true, how dare Weichen say nonsense, as long as this steam ship team can successfully reach the Americas, you can bring back this kind of crop with a yield of 1,000 catties per mu, in addition, there are many kinds of crops in the Americas, of course, they are all to be brought back together, and there is a kind of rubber tree, which is very useful, and if Datang wants to build more advanced machinery in the future, there must be a rubber tree." ”

At this time, the Tang Dynasty, whether it is agriculture or industry, has a huge demand for plants in the Americas, agriculture is most in demand for sweet potatoes, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, corn and other crops, the industry is most urgently needed is rubber trees, at this time, due to the limitation of materials, Li An invented all kinds of machinery, with gears and shafts, the effect is very bad, if there is rubber materials, you can design pulleys, so that the machine that can be developed will be more advanced and used.

"There are so many treasures in the Americas, of course I have to bring them all back, but I am a little worried about these tens of thousands of miles by sea."

Li Longji is very interested in all kinds of excellent products in the Americas, but the road is so far away, and it is above the vast sea, and there is not even the most basic road sign, in case there is a good one on the way, it will be very troublesome.

Li An of course understood Li Longji's concerns, pointed to the many small islands on the map, and said: "Your Majesty does not need to worry about the fleet getting lost, Wechen has copied many copies of such a world map, and each sea ship will put a copy, along the way, although it is a vast sea, there are also many islands that can allow people to live temporarily, so that the fleet can rest and replenish water in time, here is Guandao, here is the middle island, Xia Island, and Thunder Island, etc., the graphics of these islands, Wechen has already drawn them separately, As long as the fleet arrives at these islands along the way, they will know where they are, so that they will not get lost as they travel one by one, and in addition, Wechen will also equip each sea ship with enough binoculars and compasses so that they can see farther away, so that they can better discover these islands. ”

Hearing this, Li Longji nodded understandingly, looked at the map in front of him, and pointed: "This is the southernmost point of the Wa Kingdom, and it is the only place for my Tang fleet to go to the Americas, it is a good supply point, it must be taken, and Xia Island is also relatively large, and it is also a good supply point, a supply point should be established here, and here and here......

Listening to Li Longji's guidance, Li An nodded again and again, although Li Longji didn't know much about the ocean, but he was the emperor after all, and his strategic vision was still very powerful, and every point was in place.

And the Wa Kingdom that Li Longji said in his mouth has actually been renamed Japan, and it has been changed for many years, but Li Longji still likes to call them Wa Guo, after all, they are the emperors of a big country, how can they accept the title of a small country is the country of the rising sun.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen will definitely arrange it this way, so that these places will all become the land of my Datang."

Li An Zhengse said.

"Hmm."

Li Longji nodded and asked, "Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, when does Li Shilang plan to send a sea ship to the Americas?" ”

"Your Majesty, of course, the sooner the better, now my Datang is still a cold winter, but here in South America, it is a hot summer, and this area, it is summer all year round, so there is no problem with the sea ship going to sea, the further south you go, the warmer it is, in addition, my Datang is very urgent about things in the Americas, so naturally I have to leave early, Weichen plans to take the train to Laizhou tomorrow, and bring a large number of materials to the capital, thinking that it is for the purpose of going to sea."

Li An said.

"Li Shilang is right, my Datang urgently needs these American products, I must bring these things back to Datang as soon as possible, such a long distance, it will definitely take a long time to go back and forth, the ship must prepare enough food and water, canned food must not be missing, that thing will not spoil for a few months."

Li Longji said.

Li An smiled: "That Weichen really made a lot of money this time." ”

"Li Shilang thinks, after this fleet sets off, when will it be able to come back?"

Li An thought for a moment and said softly: "It will take at least half a year!" If you are looking for various crops, it may take more than a year, and how much time it will take, Wechen is not sure. ”

Li Longji nodded approvingly, and said: "Li Shilang prepare well, tomorrow, I will send a hundred dragon warriors to escort you to Laizhou, in addition, if there is anything else you need for the sea ship to go to sea, Li Shilang does not need to report to me although it is arranged directly." ”

In order to allow Li An to better organize this exploration, Li Longji gave Li An a lot of power, after all, he also knew Li An, this young boy would never mess around, and he would definitely do this matter wholeheartedly, thinking that Datang could increase a lot of crops in the future, especially crops with a yield of 1,000 catties per mu, Li Longji couldn't close his mouth excitedly.

After explaining some specific things, Li Ang said goodbye and left Daming Palace, and immediately returned to the R&D center to start preparations before departure.

Since sending a fleet to explore the Americas is a crucial matter for the Tang Empire, it must be very well prepared.

In addition to the mass generation of power plants, there were also a large number of cans, and large-aperture telescopes of 200 magnification, and the latest compass, in short, everything that could be used for navigation was prepared.

In order to transport these important materials, Chang'ancheng Railway Station called ten freight trains of 50 carriages and immediately transferred all the supplies to Laizhou.

After saying goodbye to several ladies in the courtyard, Ang Lee took more than 500 retinues and escorts to the direction of Laizhou on the best passenger train, where Ang Lee carefully sorted out the various maps and plant drawings he had prepared, to make sure that each steamship had a map of the world, a topographical map of the islands along the way, and various plants that needed to be found in the Americas.

In addition to the roots, stems and leaves of the plants, which are vividly depicted, there are also many text descriptions, such as how the parts of the plant feel to the touch, how the fruit of the plant should be used, what the fruit tastes like, what it feels like to eat it in the mouth, and so on.

Such a detailed description is naturally to prevent these people who arrive in the Americas from finding the wrong plants they need, and in this way, they will lose a lot.

Along with Ang Lee, there were many technical talents, and at the same time, there were also many guards and officials sent by the imperial court, after all, this trip to explore the Americas was a government-like act, and of course it was necessary to send officials.

The largest official is only four ranks, much lower than Li An, and more of them are junior officials of seven or eight grades, exploring barren lands, of course, there is no need for officials with high official positions.

There are also many celebrities among them, for example, Li Bai and Li Da, who have just been named the Eight Rank School Shulang, are in this team. However, according to the original arrangement, Li Bai was not on the list, and he himself strongly requested to participate, and the leader saw that he was arrogant and did not work seriously, so he agreed.

However, with the official position of Li Bai Li Da Poet, he can only deign to stay in the hard sleeper car, stay with a large group of technical talents with low cultural quality, and only officials above the sixth grade can live in the soft sleeper car, after all, there are many people traveling this time, in order to fill it all at once, so there are few soft sleeper cars, and there are relatively more hard sleepers, and a heavyweight like Li An occupies a small private room alone, and the rest is naturally less.

Li An has too many questions to think about, so naturally he has no spare time to deal with Li Da Poet, Li Da Poet is arrogant, and naturally he will not come over to set almost, as a big poet with a broad mind, Li Bai can make the most infectious poems even if he lives in a messy hard sleeper car.

It's just that these poems he wrote can't bring him much practical benefit, he has struggled for most of his life, and the position he got is just a school scrivener of the eighth grade, and Li An is so young, he is already a big official of the squire, which is not comparable at all.

Li Bai's poems are very well written, and they have been greatly sought after in later generations, and his reputation far exceeds that of many prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, and even more famous than most of the Tang emperors, but it can't change anything, Li Bai is still just a school secretary of the eighth grade, and, looking at Li Bai's appearance, it seems that he does not plan to do this boring job for a long time, and resignation seems to be a matter of time, and once he resigns, it means that Li Bai will return to poverty and rely on friends to help him.

In later generations, code words can make money, but in Datang it will not work at all, because there is no copyright protection law, all the content written cannot be protected by copyright, and the only way out for readers is to be an official, only by being an official can readers get a better income, so as to get a more decent life, this is the helplessness of the times.

However, later generations of scholars, although they can do a lot of work, but still feel that being an official is the best way out, every time the imperial court recruits, it is crowded with people, and a court position often attracts thousands of people to compete, and the scene is extremely hot.

Therefore, since ancient times, Huaxia has been inferior in everything, only reading is high, and the best way to read is to sell himself to the emperor's family and become an official.

Chang'an City is far away from Laizhou, two or three thousand miles, and according to the speed of the train, it will take three days to arrive at the earliest. In order to arrive in Laizhou as soon as possible, when the train stopped at the station, Li Ang asked everyone not to get off the train casually, and only the relevant personnel of the dining car could get off the train to prepare ingredients and water sources.

Three days later, the train arrived at Laizhou Railway Station on time, and next to Laizhou Railway Station is the bay of Laizhou, which is later known as Jiaozhou Bay, which is a very suitable place to be a seaport.

Immediately after getting off the train, Ang Lee rode his horse and led the group to the harbor, inspected the relevant facilities of the harbor, and boarded the steamship that had been built for a long time.

Li An'an was very satisfied with the harbor, shipyard, and steam ships, and immediately summoned the captains of the ships that went to sea this time, handed them the world map, the names and topographic maps of the pirates, and various crops in the Americas, and asked them to watch carefully.

These captains and seamen, all from the coastal areas, were very familiar with the sea, and they trained hard every day in order to be ready to accept the orders of the imperial court.

However, when these people saw the world map, they were all dumbfounded, they didn't know this world, and they couldn't imagine that this world was so big, and the area that the imperial court asked them to explore was actually tens of thousands of miles away, which they didn't expect in advance.

These captains and seafarers were recruited by the imperial court, and they received the imperial court's fortune, even if they were a little worried, but they had to face the difficulties, and besides, after understanding the performance of the steam ships, they were also full of confidence in going to sea to explore, and believed that they would definitely be able to reach the location of the area.

And when they saw the various crops and animals in the Americas described by Li An, as well as the indigenous savages, etc., these seafarers were suddenly like chicken blood, and they were all willing to go to the Americas to explore, after all, the yield of these plants was too high, which could make the Tang Empire more prosperous, and all kinds of animals were also magical, as for the indigenous savages, they wanted to see it even more.

After reading the various drawings provided by Ang Lee, these captains and seafarers naturally did not understand many things, such as the meaning of the children and words marked on it, and Ang Lee always patiently explained to let them understand what it was.