The reason why the imperial court fully supported Li An and sent many officials to Anshi County to rule was naturally because he saw that the location of Anshi County was quite important, and occupying it would bring a steady stream of wealth to the Tang Empire for many years to come, and it would also be more conducive to the Tang Empire's domination overseas.

The most important point is that the dispatch of officials here not only realizes the overseas rule of the Tang Dynasty, but also does not require the imperial court to pay money, the local financial revenue will exceed the expenditure of officials and soldiers, and even some surplus, and can also be built on a large scale, or sent back to the imperial court to support the construction of the Tang Dynasty itself.

No matter how you calculate it, there are many advantages to sending officials to Anshi County to govern, and no minister can raise an objection, as for the worries such as the tail is too big, it only needs to be a little tricky, just turn the finances around, and not let the local officials and officers directly collect money, multiple parts check and balance each other, and the court regularly replaces, it is enough to avoid a similar situation.

In addition, since Li An drew a map of the world, the Tang Dynasty from the emperor to the ministers, all of them are very obsessed with this map, the emperor personally ordered that the relevant personnel copy the map, so that the capital and all the officials above the fifth grade have a map of the world, in addition, the office area of each important department of the imperial court, all have to hang a world map, so that when officials go to work, they can see such a map at all times, so as to increase the officials' awareness of the world.

In terms of the color distinction of various countries, Datang is golden, and only Datang can use this color, and the colors of the rest of the countries are randomly matched according to the situation, as long as these countries can be highlighted.

However, as Ang Lee's fleet gained some territory overseas, this map obviously had to be modified, and the conditions for large-scale modification were naturally not available, but the map of the palace and important parts of the capital could be modified at any time, for example, after the territory in the sea area of Malacca was obtained, there was an extra piece of gold on the map of the palace, and after learning that Ang Lee had obtained a large piece of territory in the Lion Country, Anshi County also became golden.

In the future, there will be more and more golden areas on the map, which will make everyone very excited.

Because there are almost no decent regimes in the Americas and Australia, the Tang Dynasty unceremoniously painted the entire America and Australia in gold, including many islands in the Pacific Ocean in golden colors, and Antarctica, which no one can go to, is also painted in gold, in short, the entire map looks like more than half of the area is golden.

The Tang Empire is not called in vain, only if the area is large enough, it can be called a big country, if you don't include the Americas, Oceania, and Antarctica, then the territory of the Tang Dynasty, on the entire world map, is not so huge, and even seems a little small, which is really what the Tang Dynasty can tolerate, and these borderless lands are indeed no one to fight for, with the help of scientific and technological advantages, the Tang Dynasty will regret it if it is not occupied now.

Of course, all this is also thanks to Ang Lee, a capable man, if it weren't for Ang Lee's so many advanced equipment, without steamships, the existence of the Americas and Australia would be a problem, let alone turning these places into territories.

Datang in the Americas and Australia, there are only a few cities, the size of the population is not very large, the area that can really be controlled is very small, even, most of the areas have not been to, far from comprehensive control, because there are almost no opponents, so, the remaining borderless land, can be regarded as the land of Datang, who dares not to be convinced.

In order to reflect the strength of the Tang Empire, the maps copied by the imperial court were not only placed in the offices of the imperial palace and major yamen, but also often presented as gifts to the envoys of the subject countries, so that they could bring this gift back and let their kings take a good look at it and understand the gap between themselves and the Tang Empire.

This gift given to the small countries will make the Tang Dynasty court very face-saving, and after the small countries accept this gift, they will also be more afraid of the Tang Empire, so they will not dare to provoke this huge empire.

Studying the world map and giving various ideas has become a very obsessive thing for the emperor and his ministers for a long time, especially those who eat empty salaries, and they are extremely enthusiastic about this kind of thing.

Among them, the Maritime Silk Road proposed by Ang Lee was the focus of their discussions, and they would analyze it through maps, pointing out that certain locations were important and must be occupied, and which were not important and could be abandoned, and put forward various ideas, and even quarreled because of inconsistent concepts.

Datang opens up overseas territories, the most beneficial are those who are depressed, and have lofty ambitions, some of them are business failures, some are backup officials, they are very lacking in the opportunity to show their ambitions, go to the kind of barren land overseas, there will be great prospects for development, maybe they can do a great career.

Of course, there is also a certain amount of risk, but for people with ideals and ambitions, even if there is a big risk, they will work hard, and ambition inspires them to work hard.

Li An has long found out that most of these officials who came over are not very old, and they really haven't seen the particularly old officials, maybe because they are old and homesick, and the older people are more homesick and don't want to leave their hometown to go to a far away place to work hard.

After these officials have been accustomed for a while, they can take over the place, and Ang Lee will soon leave Anshi County and follow the coastline of Tianzhu to the next important position.

Before leaving, Li An had to know how the fleet was repaired, what soldiers and horses were left to garrison Anshi County, and some other trivial matters.

Since Tanar City has been changed to Anshi City, then, Tanar Seaport, naturally, will also change its name, from the moment the holy decree is transmitted, Tanar Seaport has ceased to exist, replaced by Anshi Port, the port's landmark building on the big characters were replaced at the first time.

Of course, because the change is so sudden, many locals and merchants still like to use the name Tanar, and it is estimated that it will take a long time for them to change the name.

With the help of Datang, Anshi Port has developed very well, the throughput is much higher than before, in addition, the larger and more magnificent Anshi New Port is also under construction, and some facilities can already be put into use, it is estimated that in a few years, Anshi New Port will replace Anshi Port and become the largest port in Anshi City.

The Datang steam gunboats can only be left with three at most, and Li An has calculated that each of the five fleets to be built overseas can only have three steam gunboats in the initial stage, assisting more than a dozen locally captured ordinary sail ships, in addition, there are a large number of small patrol ships, thus forming a complete defense system.

One fleet has three steam gunboats, and five fleets need fifteen steam gunboats, and Li An only brought a total of thirty steam gunboats when he went south this time, which is equivalent to needing half of the strength to maintain local control, which is really a lot.

As for the problem of insufficient quantity, it is possible to adopt a mixed grouping with various old warships captured locally to form a high-low match, and comprehensively suppress the opponent in terms of quality and quantity.

For example, if there is a pirate attack somewhere, if the pirate force is weak, a steam gunboat will be enough to solve the problem.

And if someone finds a pirate lair with a large number of pirate ships inside, it is necessary to use more steam gunboats, plus sail warships to cheer them on, and block all escape routes, so as to solve the problem in one fell swoop.

Of course, the local science and technology of Datang is developing rapidly, more advanced steam ships are being built, and in the future, there will be more advanced steam gunboats in service, when the time comes, the number of steam gunboats in each fleet will definitely increase, in addition, in order to make up for the lack of strength, the main local fleet directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court will also cruise along the Maritime Silk Road from time to time to carry out necessary reinforcements to areas with great threats, so as to alleviate the dilemma of insufficient strength of a certain fleet.

"Yes, there are quite a few sailboats! Are they all fixed? ”

Li An looked at the dozen or so sail warships moored in the shipyard and asked happily.

This shipyard can only build warships below medium-sized, and slightly larger ones cannot be built, but it is still possible to repair slightly larger ships, and for a long time, the task of this shipyard is to help the Tang Dynasty soldiers repair the warships they need.

And these warships are not Datang's, but the captured backward warships of the Lion Country, although these things are very backward, but as long as they are repaired, they can still be used, and they are usually used to patrol and deter pirates, which is enough to use.

When cruising in the straits, only one steam gunboat, plus a few sail ships, is enough to provide good protection for all the ships that come and go, and within a radius of a hundred miles, this kind of sail war ship can play its due role.

"Back to Li Shilang, most of the usable warships have been repaired, and five more have also entered the tail-sweeping stage, and it is estimated that they will be completely repaired in three days."

Subordinate Zhengse said.

"Oh, how many ships are there?"

Li An asked with great concern.

The subordinates thought for a moment and replied: "Back to Li Shilang, there are a total of twenty-five large and medium-sized warships, sixty small warships, large and medium-sized warships need at least fifty people, and can accommodate up to three or five hundred people, and small warships can also be operated by more than a dozen people, and at most not more than fifty people, in addition, there are more than 100 transport ships of various types. ”

Li An nodded with great satisfaction, and said: "Yes, very good, there are so many, I heard that there are many businessmen who want to buy transport ships in the military port, is there such a thing?" ”

"It's true that there is such a thing, the merchants think that the military transport ships are stronger, and these are the ships of the captured Lion Country, and they think the price will be cheaper, so they come and ask the price."

The subordinate replied.

"How did you answer?"

Ang Lee asked.

The subordinates replied seriously: "The subordinates told the merchants that even if it is a transport ship, it is a military transport ship, and it will not be sold to them. ”

"Oh, so do you think these transports should be sold?"

Ang Lee asked.

"The subordinates feel that these transport ships can be used to transport troops and make up for the shortcomings of the lack of warships, and if they are sold to merchants, then it will be difficult for the soldiers and horses of Anshi County to be mobilized."

The subordinate replied seriously.

Anshi County not only includes an area in the northern part of the Lion Country, but also includes part of the harbor in the southern part of Nantianzhu, which is separated by a strait, and if there is a need for mutual assistance, transport ships can play a huge role.

The garrisons of various ports on the peninsula can also be transported by these transport ships when they need supplies, and if they are sold, they can only be transported by warships, which will occupy the resources of the warships and affect the attendance of the warships.

Li An praised: "You have done a very good job, of course these transport ships cannot be sold, if the number of warships is not enough, these transports can be used as warships if they are easily modified, by the way, these must be completed as soon as possible, the big and small officials sent by the imperial court have already gone to their posts, these must be handed over to them intact, and there can be no damage." ”

"Li Shilang rest assured, his subordinates will definitely handle things properly."

The subordinate replied confidently.

The handover work is very cumbersome, although most of the things are busy with the subordinates, but for the key issues, Li An still has to go out in person, so it is really busy, Li An is busy for several days in a row and has no time to go to the Tang Anshi University Hall.

However, the competition and selection of Datang Anshi University Hall has never stopped, and each student can only choose two competitions, and there are only four competitions in total, namely shooting competition, badminton competition, shuttlecock kicking competition, and rope skipping competition.

The participating schools will compete fiercely, and in the end, the top 10 winners will be selected for each event, and then the final will be held.

Of the 300 students, there will be 40 students in the final finals, of course, there may be less than 40 students, after all, some students are relatively strong, in case both events are in the top 10, then, the final number of students will be reduced by one, and the minimum situation is 20 people.

In the usual selection competitions, Ang Lee is too busy to naturally have time to participate, but in the final finals, Ang Lee must find time to participate, otherwise how can he be worthy of his promise.

It is naturally inappropriate to watch the wonderful game empty-handed, which is too inconsistent with Ang Lee's identity and the expectations of children, at least bring more prizes, so that it is more interesting.

Iced tea, braised pork, beef shortbread and other delicacies are available, in addition, there are many practical school supplies, such as pencils, brushes, erasers, paper and other supplies.