In the future, when Datang has more and more machinery and applies it to the field of national defense, the grassland peoples in the north will no longer have the ability to go south, and with the railway track paving to the grassland, the entire grassland will be under the control of Datang, and the regime existing in the northern grassland will either be honestly attached to Datang or be completely wiped out. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Zhongsi had personally experienced the ironclad command vehicle, and at the same time, he had also commanded large-scale cavalry battles, and he could imagine the scene when the steel torrent impacted, which was definitely more shocking and destructive than the large-scale cavalry impact.

"Industrialization, ironclad vehicles, yes, when the Tang army is equipped with ironclad vehicles, the cavalry of Huifu will not be afraid."

Wang Zhongsi affirmed the views put forward by Li An, and at the same time, he also admired Li An, these powerful machines were invented by Li An, if there was no Li An, these powerful machines would not exist, and Datang was much more passive when facing the threat of northern nomads.

Guo Ziyi also thought so, and looked forward to the future of all the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty can be equipped with mechanized weapons.

"Li Shilang, it is a good way to do more trade, so as to promote the understanding between the two sides, the city of Zhongshou has now been opened to the railway, it is a good place for mutual markets, what the people of the grassland need, they can trade with the people of the Central Plains, in this way, it will inevitably reduce their southward raids."

Li An nodded and said: "General Guo's idea coincides with mine, the city of Zhongshou is indeed a very good place for mutual markets, the railroad tracks are laid there, in addition to facilitating the transportation of troops in an emergency, the more important role is to promote the trade between the Central Plains and the grassland, with faster speed and lower transportation costs, many businesses that could not be done before can now be done, in this way, not only can improve the quality of life of the people on both sides, but also can promote the exchange and understanding of the people on both sides, so that they can understand each other and have feelings step by step, Conflicts and misunderstandings will be reduced a lot, of course, the most important thing is that Datang has enough strength to deter opponents, which is the premise of everything. ”

In fact, in any era, commerce and trade are very important to an empire, and it is the best means for a country to stimulate the growth of wealth.

Since ancient times, China has emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, because of the large population, extremely low agricultural productivity, floods, droughts, snowstorms, and locust plagues, so that the grain produced often cannot meet the needs of all the people, and even extremely serious famine occurs, causing turmoil in the entire imperial court.

At this time, due to Li An's vigorous promotion of the industrialization process, agricultural machinery was more and more used in production, which greatly improved agricultural productivity, so that only a small number of people were needed to grow a sufficient amount of food, and the surplus labor force could naturally enter industry and commerce, thereby promoting the prosperity of the Tang Empire step by step.

The Tang Dynasty chose to trade with the grassland peoples in the north, and they could obtain the cattle, sheep and horses of the grassland peoples, as well as animal skins and other products, and the grassland peoples could also obtain a variety of colorful items in the Central Plains, and in order to live a better life and obtain enough Central Plains products, the grassland people would definitely not hesitate to sell the best horses, and the nobles of the Central Plains would not be stingy with money, so the quality of the grassland cavalry would definitely decline, and the cavalry of the Central Plains would be greatly improved.

More importantly, after a large number of commodities from the Central Plains flow into the grassland, they will gradually change the living habits of the grassland peoples, so that their fierce habits will become weaker and weaker, and the threat to the Central Plains will naturally not exist.

Of course, Li An did not mean to let the grassland people become cage fighting birds, but only to gradually soften them, so that after they passed commerce and trade, they gradually changed from fierce savages to merchants and herdsmen, so that after many years, the people of the grassland people will find that they are no different from the Central Plains peoples, everyone is a family, and it is possible to sit down and talk about life and discuss the great issue of peaceful reunification.

After in-depth discussions, Wang Zhongsi and Guo Ziyi became more and more excited, and highly praised Ang Lee's plan, in fact, they are all very smart people, and the depth of seeing the problem may not be worse than Ang Lee, but they are people of the Tang Dynasty, they don't understand the technology of later generations at all, and their thinking has the limitations of the times, but Ang Lee's thinking is beyond this era, and the problem is naturally more profound and in place than Wang Zhongsi and Guo Ziyi.

The three of them talked very speculatively, and they couldn't wait to talk for three days and three nights in a row to enjoy it, and at night, they didn't leave, so they stayed in the guest room of Li An's Villa, Li An originally planned to prepare a room for each of them, but Wang Zhongsi and Guo Ziyi preferred to stay in one room, so that they could continue to talk about a lot of unfinished topics.

Early in the morning of the second day, after Ang Lee brought Wang Zhongsi and Guo Ziyi into the R&D center, he found a R&D talent with good eloquence and asked him to take the two to continue the visit.

Of course, this is not an excuse, Li An did enter the palace to find Li Longji, and through some persuasion, he won an artillery unit for Wang Zhonghei, and at the same time, he was ready to persuade the emperor to order to expand the scale of the surrendered city and establish a commercial center there, so that the materials of the Central Plains could be exchanged with the products of the grassland peoples.

In the main hall of Daming Palace, Li Longji was standing in front of the world map presented by Li Anjin, carefully observing the map, his face showing excitement and fascination.

The Tang Empire is the largest country on the entire map, but compared to the whole world, the area is still too small, and there are so many borderless lands standing there, which makes Li Longji feel very greedy.

Li Longji didn't have much interest in the ice and snow in the north, but he was full of longing for the anointed land of the Americas, and he couldn't wait to immediately include the whole of America in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, the premise for him to realize this idea was that Ang Lee could build a large steam ship suitable for ocean navigation as soon as possible, and only in this way could he achieve effective domination over the American continent.

"America, Australia, Africa, these are all mine."

Li Longji was intoxicated with his own words.

"Everyone, Li Shilang asks to see you outside the palace."

A little eunuch hurriedly entered the temple to report.

"Li An is here, it must be for Wang Zhonghei to ask for the matter of the artillery unit and let him in."

Li Longji immediately guessed Ang Lee's intention, after all, yesterday, Wang Zhongsi touched a nail in his place, and then went to the R&D center, and Li An stayed in the R&D center almost every day.

"Wechen see Your Majesty."

"Li Shilang, you must be here to be a lobbyist, yes or no?"

Li Longji asked with a smile.

Li An also smiled: "Your Majesty is really clever, and Weichen is indeed here to be a lobbyist." ”

"Oh, so to speak, Li Shilang is supporting Wang Zhonghe, hoping to transfer an artillery unit from the capital to Shuofang, but if Li Shilang wants to be a lobbyist, he must understand my worries!"

Li Longji said.

"What Your Majesty is worried about is nothing more than the envoys of the other towns, if all the ten envoys of the Tang Dynasty ask for an artillery brigade, the eight artillery brigades in the capital are afraid that they will not be enough."

Li An easily expressed Li Longji's worries.

"That's right, that's true, that's what I'm worried about, does Li Shilang have any good solutions?"

Li Longji asked with concern.

"Your Majesty, now better breech guns have begun to equip the troops, the four hundred breech guns built in the early stage can be used to equip the towns and towns, of course, there is no need to equip each town with a brigade, Pinglu and Fanyang can be equipped with a brigade, Shuofang and Hedong can be equipped with a brigade, Hexi, Longyou, Anxi, Beiting, Jiannan, and Lingnan are each equipped with a brigade, so that the eight artillery brigades are just used up, and the four hundred breech guns have all been disposed of, and the eight artillery brigades in the capital are quite a lot, but they have become more powerful than before."

Ang Lee replied lightly.

"Pinglu and Fanyang are under the rule of An Lushan, Shuofang and Hedong are under the rule of Wang Zhonghe, there is nothing wrong with such an arrangement, but these two will definitely be unhappy, Wang Zhongsi let you be a lobbyist, but it is really a big loss, haha!"

Li Longji looked at Li An with a smile and asked, "Li Shilang, when will the new artillery be reloaded?" ”

"Your Majesty, the cannon casting workshop is stepping up its manufacturing, and it can be gradually completed within three months, and the previous breech guns will be eliminated step by step, and the breech guns will be transferred to the towns to enhance the combat power of the soldiers and horses in each town."

Li An immediately replied.

Li Longji nodded and said: "Now that the new artillery is only equipped with two brigades, the two brigades that have been eliminated will be the first to be equipped with Shuofang and Fanyang!" ”

Obviously, Li Longji felt that the distribution of eight artillery brigades in this way was a bit unfair to Wang Zhongsi and An Lushan, so he took the lead in equipping them to appease the hearts of the two.

"Your Majesty is wise, this afternoon, Weichen will transfer a team of men and horses from the First Artillery Brigade to form the Shuofang Artillery Brigade, and a team of soldiers and horses from the Second Artillery Brigade to form the Fanyang Artillery Brigade, and after replenishing the new soldiers, let them go to Shuofang and Fanyang as soon as possible."

Ang Lee spoke out loud about his plans.

Obviously, artillery talent is very valuable, so when forming local artillery units, Li An only drew a small part of these skilled artillery talents to ensure that each artillery piece has a skilled artilleryman, and in the future, they can continue to train until they are proficient.

"Well, Li Shilang's arrangement is very good, so let's do it!"

Li Longji agreed to Li An's plan, paused, frowned, and said: "Li Shilang, now, the Hui in the north and the Xi and Khitan in the northeast are all showing favor to the Tang Dynasty, and I will send artillery troops in these two directions, will it stimulate them and make them turn against the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Obviously, Li Longji felt that the deployment of artillery units in the north seemed to be an unfriendly move, and if it provoked neighboring countries and made them feel that Datang was unfriendly, it seemed to cause unnecessary trouble.

"Your Majesty is too worried, sending artillery troops to the north will indeed make Hui and Xi and Khitan very nervous, but the more they feel pressure, the more they can promote peace on the northern border, these peoples on horseback have always worshiped strength, and only by showing enough strength to defeat them, can they get along with Datang honestly."

Li An Zhengse said.

For the barbarian people on horseback, Li Ang is the most understanding, this kind of people generally worship power, if you can defeat him, he will honestly talk to you about life, if you are weak and can't beat him, he will bully you at will, treat you as a lamb to the slaughter.

Therefore, for such a nation, we must fully display our strength in front of it, and we must not have the slightest weakness or concession, otherwise, not only will we not be able to exchange peace, but they will be regarded as weak and can be bullied.

Li Longji nodded, agreed with Li An's opinion, and made up his mind to deploy artillery units along the border.

Subsequently, Li Longji inquired about the research and development progress of steam ships, and the reason why he cared so much about steam ships was because he was eager to see all kinds of miraculous crops in the Americas, especially sweet potatoes that can yield thousands of catties per mu without nutrients, as well as potatoes, corn, peppers and other crops.

In addition, Li Longji also planned to establish a city in the distant Americas, and sent officials from the Tang Dynasty to rule there, and also collected all kinds of magical products in the Americas and transported them back to Chang'an, the capital of Beijing, by large steam ships.

Li An gave a detailed introduction to the research progress of large steam ships, made it clear that he would go all out to conduct in-depth research, and told Li Longji that his idea could be realized, and in a few years, Datang could establish several cities in the Americas as a base in the Americas.

Even, in order to obtain more products from the Americas, unemployed people can be sent to farm and mine, and railways can be built in the Americas to facilitate the transportation of various materials and further expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

After walking out of the Daming Palace, Li An sighed deeply, he talked too much just now, for more than an hour, he was talking about the development of the American territory, the more excited Li Longji was, the more questions he asked, and as a courtier, he had to answer seriously, and he had to make Li Longji listen to it satisfied.

After arranging the formation of the Fanyang Artillery Brigade and the Shuofang Artillery Brigade, Li An did not go to the R&D center and went home directly, he was really tired, tired and just wanted to rest.