Li An is very satisfied with the three locations selected by Li Longji, which are located in the center of North America, Central America and South America, and are three extremely important strategic locations, as long as these three points are the core, they can control the entire American continent very well, make the Americas the inherent territory of the Tang Dynasty, and expand the territory of the Tang Empire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, after all, the Americas are too far away from the core territory of the Tang Dynasty, and once a separatist force is formed, it will be very unfavorable to the Tang Empire, so the premise of developing the American continent is that the Americas will not eventually become a separatist force and will not break away from the rule of the Tang Empire, which is beyond doubt.

According to the experience of the Western powers in later generations, all the territories that colonized the Americas eventually became independent, and the reason for these colonies to gain independence was nothing more than the problem of interests and control, and the oppression of interests made the merchants and people of the colonies very dissatisfied, and they demanded independence in order to obtain greater interests, and the control was weak, first, because the distance was too far, and it was not easy to control the distant land, and second, because there were too many Western powers, and conflicts often broke out between these powers, so as to weaken each other's strength and contain each other. Step by step, let the colonies reap the benefits of fishermen, and even openly support the other colony to gain independence, so as to achieve the goal of attacking the other country.

However, the Tang Empire is currently the most powerful empire in the world, in the vicinity of the Tang Empire, no powerful country has the ability to go to the Americas, and no country can have the strength to challenge the Tang Dynasty, the Tubo Empire is a living example, he challenged the Tang Empire, and the final outcome was to be annexed by the Tang Empire, and Tubo Zampu also became the object of house arrest, that is, as long as there is no internal turmoil in the Tang Empire, the control over the land of the Americas will not be weakened, and the Americas will not split from the Tang Empire.

In addition, there is another point, that is, the most advanced and important scientific research institutions should all be placed in the core territory of Datang, especially the most high-tech things, must be near the capital, and the shipyards of large steam ships should also be placed in the core territory of Datang, and the Americas can only establish ship repair yards at most to repair various ships from Datang to the Americas, so that the Americas will not have the ability to independently develop important industrial equipment, and naturally they will not have the ability to resist the Tang court, so as to become the overseas territory of Datang forever.

Li Longji has long made up his mind to establish three cities in the Americas, so as to control the land of the Americas step by step, so that the Tang Dynasty can obtain larger land and richer resources for the benefit of future generations.

However, Li Longji, as the emperor, wants to obtain the support of Li An, naturally because of the colonization of the Americas, there must be strong support from Li An, if you want to better control the Americas, so that the Americas and the Tang Dynasty can travel more frequently, there must be more advanced ocean-going ships, and all this requires Li An to take the lead in research and development, and others are not competent for this important task.

"I plan to send ten thousand soldiers and horses to the Americas, and in addition, let their families go with them, so that there are at least seventy or eighty thousand men, and forty large steam ships, which seems to be a little less."

After Li Longji made up his mind, he suddenly felt that the number of steam ships was insufficient, and with 80,000 people as the standard, 40 large steam ships, each steam ship should accommodate 2,000 people, this number was very high, Li Longji did not see the large steam ships with his own eyes, but when he thought of placing 2,000 people in one ship, he felt that it was a little too crowded.

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, with the current area of a large steam ship, there is no problem with accommodating 2,000 people, but the cabin needs to be improved, so that people can live comfortably in it."

Li An hurriedly opened his mouth and told Li Longji that the large steam ship could accommodate 2,000 people, so that Li Longji could rest assured.

"Can a sea ship really hold two thousand people? More than the capacity of a train? ”

Li Longji asked casually.

"Your Majesty, there are many more steam ships than trains, and Weichen will develop larger steam ships in the future, and even build large ships that can accommodate 10,000 people."

Li An said confidently.

As long as there is shipbuilding technology, how big a ship can be manufactured, many luxury cruise ships in later generations can accommodate about 10,000 people, which is still based on taking care of the comfort of tourists' lives, if you consider less comfort, it can accommodate more people, just like when the black slaves were sold in later generations, a not very large sea ship can actually accommodate thousands of black slaves, of course, this will cause a large number of black slaves to die.

The large steam ships that Ang Lee is now developing are not a problem to accommodate 2,000 people, but the comfort is not comparable with the luxury cruise ships of later generations, and it is much worse, after all, these sea ships are functional, not for people to enjoy, and the pursuit of enjoyment will seriously limit the various functions that the ship originally possessed.

"How can a sea ship be so big? Li Shilang wants to study hard, and when he builds a bigger and better sea ship, I still want to go overseas? ”

Li Longji opened his mouth and said.

As an emperor, you can own the whole world and have things that ordinary people can't have, but being an emperor also has a very headache, that is, the person is very unfree, not where you want to go, you can take it, everything must be important to the country, even if there is the slightest safety hazard, the emperor can't go, otherwise, once the emperor is in danger, the consequences are unimaginable.

And once people stay in one place all the time, there will be a feeling of boredom, and the emperor is of course no exception, after all, the emperor is also a flesh-and-blood living person, and he also has seven emotions and six desires, of course, he will also feel bored, otherwise he will not build a large number of buildings, build a tall palace hall and a beautiful palace.

After Qin Shi Huang ruled the world, didn't his favorite thing to do was to patrol the world? Even if the Afang Palace is big, it can't be compared with the whole world, and the emperors of the Braided Dynasty in later generations also like to patrol the world very much, and they have built a lot of palaces on the way to inspect.

Li Longji, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, of course, also likes to walk around, see more of the scenery of the whole world, will make people's mood become comfortable, the rise of tourism in later generations, is because people's living conditions are good, want to pursue the spiritual level of enjoyment, and part of the spiritual level of enjoyment is tourism, tourism can let people see the distant scenery, feel the customs of different regions, so as to make people open-minded, cheerful.

Although the scenery of the hot spring palace is very beautiful, but if you see too much, it will be like that, and people will get tired of it, so every time you visit Luoyang City, Li Longji will feel very excited, because on the way to Luoyang City, you will encounter all kinds of scenery, and these scenery are not seen last time, after all, there are seven or eight hundred miles on this road, he can't go to Luoyang City once, and he will finish all the scenery along the way, even if he sees all these scenery, he may not be able to remember, so, overall, there is still a sense of freshness.

If you go to Laizhou, there are more scenery on the way, take a sea boat to cruise, or even go to the Americas, then the feeling is different.

However, before the technology of ocean ships develops to a certain extent, Li Longji cannot go to the Americas, after all, the Americas are too far away, and it will take several months to go back and forth, once something happens in the capital, there is no time to react, Li Longji, who regards imperial power as more important than anything, will not give up his throne, and naturally there is no such thing as retirement tourism, so Li Longji can only walk around the surrounding islands of the Tang Dynasty at most, go to the Japanese country to feel the tenderness of the girls in the island country, as for going to the Americas, I guess I can only wait for the next life.

"Your Majesty rest assured, Wechen will go all out to study ship technology, and he will definitely be able to build bigger and faster ships in the future, so that His Majesty can go overseas and feel the size of the world."

Li An opened his mouth and said that as an important minister of Datang, he naturally had to go all out to engage in research to make Datang's shipbuilding business better and better, which was crucial for Datang to control the whole world in the future.

"I've been waiting for this day, I've been waiting for this day for many years, since I sat on the dragon chair, I've spent almost all of my time in the palace, and I haven't been to a place far away for a long time, let alone overseas, I really want to go overseas and see the waves of the sea, I hope this day won't be too long, so, my heart is enough."

Li Longji suddenly had the idea of abdicating and traveling, but he couldn't let go of the throne at all, so his thoughts were just three minutes of heat, and Li An would not be fooled.

"Your Majesty has governed the world for more than 30 years, painstakingly and painstakingly, and Datang is also thriving, which is all the credit of Your Majesty, and now, Your Majesty should enjoy life and make fun of your grandson, but the world of Datang still needs Your Majesty to control it, which is the premise of my Datang's prosperity."

Li An opened his mouth to pat himself on the back, making Li Longji happy and happy.

"Hey! What Li Shilang said is yes! I have long wanted to hand over this world to the prince, but I am worried that the prince is young and will not be able to control the important ministers in the court, and the prince still needs more experience to do it, this world still has to worry about me, this is my responsibility, who made me the emperor of the Tang Dynasty? ”

Li Longji raised his head 45 degrees and put on a posture of worrying about the country and the people, which looked quite funny.

Although it seems to be sincere, Li An always feels that Li Longji is hypocritical, if he wants to cultivate the prince and let himself retire as soon as possible, how can he guard against the prince everywhere, worrying that the prince will rob him of the throne, this is obvious hypocrisy, Li An will not be fooled?

"Your Majesty has been worried about the country for decades, it is really too hard, the world envies the high status of the Son of Heaven, but I don't know that the Son of Heaven needs to work state affairs, not only is it very hard, but I can't go where I want to go at will, and do what I like to do."

Li Ang said very intimately.

"What Li Shilang said is that I am the son of heaven, and I have a lot of helplessness! Okay, let's not talk about that, I plan to send 10,000 soldiers and their families to the Americas, but I don't want to force them, I hope that some soldiers and their families can go voluntarily, Li Shilang can have a good idea, so that the soldiers and their families can go to the Americas willingly. ”

Li Longji opened his mouth and asked, in fact, he had an idea and had discussed it with the ministers, but because he trusted Li An very much now, so no matter what he was, he had to ask Li An to get Li An's valuable advice.

"Your Majesty, anyone pursues profits, just like encouraging the people to go to the Tibetan territory, Your Majesty can give a promise that after arriving in the Americas, everyone will be given 300 acres of fertile land, and no taxes will be charged for the first three years, so there will be many soldiers and their families who will sign up enthusiastically, there is no doubt about this."

Li An gave a very ordinary, but very effective opinion, after all, people are in pursuit of interests in life, as long as the imperial court gives enough benefits, the people will definitely be very active in going to the Americas to pan for gold, and even settle down in the Americas, there is no doubt about this.

"Li Shilang's conditions are higher than those given by the ministers, three hundred acres of land for one person, isn't it too much, so much land can't be busy!"

Li Longji felt that Li An was too generous, and as soon as he exited, he was 300 acres per person, which was a small nobleman in the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, it's not much, it's not much at all, it's too much land in the Americas, according to the land area of the Americas, even if each person gets 30,000 acres, it won't occupy much land, why don't Your Majesty be generous and give more land to the first batch of people who enter the Americas, so that there will be more people who are willing to leave their hometowns and go to the Americas to make a living."

Li An said.

Li Longji looked at the map in front of him, nodded and said: "What Li Shilang said is that the land in the Americas is so vast, and each person is divided into three hundred acres of land, which is indeed not a lot, and all taxes are exempted for three years, which relieves the people's worries, in addition, all the crew members who discovered the Americas last time will each be rewarded with five hundred acres of land, so that they can also bring their families to the Americas to explore!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming, Weichen fully agrees, as long as tens of thousands of horses and horses from my Datang enter the Americas, in a few years, the entire Americas will be under the control of my Datang, and at that time, many precious products in the Americas will become my Datang's assets, and my Datang will become stronger and richer."

Ang Lee said proudly.

Subsequently, Ang Lee and Li Longji began to imagine, mainly imagining what the Americas would become as the Tang Dynasty soldiers and people gradually entered the Americas, and how much international influence the Tang Empire would have after controlling the Americas, and how to deal with the relationship with the indigenous Americans, whether to form an alliance with them, or to wipe them all out, or to turn these natives into slaves of the Tang people, that is, similar to the black slaves of later generations.

Of course, how the Tang Dynasty treats the natives of the Americas depends entirely on the attitude of these natives towards the Tang Empire.