When he received the report, Li Xuan looked up at the global map on the wall, and then set his eyes on the American continent.

Whether it is North America or South America, the Americas are incomparably rich continents, this place has a large number of various minerals, the land is fertile, and it is very suitable for agriculture, if it can control and carry out a large number of migrations, it can at least feed billions of people, at least so that the Chinese people do not have to worry about survival for hundreds of years!

Therefore, Li Xuan knew better than anyone that colonizing the Americas was necessary, and for this reason, Li Xuan also had this idea and even a rough plan early on.

But colonizing the Americas is not now!

Limited by the current shipbuilding technology and navigation level, as well as the pressure at home and abroad, Li Xuan does not plan to start a large-scale immigration to the Americas now.

Because the distance is too long, the cost of immigration is too high, and the current Tang Empire is unbearable.

Therefore, Li Xuan's plan is actually much more conservative.

His plan was to first solve the threat of the Tatars in the north, and after initially stabilizing the situation in the north, he would completely control the entire Nanyang region in his hands, and carry out extensive migration to many islands in the South Ocean, and then gradually begin to migrate to the closer Australia, more precisely, to the southeast of Australia, because the whole of Australia, and only the southwest of Australia is more suitable for immigration.

By expanding outward step by step, the cost of immigration will be much lower.

At that time, it is estimated that the shipbuilding technology and navigation level of the Tang Empire will be much higher than now, and then it will be the time to cross the Pacific Ocean on a large scale and migrate to the Americas.

As for now, it's too early!

However, in the past two years, the navy has been stimulated by the army, even if Li Xuan does not support it, they also made this operation in the Americas by themselves, and Li Xuan is not good at dampening their enthusiasm, after all, the atmosphere of overseas expansion has been cultivated with great difficulty, and he does not want to directly defeat the confidence of the navy and the domestic people in expansion.

So Li Xuan acquiesced and went with them!

Although the cost of immigration to the Americas is too high to support large-scale migration, it is still feasible if it is only small-scale migration, at least there is a large amount of gold and silver in the Americas, and a large amount of returns are enough to support small-scale domestic migration to the Americas at a high cost.

It's just that I don't know how many of the soldiers and immigrants who went to the Americas this time survived.

First of all, the journey from the mainland of the empire to the Americas, even just the western coast of North America, can take months without many islands to replenish.

Not to mention ready-made ports.

The Pacific Ocean, these words are not because the Pacific Ocean is very safe and peaceful, but because it is too big, and at the same time there are no islands, and there are too many windless belts to take out the name, this deep-sea environment, if it is for steamships and other ships with their own power, it is naturally a good thing, and you can reach it safely and securely all the way.

But for ships in the Age of Sail, it's just not so friendly.

Windless belts, in particular, are even more deadly.

Over the years, the Tang Empire has actually sent a lot of expedition ships to the Americas, but there are many of them, but there are only a few that can successfully reach the Americas and then return safely.

A considerable number of ships were either forced to turn back because they were not well supplied on the way, or they simply fell into the windless zone, or they were swept away by strong winds and waves.

So, even if you already know that you can get to the Americas all the way east, the actual risk is very large.

The previous exploration fleet finally found a few islands in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, including Midway and Sandalwood, Midway is very small, at most it serves as a simple supply port, but Sandalwood Island is mostly large.

Sandalwood Island, which is actually an archipelago, is the Hawaiian Islands in later generations, and the previous expedition fleet found this place and found that there is a large amount of indigenous life here, and it also produces sandalwood, so it was called Sandalwood Island by the expedition fleet.

The island was also the fleet's main destination for immigrants, with the Navy and Immigration Division, as well as the Inter-American Trading Company, hoping to establish a stable colonial base here, and even take complete control of the archipelago as an important transit point for their incursions into the Americas.

This time, the 20-odd immigrant trade fleet will go to the Americas, and they will go to Midway and the Sandalwood Islands, and after the initial colony of Honolulu has been established, they will set off further and then go to the North American continent.

This time and again, I am afraid that it will take more than a year to be able to return to the mainland, and in the end, no one knows how many soldiers and immigrants will survive.

Putting down the matter on the American side, Li Xuan walked out of the office.

Several secretaries outside saw Li Xuan push open the door and come out by land, and immediately stood up in unison, and a first-class secretary led by him immediately stepped forward, but he didn't ask anything.

If Your Majesty doesn't ask anything, it is naturally impossible for these courtiers to take the initiative to ask anything.

Li Xuan said: "With boredom, go out of the palace and take a walk!" ”

The Son of Heaven said so, and as a secretary, he naturally replied: "Yes, the minister will go and prepare now!" ”

Li Xuan wants to leave the palace, even if it is temporary, he is just going to go out for a stroll, but the preparations that should be there are no less.

Soon, the guard office got the news, and soon, dozens of guards from the guard office changed into civilian clothes and prepared to accompany Li Xuan, and several secretaries of the secretariat also changed into civilian clothes and accompanied them.

Of course, this is just a guard on the surface, and the troops on duty in the palace courtyard like the Guards are also preparing for the defense one step in advance.

Li Xuan immediately took dozens of people out of the palace directly, and several ministers on duty in the imperial study and walking ministers also hurried to accompany them.

After leaving the palace, Li Xuan did not plan to wander around the city, but he was ready to go to the old palace across the wall to see the construction situation.

Jinling City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, has also been many years, and the rebuilding of the palace has been said for so many years, but it has not been determined, and finally considering that the palace left over from the former Ming Dynasty is already dilapidated, the cost of rebuilding it as it is is too huge, and Li Xuan does not like the layout of the building.

Li Xuan prefers a modern architectural layout to the traditional layout of the imperial palace, so two years ago, after years of debate, Li Xuan finally decided not to rebuild it as it was, but to rebuild it selectively.

First of all, the part of the front hall, since it is already seriously damaged, then simply build a new hall.

In addition to the front hall needs to maintain the Chinese tradition, the part of the harem is directly rebuilt according to the model of the Jiangnan garden, and at the same time it is connected to the royal courtyard.

After the reconstruction, in fact, except for a number of halls with strong political significance in front, the other parts are built according to the Jiangnan garden.

At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the palace, in addition to the tall palace walls, the area around the palace for a full kilometer was cleared, and nothing was repaired, but it was built into a square and a large lawn.

It's not just for aesthetics or something, but for defense!

In a wide area of a full kilometer, if there are rebels who want to kill them, then there is no resistance, and the defenders will be used as a target.

At the same time, on these squares and lawns, a number of cement pillboxes were built, in which artillery could be arranged, and the palace walls were built into polygons according to the walls of the bastions.

In fact, the entire outer area of the palace was designed and built according to the fortress!

Even many building materials are made of cement boulders, and the protection ability is quite strong.

This rebuilt palace is, to a certain extent, a war fortress, and ordinary light infantry can't get in at all, even if they use heavy artillery, it's enough.

Li Xuan did this, naturally because he was afraid of death, although he had taken many measures, he still prevented someone from rebelling or something, so he also wanted to build the palace where he lived into a fortress with amazing defensive power.

In the entire outer area of the palace, there is nothing to see on the surface, but only a few high-level guards generals know that inside and outside the palace, more than 50 artillery pieces are arranged, including 14 pounds of heavy artillery.

The ammunition and grain warehouses in the underground fortifications were stocked with enough ammunition and food for an army of 10,000 to hold out for five years.

This is still a defensive measure, in fact, there are still passages to escape, there are two breakthrough passages on the surface, and then there are two tunnels in the secret, these passages are all year-round carriages, horses, and boats waiting, enough for Li Xuan to escape from the palace in one breath, and then run directly to the Yangtze River or other places outside the city, and then go to the surrounding army camps according to the situation.

After the reconstruction, although the building is not large, the area is too large, and then coupled with the office buildings and military camps of the surrounding major yamen, it occupies a large area of the old city.

Therefore, the old town is now either an official building or an ordinary residence, and there are relatively few commercial streets, which is a typical administrative district.

As for the factories, ordinary people's residential areas and even office areas, they are scattered in the Dongcheng District, Xicheng District, and Nancheng District.

Since the Tang Dynasty settled here, because the area of the old city is too small, in order to develop industry and commerce, but also to settle the many people in the original old city, so the Dongcheng District, Xicheng District and Nancheng District have been developed one after another.

The continuous development for many years has also made the major urban areas of Jinling City begin to take shape.

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