Li Shimin finally agreed to Li Yuanjing's request, and this was just a matter of one sentence for him, and it couldn't be regarded as a sacrifice or anything at all.

But this is just some appetizers, in fact, Li Shimin's heart is also tangled now.

The problem of the family is about to be completely solved, with Li Yuanjing's going to sea this time, Li Shimin believes that this problem will definitely be solved in one or two decades, but in the same way, there are many problems in front of him.

Although Li Shimin rejected Li Yuanjing's proposal before, he had to admit that those proposals were really something that had to be resolved as soon as possible.

Of course, in terms of talents, although Li Shimin did not adopt Li Yuanjing's suggestion, he has also made a lot of changes compared to before.

For example, the number of admissions to the poor door has been increased again, and after the admission, more attention has been paid to their cultivation than before, although it is a bit of a grinding gun, but the advantage of this is that it will not encounter too much resistance.

Even if the family now gives the green light to the imperial court, Li Shimin does not dare to do too much of this kind of thing.

"Where are you going this time?" Li Shimin looked at Li Yuanjing quietly, he already knew some things, but Li Shimin didn't care about those things that were prepared.

"South, there are not many records of the east in historical materials, the first voyage, the younger brother thinks it is better to choose a relatively easy direction, and with this trial, as long as it succeeds, even if it fails in three or five years, it will not have much impact, in addition, to expand the scale of the shipyard, continue to build a sea ship, this voyage is only a preliminary exploration, and it needs to be developed frequently in the later stage, the current ship is far from enough, and it is impossible to only let this fleet explore in the future." Li Yuanjing thought for a while and said.

Although he knew that there were things in the east, this distance was too far, and compared to the south, it was obviously not cost-effective to choose the east at this time.

Moreover, to the east, it was Li Yuanjing's own place.

Australia is good, but it is still too inferior to the Americas, and its development potential is not comparable at all.

What's more, there are no aborigines in North America, and the only thing Li Yuanjing will have to deal with in the future is the Aryans, who have a lot of room for development, no shortage of resources, and no natural enemies.

Of course, the only thing to worry about is that the terrain in North America is too simple, and the amount of arable land is scary, but again, because there are no continuous mountains to block it, the cold air will continue to rage in winter, and there will be blizzards, hurricanes, etc., but these don't seem to be a problem.

"Tell me what you think, I still don't have a clue about this matter!" Li Shimin shook his head helplessly, although he was very entangled, there was really no way.

And the more Li Yuanjing does, the richer the reward will be in the future, and Li Shimin can't even think of what he should reward Li Yuanjing? Could it be that he will be crowned as an emperor?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but shudder, it was so scary......

"In fact, it is very simple, if it is close to the mainland, it must be directly managed by the state court, once the situation changes in the future, these places are the first barrier of the Tang Dynasty, and there are some strategic places, and the court must also be in the hands, as for the economic and military aspects, this minister will not say much, but there is one point, the naval army must be strictly controlled!" Li Yuanjing said.

"Why?" Li Shimin was stunned, a little uncertain.

"If you guess correctly, it should be difficult to find a piece of land as big as the Tang Dynasty in the south, maybe it can be the size of a state, maybe only a mansion, a state as big, you can play as you want in this land, this is an upper limit, once they get a breakthrough in the navy, then the court may be very passive in the future, one day, they will not be satisfied with the status quo, first expand to the surrounding islands, and then farther and farther, farther and farther away......" Li Yuanjing did not hide his secrets, As for whether it will affect you to bring this up?

This Li Yuanjing is not worried at all, and there is nothing to worry about, North America is so far away, can Li Shimin manage it? And the basic plate is so big, can he manage it?

And once Li Shimin knows the fact that the area of North America is larger than that of Datang, all worries will dissipate in an instant, and Li Yuanjing of North America can't take care of it, how can he have the heart to go to Datang to make trouble?

Li Shimin nodded silently, and had some idea of this matter.

Next, the two brothers talked about some inconsequential topics, but Li Shimin still benefited a lot, although it may be a bit embarrassing to say this, but Li Shimin also vaguely released a goodwill signal to Li Yuanjing.

The two brothers often meet from time to time to discuss some things, and for the two of them, this is a kind of growth, and in the absence of a direct conflict of interests, Li Shimin is also willing to talk more with his little brother.

The next is another long preparation period for Li Yuanjing, this time for the trip to Haizhou, Li Yuanjing has to stay for a long time, so after determining this matter, Li Yuanjing gave a wake-up call to all parts.

In fact, most people can get ready in a few days and set off with Li Yuanjing.

But there are always exceptions to everything, such as the problem of the steam engine workshop, according to the original plan, the steam engine workshop is just a person to follow the past, and after arriving at the place, a new steam engine will be tailored according to the actual situation of the ship, half a year is enough for them.

But now the problem has arisen, the sealing ring is not enough, in order to solve this problem, they have to re-forge the products that failed in the previous experiment, and even remove the sealing ring on the current steam engine and take it away.

But in that case, what is the use of this steam engine to stay?

Therefore, Yu Guang finally suggested that he take the steam engine with him, so that he could save construction time, secondly, he could continue to research and improve on this steam engine, and thirdly, he could conduct more experiments.

For this suggestion, Li Yuanjing chose to accept it, this is no way, but how to transport a large guy of several thousand catties to Haizhou, this is a big problem.

Ordinary carriages can't carry such a large weight at all, and it is also inconvenient to use a boat, so it needs to be transported to Luozhou first, and then board the ship and detour to Yangzhou to turn around and go to the sea.

In desperation, Li Yuanjing had no choice but to let the ironsmith forge a strange-looking steel flatbed, perhaps because he was worried about the quality, so he adopted a four-row two-wheel structure, that is, four wheels were distributed side by side, each side was composed of two wheels, a total of sixteen wheels, and the diameter of each wheel was one meter, counting the gap or something, the length of this flatbed car reached five meters, and it was more than enough to transport this steam engine.