"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank have already sent people to transport back all the gains from Jerusalem this time, and they are seizing the time to count them." Zhang Jianzhong came to Li Xuanqing early in the morning and had a happy face, and when he saw Cen Tianshi, he was looking for Li Xuanqing in Changqing Hall to discuss the next propaganda activities of the Fuxing Society, and he also came over to help come up with ideas, and Zhang Jianzhong himself was a member of the Fuxing Society.

"I said that you, a former prime minister and a current prime minister, come to disturb my good dreams early in the morning, this is immoral." Not long after Li Xuanqing rushed over from the Qianqiu Palace, he couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw Cen Tianshi and Zhang Jianzhong coming to the Changqing Hall almost one after the other: "You can go outside the palace to discuss the affairs of your Fuxing Society, didn't I donate one million Tang coins to each of your Fuxing Society and the Justice Party in the name of the Royal Assets Group some time ago?" Your monthly dues and donations are enough to build a permanent office space now, right? Li Xuanqing didn't hear Zhang Jianzhong's words clearly, so he thought that these two guys came to rob him again, so they all planned to give an eviction order. During this time, the operation methods of the political party he brought over from later generations have been almost taken care of by these few people, as for how to operate, Li Xuanqing has no intention of inserting a lever, these are all things that Cen Tianshi and Tuoba Sijian need to be responsible for.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are not here to rob the emperor. However, the third brigade of the Flying Eagle Brigade has arrived outside Chang'an City, and is repairing in the barracks of the central garrison battalion. Zhang Jianzhong hurriedly waved his hand to indicate that he was not with Cen Tianshi all the way.

"At least half of the shipments should be artworks, right?" Li Xuanqing was also said to be a bit of a nature, Jerusalem is basically the treasury of the two major religions, naturally it can't be all gold and silver treasures, most of them should still be the artworks they collected, but the place in Jerusalem is close to Egypt, Baghdad and the birthplace of the three major civilizations in Europe, plus the Heavenly Sect once entered India, so what can be sent to the holy city to collect is basically the most quintessential and highest artistic achievements of all ethnic groups, so Li Xuanqing thought for a while and continued: "In this way, let Yin Honglin take inventory, All the works of art are sent to the Royal Museum and handed over to Cui Lian's Imperial Etiquette Department for safekeeping, and they can be exhibited to the public when it is convenient, and only in this way can these things be seen again. Under his influence, Cui Lian was not only responsible for the royal etiquette, but also responsible for the management of the royal treasury and the daily management of the royal museum.

Li Xuanqing's method made both of them nod, although most of the cultural relics currently on public display in the Royal Museum are domestic collections, but on the one hand, these things are open to the public so that the people can visit, and on the other hand, they also provide a lot of materials for several students studying history in the Academy of Letters, so that the historiography of this era began to get closer to the evidence-based style of study in later generations, after all, there are many things in the royal treasury that they can't see on the market. And this large-scale foreign cultural relics into the empire, I am afraid that Li Xuanqing's previous proposal in the Department of History on the compilation of the entire world history provides part of the physical basis, just this is infinitely valuable, not to mention that with these high-level artistic essences of various ethnic groups in hand, I am afraid that many disappeared historiography classics may have the hope of seeing the light of day.

As for the remaining gold, silver, treasures, and the like, they were basically counted and sent to the central bank as reserves, and then the money supply market was increased, so as to provide sufficient circulating funds for the increasingly popular commercial, trade, and industrial development. After all, after the reform, the functions of the central bank are clear, and the organization has become more rigorous after no longer interfering in specific business tasks, and Li Xuanqing has even begun to plan the next step to establish a bond market, but he has too many concerns, so he has been shelved on the desk and has not been issued. However, Li Xuanqing did not have the slightest worry, if this model continues, sooner or later the bond market will surface on its own, after all, the market will develop and move forward on its own even if it does not interfere with itself.

"After receiving so many benefits from others, I'm afraid I won't be able to say anything if I don't pay something." Li Xuanqing beckoned the two of them to sit down and said with a smile: "I plan to add another fire to Taixi's side, maybe I can add a little bit of victory chips to the big cannibal." Li Xuanqing plans to officially launch another plan, after all, even if he can't resist the temptation of this plan, or rather than work hard to do it himself in the future, it is better to do it with others.

"Jianzhong, you arrange for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send someone to visit the Great Food Empire, and say that I, the Tang Dynasty, is going to build a shipyard in the Persian Governor's Mansion and build new warships. If the big cannibals need it, they can order naval warships from our country. Li Xuanqing said with a smile while spreading out the large map he had drawn a long time ago: "Everyone, please see, once the Persian Governorate opens a shipyard, the ships built can only stay in the Western Ocean, and at present, the main direction of the battle of the great cannibals is in the direction of the Mediterranean, and there is no direct sea connection between the Western Ocean and the Mediterranean, even if we are willing to sell new warships to them, they will not be able to drive through." So I came up with a solution for them. The two of you came to see here, it is this place called Phoenicia is also called Egypt, here, there is only a land barrier of hundreds of miles between the Mediterranean Sea and this narrow Red Sea, as long as this place is dug up, can't it connect the two oceans so that my Western caravan can directly reach the Mediterranean? ”

"Your Majesty, your method is good, isn't this just digging a canal? It's just hundreds of miles and it's not worth anything. Cen Tianshi and Zhang Jianzhong glanced at each other and said with a smile: "How could you not think of this matter as a big cannibal?" Once this canal is dug up, a lot of aid from the Great Cannibals can be transported directly to the Mediterranean by sea, and most importantly, a canal can more than double the scope of the Great Food's current strategic maneuver. Cen Tianshi's fingers kept moving on the map, and nodded: "It's a pity that this land, if it is handed over to the Tang Dynasty, within ten years, this desert can be turned into a thoroughfare." ”

"That's why I'm going to give the Great Food Empire an idea, and let them repair this canal in advance, so that if our fleet passes through here one day, we can rush directly into the Mediterranean." Although Li Xuanqing said it implicitly, the two people present were the most core figures of the empire, so he naturally understood what he meant by this, this is for others to fix it, so that he can grab it and use it directly after he has it.

"I think the prime minister can prepare now, he can mobilize some of the building materials to be shipped to the Persian governorate, or he can build a large cement factory there for use. The relevant personnel and material transfers can be prepared in advance. Aren't there already a few small shipyards in the Persian Governorate? I think we can let the Ma family and the Zhang family come forward to unite, we can't sell ironclad warships, but my Datang's wooden warships are much better than the warships on Taixi's side, if the big cannibals can't look down on them, their navy will have no hope at all. Cen Tianshi said with a smile: "I have a hunch Prime Minister, if you let Wang Shoutian personally lead the team, that kid will be able to dig out another piece of fat from the mouth of the big cannibal." It's just a matter of building a Grand Canal, our ancestors could have built the canal thousands of years ago, and Emperor Yang of Sui also built more than 1,000 miles, and the little things are just these barbarians who can't repair them. Cen Tianshi seemed disdainful of repairing the canal, and Li Xuanqing didn't care, after all, how to repair it still requires engineers to go to the field to determine the plan, but at least he still remembers the route of the Grand Canal in later generations. As for the difficulty of construction, Cen Tianshi had never been to that place, so he naturally did not know how difficult it was to build such a grand canal in the desert area, and the degree of construction that could allow large warships and merchant ships to pass in this era was only more difficult than when the French built it in later generations. However, this is not what Li Xuanqing has to consider, as Cen Tianshi said, no one is the opponent of the Han people in this kind of thing of building a canal, and the people of this country began to build canals thousands of years ago, not to mention that there are now Datang engineers and technicians with preliminary modern tools and machinery and equipment.

Zhang Jianzhong hurriedly went to find Wang Shoutian After saying this, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urgently determined the candidates for the visit on the same day, and then quickly sent people to inform Da Shi that there was an institution similar to the embassy in Chang'an on the side of Da Shi, and their people also took the train as quickly as possible to return to Da Shi to report the matter. After all, Datang suddenly sent the Minister of Foreign Affairs to lead a team to visit, which was a big event for both Dashi and Datang. In recent years, because of the demand for Datang and the fact that he really realized the strength of Datang, the cannibals treated Datang much more respectfully than Daqin, and treated Datang with the attitude of Fanbang towards the suzerain. However, whether it is the current high-level of the Tang Dynasty or the people's attitude towards the clan is very sober, this kind of unreliable tribute can only be regarded as decorating the face of the empire, and the important thing is that the Tang Dynasty's unrivaled national strength and increasingly rich and powerful economy are the root of the other party's attention and awe. However, after all, people are respectful first, so it is indeed much more convenient for Dashi merchants to do business in Datang than Daqin, at least in terms of price, Datang merchants rarely pit them.

Zhang Jianzhong convened a cabinet meeting overnight after preparing on Wang Shoutian's side, in addition to informing Li Xuanqing that he planned to let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs instigate the Great Food Empire to build the canal, he also planned to take this opportunity to stimulate the trade between the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food, and let the Ministry of Commerce begin to study the restrictions on opening up building materials products, so as to facilitate the entry of this bulk material into the market of the Great Food and other countries to create more trade income. And according to Li Xuanqing and Zhang Jianzhong's estimates, because once this canal is dug, it will inevitably bring the greatest benefits to the Great Eater, and at the same time accelerate the effect of changing the situation in Taixi, so the Great Cannibal will basically not object, so the empire needs to transfer materials into the northwest, and at the same time arrange the shipyard on the side of the Persian Governor's Mansion to expand. This required advance arrangements for the Persian province under Sima Daoxin's administration, including the construction of a large cement plant, to facilitate the supply of building materials nearby. These matters need to be coordinated in advance by the Cabinet, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Northwestern Provinces. What's more, Zhang Jianzhong didn't plan to spend so much time just for a small canal, and when this canal was built, the trade between Datang and Dashi would inevitably enter a new stage of development. The shipyard on the side of the Persian Governor's Mansion is on the right track, so the trade route between Dashi and Datang will be smoother and more convenient, and even Datang's port construction team and industry will go abroad and develop systematically.

The cabinet was urgently formulating plans, including arranging for the visiting personnel, while Li Xuanqing took Xu Tianxiang and others to meet Li San'er and others outside the city, personally picked up the dust for Li San'er and others, and awarded medals to all those who participated in the war. And Li San'er also reported to Li Xuanqing in person how he felt in the previous battle.

"San'er, do you mean that we should find a way to strengthen the individual firepower?" Before Xu Tianxiang finished speaking, Li Xuanqing already understood what Li San'er meant, nodded and said: "It seems that Qin Yao needs to develop a fire support weapon for a squadron, otherwise the heavy machine gun has a limited role in supporting front-line combatants when fighting in small units and offensive charges, and we need a single accompanying support weapon." ”

Xu Tianxiang wrote down Li Xuanqing's words, and soon after he personally went to Qin Yao to prepare for the development and design of this new weapon, so that after the inadvertent appearance of the heavy machine gun, the light machine gun This individual heavy weapon also began to come out.

"It just so happens that you are all here, and I have something to tell you, that I intend to ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to instigate the Great Food to build a canal to connect the Mediterranean with the Western Ocean. Your General Staff and the Headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army should conduct a war game deduction on this, and make a deduction in advance about the development of the situation on the Taixi side. Li Xuanqing saw Xu Tianxiang write down Li San'er's words, nodded and began to tell Xu Tianxiang and others what he had said to the cabinet before. Li Xuanqing had mentioned this canal to the General Staff before, so Xu Tianxiang and the others were not unfamiliar, but Li San'er suddenly said after hearing a sentence next to him: "Your Majesty, it is too difficult to build a canal over there, and there is a serious shortage of water in the desert. So I don't think it's difficult to repair, if you want to repair, the emperor had better let the big cannibal repair it himself, we can't come out, otherwise I'm afraid that the consumption will not be small. Li San'er's words made Xu Tianxiang and the others light up, and they nodded one after another.

"San'er, since you have been to that place, then go back and tell the chief of staff about it, Xiaosi, I remember that you have a map that is more detailed than mine, you rub it out and send it back to the cabinet for a copy, and then send a copy to the General Staff and the senior brother." Li Xuanqing nodded and said with a smile: "Such a hard thing is naturally cultivated by themselves, and we are only responsible for making money." Li Xuanqing's words made everyone laugh.