The Chinese New Year will come in a few months, Wang Haoran decided to go back to Chang'an with these warriors, as for the matter of Jinshan, Wang Haoran did not ask for a seal, Li Shimin still wished that someone from the Tang Dynasty would go there to bring the gold back!

Li Shimin had already received the news of the return of the warriors, and personally led hundreds of officials to greet him outside the Suzaku Gate. Rewards are naturally indispensable, those who are promoted are promoted, and those who are rewarded with money are rewarded. Wang Haoran, as the chief planner of this matter, brought back many new species, some of which are high-yield plants that can be used as food, which is a great achievement; There is also the discovery of the new continent, which broadened the horizons of the Tang people, which is also a great credit, so Li Shimin rewarded Wang Haoran with some cloth and money, and also named Wang Haoran as the founding county prince.

In his early twenties, he was named a county magistrate, and the people did not think it was strange, but remembered the three major ambitions that the little young master said back then, one is underground, which has been realized, and various new equipment has also driven other miners, which has increased the output of various minerals in Datang by more than ten times; Second, on the other side of the sea, it has now been realized, and with the current development technology, whether to develop the new continent is only a question of whether or not to do it; The last one is in the sky, everyone knows what the little young master said about the flying dream, in the past, when they talked about this matter, they generally discussed whether it was possible to fly in the sky, but now it has changed to how to fly in the sky.

After everyone returned to the main hall, Captain Chen reported the loss of the expedition, and more than a dozen warriors were killed in the shipwreck. Li Shimin decided to erect a monument for these sacrificed warriors, but Wang Haoran had some objections, he felt that these crew members, the dead were glorious, and the living were also glorious, so he simply erected a monument for all the crew members, and the sacrifices were distinguished by white lacquer dyeing characters. Li Shimin adopted this opinion, and immediately ordered people to carve the monument, and after the carving was completed, it was erected on Suzaku Street.

Speaking of Jinshan, Li Shimin asked people to bring in the large boxes of golden sands to check, and the courtiers surrounded them, holding the golden sands, and their eyes lit up. They had seen gold mines, but they had never seen gold mines like Golden Sands, and if you looked closely, you could still find tiny particles of pure gold in them.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that if there is really such a mountain of gold, then we can build more big ships like the Exploration and carry mining equipment to mine." A courtier suggested.

"You have to block the news, such a large reserve and easy to mine gold mine, anyone who gets it can be rich."

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The ministers were talking a lot, all revolving around the issue of gold, as if the gold could be brought at hand, but ignoring such a large piece of land, Wang Haoran couldn't help but ask: "Everyone, I don't know what you plan to do with that new world?" Is it after mining the gold mine, where do you let it go? Or do you want to find a way to put it to use? ”

"It took two or three months for the Discovery to get there, so how else could you use it from such a distance? Don't be too greedy, it's good to be able to mine some gold from there and come back! The first minister said disapprovingly.

"This is the first time for the Explorer, it will inevitably take a lot of time, and now that the direction has been marked, after the Taishi Bureau carefully measured, it will definitely be able to find a reasonable route out, and the time required will be greatly reduced." Wang Haoran argued.

Even so, how much less can it reduce? It's still more than a month, right? Moreover, the sea is dangerous, and it is still difficult for Datang to control the new continent. The minister vetoed again.

"Ten years ago, it took nearly one day and one night to get from Beijing to Midtown, but now it only takes four or five hours, saving half the time. The Discovery is a new creature, and the technology is not perfect, but who can say whether the time for Datang to go to the New World in ten years will be reduced by half? ”

"Then Haoran, what do you mean to do with this new world?" Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, my brother thinks that the development of the Tang Dynasty cannot only rely on the imperial court, the imperial court cannot take care of all aspects, and those things that the imperial court cannot take into account need those businessmen to explore. The courtier knows that many people think that businessmen are lowly, but it is undeniable that businessmen are more adventurous and pioneering than others. For example, if it weren't for the fact that the younger brother was a businessman and wanted to make some money, the imperial court would not have thought of developing this thing, and the big landowners would only think about buying more land and more land. However, this kind of research and development requires a lot of financial support, and those businessmen who are not rich enough have the ability to do these things even if they have ideas. Since there are a lot of gold mines in the New World, why not give those merchants a chance? First, if they want to go to the New World, they must need big ships, and their subordinates can share the existing shipbuilding technology, which can greatly accelerate the progress of shipbuilding technology. Second, when there are more people going to the New World, it is impossible to mine only a few existing mines together, right? They will definitely explore other places in the New World, which will also be of great benefit to Datang to understand the situation in the New World. So, why not create more big businessmen with this? ”

"With all that, you want to mine gold yourself, right?" Wei Zheng jumped out and raised the bar again.

"Since Wei Xiang thinks so, then I swear in front of everyone today that I, Wang Haoran, will never mine the gold mines in the New World in the future, how about it?"

Wei Zheng was speechless.

"Haoran, what are you drawing?" Cheng Yanjin wondered, judging from the current situation, the shipbuilding industry will inevitably flourish in the future, if it is other businessmen, how can it be possible to share shipbuilding technology? What's the difference between this and a loser?

Lu Guogong's question was a little inexplicable. Only when there is a country can there be a home, and as the people of the Tang Dynasty, we will naturally have to make a strong contribution to anything that is beneficial to the Tang Dynasty. Wang Haoran said righteously, there is no way, his thoughts are not clear to these people.

Wang Haoran had made ideas for the imperial court many times before, and the results proved that Wang Haoran's ideas were indeed effective, so this time the ministers did not dare to directly deny Wang Haoran's proposal. After some discussion, Li Shimin decided to try it for the time being, but the control of gold is very strict, after all, it can be directly used for money.

As for how the imperial court should disseminate the Jinshan, Wang Haoran proposed to publish a book, in which the crew members would tell their experiences of this expedition, so as to compile a book, in which of course the events of Jinshan would be written, and then published by the newspapers under the imperial court. This book can be said to be an official statement, and it is much more credible than the stories that the crew members themselves disseminated?