Chapter 343: South Asia

"I also have to give a note to the imperial court, and you can contact several other newspapers with my seal, and the success of this experiment must be reported in all aspects, and the list of all personnel must be seen in the newspaper."

After running a newspaper for so many years, Li Hao asked the newspaper for the first time to cooperate with him to publicize the success of this experiment in all aspects. Because the impact of this experiment is really too great, it is necessary to let the whole Datang people know about it. However, the location of the laboratory is there, so this will not be announced.

After the steam engine came out, the next thing was the application of trains and ships. Of course, in addition to this, the research of internal combustion engines and electricity will also be accelerated. Over the years, in addition to the continuous increase in Li Hao's students every year, the Datang Academy has also begun to have various technical reserve forces, plus the rewards of the imperial court, so that various research has also been continuously replenished.

Someone will handle the things that are played in the newspaper, and Li Hao only needs to say hello. So the thing about the steam engine soon spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, in fact, most people don't understand what kind of steam engine this is, but they will read the newspaper.

The newspaper reported that all the people who studied the steam engine were awarded medals at the imperial court, and they also received the status of the Royal Academy of Sciences, indicating that the invention was very powerful. What's more, the newspaper also said that after having this steam engine, in the future, there will be no need to drive a boat with a pulp hand and a sail, and there will be no need to pull a horse or a person to ride a car, and all of them will be pulled and run by a steam engine.

Even if you don't understand such a powerful thing, everyone will point out the news in the newspaper. Then look forward to the appearance of the steam engine, so that they can see that kind of magic.

After arranging the things here, Li Hao took Wu Meiniang and Princess Gaoyang back to Hangzhou Mansion, and the cooking competition over there was about to come to an end at this time, and then he had to wait for Li Hao to award those people with a certificate.

"Lang Jun, can the boats and cars that you take in the future really drive without being driven?" On the way back, after sitting on the big boat, Gao Yang couldn't help but ask this question again.

"Of course, soon you'll be able to see ships and cars powered by this device." After the steam engine came out, the steam steamer and the steam train were not much of a problem. Because of the emergence of these things, the price of points has been reduced.

Li Hao has saved a lot of points now, especially this cooking competition, which has accumulated a lot of points for him, which can be used to redeem these technical materials. Therefore, the research process in the future will definitely be much faster, which can be expected.

"Look! What's that ahead? Is it a fish as big as a hill? "Li Hao, their ship is not far from the coast, it is considered to be an offshore voyage.

Li Hao was talking to Princess Gao Yang and Xiao Wu about the steam engine, when someone on the boat suddenly pointed ahead and exclaimed, causing all the people on the ship to look over.

It's also strange to say that Li Hao has run more than once or twice at sea, but it is really the first time he has seen a whale. The big fish in front of them are whales, and they are still a group, and this Li Hao can still tell the difference.

"What a big fish! Lots of big fish! Can these fish be eaten? These are the words of the two women beside Li Hao, as soon as these words came out, Li Hao was almost shocked and fell into the sea.

Over the years, following Li Hao to the north and south, the women around Li Hao have seen too many of Li Hao's dishes made into various animals and plants. Now when I see these big fish, I instinctively think of the question of whether they can eat or not.

"It's not really fish, they're like cattle and sheep on the shore, so they can eat it. The taste is similar to beef. ”

Li Hao has never eaten whales, but he knows that this animal can be eaten, otherwise the islanders of the next generation will be so crazy to hunt whales?

"Shall we grab one and eat it?" Hearing Li Hao say that the fish could be eaten, Princess Gaoyang and Xiao Wu were both a little eager to try.

"We can't catch this fish, we don't have the right tools, this boat is a freight, not a boat used to catch fish." There are large fishing boats on the southern side, but they don't catch many whales.

Although whale fat is best used to make candles, and the meat is edible. But Li Haozhen didn't let his students develop these, mainly to give the whale a way to live.

The number of this animal is not large, and the reproductive ability is also slow, if you really want to let the fishermen of Datang catch it, I am afraid that it will not take long to make this animal extinct, so he thinks it is better to leave something for future generations.

"It's a pity!" Until they arrived at Shanghai Port, Li Hao and the others did not catch up with the group of whales. This made Princess Gao Yang and Xiao Wu a little disappointed, such a big fish, it must be very nice to eat.

After returning to Hangzhou, the cooking competition here just ended. Li Hao, as the official representative, will present them with awards, in addition to this, all the award-winning contestants will make ten copies of their award-winning works and provide them to those who come to watch the game for free to taste, so that everyone has the opportunity to taste their craftsmanship.

In addition to these, the chopped chili peppers, chili sauce, spicy dried fish, Chang'an's bean curd, and some famous foods in various places will also be exhibited in this competition for a few days, and people who come to watch the game can buy some and go back to taste.

It was at this time that Wang Xuance of the South, after all these years of recuperation and knowledge of the South Asian region, began to propose to the imperial court to launch a war against South Asia. For this reason, Li Ke also wrote to ask Li Hao's opinion, do you want to do it?

For Li Hao, he had long wanted to do that place. Over the years, Datang's development efforts to the south have been growing, and several wide cement roads have been paved, which not only facilitates the transportation of materials here, but also facilitates the march.

Moreover, the naval army on this side of the south is also developing rapidly, and it is also convenient to take the waterway in the past, so it is time to launch an attack on that side. Otherwise, the development of Datang will be much slower, and there will be a shortage of slaves in several new continents.

"Then do it!" Seeing that Li Hao thought it could be done, Li Ke discussed it with his ministers, so let's do it. Anyway, there is no cost to fight a war now, and there is a lot of profit if you fight well, and this kind of business has created these people in the imperial court to stare at the surrounding places one by one.

It seems that only the south is easier to do now, and this side is rich in products. People are stupid and have a lot of money, and they can do it in the west, but they have to cross the desert and go to the Gobi, which is a bit troublesome, so it's better to do it in the south first.

The civil war in South Asia has also been going on for a long time, and although it is still in a state of fragmentation, it cannot stand the fact that the heritage here is too deep and the resources are too rich. At this time, a lot of people here have also been consumed, and they can't be allowed to continue to consume, otherwise where will Datang's various constructions be found to be done?

Combining these things, Li Ke gave Wang Xuance in the south an order to prepare to attack South Asia. At this time, the veterans on Chang'an's side were all boiling, and they all wanted to get out of the horse. After the counterattack battle commanded by Li Jing, a lot of territory was added to the Tang Dynasty, and several kings with different surnames were also added to the Tang Dynasty.

Although this kind of title is just a false title, and there is no military power, but this is also a king. The other veterans will naturally not be reserved at this time, and this time they go south, there will definitely be a new king with a different surname, can they not be moved?

Regarding the matter of the king with a different surname, this problem has never appeared when Li Er is here, because he is worried about the loss of power. Li Ke also had a headache with this problem when he came to power, because those veterans had already made several more contributions, and then they couldn't be sealed again.

So this kind of thing was moved out at this time, and the veteran of the king is not a time of crisis, and he will not be dispatched again in the future. However, these people are about the same age, and they are basically waiting for their old age in this position.

After a few quarrels on the Chang'an side, it was Niu Jinda and Su Dingfang who finally went to fight. They are still young, and even after this battle, their exploits are not enough to be crowned kings, so there is no need to worry about these things.

Chang'an dispatched 20,000 troops, converging tens of thousands of troops in the south, and divided the troops into three routes, from the south of Tubo, the west of Lingnan Road, and the three sea routes into South Asia, starting the new journey of the Tang Dynasty to dominate the world.

Many people began to think that this would be an easy war, after all, Datang had collected a lot of information in South Asia. Although the progress of the Taoist preaching here is not very good, the information is still very clear.

It was only after the real battle that I found that the people here could fight twice at the critical moment. Coupled with the water and soil problems here, and the tactics of the veterans did not keep up with the times, there were still some losses. Of course, these are nothing compared to income, but Li Hao doesn't think so.

Every citizen of Datang is precious, how can they be lost casually? So Li Hao couldn't stay in Hangzhou, so he hurriedly wrote to Li Ke, and then rushed to South Asia with the order. Gao Yang and Xiao Wu still followed him all the way, Li Hao was not considered an exhibitor this time, he was only responsible for coordinating the military operations of several large armies, so no one asked whether he brought his female dependents or not.

Even if someone knew about this, they would turn a blind eye and not see that Li Ke himself didn't care. You must know that Li Hao's merits are already enough to be crowned king, but this guy never thought about this kind of thing at all, so even if this person did something out of the ordinary, as long as it didn't harm the Tang Dynasty, those people in the court pretended not to see it.

After Li Hao arrived in South Asia, he called all the main generals over to unify their opinions, and then scattered all the cadets who graduated from the Royal Military Academy to the three-way army, and used them to lead the army to carry out a wartime outfit and hot weapons!

Muskets, artillery, bombs, all these things were taken out. This kind of weapon, which is no problem against those barbarian aliens in the north, will also work when it reaches South Asia. And the civilization purge was also strictly enforced, which by the way paved the way for the development of Taoism here.

With the deployment of a large-scale thermal weapons force, the war on this side of South Asia became much easier. The losses of the Tang Dynasty have also become a lot less, and the wealth seized after each city is also drunk and even fell into a state of madness. 10