Chapter 352: Beihai
"The civilization of the country here is no worse than the strength of my Datang before, if it weren't for us being one step ahead in science and technology, maybe they would be stronger than us in the future."
In fact, there is nothing good in Europe that is worthy of Datang's attention, but Li Hao is right, if you don't take advantage of the current time when Datang is strong and completely knock the West to hell, who knows if they will jump to Datang in the future. All hidden troubles must be severely weakened when Datang now has strength, so that they will never be able to turn over, just like Africa in later generations.
"Well, I'll talk to the ministers of the court about this plan at that time." Li Ke nodded after hearing this, the foundation laid by Li Er was in his hands, and he naturally wanted to push Datang to a height that no one could reach, so as not to leave a mess for his descendants.
In fact, Li Ke's sons are doing well, they are now studying with Li Hao, wherever Li Hao goes, they will follow the past, experience their own situations, and understand all kinds of people's livelihood. The territory of the Tang Dynasty is so big, and they will have to be managed by these princes in the future.
Li Hao's education of these princes is different from others, first of all, he has to let them know that they are brothers and how brothers should get along with each other. Instead of educating the so-called emperors, what kind of emperor's skills are taught, and when they grow up, the six relatives will not recognize them, but only recognize their own thrones.
There is only one throne, Li Ke is still young and strong, and he has not yet begun to establish a prince. This is also what Li Hao means, it always depends on who is the best among the princes and who is willing to be the emperor to decide who will inherit the crown prince. And the current throne, Li Hao also suggested that Li Ke make some restrictions, and did not give the emperor too much power.
The degree of this middle is grasped by Li Ke himself, and Li Hao did not say too much. Because this thing involves imperial power, he just reminded Li Ke that the greater the emperor's power, the easier it is to get out of control. Similarly, the following ministers are the same, whether the constitutional monarchy in later generations is suitable for the Tang Dynasty, this Li is not sure, he just gave a general introduction to some of the situation of this system.
How to decide this is up to Li Ke himself, and there is also the issue of succession to the throne. The struggle for the throne between Li Er's generation and Li Er's sons stimulated Li Ke too much, this guy has been thinking about how to solve the competition for his sons with a perfect means, and he doesn't want this kind of tragedy to continue.
After the model contest ended, Li Hao left Hangzhou Mansion and went to Yanjing, and then sat in the special four-wheeled carriage of Li Mansion here, with his family and Li Ke's sons, like a train. A dozen or so carriages were all connected together, including bodyguards on horseback on both sides. Although the security of Datang is getting better and better, Li Hao is walking with a few princes, and it is better to be careful about this kind of thing.
You can take a boat directly from Hangzhou to Yanjing, which is convenient and fast. There are a lot of properties in Li Mansion in Yanjing, and Li Hao can mobilize a number of good carriages for himself at any time, and he must match good protective measures, and there are various accidents on the road.
In fact, from south to north, in addition to taking the canal, you can also take the sea navigation. It is also possible to go by land, and the land route from south to north has two wide, parallel fast lines. One is the eastern route, which runs from south to north along the coastline of the East China Sea, but several major rivers along the way can only be transitioned by boat. There are special ferries at those connections to connect guests from both sides of the strait, and the fees are not high, which is acceptable for these people.
The other one is from Guangzhou Prefecture, and then through Tanzhou, across the river to the north. In the middle, on the big river, you have to take a boat to cross. The technology of building bridges on this is still being tackled by Datang, and I am afraid that it will take a while to reach that level.
However, now the technology of building bridges in the imperial court has changed with each passing day, coupled with the vigorous development of various scientific and technological levels, the construction of bridges in these two places has long been included in the planning. At that time, it will be a thoroughfare, and the north and south will realize real passage from now on.
Yanjing is a big city in the north, and many caravans heading north will stop here to rest. This is very different from Li Hao's memories in later generations. In recent years, due to the increase in population and the advancement of construction technology, the large city has expanded again, and the whole city has more than twice the size of the previous city.
Compared with those cities in the south that began to slowly cancel the city wall, Yanjing did not, and it was not long for the Tang Dynasty to recover the northeast and north, although it looks calm here, but there are some things that cannot be guarded against, for a big city in the era of cold weapons, the city wall is the best prevention.
"Master, the four seas of my Tang Dynasty, the East China Sea and the South China Sea are already clear, we are going to the North Sea soon, where is the West Sea?" Li Ke's youngest son Li Xuan asked, they now call Li Hao by the master, who knows what Li Hao thinks, let his students call themselves master.
"The West Sea is in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, but the sea is not big enough, so it can't be counted. After my Datang takes the Mediterranean, I can set that side as the West Sea of Datang. Li Hao replied with a smile after hearing this.
Li Ke's four sons, the eldest son Li Ren, the second son Li Wei, the third son Li Kun, and the fourth son Li Xuan. The performance of these four people is good, and they are all people who have left a great reputation in history in the original history, not only as an official, but also as a good person, and have a good reputation among the people.
This is undoubtedly a small irony for Li Er. In the original history, he chose Li Zhi as the emperor, not only made his hat green, but also almost buried Li Tang. Among Li Zhi's juniors, many of them were killed by Xiao Wu, and there were not many who were promising.
On the contrary, the descendants of Li Ke, who was killed, were able to come out one after another, and finally made a dynasty across the river. In this area, Li Er estimated that he would have to shout a few times after his death, "The eldest grandson misunderstood me." ”
Perhaps because of the danger they were in when they were young, Li Hao's sons have always had a good relationship with each other. Over the years, under the education of Li Hao's side, the relationship between the four has become better and better. This time, follow Li Hao to Beihai, and the four of them will graduate, and then go to Datang Academy to study for a few years before becoming officials.
The West Sea is Qinghai Lake, this is a bit controversial, and this is not marked on the map, and ordinary people don't know this, so a few of them don't know about this. Li Hao knew, so he explained. However, he felt that Qinghai Lake was still a little smaller, not big enough than the Mediterranean Sea, and it was only said that it was the West Sea.
The North Sea is not a sea, just a lake. In Li Hao's time, this lake was occupied by others, so that Su Wu's descendants had nowhere to go if they wanted to shepherd sheep. Now this place completely belongs to Datang, and Datang has also deliberately set up a jurisdiction office by the lake.
This place is actually a little worse as the Beihai, this is not the sea, but no one who goes to the Beitang has ever explored in depth. So I don't know that there is actually an Arctic Ocean, which is the real North Sea, but this place still only exists on the official map.
When the group arrived in Beihai, the temperature here was completely different from that in the south, so there was no snow, but it was already getting a little cold. There is a governance place here, and it is naturally inhabited, in fact, the Li Mansion also has its own property here.
The fish in Beihai are famous, and there are so many restaurants under Li Hao, so naturally they can't miss catching some high-grade fish from this place and selling them, so I got a property here. At the same time, this property is also responsible for collecting some materials and serving as a research base for some students of several academies in Datang.
After Li Hao and the others came, they lived directly in their own industry, and after the arrangement, the family went out to the lake and went out to watch the fishing with the fishing team of professional fishing.
Li Hao, who was in the later generations of this lake, came to travel here, but this place was a foreign country at that time, so he came here to play, and what he could eat was also the taste of a foreign country.
The most delicious of these fish is the autumn whitefish, which is also known as the concave whitefish, the meat is delicious, there are no intermuscular spines, because it grows in the unpolluted Beihai Lake, known as the "Beihai Lake delicacy". Because of the cold water in the lake, it takes nine years for an autumn whitefish to grow to a dozen centimeters long.
Because it grows in cold water, autumn whitefish has a lot of fat, but it is an unsaturated fat that is beneficial to the human body. It is also rich in vitamin B3, which is very beneficial for people who work in the mind, can enhance memory and relieve insomnia.
The flesh of autumn whitefish is also rich in minerals. Later generations of Russians cooked autumn whitefish mainly by smoking, but also often stewed or roasted. The fish they make is not quite the same as the Oriental ones, but it also has a chic flavor and tastes good.
In fact, the easiest way to do this is to fry the autumn whitefish, clean up the fish, wash it, and cut off the head. Coat, dip in egg wash and milk and fry in a pan of hot oil until golden brown. The smell is fragrant, and the taste is endless.
Li Ke's sons are also helping with fishing, but Li Hao's children can't, so they can only stand aside and cheer them on. And Li Hao's several women were not very interested in this, so they took Li Hao's daughters to walk around the lake, scatter, and see the scenery here.
Over the years, they have followed Li Hao around, and the assets in their hands are taken care of by special people, and they don't have to worry about anything, and because of the system, they don't have to worry about the loyalty of those managers, and they don't need the ability of these people, so they have more time to do other things.
Follow Li Hao everywhere, this is just one of them. Their life makes many noblewomen in Chang'an City envious, they can taste the world's food and see the world's scenery. For the people of Datang who are trying to see the world, these things are too attractive, especially now that the territory of Datang has expanded so much and transportation is developing so fast.