(3rd Update)

After Mo Li arrived in Guangzhou, the Datang fleet did not set off immediately. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info large-scale sea voyages of this generation, it is still necessary to consider the direction of the sea wind and the wind and waves of the sea, and to find the right season and time.

In addition, although the fleet and the caravan have been almost prepared, after all, Mo Li, the person in charge, has not come, and not everything is already in place, so after Mo Li arrived in Guangzhou, there was still a period of busyness.

When Li Congjing was in Guangxian Palace, he told him about the two stages of the fleet's going to sea, and in his and Li Congjing's plan, these two stages were naturally not the whole content, but only the content of the early stage. After that, there are still many plans, but now it seems a little too long, needless to say, the meal must be eaten one bite at a time.

Mo Li knew that Li Congjing wanted to establish a business territory overseas and gather wealth from all over the world for the use of the Tang Dynasty, but as for the deeper things, Li Congjing had not mentioned it yet. However, with Mo Li's mental insight, he naturally knew that the other place was not the end of the blueprint in Li Congjing's heart.

Mo Li went to see the Guangzhou Port, that is, the Panyu Port. After Liu Yan surrendered, the Tang army occupied Panyu and changed its name back, which is still called Guangzhou today. Seeing the huge military base in the harbor and the dock slipway being built, Mo Li suddenly discovered that the world in Li Congjing's heart, I am afraid that he has not completely seen the end until now.

A long time later, when Datang's fleet set sail for the sea, Mo Li held a pair of top-secret secrets in his hand.

This top-secret document was given to him by Li Congjing.

That's a picture.

Map of the West.

That was where the Datang fleet was going to arrive, and it was also the target of the Datang fleet.

Li Congjing said in the letter that this picture was given by God in his dream.

Mo Li believed it.

With this picture, even if it is only used as a navigation comparison, the voyage of the Datang fleet will become much easier.

Standing on the ten-zhang high ship, the ship behind him is like a city, and the blue sea and blue sky in front of him, Mo Li put away the paperwork closely, and then looked into the distance.

If you don't go into the ocean, you don't know the vastness of the world.

And Mo Li knew that a new era was born.

He remembered that in the second year of Changxing, Li Congjing stood on the slipway of Yangzhou and pointed to the appearance of the East China Sea.

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In front of Luoyang Academy, Wang Buqi looked at a few guys in Taoist robes in front of him, and no matter how he looked at it, he didn't feel that the other party was a good person.

It's not that Wang Buqi's mind is impure, but that the other party's appearance is too weird. Not to mention that these people are different in height and fat, and the age gap is huge, the robe is really dirty, and all of them have different complexions from ordinary people, they seem to be shiny, but they are either yellow luster or gray luster, which makes people suspect that they eat soil for a living.

Although there were many doubts in his heart, Wang Buqi still did not dare to slack off, and the number of courtesies was not bad.

These people were received by Li Congjing at his behest of life, and it is said that they were brought by the Military Intelligence Department from a certain Taoist temple in Luoyang. None of this is the key, the point is that Li Congjing asked them to open a subject called "chemistry" in the college.

At the banquet at the academy, Wang Buqi couldn't help it, and asked the old man who seemed to be fifty or sixty years old, with gray and yellow hair, "What did the princes do on weekdays in the Taoist temple before?" ”

The meaning of this is to ask you what you are capable of, and what kind of discipline is "chemistry" that you are going to offer.

The old man seemed to have not eaten enough for several years, and he looked miserable, but he still quickly answered Wang Buqi's question, although there were only two simple words: "Alchemy." ”

"Alchemy?" Wang Buqi was really shocked this time. Taoist alchemy, he didn't hear of it, but as a scholar, he didn't believe it much. Throughout the ages, many emperors have hoped to obtain the Taoist elixir and live forever, but which one is not a problem with eating pills?

"Your Majesty asked you to come, are you doing alchemy in the academy?" When Wang Buqi asked this question, his tone was not good.

The old man took the time to glance at him, his mouth stuffed with meat was still chewing, which made his original contemptuous eyes particularly weird, "No alchemy." ”

"So what?" Wang Buqi thought to himself, what else will you alchemists do besides alchemy?

The old man's answer made Wang Buqi almost squirt out the wine he had just drunk.

The old man and the old god replied: "Teach you alchemy." ”

Wang Buqi was dumbfounded, this is just bullshit, the students of the academy actually want to learn alchemy?

Seeing Wang Buqi's expression, the old man sensed that there was something wrong with what he said, and immediately added: "Teach you the art of alchemy." ”

Wang Buqi's old face darkened, and he said in his heart, what is the difference?

Seeing that Wang Buqi was even more unhappy, the old man stopped eating this time, thought for a while, and then said solemnly: "To be exact, it is to teach you all the knowledge about alchemy, but it is not for the purpose of alchemy. Let students understand this knowledge, delve into the truth in it, extract the essence from the rough, retain the useful parts, and develop them. These are the exact words of His Majesty. That's why we teach what we teach is called 'chemistry', not 'alchemy'. ”

After that, the old man was embarrassed for a moment, "Although I don't know why this knowledge is called 'chemistry'. ”

Wang Buqi fell silent, pondering the deep meaning.

The old man finally said: "Your Majesty has a word, if Liu Lao and Xu Banxian of the Yanwu Academy see us, they will know the usefulness of us." His Majesty also said that this discipline should play a great role in the improvement of gunpowder and the refining of iron ore and gold ore. ”

Wang Buqi will be skeptical.

At this moment, Liu Lao and Xu Banxian came.

Seeing the old Taoist priest, the two of them immediately greeted them cordially.

Today, the college has long had the subject of "mathematics", and now it has ushered in "chemistry", and in time, with the separate division of "physics", the college can already try to touch and open the door to "modern science".

——The astronomy, force, heat, sound, light, etc. studied in the early days of physics are not too profound and obscure, and the Han and Tang dynasties have always had many achievements in the study of these studies.

I have to mention that the discipline of "geography" has long been set up in the academy, and most of the gentlemen among them are veterans of the Military Intelligence Department.

On the same day, the old Taoist priest had a very happy conversation with Liu Lao, Xu Banxian and others.

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Datang is inseparable from the progress of science and technology in order to rule the vast territory steadily, and Datang is inseparable from the development of science and technology if it wants to become a lasting power.

The reason why those small countries in the West, which live in a corner and have not yet a large province in the Tang Dynasty, can become great powers is because of these seemingly simple four words.

Science and technology, or productive forces, will eventually promote the development of the whole society, and this is the law of history and the trend of history.

The scientific and technological revolution of Datang has quietly sprouted from the academy.

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Li Congjing finally received the good news from Qi Tongwen, Li Gu and others.

After working hard in Shazhou, they finally found a way to increase grain production there.

This did not surprise Li Congjing, because he knew that even in places like the Western Regions, there were "magic weapons" like karez.

There is probably no difficulty in this world that people cannot overcome, the key is whether you have the knowledge and quality necessary to overcome it.

The methods mentioned in Qi Tongwen and Li Gu's excerpts are not much that can improve grain production at the moment, at least not as much as Li Congjing's later generations know, but for the time being, it is already a very remarkable achievement.

Li Congjing is very satisfied with this, and the improvement of agriculture in Hexi and the Western Regions has been a continuous process, and now such a good start is like opening the door, proving that it is indeed feasible to increase grain production in Hexi and the Western Regions. As for how much grain production can reach, it will be gradually improved in the future.

Li Congjing called Feng Dao, Xia Luqi, Wei Dao, Wang Pu, Du Qianshu and others to discuss the next plan for the imperial court to use troops in Hexi.

"The guards have just graduated from Nanzhao, many soldiers have not yet returned to Luoyang, and Wang Shi has just used troops in Lingnan, Annan, and Nanzhao, if he immediately goes to Hexi this autumn, it will be too much burden on the treasury. And now it's early autumn, and when Wang Shi arrives in Hexi, he won't fight a few times, and it will be deep winter, which is unfavorable. Charucci said, "Therefore, the minister thinks that the use of troops in Hexi will have to wait until next year at the earliest." ”

Charucci's opinion was fine, and everyone agreed.

While they were deliberating, the fifth girl arrived.

After Tao Yao entered the palace, the Military Intelligence Department was the fifth girl in charge.

She was petite, and her scarlet robe was cut a few sizes smaller, which made her look both heroic and inevitably cute.

The etiquette is a regular rule, and there is nothing to be picky about, and the fifth girl said to Li Congjing: "Xiazhou has secret envoys with the Khitan. ”

Li Congjing didn't feel strange about this, but Shi Jingjiao couldn't avoid it in the end, and he bowed to the fate of the Khitan, "Is there any sign of the transfer of troops and horses in Xiazhou?" Can the Military Intelligence Department find out when Xia Zhou intends to use troops in Hexi? ”

"This autumn as early as possible, next year as late as possible." The fifth girl replied, her delicate brow a little solemn.

Li Congjing pondered for a moment, and suddenly smiled, "It seems that this battle in Hexi will be extremely fierce." ”

Li Congjing's hunch was not wrong, because in the autumn of the second year of Dingding, a person ran south from the grassland alone and came to Luoyang to join Li Congjing.

Seeing this person, Li Congjing knew that Hexi, the northern grasslands, and the Western Regions were destined to be turbulent in the coming year, and there was a great movement no less than that of the early Tang Dynasty.

It may even be that the great movement of the three generations of the early Tang Dynasty will happen in just a few years.