Standing on the seaside, looking at the sparkling sea in the sun, Li Kuan looked solemn: "Here, this is the place where Datang set sail!" He muttered to himself, no one knew that he had actually chosen many places in his heart as a base for development, but in the end he chose Cangzhou. Because there are people entrenched in other suitable places, Guangzhou in the south, the Feng family has been operating there for decades, and the operation of several generations has made it basically their world, if it were not for the Feng family's generation of head Feng An's firm support when Li Tang was first built, and did not hold high the banner of righteousness like the rest of the anti-Wang Yanchen, Li Er was only in the Central Plains to fight and kill, and this Feng family member who was later named Wu Guogong by Li Yuan and Shangzhu was a family member with great talent and the world.

Of course, this is also because of Feng's family motto, Feng Anqi is the grandson of Gao Liang Taishou Feng Bao and Mrs. Xian of the State of Chen, and the son of Shilong Taishou Feng Servant. When Wang Zhongxuan rebelled, Feng Ang led his army to defeat the rebels and was appointed as the assassin of Gaozhou for his merits. When Feng Ang pacified the rebellion of the bureaucrats of Chaozhou and Chengzhou, he was appointed as the doctor of Jin Ziguanglu and the Taishou of Hanyang for his merits. Later, he followed the former Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty to conquer Liaodong and was promoted to the general of Zuo Wuwei for his merits.

After the death of Sui, he retreated to Guangzhou very decisively, and in the next few years laid a huge foundation for the Feng family, Feng became the nameless king of Nanyue, in this land, the Feng family is the uncrowned king, because of the great power, and is very aware of the current affairs to Li Tang courtiers, so that Li Yuan and Li Er have no reason to do anything to the Feng family, and their family has been guarding the two Guangxi and Nanyue areas, and they will not lightly expand their sphere of influence. This made Li Er very relieved, and he also praised Feng An. Even Li Er's previous actions against the family did not harm the interests of the Feng family in the slightest. It can be seen that Li Er attaches great importance to the Feng family, or is jealous. Of course, Li Kuan didn't know about this, and he had also considered the development of the Liangguang region in the past. But he weighed his current weight, and it turned out that he sadly found that he couldn't move the Feng family, and then he thought about being on the edge of the East China Sea. But it is the territory of the Shandong Family Group, and he can't intervene there, although Li Er has suppressed the family to a certain extent, but it is precisely because of this that Li Kuan can't tease it, otherwise these families who have been holding back their stomachs think that the royal family does not give them a way to live, and they will fight to death. It is not Datang that has lost, and it is not the people of Datang who have suffered. So he would rather come to this bitter cold place - Cangzhou.

Of course, there is another reason why Li Kuan chose this place, that is, it is close to the country of sticks, which is also an important reason. He knew that in the years to come, Li Erhui would conquer Goryeo three times, which was the same as Emperor Yang of Sui, of course, this is also what an emperor who aspires to become the emperor of the ages must do, and no merit can compare to expanding the territory. As long as it opens up the territory for the whole country. For the minister, he must be a very popular minister, and for the king, he will be famous for eternity, how can Li Er not covet such a grand goal? Building a powerful naval army here is a force that must not be overlooked. It will play a big role, Goryeo, Silla. Baekje, one of these three small states on a peninsula northeast of the Tang Dynasty. It has always been the object of coveting by the Central Plains Dynasty.

Li Kuan has a lot to do now, the people's livelihood in Cangzhou. The training of the navy, as well as the overseas layout, all have to be controlled by him, so overseas affairs are arranged and organized by Chen Tuan, as long as he formulates a general outline, otherwise he really can't play with these things as a rookie-level politician. Now that there are ships, and without a suitable navy to control them, these warships are nothing more than a pile of waste, and training the navy has become a priority. So Li Kuan prepared to ask Li Er to send the generals of the Tang Dynasty who could train the navy here to help him train a qualified navy. Now is the time to wait.

"My lord, it's getting late, it's time to go back to the city!" The sun has set in the west, the hour is not early, and the sunset has appeared on the horizon, and the accompanying guards stepped forward and said to Li Kuan.

"Let's go, now we will wait for the imperial court to send suitable generals to train the navy!" Li Kuan looked at the dozens of large ships parked on the shore, which were exchanged for piles of dry bones, during this time countless Japanese slaves were transported here, and their bones were piled up into these warships. Li Kuan didn't care at all about the dead Japanese slaves, he didn't care whether the Japanese slave country at this time was still respectful to the Tang Dynasty, he only knew that the best result was that the extinction of this nation was the best result, and that island country was rich in silver, which was a good colony for the Tang Dynasty. The more this small country is weakened now, the safer it will be in the future. Even the best result is to completely position the country as a slave production area of the Tang Dynasty. It is not easy to slaughter a country and a nation, so that they can slowly be exterminated in slavery.

The horse's hooves galloped, rolling up a burst of yellow dust on this land, Li Kuan rode on the back of chasing clouds, this time he didn't know how long it would take to return to Chang'an, he brought everything he could bring, although it was not like the two maids who emptied the pots and pans in the Chang'an City mansion, but they also brought a lot of things. Take the big dog behind him, for example. This big dog is already six years old, and it has completely grown into a behemoth, and the sharp claws on the huge paws of its feet are retractable, cutting claw marks on the ground. After coming here, this radius of a hundred miles has become its territory, from time to time to run out, a few days and nights do not come back, this time on the way back to meet, Li Kuan took it back, first closed for a few days. This guy is getting wilder and wilder, what if he becomes a wild dog in the future?

Chang'an City, the splendid palace, the glazed tiles sparkling in the sun, Li Erduan sat on the dragon chair, looking at several purple-robed Datang officials below: "Ladies and gentlemen, this letter was sent by the King of Chu from Cangzhou, you can also see, is my Datang still capable of building such a huge naval army now?" Although Li Er let Li Kuan tinker with those things, he didn't expect this guy to play so big, and wanted to build a huge naval army of tens of thousands of people at one time, dozens of warships, and 3,000 people on each battleship, which Li Er never thought of. In his opinion, in this land, it is enough to have an almost invincible Tang Dynasty iron cavalry, what Goryeo, what Zhaowu Jiu, what Xue Yantuo, what Tubo, these are all countries on land, as long as the army pushes up, then it will be done. What kind of water army are you doing? There are no enemies on the water!

"Holy Lord, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is considering this, the old minister has been thinking about it recently, the Tang Dynasty already has enough strength on land, enough to resist foreign enemies, but the water power is slightly weaker, and it is necessary to have appropriate reserves!" Fang Xuanling bowed back and said.

"That's true, Your Majesty, although the Tang Dynasty is now enough to look at the Quartet, but its strength on the water is weak, not enough to defend against foreign enemies! If an enemy invades from the water, it is a great hidden danger! Xiao Yu also agreed.

"Oh! At sea, that small country of Japanese slaves? Li Er's face was groaning.

"It's not just the Japanese slave country, it's also Goryeo!" Zhang Daliang, the most familiar general in the Tang Dynasty, lives in Qinglongfang, and has hundreds of righteous sons in the early Tang Dynasty.

"Goryeo, the Goryeo Navy is nothing compared to my Tang Navy Army!" Li Er said nonchalantly.

"Your Majesty, indeed, their combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning compared to us, but compared to the people of the Tang Dynasty, it is too much surpassed! If when we go to Goryeo in the future, these sailors harass our Tang Haijiang by boat, then it will definitely cause great damage. Most of our Datang naval forces are fighting in the rivers, and if they are not used to naval warfare, they will definitely suffer losses in the future! Moreover, the ships of His Royal Highness the King of Chu should be the best warships in the Tang Dynasty now, and they are the most suitable for fighting on the sea. Zhang Daliang analyzed.

"In that case, then Zhang Aiqing, tell me how much national money is needed for such a naval army from grass creation to maturity? Can Datang afford it now? Li Er is most worried about this aspect, he is not afraid of the number of people, nor is he afraid of the combat power, because he believes that as long as such a navy is established, it will be enough to resist the water power of these surrounding countries, but the cost of this is too huge, the ship is there, but the army's food and grass, military salaries are a large amount of money and food expenditure, can Datang hold it now!

"This, Your Majesty, such a huge naval army, Weichen doesn't know how much is needed, and the equipment needed for sea operations and river operations is probably not the same, the sea is too wide, unlike the inland rivers, even if they are far apart, they are only dozens of zhang, but the sea is far more than that. Therefore, on such a warship, equipment such as a slap rod will not work, and it is necessary to have weapons for long-range strikes, such as the Eight Bull Crossbow, how much equipment is on each ship, Wei Chen has not seen the ships of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, so he can't estimate it, but it must be a big expense. Zhang Daliang replied.

"But no matter what, it must also be established, because in recent years, the coastal state capitals have been reflecting that there are some unknown ships trading at sea, although on the land of the Tang Dynasty they will pay taxes according to the regulations, but what about at sea? This is the loss of the Tang Dynasty, although the ships used by these people are not big, but they are very fast, and the sailors deployed by the imperial court on the seashore are simply not what they can't do! Moreover, the imperial court has no way to find out the origin of these people, these people are very skillful, and our investigation cannot be in-depth at all, and we cannot directly arrest people. Fang Xuanling also agreed to form a naval army: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu explained that the speed of the ships in his hands has greatly increased, and he may be able to catch up with those ships and figure out where they are coming from!" (To be continued......)