"Of course not!"

Li Yuanba shook his head and said with a sly smile: "The people of the Salt Gang told me that Yang Yong had appeared in Ryukyu three months ago. Although Ryukyu is far away from my Datang Pass, it is our Datang territory after all! I don't think it's better to do this, so my brother will go to Ryukyu to arrest Yang Hui, and as for Li You, let him stay in Ryukyu! What happens in the future depends on his creation! ”

"Ryukyu!"

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes, recalled carefully, and said, "I remember that Ryukyu is an archipelago country, right?" It is a subordinate state of our Da Tang Dynasty, located in the eastern sea, and seems to include the Osumi Islands, Tugara, and ...... That place is not big, but if you want to find Yang Jun on it, it is not an easy task! ”

"Yes!" Li Yuanba bowed slightly, "That's why the subordinate brother asked you for a supervision order to allow the subordinate brother to open a shipyard!" ”

"In the places near the East China Sea and the South China Sea, didn't our imperial court open a lot of shipyards?" Before Li Shimin could speak, the eldest grandson Wuji took the lead in raising this question.

You must know that it takes a lot of money to start a shipyard, because it is a money-burning business in itself. It's not that this problem is serious, but it does exist, so it is understandable for Eldest Sun Wuji to raise this issue.

Li Yuanba naturally has his own plans, if he just goes to Penghu or Ryukyu, an ordinary wooden boat must be fine, but what if he wants to fight other continents? With Li Shimin's character, if he knew about the existence of other continents, he would definitely not be limited to the land of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, what Li Yuanba is doing now is just to take precautions and prepare to visit other continents in advance.

"Brother Huang, if you believe me, you will allow me a coastal place, and in half a year, ships will enter the sea. And it's a ship that our Datang has never seen! "Li Yuanba is very confident.

Li Shimin's eyes flickered, and he said, "Don't we have ready-made warships in Datang?" ”

Li Yuanba shook his head and said, "Ryukyu is an archipelago country, and none of us know what we will encounter there. Just in case, it's better to prepare in many ways! ”

"Okay, Sanshui, you go and get my Tang Territory Map quickly!" After all, Li Shimin didn't want his son to die like this, and after thinking for a while, he ordered Liu Sanshui to get the topographic map of the Tang Dynasty.

"Da Da Da ......"

After only a few breaths, a topographic map that had been reduced countless times was held into the main hall by Liu Sanshui. Spread out on the smooth floor of the main hall.

Everyone in the main hall gathered around, looking at this condensed map of the Tang Dynasty's territory, the expressions on everyone's faces were different.

Li Shimin pointed to the coastal and riverside areas of the Tang Dynasty and said: "Choose, anywhere, as long as it is what you want, I can give it to you!" ”

Li Yuanba looked at the map, and he didn't know where to pull out a thin metal stick and draw a small circle on the map.

"Here it is...... Dengzhou? Fang Xuanling glanced at Du Ruhui. His eyes lit up and he said.

"Not bad!" Li Yuanba bowed slightly, and there was even a hint of smugness on his face.

Dengzhou, that is, the Shandong region of later generations of China. It is located in the area of the Shandong Peninsula.

This place is special because it connects to the Bohai Sea, a three-sided bad land that is almost equivalent to the inland sea of the East Asian continent. Only one Bohai Strait is connected to the Yellow Sea, and the narrowest part of the strait is only more than 200 miles.

Of course. The Jiaodong Peninsula in the north of the current Bohai Sea was occupied by Goguryeo, while the Shandong Peninsula in the south was the territory of the Tang Dynasty. On the dividing line of the sea strait.

So for this geographical location and its superior place, Li Yuanba has already started the ghost idea here a long time ago.

"It doesn't seem that there is a fief given to anyone here, right?" Li Shimin glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji and said.

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded and said, "That's true!" ”

Nonsense, no matter how you say it, it is close to Goguryeo, and the people of Goguryeo are fierce, and there will always be soldiers of Goguryeo disguised as pirates to come here by boat to loot wildly, and over the years, Dengzhou, Qingyang, Kuoding and other counties can be said to have been ravaged by pirates.

Fortunately, the government soldiers of Henan Province are far more powerful than those of other state roads, and the history of Dengzhou's assassination is also very talented, which is why Dengzhou is governed quite clearly.

"Well, I remember that there are shipyards in Dengzhou, and after a detailed inspection by the household department today, I will hand over these shipyards to you to manage!" Li Shimin thought about it carefully, then nodded and agreed.

"In this way, I want to thank the imperial brother!" Li Yuanba is very satisfied with this result.

"Okay, then half a year, Yu'er...... Oh, Li You will abolish the throne of the prince and close the mansion! Li Shimin waved the sleeves of his robe and continued: "I'm tired, let's retreat!" ”

"Sons (ministers) retire!"

Li Chengqian and a group of courtiers respectfully saluted Li Shimin and respectfully withdrew from the Liangyi Palace.

……

Out of the Liangyi Palace, Li Yuanba did not return to the palace, but went directly out of the city and came to the Shenji Mansion.

Originally, after returning from the Tianfeng Mountain Hunting Ground, Li Yuanba wanted to go to the Shenji Mansion to have a look. After all, after returning from Jiangzhou for such a long time, Li Yuanba only mobilized some firearms from the arsenal of Shenji Mansion before going to Tianfeng Mountain, and as for other places, he didn't have time to take a turn at all.

Lin Wei, the head of the Shenji Mansion, had actually been waiting for Li Yuanba in front of the gate of the Ministry of Industry for a long time.

It's really too bad for this master to come here, and he often comes to raid or something, Lin Wei is not worried that Li Yuanba will find something, after all, the entire master of the Shenji Mansion is him, and there is nothing to hide from him.

However, at this moment, Lin Wei's psychology is like that of a primary school student in Li Yuanba's previous life, which is simply a psychology in which students are afraid of teachers and subordinates are afraid of superiors. Someone reported it in advance, so I had something to prepare.

"Xiaguan has seen the prince!"

Lin Wei, who was standing at the door, immediately saluted Li Yuanba as soon as he saw him come in.

"Well, excuse me!" Li Yuanba helped Lin Wei up, he looked at some of the shots in the Ministry of Industry, and said with some surprise: "Lin Wei, I didn't expect that I haven't seen him for so many days, and the Shenji Mansion has also changed a lot!" ”

Lin Wei smiled lightly and said, "It's because the prince doesn't come often, but the lower officials don't see any changes in our mansion." ”

"You're just too restrained!" Li Yuanba shook his head and said, "What new things have been produced in the mansion recently?" ”

Lin Wei shook his head and said, "There has never been anything new, but I have encountered a problem!" ”

"Oh? There are so many capable people in the Ministry of Industry, and there are still problems that have not been solved? Li Yuanba looked at Lin Wei's words with some surprise and said.

Lin Wei didn't speak, but just led Li Yuanba to the Weaving Division in charge of forging.

The current Weaving Division is a little special, because most of the craftsmen in the Weaving Division at this moment are high-grade officials, and they are all because of their exquisite skills, and the firearms manufactured by the Shenji Mansion since its establishment have their credit.

It seems that they are promoted to officials, technical officials with positions, and as for their specific work content, they are far more than ordinary technicians of the Ministry of Industry, and they are just functions used to build.

Most of the time, they are working on various techniques and improving their craft.

When he came to the weaving department, Li Yuanba looked around curiously.

There is a big difference between this place and a few months ago, not only the area of the workshop has become larger, but also the area has been divided according to the different types of forging items.

Just what Li Yuanba saw by himself, there were porcelain-making, fine carving, calcination, garment-making, etc., and there were at least seven or eight people in each area who were busy working inside, and the hot scene seemed to be very busy.

And the place where Lin Wei wants to take Li Yuanba is in the innermost part of the weaving division, which is the most important smelting area.

At least a dozen zhang away, Li Yuanba saw several blast furnaces standing there, and there were at least twenty people walking back and forth on the stove or the high platform built next to the stove.

"What's that?" For such a blast furnace, Li Yuanba really didn't think about it for a while.

"Lord Wang, that's a blast furnace for smelting!" Lin Wei hurriedly replied.

"Oh!"

Li Yuanba nodded, and suddenly remembered, in fact, the technology of blast furnace ironmaking has appeared as early as the Han Dynasty, and it has developed quite maturely in the Tang Dynasty, especially the iron material that is also practiced by this ironmaking method is indeed stronger than the previous iron-smelting technology.

"Ren Wei, director of the Ministry of Industry, and Liu Changqing, director of the Weaving Department, have seen the chief manager! Ah, I've seen the prince! ”

The two principals of the Ministry of Industry and the Weaving Department immediately ran forward to salute when they saw Lin Wei, the chief manager.

This was close, and I finally noticed Li Yuanba.

The supreme leader of the Shenji Mansion, including Li Yuanba, the lord of the mansion, is only seven in total. Why is there only one weaving division that has four of them, what the hell is going on? What exactly did they have a problem with?

Shaking his head, Li Yuanba shook this thought out of his head, waved his hand and said, "Two bosses, please be polite!" ”

Although both of them are high-level officials of the Shenji Mansion, they are not young in age, the old brothers are all in the age of sixties, and now the faces of these two are not very good, their hair is a little messy, and their eyes are bloodshot, which looks a little scary.

The two elders stood up, and a faint hint of excitement flashed in the eyes of Liu Changqing, the chief director of the weaving department.

After all, the Shenji Mansion was made by Li Yuanba, coupled with the various designs that Li Yuanba left to the Shenji Mansion before, although it was very difficult to manufacture, but that kind of design drawing, let alone thinking about it, was simply unheard of.

Therefore, they are still full of expectations for Li Yuanba to overcome the current difficulty. (To be continued......)