Li Yuanxing, the flagship's large conference room, was the first to come, because he didn't have anything very important and worthy of a meeting.

There are nine ports in the South Seas, which is more exciting for Datang than digging nine huge gold mines.

In just half a month, Chang'an, Huating, Jingzhou, Guangzhou, Qiongya, Halong Bay, Tainan County, Luzon Island, Haiya City, and Malacca. Until Palembang, as well as the radio stations of the nine major Nanyang ports, they were set up, and the number of workers in Huating had exceeded 200,000.

Several major shipyards have led to the development of many peripheral industries.

Sailing ships are still the mainstream ships in the offshore waters, small in size and fast in speed, pulling one or two hundred tons of cargo for offshore trade.

Even if you go to Goguryeo, or Wado, there is no problem.

The mainstream merchant ships in the South Seas, armed merchant ships are still 500 to 800 tons, two steam engines and four steam classes.

The fastest can reach the speed of the seventeen knots of the later generations. It is almost 120 miles per hour, and it only takes two days and one night to travel from Huating to Luzon.

Industrial shipbuilding, 800-ton wooden ship, can be completed in three months.

A large shipyard is basically in the dry dock of a dozen or so, dozens of ships at the same time. A small fast inland sea ship with a tonnage of 200 tons and two steam engines can be built in a month. Sailing takes about two months.

"Your Highness, it's about to be the Mid-Autumn Festival!" Cui Junsu was the first to come to the conference room.

Li Yuanxing didn't look back, but sighed: "It's almost the New Year again." That's fast! ”

Cui Junsu is talking about the Mid-Autumn Festival, but Li Yuanxing is talking about the New Year. The two sentences are not related, and there seems to be no connection. Cui Junsu understood that Li Yuanxing was afraid that he was saying that another year was about to pass.

"Is Your Highness going back to Chang'an?" Cui Junsu asked again.

Li Yuanxing shook his head gently: "After these nine ports have a prototype, let's go back." ”

Speaking of this, Li Yuanxing suddenly said again: "Counting the time, Lan Yue should be born." After asking, Li Yuanxing patted his head lightly: "Wrong, this should be asked by Wei Changshi." ”

Cui Junsu smiled and nodded, speaking from Li Yuanxing's tone. This young King Qin seems to be making some difficult decision. There was a bit of a trance on his expression.

Someone came again, Cui Junsu sat in his place and didn't say anything more?

"Uncle Fifth Emperor, you have to personally approve an armed merchant ship of 1,800 tons. I'm in my heart now. That's all there is to it. Li Chengqian entered the house. After giving a salute. He spoke very directly.

Li Yuanxing smiled, he knew what Li Chengqian meant.

If you don't let me be the crown prince, that is, the throne will have nothing to do with me in the future. I don't ask for too much. But why should the big ship give me one, I will go and expand the territory.

Li Ke came in after him and sat down without saying a word.

Li Ke understands better than Li Chengqian that some things cannot be fought for by oneself. You can't fight for the throne, and neither can the big ship. The 1,800-ton ships are only rationed to the military at the moment, and it is extremely difficult to produce, and all the 1,800-ton ships in Datang add up to more than a dozen.

"Sit!" Li Yuanxing motioned for Li Chengqian to sit down first.

Soon, the conference room was full, and Pei Xi led the guards to stand guard at the door.

In this room, there are more than a dozen Wang Jue, and of course, Li Mo, who can't walk or speak, is also one. The other two have been a little uncomfortable in recent days, so they stayed in the room and let the medical officer take care of them.

All the curtains were closed, and Li Yuanxing stood in the middle. Qiu Xiang and Yuan Chun came over and took the cloth on a five-foot-high object in the middle, it was a blue ball with many patterns on it, and the people present could recognize what this ball was, less than ten people.

"Here, this is Datang, and here is Chang'an. This is the Qiong Cliff, the sea cliff here. Here, it's Palembang! After Li Yuanxing finished speaking, he took three steps back and leaned on the table, and slowly picked up a cigarette.

Everyone stared at the ball and didn't move.

Qiu Xiang whispered beside Cui Yingying: "Princess Ying, this is Australia, Melbourne is here!" ”

Australia, which is larger than the land area of Datang, how many fiefs are thousands of miles?

Qiu Xiang used a line on the globe to make a comparison, and the Melbourne area is like a sheep's ear on a sheep's body compared to the whole of Australia.

"Leave your fiefdom alone." Li Yuanxing stood in front of the globe again, gently turned the globe with his hand, and slapped it on the globe: "Here, it is the South Sea." With a wealth no less than that of the Tang Dynasty, here Benwang is ready to play a small game that is not considered complicated. ”

"Your Highness, please!" Li Ke actually called His Royal Highness, not the Fifth Emperor Uncle.

"I'm the Qin Palace, the Tang Army. In addition to the Feather Forest, the Battle Flying Boat, and the main battleship. Everything can be leased to the outside world, as long as you can get enough rent, the navy's second-class capital warships, that is, all ships under 2,000 tons, can be leased to any one. ”

Li Yuanxing's words startled everyone.

"Crimson Guard, that's the King of Land War. Thunder Rider and other thirteen riders, that is the king of the plains. Jiaolong Army, there is no combat power in the sea that can be hostile to them, with these, the whole world is invincible. Each prince and duke will have an independent fief, and several counts will also have a joint fief, of course, they can also be sealed in the place of the king. But, how much can these be sealed. Cui Shangshu, this king asks you, how much can you share? ”

Cui Junsu stared at the globe, his eyes breathing fire.

After hearing Li Yuanxing's question, he said word by word: "Outside the Tang Dynasty, the world is big." Even if even the viscount and baron are sealed, it is only one-tenth of the world, unless His Highness says that there is still a territory of the Tang Dynasty in this world! ”

Li Yuanxing almost fainted.

Cui Junsu is a literati and has never been on the battlefield. But what he said was more ruthless than Cheng Motou.

In Cui Junsu's eyes, everything that appears on the map is Datang's, and it depends on how the Datang people divide it.

Li Yuanxing shook his head with a smile and patted Europe: "Here, once as glorious as the Han Dynasty, the Roman Empire. Their territory is larger than that of our Han Dynasty. Today, the successor of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, is also a great power. ”

"Your Highness, how did Rome come to an end?" Cui Yingying asked curiously.

"This, it needs to be studied again. It is reliably said that the Han Dynasty destroyed the Xiongnu, and later the Huns fled, destroying the Roman Empire by the way. also beat the Tianzhu people full of bags, of course, this still needs more historical data to prove it! ”

Li Yuanxing said it, then there must be a spectrum, and everyone here believes it.

"The Romans are so weak!" Cui Yingying said casually. Many of the younger ones smiled, but the older ones had serious faces, especially the eldest grandson Wuji, whose eyes were fixed on the island of Great Britain.

"King Qin, how about Cheng Qian's fief here?" The eldest grandson Wuji directly asked for it.

"There, there are still small countries, and there are more troubles. You must know that Christianity is the mainstream religion there, and the kings there are still subservient to the church, and even launched the so-called holy war more than once to exterminate all infidels. ”

Li Yuanxing briefly talked about the history of Great Britain.

Li Chengqian stood up violently: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, Chengqian requests to be sealed here." Cheng Qian has never heard of Christianity, but he knows that those who do not believe in our Tang Taoism are pagans who are bound to be exterminated! ”

Li Chengqian bit the word pagan very strongly.

Li Yuanxing sighed softly: "That's it, it's for you." It's just that the fifth uncle suggested that you start infiltrating from trade, concessions, and ports first. Don't be in a hurry to start a war, it will take a month or two to reach Chang'an City and the sea route. There is no need to be anxious, and there is no urgency, the lives of the people of Datang are very precious! ”

Li Chengqian nodded heavily.

The eldest grandson Wuji bowed beside him, which represented the advent of Li Chengqian's era of the real king.

Your eldest grandson's family has a plan, is there no talent in my Xiao family?

"A certain Xiao Ping, on behalf of the prince Li Ke begged for a seal!" The people behind Li Ke also stood up. Li Ke clenched his fists tightly, what he wanted was also his future.

"Pick!" Li Yuanxing sat calmly on the side.

"Here!"

Looking at the position Xiao Ping was pointing to, Li Yuanxing was stunned. That's Egypt, and it's northeastern Egypt.

Judging from Li Yuanxing's reaction, Xiao Ping knew that he had found a treasure, and bowed: "My Xiao family is willing to spend all their wealth and open a canal here." It is no more than 200 miles, and according to the information bought from Princess Mingyue, this country has a population of several million, employing 300,000 people, and in less than three years, it will be able to dig a 200-mile-long canal. And Princess Mingyue seems to have a very detailed canal design drawing, so 300,000 people, two years! ”

Suez Canal!

Wu Cao, Wu Cao, your heart is too wild!

No! Li Yuanxing shook his head gently, this is not Wu Cao's ambition, Wu Cao just released the news, it should be said that the family of the Tang Dynasty is too wild, and the status here is definitely not inferior to Gaochang, and even higher than Singapore in later generations.

Li Yuanxing didn't answer immediately, and Li Changying also stood up: "Your Highness, North and South America have a total length of one hundred and twenty miles of the Panama Canal. That should belong to Li Jia! Our Li family also has the ability to open a canal. ”

The fiefdom of the Caribbean, of course, has this right and this qualification.

"A certain Zhilu said that Li Suo's fief is at the location of this sea mouth, and the Xiao family and the Lu family are willing to join forces to dig this canal. Fifty-five splits! Xiao Ping said again.

Li Yuanxing shook his head gently: "Five or five points, no." After paying 10% of the tax to the state treasury, let's pay 55 cents, and don't be too ruthless in how you charge for passing boats. That's it, you go play, there is a note, the Tang Navy needs to borrow it in wartime, and this king will not pay you a penny! ”

"Your Highness laughed, the official ships of the Tang Dynasty can naturally pass for free."

"No, it's only free for the navy in wartime, and since the canal has been built, you can go and collect the money. This makes sense. ”

"Your Highness is wise!" Everyone said in unison. (To be continued......)