For China's typical inland farming civilization social form, the ocean is not a very happy word, like all farming peoples, in the case of vast territory and sufficient land, the Chinese living in the Chinese mainland have not clearly understood and learned the importance of the ocean from ancient times to the present, and the ocean seems to be a less important term for the Chinese, whether ancient or modern.

Although China has the concept of naval warfare very early, and even the concept of sea landing warfare, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered Goryeo, he used this tactic, 50,000 Han troops crossed the sea from Shandong and other places under the transportation of sea ships and landed directly on the Korean Peninsula, this battle occurred during the Han-Hungarian War, although it also achieved a great victory, but because the great victory in the grassland theater was too brilliant and dazzling, so that it was covered up by it, and did not have a great impact on the future war.

After that, the more famous water battle will be the Battle of Chibi, the Eastern Wu defeated Cao Cao's army with the water army, the water combat skills of the Eastern Wu naval army are very superb, and later 10,000 Eastern Wu soldiers crossed the Taiwan Strait and landed on the island of Taiwan; But note that it is a navy, not a navy, and the concept of the navy in ancient China is not clear, even if there was a modern navy at the end of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was still called a navy.

During the Song Dynasty, maritime trade flourished, but even at that time, the Chinese government believed that sailors were only needed in the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, and did not put the technology of commercial sea ships into a real navy, and fighting on the Yangtze River and fighting at sea were completely different concepts. Naval divisions and navies are also two different attributes, but from the beginning to the end, the ancient Chinese government did not have a clear sense of naval coastal defense and sea power.

The famous Ming Dynasty Zheng He's Western movement was only to promote national prestige and understand the outside world, and it did not make the military and political economic development of the Ming Dynasty, let alone colonization, the Ming Dynasty was like this, not to mention the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so. Throughout. The Haijiang, Haili, Haiphong, and Navy have always been the second-level development objects that have not been taken seriously, so that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was powerless to fight back when they were beaten by "guests" from the sea.

Therefore, it is not difficult for Suning to understand the unprecedented shock that Li Ermajesty expressed when he saw this world map. Truly. The emperor talked about the ocean on the horse of a lifetime. It is indeed a discordant topic, China's emperors and generals basically gave priority to land warfare, and the Tang Dynasty's frontier expansion movement was also mainly on land. It did not involve the maritime frontier, and Li Ermajesty was certainly no exception, having ruled the world for decades, and had never participated in commanding a water battle, let alone a naval battle.

The world is so broadcast, and Datang is so small, am I just a frog at the bottom of a well before? This land is dozens of times larger than Datang? The world is so big, how can it be? The shock that this world map brought to Li Erma, the king of the land, was like this, so that for more than an hour, Li Ermaxi did not say a word.

His reaction was expected by Suning, yesterday after the elders of the Li Tang royal family went back, they heard that one of them was too excited and fainted, and the family went to the palace to ask for an explanation, and Li Erma came to Suning to ask for an explanation, and Suning dedicated the world map to Li Erma as a statement.

"Sue me, is this true?" Li Er's majesty said abruptly.

"Of course it's true, the minister believes in the master, that's all." Suning replied very blandly.

"Why didn't you take it out in the past, but only now?" Li Erma then asked.

"In the past, the main target of the Tang Dynasty was the Turks in the north, and the recent target was the Western Regions and Tibet, and now the Western Regions and Tibet are on the right track, and the Jiangnan development plan is in full swing, and he was forced by His Majesty to give those uncles and uncles a little benefit, it is the right time." Suning is still calm.

"Is the world really so big? Are there really so many foreign countries? Is the Borderlands really so vast? Can you really exchange porcelain for huàn gold? There was a hint of tremor in Li Er's voice.

"Seriously." Suning is just two short words.

"How many people, how many boats, how many supplies, and for how long?" Li Ermajesty asked four questions in a row.

"The more people, the better, the bigger the ship, the better, the more materials, the better, the time is uncertain, the minister is not very clear, to look at the distance on this map to decide, the master did not mention the time, but told the minister that the storm at sea is extremely violent, once it happens, it also involves the problem of the wind and the wind and the current, if there is no personal inspection, it is difficult to say." Suning said honestly, how can he know how long it will take to reach Australia and the United States by sailboat? However, the problem of tailwinds, headwinds and ocean currents is still known a little, thanks to the geography of the Celestial Empire......

Li Er nodded his head: "So you want to let the royal family inspect it?" ”

Suning did not shy away from it: "How can there be a good thing in the world where money falls while lying at home?" Want benefits without paying a little price? Which is so easy? No matter who it is, don't want to get benefits without paying, they are just the first batch, and when they come back and explore the way, they can let all the people in Datang who have such ideas go to the sea to do business, Jiangnan can develop rapidly, and the population will quickly migrate over, and the court does not need to spend too much effort, just pay attention to tax collection. ”

"Will a lot of people die?" Li Ermajesty asked.

Suning smiled: "How can there be an immortal who creates a foundation?" This is especially true at sea, if there is a storm, it is possible that the whole army will be wiped out, good luck, a person may not die, of course, there is no drinking water at sea, the sea water is bitter and can not be drunk, you need to bring enough water, and, the master also said, it is best to bring some fruit over, it seems that if you don't eat fruit at sea for a period of time, you will die, not saved, I don't know why, of course, tea seems to be able to be replaced. ”

Li Erqi lowered his head and thought for a while, and asked: "The sea is vast, if you can't see the sun on a cloudy day, how can you tell the direction?" This sea is so vast, once you get lost, there will be no return, and Datang can't afford such a loss. ”

Suning thought that too, the compass was invented in the Song Dynasty, but ......

"Sinan." Suning said.

"Sinan? Also, Sinan can point the way. As long as you use Sinan, and this map, there should be no problem if you want to reach the destination, but the time is not very sure, well, since the ownerless land is so vast as you said, if I send troops to occupy it, it can be included as the territory, so how to govern it? If it's a long distance, I'm afraid it's not easy to govern. "Li Ermajesty is worthy of being a madman who pioneered the territory, and his dedication to the land area is very firm.

"陛xià. The so-called car must have a road before reaching the mountain. The boat is naturally straight to the bridge, and the minister can't give any answer now, and it's not too late to talk about it when we really get to that point, besides. These islands. It's very close to Datang. It's not a problem to be directly included in the jurisdiction, and it can also speed up the development of Lingnan, Guangzhou and other places, right? Suning pointed to the island countries in Southeast Asia, where the monkeys were probably still drinking blood.

Li Erqi nodded approvingly. After pondering for a while, he quickly raised his head and asked with bright eyes: "Can you really exchange porcelain for gold?" ”

Is this guy out of sight?

Suning said helplessly: "Your Majesty, it's more important than these to expand the territory, isn't it?" As long as I Datang occupies all these lands, not only the manpower needed for labor transformation is complete, everything there is Datang's, don't say anything else, just take it, but the key is how to occupy those lands! ”

Li Erxi coughed a few times, glared at Suning with embarrassment, and asked, "Then you say, how to occupy?" No, how to bring the prestige of the Tang Dynasty to those wild and uncivilized places and civilize those barbarians? ”

Pretty! That's the kind of spirit you want! Such an emperor is the best!

Suning said excitedly: "Water army!" No, fighting in the sea should be called a navy! Use a huge ship as a warship, install all long-range attack weapons such as crossbows and trebuchets on the big ships, and then equip soldiers with long-range weapons such as crossbows, and attach long and thick iron rods to the hull of the ship, and sharpen the head to be used in hand-to-hand combat to ram the enemy ship!

Select soldiers who are familiar with water to enter the navy, form a strong navy, first occupy this large island, and then slowly talk about the rest, the candidate for this soldier can be selected in Jiangnan and other places, the land of Wu Yue, since ancient times, there are elite soldiers, doesn't Datang plan to set up a military government in Jiangnan? This is just right, the military government in Jiangnan can be set up as a naval military office, specializing in training naval soldiers, establishing a seaport, and so on. ”

Li Erqi nodded again and again, and then said: "When the road is discovered, you can let the navy go to sea to fight and take all those ownerless lands as the territory of my Datang, right?" ”

Suning nodded: "The west of the Tang Dynasty still needs to be operated now, whether it is the Anxi Protectorate or Tubo and other places, it will take a period of time to operate, and the population of the Tang Dynasty is no longer enough to continue to let the Tang army expand to the west, and the country there is also very strong, if there is a war, the logistics of the Tang Dynasty will be very difficult, and the reinforcements will not arrive quickly, so it is unwise, only after the Western Regions and Tubo are cleaned up, the entire Western Regions will be included as the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so that the Tang Dynasty can have a stable rear and continue to expand to the west."

And this period of time will certainly not be short, rather than doing nothing, it is better to start building the navy, open up maritime trade routes, the Silk Road and the Western Turkic trade route and the Xue Yantuo trade route are no longer able to accommodate more private merchants, because we have other things to do, but the sea is different, we don't know anything except this map, it is the time to explore, so, let the people spontaneously organize a large fleet to go to sea, if you make a lot of money back, one pass ten, ten pass hundred, this road will inevitably not be a maritime Silk Road! ”

"Maritime Silk Road?" Li Erma's eyes lit up.

Suning replied excitedly: "That's right, the Maritime Silk Road, when the time comes, the land and sea will not delay, gather the power of Jiangbei to expand the north and the west, the power of Jiangnan to expand the east and the south, two ways to march, Jiangbei soldiers for the horse army, Jiangnan soldiers for the navy, each performing its own duties, their own development, if the maritime business can bring huge benefits, the Tang Dynasty's finances will be further relaxed, increase efforts to develop Jiangnan and Shandong, and use a considerable part of the development of the new territory in the west."

Also, Majesty, hasn't Majesty always wanted to clean up Goguryeo? When Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty, Yang Fu, the general of the building boat, led an army of 50,000 across the sea to attack North Korea, and destroyed it, although Yang Fu was not good, but the military ability was still very strong, this person was good at using the sailor, and traveled by boat, and made miraculous achievements, which was also very enlightening for me and the Tang Dynasty.

Goguryeo is located in the northeast, the former Sui three expeditions were defeated, making it extremely wary of the Central Plains, the former Sui offensive line has been mastered, if I Datang marched from the land, it will inevitably go through again, will inevitably be delayed by its full preparations, the northeast is extremely cold in winter, if the war is dragged on to winter, it is very unfavorable to my Datang, is to achieve a complete victory, not only to march from the land to contain its main army, but also to attack Goguryeo from the sea by sea, two ways to attack, so that the end can not be taken into account!

At that time, Goguryeo will inevitably divide its troops into two ways to defend our army, the defense of the main force of our army will inevitably be reduced, the resistance to our land advance will inevitably be weakened, and it will be relatively easy to attack, and its main force and strong army will be concentrated in the north, and our army will land on Goguryeo itself from the south of Goguryeo with its navy and part of the army, and its defense will inevitably be not strict, and it will definitely be able to go down to many places in one battle! Hit him off guard! (To be continued......)