The era of sea power?

Pang Tong chewed on the word, and naturally thought:

"Then I'm waiting for this time, it's the era of land power?"

Kong Ming rubbed his legs and changed to a more comfortable sitting position, shook his head and said:

"This era varies from person to person and country to country, so I want to come to ......"

"As long as one country can sail the sea, then this battle for sea power is not far off."

"Knock on the door of other countries with strong ships, enslave their people, and ......"

Kong Ming couldn't go on, that future was really terrifying, but it seemed to be close at hand.

Just summed up with a slightly heavy face:

"If there is no strong ship to defend the sea, it can only be reduced to fish and meat."

Judging from what happened to the younger generations, there is no doubt that the Chinese people of later generations have experienced a lot of hardships.

But who would have thought that this ordeal would come from here?

But if you think about the giant ship that helped General Yun Chang capture Jingxiang, Kong Ming felt that the fleet deserved to have such power.

At this time, Kong Ming still remembered the aircraft carrier that had not been mentioned for a long time in later generations.

This thing is not only the ocean but also the mother of navigation, Kong Ming already has a faint guess in his heart.

Although I can't figure it out for a while, I can faintly detect the horror in it.

Zhang Fei didn't care much about this, he cared about another name:

"Brother, then wouldn't we be able to call this giant island of the Japanese Kingdom the homeland of the pre-Qin Dynasty in the name of Xu Fu?"

Listening to the third brother's thoughts, Liu Bei was instantly shocked:

"Huh? How can this be done? ”

"Of course, it seems to be possible."

Zhang Fei was still indignant over there:

"The culture of the Han and Tang dynasties...... fruit, as a result, turned out to be a white-eyed wolf and a man. ”

Liu Bei nodded slightly, but finally said:

"It's a long way off...... The top priority at the moment is to restore the old capital, and after regaining the Central Plains, then find a good place to build sea ships in Guangling or Beihai. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Bei's mood was slightly agitated.

In fact, many things will be clear this year, as long as Guanzhong can be restored, there are trade routes in the Western Regions, and the fertile soil in China will not be far away.

And after the real revival of the Han Dynasty, many of today's plans have the basis for realization.

……

"Control the sea routes and monopolize cross-sea trade."

Li Shimin muttered and repeated the words of his juniors.

The cause and effect of this is not complicated.

The Tang Dynasty followed the Qin and Han dynasties, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business.

However, in the early Tang Dynasty, the western trade route was opened to the west, and Haidong at least ensured the authority of the Tang Dynasty, and the tributes in the south did not care but were never broken.

In this case, the identity of the Tang people has become the best pass, and all the four sides are the concubines of the Tang Dynasty, and they have nothing to do with each other, and the merchants are naturally popular.

However, the Tang Dynasty's household registration system firmly pinned the people to the territory, and unless they were called to go on the expedition or had a legitimate reason to travel far away, they could only go around in the territory for the rest of their lives, birth, old age, sickness and death.

But the hukou system did not apply to the Hu people, and these "New Tang people" enjoyed the great convenience brought by the great power and martial virtues of the Tang Dynasty, and grabbed a lot of wealth by doing business.

And...... Li Shimin felt that if he didn't know the stakes, most of them, from the Son of Heaven to the officials, would be happy with the status quo of the people farming and doing business.

However, according to the later generations, the profits obtained by this sea-going merchant are secondary.

Li Shimin sat there and watched quietly, and was completely silent, his expression could not show joy and anger, but everyone who was familiar with it knew it, which showed that there was a war between heaven and man in his heart.

After all, what the light curtain said now is very straightforward, and the few words are all questions about the national policy pursued by this land for hundreds of years.

This is a question of the foundation of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the adjustment or change in the relationship, no matter how small, will inevitably cause turbulent waves when it is finally implemented in the world, so Li Shimin cannot be cautious.

Du Ruhui also thought carefully, and when he turned his head, he saw that Fang Xuanling was still writing the paper on the other side after transcribing the words of the light curtain.

When I poked my head out, I saw a full circle of numbers.

"Xuan Ling, this is?" Du Ruhui couldn't understand it.

"Tomorrow, Keming will follow me to Wannian County."

Fang Xuanling was calculating, looking at the numbers on the paper worriedly, and at the same time explained in a low voice:

"Many of the words of later generations are university questions."

"The more I reminisce about the Malthusian trap, the more profound it becomes."

"I used arithmetic to hastily calculate my fifty years of Tang Dynasty."

Seeing that his face was heavy, Du Ruhui couldn't help but get nervous:

"How?"

Fang Xuanling didn't explain at this time, just shook his head and said:

"Tomorrow with me to Wannian County, half a month later, I may use arithmetic to advise Your Majesty and open the sea."

Du Ruhui's eyes widened, he knew very well how kind the old friend next to him usually was, unless he encountered something vital to life and death, most of them adhered to a "non-fight".

At this time, looking at the attitude of the old friend, you can know that the situation is serious, so he also became nervous, nodded and said:

"Okay."

[Another important reason can be attributed to geographical reasons.]

The southern seas of China are the largest group of islands in the world.

This group of islands stretches from the Andaman Sea in the west, the Philippines in the east, Taiwan Island in the north, and Australia in the south.

Cloves, nutmeg, sandalwood, camphor, benzoin, and gold were very popular in ancient Chinese feudal dynasties.

For the seaway merchants of China, it is safe and profitable to travel back and forth between this novice village island group and China.

In that case, why bother to go to the far west, risking the ship's wreck and the death of a man to earn a fortune that might not have been spent? 】

As the light curtain is narrated, a map of the farther south is more clearly presented on the light curtain.

Li Shimin raised his eyes, he had an impression of this island, after all, the map of the earth drawn by Yan Lide himself was hanging next to it.

It's just that the map is covered by white flocculents, which is not as real as the southern islands in front of you.

But immediately, Li Shimin's eyes widened:

"What continent is this, it's so big?!"

On the previous map, it was possible to vaguely see that there was a wide land southeast of Datang, but only a shadow could be seen on it.

And this time the light curtain is quite generous, most of this land is in everyone's eye, just a little comparison can be known:

In terms of the size of this land, it is much larger than the current territory of Datang.

Li Jing pulled his beard, and said in a somewhat complicated mood:

"This piece ...... The archipelago makes it quite easy for me to sail to this point. ”

"And then...... If there are enemies stationed in this archipelago with strong ships, this novice village archipelago may become a prison cage on the sea of our China, and it will be difficult to break through. ”

Li Jing's thinking changed quite quickly, and as a commander at the level of a military god, after knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the ship, he could deduce the general outline of the naval combat essentials by groping, and deduce it from this.

And the surrounding generals listened to Li Jing's analysis, and none of them changed their colors.

Datang has no such worries at present, but if he does not think of danger in times of peace, and wait until the future generations of the era of sea power, this possibility is indeed very great!

(End of chapter)