Liu Tai put all his efforts on the Grand Canal in front of him.

Because in Liu Tai's view, the Grand Canal represents not only the integration of his own forces, but also the integration between China and other races.

To put it mildly, if it weren't for the Grand Canal, the foreign expeditions to China would have almost stopped when they reached Xiangyang.

Because the Huaihe River defense system and the Qinling moat will become an important defense system to protect the Chinese civilization, and the Chinese people rely on these two moats, no matter what kind of opponent they face, they can do it after a hundred years of delay.

And these hundred years or so have been enough to use culture to erode away the alien race and completely sinicize the other party.

Similarly, because of the emergence of the Grand Canal, the overall material movement speed in the north was accelerated, which made it almost impossible for the aliens to defend the south of the Yangtze River as long as they mastered the shipping technology.

And if the entire Central Plains falls, then Shu can only be trapped on one side, and sooner or later it will be defended until it runs out of ammunition and food.

But Liu Tai came from later generations, as long as it was not the race of Cheng Yu, who scattered the whole Tianliang race, in Liu Tai's view, the other alien races were only the ancestors of one of the fifty-six ethnic groups in China, and they belonged to the nation that could be sinicized.

Don't look at the current society, what 55 ethnic groups are superior people, and everything they do has a plus, but the problem is that with the progress of social activities, these ethnic groups have almost been assimilated by the Han people.

The so-called going to the scenic spot to experience the living habits of ethnic minorities, but the problem is that these are more just a kind of photo models, and when you take off your clothes, you may not have an accent in Chinese.

Liu Tai is not a person who advocates the supremacy of Han blood, if it really talks about pure Han blood, is there a pure-blooded Han Chinese with a little Hu blood among modern Chinese, Liu Tai feels that even if the whole country is mobilized to find it, I am afraid that it may not be able to find a few people.

Therefore, Liu Tai's implementation is to pursue all countries to come to the dynasty and accept talents from all over the world, but in the process of accepting talents, he uses the size of the Han people to naturally digest the elites of various different races.

Everyone is Chinese, but they are Han Chinese, and the others are other ethnic groups, if you want to become a Han Chinese, you must either become the top talent, or the women of that nationality and the children born to the Han can settle down on the Han household register.

As for the Han woman, of course, she does not admit that she gave birth to a child of an alien race.

It's not that Liu Tai discriminates against women, but that this era is dominated by patriarchal blood, and it is an era that really oppresses women.

And Liu Tai has such a concept, so the construction of Yongji Canal is very important.

When the Yongji Canal is successfully built, the interests of animal husbandry in Youzhou will definitely not be able to satisfy the entire North China Plain, and then when this part of the industry flows out, the Duan tribe can be used as a test field to try to sinicize in that place in Liaodong.

In the final analysis, the land in Liaodong belongs to China, and Liu Tai also wants to get his hands on it and truly implement the Bohai Economic Circle.

But the premise is that the Central Plains cannot be allowed to give blood to this place all the time, but that it can have a production model suitable for itself and produce corresponding benefits, which do not need to be much, as long as the imperial court does not lose money, then the imperial court is absolutely willing to expand its territory.

The economic ties that come with these interests are stronger chains than any political and cultural ties.

Even if it is broken for various reasons, because of the gains brought by the predecessors who opened up this interest chain, even if the descendants do not know the principle inside, as long as they have a real income, then this interest chain will be rebuilt.

It seems that Zheng He's trip to the West has brought tangible benefits, but after the Ming Dynasty banned the sea under the promotion of scholars, the country no longer enjoys this benefit.

But this whole chain of interests has not disappeared, but has been divided by the scholars and doctors in Jiangnan.

It's just that Liu Tai has always recognized a chain that does not take into account the interests of the people at the bottom of the society, no matter how rich the profits are, when the day comes to change the world, these interests may be abandoned by the new class.

Because the new class climbed up from the bottom, they never enjoyed the benefits of this chain of interests, and when they changed the world, they exalted the old nobles and old landlords, and pronounced their crimes, so the former chain of interests was naturally buried.

But if it benefits the people, it will be different, the new Han created by himself can really make every household have a farming cow of their own, and the emperors of later generations will basically study how to do it as long as they have the heart and want to be a good emperor.

It's like the big cowardly horse politics, although it's a mess, it's not like it's always trying to insist on raising horses!

Although the rotten family of the big cowards is recognized, as long as it is the emperor, who doesn't want to reproduce Li Shimin's demeanor.

Therefore, in Liu Tai's view, the Yongji Canal is really important, as long as this canal is opened, then he can really integrate the resources of Hebei, integrate the foreign races in the north and the Han people.

And it's not the kind of Han people who subjectively give a gift to a different race, but it's still a Han people living a Han life, and a different race living a different life, and the two are divided into parallel lines by the environment in which they live, even if they intersect because of climate change, but it will only bring killing.

I hope to truly integrate a complete economy, and then digest all the northern aliens in the precipitation of time.

And if it is not the Xiaoice period, but in some societies with relatively high average temperatures, such as the Tang Dynasty, it is better to use the Bohai Sea as a hub, and then dig a canal north to Liaoshui and Heilongjiang to develop that piece of land.

The annexation of Central Asia to Northeast Asia was completed, so that there were no more so-called alien races in this region, all of them were Chinese people, and then slowly became all Han Chinese.

It's just that people don't fight with the sky, and in the context of the Xiaoice River period, Liu Tai said that he worked hard to build the Yongji Canal and complete the first step of the integration of the Chinese people and foreign races, and he could be regarded as contributing to the entire history of China.

And when Liu Tai was concentrating on the construction of the Yongji Canal, Tian Yu went to Yecheng and returned to Jiaozhou Bay.

At this time, Tian Kan hurriedly greeted him, although the official report had already reported to Tian Kan, and now that he really saw Tian Kan come back safely, Tian Kan really let go of his thoughts.

"Father, you're finally back!" Tian Kan hurriedly saluted Tian Yu before standing up and looking.

"I said to myself that the king is benevolent, righteous and wise, and I won't believe in that gratuitous witch Gu, you see I'm not back!" Tian Yu patted Tian Kan on the shoulder, and then continued, "And the king also encouraged us to organize new soldiers to hunt the big kun in the future. ”

"This big kun was met by chance, the vast sea is a living thing, where can we find it!" Tian Kandao.

"The king said, you can send people to communicate with the orca more, and the orca will take us to find the orca!" Tian Yu said.

"Could it be that the king has really been blessed by the god of the sea, so even a spirit beast like the orca will help?"

Tian Kan couldn't help but be a little puzzled, but he also said to Tian Kan with a little admiration.

"Maybe the king is really destined for heaven!" Tian Yu heard Tian Kan's words,

"No matter what, what the king said must be right, we don't understand it because we don't have enough understanding, we just do it!"

"However, even if you want to hunt the big kun, you will have to wait a few days!" Tian Yu shook his head and said,

"According to the Su family's shipwright, the skeleton of our fleet was actually very seriously damaged this time, perhaps it was related to being hit by the big kun when he was pulling with the big kun.

According to the Su family's craftsmen, don't look at the fact that the warship is still intact, but there are cracks inside the actual keel.

Thank goodness that this main ship can be driven back, and now the giant ship is being dismantled, and the materials that can be used in it are selected! ”

"What, Lao Tzu's warship, their Su family also dares to dismantle it, and Su Jun doesn't dare to open this mouth!" Tian Yu couldn't help but be angry and said,

"Even if the keel is cracked, can't you train recruits in the port, what is the demolition!"

"Father, don't be angry yet, the Su family promised that the new warships will be given priority to us." Tian Yu hurriedly said, "Just within this month." ”

"That's pretty much it!" Tian Yu nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, "By the way, let them build the warship stronger this time."

Lao Tzu is about to crack when he hunts a big Kun warship, is their Su family's shipyard cutting corners for Lao Tzu.

If Lao Tzu finds evidence, he will definitely sue the king! ”

Tian Kan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard Tian Yu's words, but quickly sighed: "However, it is a pity that the main ship was damaged in the fight with the big whale this time, otherwise the villages of Qingzhou are still waiting for this big ship to retire!" ”

"Buy early, enjoy early, buy late to hunt big kun!" Tian Yu waved his hand calmly,

"It's just a small amount of money, our generals and others should focus on making meritorious contributions, and just a little money can be picked up from those rich and noble families!"

Liu Tai is just not allowed to go to the homes of civilians to loot, but after the city is broken, it is generally Liu Tai who takes the lead in robbing the powerful families.

Basically, Liu Tai wanted the title deed and grain, while the soldiers under his command robbed all kinds of floating wealth.

Of course, these floating fortunes will still be given to Liu Tai in the end, so to a certain extent, Liu Tai is very rich.

"Even if I go south, I'm afraid that General Su is the commander, I don't have this opportunity!" Tian Kan shook his head, but he was not much disappointed.

Because he himself knows very well that he should inherit his father's position, as long as he doesn't make mistakes, then even if he stays up for time, when his father retires, he will be able to master a fleet without illness and disaster.

However, Tian Kan also looked at his father with a little doubt, and said:

"Speaking of which, the kings of our retired ships are sold to coastal villages in the form of counties or villages, so as to encourage people from a village to go out fishing together, can these villages really make money?"

Tian Yu replied: "I really don't know, but don't you think that after our first batch of ships were handed over to these people, there were a lot more fresh sea fish in the recipes eaten by the soldiers!"

Obviously, these villages have gone further afield to catch more fish, and they must have made a lot of money if they bought it with such enthusiasm!

Moreover, when I came, I saw the Yongji Canal under construction, and I am afraid that this fish will become one of the main rations of our army in the future.

A ground no less than the size of a palace was hollowed out at the dock, but the king still felt that it was too small, and it was even bigger.

Do you know what's going to be inside? ”

Tian Kan was also curious when he heard Tian Yu's words, thought about it for a while, but still shook his head.

"The king is ready to release the ice! It is said that a large ice cellar was built here, and people were sent to dig ice and hide it in winter.

When we transport the fish, we can keep it fresh through ice and snow, and transport it directly from Jinkou all the way to Yecheng and even Jijun.

In other words, the fish harvested in the coastal areas in the future will no longer only be dried into dried fish to be sold, but may even be fresh to be sold to Yecheng! ”

Tian Yu couldn't help but sigh slightly, "I really don't know how the king's head thought of this."

Tian Kan heard Tian Yu's words, but he couldn't help but think of the scene where ice cubes would be stocked at every pier in the future.

I have to admit that if the Yongji Canal can be built smoothly, the Bohai Sea and the Yellow River can be connected, and the coastal people can obtain a large amount of fish through larger and larger boats, then the Bohai Bay and the Yellow River can be connected.

This waterway will not be inferior to the prosperity of the coastal waterway of Youzhou and Qingzhou.

In the following days, Tian Yu and Tian Kan honestly waited for the new warship to enter the water.

Because Liu Tai's army almost maintained the speed of one warship in three years, but this time because Tian Yu's main ship was destroyed, the Su family dispatched a lot of craftsmen to work overtime to drive out the new generation of warships.

Of course, rushing work is rushing work, but because the previous generation of warships was almost destroyed in the fight with the big kun, this time not only the hull as a whole was further reinforced, but also the materials used were more dense wood, and the whole ship was strengthened as a whole.

At the same time, the crossbow was further strengthened, the bow of the ship was more resistant to the angle collision that was not common in the Han navy, and a weapon similar to a slapstick was designed on both sides.

All in all, except for a little slower, basically armed the main ship to the teeth.

However, because they are facing the big kun, at least the current combat experience has taught the shipwrights that at least the main ship must survive first, and as for the speed of sailing, it must make way for survival.

"I always feel that it's not enough to meet those big kun!" Although his new big ship has grown with experience, Tian Yu is decisive and hopes that the next generation of ships can go further.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to make progress in a short period of time, so let's wait for three to five years, and then we'll think of a way!" Su Craftsman Road,

"If you still want to increase your strength, you can only use chains to tie all the ships together, and you will naturally be invincible when the time comes!"

"That's right! That's it! Tian Yu couldn't help but realize when he heard the craftsman's words, and then said to Tian Kan,

"Zicheng, bring the dried meat of the Great Kun and see if the orcas will take us to find the Great Kun!"

"Yes!" Tian Kan heard Tian Yu's words, and he was also eager to try.

Of course, that's the way it is said, but the orca is not raised by the navy in the end, and whether it can touch it or not is purely cloudy.

Therefore, Tian Yu is also mainly adapting to the new ship, but as the army of the Han Dynasty re-moves on the sea, the killer whales also found that their thugs have appeared again, and they decisively came to greet the thugs!

(End of chapter)