In fact, the great priest is right, there are a lot of things to do for Li Ye at the moment, and the cultivation resources needed are even more astronomical, with the vast land and resources of Shenzhou, even if there is no immortal realm to plunder the resources everywhere, the burden of the imperial court is still very heavy.

However, before today, Datang's resources were still enough to meet the demand.

Not to mention that potatoes and corn have been planted on a large scale, and after the people are not short of food, they will be able to grow more cash crops and raise more livestock. The food pressure of the whole country has decreased, and with it, the development of all industries and the overall improvement of wealth.

Although the academy recruits many students, it actually doesn't consume much resources, after all, the exercises are there, and they only need monks to teach. It's just that there will be very few pills to assist in cultivation, and the number of magic weapons is not much, so it can only be supplied to the top students.

However, as long as they graduate from the academy and enter the army or officialdom, they will be rationed with standard magic weapons and standard pills. Even if some students don't go out of office, return to the family to participate in family affairs, or are hired by businessmen, they are destined to have at least magic weapons and pills.

Specific to the matter of reshaping the cultivation of meritorious people, in fact, as long as the immortals descend to earth, even if there is no elixir, they can easily do this. For the monks of the Immortal Realm, injuries in the Qi refining period can be cured with the movement of their fingers.

And with Li Ye's current powerful position, it is not impossible to reopen the Kunlun Channel.

However, Li Ye can't solve the dilemma of declining cultivation after the immortals descend to the mortal world, and the reintegration of the immortals will inevitably have a great impact on the mortal order, and Datang is not ready yet.

So Li Ye does not consider this option for the time being. After all, immortals are also high-level cultivators, and their role in heaven and earth is not fundamentally different from the role of the real human realm in the mortal world.

"To reshape the cultivation of meritorious people, it still takes a lot of resources. In doing this, in fact, the wounded monks in the army can be completely treated, and as long as they don't die, they can recover completely.

"Now that the immortal cultivators have lost the power of worship in the mortal world, their cultivation has fallen back to their original level, and if they want to improve their strength again, they must have a supply of cultivation resources.

"The immortals of the Tang Dynasty have lost their mortal beliefs, and their cultivation has been reduced, so they do not have an advantage when fighting against extraterritorial immortals. I'm doing everything possible to improve the combat power of the mortal army, don't when the time really starts, but the immortals who are high-level combat power are the first to be defeated, it will be a joke.

"So all the problems are the problems of 'money'. It seems that before the decisive battle in the Western Regions, it is still necessary to mobilize a considerable part of the cultivation resources outside the Tang Dynasty. ”

Thinking of this, Li Ye couldn't help but stop, gave up going back to the Jiedu embassy to rest, and came to the Qingzhou city wall instead, standing on the eaves of the city tower with his hands in his hands, and quietly looking at Siye.

For Li Ye, the night does not affect his vision, his gaze looks through the night, looking to the end of the east.

In the past few years, the dynasty has concentrated its cultivation resources and supplied cultivation academies, craftsmen's supervisors, and immortal medicine workshops, and has made good progress in all aspects.

Whether it is the increase in the number of True Realm Great Cultivators and Qi Refining Period Cultivators, or the upgrading of magic weapons in the army, various uses, including the successful development of mass destruction magic weapons, and the refining of elixirs to improve war horses, all prove the profound cultivation foundation of Shenzhou Heaven and Earth.

With the improvement of the imperial court's cultivation power, the people's cultivation power has naturally benefited, and their strength has increased significantly.

According to this trend, Li Ye is convinced that the Tang Dynasty will be invincible in the world after twenty years, and even if it is to unify the cultivation realm, it is definitely not a pipe dream.

However, as the Tang Dynasty pacified the Mobei grassland, sent troops to the Western Regions to defeat the Uighurs in Xizhou, and rebuilt the Anxi Protectorate, showing the power of the Tang Dynasty, which was not weaker than the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the Western Regions, including the states west of the Green Mountains, became nervous.

In these two years, the Crescent Cult with the Black Khanate as a bridgehead

Monks, the struggle with the Tang Dynasty has never stopped, whether it is the Tsing Yi Yamen, the Wukong Liberation Gate or the Quanzhen Temple, there are monks dying every day.

Although there is a reason why Li Ye ordered the monks' forces to infiltrate westward and prepare for the big war, this is at most the fuse. It is inevitable that the cultivation overlords of the East and the West will meet again, and it is impossible for them to coexist peacefully when each has ambitions.

There will always be a Xiuzhen force that will enter a new world and push their Xiuzhen civilization to a new height.

Therefore, Li Ye did not have twenty years to develop the Tang Dynasty, preparing for the great war that was destined to separate the strength of the Eastern and Western cultivation forces.

In order to improve the strength of the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible and win the upcoming war, Li Ye must gather a large amount of cultivation wealth at a very fast speed.

"Has Liu Zhiyan arrived in Qingzhou?" Li Ye turned his head and asked the chief secretary. Although she and Shao Siming are personal guards, they still belong to the Tsing Yi Yamen sequence, and they help Li Ye communicate with the Tsing Yi Yamen on weekdays and upload the responsibilities they have assigned.

"Tomorrow will be in Qingzhou. ”

Hearing the answer of the great priest, Li Ye nodded.

Liu Zhiyan, the leader of the Changhe Gang, and her gang were the first batch of Jianghu forces that Li Ye collected in his early years. When Li Ye was the envoy of the Pinglu Festival in Qingzhou before, the materials supported by the imperial court in Qingzhou were all transported by the Changhe Gang.

When Li Ye fought in the Central Plains and needed to urgently mobilize a large number of supplies, the Changhe Gang also contributed a lot.

After Li Ye entered the main Guanzhong, under his instruction, the Changhe Gang cooperated with the government to rectify the Caoyun and became the largest river gang in the world.

Really calculated, the Changhe Gang is not a force in the rivers and lakes now, but a power of the imperial court. It's just that whether they are under the jurisdiction of the three envoys, or whether they are under the household department or the industrial department, has not yet been determined.

In any case, under Li Ye's command, the Changhe Gang has the most ships, because many large ships are built every year, so it is also the best shipbuilding technology.

Especially after Li Ye pacified Huainan, which was known for its elite sailors, the Changhe Gang absorbed a large number of craftsmen under King Wu, and now it is not only reliable for all kinds of river boats, but also for manufacturing sea boats.

When the Southern Zhao was pacified, Annan was also pacified by Sun Ru and Yang Xingmi, and the Great South was completely stable, so that the overseas trade of the Tang Dynasty merchants flourished again. In order to improve his strength, Liu Yin vigorously supported maritime merchants in order to improve his strength, and now the maritime team is even larger.

The construction of the ships of the Datang maritime merchants, including the ships of the current Jiangnan Navy Division and the Lingnan Navy Division, is the responsibility of the Changhe Gang. However, although the Changhe Gang is responsible for shipbuilding, it is not in the military sequence, and it does not involve military power.

The next day, Li Ye met Liu Zhiyan at the Qingzhou Jiedu Envoy's Mansion.

Li Ye and Liu Zhiyan haven't seen each other for a long time. Over the years, Li Ye has been busy with the affairs of the northwest and Mobei, and there are not many places where he needs to use the Changhe Gang.

"Haihe Yamen Liu Zhiyan, see Your Majesty!" Liu Zhiyan saluted respectfully. Haihe Yamen, this is what the Changhe Gang is called today. When their final ownership is finalized, I'm afraid that this name will have to be changed.

Unlike the charming and enchanting Song Jiao, the commander of the Tsing Yi Yamen, Liu Zhiyan, the commander of the Haihe Yamen, not only has a gentle temperament, but also has a demure temperament, as if he has always been a small jasper. Of course, it may be that she is only in front of Li Ye, she is like this.

Now, Liu Zhiyan is also a great monk of the real realm.

Since it was his own person, Li Ye had to shush the cold and ask for warmth, and after half a sound, Li Ye introduced the topic to the topic: "Some time ago, I asked Peng Zushan's master and apprentice to go to the Haihe Yamen to discuss with you about the construction of magic vessels, how are things progressing now?"

Liu Zhiyan replied in a proper manner: "It is difficult to build a magic weapon ship

The degree is very large, and there is no such experience in the docks in various places before, even if it is a craftsman and a supervisor, he has never made such a huge magic weapon. In particular, sea ships, suitable for large armies, are even larger.

After discussing with Peng Zushan's master and apprentice, he still thought that in a hurry, it would be difficult for the dockyard to manufacture the entire magic weapon ship. The main problem is that the basic materials required to build the entire ship are too large, and if the original wood is replaced with spirit wood and spirit stones, the cost is really amazing.

Therefore, the ministers and others thought that only the ship could meet the standard of magic weapons in some structures, such as offensive and defensive magic weapons, sails, and oars. Based on this part of the structure, the formation is depicted, which can allow the ship to resist the wind and waves, not afraid of ordinary reefs, and do not rely on the sea breeze when sailing.

"Now Peng Zushan's master and apprentice are rushing to make this kind of semi-magic weapon ship, and it will take shape in a few days. If the situation is smooth, the built sea ship can travel hundreds of miles a day even if it is against the wind, and if it is downwind, it is not impossible to use the wind force through the formation to help the wind!"

Hearing this, Li Ye couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Eight hundred miles a day, this speed is no longer inferior to how many sea freighters on the earth when he crossed over.

That is to say, only in terms of navigation, this kind of semi-magic vessel made by Peng Zushan's master and apprentice has the ability to carry out large-scale and frequent trade and trade around the world.

This made Li Ye heartily happy.

Su Emei's master and apprentice are now fighting on the other side of the world, because of the lack of strong opponents, their war is going quite smoothly, the territory they conquer is constantly expanding, and the cultivation resources under their control are increasing.

If Datang's long-distance fleet can be built, then the cultivation resources that Li Ye needs can be successfully solved.

In fact, there are many maritime merchants in Datang to the west, and ordinary sea ships in Datang have long been able to reach the hinterland of Dashi.

On the one hand, however, it is sailing along the coastline, and as long as the monsoon and ocean currents are well utilized, there is no great difficulty; on the other hand, the speed is indeed too slow, and relying on the monsoon and ocean currents is completely dependent on the weather for food, and the temporal nature is too serious to meet the military requirements.

Moreover, the difficulty of sailing west is not the same as the difficulty of sailing east to reach the Andes.

But if the half-magic weapon ship in Liu Zhiyan's mouth can be built, then Li Ye can let the Tang fleet sail eastward to receive the rich cultivation resources there.

"When you reach Tianzhu in the west, you will come into contact with the forces of the Great Cannibals, and it will be difficult to raise war resources steadily. If you don't reach the west of Tianzhu, the islands in the south are too small and have too few resources. ”

Thinking of this, Li Ye told Liu Zhiyan to let her convey her order, and told Peng Zushan's master and apprentice to hurry up and build a half-magic weapon sea ship, and when the sea ship was launched, he would go to check it in person.

Liu Zhiyan naturally obeyed the holy order.

After the other party left, Li Ye held his cheeks and began to sketch the chart in his mind.

As we all know, if the Tang Dynasty's long-distance fleet wants to sail eastward and reach the Americas on the other side of the sea, the route cannot but pass through the islands of the Wa Kingdom.

That is to say, before the establishment of the long-distance fleet, Li Ye must ensure that the Japanese state is under control, otherwise the fleet will not be able to sail normally.

After all, the fleet sailing is different from the great monk flying over the mountains, rivers and seas, and it is impossible to take the route of Chu Nanhuai's master and apprentice. Passing through the Japanese state is an inevitable choice and cannot be avoided.

"Fortunately, the Mobei grassland has been defeated, and now we are doing it against Goryeo and the Japanese Kingdom, and we don't have to worry about someone on the flank. Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Ye's mouth.

In this era, compared with the glorious and prosperous Tang civilization, those small states and small countries around them are indeed not much different from savages, and saying that they are barbarians is not belittling them.

Therefore, Li Ye's decision to let Datang send troops to the east did not hesitate at all.