Chapter 650: The Tang Navy

Zhang Nan wanted to ask Li Lizhen why she didn't return to the princess's mansion so late, but Li Lizhen didn't give Zhang Nan a chance to speak at all, and when she saw Zhang Nan and her party coming back, Li Lizhen took Cui Yue and Jin Shengman to her house, Zhang Nan could only watch Li Lizhen take away his wife.

Sure enough, Cui Yue still spent the night in Li Lizhen's house, and the three women seemed to have chatted all night, and Zhang Nan didn't know where to talk about so much.

However, if you don't understand it, you still have to go up in the early dynasty.

As in the past, Zhang Nan came to the Taiji Hall and waited to listen to Comrade Li Er's earnest teachings, and handed over his fold at the last moment, but what Zhang Nan didn't expect was that unlike the previous early dynasty, today's early dynasty is really useful to Zhang Nan.

Of course, by the time Zhang Nan fell asleep in the Taiji Palace, the matter had already been pulled on his head.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the first thing to be discussed in the early days of the dynasty today is to go to sea to find overseas crops, and now the big ship has been built in Qiongzhou, and after the experiment of the Ministry of Heavenly Engineering, there is absolutely no problem in going to sea, so we need to organize people to go to sea now, I don't know if you Aiqing has any good candidates?"

Li Er obviously can't wait to go to sea to find overseas crops, after all, this is a matter of merit, if he can really bring back overseas crops and solve the problem of eating for the people of Datang, even if it is Mount Tai Feng Zen, Li Er feels that it is not too much.

"Your Majesty, the ministers thought that the adults present had no experience in sailing, so whatever the ministers said was useless." Eldest Sun Wuji stood up and said.

After hearing this, Li Er couldn't help but admit that what the eldest grandson Wuji said was right, after all, Li Er's Chang'an can be said to be the inland of the inland, let alone sailing to the sea, the only time Li Er went to sea was the last time he went out with Zhang Nan's yacht.

And I met the storm and stayed on the desert island for a few days before returning.

"So the minister thinks that this matter belongs to one person, and that is Qingquan." As soon as the eldest grandson Wuji finished speaking, Cui Shao stood up and said, "Your Majesty, you must not." ”

"Cui Aiqing doesn't need to worry, Wuji is just talking, who will I send here, I haven't decided yet, after all, I still need Qingquan to help me do other things in Chang'an City?" Li Er also smiled and said.

Cui Shao heard that Li Er didn't seem to have the intention of letting Zhang Nan go to sea, so he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat on his head, and joked, if he really let Zhang Nan go to sea, then Cui Shao wouldn't do it.

How dangerous it is to go to sea, the last time Li Er and Zhang Nan went to sea they encountered a storm, if they didn't go all out to find it, it would definitely be cool, not to mention that this is not a long voyage, this time they are going to a foreign country.

So Cui Shao is still very worried about Zhang Nan, after all, Cui Yue doesn't even have a child now, if Zhang Nan goes out and has three long and two short, what can he do.

Cui Shao stood back in the queue and glanced at Zhang Nan's position quietly, only to find that Zhang Nan was still sleeping soundly against the pillar as usual.

Why is the heart so big? It's all burning eyebrows, how can you still be in the mood to sleep? It's a pity that Zhang Nan couldn't hear Cui Shao's heart, and before Cui Shao called Zhang Nan, Zhang Nan had already been summoned by Li Er.

"Wake me up with the clear spring." Li Erdao.

Then Liu Bing walked quickly to Zhang Nan's side and called Zhang Nan up.

"Huh? What's wrong, are you going to eat? Zhang Nan asked with sleepy eyes and wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth.

"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat, okay, let's talk about this navigation." Li Er said with a dark face, although Li Er was very unhappy with Zhang Nan's behavior of sleeping on the morning court, but now he seems to be used to this setting.

"Nautical? What seas to sail? Zhang Nan looked puzzled.

Hearing Zhang Nan ask, Li Er took a deep breath, for fear that his blood pressure would be raised by Zhang Nan, and now Li Er has to ask Sun Simiao to measure his blood pressure or something every day, so as to ensure that his body is normal.

After taking a deep breath last night, Li Er said the question just now, but he didn't expect Zhang Nan to say after hearing it: "Hey, Your Majesty, why don't you just find a few fishermen with rich seafaring experience, and then bring the officials and soldiers we sent out in a boat?" The minister will do all the preparations. ”

"It's as simple as that?" Li Er wondered.

"There is a minister, no problem, of course, the minister can only do his best to ensure safety, but he can't pack a ticket and everyone can come back, after all, this is a place to go to a foreign country, not to go to the mountains and rivers." Zhang Nan said.

"I know this in my heart, as long as you don't skimp on your things." Li Erdao.

"Your Majesty, you don't like to hear this, the minister just gave you a car yesterday, and all the ministers have it." Zhang Nan was also very dissatisfied, why did he take something and turn around and forget it?

"Okay, okay, but how many soldiers are there for this? You know, we don't have many ships, but if there are too few soldiers, safety is not guaranteed. Li Er was also very distressed.

Now Datang only has a naval division, but without a navy, Datang's naval division can only fight in close naval battles, that is, fighting on the wide sea just out of the port, which is essentially not up to the standard of the navy.

Moreover, the drills of the sailors are completely different from the recruitment system implemented by the Tang Dynasty now, and the drills of the sailors are not trained when there is nothing to do. So Zhang Nan is still not very relieved about this combat effectiveness.

Of course, there are not many sailors in Datang, let alone sailors from other neighboring countries.

Therefore, Zhang Nan decided to put the establishment of the navy on the agenda, after all, the Age of Exploration is about to begin, and if there is no strong naval force to escort it, even if you find Jinshan outside, it will be in vain.

"Your Majesty, the minister suddenly had an idea." Zhang Nan arched his hand and said, seeing Zhang Nan so serious, Li Er also straightened up and said, "You say, I listen." ”

"Now that we have decided to open up the road to the sea, we have met other countries, and there will inevitably be a war in the future, we might as well start training the navy now, and even if we really fight, our Datang will be like a land war, invincible, and no one can stop us." Zhang Nan said.

After Li Er heard this, he also thought about it.

"You don't have a point." Li Er nodded and said.

"It's just that how much does it cost to build what you call a navy?" Li Er naturally knew that there was an essential difference between the navy in Zhang Nan's mouth and the current sailors of the Tang Dynasty.