The dockyard steward reported some daily progress here, the amount of shipbuilding and other matters, and then accompanied Liu Mu back to the house.

But I saw that the Emperor Li Yuan was drawing.

It seemed that Li Yuan was about to add a relief on the outside of the hull, and Liu Mu planned to step forward to dissuade him. The dockyard steward blocked the willow wood and whispered: "This is a small process, you only need to number the ship board in advance, and then thicken it and arrange people to carve it and then install it on the hull, no trouble, no trouble." ”

Li Yuan put forward many requirements that sounded completely useless to the performance of the boat.

Yanagi tried to stop it several times.

On the contrary, the dock manager and the two ghost-class shipwrights agreed without any opinion, as long as the hull structure was not modified, the rest of the decorations were minor problems.

Liu Mu left Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, in the Changmen dock.

Sitting on his boat, Liu Mu began to write letters to Li Shimin.

Accompanying Liu Mu was Xie Xing'er, who quietly watched Liu Mu write a letter while grinding ink.

It's not a classified letter, it's just a seemingly ordinary letter to home, and some small suggestions.

Liu Mu wrote in the letter that the Emperor Taishang was sick a few days ago, and it was a heart disease. This kind of heart disease is like an old general suddenly disarming and returning to the field, there is a sense of powerlessness, uselessness, and so on.

And then there are Yanagi's suggestions, one suggestion after another.

Suddenly, Xie Xing'er spoke: "Husband, can I write a letter to my family." ”

"Why not?" Yanagi replied as he continued to write his letter.

Xie Xing'er said: "Husband, this letter may cause some trouble, I want the family to select outstanding children, especially those with excellent knowledge to follow the emperor, they can be an attendant, or an ordinary scribe." Record the footprints of the Emperor, the Emperor's observations, and every word the Emperor said. ”

Yanagi put down the pen in his hand.

Xie Xing'er's words made Liu Mu realize that what he was thinking seemed to be simple.

Liu Mu put down his smile and looked sideways at Xie Xing'er, Xie Xing'er covered his mouth and smiled: "Mo is not a husband who didn't think about it before." ”

"No, I thought about it, but I thought about it easily."

"The husband is afraid that he doesn't care about these little things to be true, thinking that the emperor is crisscrossing the world, then the draftsman and surveyor are the most important people, the scribe may not be important, but with the emperor down the way, two years, three years, not to mention increasing knowledge, only this qualification, even if it is a prince will be tempted."

Liu Mu nodded silently.

Xie Xing'er asked again: "Husband, how far will the Emperor Taishang go?" ”

Liu Mu still didn't answer, but took out a blank piece of paper and quickly drew a chart, this chart is not standard or formal, but the scope is huge.

After Xie Xing'er stared at the chart for a long time, he asked in a low voice, "Husband, is this the Thousand Islands Road?" ”

Yanagi drew a small circle with a pencil: "This is the Kuril Islands, and then the rest of the places are unknown, here is the Ocean Island." There are billions of acres of fine pasture on this island, but there are no sheep, no rabbits, no wolves. The weather is nice, the scenery is beautiful, and you can occasionally see lightning in front of you. ”

Xie Xing'er also made a comparison and exclaimed: "This, this is ten times the land of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Yes, all this place is definitely ten times the land of Datang. Then you know that when the dripping water in Liaodong turns into ice, Qiandao Road can still play in the water. ”

"Yes, it is recorded in ancient books that the further south you go, the hotter it gets."

Liu Mu smiled: "Not necessarily, many theories in ancient books will be overturned, when Chang'an is summer, Gold Coast is winter." When it's winter in Chang'an, it's summer on the Gold Coast. This is the world. ”

Xie Xing'er opened her mouth wide in surprise, but she couldn't say a word.

Yanagi picked up his letter and looked at it, tearing up the next few pages and writing them again.

Liu Mu's attitude has changed this time, he wants to thank Xie Xing'er for reminding Li Shimin in the new letter, whoever wants to follow the emperor to go on an expedition, then he must show sincerity.

The gate valve must give up some interests and power to the Tang Emperor, and at the very least, to the cabinet.

As for what to put in it, Liu Mu will not worry about it. Fang and Du are the real talents, not to mention that the eldest grandson Wuji is dedicated to the royal family.

Enclosure, Liumu wants to turn the South China Sea into the inland sea of the Tang Dynasty.

After a new private letter was written, Liu Mu added a fire paint seal, and arranged for the ship to be sent back to Chang'an when the ship arrived at Xinjin Port.

When the ship entered the port, Liu Mu saw a ship with special markings, and when he got closer, Liu Mu found that it was Feng An's ship.

After getting off the dock, the first thing Liu Mu did was to find Feng An.

Feng Ang was about ten miles north of here at this time, where there was a camp as the location of the logistics granary, and when Liu Mu arrived, Feng Ang was watching the Goguryeo nu push the grain cart into the warehouse.

"Feng Gong?"

"Brother, I'm afraid it's a surprise, why did I come here."

Liu Mu nodded: "Yes." ”

"As a brother, I originally planned to go to Chang'an, but when I passed by Huating, I met Cui Yiye of the Cui family and his uncle Cui Hong, and we discussed the matter of investing in new grain fields and two fertilizer flour workshops. There is also a matter that originally belonged to official business, which was originally intended for my brother to enter Chang'an. ”

"Face Saint?" Liu Muxin said that Feng An, as the town guard of Lingnan, would not easily go to Chang'an without big things.

Feng Ang said to Liu Mu: "There are some troubles that are not small for my brother. ”

"What's the trouble?"

"The six edicts are reversed. They did not oppose it openly, but they secretly expelled our merchants, and some tribes were preparing to go north. I have already sent someone to contact Duan Lun, and he also thinks that the Six Edicts will be opposed, and he is already dispatching troops and horses, repairing the city defenses, and moving some villages to the north to prevent the Six Edicts from going north. ”

Liu Mu immediately asked, "So does the sage know?" ”

"I know that Duan Lun doesn't have enough troops in his hands to quell the chaos, so he can only defend first. Even if the troops are insufficient, they can be completely defended. And I can't, even if I have the support of the fourteen tribes such as the Servants, it will not be enough. ”

For such a big thing, Feng Ang was calm, which made Liu Mu admire.

Liu Mu guessed: "Because Feng Gong, your defense line is too long. ”

"Yes, if there is no place for Funan and Zhenla, then Brother Wei is not worried at all. The terrain here in Funan and Zhenla is unfamiliar, and it is not easy to defend. If you give up, you will be ruined if you invest so much before, and your brother will not be able to afford to pay for tens of millions of acres of rice fields, which has the entire net worth of countless businessmen. ”

Feng Ang patted Liu Mu lightly on the shoulder: "Cui Honggong gave me a suggestion, I don't need to go to face the saint, I just need to come to you, you can give me 100,000 soldiers and horses." ”

100,000 soldiers and horses is not a small number, and Liu Mu didn't give a reply after listening to it.