To form a professional exploration team, of course, some preparation is required.

Willow left some people to grow safflower tobacco for themselves, which is a kind of tropical region, and later generations of large-scale planting for tobacco factories to buy what Willow does not know, Willow only knows that his handmade cigars seem to be that flavor, although he does not roll into the stream at all.

After taking a box of roasted tobacco, especially cutting a hardwood on the island that I don't know what kind of wood and the core material could not float on the surface of the water to make a large and small box of pipes, Liu Mu returned with Li Yuan.

On the way back, Liu Mu still didn't find Zhang Gongjin.

Emperor Li Yuan wrote a personal letter, asking Zhang Gongjin to work hard to transport the abacona and coconut back to the Tang Dynasty, and to plant some more rice when he has time, and finally to see if there are any suitable places to build a few manors.

As for the timber, don't be in a hurry to cut it, and don't let people set fire to the mountain.

After the letter was sent, Liu Mu asked Li Yuan: "Father, will someone set fire to the mountain?" ”

"Yes!"

Li Yuan told Liu Mu: "I remember the earliest thing about your tea, there were people in Hangzhou who set fire to the mountains in order to grow tea, and the yamen arrested hundreds of people for this matter before it was suppressed. The mountains here have also been seen by my father, they are all uninhabited mountains and forests for hundreds of thousands of years, and half of the island will disappear when this fire burns down. ”

"There is no good timber left, and good timber can be used not only to build ships, but also to make furniture."

"All the mountains and rivers in the world, the trees on the mountains, and the fish in the water are all my Datang." Li Yuan said happily with a hint of pride.

Yanagi said it was a bit too greedy.

But finally let Li Yuan do something, so that he would not be so empty that he would get sick.

Leaving the Kuril Road, Yanagi didn't go there all the way north, and went straight to Fuso Nagato Port in one go.

There is a huge dry dock here in Fuso Nagato Port.

"It's huge, I didn't even know there was such a big shipyard here." Li Yuan stood at the bow of the boat and sighed.

"It can be said that out of the four million people of Wajima, the best 2,000 people with experience in shipbuilding and 3,000 carpenters are here. There were also 20 shipwrights who had been trained in Huayuan, and 500 shipwrights gathered from all over the country. ”

"That's a lot."

"Father, this is not counting the logistics personnel, security personnel, medical care, transportation, etc., there are more than 20,000 people working here, not counting the Japanese people who work here can drag their families and bring their families, and they can also marry two mothers-in-law and go home, so it is estimated that this is close to the residential area of 70,000 people."

Willow pointed to a stretch of houses on a hill from afar.

"Cabin?" Li Yuan didn't expect that there were still a large number of wooden houses, which was not easy to prevent fire.

"This is a heavy structure wooden house, fire prevention, insect prevention has been done very well, the people of the Fusang tribe have a lot of experience in the construction of wooden houses, coupled with our Datang water supply and drainage, garbage disposal, etc., this wooden house group is very safe in addition to being afraid that someone will deliberately set fire. What's more, there are more than 1,000 professional fire brigades here. ”

After listening to Liu Mu's explanation, Li Yuan nodded slightly.

Yanagi motioned for the fleet to enter the harbor, and his own ship entered the dock.

"Father, the ships here are divided into military ships and civilian ships."

Li Yuan didn't answer, he saw a huge ship, this ship was at least three times the size of the warship he was riding now.

"This is the main warship of 1,300 materials, and the speed is faster than the current one. The number of artillery pieces did not increase, it remained at thirty-six. ”

"Enough, I've seen it everywhere for my father, not to mention thirty-six, even six cannons cannons cannons no ship can defeat, a few more cannons are a waste of effort, the gun warehouse is left, the cannon door is used as a trap door, it is enough to press eight cannons first, and then install twelve tiger squats as auxiliary firepower, and I don't worry about being attacked by anyone at all."

Li Yuan also took a boat and walked to many places.

He has seen the ships of the Wa, the ships of Goguryeo, the ships of the Chams, and the ships of Funan.

The 1,300 warships loaded with 36 cannons could fight a hundred of these small states.

"Father, please." Liu Mu took Li Yuan out of the boat and walked towards the work area of the dock. "Father, the abaca on the island is of great use, there are hundreds of people here who are only responsible for braiding the rope, and the linen cloth for sails needs a special weaving method."

"Yes, that's good." Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

After entering the dock, the steward on duty and two shipwrights greeted him.

Liu Mu instructed: "The Emperor Taishang wants to form an exploration fleet to explore some farther routes for the Tang Dynasty." You are all professional in shipbuilding, but the flagship must be comfortable, and there must be two very comfortable passenger ships among the accompanying ships, and the escort ship must also modify some of the plans of the warehouse. ”

"I want to know, what's going on inside this ship?"

Liu Mu knew that the chief steward and the ghost worker-level shipwright were very busy, and it was too wasteful for them to accompany Li Yuan here. Immediately said: "You pick two clever points, and the one is clear." First accompany the Emperor to familiarize himself with the structure of the ship, and then listen to what the Emperor thinks about the distribution of the ship's internal warehouse. ”

Li Yuan turned his head and asked Liu Mu: "Can this shipyard be modified at will?" ”

"If you can't make a big change, just like building a house, there is a rule for everything. However, it is possible to make a small change to make your father live comfortably, and the father asked them to find a way to report whether they can change it while ensuring the structure of the ship. After all, the safety of going to sea is the most important thing, and if they can't change it, they will come up with reasonable reasons. ”

Li Yuan immediately made a request: "Well, then first of all, I want the hull to be bright red, and the eaves to be golden." ”

It doesn't matter what color it is, it can be dyed into flowers.

The mainsail is also required to weave or print a pattern, representing the Tang Dynasty royalty, etc., which are minor problems.

The two ghost-class shipwrights breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they didn't change the inside of the ship or something, these small problems outside were not a problem at all, and they could do whatever they wanted.

When Li Yuan was designing a flagship for himself, the dockyard steward accompanied Liu Mu outside.

"How's it going here?"

"Horse, Xiaguan has recently collected a lot of wood samples, and Xiaguan thinks that there is good wood in Qiandao Road, and there are a large number of high-quality cypress trees in the nearby Maoshan mining area. The warehouse used wood for the emperor's ship teak, and the rest of the ship used poplar and other light wood. ”

After listening to the report, Liu Mu said: "The cypress wood in Maoshan is better than several kinds of wood in Liaodong? ”

"The cypress wood in Maoshan is not our own, and it is estimated that it will be completely destroyed in case of war, so it is better to cut some and use it first. To say that the juniper cypress in Liaodong is the best. ”

The chief steward's proposal Yanagi was satisfied.

"However, the ship for the Emperor must be made of the best wood."

"This is natural, and the lower officials will arrange for the best craftsmen to start building, using the best materials and the most delicate production."

"Okay." Yanagi nodded in satisfaction.