"Ryukyu is my Tang Dynasty land, how can I occupy it." Li Shimin looked at Xia Hongsheng and said lightly.

Xia Hongsheng nodded: "Yes, it's Weichen's improper wording." Weichen means that although Ryukyu is under the jurisdiction of Jiangnan Province, but because it is quite far away and separated by a strait, many government decrees cannot reach Ryukyu smoothly, and the people of Ryukyu cannot accept the education of the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty did not know that Ryukyu was originally connected to Minzhou, but many years ago, there was an earthquake that caused the ground between Minzhou and Ryukyu to sink and the sea water to pour in. It's one. Your Majesty's virtue, giving to the world, how can you bypass this Ryukyu alone? ”

"In the first ten years of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang sent the general Chen Ling to Ryukyu, and since then, due to the chaos in the world, he has no contact with Ryukyu." Fang Xuanling recalled the things about the Ryukyus and said.

Seeing that Li Shimin was still hesitant, Xia Hongsheng said again: "Your Majesty, the land of Ryukyu contains nearly 100 large and small islands, and many of these islands can be used as excellent harbors. In addition, the environment of Ryukyu is similar to that of Linyi Kingdom, and Champong rice can be cultivated all year round if it is in Ryukyu. However, the importance of the Ryukyus lies not in the fact that they can grow Champong rice, but in their location. If the Tang Dynasty can build Ryukyu and move people to the island, they can use Ryukyu as a base, and they can base themselves on the Japanese Kingdom in the north and compete for Linyi in the southwest. Your Majesty, please use Ryukyu as a base to build Ryukyu as one of the maritime stations of the Tang Dynasty Naval Division. At the same time, please build a Datang naval division, improve shipbuilding technology, and train professional water combat personnel! ”

Li Shimin still didn't speak, just stared at the Ryukyu on the map, contemplating.

Xia Hongsheng gritted his teeth, bowed down again and said: "Your Majesty, as a general, I am willing to personally lead several warships of the Tang Dynasty Navy Division to Minzhou to exterminate the pirates and recapture the rice seeds!" ”

Everyone in the hall was taken aback when they heard Xia Hongsheng say this. Because Xia Hongsheng has always been casual on weekdays, he didn't even go to the early court, but this time he recommended himself and asked for his life to lead the sailor to exterminate the pirates.

Li Shimin was also taken aback when he heard Xia Hongsheng's words, looked up at Xia Hongsheng, and saw that Xia Hongsheng was solemn, and couldn't help but ask: "Xia Qing, is this Ryukyu really so valued by Xia Qing?" ”

"It's not just the Ryukyus, Your Majesty." Xia Hongsheng said to Li Shimin: "On land, Minzhou, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou are the center, and on the sea are Ryukyu, Yazhou, and Qiongzhou as transit, and the Tang Dynasty sailors and the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty are enough to travel in all directions from the sea. With the exception of the Ryukyus, which were temporarily outside the jurisdiction of the imperial court, all these places had become supply points for ships on their westward journeys. Guangzhou is a prosperous maritime trade, and the maritime merchant ships can reach Tianzhu and even as far as Persia. Why didn't Your Majesty take this opportunity to firmly control the Ryukyus and lay the foundation for the future Tang Dynasty sailors? Your Majesty has read the map that Weichen dedicated to Your Majesty, and you should know that if the Tang Dynasty wants to dominate the universe, it must rely on an extremely powerful sailor in the future. At this time, it is the opportunity for the rise of my Datang Sailor! Therefore, Wechen was willing to go to Ryukyu in person. ”

Li Shimin's brows were tightly locked, and his knuckles tapped lightly on the table, which was a sign when he was pondering, and everyone was silent, waiting for Li Shimin to make a decision.

saw Li Shimin's knuckles suddenly knocking heavily on the table, looked up at Li Xiaogong, and said, "Since that's the case...... Filial piety! ”

Li Xiaogong immediately took a step forward and bowed to obey the order.

"Xiaogong, you have experience in training and leading sailors to fight, I order you to lead the Tang Navy to Minzhou, go to the Ryukyu Islands, exterminate the pirates you see, recapture the rice seeds, and build a port in the Ryukyus. Ryukyu is the land of China, if anyone dares to obstruct the construction of my Tang Dynasty sailors to land on the island, I promise you ......" Li Shimin paused, and said four words very softly: "Dispose of it yourself." ”

Xia Hongsheng's scalp is numb, these old killers, if they are allowed to deal with the obstructors themselves, then there will be no blood?

Sure enough, I immediately saw that all the generals showed envious expressions, and Li Xiaogong grinned, revealing a smile that looked very reminiscent of the word bloodthirsty, and said, "Brother Chen!" Ryukyu is our Datang's, it is our Datang's, our Datang's sailors want to go to our Datang's own territory, and no one can interfere! ”

Li Shimin nodded, looked at Xia Hongsheng again, and said, "I heard Xiaogong say that Xia Qing made an iron boat before, which floated on the water and carried people without sinking. Not afraid of fire, not afraid of swords and arrows. I want Xia Qing to stay in Chang'an, gather with the military aircraft workshop, and try my best to make this kind of ship bigger and make it a sea ship! If you need it, you can meet it. Filial piety, the matter of Ryukyu, can be passed on to Xia Qing by flying pigeons, and all of them are consulted. When this ship can be completed, Xia Qing can take this ship to Ryukyu not too late. ”

Hero! Cheerful enough, decisive enough!

Xia Hongsheng wanted to give Li Shimin a thumbs up, but immediately replied: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will definitely work with the masters of the military machine workshop to make the iron ship bigger!" ”

It seems that that sentence is very useful to dominate the world!

Everyone discussed the specific matters of dispatching the sailor in the Liangyi Palace, and then they retired and left the Liangyi Palace.

When he left the palace, everyone was surprised by Xia Hongsheng's performance of taking the initiative to ask for help today, and Fang Xuanling asked, "Why does the virtuous nephew value Ryukyu so much?" The Ryukyus are just a small island, is it really as important as the virtuous nephew said? ”

Everyone also asked the same question, so they all looked at Xia Hongsheng.

"Uncle doesn't know, although the Ryukyus are only small islands, its location is very important." Xia Hongsheng said to everyone: "No matter who occupies Ryukyu, you can directly use Ryukyu as a springboard to threaten the mainland of our Tang Dynasty." Moreover, with Ryukyu, we Datang can provide a port and transit point at sea for merchant ships, so as to sell Datang's goods to various places. Is the meaning of the little nephew just such a few small islands? The little nephew's intention is to open up the sea route of my Datang! ”

"Open up the sea route?"

"Yes, open up the sea route." Xia Hongsheng explained with a smile: "Do you know that the same is to transport the goods to Daqin for sale, start from Chang'an, pass through the Western Regions, and pass through Persia, as for Daqin, how long will it take?" ”

"If the trip is very smooth, it will take half a year to say the least." The eldest grandson Wuji said.

Xia Hongsheng nodded, and said to everyone with a smile: "What Uncle Eldest Sun said is extremely true, walking from the land, it is true. However, you uncles don't know that if the goods are loaded on the ship in Guangzhou, and they depart from Guangzhou by sea ship, it will only take three months to go to Daqin along the coast. (To be continued.) )