When Li Shimin heard Cui Junsu say that he had miscalculated, he immediately said: "What Qing said is not right, the wealth flowed into the Tang Dynasty, and it flowed into the pockets of the people without flowing into the treasury, which is a good thing." ”

"The minister didn't say that it was not a good thing, but in accounting, various income and expenditure are classified in detail, which is also more convenient for statistics, and statistics is more helpful to understand the situation of various industries in the country and guide them."

Cui Jun scolded Li Shimin, and Li Shimin felt that he would definitely not be able to fight for these details.

So Li Shimin immediately changed the subject: "I propose to increase the number of 5,000 elites, what do you think?" ”

"Five thousand is not enough, at least ten thousand." Fang Xuanling reminded on the side.

Cui Junsu turned around and asked Li Jing: "Li Shangshu, when I was on the agenda last time, I proposed to send soldiers and ordnance to Rome in batches, I don't know how many have gone to sea now?" ”

Li Jing said: "The first batch was led by King Yan, and I don't know if it arrived in Rome. The second batch had left Hangzhou a month ago, and the third batch was about to depart even if it did not depart. The fourth batch is still in preparation, and it will be shipped to Huating in another ten days as planned. Total ......"

Li Jing didn't say anything, but took out a note from his sleeve and showed it to everyone, and then put it on Li Shimin's desk.

Li Jing may be too cautious in doing this, who can say that it is wrong to be careful, Datang's military materials and troop deployment have always been important and secret.

Even if it's an outward transfer, it's the same.

Even the lists of mid-level officers are classified.

Li Shimin was very satisfied with this arrangement, and said to the important ministers in the house: "I have seen the Nanyang sea charts, and I think that the arrangement of Liumu is appropriate, Temasek Port is extremely important to Datang, and combined with the northern part of Borneo, Qiandao Road, Daliuqiu Island, Xiaoliuqiu, and Fusang Road, then the East China Sea and the South China Sea of Datang are stable. ”

"The saint is wise."

This tactic has been demonstrated by the Ministry of War, and if the entire South China Sea is encapsulated in it, then all the resources of the entire South China Sea can be safely harvested.

Although the utilization rate of marine resources in this era is extremely low, Li Shimin is preparing for future generations.

Li Shimin said: "Right now, the Indochina Peninsula is what I am concerned about. Especially the six edicts in the southwest, I feel extremely uneasy every time I think of them. ”

Fang Xuanling stood up: "Sage, the dock in Cixi County has a copy of the official document to the Ministry of Industry. It reads as follows:

Yanagiki's ghostworker-class shipwrights have submitted a formal report, and the ghostworkers studying the ship have been somewhat undecided. At present, Cixi Dockyard has designed and finalized two boats.

One is about 38 zhang long, with the design of seven masts and eleven mainsails, the speed can reach 75 miles per hour when the wind is downwind, the maximum load of the ship can exceed 10,000 stones, and the cruising speed of the heavy ship from Cixi to Qiandao Road is only about 17 miles per hour.

The wood consumed by this ship is almost equivalent to cutting down forty acres of forest in the Kuril Road.

This ship is already the limit of a sail-type armed merchant ship.

In the future, there is not much room for improvement in volume, load capacity, and speed.

After listening to Fang Xuanling's report, Li Shimin was still very satisfied with this effect. Li Shimin knows very well that the bigger the ship, the safer it is at sea, but the slower it will be. Height ships will not have much volume.

Liu Mu, who was far away in Rome, also knew very well in his heart that Datang's shipbuilding capacity had reached its limit, unless there was a qualitative breakthrough.

At present, this ship has the pinnacle of the sail warships of later generations, seventy percent of the volume of the Sea King, half of the Victory, including personnel and supplies, plus artillery and cargo, the actual carrying capacity of this ship has exceeded 1,000 tons.

Fang Xuanling reported another kind of ship.

Sailless, the steam engine used to drive the paddle wheels on both sides, the carrying capacity easily broke through the sail-armed merchant ship, and the speed could reach 100 miles per hour, and regardless of the wind direction, the heavy ship could reach 60 miles.

But there are also many problems.

There was no way to replenish fresh water at sea, and the stability of the steam engine was not enough for a voyage of more than three thousand miles.

The coal brought on the ship could not be replenished when it ran away.

I tried to go to the Kuril Road once, but after encountering wind and waves, I deviated from the course, and after the coal and fresh water were exhausted, I still relied on the accompanying sailboat to tow it to the shore, and then brought coal and fresh water, and then continued the voyage.

After listening to the difference between these two kinds of ships, Li Shimin said: "I believe that both kinds of ships must be built, and if they are not built, there is no way for craftsmen to accumulate experience. ”

"The sage is wise, and the result of the discussion among the ministers is. Steam ships were used for canal transportation, and from the hull they were not to make pointers for the sea, but to flat-bottomed boats. The Yangtze River goes upstream, and the canal goes upstream, either of which is beneficial to transportation. You can also try to make a sea, or it is safe to drive against the coast. ”

The suggestion put forward by Du Ruhui represents the result of everyone's discussion.

"Yes, that's good."

"Then the saint, we also discussed two things, about sending ships to the Roman side, whether the new warships should be hidden, the maximum use of only 1,300 materials to arm merchant ships, with two small general cannons usually locked in the cabin, and still use bows, crossbows, trebuchets, etc."

Li Shimin hadn't thought about this question yet, and at this moment, suddenly a person and an attendant official entered: "Sage, Ye Siniang of Wenyue Pavilion has an urgent matter to see." ”

"Xuan."

When Li Shimin agreed to let Ye Siniang enter, the four clerks quickly retreated from the study, Wenyue Pavilion had an urgent matter that must be a confidential matter, and without special permission, even the six Shangshu could be concealed.

When Ye Siniang entered, she just quickly gave Li Shimin a half-salute, and immediately took out a sealed steel cylinder, took out a paper roll from inside, and put her hands on Li Shimin's desk.

After Li Shimin read it quickly, a smile appeared on his face, and he suddenly slapped it on the table.

"Saint?" Fang Xuanling got up, he didn't know what made Li Shimin so excited.

"It was Willow, an agreement he had made orally with the Eastern Romans, the Sassanid kingdoms of the Persians. The contents of the preliminary agreement are being discussed, and it is agreed that the alliance will be formally agreed in six months. Moreover, he found many great riches, and two of his harbors could provide more than 20,000 cowhides per year. ”

Li Shimin quickly flipped through it, and suddenly the scroll was gone.

The last sentence reads: "All kinds of wealth, goods, etc., ......"

"Will you be tired of writing a few more words? Why doesn't there be a detailed list of this bastard thing. Li Shimin was furious.

Ye Siniang hurriedly took out a piece of pure white ambergris from the small bag on her body, and then a letter from Dugu Lanruo: "This is a letter from Princess Changping, and many precious goods are written. This piece is the best ambergris, and I heard that the princess's fleet has encapsulated dozens of stones. ”