Datang Nongwang

Chapter 749 No news of Li Chongyuan
The three Li Chongji brothers became nervous.

It was about their brother's ship, which had to make them nervous.

Li Chongji and the others knew that their fourth brother, Li Chongyuan, besides having a shipyard on Xisha Island, also had a shipyard where the Xixiang fiefdom was located.

However, the shipyard in Xixiang only built small paddle steamers.

And this shipyard on Xisha Island in the land of Suzhou does not build small ships, but large ships.

As for how big it was, although they didn't know how big it was, they knew from Li Chongyuan's mouth that the boat he built must be bigger than the C-type paddle steamer that Li Chongyuan once drove back from Xisha Island.

Now, regarding the eastward expedition to Goguryeo, Fang Xuanling pointed directly at Li Chongyuan's ship.

Li Chongji and his brothers' first reaction was that Fang Xuanling wanted to take this opportunity to requisition Li Chongyuan's shipyard and ships.

They could even imagine that in the future, whether their brothers' ships or shipyards, would all belong to the imperial court.

Think of these.

Li Chongji immediately stood up, bowed to Li Shimin and said: "My lord, although the Eastern Conquest of Goguryeo is a major event, we naturally understand it. I believe my fourth brother also understands the truth. But now, my fourth brother Thousands of miles away, if the imperial court wants to requisition his shipyard and ships, it must go through him. Besides, the Holy Majesty once said that my fourth brother’s shipyard and shipyard will never be taken over by the imperial court. Now, Duke Liang wants to Is it against the holy will to confiscate my fourth brother's shipyard?"

As soon as Li Chongji came out, Li Shimin suddenly lost face.

Yes, he once said that.

But in the court hall, being moved out by Li Chongji really made him lose face.

It was as if he was saying that Li Shimin didn't believe in his promise and wanted to take away Li Chongyuan's property.

Li Shimin felt that he was wronged.

This matter was brought up by Fang Xuanling, which is great, but Li Chongji mentioned it on his head, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Li Shimin was unhappy, but in the court, Li Chongji said these words, he must have given some countermeasures.

Immediately, Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling seemed to have understood Li Shimin's thoughts for a long time, turned to Li Chongji and said, "Li Zhongcheng, it is a state matter to conquer Goguryeo in the east, and it is his honor to conscript Li Junwang's ships, and it is his honor as a county king. It is a matter of commitment. Besides, this time it is only to requisition his Junjun Li's ship, not to take it into the court. I believe that if Junjun Li knew, he would definitely agree. "

"According to what my fourth brother once said, the number of large and small ships built in the Lingnan area exceeds [-] every year, the number of ships built in the Yangzhou area also reaches [-], and the Bohai Sea also has [-] ships. Jimo even surpasses Yangzhou. In the area of ​​the Bohai Sea, there are four to five hundred ships every year. In my fourth brother’s shipyard, only a dozen ships are built every year. Besides, my fourth brother has already submitted the design blueprint of the paddle steamer to the imperial court, and The imperial shipyard in Yangzhou has been building paddle steamers a few years ago. My fourth brother has paid so much for the country, shouldn’t we tell him when his ships are requisitioned?” Li Chongji I don't want the court to commandeer my brother's ships.

Moreover, it was Fang Xuanling, the minister of the court and China, who proposed it.

As long as it is proposed by this person, Li Chongji will object, no matter what it is, even if it is related to the state affairs such as the Eastern Conquest of Goguryeo this time, Li Chongji will also object.

If it wasn't for Li Chongji, I don't know the severity.

It was Li Chongji who knew the hearts of these people in the court and the person sitting above them best.

Once my brother's shipyard was requisitioned, it would be a miracle if it could be returned to Li Chongyuan.

Even if Li Shimin had promised, Li Chongji didn't believe it.

He, Li Chongji, is very familiar with the affairs of the imperial court over the years.

Although Li Chongji wanted to bluntly refuse, but the shipyard ship was not his, so he could only use such an excuse to deal with it.

That is, when the imperial court requisitioned Li Chongyuan's ship yard, it had to go through Li Chongyuan himself.

But Fang Xuanling smiled after hearing Li Chongji's words, "Hehe, Li Zhongcheng, even though that's the case, state affairs are important matters. I believe that even if Li Junwang is on an envoy to another country that is not in our Tang Dynasty, If he heard the news, he would nod in agreement."

Before Li Chongji could respond, Fang Xuanling raised his hand to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, since the Eastern Expedition has been decided, the next thing to do is to prepare various supplies. It is time to move your legs if you have kept them for several years. The number of ships in the imperial court is small, and the load is small. If you can requisition the ships of King Li Jun, and the shipyard of King Li Jun, you can build more ships within a year. If the warships come out, the Eastern Expedition will surely be victorious, and I invite the Holy Spirit to judge."

Fang Xuanling got away with a sentence of asking for the Holy Order, and handed over the final decision-making power to Li Shimin.

After Li Chongji heard this sentence, he knew that as long as Li Shimin spoke, the matter would be settled, and it would be impossible to overthrow it.

Li Chongji was so anxious that his forehead was sweating.

On the other side, Li Xiaogong was also a little anxious.

But he couldn't do anything, let alone stand up and say a word.

At this juncture, whether he can stand up or not is useless.

Li Shimin was also a little worried at the moment.

He wants to go east.

But this ship is the highlight.

Although the imperial court had ships, not to mention the small number and light load, so after Li Chongyuan presented the design drawings of paddle steamers, he immediately reproduced many of them and sent them to Yangzhou.

Today's Yangzhou Shipyard is building Type C paddle steamers.

Although overtime is built, there are not many of them.

Over the past few years, only dozens of ships have been built.

In Li Chongyuan's words, fifty C-type paddle steamers are no match for one A-type paddle steamer, let alone super-A paddle steamers.

after all.

The Type C paddle steamer is only sixteen feet long and only two feet wide.

And this type A paddle steamer is more than 45 feet long and more than [-] feet wide.

As for Li Chongyuan's only super-A paddle steamer, its length reached 69 feet long and its width exceeded [-] feet.

Such a large ship is only seen in history.

It's no wonder that when Fang Xuanling heard that Li Chongyuan's shipyard could build such a huge boat, he became interested in Li Chongyuan's shipyard ship idea.

Of course, Li Shimin had heard about this a long time ago, but he couldn't let go of his face and seize Li Chongyuan's shipyard ships.

If you want face and face, this is Li Shimin.

Fortunately, Fang Xuanling raised this matter at today's court meeting, otherwise, Li Shimin really didn't know who to ask to raise this matter.

But Li Shimin didn't expect that when Fang Xuanling mentioned this matter, Li Chongji would jump out and object, which made him a little bit troubled.

Li Shimin, who was in trouble, was really embarrassed and didn't know how to make a ruling on this matter.

In the end, under the premise of respecting Li Chongji, Li Shimin asked Wang Li, "Where is Li Chongyuan now? Is there any news?"

"My lord, in March last year, there was news from Silla that King Li Jun went to another place after his visit to Silla. Up to now, there has been no news for more than a year. According to estimates, Li Jun The county king should be on his way back to Tang Dynasty." Wang Li replied truthfully.

After Li Shimin got the words, he narrowed his eyes and said, "Li Chongyuan has been sent as an envoy to various countries, as close as Baekje, as far as Liugui, and even the Yasha country that Yu Zhi mentioned. According to the time, Li Chongyuan is also It is indeed time to return to Chang'an. Wang Li, send someone to investigate and see when Li Chongyuan will return to the country."

Wang Li responded to the matter.

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Chongji felt a little more at ease.

Li Shimin can say that, it must be respecting his ideas and wishes, that is, if the imperial court really wants to requisition the ships of Li Chongyuan's shipyard, it will have to go through Li Chongyuan.

Li Chongji always thought that his fourth brother was smarter than him.

He even believed that if Li Shimin and the court officials really wanted to requisition his shipyard ships, his fourth brother would definitely not agree.

Brother has already done what he can do, next, it depends on what happens to his fourth brother.

The court meeting that day did not decide what to do.

evening.

Li Chongji and his brothers returned to their home and told their mother what was going on in the court.

When the old lady heard that the imperial court wanted to requisition her son's shipyard ships, and that Fang Xuanling had put forward the proposal, she immediately became angry, "Mr. Fang, the older you get, the worse you get. You want to use state affairs to punish my Li family." , if your wish comes true, my Li family will never end with you."

The old lady is angry.

The Li family was having a hard time, and Fang Xuanling was always thinking about it, which made the old lady almost faint out of breath when she heard about it.

After the old lady calmed down the anger in her heart, she hurriedly confessed to the sons in front of her eyes: "Send someone to Xisha Island quickly, and make sure to get rid of all the ships and close the shipyard. I don't believe it. There are no ships and the shipyard is closed." , what else can the elder Fang come up with."

"Mother, I'm afraid we can't do this. If we really do this, the Holy Majesty will definitely have an opinion on my Li family. Besides, the fourth brother should return to China in the near future. As long as the fourth brother returns, there must be a way to deal with this matter." " Li Chongji stopped him.

The old lady took a long breath when she heard the words, "When will your fourth brother return? Is there any news?"

"Boss Wang said that the fourth brother should return to Chang'an in the near future." Li Chongxu said.

But Li Chongxuan has a different idea at the moment, "Mother, Director Wang said that the fourth brother will return to Chang'an in the near future, but I have heard Wan'er say that the fourth brother is probably going to the opposite side of the ocean this time. So, in my estimation , whether the fourth brother will come back this year is unpredictable."

"Hey! Your fourth brother is like this. No one can stop what he is determined to do. He built the ship to go to the other side of the ocean to find high-yielding grain seeds. The year before last, he had the opportunity to go to various countries. , Now I’m afraid he really went there. I don’t know how Yuan’er is doing now, I’m really worried.” The old lady actually thought about it a long time ago, but she couldn’t confirm it.

then.

Li Chongyuan told her about the high-yield crops on the other side of the ocean, but she tried her best to stop her.

And as soon as Li Chongyuan started building the ship, she knew that it was impossible to stop her, and in the end she could only let Li Chongyuan do it himself.

Everyone was worried about Li Chongyuan.

But the immediate predicament is the point.

That night, after discussing with the old lady for a long time, the brothers finally made a plan.

In the early morning of the second day, the housekeeper sent several people to leave Chang'an and head for Suzhou.

And this time.

Far away in Xisha Island in Suzhou.

The shipyard is still in full swing, building Type A paddle steamers.

It has been a year and a half since Li Chongyuan left Xisha Island in November [-], and the shipyard has built more than ten Type A paddle steamers within a year and a half.

Even the Type C paddle steamers sent by Xixiang Shipyard have more than ten ships.

When Li Chongyuan left, he had confessed that the shipyard needed to build a total of fifty Type A paddle steamers.

Including the dozen or so ships that Li Chongyuan drove away, it is still far away from fifty ships.

Shipbuilding needs money, but Li Chongyuan is not short of money at all.

No, this shipyard has never stopped, and has been building and building.

Even in the Xixiang fiefdom, the old Xu family has been helping Li Chongyuan build most of the core power components of the paddle steamer.

And Wang Guan, the person in charge of the shipyard, has been building some parts of the core power part.

In Xisha Island, the core power is not built.

All the core power parts are all completed by Xixiang. This is also Li Chongyuan's arrangement, and it is Li Chongyuan's little thought.

Li Chongyuan has never brought Lao Xu and the others to Xisha Island, in order to prevent the imperial court from taking his own shipyard into the imperial court.

As long as the core power is in his own hands, it will not help if the shipyard on Xisha Island is taken away by the court.

Therefore, Li Chongyuan can be regarded as keeping a hand.

and.

Li Chongyuan even confessed to Xiang Si that if there is any trouble, the blueprint of the core power will be burned, the blast furnace will be destroyed, and all the things related to the core power will be destroyed.

Everyone has selfishness.

Li Chongyuan is no exception.

On Xisha Island, Wan'er accompanied Li Yuan, and was looking at a servant who came from Chang'an in front of her.

Li Yuan held a letter written to him by Li Shimin in his hand.

After watching for a long time, Li Yuan sneered and remained silent.

Li Yuan didn't seem to care about what was written in the letter.

As for what the servant said, Li Yuan directly filtered it out.

Even, Li Yuan finally threw the letter away, turned around and left.

This made the waiter a little overwhelmed, he could only look at Wan'er, hoping to get an answer from Wan'er.

Wan'er looked at Li Yuan who was leaving and said, "My uncle doesn't want to meddle in Chang'an's affairs. Uncle just wants to live a peaceful life in his later years. It's up to the Holy Majesty to decide how to decide."

After leaving a word, Wan'er also left.

Just now.

The servant told Li Yuan that the emperor Li Shimin wanted to invite Li Yuan back to Chang'an, and decided how to deal with the rebellion of Li Yuanchang, Li Chengqian, Li You and others.

But Li Yuan turned his head and left. After receiving Wan'er's words, the servant didn't know what to do.

(End of this chapter)