The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1413 Expansion
"Even if we arrive in Quanzhou, whether we can go to Ryukyu immediately depends on whether God will give us this food." Xuan Shijing laughed.

Now Xuan Shijing deeply understands the mood of looking at the sky and eating in this era. It used to be that the farmers on Zhuangzi looked at the face of God to eat and survive. Later, such a large artificial lake was dug on Zhuangzi, so there is no need to be too scruples God's face, but now it is going to go to sea, it still depends on whether God will give face or not.

If it was windy and rainy on the sea for several months in a row when they arrived in Quanzhou, then people like Xuan Shijing would stay in Quanzhou for a few months and wait until the weather on the sea improved and the wind and sea calmed down before setting off.

When the boat is on the surface of the sea, everything depends on the sky. This is not on the Zhuangzi, nor is it a simple matter of digging a lake.

Therefore, Xuan Shijing still needs to find an experienced fisherman in Quanzhou, and set off for Ryukyu with a few experienced fishermen. Maybe bringing these few people will be the capital to save his life.

In front of nature, regardless of poverty or lowliness, everyone is fate. God doesn't care if you are a general, a father-in-law, or an ordinary fisherman.

"Yes, there is no need for rivers on the sea, and it is no better than inland." Liu Renyuan echoed: "Besides, this time I went to Ryukyu without detailed voyage information. It all depends on luck."

"It's up to people to plan things, and it's up to God to make things happen. Don't think so much, do what you need to do, and the rest can't be done, what can't be achieved by manpower, and it's useless to think about it." Xuan Shijing laughed: "But this trip can make people feel better." I have a good understanding of the Datang Navy, the Navy has developed rapidly in the past few years, and in the future, the Navy will have a great effect on Datang."

"My lord, what do you mean, the navy will fight in the future?" Liu Renyuan asked.

He is a soldier and was born in the army. When he said this, what he thought in his mind was naturally about fighting.

It is the responsibility and obligation of a soldier to be a soldier and eat the emperor's rations to gain fame. When there is a battle, their talents will be used, and the court will value them, and their words in the court will have weight. Otherwise, they will be ordered by others. Therefore, those who are generals and marshals all hope to fight battles.

Now that the Tang Dynasty is in a peaceful and prosperous age, if you want to fight a war, there will be a war if you say it, and you will fight it if you say it.

Not to mention the current state of the treasury, what to fight?

"There will be naval battles, more of which are to open up new territories for the Tang Dynasty. In the process of opening up, swords and guns, bloodshed and wars are unavoidable." Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "So General Liu, you also You have to be mentally prepared.”

Expansion and colonization are accompanied by war and bloodshed. Don’t try to talk about peaceful expansion. The Golden Triangle is accompanied by the blood and tears of black people, and how much darkness and filth are hidden under the empire on which the sun never sets.

If Datang wanted to expand, stand at the pinnacle of the world, and want to be rich, he had to find places where gold and silver were everywhere, and turn other people's into his own, whether it was resources or people, or in other words, people It is also a resource.

Perhaps such an expansion will make Datang's navy bear the eternal infamy, but history is a little girl who can be dressed up by others, it depends on how you whitewash her.

When it comes to the empire on which the sun never sets, most people will lament how glorious it was and what kind of heyday it was. Who would say how much blood, tears and filth behind it?This is the case for most people, and it is only a small number of people who study the blood, tears and filth behind it.

The same will be true for the Tang Dynasty in the future. When it comes to the Tang Dynasty, apart from the little things that happened before His Majesty Li Er succeeded to the throne, it is more about affirming the achievements of the rule of Zhenguan, putting it together with the rule of Wenjing, and calling it The prosperous Han and Tang Dynasties.

Poor Yang Jian, who has worked hard all his life, has been neglected and forgotten. Who is to blame for his son's failure to teach well?

"If that's the case, it's better than being idle in the army." Liu Renyuan said.

People who join the army and become generals all have a passionate heart, and the blood on their body is hot, but after a long time in court, the blood gradually cools down, and so does the heart.

"Generally speaking, there is still a lot of room for development in the navy of the Tang Dynasty. Outside of the Tang Dynasty, there is also a wider world waiting for the navy to enter." Xuan Shijing said.

"It seems that Xuan Gong's ideals and aspirations are very lofty." Liu Renyuan leaned against the female wall, turned his head to look at Xuan Shijing and said.

Xuan Shijing smiled, what Liu Renyuan said is correct, but Xuan Shijing hopes that this is the ideal of Datang, the wish of the people of Datang, only he and His Majesty Li Er are passionate about doing this and that. , without the understanding of others, without the support of others, nothing can be done.

With Liu Renyuan by his side, this trip will not be too lonely. Although Liu Renyuan is straight, in some views, he and Xuan Shijing are surprisingly similar. The two stand on the deck watching Looking at the scenery of the Yellow River, chatting, is also very good.

If the Datang navy wants to go abroad and open up a wider world, it must have a clear-headed understanding person, and Xuan Shijing hopes that this understanding person is Liu Renyuan.

A general who was born in the Navy, and through this cooperation, the relationship between Xuan Shijing and Liu Renyuan can be further improved. During the chat between the two, Xuan Shijing also felt that Liu Renyuan is not a person who does not understand the past. Master, as long as there are no problems in the court, the future of the Datang Navy is bright.

As for Liu Rengui, he was also a navy general, and now he stays in Chang'an to do a civil job honestly. Since His Majesty Li Er transferred him back to Chang'an and gave him a civilian job, he was no longer allowed to lead a navy. It's the truth of the past.

Liu Rengui has a good reputation, but the expansion of the navy in the future often involves abandoning his reputation. To put it bluntly, he is going to be an executioner. Liu Rengui can't do it, so Xuan Shijing also sees this clearly.

This is also after His Majesty Li Er recommended Liu Ren to go south with Xuan Shijing, and Xuan Shijing returned to Zhuangzi, only to realize that there is such a joint in it.

His Majesty Li Er deserves to be His Majesty Li Er.

After floating on the Yellow River for several days, I finally reached the boundary of Luoyang.

If Xuan Shijing hadn't intervened back then, I don't know if Luoyang would have become the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty.
The merchant ship of the Xuan family was built in the prototype of the "Sea Falcon" warship, and its appearance was almost exactly the same as the warship. Such a ship docked at the port of Luoyang, which attracted many people's attention.

Everyone thought that Datang's warship was docked here. The ship was parked here, which formed a strong contrast with the merchant ship next to it, and it was not at the same level at all.

When the ship dropped anchor, Xuan Shijing and Liu Renyuan walked off the ship with Chang Le and Gao Jun.

(End of this chapter)