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Chapter 811 Chapter 830: Thousands of Horses Are Silent
This decision was astonishing. When Wu Lei heard Li Hao's plan, he was shocked from ear to ear, and the others were also shocked. The shortest route from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea is about [-] miles, which means , to dig a canal, you have to dig at least four hundred miles, and it's not an ordinary river, it's a canal. According to Li Hao's requirements, it's a hundred feet wide and seven feet deep. Just listening to it makes people gasp, what a huge project ah.

However, Li Hao is the supreme leader, and no one can question his decision. He said that if he does this, he must do it. In three days, Li Hao drew up the project roadmap of the canal, and then handed over the task to Wu Lei recruited a large number of Egyptians and began to dig the Suez Canal. The time limit was ten months.

Wu Lei wanted to cry when he heard the time limit. He wanted to dig a [-]-mile canal in ten months. How could this be possible? Li Hao patted him on the shoulder and said: "Xiao Wu, Be confident, money can make Motui ghosts."

Then Li Hao took his family and thousands of cavalry off the boat to travel to Egypt. After all, Egypt is also one of the four ancient civilizations. He has never seen the Egyptian pyramids in his life. Now that he is in Egypt, he will take a tour Bar.

In Li Hao's impression, Egypt has been a country full of disasters since ancient times, more disasters than China. After all, China has been strong and prosperous several times, while Egypt has always been bullied and enslaved.

Egypt in the true sense is actually ancient Egypt. The civilization of ancient Egypt appeared very early. A unified slavery country appeared in 3100 BC. and Roman conquest.From the 11th to the 7th century AD, it was incorporated into the Eastern Roman Empire, and the ancient Egyptian civilization perished.In the mid-4th century AD, the Arabs invaded and established the Arab Empire.It was ruled by the commander of the Mamluk legions from 7 AD. It was conquered by the Turks in 7.Become a province of the Ottoman Empire. It was once occupied by Napoleon from 1249 to 1517. It was occupied by British troops in 1798.

It is now AD 658, and the ancient Egyptian kingdom has collapsed under the repeated impact of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Abbasids. There is no unified country in Egypt today, but the slave system continues, and the country is in a state of chaos. , Similar to warlord melee, powerful people in this land are like kings, and these powerful slave owners will also conflict and attack each other for their own interests.

Walking on the land of this ancient civilization, looking at the mess in his eyes, on the Nile River, the cradle of life, he would always see corpses floating by, but Li Hao was very calm, because he had seen too much and knew the cruelty of history, Our Chinese nation has even experienced more tragic experiences. The decline of the country is not worthy of sympathy. The only thing we can do is to strengthen ourselves. On the world stage, the weak can only be bullied and slaughtered by others. This is also Li Hao The reason why you want to revitalize China wholeheartedly.

Li Hao marched in Egypt with thousands of troops. The local warlords in Egypt didn't dare to provoke him, because Li Hao's soldiers and horses were so powerful and powerful that they couldn't compete with them at all.

Li Hao finally took his family to see the Pyramid of Khufu and the Sphinx, which are the symbols of ancient Egyptian civilization, because in the future world, ancient Egyptian civilization has long been destroyed. These two iconic buildings are the ancient Egyptian civilization. The greatest proof that ever existed.

After a tour in Egypt, Li Hao led the team back. On the way back, he kept thinking about a problem. The four ancient civilizations appeared earlier than any other country. However, in the future world, they will either perish or become weak. , only the Chinese nation can stand proudly above the world and stand out. There is such a saying in the future world: Only our Chinese nation can shine on the stage of history from ancient times to the present!

That's right, the Chinese nation is an exception among the ancient civilizations. This is because a great man appeared in our Chinese nation at a time of extreme crisis. He not only saved the Chinese nation, but also pointed out the direction for us to move forward. Otherwise, we will end up going the other way. The successors of the three ancient countries will either perish, or never recover from a setback and be obliterated by history.

Li Hao vaguely guessed the reason for the decline of ancient civilizations, and guessed it many years ago. Ancient civilizations have too much restraint on people's thoughts, as if putting shackles on people's thoughts. This is a kind of spiritual slavery, whether it is a slave The system, or the feudal system, is basically slavery. This is the greatest tragedy of ancient civilization, and it is also the fundamental reason why the four ancient civilizations are stagnant. Only we, the Chinese nation, have come out of this vicious circle. Tough, even many years later, some people lament that how many good things left by our ancestors have been destroyed in this way, but the great man knows that the thoughts left by the feudal dynasty for thousands of years have been deeply ingrained, and he must adopt the strongest means to awaken people Thoughts, breaking the spiritual shackles, finally, our nation stood up!The sleeping lion in the east is gradually waking up!

When Li Hao returned to the ship, it was already two months later. He personally inspected the excavation project of the Suez Canal. It was really huge. Countless Egyptians were digging the canal in full swing, but their rewards were very high. It's pitifully low, and I manage two meals a day.

Wu Lei only offered such a reward after he had a better understanding of the national conditions in Egypt. Egypt is currently in a state of chaos, and the Egyptians can't even fill their stomachs. The most wonderful reward, although doing hard work is very hard, but at least you don't have to go hungry.

According to Wu Lei, when he accepted the first batch of applicants, he accepted more than 5 people. Later, he posted notices everywhere and recruited another 10 people within a month. Up to now, the total number has reached 30.

The ration of 30 people is not a small amount. The food on Li Hao’s ship is the foundation of their voyage. Naturally, it is impossible to feed these people. Of course, Wu Lei has his own way. He sent people to trade with slave owners in Egypt. Gold and silver, as long as there is food, the more the better.

Datang’s goods have never had a problem selling overseas, and even though they are expensive, they are still very popular. Most of the local slave owners in Egypt are bumpkins and have never seen anything in the world. When they see Datang’s goods, they simply cannot resist them. Temptation, send a lot of food to Wu Lei.

This time when Li Hao went to sea, he brought [-] large trucks on board. At the beginning, these trucks were used to transport his private army after landing, but now they are used to transport food.

Wu Lei's trading point is open 24 hours a day, and the purchased grain is continuously delivered to the granary at the excavation point of the Suez Canal, which is heavily guarded.

The huge project of digging the canal naturally attracted the attention of the Abbasids. The incident of the Datang fleet bombarding the Yementik seaport had long been reported to the capital by the people nearby. In their eyes, it was Tianlei. The Tang people used the Tianlei to destroy the Yementik Harbor and razed it to the ground in a radius of [-] miles. They didn't even know which army of the Tang people it was, and why they could invite Tianlei.

When Li Hao dug the canal, the Abbasids came naturally, but when they saw the huge fleet in the Red Sea, they were too frightened to approach. They stationed fifty miles away and sent scouts to investigate.

However, Li Hao also sent a large number of scouts to defend the [-]-mile range around them. As long as the Abbas scouts approached, they would be killed immediately, so the Abbasids didn't even know what the Tang fleet was doing there.

Osman was very annoyed when he received the news. Under his leadership, Abbas’s territory has been expanded again and again, and the national power is strong. Except for Datang, he has almost no opponents. Tianlei's incident is true, and he immediately dispatched a hundred thousand troops to see what the Tang people are up to, it is their Abbas territory!
The 60 troops of Abbas soon arrived. They saw with their own eyes that the people of Tang were digging a huge river for more than [-] miles. It was a hundred feet wide and seven feet deep. Because the canal had not yet been filled, it looked like a river The huge canyon, in the canyon, is densely packed with people, some are digging soil, some are carrying burdens, and some are prying stones. The huge project makes them amazed.

The forced intrusion of the Abbasid army naturally annoyed Li Hao. Although this place is far away from the Red Sea and can't be hit by artillery fire, Li Hao still has one hundred thousand private troops. Compared with it, the government is also slightly inferior.

As soon as the Abbasid army saw the canal, 3 dark cavalry gathered from all directions like dark clouds, charging towards them. The two sides fought, which shocked the Abbasids. In just one confrontation, their 10 troops were defeated by the opponent's 3 cavalry. The rush was scattered, and the next, almost unilateral massacre, the leading general was so frightened that he quickly withdrew his troops and fled. Fortunately, the other party did not chase and kill them. It was so lucky, and the [-] troops also lost more than [-] people in just [-] minutes. , Losing more than [-] people, he could hardly believe it was true.

Li Hao sent people to warn Abbas's leading generals, saying that they were from Tang Dynasty, they came here to dig the canal, and they will leave after the canal is opened. If Abbas wants to die, he can come and have a try!
The leading general went back and told Osman the exact words. Although Osman was annoyed, he really didn't dare to harass him anymore. He killed more than 3 troops in one confrontation, and he was able to attack more with less. With such combat power, he really I couldn't believe it, and according to the general's report, the Tang people really only dug canals and did nothing else. Although digging canals would cause them a lot of trouble in enslaving Egypt in the future, he didn't look down on the land of Egypt at all. His eyes were on Persia and Datang who were dying!So he forcibly held back his breath and sent heavy troops to guard the territory within [-] miles around the Suez Canal to prevent the Tang people from cheating. If the Tang people just dig the canal, then let them do it. fight back.

After defeating the Abbasid army, Li Hao handed over the power of soldiers and horses to Li Guocheng and Wu Lei, and then he took [-] private troops and [-] warships and sailed first.

His route this time was to draw a map of Africa with a punch around the African continent. After coming out of the Red Sea, he sailed south along the edge of the African continent, passed Somalia, arrived at the Mozambique Channel, and then went west, around the Cape of Good Hope, and then Sailing north, landing every thousand miles, and staying no more than three days each time, to get a general understanding of the local national conditions and customs. After all, Africa is not the home of the age of sailing. There are no countries on the land here, and many are still very primitive. The indigenous tribes are very backward.

Sailing around Africa is not a short voyage, it took five months to reach Spain, which already belongs to Europe, and Europe is one of the home grounds of the age of sailing, Li Hao naturally needs to know more about it, promote the Tang civilization to them, show The richness of Datang encourages them to trade in Datang. If they go to trade sincerely, Datang welcomes them. If they go to Datang to play the autumn wind, Li Hao believes that they will never return.

Li Hao landed in Spain to understand the local conditions. He learned that Spain was ruled by the Visigoths during this period. It took seven days to conduct trade in Spain, and then entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Strait of Gibraltar. After entering the Mediterranean Sea, he landed again. After visiting Frank, Greece and other places, and getting to know the local cultural customs, Li Tu recorded everything he saw in detail.

What impressed Li Hao the most was Greece. He visited the Parthenon Temple, not the ruins of the future world, but the intact Parthenon Temple. Unfortunately, the current Parthenon Temple has been converted into a church. Greece is now Christian.

In Greece, Li Hao also met a mathematician named Amati Sulatin, who happened to be back from Datang less than a year ago, and was very interested in the science of Datang, and learned that Li Hao also knew mathematics , took Li Hao to the observatory, discussed mathematics with Li Hao, and discussed astronomy with Pei Miao. Li Hao's mathematical knowledge made Su Latin admire him, and Pei Miao's stargazing skills also made Su Ladin admire. He even said that Datang is really an outstanding man , Li Hao also revealed his true identity in a rare way. In fact, he is the initiator of Datang Science. Su Ling was shocked, and he had a feeling of worshiping God every day and finally seeing the true God.

Although the voyage in Europe was short, most of the time was delayed on shore, so it took him more than three months from entering the Mediterranean Sea to the west end of the Suez Canal.

At this moment, the Suez Canal has just been completed and dredged. It lasted eleven months from September last year to August this year. At its peak, as many as 45 people were employed. It is really a huge project!

Li Hao's ship entered the Red Sea directly through the Suez Canal, and joined Wu Lei and the others. Seeing Li Hao's ship returning from the west, Wu Lei and the others were shocked, but when Li Hao showed them the drawn chart, everyone Everyone was relieved. It turned out that Li Hao actually sailed around such a huge continent in the past eight months.It was also after seeing the whole picture of the African continent that Wu Lei learned of Li Hao's real intention of digging the Suez Canal. This canal actually saved nearly a year's voyage, and what does a one-year voyage mean? How many storms and pirates you will encounter at sea, a Suez Canal will have a huge impact on the age of navigation.

Next, Li Hao asked for a statue to be cast at the east end of the Suez Canal and a monument to be erected at the west end, and to give the Suez Canal a name in Chinese - Li Tang Canal.

Digging a [-]-mile-long canal on the land of Africa and Europe, and using Li Tang as the name, is really arrogant, but what's wrong with the arrogance, if you have the ability to dig it yourself!

Immediately after Li Hao's instructions were issued, craftsmen were dispatched to build a huge statue at the east end of the Suez Canal. Because of the rush, there was no need to carve stone, but to use reinforced concrete to form the mold directly, and then polished and carved it a little. The inscription on the base tells about Li Hao's great achievements. In one month, the monument at the west end and the statue at the east end were all completed.

Li Hao's fleet sailed into the canal and headed west slowly. Li Hao looked at the statue on the north bank. The statue was very handsome, and it was exactly Li Hao. He saw the statue of Li Hao with his left hand on his waist and his right hand pointing to the east, full of vigor.

But at this moment, there are people standing around the statue, a dense group, stretching for more than 20 miles on the north bank of the canal, a dense piece of darkness, like a dark cloud, the group of Egyptians standing there is not as high as the base of the stone statue, they all participated The canal excavation project, this year, although it was hard, was the most satisfying year in their life. Sometimes they really hoped that the canal could be dug for a lifetime, but they knew it was impossible. Now that Tang Ren's fleet is gone, they can only stand on the shore and watch Tang Ren leave, worrying about their future life.

Li Hao held the side of the boat, looked at the densely packed Egyptians on the north bank, and frowned. Although he sympathized with these Egyptians, he would not help them anymore. He is not a philanthropist. The decline of your country is their own responsibility, everyone. Tang's crisis has not yet been resolved, Li Hao has no intention of meddling in the affairs of other countries. After a long time, Li Hao slowly clenched his fists and said with a firm face: "Ancient civilizations have been plagued by disasters since ancient times. Although the rise and fall of a nation is a natural law, but I want to revitalize Datang infinitely, even if it declines again, it will not fall into such a situation, this group of Egyptians is a reminder to me."

The next day, Li Hao's fleet arrived at the west end of the Suez Canal, ready to enter the Mediterranean Sea. On the north bank, there was a huge stone monument. It was more like a stone pier than a stone monument. Zhang, with huge four characters engraved on it - Li Tang Canal!Even at a distance of 200 meters, the four large characters can be seen clearly, but the small characters below cannot be seen clearly.

Those small characters describe in detail the excavation process of this canal, who initiated it, how much manpower and material resources were used, how much time it took, etc. Such a huge project should naturally be recorded for future generations to know.

After entering the Mediterranean Sea, Li Hao stopped at some European countries for trade and replenishment. It took two months, and then passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Atlantic Ocean. Li Hao knew that the next step would be a long journey away from the land. , because what they are going to next is the American continent that has not yet been discovered by the world.

Just when Li Hao's fleet passed the Strait of Gibraltar and sailed into the Atlantic Ocean, there was a huge change in Chang'an City and above the court.

First of all, Li Zhi fell ill, was bedridden every day, and had been in a coma for several months. His daily physical affairs had to be taken care of by someone. From this moment on, Wu Meiniang seldom visited Li Zhi. Because he knew that Li Zhi was basically like this. After all, she had poisoned Li Zhi. Although she had stopped poisoning Li Zhi now, even she had no antidote to this poison. Li Zhi had absolutely no chance of recovery.

What Wu Meiniang administered to Li Zhi was a chronic poison, and the dosage was very small. The poison was administered every few days. Even the director of the Imperial Hospital could not diagnose and treat him. Since July this year, Li Zhi suddenly fainted, and then It turned into a half-dead appearance, and the hospital was helpless.

The king of a country looks like this, but the crown prince Li Xian is only two years old. He has just been weaned and is still babbling.

At this time, as the No. 1 person in the imperial court, Changsun Wuji was naturally going to stand out. He summoned a group of ministers and proposed that Prince Li Xian be appointed as the supervisor of the country, and his eldest grandson Wuji would be the auxiliary minister to assist the prince and handle the government affairs.

If this is the case, he is naturally in power.But this decision caused opposition from many ministers. The initiator of the opposition turned out to be Xu Jingzong, a former henchman of Changsun Wuji.

Xu Jingzong is Wu Meiniang's man. After years of hard work and Wu Meiniang's secret efforts, he finally became a prime minister. From the official to the minister, he is a member of Changsun Wuji. Zhongshi, but other ministers also responded to Xu Jingzong's call and opposed Changsun Wuji's taking power together. Why?
Because Xu Jingzong said a word, he said that Changsun Wuji wanted to follow the Han Dynasty, and his relatives were in chaos.

The ministers are not fools. Looking at history, especially the Han Dynasty, there are still few cases of foreign relatives messing with politics. The standard routine of foreign relatives' chaos is that the first emperor dies early, the young prince succeeds to the throne, and the young prince does not understand political affairs. The Empress Dowager assists in governing, and the Empress Dowager is a woman's family. In ancient times, women who have no talent are virtues and do not understand political affairs. In this way, when the relatives are in power, there will be a situation where the relatives are in disorder.

Changsun Wuji's younger sister is Empress Changsun Wende, who is an authentic foreign relative. Xu Jingzong seized the identity of Changsun Wuji and fanned the flames in the court, pointing fingers and scolding Huaihuai, using the past to satirize the present, and the officials were secretly shocked when they heard it. Naturally, he opposed the eldest grandson Wuji's taking over the power, and there was a lot of trouble in the court.

Changsun Wuji was also very angry. He had always trusted Xu Jingzong, but at this critical moment, Xu Jingzong suddenly turned against him and beat him back, making his good deeds come to nothing. Can he not be angry?

At this time, Xu Jingzong suddenly proposed that it is not impossible for Changsun Wuji to serve as the auxiliary minister. The Empress Wu must also participate in the management of the government.

Xu Jingzong's sudden concession made Changsun Wuji happy for a while, but after the joy, he realized that something was wrong. He finally realized that Xu Jingzong was just a pony boy, and the real mastermind behind the scenes was Wu Meiniang. take power.

Only then did Changsun Wuji realize that this Wu Meiniang was quite ambitious and wanted to take power, but he couldn't help sneering, what's the use of being in power for a woman, can you still turn the world upside down?

Xu Jingzong's eloquence was really good, he kept lobbying among the officials, and talked about the way of checks and balances. To put it bluntly, he used Wu Meiniang and Changsun Wuji to check and balance each other.

The ministers immediately felt that this was a good idea. They didn't have a good impression of Wu Meiniang, and now the ambitious Changsun Wuji had to be extra careful, for fear that he would gain power, so let the two of them check and balance each other.

This proposal was quickly passed among the officials, and thus, a new pattern appeared in the court. Li Zhi, the emperor, lay in a hospital bed all day in a semi-comatose state, and the prince Li Xian was still learning to speak. For the matter, Wu Meiniang and Changsun Wuji fought in court.

Although it is said that Changsun Wuji and Wu Meiniang jointly assisted the crown prince in handling the government affairs, there is always a sense of superiority and inferiority. Needless to say, Wu Meiniang is naturally superior, and eldest grandson Wuji is inferior. Since ancient times, monarchs and ministers have been different. The emperor's wife and children are royal people. Officials must salute when they see it. This is the difference between monarchs and ministers.

Any suggestion put forward by Changsun Wuji, as long as Wu Meiniang does not nod, will not pass, and after Wu Meiniang took power, he immediately manipulated the appointment and dismissal of officials, and carried out a big change in the court. His nephew Wu Chengsi actually became Hubu Shangshu, Xu Jingzong became Shangshu Zuopushe, and Wu Sansi became a provincial servant. In addition, the court officials who Wu Meiniang and Xu Jingzong secretly colluded with over the years were all promoted and held important positions.

However, Changsun Wuji was deprived of all his posts and only participated in political affairs, and Wu Meiniang ignored him at all when he participated in political affairs. This made Changsun Wuji very angry, even Li Shimin and Li Zhi would not dare to treat him like this.

That's right, Wu Meiniang is like this, he is not Li Shimin, nor Li Zhi, because she is not an emperor, and she doesn't want to be a Mingjun, she doesn't have much psychological burden, you bite me!

Changsun Wuji was in a hurry, and began to win over the officials, saying that Wu Meiniang didn't understand political affairs at all, and she was acting nonsense. If this continues, the Tang Dynasty will be in chaos, and she must be pulled down...

However, at this moment, Wu Meiniang's party members have already occupied a quarter of the court, and another quarter is Li Hao's people, and the rest are Changsun Wuji's party members and some pedantic civil servants. Not in an important position anymore.

Changsun Wuji wanted to pull Wu Meiniang down several times, and even invited Qin Qiongma Zhou and the others. However, Qin Qiongma Zhou and the others had already received Cheng Yaojin's instructions to thank guests behind closed doors, and did not even go to court. During that time, Li Hao's cronies can be said to be the quietest.

Changsun Wuji has been busy for more than a month, with no results at all, and even made himself sick. Wu Meiniang is really in power now, coupled with her tough methods, in the past few months, she has severely punished more than a dozen officials who disobeyed her. Above the hall, all horses are silent.

The eldest grandson Wuji was lying on the hospital bed, and finally found out sadly that he was an idiot, a super idiot, who stole money and made wedding dresses for others.

　In the comment area, I saw someone commenting that entering the fast-forward mode, I actually expected it a long time ago, because the plot of the voyage is like a travel record, the plot is not exciting enough, and I can feel it myself, but the plot develops here. It’s imperative, it’s just that I fooled myself. In fact, the chapter on sailing is much more difficult to write than the usual chapters. You can go back and turn the tide, let's wait and see.

　　
　
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