Capital Datang

A few days later, Belus was finally summoned by Li Zhen, but this Persian prince who was a little downcast when he entered the palace, came out a few hours later, already in high spirits, with a burst of vitality in his whole body. It looks like a different person.

Immediately after, Belus left North Tianzhu. This time he first arrived at Ceylon Island, and then met Liu Rengui with Li Zhen and the warrant. Through Liu Rengui's arrangement, he rushed back to Taiwan by boat, and took Li Zhen with him. A letter written by Zhen himself, asking to see Li Yin.

At this time, Li Yin was being overwhelmed by the plague in Java. If Belus hadn't held Li Zhen's letter, he really wouldn't have seen Li Yin.However, when Li Yin read Li Zhen's letter, he immediately summoned Wang An and others to the palace to discuss matters with a solemn expression. What kind of country is it, the political and religious structure in the country, and the ambition to expand outward? In the end, it is "far-sighted" to point out that if the expansion momentum of the Great Food is not curbed now, then the future between Datang and the Great Food There must be a battle!

Li Shimin has always been very convinced of Li Yin's judgment, which is similar to an unpredictable prophet, so after he read Li Yin's letter, he also attached great importance to it. I introduced the situation to Li Jing and wanted to hear the opinion of the Great Tang Army God.

In the end, regardless of his serious illness, Li Jing leaned on the map and calculated for several days, and finally came up with a result similar to Li Yin's. Moreover, according to Li Jing's calculations, the current defense force of Datang in the west is probably not Great cannibal opponents, after all, Anxi and Beiting are too far away from the political center of Datang, so it is impossible to mobilize too many elite troops.Capital Datang 605

In contrast, Dashi has no such concerns.They can mobilize more than [-] elite troops from Dashi Peninsula at any time, and there may be more followers.Coupled with the combat power shown by the cannibal army now, unless Datang has more than [-] elite troops stationed in the two capital guards all the year round, he will definitely suffer a big loss when facing the cannibals in the future.

It was also Li Jing's conclusion that finally made Li Shimin make up his mind to send an army to interrupt the cannibal's eastward invasion, and help the Persians by the way, so that they can breathe a sigh of relief.Gather the dispersed Persian army and make it a buffer zone between Datang and Dashi.

However, Datang's assistance to Persia is only the first step of the father-son plan of Li Shimin, Li Yin, Li Zhen, and Li Yun. There will be a bigger plan in the future, and the target of this plan is naturally rising rapidly. period of food.However, the steps required to implement this plan are complex.And it will take several years or even more than ten years. The most important thing now is to provide assistance to Persia, so as to preserve the very appealing banner of Persia.

A few months later, Belus went on the road with an army that went to the Anxi Protectorate. This army had a total of 4 people. The main general was Qibi Heli, and the other famous general Xue Wanche was his deputy.The two of them are also the main generals who aided Persia this time.

Speaking of Qibi Heli and Xue Wanche, these two Hu Han, it is said that Hu people have strong temperaments, and they like to be impulsive whether it is fighting or acting.The Han people are generally more "rational", but these two people are just the opposite.Although Qibi Heli is a barbarian, he has always been known for his calmness in battle, and he is extremely good at seizing opportunities.He likes to attack with strange soldiers, and he has won the magic of the grassland art of war.But Xue Wanche has a fiery personality.He likes to attack fiercely when fighting. When Li Shimin commented on his art of war, he said that if Xue Wanche leads the army, he will either be defeated or won. There is no third situation. This shows the characteristics of this person.

However, both Qibi Heli and Xue Wanche have their own shortcomings. For example, Qibi Heli likes to be jealous of people with higher talents than him, which makes his relationship with Li Jing, Li Ji and others not very good, while Xue Wanche is defiant. The popularity in the court is also very poor.But Qibi Heli had saved the Xue family brother's life back then, so the two of them had a good personal relationship, which was one of the reasons why Li Shimin sent them to cooperate.

Not long after the army to assist Persia led by Qibi Heli left Chang'an, Datang passed a road network plan for the Western Regions. It was planned that in the next 15 years, the major cities in the Western Regions west of Yumen Pass would be connected to each other. A transportation network dominated by concrete roads, with these flat concrete roads, the Tang army can appear in every corner of the Western Regions in the shortest time, which will greatly increase Datang's rule over the Western Regions.

In addition, a wide cement road has already been built from Chang'an to Yumen Pass, but Li Min suggested to Li Shimin that it is best to build a railway on this section, which will greatly shorten the distance between Chang'an and Yumen Pass. At the same time, it also strengthened the connection between the political center of the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions.And in order to convince Li Shimin, Li Min also used Taiwan's Ring Island Railway Project as an example. Although this railway project has only been completed less than a quarter, it has greatly promoted economic and cultural exchanges across Taiwan.

Li Shimin has already heard about trains, and he also knows that many railways have been built in coastal cities such as Dengzhou and Shanghai, which have greatly promoted the local economic development.Some time ago, various newspapers discussed the convenience brought by the introduction of trains in the Guanzhong area. A bit longer, but not too surprising.

The reason why the Western Regions are difficult to manage is that it is too far away from Chang'an, and the appearance of the train is undoubtedly a good way to shorten the distance. A railway from Chang'an to Yumenguan is absolutely necessary. After all, the income brought by the Western Regions to Datang every year is not a small amount.

Just after Li Shimin finalized the two huge transportation plans, Li Yin immediately sent a special team from Taiwan to Chang'an. This team was all organized by professionals with experience in railway design. The same railway engineers, they will measure the distance from Chang'an to Yumenguan railway on the spot, and design the railway route.

If you want to build a railway, there are two problems that need to be solved. The first is the design of the route. This requires specialized talent exploration. After several years of development, Li Yin has cultivated such a group of talents, and now he has sent them all Arrived in Chang'an.The second problem is the production of steel. After all, railways need rails, and the amount of steel needed is not a small amount. Therefore, the people who are designing railway routes have not yet arrived in Chang'an. Datang and various places in Taiwan have begun to build steel factories on a large scale. With the efforts of the two countries, this significant railway was successfully built.

In addition, Li Min also tried his best to help Li Shimin's plan to build a road network in the Western Regions. For example, the cement production in various parts of Taiwan will be given priority to supply Datang's needs.

In fact, this can be regarded as a transaction condition reached by Li Yin and Li Shimin. Datang assisted Persia at the beginning, and Li Yin contributed to help Datang build a transportation network in order to strengthen Datang's rule over the Western Regions. As for Li Zhen With Li Yun, their strength is still too weak for the time being, so at this stage, they still focus on developing their own strength. When they unify the entire Tianzhu, they will have the strength to participate in the big food plan.

For the rise of Dashi, Li Yin has been vigilant enough from the very beginning. This great empire that combines politics and religion is invincible in history. Its territory spanned the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, and even defeated the army of Datang , and gained the right to rule Central Asia, if the big eclipse is allowed to develop like it did in history, it will definitely pose a huge threat to both Datang and Li Yin.Fortunately, Dashi is still in the initial stage of outward expansion, so he still has time to kill the opponent's expansion momentum.

However, Li Yin also knew that Dashi was not a doomed empire like the Western Turks, but a new and vigorous empire. Defeating such an enemy would naturally not be possible overnight.But this is not a big deal, his navy has already reached the east coast of Africa, and can threaten the hinterland of Dashi at any time. Datang is also blocking the way of Dashi's eastward advance, and it is not something that Dashi can provoke now. .In addition, Li Zhen and Li Yun of Tianzhu are also developing rapidly. When they grow up, they can attack Dashi from three sides with Li Yin and Datang.

After Li Yin finalized the huge plan to contain the big food, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then devoted his energy to the plague on Java Island.However, although the plague on Java Island involved most of Li Yin's energy, Taiwan still made a major decision during this period.

Taiwan has also formulated a development plan similar to that of Datang, which is to solve the traffic problems in various places. However, unlike Datang's road construction, most of Li Yin's sphere of influence are islands, so the transportation is naturally by boat, and steam After several years of development and application, the ship has undergone several improvements. The current steam ship is not only faster, but also has a larger hull and more cargo. It can already be popularized on a large scale. .

It is precisely for the large-scale promotion of steamships that Li Min made improvements in various important ports. For example, a large amount of coal and fresh water were stored in each port to facilitate the addition of coal and water for steamships. In addition, the production plants of steamships It also expanded the scale and opened new factories, which made the output of steamships higher and higher, but the cost became lower and lower, and it already had the advantage of competing with sailing ships.Capital Datang 605

However, the promotion of steam ships is still subject to some restrictions, such as some ocean-going ships, because the coal supply problem cannot be solved, so sailing ships must still be used, such as the second American route exploration some time ago.Although the previous exploration did allow Lu Wan and the others to reach the Americas, Li Yin soon discovered that the route explored for the first time had great limitations.