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Chapter 415 Li Shilang's Proposal
Guan Sheng led Li Shilang forward and handed over to Wu Tian: "Your Majesty, Li Shilang brought you here."

Wu Tian put down his teacup and stared at Li Shilang. Li Bing was already in his 40s. Unexpectedly, the recommended Li Shilang had a fair complexion and piercing eyes. The opponent was in his twenties.

"I didn't expect that the person recommended by Li Bing would be so young. He really is a hero."

Only then did Li Shilang realize that it was Li Bing who recommended him to come here, and he became more confident in his heart.

"Your Majesty is also very young, and your Majesty's achievements are far superior to those of my ministers. Compared with your Majesty, one is in the sky, and the other is the mud on the ground."

As Li Shilang said, he knelt down towards Wu Tian.

Wu Tian helped Li Shilang up, and said with a slight smile: "I heard that Aiqing is an expert in water warfare. I also heard that you led [-] Fuzhou soldiers to destroy [-] Japanese soldiers, burned the opponent's warships, and established a reputation. The emperor of the Song Dynasty listened to Cai Jing Talking to Gao Lian, not only did you not reward your achievements, but even blamed you. I know you are talented, but you have never been suppressed. So this time I came to the capital with you, just to know what you think about Haiphong. "

Li Shilang was secretly happy, Wu Tian said that his guess was exactly the same.

He pondered for a while, and said: "Returning to Your Majesty, I feel that the current Liang State navy is basically zero. Although there are generals such as Ruan's Sanxiong, Li Jun, and Zhang Shun commanding 10,000+ naval forces, they can only fight near the coastal waters of Liang State. If it is too far from the coast, once it is attacked, the whole army will definitely be wiped out."

Wu Tian nodded slightly.

Li Shilang continued: "So, if we want to build a navy that can protect the Liang Kingdom, we can only change the previous tactics. I know that His Majesty has developed two new weapons-the red cannon and the howitzer. This In addition to deploying the two weapons on the shore to prevent enemy forces from attacking from the sea, they can also be deployed on ships."

"Since the red cannons and howitzers are made of iron and steel bars, ordinary wooden boats may not be able to bear such a weight, so I have a bold idea, that is to use iron and steel to build boats. As for this idea , since I have not tried it, I am not sure yet. If it is possible, then we will have a warship that can run across the sea."

"The rest is to train the soldiers of the navy. In addition to proficiency in manipulating the red cannons and howitzers, each of these soldiers must also be familiar with water, at least able to swim a thousand meters in the water in a day."

"After these two things are done, the next step is to train the cooperation between warships and soldiers, and between warships. Maritime combat requires mutual support and cooperation, so that we can achieve our goals at the fastest speed. The desired effect. On the contrary, if only relying on warships, there is no way to defeat the enemy alone. In addition, the warships rely on mechanism birds and semaphore to transmit information to each other. In addition to sending letters, mechanism birds actually It can also place explosives. As long as it is operated properly, the machine bird can go straight to the opponent's warship like a cannonball. Moreover, he has a greater advantage than cannonballs shooting cannonballs. In addition to being good at camouflage and not easy to be detected, there is also a condescending attack, which makes People are hard to defend against."

After hearing Li Shilang's remarks, Wu Tian was slightly surprised.

Li Shilang's remarks just now are almost exactly the same as modern naval warfare.

In particular, he proposed to use iron and steel to make warships, which can be said to be an advanced idea.

Except for him, a person who has passed through the modern age, almost no one dared to think so.

It seems that Li Bing did not recommend the wrong person, this Li Shilang really has some means.

"Your Majesty, that's all I know, what does Your Majesty think?"

After Li Shilang finished speaking, he cupped his hands towards Wutian.

Wu Tian nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "What Ai Qing said agrees with my intentions. Especially regarding the battleship, I can tell you the truth. I already have a way to build the warship you mentioned. But at present, Liang's country is everywhere They are all building roads, and I am going to attack Xixia again. The manufacturing bureau is busy supervising the manufacture of red cannons and howitzers, so I am temporarily unable to manufacture warships. But you can rest assured that once I take Xixia, the supervision of warships will begin immediately.”

"As for you, now help me train the navy."

After Wu Tian finished speaking, Li Shilang shook his head.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the Xixia Kingdom is already a frightened bird. As soon as His Majesty's army arrives, it will definitely succeed immediately. However, if there is no battleship in this naval training, no matter how hard you practice, you will not be able to achieve good results. Therefore, I am bold. Your Majesty can temporarily slow down the domestic railway transportation, and put all your efforts to build warships first. After three to five years, the navy will be trained and the sea area will be protected. At that time, Your Majesty can develop Liang's internal economy with peace of mind."

Wu Tian frowned slightly, Li Shilang knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, I know that doing this will really embarrass Your Majesty, but Your Majesty must take a long-term perspective and don't be blinded by short-term benefits."

Seeing him like this, Wu Tian finally softened his heart.

Li Shilang's words are not wrong, he came to him to train the navy.

"Aiqing, I was wrong just now." Wu Tian helped Li Shilang up, "Well, now the main passages in the country of Liang have been built, except for the railways connecting the Koryo region and the Bohai region to the Central Plains. I am now I ordered that the construction of the railway transportation at these two places be suspended first, and the population of one million people be concentrated to supervise the construction of warships with all my heart. Within two years, it will be possible to supervise the construction of [-] warships as Ai Qing said."

Li Shilang nodded, and cupped his hands towards Wutian: "I thank Your Majesty here."

"Li Shilang accepts the seal. I will now appoint you as the governor of the navy, and concurrently as the minister of coastal defense, responsible for training the navy."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Li Shilang clapped his hands and shouted.

Wu Tian turned to look at Guan Sheng, and said, "Brother Guan, go and invite Brother Tang Long to me."

Guan Sheng went out, not long after, Guan Sheng led Tang Long to see Wu Tian.

"Chen Tanglong has seen His Majesty."

Tang Long saluted Wu Tian.

Wu Tian supported Tang Long, and said with a smile: "Brother Tang Long, I have a mission for you now. I hope you will build fifty warships for me within two years. I wonder if you can do it?"

Tang Long said: "Your Majesty has something to tell you, Tang Long will definitely try his best to handle this matter for you. If you can't do it well, Your Majesty can take Tang Long's life at any time."

Hearing this, Wu Tian nodded in satisfaction.

"Brother Tang Long, you've done a good job. I happen to have something I want to talk to you about."

Wu Tian told Tang Long all about the conversation with Li Shilang.

Tang Long was silent for a while, and said: "If the railway transportation construction in the Koryo region and the Bohai region is stopped, plus the current manufacturing capacity of the Manufacturing Bureau, it should be possible to do it in two years."

(End of this chapter)