Datang all-rounder

Chapter 214

Wang Ke's eyes were fixed on the map on the imperial case. In his memory, he knew not all of the military ports in later generations, but he knew a lot. Now he still has no idea where to build them first. You have to think about it. After all, for Datang, it is unnecessary to open all the places at the same time, and there is not so much money to support it. The most important thing is that it is not necessary to build so many ports now. After all, on land, There are still several places waiting for Comrade Li Er to clean up.

The matter of the navy is not something that can be done at one touch. Not only do we need to build ports, but we also have to train the navy and build warships.These things have to be done, but if ports are built everywhere, it is necessary to build warships and train sailors, which will be unsustainable for the current Datang.

Looking at Wang Ke who was frowning tightly, Comrade Li Er knew that it was best not to speak at this time. When Wang Ke could think about it, Comrade Li Er knew that he had no right to speak about the navy. What else can I say, this sailor has no idea what to do and where to start. He can only look at Wang Ke and tell him what to do when he thinks it over.

Wang Ke looked at the map for a long time, then raised his head and asked Comrade Li Er: "Your Majesty, I wonder if your Majesty can tell my ministers how they plan to deal with these small overseas countries?"

Comrade Li Er was stunned. He hadn't thought about Wang Ke's question. Now his greatest attention was on Western Turks, Tuyuhun and Tubo, and he really didn't take care of other places.

Comrade Li Er shifted his gaze to the map, and after looking at it for a long time, he realized that this map was specially marked for the sea area, so he quickly beckoned to Eunuch Yang to bring over the map of the whole country.

The eunuchs hurriedly moved all the chairs in the room to the wall and spread the map on the floor. Wang Ke stood aside with Comrade Li Er, listening to Comrade Li Er express his thoughts.

Seeing Comrade Li Er pointing everywhere with his hands, Wang Ke was really dizzy. The map was too big, and it was not clear where Comrade Li Er was pointing. Wang Ke quickly looked around and found a wooden window under the window. He quickly took the stick and handed it to Comrade Li Er.

Comrade Li Er took it over, looked at Wang Ke approvingly, and gestured on the map with a wooden stick and said: "Now I am focusing on the west and north. For me, Tuyuhun is not very big now. The problem is, for our dynasty, the biggest threat is the Turks, we have just pacified the Eastern Turks, and the Western Turks and our dynasty are facing each other directly, which can be regarded as the biggest threat to our dynasty."

Wang Ke understood Comrade Li Er's meaning. People nowadays still have a traditional consciousness, and they attach great importance to things on land, and they have no idea of ​​asking for rights and interests from the sea.For this point, Wang Ke is also influenced by later generations, so he has a different concept from this era.Now, Wang Ke felt that it was time to speak out, but he could only speak out after Comrade Li Er had finished speaking.

Comrade Li Er followed his own thoughts and said: "The six counties of Nanzhao in the southwest have no deterrent effect on our court at present, and Tubo is now in civil wars every year, and there is no time to take into account the length and short of our court, so in my opinion , Now our most urgent problem is to eliminate the Turkic people and open up communication with the Western Regions, which can be regarded as eliminating the biggest threat to our dynasty from the north."

When Wang Ke heard Comrade Li Er's words, his feeling became stronger and stronger. These people never thought about expanding to the ocean at all, but they can't be blamed for this. Now is an era of farming culture, and the atmosphere of the whole society That's it, except for scholars, that is, the status of farmers is high, and all other industries are looked down upon.Who makes the current low productivity, can only meet the most basic needs first!This is not enough to fill the stomach, and it is useless to say anything else.

Wang Ke shook his head. In his opinion, all things are actually connected. In the entire social link, they are all linked together. Without any link, it cannot run smoothly.Although with his own ability, he also knows that it is very difficult to change such a concept, but he believes that as long as he can influence high-level people like Comrade Li Er, this matter will be much easier.

Still the same sentence: All changes, if it is from the bottom to the top, it is impossible to achieve, but from the top to the bottom, it will be a matter of course, especially in this era of centralization and imperial power supremacy, as long as the emperor can Deciding to change is half the battle.

Wang Ke took the wooden stick from Comrade Li Er, and said to Comrade Li Er: "I agree with the emperor's statement very much. I also know that since ancient times, the threat from the north has been a never-ending topic in our Central Plains. Now My Tang Dynasty is rich and the people are strong, and the emperor has the ambition to expand the territory, it is the best opportunity to solve this problem."

When Wang Ke said this, he took a peek at Comrade Li Er's expression, because what he was going to say next was fundamentally different from Comrade Li Er's ideas, and now he just followed Comrade Li Er's opinion and let Comrade Li Er's heart can be more relaxed, and he can have less resistance to what he said below.

Seeing Comrade Li Er's expression of approval, Wang Ke continued: "As the emperor said, there is only one Turkic threat to our dynasty. But looking back, in fact, for our dynasty, the Eastern Turkic The threat is the greatest, and it was eliminated by our dynasty. As for the Western Turks, they have never been a big threat to our dynasty, because there are not many places directly bordering our dynasty. Now because our dynasty has wiped out the Eastern Turks , it seems that it has a lot of contact with our border."

Seeing Comrade Li Er nodded slightly, Wang Ke knew that Comrade Li Er agreed with what he said, so he said at ease: "Now is the time when our dynasty is working hard to govern, the lives of the people have also been greatly improved, and the tax revenue of the treasury has also been greatly improved. The increase of various products is no longer enough for the people of our dynasty to consume, and the extra goods must be sold in neighboring countries. The emperor abolished the decree that the people of our dynasty were not allowed to leave the country, which made the trade between our dynasty and the surrounding countries The rapid development has also led to an increase in the tax revenue of our dynasty. But now there is a problem, that is, the supplies of our dynasty can only be transported to various places through the Western Regions. The road is not only long, but the terrain is also complicated. It takes a long time to go back and forth, and even if we solve the problems of Western Turks immediately, these problems still exist.”

As soon as Wang Ke said this, Comrade Li Er interrupted and asked: "Then what do you mean? Is there any other channel that can replace it?"

Wang Ke's words undoubtedly made Comrade Li Er begin to understand that this single external channel is a hurdle that restricts the faster development of the Tang Empire. If we want to change this dependence, we must find other ways.

Seeing that Comrade Li Er had fallen into his trap little by little, Wang Ke pointed to the ocean on the map and said, "Shipping! Find a way from the sea, and use ships to carry goods faster and more than now. Isn't that a good idea?"

Comrade Li Er stared at the map and thought for a while before saying, "Is this possible? Can these places be reached by sea?"

Hearing Comrade Li Er's words, Wang Ke really couldn't laugh or cry, what do you mean can't get there, this land is surrounded by ocean!However, he knew in his heart that the current people's understanding of the ocean is probably limited to the idea of ​​going out to sea to fish, and there is nothing else to do.I can only popularize marine knowledge to Comrade Li Er first, and I can't explain it too deeply, otherwise I really have no way to explain things clearly.

Wang Ke turned around and took down the map on the imperial case, pointed to the map and said to Comrade Li Er: "The emperor also knows that I came back to the Tang Dynasty from a country far in the far west. After crossing the ocean, Chen is still clear about this. Please rest assured, your majesty, you can reach any place from the ocean."

Comrade Li Er began to be interested in what Wang Ke said, and pointed to the map for Wang Ke to continue talking.Wang Ke is not thinking about bringing the goods to Europe for sale now. For Datang, it is already very good to be able to transport the products produced to South Asia (called Tianzhu at the time) and the Middle East (called Persia at the time) that's it.

Wang Ke pointed to the map and said: "Please look, your majesty, the goods I am heading for are now being trafficked to Persia, Tianzhu and other places, and then transported from these places to other places, so now we can use the existing route." , can be transported to these places, and can also be transported to these places by sea routes.”

Wang Ke gestured on the map with a wooden stick, and anyone could tell at a glance that there was a big gap between the two routes, and the ocean route was obviously much closer.Of course Wang Ke knows the dangers of sailing, but this is not what he can say now. He has to wait until Comrade Li Er explains this point of view before he can come out of the club and rely on the establishment of a navy. After all, the most important task today is to let Li Er The second comrade knows the importance of forming a navy.

Comrade Li Er looked around on the map, and it took a long time before he said to Wang Ke: "Kid, keep talking, tell me what you want to say."

Comrade Li Er's words made Wang Ke not know what to say. Comrade Li Er didn't say yes or no, and Wang Ke was not sure what Comrade Li Er was thinking.

Looking at Comrade Li Er, Wang Ke still decided to speak out: "Of course, sailing on the ocean will not be smooth sailing. Just like walking on land, there must be many difficulties. This requires me to go to the army. Protection, so, I am going to form a navy first."

Before Wang Ke Huahai finished speaking, Comrade Li Er interrupted: "Boy, I understand what you mean a little bit. You have said so much, but you want me to form a navy. You don't have to play so much with me about this matter." The means, I have already said that I want to form a navy, you don't have to come and tell me like this."

Wang Ke smiled awkwardly, and said in his heart: "I know you agreed to form a navy, but I have to let you know what is the use of forming a navy. Otherwise, you only know that it is used for fighting. After a while, you feel that the investment is high. What if you want to reduce it?" manage!"

Wang Ke said seriously: "Your Majesty, I don't want to play tricks with the Emperor, but just to let the Emperor understand that the formation of the navy is not only for war, but also has many other uses."

Comrade Li Er waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't talk about this, you should hurry up and talk about where to build the port."

As soon as Wang Ke heard this, he knew that Comrade Li Er didn't want to hear this anymore, so he just said it directly, but the biggest purpose of forming a navy now is to fight wars, so he had to think about where to build a military port is the main problem.

(End of this chapter)