Traveling across the heavens starting from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 86 One Year Later

a year.

What changes have occurred in the Tang Dynasty?

During this year, Princess Changle's Mansion was built, and Shouchang Hou's Mansion was expanded. It was close to the Qingming Canal, and living water could be directly introduced into the mansion from the Qingming Canal.

The Datang Jiye Chamber of Commerce was established, and cement and red bricks became popular in Chang'an City.

Even when Li Shimin saw the convenience of cement, he set his sights on Chang'an City. He wanted to further expand and heighten Chang'an City and build a unique first capital city to highlight the achievements of Emperor Fan Bangtian Khan of the Tang Dynasty. .

After all, Li Shimin is no longer the Tang emperor who was struggling for money.

Even if the Tang treasury could not support the construction of this spectacle.

The dividends from the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce alone are enough to support his ideals.

Besides.

Li Huaian's own Liulice Chamber of Commerce is developing well and owns many gold, silver and gem mines in Datang.
Of course.

The Liulice Chamber of Commerce has a special liking for treasures.

Tea is also involved.

after all.

At the beginning, Li Huaian arranged for Li Ruoqiu to find several ancient tea trees and established tea gardens in the production areas based on the ancient tea trees.

In this year, the tea garden has begun to take shape.

After a year.

The first batch of tea leaves from ancient tea trees has been delivered to Shouchang Hou Mansion.

also.

It is the Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce.

This chamber of commerce, established because of the war against Japan, owns three of the largest shipyards in the Tang Dynasty. After a year of hard work, it has completed the construction of ships one after another like dumplings. Boat.

As for artillery.

Because of the existence of the Datang Coal Industry Chamber of Commerce, the prosperity of the coal industry, the emergence of coke, and the help of Li Huaian, using the technology of the main world to eliminate Datang's iron-making technology naturally also boosted Datang's steel production, which has historically increased Tang's annual steel output ranges from [-] tons to [-] tons, which has increased hundreds of times.

Let Datang enter the Iron Age.

There is no longer a shortage of steel for cannons.

Cannons can be made in large quantities to equip sea ships, and [-] soldiers can be trained.

As steel production increases.

Li Huaian also took advantage of the situation and established a Datang Iron and Steel Chamber of Commerce.

During this year.

Li Huaian also took time to return to the main world to celebrate the New Year with his sister Li Xiaoxiao.

Shouchanghou Mansion.

In the rain-watching pavilion in the inner courtyard garden.

Today, Li Huaian wanted to take a group of women from the mansion to Qujiang Lake for an outing, but the sky was not beautiful and it started to rain. The group of people could only cook tea in the mansion, enjoy the rain, and watch the fish playing in the lake.

"Brother Huai'an, I read the reports from the Coal Chamber of Commerce and the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce. A few days ago was the day when the Four Seas Fleet set out for the Japanese island?"

Li Lizhi was playing with a small red clay stove. What was warming on it was not a teapot but a wine pot, which contained fruit wine suitable for drinking in spring.

Although it is already spring.

But there is still some chill in the air.

Drink some wine to warm yourself up.

Li Lizhi's body is already weak and cannot be exposed to the cold.

"Ah."

Li Huaian responded, staring at the lake outside the pavilion, watching the fish in the lake showing their heads to breathe the air on the rainy day, and his thoughts drifted to the fleet that had already set off.

"Mr. Lang, is it true that there is a silver mountain in Japan that cannot be mined for hundreds of years, and there are also many gold mountains?"

Compared with Li Lizhi's concern about the day when the Sihai Fleet set off.

Li Ruoqiu was more straightforward and directly concerned about whether there were silver or gold mountains on the Japanese island.

After all, this is related to the fundamental interests of Shouchang Hou Mansion.

If it is true as Lang Jun said.

The Shouchang Hou Mansion will have a new income.

If it is fake.

Li Ruoqiu knew about the agreement between her husband and the current saint. When the time comes, the Shouchang Houfu will give up its share of the Tang Dynasty Coal Chamber of Commerce.

although.

The Shouchang Hou Mansion has multiple chambers of commerce, but there is no Datang Coal Industry Chamber of Commerce, so it doesn't matter.

But it’s better not to lose if you can.

Li Ruoqiu also knew that her husband was an immortal and it was impossible to lie about what he had confirmed. In fact, the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce made too much profit in a year.

This year's time.

Due to the establishment of the Datang Iron and Steel Chamber of Commerce, the output of Datang Iron and Steel has soared, and private coal consumption has spread.

The Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce's one-year profit has exceeded twice the imperial tax revenue in the sixth year of Zhenguan.

This had to be treated carefully by Li Ruoqiu.

"Don't worry, I said there is such a silver mountain on the Japanese island, so it must be there. If the Four Seas Fleet cannot find it when they go to the Japanese island, I will just go there myself."

Li Huaian came back to his senses and looked at Li Ruoqiu with a smile. The Sihai Fleet had a detailed map of the Japanese island, so how could they not find Iwami Ginzan.

If the Four Seas Fleet landed on the Japanese island and started a war against the Japanese, and if he really couldn't find Iwami Ginzan, then he would go to the main world to take a look at Iwami Ginzan and confirm his location.

"The Nu family is not afraid that the generals of the Four Seas Fleet are not familiar with naval warfare, or that they will miss Lang Jun's plan."

Li Ruoqiu also knew that she was worrying too much.

"Sister Ruoqiu, don't worry about this. Although Pang Xiaotai, the commander of the Sihai Fleet chosen by my father for Brother Huai'an, is not a mature and prudent naval general. He is a bit young, but he is also a veteran who is familiar with water warfare."

"Even if this is my first time commanding a naval battle."

Li Lizhi poured a glass of warm fruit wine and handed it to Li Huaian.

"As Brother Huai'an said, the Four Seas Fleet has strong ships and powerful artillery. The soldiers responsible for the landing operations are all wearing iron armor to protect themselves. They are armed to the teeth, plus the artillery made by Lang Jun."

"It's hard to lose at the start of the Flying Dragon Cavalry Face. Even if Pang Xiaotai, the navy general, is not in charge, just change it, the Sihai Fleet will not lose against the Japanese island."

"Right."

Li Ruoqiu nodded in agreement. As one of the decision-makers of the Datang Iron and Steel Chamber of Commerce, the Datang Iron and Steel Chamber of Commerce was responsible for manufacturing both the artillery and the armor on the Sihai Fleet. Naturally, she had seen the power of the artillery and the armor. .

Now the Datang Iron and Steel Chamber of Commerce is in contact with the Ministry of War and has begun to receive orders from the Ministry of War to manufacture weapons.

Li Huaian also believed that Pang Xiaotai could serve as one of the general managers of the Tang Dynasty navy. In addition to the tricks he made, there was a centuries-old weapons generation gap between the Sihai Fleet and the Japanese island.

The Japanese weapons of this period were still very primitive, and I am afraid they were not even able to produce a variant of Tang Dao.It is difficult to lose the war against Japan.

Li Huaian and the women in the house were drinking tea, drinking, enjoying the rain, watching fish, and talking about the upcoming war against the Japanese by the Sihai Fleet. In their emotions, Li Lizhi and Li Ruoqiu did not have any sympathy for the people on the Japanese island.

in their thoughts.

The Japanese on the Japanese island are just a group of barbarians, so just kill them.

Have time to pity a group of barbarians.

It is better to worry about whether the soldiers fighting in the Sihai Fleet will be injured or not. Those are the Tang Dynasty's own people.

Even the seven women with five surnames who were silent and did not express any opinions did not show any unbearable expressions on their faces, looking like barbarians who did not know how to educate themselves.

Not to mention, the original purpose of the Sihai Fleet launching a war against the Japanese was to provide labor for the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce.

Now there is another Datang Iron and Steel Chamber of Commerce, making Datang's labor shortage even more severe.

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin also began to worry about the population of the Tang Dynasty.

With the emergence of Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce, Datang Iron and Steel Chamber of Commerce, Datang Jiye Chamber of Commerce, Datang Sihai Chamber of Commerce, and Liulice Chamber of Commerce, Datang has carried out restructuring in commercial tax, which has increased Datang's revenue from commercial tax. The increase allowed the Tang Dynasty court to no longer rely on taxes from the registered population to maintain the operation of the Tang Dynasty.

In order to increase the population of Datang.

The Tang court planned to gradually reduce the taxes on the people of the Tang Dynasty.

"Manager Pang, we have been out for a few days, are we almost reaching the Japanese island?"

On the main ship of the Four Seas Fleet.

Lian Hai, the commander of the imperial troops who were engaged in the landing operation, came to Pang Xiaotai and asked about the upcoming voyage. From the time he left the sea to now, according to the voyage calculation, he should be able to see the Japanese island soon.

"Call me Commander, don't call me by my official title."

Pang Xiaotai reminded.

"This war against the Japanese is a civilian action. We attack the Japanese islands in the name of the Four Seas Fleet under the Tang Dynasty Four Seas Chamber of Commerce. Even if we are considered to be well-known, outsiders cannot call me my official position in the court."

"The Sihai Fleet is not in the military hierarchy of the Tang Dynasty, nor is it in the catalog of the Ministry of War."

"Hey, I'm not used to this. Besides, the ship is full of people from the past. The training this year has been in accordance with the standards in the military camp. It's even stricter than the training in the military camp. I always thought that the Sihai Fleet belonged to the imperial court. Where’s the fleet.”

Lian Hai touched his head awkwardly.

In fact, the rules of this Sihai Fleet are more like military camps than the military camps of the Tang Dynasty.

"Commander Lian, whether the Sihai Fleet will be a fleet of the imperial court in the future is a matter for the future. Now you have to remember that the Sihai Fleet is a fleet under the name of the Tang Dynasty Sihai Chamber of Commerce."

Pang Xiaotai glared at Lian Hai and warned.

"Especially when you get to the Japanese island, you can't reveal even a word about the imperial court. You are also my old subordinate. I don't want you to lose your job if you don't get any money in the end."

"Hey, remember."

Lian Hai quickly assured that he would be warned about this rule every time he received the order to join the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce and was handed over to the newly established Datang Sihai Chamber of Commerce by the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce.

Even if it is a piece of wood, it has marks already carved on it.

but.

Speaking of money.

Lian Hai immediately showed an excited smile on his face.

"President Pang. Commander."

Under Pang Xiaotai's eyes, Lian Hai changed his name very wisely.

Then said.

"Commander, I didn't expect that the Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce is so rich. It has trained us for a year. Not only does it provide us with good food and food, but it also gives us a lot of money every month."

"I heard that the Datang Sihai Chamber of Commerce will give another generous reward this time when the Japanese island comes back."

"Actually, I don't care much about these. I just feel itchy when I look at those artillery pieces. Although the training has been a bit tough this year, I still eat well and I still have money to collect. However, these artillery pieces cannot be used in actual combat. Every time I use them in the Tang Dynasty, To suppress the bandits, the old, weak, sick and disabled bandits surrendered directly by just setting up the formations before firing any artillery fire."

Lian Hai looked at the sea.

"I really want to land on the island right away and get addicted to firing cannons, so that the island can experience what it feels like to blast a dwarf with a cannon."

"Grand Commander."

"The front ship sent news that the Japanese island can be seen, and the front ship has encountered the ship coming to explore from the direction of the Japanese island. The front ship asked what to do."

A government soldier in charge of communications came to Pang Xiaotai to report.

"We've arrived at Japan Island."

Lian Hai was overjoyed and quickly ran to the observation deck to confirm. If the fleet was really approaching the Japanese island, then it was his turn to make preparations.

Just wait for the fleet to dock on the island and quickly clear a safe landing area depending on the situation.

the rest.

In accordance with the plan of the Tang Sihai Chamber of Commerce, they launched an attack on the Japanese island, attacked, and attacked again.

With the cooperation of the Sihaijin team, they launched an indiscriminate attack on the entire Japanese island, captured as many people as possible, and handed them over to the fleet's transport ship to transport them back to the Tang Dynasty.

"The front ship encountered a ship from Wajima?"

Pang Xiaotai hesitated for a moment, thinking of the purpose of his trip to Japan, and ordered the communications soldiers with firm eyes.

"Order the front ship, the East China Sea Fleet, to ignore the ships coming from the Japanese island, directly crush them, quickly occupy the powerful waters of the Japanese island, clear a safe docking area for the entire fleet, and select an area where the landing troops can safely land."

This war against the Japanese was a civil action, not a war under the will of the Tang Dynasty.

As the commander-in-chief of the Four Seas Fleet, he naturally does not need to play courtesies before fighting, and does not need to worry about undeclared war. All the infamy and guilt will naturally be shouldered by the Tang Dynasty Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.

"Yes."

The soldiers from the Communications Office took the order and immediately went down to deliver the order.

on the sea.

More than 600 ships of various types in the Four Seas Fleet also began to move forward at full speed, approaching the Japanese island.

The East China Sea Fleet as the front ship.

After receiving the order.

Without hesitation, he smashed into pieces the Japanese ship that came to chat with him. You must know that although Li Huaian's Sihai Fleet was mainly built with wood, it was also covered with a layer of iron armor.

Especially the angle of attack on the ship is made of high-quality steel.

With just one impact, the ship from the Japanese island was shattered into pieces. The Japanese on board could only struggle to survive in the sea.

"Commander, do you want to rescue these Japanese people?"

A soldier looked at the struggling Japanese slaves in the sea, and thought of one of their tasks, and that catching a male Japanese slave could exchange for [-] copper coins, and a female Japanese slave could exchange for [-] copper coins, and he quickly told the commander asked.

"No, it's a waste of time to save these Japanese people. Our current task is to clear a safe area as soon as possible for the fleet and the brothers who are about to land. There are many Japanese people on the Japanese islands for us to capture. There are millions of Japanese people. , I’m afraid we won’t be able to catch him by then.”

The commander of the East China Sea Fleet said bluntly.

"That's true."

The soldiers also remembered their current mission, glanced at the struggling Japanese under the boat, took off their bows and arrows, nocked a few arrows, and sent the Japanese in the sea to feed the Sea Dragon King, as a memorial to the Sea Dragon King. Let them go to sea smoothly this time and make money to go home and marry a wife.

(End of this chapter)