By the time Fang Xuanling finished speaking, Li Er was already brimming with energy.
This, this is really right.
It is extremely difficult to open a sea route to a distance of one or two thousand miles to the southeast. This requires sailing all the way out of the East China Sea to find the legendary "America" on the other side. This is probably the same as the story "Journey to the West" written by Li Sheng.
How far!
No wonder twenty items are needed.
Li Er finally understood what Fang Xuanling meant, and why all these ministers suddenly looked embarrassed for no reason before. Now, I'm afraid he also looked embarrassed now.
After all, the cost of going overseas is still too high.
And then, Fang Xuanling thought about it for a while. Although he was observing Li Er's expression and felt that it was inappropriate to say anything more, he still took a breath and said, "Moreover, Your Majesty."
"The sea is not only windy and rough, but also often very large in scope. If a ship is in trouble, it is often a large area at a time. If a large number of wooden ships have problems, the people on the ship will have to gather on the iron ship. If the number is small, I am afraid it will be too
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Li Er was startled when he heard this.
This is indeed different from fighting on land!
In battles on land, although there are always different ranks of armies with different strengths and weaknesses, in general, it is not necessary to be all elite, because in most military missions, not only are they not actually that dangerous, but even if they are attacked by the enemy,
, as long as the elite part is still there, this part of the ordinary team can retreat and move relatively calmly, because the opponent always has to worry about where the elite part is!
If he accidentally gets ambushed, no general can ignore this possibility.
But things at sea seem to be different.
Storms and huge waves, how can these things care about how many elite troops you have, where they are, and what state they are in? When you meet, it is the rhythm of all-out destruction. If you really encounter a big storm, then it is really impossible for the wooden ship to be damaged.
If two ships were involved in an accident, it must be a large one!
Thinking about this, the more Li Er thought about it, the more nervous he felt. Now he finally understood how difficult it was to open the border.
But for now.
Li Er pondered for a while, then raised his eyes and glanced around the ministers, "Okay, I will target these twenty armored ships!"
As soon as the words fell, the words were golden.
The emperor finally decided to take over America with real swords and guns. All the ministers present bowed down and saluted with solemn faces.
But then.
These ministers could not help but quietly look up at Li Er, because in fact, when Li Er was looking forward to their opinions, they were also waiting for Li Er's thoughts. After all, "America" is a new thing in the history of China, and no one has
Something that has been seen, but that no one has seen, is not a specific thing, but a whole continent. It needs to be explored, and of course no one dares to make suggestions easily.
However, in general, these ministers also knew that twenty large iron ships were indispensable.
Just what to do next.
Li Er announced that he had approved the twenty large ships, and then he felt a sharp and heavy pain in his chest, as if he had been kicked by a crazy buffalo.
These twenty iron ships are equivalent in value to hundreds of large wooden merchant ships, and there are none of them of low quality - what if something happened.
If the merchants in Hangzhou learned that His Majesty had used hundreds of brand-new large merchant ships to imprison him, I wonder if they would be so angry that they would directly go to Chang'an to stage a coup or something? This kind of thing seems outrageous.
But Li Er really felt at this moment that this kind of thing was entirely possible.
The stakes are still too high!
Even Li Er felt his scalp numb. After all, although he knew that he was a good person and Li Jiancheng and his gang were bad people, after all, they came here on a bloody road, and he always felt a little insecure in his heart. Doing this kind of thing
big things,
At this time, Li Er couldn't help but sigh that Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was really powerful. This guy was much more patient than Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu couldn't restrain his ambition and suddenly attacked King Huai of Chu. As a result, people's hearts fluctuated immediately after doing this.
And Liu Bang happened to kill Xiang Yu in the name of King Huai of Chu being kind to him and wanting to avenge him - so he finally won the victory, and then came the siege of Baideng.
Liu Bang could naturally give in calmly, and then turn around and repeat his old tricks, pretending to be playing while secretly working hard, and telling his children and grandchildren not to forget to avenge me and seize the land of these Huns.
But Li Er could make a casual estimate of how people would feel if he did something similar. I'm afraid it's not that easy to say.
Thinking about it, that night.
A large group of people from Wuyang and Wuyang finally agreed that the black iron ship must be obtained and that the money and food must be spent. Otherwise, there would be no hope for this matter. However, it is precisely because of the huge cost invested in hope.
, so the cost itself becomes another kind of "hope".
From hoping that this thing can happen, to hoping that this thing will definitely happen. But how to ensure that these twenty large iron ships will definitely achieve success?
That night, the monarch and his ministers could not come to any conclusion.
That night, I naturally had insomnia again, and this time.
Li Er's anxiety was even worse than before, and the cost was really unbearable. However, when the meeting finally ended, Wei Zheng suddenly raised his hand to speak and proposed a surprising agenda.
"Wei Chen suggests that your Majesty summon His Royal Highness the First Prince for a briefing."
Wei Zheng said this calmly and in a very calm tone. However, the moment he heard this, the expressions of several ministers on the side changed instantly.
Directly calling Li Sheng to the palace to be a saint, wouldn't this be to prevent chaos in the world?
Although if Li Sheng's identity is really to be revealed, it may and must be made clear in private first. This is possible and feasible, but at this juncture, Datang is about to start a new round of great achievements, and this great undertaking is not
Ordinary things - once successful, it is not a question of how much progress Datang has made, but,
The acquisition of such a distant and vast land in America is equivalent to Datang directly owning another Datang. And if the value of this sub-base in America to Datang's strategic situation is included, the total value will be even higher.
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Just think about such a valuable good thing, you will know that it must have a huge impact, and Datang actually secretly met with Li Sheng on the eve of this great undertaking. This matter could have been kept secret, but since the land of America is so important, there is no guarantee that it will not happen.