Europe's resources need to be obtained through trade and fighting.
This acquisition was not stable enough. In order to start the industrial cycle of Datang as soon as possible, Li Sheng knew that his first goal was to go south.
Since there is such a reason, the decision is simple.
Let’s build a fleet first and then go to Southeast Bay.
With this goal here, and Hangzhou being able to trial-produce a steam locomotive, Li Sheng did not hesitate and chose to go to Hangzhou first.
However, Hangzhou’s current main value is its industrial production base, because...
In addition to the industrial zone that has been established, the steel plant in Hangzhou is also the largest steel plant in Jiangdong.
With such a place, things are naturally simple. The production of steam engine... parts is of course produced here in Hangzhou.
In fact, all of the dozen or so large ships that Li Sheng has proposed are equipped with steam auxiliary power. Although most of the steam engine parts come from Chang'an steel mills, some of the parts are taken from Hangzhou -
—It’s not that production can’t be done in Chang’an, but Li Sheng has also made it a point to think that supply chains should be spread throughout the country…
Before the subsequent rebellion in the feudal town occurs, let him die in the cradle first.
But all in all, Hangzhou really has the ability to produce steam engine parts.
Li Sheng ordered some of them from Chang'an, but most of the parts for this "steam cattle" were still produced in Hangzhou.
certainly……
Production belongs to production, and business cannot be forgotten.
The goal of Li Sheng's trip was very clear. In addition to establishing new steel industrial product production in Hangzhou, the other was Nanyang.
Southeast's standard errand, it's that simple.
The first step is to organize the fleet!
Regarding this part, when Li Sheng left Hangzhou and returned to Chang'an to rest, he did not forget to assign tasks to Wu Meiniang and others, which was to train more sailors.
There is no shortage of sailors as a profession in Jiangdong, where water transportation is developed, but Li Shengyao's sailors are not just limited to being proficient in water. The key point is the use of navigation instruments.
To use navigational instruments, you must know trigonometric functions, so there is no need to discuss.
During the time when Li Sheng returned to Chang'an, he gave Wu Meiniang a death order. I must be trained on this trigonometric function.
If you don’t understand the training, this ship will never go to sea.
Wu Meiniang originally had a good impression of her young master, but she was quite surprised by his strict instructions. But since Li Sheng had told her so, of course she had to do her best.
Of course, how effective is this training...
When Li Sheng arrived in Hangzhou, he did not accept the order in full to show his relief, but thought of an idea.
"Mei Niang, please prepare and print a batch of things. I want to arrange an exam."
"Printing? What?"
In the office, after Li Sheng listened to Wu Meiniang's report, he thought for a few seconds and then said such a meaningless statement.
When Wu Meiniang heard this, people couldn't help but be stunned...
What does this mean, printing? Examination?
"Well……"
Li Sheng was silent for a moment, then shook his head, "I will reply to a letter in two days and transport a set of movable type blocks from Chang'an. You will know then. Also..."
"Although I don't know if it will be useful, but... since I am going to be a 'farmer', maybe I can just use an airship to play..."
…
While Li Sheng was busy preparing for sailor training and preparing to assemble the fleet to sail, on the other side of the world on the World Island...
Mobei...
The war is also going on in full swing.
The remaining soldiers under Jieli Khan, who had previously fled to the depths of the Yin Mountains, numbering tens of thousands, had gradually been reduced to about five thousand.
These five thousand people are still more than the three thousand cavalry led by Li Sheng at the beginning, which shows that Jieli Khan's popularity is strong and his Turkic heritage is deep.
but……
It can also be seen that this old man has been living a miserable life recently.
In a desolate wilderness...
There is no shelter around, only tents forming a camp, stationed in this desert in the desert.
Camping on plain terrain without any shelter is undoubtedly dangerous.
If there are enough horses, then this way of garrisoning troops is reasonable. After all, horses provide mobility.
But the problem is... the current remnants of the Turks are already the only remaining political, economic and military entities with the word "Turk". Almost all the others have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. They have been slaves for a generation and have a stable source of income.
Everyone has welcomed Master Wang.
If there are any more losses, then there will really be no Turks left.
But Jieli Khan is not worried about this.
"Khan, our... this place, in Chinese terms, has no village or shop. If Han troops come to rob the camp, wouldn't we..."
At present, Jieli Khan's generals and counselors have also lost a lot. There is only one loyal Yi Lizhen and one Yi Nan. One of these two people is from the Rangan tribe and the other is from the Xue Yantuo tribe. Originally, strictly speaking, both
Although he is not considered a subject of the Turks, he is now regarded as loyal and loyal, and he plans everything for Jieli Khan.
Of course, these two people actually had no choice. Except for the bastard Bujia who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty long ago, after the two of them fled with Jieli Khan... it was not that they had not inquired about the "surrender policy" of the Tang Dynasty.
", but it sounds very strange...
Anyway, the soldiers were basically slaves for the first generation. If they were slaves of the Turks, they would definitely have a narrow escape. But the Tang court got so much money from nowhere, and actually threatened to give it to all the slaves.
If you have enough food, you will be saved from floods and droughts...
This is equivalent to a stable income, so although it is nominally a slave, most Turkic people in the strata are very supportive - after so many years, the Turkic Khan and the tribal leaders have not been able to satisfy everyone's demands.
As for generals like Bujia, they were given a very strange official position, which was called "righteous shoe with round tail".
Being able to have an official position at least means that your life is saved. But Yi Lizhen and Yi Nan thought secretly, but they felt that... this official position sounded very strange. Even if they were demoted, they would do that "upright shoe with round tail"...
...If it's just a casual job, that's fine, but if it's some kind of official position that sells butt, wouldn't it be over?
They had heard that the Tang State, an evil country, had institutions such as Jiaofangsi to train prostitutes... Although the brothers are not pure and innocent, the Han people have been doing it since the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
This is getting more and more outrageous, what if?...
After thinking about it, I wonder if Mobei is such a big place and everyone just acts like a group of bandits and loots everywhere, but they won't be caught just because they are caught...
So even though the time passed, these generals did not run away.