The Cui family borrowed 10,000 weapons from Your Majesty and wanted to mobilize the whole family to attack the barbarian country. I don't know who revealed it, and it started to cause a sensation among all the noble families in the world.
Since the edict was issued in the Tai Chi Palace last year, all the aristocratic families in the world who consider themselves to have some strength have begun to make moves.
However, after several days of preparation, these aristocratic families all found out that they had enough manpower but insufficient weapons.
Therefore, we can only prepare to develop secretly.
Unexpectedly, the Cui family in Qinghe could come up with such a weird idea, and Li Shimin even agreed!
In an instant, the Boling Cui family, Fanyang Lu family, Xingyang Zheng family, Longxi Li family, Zhaojun Li family and other five surnames were Qiwang, as well as the six surnames of Guanxi, the Jiangnan family, the Daibei Hu surname, the Taiyuan Wen family, and the Taiyuan Tang family.
The powerful families began to come towards Chang'an City again.
After these two years, these aristocratic families all know everything about the caravans within the family doing business with foreign countries, and the power situation of the tribes in the vassal states surrounding the Tang Dynasty.
However, in this matter, the heads of these aristocratic families were disappointed in the end. At one time, Li Shimin only allowed two aristocratic families to borrow weapons from the Tang Dynasty.
The Cui family has already obtained the first quota, and the remaining quota can only be obtained by a southern family or a northern family.
Throughout Chang'an City, undercurrents began to surge again.
Finally, the Li family from Longxi got this spot.
However, it will soon be time for spring plowing.
After the quotas were allocated, the heads of the aristocratic families had no choice but to rush home.
Spring plowing is the most important thing.
If you want to fight, you can only do it after the autumn harvest.
The entire Lijiazhuang began to be busy again.
The entire Zhuangzi teamed up to tear down the glass greenhouses, pull out the withered vegetable branches, level the fields, and divide the paddy fields.
Out of 18,000 acres of land, a farmer can be allocated about 40 acres.
It took half a month to level 6,000 acres of paddy fields and more than 10,000 acres of fertile farmland.
Standing on the edge of the field, the old housekeeper Li Chang was so happy that the corners of his mouth were cleft to his ears.
With last year's experience, this year's old housekeeper is full of motivation.
After plowing the fields, they began to raise chickens, ducks, hogs and fish.
At the same time, there were dozens of farmers in Lijiazhuang, and good news came from the family. Some farmers' aunts were pregnant.
Later, some older bachelors who had reached marriageable age welcomed various matchmakers to their homes all day long.
Then, carrying a bunch of betrothal gifts, he went to another village to give betrothal gifts.
The entire Lijiazhuang has become the most envied village by all the surrounding villages.
Soon, it will be June.
The weather is gradually getting hotter again.
Cui Mi's belly was already so big that it was difficult to walk. Zi Yun and an old woman had to follow Cui Mi all day long to prevent him from falling.
"Your Majesty! Report from Qingzhou!"
Butler Li Chang came in holding a letter sealed with fire paint.
"Qingzhou?"
Hearing this, Li Xuan, who was looking blank, was stunned for a moment, and then quickly took the letter.
The more he looked, the happier he looked.
"Xuanba, what kind of happy event makes you so happy?"
On the side, Li Yuan asked curiously.
"My steel ship was successfully built!"
Li Xuan said with a happy face.
Hearing this, Li Yuan also looked overjoyed, "Then when should I go to Qingzhou?"
"Going to Qingzhou?..."
Li Xuan was stunned, a trace of embarrassment flashed in his eyes, he thought for a moment, and then said firmly.
"Mi'er has been pregnant for nine months. I want to wait until the baby is born before going to Qingzhou!"
"That's fine!"
A trace of surprise flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, but he nodded again and again.
"However, there is one thing that needs to be prepared in advance!" Li Xuan continued.
"What's the matter?"
Li Yuan was stunned.
"Sailor, boatman!"
Li Xuan said.
"Now that the steel ship has been built, we must have skilled shipwrights and sailors!"
"For this matter, you need to go find Erlang!" Li Yuan said.
After Jie Li was captured and returned to Chang'an, Li Yuan's attitude towards Li Shimin became much better.
Hearing this, Li Xuan nodded slightly.
The navy, a branch of the military, requires shipwrights who are much more complex than the army. In this era, they are equivalent to high-tech talents.
Among them, the most important one is the captain, that is, the person in charge of maritime navigation. This kind of person must be familiar with the compass method and can calculate the positions of the sun and moon, measure the weather, and observe geography. Such a person can't be found by Li Xuan alone.
No less.
The remaining ones include the boatman, who operates the steering wheel; the headman, who manages the port when it is berthed; the Yaban, who manages the ship's mast; and the treasurer, who manages the sale and purchase of goods and accounting calculations, which is equivalent to
Lijiazhuang can find a few accounting clerks at will.
Then, there is the chief officer, who is equivalent to the general steward of the whole ship; the rest is the workers' club, that is, the sailors. On a big ship like Cangbo, the workers' societies are usually sailors, but when necessary, they must be able to transform into soldiers.
!
There are also many employees, and only Li Shimin can help him solve these problems.
"Master, I will return to the palace immediately and report this matter to Aye!"
On the side, Li Chengqian said quickly.
"Um!"
Li Xuan nodded slowly.
Li Chengqian hurriedly went to the palace.
at the same time.
In Liangyi Hall, Li Shimin also received a report from the captain of the shipyard.
With a happy face, Li Shimin took Li Wei directly to Lijiazhuang.
Therefore, Li Xuan, Li Yuan and others who were waiting for news about Li Chengqian at home were filled with surprise when they saw Li Shimin coming in from the door.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?"
"I've seen Aye!"
Li Shimin saluted Li Yuan and then said to Li Xuan: "Xuanba, Qingzhou Shipyard has built a huge steel ship. When are you going to send people to America?"
Since last year, Li Shimin has been waiting for overseas Hu merchants from the ports of Quanzhou and Leizhou to bring sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other grains from the Americas and donate them to him.
From then on, the people of the Tang Dynasty would no longer be short of food.
However, until now, although a few Hu merchants have come to offer their sacrifices with several kinds of plants, they are just similar ones and are not real sweet potatoes, potatoes, corns and other plants.
"Your Majesty, a huge blue ship has just been built, and it is not equipped with a navy yet. Shipwrights, there is no need to worry!"
Li Xuan said slowly.
"Navy army?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but be startled.
"Xuanba, can the navy be transferred directly from Zhechong Prefecture such as Qingzhou or Dengzhou?"
"As long as your Majesty agrees, I can do anything!"
Li Xuan said casually.
"However, the Iron Blue Giant Ship is newly built, and those sailors and shipwrights need to be familiar with it for at least a month or two before they can skillfully control the Iron Blue Giant Ship!"
"In this case, I order Xiaogong to find four experienced team leaders, several boatmen, Tou Ding, and Yaban, and then send a group of sailors who are familiar with polishing steel ships!"
Li Shimin said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Li Xuan nodded lightly.
"In addition, I would also like to ask Your Majesty to order the construction of a second giant steel ship as soon as possible!"
"Xuan Ba, don't worry. With the experience of this giant steel ship, those craftsmen will be much faster when building the second giant ship!"
Li Shimin said with relief.
After hearing this, Li Xuan stopped urging.
During this period, the governor's offices in Shunzhou, Yuzhou, Huazhou, Changzhou, Dingxiang, and Yunzhong were all under construction in full swing.
Although there were hundreds of thousands of Turkic slaves serving as slaves, the affairs of Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were not much less.