Datang: Son-in-law, I beg you to come out of the mountain

After Yang Zhuo finished speaking, he took out a world map and spread it out in front of Li Shimin!
"What is this?" Li Shimin looked at the colorful map curiously!
"World map!" Yang Zhuo said with a smile.

"What? A world map?" Li Shimin had never heard of it!
When I was in school, the teacher asked me to memorize and draw maps every day, and I had to know the approximate map blocks!

However, ancient people had limited knowledge of geography. Most people thought that the sky was round and the earth was round, but they didn't know how big the world was!

"Old Li! Look, this place is Datang!" Yang Zhuo circled the map with his hand.

It is the scope of Datang's current domain, Li Shimin looked at the area circled by Yang Zhuo's hand, and couldn't help shaking his head in surprise.

"No way! Such a big map, Datang is so lost?!"

How is this possible? !

Isn't Datang particularly vast?Why is it such a lost place!

"Old Li! You have to recognize the facts, Datang is really so small!" Yang Zhuo reminded Li Shimin.

"No! Impossible!" Li Shimin couldn't believe it!
Afterwards, Yang Zhuo began to give Li Shimin a geography lesson speechlessly, letting him know that the Tang Dynasty is small, but the world is big!
"So! Old Li! Next, your task is to conquer the world!"

Li Shimin's blood boiled immediately when he heard Yang Zhuo's words.

"You mean...expanding outwards, bringing all the seven continents and eight oceans into the Great Tang, and becoming a subsidiary country of the Great Tang?!"

Li Shimin stared at Yang Zhuo with wide eyes!

"That's right!" Yang Zhuo said with a smile.

Li Shimin has always been a very ambitious emperor, but his vision has limited his ambition. He thought that the territory of the current Tang Dynasty has almost expanded!

Li Shimin didn't know that the world outside the Tang Dynasty was so vast and there were more lands that could be conquered!

So when he reached his later years, because he had nothing to do, he would fall in love with strange things easily, such as pursuing immortality!
In the year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty was so powerful that the surrounding countries surrendered to the Tang Dynasty one after another. Li Shimin fought in the north and south, and expanded the surrounding land to the point where there was nowhere to expand.

If there is no pursuit in this life, then I will naturally like some weird things and develop some other strange hobbies.

When Yang Zhuo travels here, he must realize the rapid development of Datang.

Moreover, the system released a new task, asking Yang Zhuo to help Li Shimin explore the new continent!
Li Shimin was shocked when he heard Yang Zhuo's words!

His face turned red little by little, and the veins on his neck jumped up!
"Son-in-law! Closer to home! What does your steelmaking have to do with my conquest of the world?" Li Shimin asked, he was still a little confused!

"Old Li! This steel is a good thing! In the future, it will be used for building railways and large ships!"

"At that time, the railway and ships are ready. On land, you can use the railway to conquer neighboring countries, and on the water, you can use large ships to conquer countries across the ocean!" Yang Zhuo analyzed.

"What is the railway?" Li Shimin didn't understand.

He knows about ships, but he doesn't know about railways. Could it be that the road is paved with iron?
"Old Li! This railway uses steel bars to pave the tracks, and then lets special vehicles run on the tracks at a very fast speed!" Yang Zhuo explained.

Li Shimin was slightly stunned, smiled and said: "It really is a road paved with iron!"

"Then what kind of car is this special car?" Li Shimin asked.

"Train!" Yang Zhuo smiled, he had long wanted to make a train, so that it would be convenient to go anywhere!

"Train? What is a train?" Li Shimin felt dizzy!There is more and more knowledge that I don't understand!

"A train is a car that can transport a lot of people and a lot of goods, and the speed is very fast!"

"For example, from Chang'an City to Lingnan, if you ride a horse, it will take five or six days, but if you change to a train, one day is enough!" Yang Zhuo made an analogy.

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard that!

"So fast?!"

A few days away, the train can arrive in one day? !
This is too fast!
"Also, trains can transport a lot of supplies and people!"

"If you're marching and fighting, a train is enough. It can transport all the supplies and troops to the destination!" Yang Zhuo said with a smile.

"Impossible! The train is so powerful!" Li Shimin couldn't imagine that there is such a powerful car in this world!
It can hold so many things and is so fast!
"I didn't lie to you! When I'm done, you'll believe it when you see it!" Yang Zhuo said with a smile.

It is easy for ancient people to understand without knowledge and disbelief.

Li Shimin was slightly stunned, although he still didn't quite understand, but he was right to listen to Yang Zhuo.

"I just looked at your map. If you really want to attack, it will take half a year to get there on horseback. The dry food and fodder you need must be countless and difficult to carry!"

"But if you can use the train, you can!"

"Son-in-law! Hurry up and make a train for me. I will provide you with whatever you want, and I will fully support you!"

Li Shimin's hands trembled a little. He has always been ambitious. With Yang Zhuo's help, he felt that he could expand his ambition infinitely, and he felt an uncontrollable heroic emotion in his heart!

If it is possible to include these lands in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it is conceivable that Li Shimin will be recorded in the annals of history with such richness in the future! !
As a generation of emperors, what he hopes most is to be recorded in the annals of history and to be admired by future generations!

Moreover, Li Shimin knew that Yang Zhuo always kept his word, spit on his nails, and did what he said!
Now that he has spoken, it means that Datang is about to start a new era!
And he is extremely proud to be the leader of the new journey!
Yang Zhuo looked at Li Shimin, and said in a calm manner: "Old Li! This is my most important plan, and there is still a huge world waiting for us to conquer, Lao Li! You have to cheer up and work hard. !"

Yang Zhuo said with a smile.

"Okay! If that's the case, then go all out! From today on, you can spend the treasury revenue as you want!"

"This matter must be implemented in the shortest possible time!"

Yang Zhuo took a sip of tea, smiled, and said, "Old Li! Don't worry! According to my speed, the first train in Datang will be ready within a year!"

"However, in addition to money, the construction of the railway also requires the cooperation of various local officials. Once the materials are ready, the construction will start immediately!"

"Maybe, it will be needed this time. You have to be mentally prepared to use a lot of corvees."

According to Yang Zhuo's previous behavior style, he would definitely not let the people work for nothing!

Whether it's water conservancy or highway construction, he will make demands and pay wages, but this time, he really has nothing to do
No way, after all, the amount of work required to build the railway is too great!

The finances can't afford it, so the people have to make some efforts.

Building railways is something that benefits the country and the people, and the common people should work together!
Hearing Yang Zhuo's words, Li Shimin showed a worried expression.

He hesitated and said: "Son-in-law! This... I'm afraid it won't work! Naturally, I have no objection to the use of labor on such a scale, but the ministers of the court and central government are afraid to have objections, especially Wei Zheng!"

"Is there something wrong?"

"If time goes on, the people will inevitably have resentment. You said it yourself, the people can carry a boat or capsize it. We have to pay attention to the lessons learned from the Sui Dynasty!"

Li Shimin was very worried!

After hearing this, Yang Zhuo shook his head with a smile and said, "Old Li! Don't worry!"

"I naturally take everything you said into consideration!"

"This free corvee only takes half a year. Moreover, those who have participated in corvee can be exempted from corvee in the coming year."

"After half a year, if it is not repaired, then the common people can be paid wages according to the employment standards!" Yang Zhuo said with a smile.

Li Shimin was dumbfounded, and hurriedly asked: "But, where is the money to distribute to the common people?"

Could it be possible to make money out of nothing?

"Old Li! I'm going to build the railway to the Dashi country! When the time comes, we will use war to feed the war, and take away Dashi first! The common people will be rich!"

After Yang Zhuo finished speaking, Li Shimin realized that it was Ming Qiang!

"That's right! We don't have money, but other countries have it! You can't just grab it!"

Li Shimin felt that this was very true!

Dashi is always provocative around the surroundings, always uniting with other countries, and wants to eat the frontier land of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty. This time, the Dashiren must understand, what the hell, I am not easy to mess with!
"My railway is going directly to Dashi. When the time comes, the army can go to Dashi. Even if it can't go directly to Dashi's door, we will transport the supplies and troops to the frontier, and then fight Dashi. , they can't bear it either!"

Yang Zhuo analyzed.

"That's right! Son-in-law! This plan is good! I have long wanted to destroy them!"

Li Shimin nodded and smiled.

Dashi Kingdom is the Islamic empire established by the Arabs in the Middle Ages. Chinese history books since the Tang Dynasty call it "Dashi".

In the Tang Dynasty, China and the Great Food Kingdom were two prosperous and powerful empires that rose up almost simultaneously.

After the formation of the Dashi Empire, in order to consolidate its rule and meet the demands of the Arabs for trade routes and land, it launched a military expansion campaign that lasted for more than 100 years!

Among them, it includes expansion in the direction of Datang!

Because the territory of the "Dashi" empire has been expanding eastward until the border of the Tang Dynasty, the interests of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions have been damaged. Li Shimin has sent troops many times to attack Dashi!
Resist the big food invasion!

It's just that Dashi and Datang are equal in strength. Although they didn't win, Datang also lost troops!

Li Shimin was particularly disgusted with Dashi in his heart. He had a big enough territory, and he even wanted to expand to Datang. Is a tiger's butt so easy to touch? !
This time, according to Yang Zhuo's plan, he will severely suppress Dashi!
It would be even better if Dashi could be taken down smoothly!