I made Daqin a prosperous world

Chapter 23 Surprise
As early as the Xuanyuan period, there were detailed descriptions of the mineral landforms, and now Daqin is looking for mineral veins with the help of magnets that have been ground into balls.

And "on top of it is Dansha, there is gold underneath; on top of it is kindness stone, there is copper and gold below it; It is also from the dialogue between Emperor Xuanyuan and his minister Bo Gao.

Ying Zheng sat on the dragon chair and listened with his eyes closed, sometimes nodding his head, sometimes opening his eyes and asking questions, he looked like a good student.

Seeing Feng Yansheng talking eloquently and frothingly, there was a tendency for His Majesty to never stop unless he shouted to stop.

Although the demand for mineral deposits is increasing day by day, Li Yu also felt that this time is quite critical, and then interrupted with his hands: "Your Majesty, can I know the size of the current empire's army?"

Even though Li Yu is already a Marquis of the military system, and Feng Yansheng is also a temporary military supervisor, Li Yu is also quite uneasy about mentioning the empire's military secrets.

Ying Zheng just swiped lightly, motioning for Meng Yi to talk about it.

And Meng Yi was taken aback, as if he never thought that Li Yu would ask about the army, seeing that Yingzheng agreed with Eshou, he said: "Previously, the counties cut hundreds of thousands of troops, and now the empire's armed forces are about 60.

They are the Great Wall Corps led by Neishi Mengtian, with an army of 34, stationed on the Great Wall to resist the Huns.

The Lingnan Army led by Nanhai County Wei Renxiao, with 21 troops, shocked Baiyue.

There were [-] imperial guards in Guanzhong, [-] personal guards led by Zhonglang Ling Zhao She, [-] royal guards from Weiwei Zhao Raccoon, and [-] local troops from the Neishi Prefecture to maintain law and order in Kyoto. "

Li Yu nodded lightly, this still didn't count the local security forces, and then said: "I don't know how many cavalry there are in the army."

Meng Yi's expression changed slightly, and he replied: "The cavalry mostly use cavalry to shoot and shoot, which is suitable for fighting the Huns. The imperial cavalry is more focused on Shangjun Mengtian's army, about [-] cavalry."

Thinking of Daqin's cavalry at this time, most of them used belts to girdle their horses' bellies to maintain balance, and they did not develop such artifacts as stirrups and saddles.

Meng Tian could beat the Huns out of the Hetao area with only [-] cavalry?
Li Yu said with shock in his heart: "Your Majesty, I heard that there are four major military divisions in the empire: cavalry, archery, halberd, and chariot. Among them, cavalry and archery are the main ones. Although General Meng's Golden Fire Cavalry has excellent riding skills, But you can only charge on horseback, you can't wield a sword and halberd flexibly on a horse, right?"

From Yingzheng's point of view, although Li Yu looked weak, the two people around him were unworldly generals. If they could join the army, they would definitely be a great help in the army.

At this time, Li Yu was concerned about the Marquis, and if there was another war, he would be the best candidate, and then he smiled and said: "Your Majesty asked about the military of the empire, do you want to join the army?"

Li Yu was startled, Ying Zheng rarely saw such a smiling expression, what was he trying to do?
Immediately said cautiously: "I am afraid that this body of Weichen is not suitable for life in the army." Then the voice changed, and he said: "The empire is now in the midst of winter, and the people will surely live and work in peace and contentment in the spring of the coming year. Now I have an idea, maybe let The combat power of the cavalry has increased several times."

Multiples! Instead of counting?
Yingzheng's expression changed, and he was surprised. He thought he heard it wrong, and asked word by word: "Your Majesty just said it several times?"

Li Yu smiled and didn't speak, but looked at Ying Zheng with his eyes, and there was no trace of timidity in his eyes.

The implication is to tell Ying Zheng, Lao Zhao, don't be surprised, you heard me right.

Li Yu's confident performance made Yingzheng feel a little excited, but who was Yingzheng, he could see the tricks at a glance, and said with a half-smile: "Your Majesty needs a reward?"

Being discovered so quickly, the corners of Li Yu's mouth inevitably twitched, and he thought: Sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy.

Li Yu's skin-face skills are also improving day by day, and he laughed without blushing and heartbeat: "Ha, no matter how I want to reward Your Majesty, I just reward some gold, silver and jewels. I am not a greedy person."

Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Oh? Then I don't know what the Lord wants, if I have it, just ask."

The corner of Li Yu's mouth turned up, and Ying Zheng felt bad for a moment, but since he had already spoken, there was no reason to take it back. I only hope that Xian Junhou will not speak too much...

Now that Ying Zheng's health is gradually improving, Zhao Gao has been dismissed, and he often stays overnight in the harem. Although he often feels blood spurting, he also thinks it is a sequela of detoxification in the body and does not take it to heart.

Li Yu didn't know that Ying Zheng's thinking was wrong at this time, so he immediately said: "I heard that His Majesty once set up a shipbuilding workshop on the coast of the East China Sea, and sent thousands of boatmen to work day and night..."

I didn't think that this was the pain that Yingzheng didn't want to mention the most. Before he finished speaking, Yingzheng's face changed drastically, and he stood up and scolded: "Where did you hear it?"

Li Yu never thought that this shipbuilding workshop would cause such a big reaction to Yingzheng. After thinking about it for a while, he understood, and quickly persuaded him: "Your Majesty was deceived by Xu Fu to build a ship for him. This time, I just want that boat workshop. Just develop ships."

Ying Zheng's expression softened when he heard the words, thinking that if Li Yu hadn't figured out the mystery of Jiuyi Mountain, he might still be kept in the dark at this moment.

Although he lost his composure, he still couldn't help but burst into anger, and said, "What do you mean, Junhou?"

Li Yu shook his head helplessly and said: "Your Majesty, it is always good to plan ahead. Some unknown places cannot be reached without ships. Now that the Min'an army is strong, it is imminent to develop ships."

It turned out that it was because of this matter that Ying Zheng let out a sigh of relief and did not agree, but asked with a serious expression, "What do you think, Qing Meng?"

As a minister of conspiracy, Meng Yi naturally had his own opinions, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, what you said is not unreasonable. Back then, General Tu Sui led an army of 50 to attack the Baiyue countries. , the suffering of poisonous miasma, and finally died under the poisonous arrows."

It was only when Yingzheng calmed down that he realized the importance of checking the ships. He probably only knew how much he felt in the Lingnan Army's Battle of Baiyue.

Seeing Li Yu looking directly at him and waiting for a result, Ying Zheng said: "It's not impossible for Junhou to want the shipyard, but he has to agree to one condition."

There is a play!
Li Yu then smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me."

Ying Zheng suddenly got up and walked to Li Yu, stroking Li Yu's shoulder and said, "Aside from the method you mentioned to improve the combat power of cavalry, I still need a navy that gallops across the sea. Can you do it?"

Li Yu's expression was serious, and he said in a serious voice: "Two years later, as Your Majesty wishes."

Ying Zheng shrank his pupils, patted Li Yu on the shoulder, turned around, and showed a meaningful smile.

You Li Yu dare to ask for it, but I still dare not give it?
"From today, the Imperial Shipbuilding Department will be owned by the Immortal Lord and Marquis."

As soon as the words came out, everyone stood there dumbfounded.

Isn't there only one shipbuilding workshop, how did it become the entire shipbuilding department?

And it is still "owned" by Junhou, which is the same as "supervised" by Junhou, but it is heaven and earth.

Meng Yi and Feng Yansheng knew well that the shipbuilding department seemed to have little reputation on weekdays, but it was definitely an important institution of the empire. Just because of the transportation of salt and grain, the two of them were already at a loss.

What is His Majesty thinking?
Lost such an important department?

Seeing the back of Ying Zheng leaving, Li Yu was stunned for a while.

Lao Zhao just said that the shipbuilding department is 'owned' by me?
After reacting, Li Yu's expression was a little weird. Looking at Feng Yansheng, who could put his fist in his mouth, he spread his hands helplessly.

A little sad in his heart, he said: Is this the honey halo of the pig's feet?

I just wanted to ask you to rent a flat, but you said you would give me a real estate.

(End of this chapter)