Great Tang Southern Emperor

"But by land, when are you going to go?" Xi Junmai stood on Xue Rengui's side clearly: "Believe it or not, if we want to go by land, according to the mountains and rivers in Lingnan, we won't be able to get out in half a month." Go to Lingnan, and when you get to Chang'an, how long will you have to go?"

Du He retorted: "Even if you walk slowly, it's better than taking risks, right?"

The following were arguing endlessly, and Li Zhen, who was at the top, was also disturbed by hearing it.

"Sir, uncle, what do you mean?" The so-called caring makes chaos, and the matter is related to the safety of her children, Li Zhen is also a little undecided.

Changsun Wuji and Cen Wenwen looked at each other, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, if you are concerned, it will be chaotic. Since the sea route is dangerous and the land route is slow, how about we combine the two?"

"Combined?" Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. The sea route and the land route are two completely irrelevant things. How can this be combined?Is it necessary to pour sea water on the ground?

Cen Wenwen explained with a smile: "You say, if we walk along the coastline, then go northward to the Yellow River through the Grand Canal in Hangzhou, and then change to the road—how?"

"Is that so?" Li Zhen looked at the map and shook her head: "Sir, we have thought about this method, but it is not advisable. You don't know how strong the wind and waves are on the sea, and the closer the sea is, the more rocky it will be. Many, driving close to the coastline seems to be a safe move, but under the push of the waves, it is very likely to hit the reef, and it will not be as simple as a ship crashing and killing people."

"Then we can only go by land." Cen Wenwen said: "The old minister's opinion is to take an arc and walk along the seaside."

"Walking along the seaside?" Li Zhen's eyes lit up, she stared at the map and muttered to herself: "Yes, go out of Yuezhou, pass through Xunzhou, pass through Zhangzhou, go to Quanzhou, pass through Fuzhou, go to Wenzhou, and finally arrive in Hangzhou... …Yes, this is indeed a safe and smooth path.”

No matter what age, except for megacities such as Chang'an and Luoyang, the rest of the coastal cities are more developed than the internal force cities, and the road conditions in developed cities are generally better.

Therefore, although the arc seems to be a big circle, if you go directly from Yuezhou to Hangzhou, it is actually a diagonal line, and the distance may not be much closer than the arc.

It's just that everyone has been arguing about whether to go by land or by sea before, but no one has discovered this arc.

"Then it's settled." Li Zhen slapped the table and set the tone for this meeting: "Rengui, you lead the youth army and start preparing. It will take seven days at most before we start."

"Yes, my subordinates take orders."

"Someone will notify you of the missions of the rest of you later, so go back and prepare."

"Yes."

Chapter 679 Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal

Chapter 42 Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, built by Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty, is the longest ancient canal in the world.From Yuhang (that is, Hangzhou) in the south to Youzhou (the name of Beijing in the Zhenguan period) in the north, it flows through Hebei Road, Henan Road, Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road (including today's Tianjin, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang) ), connecting the five major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River, with a total length of 1797 kilometers, making it the longest artificial canal in the world.

It is said that Emperor Yangdi of the Sui Dynasty dug a canal from the Jinghuai section to the south of the Yangtze River in order to go to Yangzhou to see Qionghua, and also to transport grain from the south to the north (in fact, the last one is the main purpose, to fight Goguryeo), with a total length of nearly two Thousands of kilometers, in the more than 1000 years after the excavation, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has always undertaken the important task of exchanging materials, culture, economy and other aspects between the north and the south. It is also the most outstanding transportation artery in the history of China. It is an epic building comparable to the Great Wall.

Today, a huge team of more than 1 people came to the Hangzhou Wharf of the Grand Canal, and the goods they carried were even trucks and flat buckets.

The owner of this team is naturally Li Zhen, who has been operating in Lingnan for more than a year, and wiped out the entire Nanyang and half of Tianzhu. It must be endless cheers and glory.

While gaining endless credit and glory, Li Zhen also earned a huge amount of gold and silver treasures - he emptied the treasuries of more than 20 countries in the entire Southeast Asia, and the domestic nobles were reduced to slaves and their property was confiscated.

According to the statistics of the clerk accompanying the army, the treasures that Li Zhen obtained throughout Nanyang, the value of gold, silver, pearls and jade alone are at least about [-] million yuan (including the emerald jade mines and the golden statues of Buddha made of pure gold in temples) Arhats, etc.), if you add those precious resources—such as agarwood as big as a millstone, camphor that cannot be hugged by two people, countless spices, and rice that is as endless as the sea at a glance, The baby’s head laughing ambergris, a Buddha statue carved from a whole piece of red sandalwood...the value will be much higher, preliminary estimates, should be twice as high as the value of gold, silver and jewelry-of course, this It is sold at the domestic price of Datang...

You must know that the national treasury of the entire Tang Dynasty is only more than 2000 million yuan a year-this is because of the domestic prosperity and economic development in the past few years, the early years of Zhenguan did not have so much money.

How poor was the country in the early years of Zhenguan?

Even Empress Changsun's clothes are bare feet, in order to save a little fabric.

For a woman, this is really indecent, and for a queen who is the mother of the world, it is extremely out of etiquette.

But there was no way. At that time, the country was poor, and even Li Shimin himself could not eat meat for three meals a day. In order to set an example, he simply changed the three meals to two meals, just to save one meal.

Through these, we can also see how much money Li Zhen made in Nanyang - of course, [-]% of these things will be dedicated to the country, and only [-]% will fall into Li Zhen's hands.

But even so, this [-]% of the spoils is still low enough to go up to Li Zhen Chamber of Commerce's net profit for a year-and this is still not counted as Tianzhu's harvest.

What Li Zhen is escorting now is the most precious part of all the trophies—the value is less than one-tenth of the total amount. As for transporting them all back, it is impossible. So many trophies, when will they be transported by land? ?We can only wait for the typhoon season to pass and ship it back by sea.

"Sun An, the director of the Hangzhou Shipyard, has met His Royal Highness the King of Yue." A man with a sallow complexion and a skinny face saluted Li Zhen while panting heavily.

"Okay, get up." Frowning and looking at Sun An, Li Zhen scolded: "Didn't the old god Sun say that your illness needs to be recuperated? Looking at your condition, why is it getting worse? Are you Staying up late again? How many times have I told you, don’t stay up late, don’t stay up late, take care of your body first—otherwise why would I transfer you to Hangzhou?”

Hearing this, Sun An's eyes flashed with emotion: "In his position, he is seeking his own government. This is what His Highness told me. I control such a large shipyard. How can I have time to rest?"

"I'll go..." Li Zhen was also helpless, unable to laugh or cry: "Don't you feel unconscionable when you say this? Even if you are a shipyard, how dare you call it a large scale? If the scale of Hangzhou Shipyard is considered large, then Yuechuan What's with boarding a ship? A Big Mac?"

"But in the eyes of the subordinates, Hangzhou Ship is the best. The scale of Hangzhou Ship may be small, but the quality of the parts we produce is the first-class. Since the establishment of Hangzhou Ship, the parts we have produced have no One has a problem." Sun An said with some pride: "Although production is the main thing in today's world, my subordinates firmly believe that in the near future, quality can represent everything. As long as that era comes, Hangzhou Shipyard will be number one in the world. Shipyards, boarding and overboarding, can only eat ashes behind Hangzhou Ship's ass."

"..." Li Zhen was speechless, this gaze was too advanced, right?

But Li Zhen also has to admire Sun An's vision. The future is indeed a world of quality. As long as the quality is good, there will be no buyers. On the contrary, products with high output but poor quality can only lie in the warehouse and never be sold A chance to get ahead.

"Forget it, it seems that I have to get rid of your position. If you continue to toss like this, I don't know what the future of Hangchuan will be like, but your future is definitely a dead end." Li Zhen shook her head helplessly, made this decision.

This Sun An is also one of the talents that Li Zhen has recruited over the years. He is also the top management talent, and also a well-known workaholic under Li Zhen's command—the kind who work hard.

In fact, he was the first director of the Yuezhou Shipyard, but because he entered a deep mountain to inspect the quality of local timber, he accidentally strayed into a miasma. Although he was rescued later, he was also infected by the miasma. The lungs are not a serious illness in the first place, they just need to be recuperated slowly, and it only takes a month to recover.

But at that time, it was the initial stage of Yuechuan's creation, he was busy with affairs, and he worked like a dead man, so how could he have time to take care of his body?

As a result, minor illnesses dragged on to serious illnesses, and became what they are now.

Li Zhen transferred him to Hangzhou Shipyard because of the beautiful environment and suitable climate here, and the small scale of Hangzhou Shipyard, which gave him a relaxed working environment and gave him time to recuperate his body, but now Come……

Chapter 680 Trouble

Chapter 43 Trouble

Hearing that Li Zhen was going to push herself to the end, Sun An became anxious: "No, Your Highness, can you do it later? The subordinate has just formulated a quality standard for Hangzhou Shipbuilding, and it hasn't had time to verify it. Can you Can't you let me see the results first?"

"No, I won't make any more concessions." Li Zhen shook her head firmly and said, "The matter of quality standards can be discussed after a while. Anyway, the scale of Hangzhou Shipyard is only so large now, and there are only a hundred workers. It’s easy to correct, what are you afraid of? But your illness can’t be delayed, your body is already weak to the limit, and it may collapse at any time, you must take good care of your body first.”

"But……"

"There's nothing wrong with it." Li Zhen said very domineeringly: "Why don't you stay in Hangzhou? The king will let you take a few months of vacation. You might as well go to Chang'an with us—the only way is to bring you in Hangzhou." Only by my side can I feel at ease. That's it, you go back and pack your things."

"Your Highness." Sun An has never seen such a domineering side of Li Zhen, but facing Li Zhen's strength, he has no choice but to smile bitterly: "Your Highness, please spare me, you really let my subordinates have a leisurely time." Come down, the subordinate might die early."

"How could it be?" Li Zhen couldn't listen to it at all, and shook her head, "No matter what you say, this king won't listen to it, so don't talk about it, let's just talk about it... Simply, you Don't go back, I just send someone to your house to help you with something, just wait here. Little Fuzi..."

Xiao Fuzi immediately took a step forward: "Your Highness, the servant is here."

"Go."

"Yes."

"Hey~" Seeing Xiao Fuzi leaving in a hurry with someone, Sun An became anxious, but how could Xiao Fuzi listen to him?In a blink of an eye, there was no one.

"Your Highness." Sun An looked at Li Zhen resentfully.

"It's all right, that's all." Li Zhen ignored him, and immediately changed the subject: "By the way, the boat I asked you to prepare, are you ready?"