Great Tang Southern Emperor

When he saw the design drawing, Li Shimin exclaimed: "This ship is really the emperor in the ship."

So Li Zhen hit the snake with the stick, and decided to name the ship the Emperor. Naturally, this level is also called the Emperor, and Li Shimin had no choice but to agree.

And Li Zhen also thought about it, the emperor-class ships must follow this naming style, the first ship is called the emperor, the second is called the emperor, the third is called the emperor, and the fourth is called the king... By analogy, anyway, there were many titles for the emperor in ancient times, and such a ship was made with complicated manufacturing techniques, so it was destined to be impossible to make too many in a short period of time, so the name was definitely enough.

But I heard that the group of lunatics in the sea shipyard have already started to study [-]-ton and [-]-ton ships?

Li Zhen felt that she should wait and see—anyway, in history, clipper sailboats have indeed appeared in sailboats with a capacity of more than 1 tons, but that seems to be made of steel (Prussia, with a full load displacement of more than [-] tons).

No matter, anyway, [-] tons is enough for my own use so far. As for the [-] and [-] tons, let those idle designers who have nothing to do pull their hair out. Even if you can't make it, there is no loss, just accumulate experience-as for the power issue, this is the least of your worries.

Because the steam engine has been designed, although the closed system is still a big problem, the scientific research team is already looking for rubber substitutes, and it is said that certain results have been achieved.As long as the development is successful, even if the cost is expensive, with Li Zhen's financial resources, it should be possible to build several sets of steam systems, which can completely replace sails when installed on ships, let alone [-] tons, even if it is [-] tons Thirty thousand tons, as long as you can build it, the steam engine can be driven.

"Your Highness, is this our ship?" Until now, Liu Rengui felt a little unbelievable: "What are you hiding in the dark, Your Highness? There are so many ships? And which one, is there really one?" Five thousand tons?"

Li Zhen affirmed: "Of course it is true, and the weight is only a lot more."

Liu Rengui covered his heart: "It turned out to be...really?"

"What are you doing?" Looking at Liu Rengui's appearance of a heart attack, Li Zhen was quite speechless: "Although a thousand ships is indeed magnificent, but with the strength of the Tang Dynasty, it is reasonable to say that it is not impossible to make it. Why do you react like this?" Is it that big?"

"With Datang's financial resources, 1000 large ships is indeed not a problem, but how long will it take?" Liu Rengui retorted: "Besides, the ships in the shipyard are always built and ready to leave at any time. Saved together? You are the only one who has such a large amount of money, Your Highness, right?"

"I don't want to either, but isn't there no way?" Li Zhen explained with some guilt—it is true that he gathered these ships together because the Vladivostok Shipyard could not appear in front of people for the time being, and with the current state of Datang The environment does not need so many ships, so Li Zhen sealed them all up.But if there is no bad taste that belongs to Li Zhen alone, even Li Zhen herself would not believe it.

"Don't talk about that, they're here." Seeing that Liu Rengui wanted to say something else, Li Zhen quickly changed the subject.

At this time, all the ships had docked and anchored, and the crew on board had started to disembark one after another. The first ones were twenty or so middle-aged people who looked like they were in their 50s, but Li Zhen knew that this The age of the 20 people is actually only 40 years old, and the oldest is only 45 years old. The reason why they appear so old is because the environment in Siberia is too harsh, and the ruthless snowstorm has destroyed their age.

Of course, Li Zhen doesn't care about these things now. He is very excited when he sees all these people intact: These are his confidants. For his great cause, he is willing to stay in the bitter cold place of Vladivostok for more than ten years. It can be said that without them, there would be no Vladivostok shipyard today, nor would there be the thousand large merchant ships in front of us, let alone the vast world of Datang in the future—at least without them, the prosperity of Datang would be late For several years, just relying on this point, these people have made great achievements.

"My subordinate Wang Dewei, I have seen His Highness the Crown Prince, but I haven't seen him for more than ten years. Your Highness is fine, and my subordinates are very happy." Before the person in front of Li Zhen came to Li Zhen, he knelt on the ground and shouted with a slightly choked voice. road.

"My subordinate, Leng Shan, has seen His Highness the Crown Prince, but I haven't seen him for more than ten years. His Highness is fine, and the subordinates are very happy."

"My subordinate Liu Laoliu has seen His Highness the Crown Prince, but I haven't seen him for more than ten years. His Highness is fine, and the subordinates are very happy."

"My subordinate, Xie Yu, has passed His Highness the Crown Prince. I haven't seen him for more than ten years. His Highness is fine. The subordinates are very happy."

"My subordinates... have seen His Highness the Crown Prince, but haven't seen him for more than ten years. His Highness is fine, and the subordinates are very happy."

"..."

Chapter 799

Chapter 161 Great Tang Good Welfare

"Okay, very good, everyone is well, this is really the best thing." Li Zhen was also very excited, everyone was safe and sound, this is the greatest good thing in Li Zhen's view.

Speaking of which, Wang Dewei and the others are still old people around Li Zhen. Except for Fang Yiai, Xue Rengui and Du He, the 20 of them were the first to join Li Zhen. Even Xi Jun bought it later than them.

Originally, Li Zhen organized them into the guards around him, and asked them to help train the guards and at the same time take care of their lives. It didn't mean to let them go to dangerous places, because they were all very old. Yes, the youngest ones are in their 30s, and the youngest ones have been in the army for more than ten years. They were considered old people in ancient times.

But later, because the construction of the Vladivostok shipyard needed to be watched by Li Zhen's confidantes, after soliciting their opinions from the side, they sent Wang Dewei and the others to station there as Li Zhen's representatives—don't look Wang Dewei and the others are just big-headed soldiers, but don't forget that these people were all veterans of the army before they took refuge in Li Zhen, and they all held some small official positions in their respective battalions, especially Wang Dewei, He has achieved the position of long history and has quite good management experience. It is no problem to manage a shipyard.

Counting now, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, but despite this, we still don't feel a little strange when we meet again, but the relationship is even deeper.

What made Li Zhen even more happy was that there were 20 people when they went there, and now that they came back, there were still 20 people, and none of them was missing - this is undoubtedly a good thing for both parties.

"Everyone get up quickly." Seeing everyone kneeling down with Wang Dewei, Li Zhen quickly helped them up: "Everyone has made great contributions to Datang and greatly promoted the future development of Datang. You are all heroes of the Tang Dynasty, don't kneel down in the future."

"Yes, this subordinate listens to His Highness." Wang Dewei wiped the corners of his eyes and got up from the ground: "Your Highness has a thousand merchant ships of all sizes here, please Your Highness to inspect and accept them."

"I'll talk about the acceptance later." Li Zhen shook her head, took Wang Dewei's hand and said, "Uncle Wang, you've worked hard all the way. I've already held a banquet at the palace, let's go back quickly."

"Your Highness is not in a hurry, we still have some guests that you haven't seen." Wang Dewei quickly winked at Li Zhen: "Your Highness, I think it's good for you to meet them."

"Yes, I forgot about it." Li Zhen suddenly realized that he was very excited when he saw Wang Dewei and others just now, but he forgot that some people in the fleet also need to be appeased—after all, even though they said that they They are all slave artisans, but they have not resisted Li Zhen's enslavement over the years, and no one has escaped (of course, in places like Siberia, it is useless to escape, hundreds of miles are full of ice and snow forests, escape It is a dead end at all), and now he has built so many ships for Li Zhen, and he has made a great contribution to Datang. Li Zhen wants to appease them both publically and privately, not only to appease, but also to a certain Some people give rewards.

"Everyone has worked hard..." Li Zhen quickly adjusted her mood, and changed her smiling face: "Everyone has made indelible contributions to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and I feel deeply in my heart..."

"Your Highness has worked hard... Thank you for your reward..."

After a lot of red tape, Li Zhen finally appeased everyone, not only promised a bad check, but also abolished the slave status of some people who made more contributions on the spot, pardoned their slave status, and transferred their status to Datang people.

This cheered up all the shipwrights. It is nothing to pardon the slaves. Li Zhen made such a promise to them when he sent them to Vladivostok—as long as they stay in the shipyard for 15 years or during the period No matter what contributions Tang Li made, the imperial court would exempt them from slavery and let them live like normal people.

And before that, there were indeed many people who were pardoned as slaves because of their great achievements, so this was not attractive to those shipwrights who had been in the shipyard for more than ten years, especially the first For the shipbuilders, because the 15-year period is coming soon, they will become normal people again in three or two years, so although they are looking forward to it, they are not envious.

What really envied them was their status as a citizen of the Tang Dynasty.

Although Vladivostok is located in the Siberian wasteland, the environment is harsh, and the transportation and communication conditions are extremely backward. It is usually not possible to see a living person here for several months, but because of Li Zhen's special care, every few months, Li Zhenming The next Chamber of Commerce will send a caravan to Vladivostok to deliver supplies such as weapons, salt, cotton-padded quilts, etc., and at the same time, there will be a lot of information about Datang-so although Vladivostok is equivalent to an isolated island, they The understanding of the Central Plains is not behind.

Because of this, the people at the Vladivostok Shipyard are well aware of how powerful Datang is now, and naturally hope to become a citizen of Datang, but it is not that simple to become a citizen of Datang—although the identity of a citizen of Datang is obtained The difficulty is not as difficult as that of my Datianchao green card in later generations, but it is not something that individuals can get if they want to.

Because of Li Zhen's promotion, Datang is currently undergoing household registration reform. Every citizen has a corresponding 'ID card'. Only with such an 'ID card' can they enjoy the corresponding benefits issued by the court. If If you don't have this 'ID card', then you are a black household. Even if there is a disaster in the future, you will not be able to get a morsel of relief food.

However, people who have the "ID card" of Datang residents can enjoy the endless glory of Datang and the benefits that are as high as scum. The benefits of Datang are very high now. Although the agricultural tax is still collected, it is already low. It is almost negligible. Based on this alone, countless foreigners are willing to join Datang.

What's more, in addition to this, policies such as helping the elderly and helping the young, helping the poor, free medical care, and nine-year compulsory education have all started. Even Li Zhen's current Wentian Bookstore and the Boys' Army are counted as the Tang dynasty. One of the many benefits—although the Youth Army and Wentian Bookstore are only for orphans and not for the whole society, there are very few orphans in Datang now, and it will be a matter of time to expand enrollment to the whole society.

This is even more remarkable, because everyone knows that whether they graduated from Wentian Shuyuan or from the Youth Army, they are all first-class talents. method, the success rate is still much higher.What's more, even those who are unqualified and eliminated, as long as they don't die in training, they also have a skill, and they are the talents who are snapped up wherever they go.

Chapter 800 There is a problem with aesthetics

Chapter 162 There is a problem with the aesthetics

Datang's current welfare is really good. Although there are still big shortcomings compared with later generations, Li Zhen believes that as long as the era of great navigation opens, countless real money will pour into Datang, turning Datang into the future Sweden (later generations) country with the best welfare).

And different from later generations, foreigners with green cards can enjoy all the benefits of Datang, even if you are an official, as long as you have the ability, you can do it, and no one will discriminate against you in the slightest ( This is different from some countries, such as Australia, where green card holders do not have the right to vote, stand for election, join the military, serve as jury members, or engage in special jobs).

Therefore, the Datang green card attracts foreigners very scary, especially those foreign businessmen who have lived in Datang all year round. Every day, countless foreigners come to the Household Registration Department under the Ministry of Households to request to join Datang.It's just that Datang's own welfare policy has not been fully implemented to everyone, so why should we give up our own welfare to you foreigners?

So unless you are a foreigner with special abilities, such as making money (investment immigration), or having very advanced technology (skilled immigration), or you have made great contributions to Datang (special contribution immigration), or you Married or married a Datang person (immigrant by relative), only if one of these four conditions is satisfied, Datang will open the door of convenience to you and welcome you with open arms.

As for those who don't have the ability--I'm sorry, you can go back where you came from, Datang doesn't need trash.

So until now, the number of foreigners with Datang household registration is still very small, only a few thousand. Most of them are businessmen, who belong to investment immigrants. Of course, there are also many skilled immigrants. As for dependent immigrants, this On the contrary, it is the least—this makes Li Zhen also very strange, because many immigrants in later generations are dependent immigrants. On the contrary, investment immigration is the least. Now it is completely opposite to the future.

Later, after investigation, Li Zhen found out dumbfoundingly that the reason for this situation was purely due to a problem with aesthetics.

You must know that the ancients had aesthetic views, and in different periods, the aesthetic views were different, just like in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, because the people were rich and the treasury was full, the people actually regarded fat as beautiful, and Yang Yuhuan, a little fat girl, could actually He only loved the Six Palaces, and during the period of King Ling of Chu, he liked beauties with thin waists, so the palace maids in the palace wanted to lose weight, and some people actually starved to death. …and of course most of the other periods and dynasties were also like this.

But in any dynasty, except for the later 21st century, it has never been popular for Chinese people to marry foreigners, let alone the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty had just opened its doors. Although there were many foreign businessmen from outside, it took only more than ten years. Westerners with a strange smell are indeed not Chinese people's food, so naturally there will be no marriages.

What's more, in these years, the Tang Dynasty has won every battle, and the country will be destroyed in every battle. There is almost no enemy. ?