Li Shimin

When did His Majesty become so prodigal?

"Your Majesty, at least tens of thousands of catties of steel are needed to build a huge steel ship, and this year's steel may be insufficient!" Fang Xuanling said slowly.

"What, Wei Guogong wants to remonstrate, so that His Majesty will not believe what he said?"

Li Xuan was furious, and said directly in a cold voice.

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, His Royal Highness Jin Wang forgives the sin, I am a little confused for a while, and I have no such thoughts!"

Fang Xuanling was shocked, and hurriedly saluted and apologized with panic.

Chapter 403 Shipbuilding Confirmed

"It doesn't matter, Xuan Ling is free!"

Li Shimin naturally knew that Fang Xuanling didn't have any malicious intentions, but just felt sorry for the tens of thousands of catties of steel.

However, one side is his own third brother, who can often bring surprises to himself and Jiangshan Sheji, but his personality is relatively withdrawn; while the other side is his trusted confidant minister, neither of them can conflict.

"Xuanba, Xuanling, as a left servant, has almost been driven crazy by those generals and civil servants for the sake of steel in the past few years. This situation can only be relieved by the steelmaking method you invented this year.

But now, with tens of thousands of catties of steel at once, it was inevitable for Xuanling to feel distressed.However, Xuan Ba ​​can rest assured, since I have already agreed to this matter, I will definitely not break my promise! "

"Your Majesty wants to use [-] jin of steel to build a giant steel ship?"

Li Xuan glanced at Li Shimin speechlessly, and asked slowly.

Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard the words, and quickly explained: "Of course it's not [-] catties, and you can pull out as many steel bars as you need!"

"Ok!"

Only then did Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction.

However, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and the others at the side were surprised and hurriedly saluted Li Xuan.

"May I ask His Royal Highness King Jin, how big a giant steel ship do you want to build?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin was also taken aback, and hurriedly looked at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan smiled lightly, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, since it is a huge steel ship, it must be the largest ship. The navy has a huge ship called Cang Ship, which is twenty feet long and can carry 600 soldiers. It happens to be two steel ships. Cangbo, you can take a kind of personal guard of my Jin Palace!"

"Cang Ship?"

Immediately, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others all stared wide-eyed and shook their heads repeatedly.

"Building two large steel ships is absolutely impossible!"

Just thinking about it, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and the others could imagine that if the steel as big as two mountains were to leave them, the pain would melt away.

"Why not?"

Li Xuan's expression suddenly became indifferent.

"Returning to His Royal Highness, a ship is twenty feet long and ten feet high, like a mountain. According to my estimate, such a large steel ship needs at least 20 catties of steel!"

Fang Xuanling said anxiously.

More than 20 catties, that's the amount of steel-making the imperial court makes in a month.

What's more, two months' worth of steelmaking has to be given up now. Fang Xuanling now wants to put Li Shimin on the ground, so why did he agree to King Jin.

"Xuan Ba, why do you need such a big steel ship?"

At this time, Li Shimin also looked anxious, "This much steel is enough to equip [-] soldiers!"

"Your Majesty wants to repent?"

Li Xuan looked at Li Shimin in a daze, "For a big ship sailing on the sea, if the big ship is not huge and heavy, and a big wave hits it, wouldn't it capsize into the sea?"

"I just want a 3000-foot-long steel ship, but I'm just starting to experiment with it. Otherwise, I want to directly build a ship for Aunt Yu, or a large ship that can carry [-] troops at a time!"

Forehead!

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others became even more anxious.

Aunt Yu's boat and Dalou's boat are several times larger than Cangship's big boat.

"Don't worry Xuan Ba, I have a golden word, since I have promised you, I will naturally build you a big steel ship!" Li Shimin said hastily.

"Your Majesty will not break his promise!"

Li Xuan nodded hastily, making Li Shimin embarrassed.

On the other side, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others could only be in a hurry, but they couldn't have anything to stop them.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, although the construction of two large steel ships consumes a lot of steel. However, within two years, not only will they be able to pay back their capital, but they will also bring back hundreds of times of wealth to Your Majesty!"

Li Xuan said again.

Hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes brightened, "Xuanba wants to take these big ships to sea to find those gold, exotic trees, and spices?"

"Put it down, Your Majesty, in the past two years, I will never go to such a far place!"

Li Xuan said with a firm face, as an inland person, a standard landlubber, even if it is a giant steel ship, he does not want to be too far away from the coastline from the bottom of his heart.

Li Shimin's face froze.

Li Xiaogong asked curiously: "Dare to ask Jin Wang, if such a big steel ship does not go to sea, is it going to fight Baekje, Goguryeo and other vassal states?"

"no!"

Li Xuandao: "This kind of big ship has other uses for me. It is still necessary for His Majesty to quickly send someone to allocate steel and start building the big steel ship."

"Xuanba don't worry, I will ask the Shaofu Supervisor to prepare steel for you tomorrow. Then, let the Shaofu Supervisor set up a steel smelting department in Songzhou to build you a huge steel ship."

Li Shimin's tone was firm.

Now, his heartache has passed.

Of course, it can also be said that he knew in his heart that since he had agreed to Li Xuan, he could not go back on his word. The 40 jin of steel would be for nothing to build Li Xuan's large ship.

Moreover, even if he didn't want to, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others have always opposed it, and the matter has been settled.

As for Lijiazhuang, he never wanted to come again.

"Your Majesty, Songzhou is too far away, it's better to stay in Qingzhou!"

Li Xuan said again.

What he wants to build is a sea-going ship, not a small boat that walks on rivers and lakes.

Although Songzhou is a huge shipbuilding base, it is still far away from the sea.Moreover, there is no cement road in Songzhou, not to mention the difficulty of transporting supplies, and it is not easy for him to get there.

"Qingzhou?"

Li Shimin was startled.

As for Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others, their faces were full of surprise.

Qingzhou is where Qinghe Cui's family is located.

"Exactly, Qingzhou is near the sea, and cement roads have also been paved to Qingzhou. It is most suitable to set up a shipyard in Qingzhou to build giant steel ships!"

Li Xuan said.

"Since Xuanba wishes, build a shipyard in Qingzhou!"

Li Shimin nodded, "After I go back, I will order the Minister of Water and Zhou Ji to go to Qingzhou to build a shipyard and prepare for all shipbuilding matters!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Xuan's face brightened, and he asked again: "Your Majesty, I don't know if Qingzhou Shipyard can become a shareholder?"

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were startled.

"Xuanba wants to invest in Qingzhou Shipyard?"

Regarding this matter, Li Shimin was full of joy.

"Exactly, I am very interested in shipbuilding!"

Li Xuan said.

"Your Majesty, we are also willing to invest in Qingzhou Shipyard!"

On the side, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and the others, who didn't know what came to mind, also said hastily.

The shipyard that King Jin is so interested in must have something magical that they don't know.

Even in the end, it's just King Jin's preference, and they just treat it as an investment of money.Anyway, there is no shortage of money in their family now.

"Do you all want to buy shares?"

Li Shimin glanced at Fang Xuanling and the others slowly, and he could guess some of what these confidant ministers paid attention to.

However, he has no objections to these.

Anyway, if someone is willing to help him with the money, he is naturally very happy.

"Exactly!"

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others hurriedly bowed their hands.

"Since that's the case, leave half of the shares for me, and share the rest equally!"

Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty, Prince Jin's Mansion will give you one hundred thousand guan!" Li Xuan said softly from the side.

"One hundred thousand?"

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were all shocked.

"How many shares does Xuanba plan to take?" Li Shimin asked hastily.

Chapter 404 The First Cement Road Paving Completed

"Excuse me, Prince Hejian, how much does it cost to build a shipyard?"

Li Xuan asked Li Xiaogong who was on the side.

"This?"

Hearing this, Li Xiaogong was stunned, glanced at Li Shimin, and quickly replied: "If the King of Jin wants to build a giant steel ship, he must build a large shipyard, and the construction of a steel forging furnace will require at least 30 guan."

"Your Majesty, my money can account for three percent!"

Li Xuan turned to look at Li Shimin.

"In that case, Xuan Ba ​​will account for [-]%!" Li Shimin nodded directly.

Anyway, Datang has a lot of shipyards, and this one is not bad.

Only Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others on the side were anxious.

However, in this matter, they really do not have a say.

Afterwards, after a few people discussed the matter roughly again, the shipyard settled.

Although it was discussed by several people, Li Xuan kept making the request, and then Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others were recording.

"Xuan Ba, the cement road from Chang'an City to Qingzhou will be completely completed in the day after tomorrow. In such a prosperous age, can you go and watch?"

When he was leaving, Li Shimin thought of something again, and asked Li Xuan again.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness. I like to be clean, so I won't go!" Li Xuan shook his head and refused.

The first cement road in the Tang Dynasty, which is thousands of miles long, is completed, and there will inevitably be many people watching it, and there must be a huge crowd of people outside Chang'an City.

He doesn't want to block people.

Li Shimin had already expected Li Xuan's reaction.

Therefore, he nodded and took Fang Xuanling and the others to leave quickly.

After returning to the palace, Li Shimin called the minister of the Ministry of Industry, the doctor of the Ministry of Water, and other officials such as Shaofu Supervisor and Jiang Zuojian to arrange work.

For this matter.

All the officials are also very happy.

Although the distance is long, they can ride in a carriage all the way without bumps. This kind of business trip is a kind of enjoyment for them.