Chapter 388 Surrender Order To get back to the point, the 150,000 soldiers who returned victoriously returned to Lingnan smoothly on the merchant ship prepared for them by Li Zhen - don't look at the 150,000 people, in fact, for Datang Shipping at this time, the pressure is not great at all, not to mention that there are still half of the unused merchant ships in Li Zhen's hands, and now the number of Datang's private merchant ships alone is about to exceed 500.
With the boarding of the Yue ship and the continuous expansion of the scale of the Quanzhou shipyard, the technology of small and medium-sized shipyards such as the Hangzhou shipyard has been innovated, and the merchant ships of Datang are like dumplings, and the number will only increase.
According to statistics, if the output of all shipyards is summed up, Datang can produce about two ships a day on average, and this data is still growing - this is not a small number, which means that Datang's annual output of ships will be at least more than 700, and at most more than 1,000 (the 700 here are not only large merchant ships such as the vertical and horizontal class or the Liaoyuan class, but also include medium-sized merchant ships, otherwise it would be too perverted).
It is conceivable that ten years from now, the world's seas will be running on Datang's fleet, and the name of the sea coachman may fall on Datang's head first.
Although the number of private merchant ships in Datang has not exceeded 500 (the upgrade of the shipyard is a recent thing), this has made a good start, and then it is only necessary to leave everything to time, and the number will slowly accumulate into a lot.
And 150,000 people, if a ship transports an average of 500 people, only 300 ships are enough, so Li Zhen can support such a small ship himself - in fact, he did the same, with a wave of his hand, he transferred 400 Liaoyuan-class ships from the mothballed boathouse, and transported everyone back at one time.
It's just that the distance from Datang to Tianzhu is relatively long, especially the sea still needs to go to Gorofusha (in fact, Malacca), and the narrowest part of that section is less than 60 miles, which makes it impossible to pass too many ships at one time, and this section alone has caused congestion in the strait all day......
In short, although there were some difficulties along the way, fortunately, everything went smoothly, and hundreds of merchant ships carried the victorious soldiers back to Lingnan smoothly.
Of course, after the 150,000 soldiers go ashore, it is definitely impossible to let them all enter the city, otherwise it will have to cause chaos, fortunately, Li Zhen has been prepared for this - the March Mountain base mentioned before has already been completed, just because Datang has been fighting against us in the past two years, especially the Lingnan defense is empty, even if this base is repaired, but it has not been used.
Although it is said that it is only a base that has not been activated, Li Zhen has never stopped investing here, the scope of the base has expanded and expanded, and the materials inside have increased and increased, especially the food, wine and meat have been hoarded inside.
Lingnan is rich in products, and some places in Lingnan produce some products, and the price of grain has always been inexpensive, and now it is enough for 150,000 people to eat enough food and drink every day for two months.
After placing their soldiers in place, Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche took their harvest in Tianzhu to visit Li Shimin in the Dawuzhuang Temple, and at the same time paid the order and presented gifts to the emperor.
"Minister Liu Hongji (Xue Wanche) See Your Majesty, see Your Highness, Tianzhu has been decided, and the minister has come to pay the order."
The Holy Pole Hall was already full of people, and even Du Ruhui, who had been sick recently, came.
This time, Liu Hongji's partner Xue Wanche swept Tianzhu and destroyed dozens of countries, which is really a great achievement, even if it is no worse than Li Zhen's sweeping of Nanyang.
What's more, the enemies of Nanyang are all scum, but Tianzhu still has a Sha Louqi and their hero Buluo Jishe II resisting, and the difficulties of the two are not at the same level at all, which shows the difficulty of sweeping Tianzhu.
Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche were able to make such a great contribution, and it was also the first war of national destruction since the Tang Dynasty entered Zhenguan for 18 years, and of course it deserves such a large-scale reception.
Nowadays, the entire Tianzhu continent except for the Nibra that has always been good friends with the Tang Dynasty, all places have become the territory of the Tang Dynasty, even if the Nibhara is surrounded by the Tang Dynasty on all sides, even if they get the territory promised to them by Wang Xuance, it is no longer a climate, and the Tang Dynasty wants to destroy them without much effort, but after all, the Nibhara is kind to the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin is unwilling to bear the infamy of revenge, and the Nibra warriors are brave, and the Nibra itself is also in the mountains, Therefore, Li Shimin intends to continue the method of peaceful evolution and strive to change the way of life of the Nepalese people within ten years.
"The two Aiqing worked tirelessly, lasted two years, broke the cauldron and sunk the boat, opened up the territory, and finally achieved a great cause (10,000 words are omitted here)......
The Tang Dynasty has thanked the two Aiqing.
After a long speech, he almost praised Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were also full of praise and envy, jealousy and hatred, only Li Zhen and Li Zhen listened to it below, but they were sleepy, he hated this cliché the most, if it weren't for this kind of occasion, Li Zhen would not have come at all - today's meeting was actually just a formalism, purely for Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche to accept the emperor's verbal reward, as for the actual reward, it would not be implemented until a few days later.
"Your Majesty, I don't dare to be ashamed."
Liu Hongji and the others also understood what they were doing this time, so they didn't mind Li Shimin just verbally praising but not actually rewarding, they knew that they were just showing their faces in front of their colleagues today, and the real benefits had not yet been shown.
"Hahaha......
I have prepared a banquet to wash the dust of the two Aiqing.
Li Shimin may also feel annoyed, his mouth was dry after the long speech just now, and he ended this court discussion in a hurry, and he didn't even look at the trophies brought back by the two, so he announced the start of the banquet - anyway, there is a lot of time in the banquet, and it is not too late to watch it slowly.
"Your Majesty, thank you."
Of course, it is impossible to carry out the dust washing banquet in Wuzhuang Temple, at this time, those inns and restaurants and other industries under Wuzhuang Temple have played a big role, and under the leadership of Li Shimin, everyone followed his footsteps down the mountain.
There are many inns under the Wuzhuang view, each with its own characteristics, but to say that the best is the natural residence, the natural residence is Li Zhen's industry, the chef here is also brought by Li Zhen from Chang'an, and the things made can be said to be the best in the world, although it will not make everyone like it, but it is guaranteed to cater to the appetite of most people.
Of course, it was not only Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche who participated in the banquet this time, they could not represent the entire Tianzhu army, except for the two of them, there were some generals, and even some of the Tianzhu kings who took the initiative to surrender to the Tang Dynasty - but they were not qualified to meet the emperor, so they had been waiting outside.
"Banquet ......"
With Wang Tingchu's loud shout, all kinds of delicacies were served, and the banquet began......