Gu Qing thought for a long time and said to Fan Jian, "How is Yan Liben's iron ship now?"

Fan Jian replied in a low voice, "It is said that Yan Liben has already put the ship in the water, but it seems that something is wrong. The ship does not satisfy Yan Liben."

"Tell the factory to use most of the resources to create an engine with the greatest power. If it is used on a sea boat, I want the one with the greatest power." Gu Qing said.

"Let's go and bring a message now." Fan Jian nodded and left immediately.

Yang Sheng stretched his waist and said, "I'll go back first. If you have any place to help, just say it."

"Okay." Gu Qing also nodded and stood up to look at Su Dingfang and Cheng Chumo in the guest room. They were drunk and couldn't get up for a while.

Li Chengqian also received the news. He summoned Pei Xingjian as soon as he read the letter, and Chu Suiliang and Shangguan Yi came to discuss the matter.

The palace seemed very quiet at dusk. Several eunuchs hurriedly left the palace to summon people. Pei Xingjian was at Cheng Yaojin's home at this moment.

Cheng Yaojin just received news from Gu Qing that Cheng Yaojin's son is now in Gu Qing's hands.

I thought Cheng Yaojin would be furious when he heard Gu Qing holding his son, but he didn't expect that this old man was laughing wildly and kept laughing wildly.

"Duke Lu, can you stop laughing?" Pei Xingjian said nervously.

"This bastard boy Chu Mo!" Cheng Yaojin slapped the table and said, "This bastard actually delivered it to Gu Qing himself!"

Pei Xingjian smiled aside, smiling awkwardly.

Cheng Yaojin's big eyes were waiting for Pei Xingjian and said, "What do you think Gu Qing has become?"

Pei Xingjian knew that Cheng Yaojin didn't dare to do anything to him. At least Cheng Yaojin's son was now in his teacher's hands and said, "Duke Lu, if you want to kill him, you will be punished."

Cheng Yaojin threw the wine bowl in his hand and said, "That's the big moon knife!"

In the Ganlu Palace, Li Chengqian summoned Chu Suiliang, Shangguan Yi, but Pei Xingjian did not come. He looked at the two of them and said first, "Songzan Gampo's letter is sent. I think the situation in the West is imminent. How much do you know about Rome?"

Shangguan Yi stepped forward and said, "During the time I was in the Haimai Department, I met many business people. These people may have some rumors in the West. They just heard that Rome is a very distant country, and the Romans like to use gold coins and their strength is also the strongest in the West today. There are two strongest countries in the West today. One is Dashi. However, after several battles between our Tang Dynasty and Dashi, Dashi also began to lie dormant."

"The strongest country in the West." Li Chengqian's eyes became interested.

"Your Majesty!" Chu Suiliang also said, "It is not the time to send troops."

Li Chengqian really wanted to send troops to fight Rome now, but he knew that even if the Roman army is now in Dashi, it is a long supply line, and transportation alone is a big problem. However, if Tubo is in the rear, he can help the Tang Dynasty, he can eliminate this doubt.

"Shangguan Yi, do you think you can send troops?" Li Chengqian looked at Shangguan Yi.

"I think the Secretariat is right." Shangguan Yi also said, "It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to go to Persia alone, not to mention the food that is far away from Persia today. And now there are still Tianzhu looking forward to it. I think it is too early to send troops now."

Li Chengqian nodded slightly. Although these words were not what he wanted to hear, as they said, it was still too early to send troops now. It was not until the Tang Dynasty was ready, and it was not time to send troops.

"Your Majesty." Shangguan Yi continued, "In fact, Gu Qing and His Highness King Jin had a long history of making arrangements for the West."

Gu Qing’s layout? Li Chengqian endured his expression and did not change. Of course, he knew that Gu Qing had a layout for the West. This was also planned by Gu Qing and his father at the beginning, and whispered, "Shangshu Ling should know Gu Qing’s layout."

Pei Xingjian was not here, so Shangguan Yi had to say: "Actually, I have heard of some in the Maritime Trade Department."

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "I don't know very well what Gu Qing and his father did to the West."

"Your Majesty, in fact, all this is related to the sea trade." Shangguan Yi continued.

Haimao? Li Chengqian knew Gu Qing's sea trade. The so-called sea trade was just a reason for Gu Qing, in order to go out to sea to find more resources. He was in the palace and naturally knew how much benefits the sea trade brought to the royal family. Those silver mines and gold mines were sent into the warehousing in the palace in a truckload. The Tang Dynasty had almost no cost, and business was focused on selling and buying. Gu Qing was just a name for sea trade. In fact, when he went out to sea, no one was pirates. When he went out to sea, he could only conquer and rob. This time, Japan made the Tang Dynasty taste a lot of sweetness.

Shangguan Yi continued to speak, "From the time when the Sea Trade Department was not established, Gu Qing planned the future of sea trade with the Supreme Emperor. The goal of sea trade is not just a corner of Japan, but also a wider place. During this period, there are many islands in the South China Sea. Now the route is heading towards the South China Sea. What I planned was sea ships all the way south. After reaching the coastline of Tianzhu, they attacked Tianzhu from the coastline, caught Tianzhu off guard and annexed Tianzhu. The Tang Dynasty had a springboard for the West. With this springboard, the Tang Dynasty could do a lot of things to the West."

"Then how long will it take for the sea trade to cooperate properly?" Li Chengqian asked.

"I don't know." Shangguan Yi said.

Li Chengqian said to Wang Jin beside him, "Tell me what I say, tell the King of Jin when he can go to the South China Sea to attack Tianzhu, and give me an answer!"

Wang Jin left immediately after receiving the words.

It was already night when he walked out of Ganlu Palace. Chu Suiliang was puzzled all the way, "Why did Pei Xingjian never come? Did he encounter something?"

"You said your Majesty can't wait to fight the West?" Shangguan Yi also asked.

The two of them thought of walking out of the palace together but they didn't see Pei Xingjian.

At night in Cheng's house, Cheng Yaojin drank a large bowl of wine and said to Pei Xingjian, who had just dried a bowl of wine, "Boy, you have a good alcohol tolerance. You are much better than your teacher."

"Where are there," Pei Xingjian bowed and said, "Actually, I'm already drunk."

"Wow, why are you drunk?" Cheng Yaojin said with a big laugh, "Come on, let's have another jar. I haven't drunk so much for a long time. It's a pity that you are a disciple of Gu Qing, you have the best of your ability to drink as your disciple."

Pei Xingjian was so drunk that his face turned red, "Duke Lu really likes to joke."
Chapter completed!