Chapter 408 Can’t sleep!
"You mean they are almost arriving in Dengzhou?"
Li Shimin looked at the document in his hand, his face full of disbelief!
He knew Ji Song's plan. The first stage was to start from Mingzhou and go a thousand nautical miles into the sea! A nautical mile is a unit of measurement for distance traveled at sea. A thousand nautical miles? He suddenly paused, took a pen and paper and began to calculate.
"More than 3000 miles?"
Li Shimin was hesitant and excited, causing his voice to become shrill! Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly and nodded. When he first saw this document, he almost thought someone was lying about military information!
More than 3000 miles?Going east from Chang'an, you'll almost reach the seaside.
Although on the sea, as long as you don't encounter storms and don't lose your way, you can move forward day and night.
But even if it was twelve hours a day, based on time, they would go back and forth for about 20 days, traveling at least more than 300 miles every day.
How long is such a distance over land?If accidents are excluded, it will take at least half a year!
"That is, they succeeded?"
Li Shimin couldn't hide his excitement. The scene Ji Song described to him was so heart-warming.
The only thing that restricts the Tang Dynasty now is that there are no ships for long voyages. But now that there are ships, is it still far away to produce thousands of kilograms of grain per mu? Are the spices all over Nanyang still a problem? "Judging from the current situation, the sea-going ship they designed has indeed withstood the test. As for whether to carry out the next two voyages, your Majesty still needs to make a decision!"
According to Fang Xuanling, since it has been successful, there is no need to waste a lot of manpower and material resources to accumulate experience.
Li Shimin hesitated. He also wanted the fleet to leave early, but it was too expensive and still bottomless.
But after calming down, he raised his head and said: "No need, we will continue the next two times. That guy is right, we can't encourage others."
Seeing Fang Xuanling's somewhat disappointed look, Li Shimin burst into laughter.
"If that kid knew that you were going to send his students to sea now, do you believe that he could come directly to your home?"
"Talents are rare!" he sighed. Now that he had calmed down completely, he thought more comprehensively.
"It took that guy nearly ten years to train the 53 students on the ship. How much effort and resources did it cost him?"
"Look at the students in his academy now. How many times has he been there?"
"If there is no certain chance of victory, even if I try to break up with nobles like you, I will not let these students die.
Because of these accomplished students, there are ships that can go to sea! Therefore, in his eyes, even hundreds or thousands of ships are not more valuable than his one student! "
Li Shimin said that Lao Fang was a little ashamed, yes!How could he ignore such a simple truth?
As long as these students are here, are you afraid that there will be no ships going to sea? But if something happens to these 53 people, then...
He couldn't help but shudder, this might be another ten years!
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I am indeed eager for quick success!" Fang Xuanling said seriously.
Li Shimin came to him and said with a smile: "Get up! Our monarchs and ministers are still young, and we still have time. Isn't it less than three years? We can afford to wait..."
Ji Song received the news almost at the same time, and he almost jumped up while reading a book! "It's just nonsense. Who asked them to enter the deep sea of a thousand miles in one go? What I want is to explore in stages!"
Zheng Li lowered his head and did not dare to speak. He really didn't expect the Marquis to be so angry. He originally wanted to make the Marquis happy.
"Fortunately, there was no accident this time. Just tell them to come back to me as soon as they arrive. Damn, they all have stiff wings. Let's see how I deal with them then!"
Ji Song sat in a chair like this in vain. Who knows how he felt when he heard that they had started their first trial voyage! My heart almost jumped out of my throat. If something unexpected happened...
Shaking his head, he didn't even dare to think about it! Then he thought of those three daring boys and gritted his teeth.
Don't worry, wait until they come back. Each of them seems to be floating outside, and they must be treated when they come back! "You go tell their families the news that they are coming back. They are all running around outside and don't even know how to write a family letter!"
"Hey! Let's go!"
Zheng Li quickly ran away, otherwise he would be burned himself soon!
Although I don’t know what happened, those three fuckers are definitely up to no good. Hum, I will make them look good when they come back! At night, Ji Song tossed and turned but couldn't sleep!
"What's wrong with you? Why are you not sleeping at night?"
You Ning couldn't bear it anymore and woke up Ji Song directly without going to sleep!
"Hey! You don't know that those bastards were so bold. As soon as the boat was launched, they rushed into the sea in a hurry.
Fortunately, there have been no storms in the past few months, otherwise..."
Ji Song was frightened for a while. It is true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. They are still too young.
You Ning also covered his mouth, shocked and speechless.
She knows best how much her husband expects from these young men. Even if one of them is lost, half of his life will be lost!
"What now?"
"What should we do? Yao Chang, the governor of Dengzhou, reported that they have docked at Dengzhou Port to rest and will be back soon anyway. Let's see how I deal with them then."
You Ning breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank God, thank God! Fortunately, God blessed them and they are fine."
"They should really thank God. Fortunately, they did not change their sailing time. If they really encountered a storm at sea, even God would not be able to save them."
Ji Song said angrily.
You Ning rolled his eyes at Ji Song and said, "You almost scared me to death. You thought something happened to them. Since they are all back safely, don't worry."
Ji Song opened his mouth, and finally said with difficulty: "Forget it, let's wait until they come back. It's getting late, go to bed!"
After lying down, Ji Song still frowned. He was a little worried now!
If they don't change their reckless temperament, they will be beyond their reach when they reach the sea, and the probability of something happening is extremely high.
Now he has to consider whether they are suitable candidates?
Or are you saying that you are too impatient?
He thought for a long time, but just couldn't make up his mind. The emperor wouldn't let him go, but could they really do it alone?
His thoughts were confused, and he slowly fell asleep until it was almost dawn.
Early the next morning, he entered the palace. It would be better to explain some things clearly to the emperor.
If anyone saw this success and underestimated the risks at sea and wanted to set off immediately, he would do anything to stop it.
In the Tai Chi Hall, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others were surprised. Has Ji Song changed his temper or something?
They actually started to take the initiative to go to court, but thinking about yesterday's information, they suddenly understood a little bit.
At the beginning of the morning, what surprised Ji Song was that no one said anything about the fleet.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. As soon as he went to court, he went directly to the back hall and asked to see Li Shimin.
(End of this chapter)