Regarding America, since Li Ke is ready to speak out, he has already thought about the follow-up. At least while he is alive, although he is not the emperor, his influence on the entire Tang Dynasty is definitely undoubted.
At that time, he would frantically put pressure on the court officials from behind, leaving a deep impression in their minds about facing a powerful enemy.
Then after Li Ke died, Li Ke didn't care how Datang developed in the future. Anyway, Li Ke didn't know how much territory Datang could conquer at that time, but they always had a powerful enemy as an imagination and as a warning.
When Li Ke passes away, it is estimated that the next prince who is waiting for his eldest brother will also be arranged by Li Ke. As long as there are no problems with his thinking, Datang will definitely continue to develop technology crazily and there will be no problems.
After Li Ke's death for more than ten years or decades, Datang's technology has developed to a certain extent. Perhaps at that time, the Tang court felt that Datang could no longer develop at a high speed, and they might try to let the fleet Take steps to explore.
Then let the Tang Dynasty fleet face the "powerful" Indians! By then, whether it is the "powerful" Indians or the powerful "Mayan civilization", they will definitely give these fleets of the Tang Dynasty a huge surprise.
Anyway, Li Ke was gone by that time, and he couldn't see it. Even if it was just a little joke left to future generations?
Well, it’s quite interesting to think about such a scene.
After all, one of my own is gone, so it would be interesting to make a joke for the descendants to remember their ancestor.
As for how to deal with that continent, Li Ke didn't bother to take care of it. How could he take care of everything? He could just live happily in this life.
Various thoughts were swirling in Li Ke's mind, but the people at the military meeting were shocked. They had always thought that His Highness was a wise man, but now His Highness told them that in his hands Those advanced technologies also come from the powerful empires in the other half of the world.
One day the other party might even come directly across the sea on a huge sea ship. How could Datang resist it at that time?
"Now do you understand why I always feel so anxious? I'm not forcing you to work. In fact, Datang can be slower, that's okay. But since we have the ability, we cannot let our people suffer another alien invasion. "
"Every time a dynasty changes, the people suffer. The population of the Han Dynasty was tens of millions at its peak, but what about the population of the Tang Dynasty now? According to a survey on household registration management submitted by the Ministry of Public Security this year, the total number of households in the Tang Dynasty is only 760 Ten thousand households, with an average population of about 5 people per household, and a total population of 38 million." Li Ke looked at them and said.
The population of the Tang Dynasty is definitely stronger than that of the same period in history. At least because of Li Ke's existence, there are too many hidden populations and other territories in the entire Tang Dynasty that have joined the Tang Dynasty. Hundreds of thousands of people in Tuyuhun, including all the frontiers of the Tang Dynasty, have actually joined the Tang Dynasty. People from surrounding vassal countries have been fleeing and becoming subjects of the Tang Dynasty one after another.
In addition, there are Lingnan Road, Jiannan Road, Jiangnan Road and other places with hundreds of thousands of mountains. Because of Li Ke's policy, more and more people from Shanyue registered and integrated into the Tang Dynasty and became citizens of the Tang Dynasty. In the past two years, The popularity of the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" in it caused a wave of baby boom in the Tang Dynasty.
The combination of these various reasons caused the population of the Tang Dynasty to skyrocket from about 3.5 million households in the early years of Zhenguan to 7.6 million households.
But this population is too small compared to the current land area of the Tang Dynasty. With the current land area of the Tang Dynasty, we dare not say that it can feed 1.4 billion people like later generations, but there should be no problem in feeding 3.4 billion people.
"The current population of the Tang Dynasty cannot reach the peak of the population of the Han Dynasty, but our land area is actually far larger than that of the Han Dynasty, and our land area will continue to expand in the future, and these land areas are our strategic depth. And it allows us to feed a larger population and mine more minerals." Li Ke looked at them and said.
"Your Highness, I can understand your worries, but now there is a problem." Li Jing, who was sitting next to him, hesitated and said.
"Gong Wei, please tell me." Li Ke said.
"That is, as the land area of Datang increases, our dependence on the local garrison will definitely increase, because it takes longer to deploy troops, so local soldiers stationed locally will definitely be a trend in the future. After all, even if a soldier If you become a professional soldier, you will definitely have to start a family and start a career."
"And the empire's huge territory actually has a major impact on the deployment of troops. This will also lead to our court's lack of control over the border." Li Jing is now much bolder and speaks directly when he has something to say.
"Indeed, Your Majesty, if it is not necessary, Your Majesty will not set up a Protectorate in Khitan, Shiwei and other places, and appoint the leaders of these tribes to become local Protectors. In other words, although these places are nominally under the Our territory belongs to the Tang Dynasty, but in fact they are basically equivalent to the vassal states during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Our influence on them is only the influence of force." Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and then spoke.
The secrets Li Ke told were too scary, and these ministers had to face it.
"I know, but my father is now in strong health and there will definitely be no problems in the next few decades. In these decades, it is time for us to develop new technologies." Li Ke said in a serious tone.
"Huh?" Everyone looked at Li Ke with some confusion.
"I can't tell the other party yet, because the craftsmen have only come up with an idea, but many advanced tools come from imagination. Maybe in more than ten years, we will have a brand new way of action that allows us to We can reach the countries in the Western Regions in seven or eight days," Li Ke said.
The emergence of steam engines means that trains are not far away. Even old-fashioned steam trains. According to Li Ke's current industrial system, there is no problem in designing a train with a speed of 30-50 kilometers per hour. Even at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, the mileage can be traveled in a day. It also reached a terrifying distance of more than 700 kilometers, which is more than 7,000 kilometers in ten days.
Even if you include a series of complicated operations such as stopping along the way and adding water, ten days are enough to cover 5,000 kilometers.
Five thousand kilometers, how far can Datang's territory expand? What's more, strong transportation capacity brings not only the central court's dominance over various places.
