"I have developed a way to keep fish fresh for a long time, and are under experiments and research. If this happens, coastal fish can be supplied to the mainland, whether in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and it will be practical. It will definitely have great benefits for strengthening the physical fitness of our Tang people..."

Li Shimin read Li Mu's memorial carefully. He was silent for a moment, as if he was talking to himself, and seemed to be asking Eunuch Gao, saying, "Did I guess wrong again? This kid is not looking for a way out for himself, but really for the people of the country?"

Eunuch Gao opened his mouth and saw that Li Shimin had no intention of asking questions. After thinking about it for a while, he closed his mouth. If you can say less of this kind of question, don't pull it on yourself.

Li Shimin started to think about it in his mind.

What is fish? It is meat and also grain. The reason is very simple. After eating fish, your stomach will be full, and you will naturally eat less food. A large amount of fishery products means that the shortage of food will be alleviated. If Li Mu can find a way to keep fresh for a long time, it means that the inexhaustible fish along the coast can benefit the vast number of people in the inland. Perhaps, in normal times, people are not used to eating sea fish, but in the year of disaster, some food will be very good. Who cares about what to eat?

Li Shimin carefully chewed the words in the memorial: "If you want a country to be prosperous and strong, you must not ignore the ocean. Wealth is taken from the sea, and danger is also coming from the sea..."

What dangers can be at sea?

Li Shimin could not imagine that this was not Li Shimin's business, and emperors of all dynasties could not imagine that they were. Because their enemies were not from the sea. But Li Mu had a serious statement, and Li Shimin believed that Li Mu rarely had seriousness, but what he said in a serious tone was never fulfilled.

Li Mu meant that a navy army was set up in Mingzhou, but such major events could not be decided casually, and they had to be left to the Ministry of War for discussion. Even if it was decided in the end, there was still a certain process to go, which was not something that could be solved in just a few words.

Li Shimin called a little eunuch over and asked him to take the page of the letter about the establishment of the naval army to the Ministry of War and let Hou Junji organize people to discuss it. He put away all the other letters and let Eunuch Gao keep them.

"Your Majesty, do you want to take a look at the bones sent?" Eunuch Gao asked in a low voice.

"Has shipped?"

"A part of it was transported, and the little eunuch reported that one person had a tooth coming to Gao." Eunuch Gao said with a smile: "The sailor who sent the fish also said that at that time, the Marquis led the boat to the sea. When he encountered a whale, he fought with it to death, and the sea surface was dyed red. The whale was as big as the ship. The two sides fought for hundreds of rounds, and there was no distinction between victory and defeat..."

Li Shimin smiled speechlessly. No matter how you hear these words, they all seem to be nonsense!

"How could such a thing be exaggerated?" Li Shimin didn't believe it. He had never seen a whale before, and he could not imagine the size of the whale.

"I see it as real, but I hear it as real. I really want to see it. How come such a big fish come from? I don't believe it. It's really incredible. When it's time to get it, I'll talk about it after seeing the real thing."

"Your Majesty is wise." Eunuch Gao praised him. In fact, he didn't see it with his own eyes, and he didn't believe it either.

...

Li Shimin didn't believe it, but someone believed it. Li Chengqian believed it real. He went to see the whale's teeth at the first time, and there was indeed one person tall. In order to see the full picture of the whale at the first time, he sent someone to guard the city gate. Once it was transported into the city, he would know as soon as possible.

On that day, after lunch, a little eunuch ran in with panting, disturbing Li Chengqian who was drinking tea with Xingxin. Li Chengqian frowned slightly and was about to scold him, but he heard the little eunuch report: "Your Highness, the prince, you have entered the palace, you have entered the palace, and you have passed the Chengtian Gate!"

"What's the matter entering the palace-" Li Chengqian suddenly reacted and said, "It's all shipped to it?"

"Yes, Your Highness, many people are watching!"

Li Chengqian grabbed his satisfied hand: "Hurry up!"

Suishi was a little hesitant and wanted to pull his hand out, but Li Chengqian grabbed it tightly, so he had no choice but to let it go, and he pulled it away with his strength.

The two of them came to Chengtian Gate with small cannons. The giant whale had already entered the city gate. The officials from various yamen in the imperial city ran out, and bursts of screams came one after another.

The huge bones were placed on the ground under the lifting of countless imperial guards.

Only in the Imperial City can there be enough space to display the whale's fish bones.

The whale bones are too big, with a pair of vertebrae, twenty meters long, hundreds of people are carrying them out of breath as if they are carrying sedan chairs. Many of them are so tired that they are about to lie down. When they carefully place them on the ground, they are all sweating profusely.

Whales are mammals, not fish that people know. Their bones are different from fish. What is terrible is that their jaw bones are enough to accommodate a small building between the upper and lower jaw bones.

There are also those huge ribs, which are shocking.

This has caused trouble for the imperial guards to be the lieutenant. Just moving this thing is a major project.

However... everything is missing in the palace, but the only thing that is not lacking is people. The imperial guards, eunuchs and masters, and all those who can resist are used, and the speed of transport is not slow.

Looking at this huge thing, everyone subconsciously took a breath.

This is too big!

Li Shimin was not very interested in the whale described by Li Mu. In other words, he didn't believe in Li Mu's exaggerated description of whales.

When he learned that the whales had arrived, he was even a little reluctant to see them. Isn’t it good to review a few memorials with this time? It was just because he forgot about this matter that Eunuch Gao thought he still wanted to see, so he asked someone to transport them in. They had already been transported in. So if you don’t look at them, then you will come slowly.

When Li Shimin saw this skeleton, he was stunned.

This bone is even bigger than an ordinary temple.

Especially under this bone, the lieutenant and eunuch who carried the small bones back and forth were walking back and forth like a group of ants.

Li Shimin's heart... was shocked.

This is the whale...

Eunuch Gao behind him was startled and his face turned pale, afraid that this was a monster and would hit the Shengjia. He subconsciously wanted to pull Li Shimin.

But Li Shimin had stepped up his pace and came to the whale.

Around this, many officials on duty were pointing and whispering.

Looking up at the huge skeleton, even a veteran who has been through the battlefield will feel a suffocating feeling.

Li Shimin had slowly approached and stood under a rib. He measured it for a while, with a complicated expression. He raised his head, was silent, suddenly lowered his head, and then looked sideways.

"Your Majesty... This fish is so big." The Secretariat next to him exclaimed.

This is nonsense.

"Your Majesty, when I see this fish, I... I am so excited about poetry." The person who spoke was Yu Shinan. He was a calligrapher and his poetry was not very good, but he always liked to write such a poem.

Li Shimin was too lazy to pay attention to this guy. He saw a series of surprised faces, and even Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, who came one step slower when he heard the news. They were the same, with a look of surprise.

There is only one person...

Changsun Chong, who took up the position of the president of Datang Bank, just looked at the skeleton of the giant whale without saying a word. Of course, there was no fear on his face.

Apart from being a little surprised when he saw it at first glance, Changsun Chong had no reaction. After becoming the president of Datang Bank, Changsun Chong became more and more stable.

"Changsun Chong."

Changsun Chong heard the voice, was silent for a moment, and stepped forward: "I am here."

"Are you shocked when you look at this whale?"

"Shocked!" Changsun Chong thought about it and answered.

Li Shimin sighed in his heart, "What a master or apprentice, he clearly ignored it, but he still answered like this. He was so skilled in talking to people and talking to ghosts, and he didn't blush when he lies.

"Come on, stand by my side."

Changsun Chong came to Li Shimin and stood still. He also imitated him and looked up at the whale's bones.

Li Shimin looked at Changsun Chong and found that he had no intention of pretending. He was really calm. This whale really didn't shock him.

Could it be that Li Mu revealed the news in advance? No, it was the first time Li Mu caught a whale. He had never seen it before, so it was impossible for him to mention it with Changsun Chong. But why was Changsun Chong not surprised at all?

If you are not scared, then there is only one answer. This person is not surprised when he changes, and has the style of Mount Tai collapses before his face.

Li Shimin admired Changsun Chong very much. Throughout the dynasties, he always saw some records of upright ministers who were not surprised by the changes in various situations. Only traitors and thieves often changed their qualms and became frightened and worried.

The so-called villain is always with relatives, and a gentleman is open and honest. Putting aside the monarch and ministers, he is still Changsun Chong's uncle. He is also very happy that Changsun Chong can have a future.

He rushed through the bones with Changsun. This bone was much taller than a human and could pass through.

"What do you think about this?"

Li Shimin had the intention of taking the exam for Sun Chong.

Changsun thought for a while and replied, "Your Majesty, this fish may be hundreds of thousands of pounds. If one person eats a pound of meat and catches such a whale meat, it can fill the stomach with 200,000 people."

Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, a pound of meat can be shared with a commoner. These hundreds of thousands of pounds can make tens of thousands of people a day's food. No matter whether it tastes good or not, it can save its lives in the year of famine!"

"This is just a whale." Li Shimin glanced at Changsun and said, "The first thought of you is meat. You want to remind me that these meat can be offered to the people, just like your master thinks. It's not bad. The people have a hard time. If you have meat, you don't know how much you should like it. It's okay to think about it like this."

Li Shimin smiled and pointed to his heart: "Whether it is for kings or officials, in his heart, he cannot just pretend to be himself, he must have a family, a country, and a world. But this family, a country, a country, is nothing more than just one word - 'people'! He is worthy of being Li Mu's disciple, and a famous teacher produces a high disciple!"

"I dare not take it." Changsun Chong was silent, his face calm.

After receiving this praise, he did not show any joy. Li Shimin was very satisfied, and this would be better than his master. If Li Mu had received such praise, he would have been so awesome to the sky.

Li Shimin gently stroked the giant bone, and suddenly his body trembled. Changsun Chong hurriedly supported him: "What's wrong with Your Majesty? Do you need to pass on the imperial physician?"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I just thought of something. Li Shimin came to an imperial guard and pulled out the straight knife from his waist. The guard was startled and bowed down in panic.

Li Shimin held the knife in his hands, and the people who were eating melons changed their qualities.

Li Shimin drew his sword and stood in front of the whale's skeleton, and the atmosphere solidified. Li Shimin confronted the skeleton for a while, and suddenly handed the straight knife to Changsun Chong: "The Qing family holds this sword, if this whale comes alive, will the Qing family dare to fight with it?"

"My name..." Changsun Chong wanted to say why he didn't dare, but when he took the straight knife and pointed it at the whale, he suddenly found that his hands were trembling.

After a stalemate for a while, Changsun Chong gave up and said, "Your Majesty forgives the crime, I dare not."

Li Shimin took the knife back, looked around, and then his eyes fell on the guard who had been taken away from the knife: "Do you dare?"

Changsun Chong is a civil official and has never fought or killed him. It is understandable, but you are an imperial guard, a military general, and an imperial guard who protects the palace ban. So... do you dare?

The guard's face was pale, trembling, and stammered, looking up at the giant whale for a long time: "I...I...I think, if this giant whale is still alive, I am afraid that if it is breathed, I will be wiped out."

"It seems..." Li Shimin stared at him: "You dare not!"

"Then..." Li Shimin turned around and looked around: "Who dares can stand up."

There was no sound, and everyone was silent.

In fact, everyone understands that such things cannot be verified. If you say you dare, no one can falsify them.

But when they saw this giant whale, even if it was just a corpse, they were already scattered. They even thought that even if they said they dared, they would be a laughing stock for everyone and thought they were bragging.

Cheng Yaojin in the crowd muttered in a low voice, as if saying, "He dared, but somehow, he still didn't say it loudly."

"But someone dares!" After confirming that there was no affirmative answer, and even the boasting person did not have the courage, Li Shimin sighed: "If no one dared, how could this giant whale be here, how could only have a few pieces of dead bones left?"

"I heard that the sea is so terrifying! There are huge waves, strong winds, and countless dangers. Li Mu took the ten thousand stone boat and went out to sea for the first time to test the boat. When he met this whale by chance, he wanted to catch it and offer it to me. In the huge waves, he brought the sailors to fight with this fish. I come and ask you, what is this? Why did he dare?"

"This is loyalty, courage, fearlessness, and life-and-death!"

Li Shimin looked up at the giant whale. Even though he had already seen through life and death for a lifetime, under this giant bone, he still felt frightened and his momentum was as high as before.

Compared to such a giant, humans are really insignificant.

Li Shimin returned the knife to the guards and said, "I heard that Li Mu had named the Wanshi Ship Chang'an. Before the Chang'an was launched, he trained sailors for more than a month, and only more than a month, and they could do this. I am really happy."
Chapter completed!