This is definitely a world where the strong prey on the weak, and it has always been. If your fist is not strong enough, then the only thing waiting for you is to be swallowed up.

If you want to become strong in this regard, you still have to build a very powerful navy.

The reason why Li Yan needed a large number of good craftsmen to build ships was not only because the two warships that were docked on the beach were basically impossible to sail far away even if they were repaired, but more warships in the future.

Li Yan had already checked the information through the information. According to the information that can be found now, as long as the craftsman has no problem, he can make up as many as six types of warships.

Li Neng has also learned about these six types of warships in depth. At least from his personal opinion, these six types of warships are all useful, so he feels that he should make all of these six types of warships.

This is obviously the prototype of the warships of the later navy. It is absolutely impossible for a single type of warship to become a force that dominates the sea.

The six types of warships that the top navy of the Tang Dynasty were mainly equipped with were tower ships, ships, battleships, boats, yachts, and sea falcons. This was actually really excellent in this era. Fighting Japanese warships was like playing. And history has proved this point.

Among these six types of warships, the hull is huge, and each carrying a maximum of six or seven hundred soldiers and sailors can reach up to six or seven hundred. It is the main platform for maritime combat; the marching ships, fighting ships, and boats are responsible for raids and close combat; the yachts serve as fleet contact and reconnaissance; the sea falcons are equipped with anti-capsulation floating plates, which are special ships used in bad weather. It can be said that they have achieved full coverage of various scenarios. The basic framework is definitely fine. The rest is the transformation of various ships and the training of corresponding naval forces.

Li Yi also checked the naval battles that occurred in the Tang Dynasty during this period, and found that it had basically not happened since the first year of opening. Although the navy was still stationed there and the number of early periods was maintained, there must be not many generals who truly understood the navy.

So this matter can only be considered by Li Qing himself. Of course, the main opinion still comes from Hong Yuan and Zhang Chong. Who made the Tang Dynasty's naval army shrink and that was the only thing left?

Of course, because I know a little bit about the advanced technologies in later generations, Li Wen must give them guidance so that they will not take detours in a limited time.

Through research, Li Yan has found that the Tang Dynasty warships all use flat joint structures that use nail joints and mortise and tenon, and a water-sealed bin wall is set up in the hull, which not only ensures that the hull is strong and smooth, and has low navigation resistance, but also effectively improves the ability to prevent sinking. This forced Li Yan to give a thumbs up to the craftsmen of this era.

With these craftsmanship foundations, no matter how you want to improve this warship in the future, it can be easily achieved.

In addition to the very proficient craftsmanship on the warship, the weapons carried on the warship are also very exquisite.

On the weapons carried on the warships, the Tang Dynasty's navy, in addition to conventional individual weapons, also equipped large winch crossbows, catapults and other long-distance weapons on the building ships.

The farthest shooting distance can reach about 700 steps, which can be called the Tang Dynasty version of ship-to-ship missile.

In addition, the Tang Dynasty Navy also had a close-range attack weapon - the slap rod.

The principle of this weapon is similar to a seesaw: a wooden frame is set up on both sides of the ship's side, a cross bar is placed on one end, a huge rock is tied to one end, and a huge rock is hung outside the ship; the other end is controlled by human forces. When the enemy ship approaches, the huge rock is turned over the enemy ship. As long as the soldiers let go, the huge rock can smash the enemy ship into a pile of broken wood.

If you break Li Yi's head, he can't imagine Li Yi's true power. What makes Li Yi really powerful is to upgrade and transform it based on his predecessors. If you don't even have the foundation of his predecessors, he will be powerless most of the time.

Now with these foundations, what Li Neng can guide them is how to make the warship more light and sturdy, how to make the range of weapons on the warship farther. From low-level to high-level things, Li Neng can say a little, but from nothing to something, Li Neng really doesn't have that great ability.

After the canal transportation began, Li Qing waited for the progress of the canal transportation, while waiting for the progress of the Tang envoys who had already sprinkled the net. He was not idle either. He had been thinking about the upgrade plan for warships and ship-based weapons, and had sent some of the things he thought were easier to achieve to Hong Yuan, and Hong Yuan and Zhang Chong decided to give Li Qing a feedback on the results.

These things are moving forward together, and even Li himself could feel that the Tang Dynasty was developing forward with a rapid momentum, which was the Tang Dynasty that Li Li wanted.

Although no matter which history it is, it is recognized that the Tang Dynasty in Kaiyuan was the most prosperous Tang Dynasty, Li Qing did not think so. The prosperity in his eyes is not that the whole country spends money on pleasure, especially in this era, you must have the combat power that makes people feel scared when they see it. Whether it is the Kaiyuan or the Tianbao year, the Tang Dynasty obviously does not have such combat power.

Not only did he not have such combat power, but he even handed over his most basic personnel to those governors who didn't know how loyal they were to the Tang Dynasty. Li Yan, such a Tang Dynasty, felt that he could never be called the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Under his leadership, the Tang Dynasty can be said to have only seven armies, four in the east, west, south, north, and there is an imperial guard in Chang'an City. Outside Chang'an City, a team led by Li Qing, and a navy army represented by Dongmu. These seven teams are the prototype of the army ruled by Li Qing. Even if it can be expanded in the future, Li Qing does not want the eighth team to appear again, because this is enough. With more teams, problems will inevitably arise in the commander.

The only thing he wanted to expand now was the navy guarded by Dongmu, and the other six armies were already quite large.

Moreover, Li Wu had long understood that the army mainly played a role in defending the country in the future, and the expansion of territory was basically the navy. The navy was bound to cross the territory, and this was basically the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!