In fact, at this time, more than a dozen Datang ships were already in ruins.

But like a miracle, the ship can still remain stable in the sea. Except for the two ships that were seriously damaged, they had to transfer these sailors to other ships and cruising on the sea, still eased.

And the boat pulled up the sails very quickly.

In this era, such ships, like steam ironclad ships, are almost a huge breakthrough that transcends the era.

You should know that the ships at this time do not have a keel structure, in order to maintain stability and fight wind and waves, they often dare not hang the sails very much. Moreover, the underside of the ship is in the shape of a big belly, which is not only clumsy, but also has limited ability to resist wind and waves.

Such a ship can hardly cross the ocean, can only travel along the coast, and its speed is very limited.

On the other hand, the Tang Ship, to a certain extent, has truly begun to have the ability to fight against wind and waves.

In fact, Lou Shide never expected that he had not launched an attack yet, and this fleet, which had fled but was still quite large, had actually been reduced.

This is obviously somewhat unscientific compared to his cognition.

At least I struggled for a while, and I will fight it well, and I will talk about it after half of the casualties!

However, the sailors in the ship were actually exhausted. At this time, they finally relaxed a little. They took over the ship and detained all the begging for surrender to the bottom cabin. Then the ship returned.

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Time always passes quickly. In a blink of an eye, Princess Sui'an has been pregnant for four months, and there have been undercurrents in the court recently.

In the case of Lou Shide, more and more details began to surface.

Li Shimin sent the censor to investigate the case of Yangzhou in detail? But the censor came back? The news he received was that everything was exactly the same as the report of the Yangzhou governor and the Huainan Censor.

Did Lou Shide really rebelled? Before the rebellion, he tied up a lot of tolerances. Then he took the soldiers from the Water Village to flee to the sea.

Is there a lot of evidence? It does prove that Lou Shide had contacted Goguryeo, especially Baekje people.

And as soon as these evidences were presented, the court was in an uproar.

Nowadays, censors, and governors are almost convinced. They all say Lou Shide rebelled, not only that, but Lou Shide has many bullshit things on weekdays? They have also investigated them all. For example, they have sought a large amount of bribes, or they are like being arrogant and doing good fortune in Yangzhou on weekdays, which has made the people suffer.

Li Shimin read the report, but his eyes fell on the newspaper beside him.

What is revealed in the newspaper is another truth? In this news newspaper, Lou Shide's achievements in the position of Yangzhou governor, he placed a large number of merchants, established a new market, suppressed the powerful, and allowed the people of Yangzhou to live and work in peace and contentment!

As for Lou Shide's rebellion? This is obviously not true? Because Lou Shide has been practicing naval masters and is determined to break through Baekje and Goguryeo. Most of the sailors recruited were the families of soldiers who were killed by Baekje and Goguryeo in the last naval battle. These people and Baekje and Goguryeo are full of blood hatred. If Lou Shide rebelled and defected to Baekje and Goguryeo, how could those sailors with hatred follow Lou Shide?

There are a lot of details in each other's memorials. The ones surrounding this large-scale memorial and publication were placed in front of Li Shimin were two completely different people, but... these two were concentrated on Lou Shide alone.

Li Shimin finally couldn't sit still. The controversy about Lou Shide has caused discussions among the government and the public, especially after the news newspapers were published, things have become more and more uncontrollable.

Originally, a small Yangzhou lieutenant was really not worth mentioning, but now, I have to worry about this matter.

He summoned ministers from the three provinces and six ministries and came to find Chen Zhengtai, and in front of everyone, he put the memorials and news stands in front of everyone.

The ministers looked at each other.

Li Shimin looked calm and said, "There are many different opinions now, but I am confused now. A Yangzhou captain has been making trouble all over the city. I think I have heard of it a little. Now this matter has been delayed for several months. What do you think?"

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but smile bitterly. This matter obviously had nothing to do with whether the Yangzhou lieutenant was guilty. Based on his years of experience, it was obvious that someone in the court had a dispute, and they were in the same situation as water and fire.

Chen Zhengtai immediately said: "Your Majesty, right and wrong are clear. The news reports have all the evidence. I have always understood Lou Shide. Since he was convicted, he has always wanted to make meritorious service. A few days ago, he recruited a large number of sailors. Most of these sailors have a grudge against Goguryeo and Baekje. I dare to ask, how can such a person persuade his subordinates to join Baekje and Goguryeo? Therefore, the son is brave enough to think that this must be criticized. Lou Shide was the governor of Yangzhou. His Majesty ordered him to implement the new policy. The essence of the new policy is to break the old barriers and offend people, which will touch the interests of others. Now someone deliberately makes things difficult for him and slanders his innocence. This is understandable."

Li Shimin thought about it, but in fact he had already thought of this possibility.

The Dali Temple Minister Sun Fujia said, "Dali Temple is responsible for the criminal prison, and it is responsible for reviewing the case. The case has been delayed for so long, and a lot of evidence is on the table. I look at the evidence sent by the Yangzhou Censor and the Governor. Of course, I think that in order to prevent it, I will ask the Huainan Censor and the Governor of Yangzhou to come to Chang'an. Since there is still doubt in this case, I will let the two of you explain it clearly and understand it in front of Your Majesty."

When Li Shimin heard this, he felt that what Sun Fujia said was reasonable, so he said, "Since that is the case, let their assistants temporarily serve them, and let the two of them come to Chang'an to meet immediately."

After discussing this matter, Li Shimin felt that it was only possible that it would be effective only if he asked in person!

So he didn't continue to ask more questions, but remembered what happened, so he looked at Chen Zhengtai and said, "I heard that the wooden tracks from Shuofang to Chang'an have been repaired?"

"Yes." Chen Zhengtai responded.

At this time, he was actually still thinking about Lou Shide. This Lou Shide was recommended by him. Now all the civil and military officials in the court know that Lou Shide is his Chen Zhengtai's person. Chen Zhengtai can believe that Lou Shide is corrupt and abuse of power, but if this person defected to Goguryeo and Baekje, he would never believe it.

However, Li Shimin obviously felt cautious and should wait until the people from Yangzhou came to Chang'an before talking, and Chen Zhengtai would not speak much.

At this moment, he followed Li Shimin's words and said: "Yes, it was connected at the end of last month. Of course, now it is only four lines. There will be more additional points in the future. Many stations and many passers-by merchants are already overcrowded."

Li Shimin had a very impression of the wooden track, so he was overjoyed: "Isn't this the 'canal' outside the border? With this wooden track, at least the front line of the north side, the court can be worry-free."

Chen Zhengtai said: "Now a large number of immigrants are reclaiming land near Shuofang and stations everywhere, and raising cattle and horses. I think that soon after, a large amount of meat and fur from the grassland can be transported to Chang'an through wooden tracks."

Li Shimin was happy to see this happen, and finally something good happened these days.

But at this moment, he suddenly remembered something: "I heard that a kind of earth mine was opened in Yingzhou area, and it actually sold 110,000 yuan?"

This is recorded in the Newspaper.

A porcelain clay ore was discovered in Yingzhou, and soon many merchants went to bid for each other. In the end, it seemed that Cui bought it, spending 110,000 jin of money.

110,000 guan is definitely not a small amount. Even the Cui family will be damaged.

But the news newspapers have some exaggeration in the report, and people only recorded one earth mine, which was priceless!

Chen Zhengtai could only explain: "This is a porcelain clay ore, which is used to produce porcelain. Your Majesty, there are countless clays in the world, so people love to make pottery. But now the porcelain making technology is thousands of miles a day. This porcelain is much more exquisite than pottery. It is very popular among the people. It is also much more expensive than pottery. However, porcelain clay is not easy to obtain. Nowadays, porcelain clay is rare. Now that porcelain clay is controlled by porcelain, it is this porcelain clay. Therefore, after the porcelain clay mine was discovered in Yingzhou, many merchants bid for it. If anyone gets such a large mine, as long as the kiln is built, they can make porcelain continuously, and it will naturally be profitable in the future."

Li Shimin couldn't help but think, no matter what kind of soil it is, it was just soil in the past. But he didn't expect that this soil would be sold at such a high price!

It is said that all the land under the world is the king's land. If the soil on this earth can be sold, I can use gold to fill the Tai Chi Palace.

"But..." Chen Zhengtai suddenly coughed: "But yesterday, I learned another news."

Just when the monarch and ministers sighed that even soil can be so valuable, Chen Zhengtai continued: "Another porcelain clay mine was discovered in Guanzhong, which is quite large in scale."

Li Shimin: “…”

Fang Xuanling and others looked at each other.

"Now..." Chen Zhengtai said: "As soon as the news is announced, I'm afraid someone will bid again."

Isn't this funny?

Li Shimin and others were speechless for a moment.

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly and said, "I heard that the porcelain clay ore in Yingzhou was bought by Cui. They spent 110,000 guan. That's not all. After buying the mine, they still need to recruit a large amount of manpower to mine, and hire a large number of craftsmen to build kilns and fire porcelain. So... the cost is not small since then. The manpower alone has other expenses, and I am afraid it will take tens of thousands of guan. Chen Fengma... Now that the porcelain clay ore is discovered in Guanzhong, the Cui family has spent so much money... Isn't that..."

Chen Zhengtai smiled and said that the Cui family spent a little too much money. Of course, if no other mines were discovered, the Cui family would actually be profitable. After all, most of the porcelain clay mines in the world are in the hands of the Cui family, which made the Cui family almost monopoly. They could make money while lying down and spend more than 100,000 chunks of money in their lifetime, which was nothing.

But the pit is there, and now a large mine has been discovered. Once this mine falls into the hands of other merchants, if you make porcelain, others will also make porcelain. If you sell it forever, they will dare to sell 800 cents. It costs so much money to buy the minerals in Yingzhou. If someone buys this mineral, it will definitely not be as much as you. The cost is lower than that of you. How can you do it?

It's clearly a pitfall.

Li Shimin couldn't help but smile: "It's not a big deal. Anyway, the Cui family has money and is just a little money, so it won't hurt your muscles."

Li Shimin obviously understood the reason behind this matter, but I am afraid that Chen Zhengtai was operating it.

More than one hundred thousand coins...Is this a small amount of money?

Fang Xuanling and others smiled bitterly in their hearts and didn't say anything else.

Chen Zhengtai said, "The reserve price of this porcelain clay ore in Guanzhong is only 30,000 guan, and the reserves are also amazing. If anyone takes it, he will take a big advantage."

There is definitely no big cheapness.

At least now the Cui family is already anxious to become an ant on the hot pan.

The long house of Cui's family in Qinghe has become a mess.

Cui Zhizheng opened the news newspaper and looked at the news inside, and was completely confused.

In fact, he didn't care much about the case in Yangzhou. His son was just a lieutenant. With the Cui family's connections, the disciples and former officials who were scattered in the court would definitely confirm the case.

For him, the most concerned thing is his home business.

At the beginning... the Cui family spent a lot of money to buy the porcelain clay ore in Yingzhou. Originally, they thought that if they built a kiln and bought the mine, the Cui family would monopolize 70% or 80% of the porcelain in the world, but they didn't expect that... the mine would be released again.

After reading the news in the newspaper, he couldn't speak for a long time.

If I had known that there would be mines in Guanzhong, what would our Cui family do to buy the mine in Yingzhou? And we spent so much money, not to mention, we also spent a lot of money to mine minerals. In order to resettle the labor force, we spent a lot of money to build a house. The porcelain clay mine was in the deep mountains, and we also mobilized many troops to build roads for transporting porcelain clay, and the expenses of building kilns...

Nowadays, thousands of people spend money every day...

But if everyone is cut off, then... what should I do if I have invested so much money?

"Alang, now all the uncles are jumping, come and ask you what to do."

"What should I do?" Cui Zhizheng realized that he might have been cheated!

He is not a fool either, he can see it all at once.

It turned out that all this was controlled by the Chen family. They knew that the Cui family had a deep root in making pottery and porcelain, so they found a big mine in Yingzhou, which was just fooling themselves into the pit!

But the biggest question now is, what should I do if the mining area in Guanzhong?

Turn a blind eye? Once the Guanzhong mine is acquired by others, the Cui family will face a new ceramic surname in the future, and then... it will be necessary to fight a price war.

Cui Zhizheng couldn't help but sneer: "What a Chen family. I understand. They deliberately wanted to bleed on the Cui family. OK, okay. What do uncles mean?"

"They mean... they hope to raise some more money as soon as possible and take down the Guanzhong mines. Otherwise... the Cui family will suffer greater losses."

"Guanzhong..." Cui Zhizheng frowned and said, "If you bid for it, not to mention so much cash, it is difficult to raise it. At that time, you will have to sell the land and sell the ancestral property. But even if you take down the Guanzhong mine, what if you discover a new porcelain clay mine in the future?"

"This... uncles and uncles have thought carefully that we may have been trapped by the Chen family, but... the porcelain clay ore is precious and it is not easy to explore. Uncles and uncles do not believe that a large mine was discovered in Yingzhou, and another place was discovered in Guanzhong. In this world, new large mines can be discovered all of a sudden. Uncles and uncles have inquired about it. Not only does the mineral in Guanzhong have a lot of reserves, but the quality of this mine is also not low. Such an mine is rare."

Cui Zhizheng also had difficulty making a decision for the time being.
To be continued...