Wendeng came to the Wa people, and the news spread quickly.

"Lord Wang, I heard that those Tang envoys are here to find you?"

Cheng Chumo also rushed to the county office when he heard the news, and it was okay to be idle anyway, so he came over to join in the fun.

"You didn't go to sea today?"

As soon as Li Kuan arranged for his subordinates to take their dogs to a nearby inn to stay, he saw Cheng Chumo swaggering in.

"Hey, every time I go to sea, it's either a big yellow croaker or a whale, and the big yellow croaker is needless to say, it's not interesting at all. Whale fishing is a bit exciting, but it's just like that. ”

Get!

These second-generation people regard going to sea as fun, and once there is no freshness, there will be no passion.

"Then are you going back to Chang'an?"

"Why are you going back to Chang'an? It's even more boring to go back. It's better to follow the prince, and there are some new things from time to time. ”

Cheng Chumo finally escaped from Chang'an City, obviously not wanting to go back so quickly.

"Lord, you said that the Wa Kingdom is lonely overseas, after this Wa Kingdom, is there all the sea outside, will there be other countries?" Fang Yiai asked a question that is difficult for people in the Tang Dynasty to answer.

He asked the right person, though.

"Naturally, there is, in this world, the area of the sea is several times larger than the land, how can there be no other country?"

Although Li Kuan is not proficient in world geography, he also knows the seven continents and five oceans, and knows that there are many continents outside the Tang Dynasty.

If nothing else, the potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn of the American continent, he has been thinking about it for a long time.

However, it is impossible to pass in a short period of time.

"I heard that there are Linyi and Lion in the South Seas, and there are Persia in the far west, are there other countries besides these countries?"

Wei Chihuan obviously has a few more books than Fang Yiai, and the questions he asks are quite normal.

"Datang has a vast territory, but the outside world is much larger than Datang; This king heard a Taoist priest say that there is an incomparably vast continent on the other side of the sea, where there is a grain yield of several thousand catties per mu. ”

"How many thousand catties per mu? Lord Wang, you ...... You're not wrong, are you?" Cheng Chumo looked at Li Kuan with a look of disbelief.

"The world is so big, there are no surprises, anyway, that's what the Taoist priest said. And on the south side of the sea, there is also a huge continent, and there is an animal on it that has a pocket in its belly. ”

Anyway, what pot is the back of the Taoist priest of Youfang, Li Kuan casually "nonsense" a few words.

When the fake is true, the truth is also false, whether it is true or false, and there is no point in arguing now.

"Lord Wang, why don't we send Tang envoys to the Wa Kingdom with the Wa Kingdom to have a look?" Cheng Chumo suddenly said such a sentence, which frightened Li Kuan and almost squirted out a mouthful of water.

"To the Wa Kingdom? Isn't that faster than going out to sea to fish, drifting at sea for more than ten days, and if it's slow, it's not strange for a month, so you're not afraid that you won't be able to come back? ”

These guys, although they are very poor in doing things, are all the sons of the Cheng family, the Wei Chi family and the Fang family.

"The envoys sent by the Japanese State to the Tang Dynasty are not afraid, what are we afraid of? Besides, our ship is bigger than theirs, so it should be safer, and we are considered experienced when we go to sea during this time, so we have nothing to fear. ”

Cheng Chumo had the fearless expression of an ignorant person, and the more he talked, the more excited he became, as if he was about to go to sea.

"That's right, Lord Wang, let's go to the Wa Kingdom together, I heard that the women of the Wa Kingdom ......" Yu Chihuan showed an expression that all men understand.

"Hehe, I also feel a little tired of staying in Dengzhou, and it's a good idea to go to the Wa Kingdom to see it." Fang Yiai is also on the side to join in the fun.

"No, I don't agree, it's too dangerous!"

Li Kuan felt very speechless, he had "Advanced Sailing Skills" and never thought of going to sea to adventure, but he didn't expect those guys who went out to fish a few times to think that they could conquer the ocean.

Although the seas of Northeast Asia are far less complex than those of the South Sea, they are still a great challenge for those of this era.

Especially at sea, if you encounter a hurricane, hehe, then you really have to hehe.

"Lord Wang, good news, good news."

At this time, Wang Xuance rushed in from outside.

"Ah, several Lang Jun are here, it's just right, you can go and have a look together."

"What's the good news?" Without waiting for Li Kuan to ask, Cheng Chumo stood up with a curious expression.

"So that the prince and a few Lang Jun know that the first clipper ship in the shipbuilding workshop has been built, and Dai Quan is taking people to test it in the water."

"The clipper ship is built?" Li Kuan's face was happy, this was really good news, "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

Regardless of whether you go to the country or not, the significance of this clipper ship to Dengzhou is very different.

With it, the waterway from Dengzhou to Chang'an alone can be reduced by at least two or three days, not to mention going to sea to fish can save more time back and forth.

……

When Li Kuan and his party came to Wendeng Wharf, there were already a lot of people standing there watching the lively crowd.

I saw a strangely shaped ship walking quickly not far away, with a turn from time to time in the middle.

"Lord Wang, that is a new type of clippers, it has just been built today, Dai Quan can't wait to take a group of sailors to test it, and it will dock in a while."

Wang Xuance explained the current situation to Li Kuan.

"Steward Wang, this clipper seems to be faster than any ship under the East China Sea Fishing Group."

Cheng Chumo is now an experienced person at sea, and he still knows a lot about the performance of the ship, but he felt the speed advantage of the clipper ship after standing on the shore and watching it for a while.

Li Kuan didn't feel anything, because whether it was the previous sea ship or the current flying clipping ship, it couldn't be compared with the later generations.

As for the clipper ship in front of me, the visual speed is at most one hour and five kilometers, which is not faster than running.

"Let's go to the shipbuilding workshop."

Li Kuan estimated that the ship would eventually return to the shipbuilding workshop, after all, it had not been officially delivered; Also, I want to see how the other clippers are doing.

On the boat, Zhou Fu and Dai Quan, who were in charge of the test, were all excited.

"The construction of this ship is so low, originally I didn't understand why the prince asked for it, but now seeing that it is so stable in the sea, I can figure it out, this ship is definitely the most resistant to wind and waves."

Dai Quan happily walked around the boat, poking his head out of the side of the boat from time to time to see the situation on the water.

"This boat is really good, after the bow is hollow, it will automatically tilt up when it floats in the water, splitting the waves forward, so that the speed is much faster."

Tuesday Fu's understanding of the ship is even higher than Dai Quan's, and he can feel the extraordinary nature of this flying clipper.

"The prince can always surprise us."

"Captain, the prince seems to be here."

On the high mast, Yang Qiwa held a telescope and found Li Kuan and his party on the shore.

"U-turn, that's all for today's test!"