Puluo Midtown is now the most prosperous city in Nanyang.

After several years of construction, it is now quite large-scale.

As the East China Sea fishery encouraged the maritime merchants of the Tang Dynasty to go to Puluozhong to carry out maritime trade, Puluo Zhongcheng, which was originally geographically located, gradually became the trade center of Nanyang.

Whether it is the merchants of Da Shi or Tianzhu, or the maritime merchants of Champa and Linyi, they like to transport their goods to the middle city of Puluo to sell, or buy what they want there.

For merchants, no matter what they need to buy, they can basically buy it in Puluo.

Although the price of some things may be slightly higher than the place of origin, that difference in cost is nothing compared to the huge profits of Haimao.

Besides, the unified procurement of materials in Puluo has reduced many of its own risks and time, and this benefit is priceless.

"Brother Wei Chi, what His Royal Highness the King of Chu means, the city sailor of Puluo Zhongcheng, still needs to continue to expand the scale. Nowadays, the big food merchants can be seen almost everywhere in the West and the South Seas, and from time to time there will be some conflicts with us Tang people. I don't know when, the great cannibal sailor will appear in Puluo. ”

Li Geng and his entourage took a large number of craftsmen and mining equipment all the way south, and now they have more than doubled the scale of Yongping Port in Australia before returning to Puluozhong.

However, considering the growing interests of Datang in Nanyang and Australia, he couldn't help but put forward a proposal to Yu Chihuan again to expand the city's sailors.

"The shipbuilding workshops of the East China Sea fishery in Quanzhou and Guangzhou have been built, and new warships based on clippers are now being launched. Wei Chi Langjun, I think it is also necessary to transfer part of the money from the construction of the Puluozhong wharf and the city to the expansion of the water division. ”

As a veteran captain of the East China Sea fishing industry, Zhou Zhou Fu now spends his time in Puluozhong, personally helping to train the crew of the city's sailors.

"I naturally know that the construction of the city is of great significance, but this water division is too expensive, we are still in the process of development, if we invest money in the construction of the city, the benefits are also very obvious. Besides, the current team of sailors has no opponents in Nanyang. Even pirates from all over the world did not dare to haunt the waters near Puluozhong. ”

Puluo Midtown was built by Wei Chihuan himself, and he had incomparably deep feelings.

In addition, he didn't have enough understanding of the dangers of the big cannibals, and thought that Datang was the most powerful country in the world, so he was not very in favor of continuing to expand the investment of the water division.

"Brother Wei Chi, do you know how much the city tax is a year now? How much profit does sea trade bring to Datang? Let me tell you, this is definitely a frightening figure, perhaps higher than the annual tax revenue of the imperial court. Do you say that these barbarians in the South Seas and those people in the West will not be red-eyed? I've heard that many caravans have tried to enter the Western Ocean to start trading this year, but some ships have gone out and never returned. ”

Li Geng and Wei Chihuan are both noble children, and they are not so polite to each other.

"Do you want to go to the West?"

Yu Chihuan thought about it and felt that the time was almost ripe.

It is not surprising that those big food merchants controlled the Western trade, and the profits in them were no less than those obtained by the Tang maritime merchants from the South Seas trade, and even more.

There are merchants from all over the world coming to Puluozhong all the year round, and Wei Chihuan is not ignorant of this world.

I heard that more than a dozen pieces of silk in Puluo can be exchanged for the same weight of gold in the extreme west, what a huge profit.

"That's right, to the West! This was mentioned by His Royal Highness the King of Chu in a speech at the Guanshishan Academy. The reason why it is so strong in Puluo is that it hopes that it can become a powerful fortress for our Datang to enter the West, playing the role of attacking and retreating. In addition, our 'Gewu Academy' is going to explore the Americas next year, and when the time comes, Lieutenant Puluo will be an important transit point for us, and the final supply and cultivation will be carried out here. ”

Li Geng has been at sea for two years, and his sailing experience has improved rapidly, and now he is finally thinking about exploring the Americas, and he can't help but feel a little excited.

"Are you really going on an expedition to the Americas? That's even more risky than going to the West. ”

Wei Chihuan was also a little itchy when he heard it, and felt that such a great thing, if there was no shadow of his own in it, it would be a pity.

"The more risk, the higher the return. Not to mention anything else, as long as you can find the seeds of high-yield crops that His Royal Highness the King of Chu said, then no matter how risky it is to explore the Americas, it is worth it. Even if we are unfortunately killed, there will be successors who will continue to move forward. ”

In the past, Li Geng basically didn't believe in Li Kuan's words about the grain yield of several thousand catties per mu.

However, in the past two years, I have been hit too much.

After a few days, he was convinced of the existence of this high-yield grain.

For the sake of the people of the Tang Dynasty and for the sake of leaving a name in history, he is ready to go to the Americas.

"Okay! If you use Puluozhong as an important springboard to the Americas, then Puluozhong will definitely not be missed. Although the investment of the sailor is large, the role played at the critical moment is undoubted, so let's add a few new warships to the sailor first. ”

Puluozhong is not a city under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, Li Kuan trusted Wei Chihuan, and almost entrusted the affairs here to Yu Chihuan to deal with.

To a certain extent, Wei Chihuan is a tyrant in Nanyang, and everyone has to respect him and fear him for three points.

"By the way, General Wei Chi also said before, let you go back to Chang'an City this year to get married, otherwise he will come and arrest you in person."

Wei Chihuan has long reached the age of marrying, but he has been staying in Puluo, and the marriage that has been scheduled for a long time has not been held, and Wei Chigong also has a stomach.

"Aren't you going to the Americas next year? Then I will start leading the sailors and caravans to the West next year. According to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, whether you go west or east, you can eventually reach the Americas. I hope that one day, we can go in different directions and finally meet in the Americas. ”

It was not the first time that Li Geng had persuaded him to go to Chang'an, and it was not until this moment that Wei Chihuan made up his mind to go back to Chang'an.

On the one hand, he explained the situation in Puluozhong to Li Kuan, and on the other hand, he was also preparing for going to the West next year.

Of course, whether there is a factor in Yu Chigong's forced marriage, only Yu Chihuan himself knows.