Chapter 502: Go south to Guangzhou
Before leaving, Li Ang explained all the things that need to be explained, but fortunately, now the transportation has been greatly improved, starting from the capital, it will not take a long time to take the railway to Guangzhou, that is, only two or three days of work, if there is anything important, it can still be notified in time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
As for the period of time, if Ang Lee wants to go south from Guangzhou, it will be more difficult to get in touch, and it will take a lot of time.
Du Fu is responsible for coordinating the affairs of Datang Daily, and Li Bai is assisted by a large group of talents, there is no big problem, and the talents in the R&D center have basically opened up after such a long period of work, and they don't need Li An to worry about at all, and Li An doesn't need to worry about the mess in the imperial court.
With a few ladies taking care of the affairs of the family, and so many servants to help him, Li An doesn't need to worry about it, and he can rest assured that he can boldly go south to open up a new road to wealth.
On the night of leaving, several ladies were reluctant, and they all stayed in Ang Lee's room and refused to leave, which was destined to be a tiring night.
Early the next morning, Li An boarded the special train to the south with a happy and tired body, and when he left, several princes and ministers of the imperial court came to see him off to show his closeness to Li An.
Li Linfu's illness is getting more and more serious, so naturally he can't come, but Yang Zhao is alive and well, and he happily runs to see him off.
This product is now a big celebrity next to the emperor, and there are more and more part-time positions, replacing Li Linfu is already a sure thing, as long as he is a normal person, he can see it.
"Li Shilang went south this time to open up a road to prosperity and strength for my Datang, and I wish Li Shilang success here."
Yang Zhao happily congratulated.
"Okay, well, I will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty's love, the Maritime Silk Road will inevitably bring a steady stream of financial resources to the imperial court, and it will also facilitate the Tang Dynasty merchants to trade overseas and benefit the people."
Ang Lee was also polite.
"Li Shilang's Gong is in the ...... of Qianqiu"
"Li Shilang ...... for the country and the people"
A large group of officials, all of whom began to pat themselves on the back, and Ang Lee, who was filmed, was in a good mood, and they didn't know what their surname was.
"Alright, all of you, go back! Let's go back! ”
After enjoying it for a while, Ang Lee waved his hand and asked the officials who saw him off to go back and not continue to see him off.
The special train of the First Flying Brigade of the Heavenly Army has already departed, followed by the First Brigade of Ironclad Artillery Vehicles, and then the special train of Li An.
The 6,000 Dragon Martial Army commanded by Li Feiyu was to set off last and serve as the rearguard.
The latest train has been greatly improved in comfort compared to the previous one, and it is very comfortable to sit in the carriage, especially the carriage in which Li Ang is riding, which is not much different from the villa.
Watching the train leave Chang'an City step by step, Ang Lee's mood was very surging, and he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart at the thought of soon reaching the endless sea.
The sea is vast, it can accommodate all the rivers that flow in, and at the same time, the sea is also cruel, a violent storm can make ships and people die without a place to bury, the sea also has its dirty side, a large number of pirates live on the sea.
And Ang Lee wants to turn the sea into a sea of peace, and the route formed on the sea into the road to prosperity for Datang, and all this is not very difficult for Ang Lee, as long as he manages it carefully, he will definitely be able to do it.
After the excitement of the departure passed, Li An looked a little tired, lying on the soft couch for a while, last night was too hard, Li An was almost defeated with one enemy and ten, and now this waist board is still a little tired?
"Aaron."
Yun'er saw Li An lying down and quietly walked over.
"What's the matter?"
Li An opened his eyes slightly and asked in a low voice.
"Ah Lang, this is a fresh fruit, do you want to taste it?"
Yun'er took the fruit and said with a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth.
"Ah Lang is tired, you peel it for me to eat."
Li An closed his eyes and asked with a smile.
"Yes, Aaron."
Yuna looked very happy, walked lightly to the couch, put the fruit plate on Ang Lee's stomach, and then held Ang Lee in her arms like an adult holding a child.
"Ah Lang, open your mouth quickly."
Yuna gently peeled off a grape, removed the seeds, and gently placed it on Ang Lee's mouth.
Li An opened his mouth slightly, swallowed the grape into his mouth, and swallowed it with a grunt, feeling very sweet, it was a good grape.
"I want to."
"Alang, open your mouth."
Yun'er fed more than a dozen grapes in a row, and every time she had to open her mouth.
Ang Lee suddenly felt that it was so dirty! One will open your mouth, and the other will ask for it.
"Ah Lang is a little uncomfortable, do you want the slave family to press you?"
Yuna asked thoughtfully.
"It's a little backache, come, give Ah Lang a touch."
Ang Lee rolled over and closed his eyes in enjoyment.
Yun'er rode on Ang Lee's ass and twisted her body slightly, making Ang Lee's ass numb and numb, which was very refreshing.
The little hand caressed Li An's shoulder, just so gently pushed, this feeling is so wonderful, it is simply wonderful, Li Anshuang is no longer sleepy.
"Ah Lang, the slave and maid are tired, you can also press the slave and maid!"
Yun'er said like a soft snake, gently lying on Ang Lee's back, squirming her body constantly to arouse Ang Lee's pity.
"Baby, you're going to die of hunger! It's awkward, woo woo ......."
Ang Lee is now unable to raise troops, and he is in great pain?
"Alang, what's wrong?"
Yuna feels so strange, Ang Lee is not like this on weekdays.
"Ah Lang, I fought four ladies yesterday, and I was almost defeated, and I was exhausted."
Ang Lee laughed at himself helplessly.
"Giggle......
Yuna grinned and secretly touched Ang Lee's underneath.
"Ah Lang is deceiving people, obviously he can fight again."
Yun'er looked at Li An with hazy eyes, longing for a trace of pity.
"Surrender, isn't it okay for Ah Lang to surrender, truce today, tomorrow!"
Between body and desire, Ang Lee still prefers to choose the body, and today's body feeling tired is a signal, indicating that he played too much last night, and some overdrafted his body, if he does not limit himself today, it will damage the body.
"Tomorrow is tomorrow, Ah Lang is not allowed to be a slave."
Since Yuna got acquainted with Ang Lee, she has become more and more bold, and she dares to negotiate terms with Ang Lee.
"Little girl, see how Ah Lang cleans you up tomorrow."
Li An smiled at the corner of his mouth and lay down to sleep.
The journey from Beijing to Guangzhou is more than 3,000 miles, and according to the current speed of the train, it will take two days to reach Guangzhou without stopping, and if you stop along the way, it will take even longer.
Ang Lee wanted to arrive in Guangzhou as soon as possible to arrange a lot of matters for the south, so he asked the train to make as few stops as possible along the way, and the speed of supplying various supplies also needed to be as fast as possible to meet Ang Lee's requirements.
Early the next morning, the train arrived at the big station of the Ezhou Yangtze River Bridge and stopped to replenish various important materials.
This time, it took half an hour to resupply before leaving, so Li Ang took advantage of this time to get off the car to inspect the Yangtze River Bridge.
This bridge has been open to traffic for a long time, condensing the technology of Datang craftsmen and the latest high technology, and there has never been an accident since its completion.
The last time I came to the Yangtze River Bridge, I accompanied the emperor to inspect, this time Li An came by himself, not to mention the inspection, just to take a look when passing by, to see what changes have changed around the Yangtze River Bridge for so long.
The appearance of the bridge has hardly changed in the slightest, what should it be or what it should be, but there are more buildings on both sides of the bridge, there are railway stations and guard camps built by the imperial court, after many expansions and improvements, the scale of the railway station is much larger than at the beginning, the guard camp has also been greatly improved, the number and quality of houses have increased a lot, and there are two-story small buildings.
At present, there are only two bridges on the Yangtze River, one is the Yangzhou Yangtze River Bridge built in the later period, and the other is the Ezhou Yangtze River Bridge in front of you.
Merchants and pedestrians from the south to the north, as long as they are not too far from these two bridges, will choose to take the bridge, because the toll of the bridge is very low, the carriage and horses are slightly higher, the elderly and children are free to pass, and the distance is too far to be inconvenient to pass by boat.
Standing on the top of the bridge and watching the crowds coming and going on the bridge, you can feel the prosperity brought to both sides of the strait after the bridge is completed.
"How is the bridge paying and paying?"
Li An looked at the little official in charge of the passage of the bridge and asked.
After the passage of the bridge, the merchants and people who come and go every day have to pay a lot of fees, but the officials and guards of the bridge also have to pay a lot of money, so it involves the problem of balance between income and expenditure.
"Back to Li Shilang, at the beginning, the income was less than one-tenth of the expenditure, half a year ago the income and expenditure have been balanced, and now the income has been more than three times the expenditure, and it seems that it will continue to increase in the future, and in a few years, the cost of repairing the bridge will be recovered."
The clerk replied truthfully.
"Yes, there is already a surplus, not bad, not bad."
When he heard that the cost of building the bridge would be recovered in a few years, Li Ang was very happy, and the financial resources spent on building this bridge were very large, this is a few kilometers of bridge, and a lot of steel materials alone have been spent.
After a breeze blowing on the bridge for nearly half an hour, Ang Lee returned to the train and continued south.
"Ah Lang, have you forgotten what you promised people yesterday?"
As soon as the train crossed the bridge, Yoona stuck to it.
Li An smiled secretly, this woman who has been developed is different, and she is asking more and more.
"Ah Lang has always been a man of his word, how could he deceive you? Come here. ”
After a day and a night of recuperation, Ang Lee has long since recovered his vitality, and it is not easy to teach a little maid a lesson.
After a fierce battle, Yun'er lay in Ang Lee's arms delicately, her little hands caressed Ang Lee's strong body from time to time, and her expression was extremely intoxicated.
"Ah Lang is amazing, do you still need it?"
Ang Lee asked with a smile.
"Ah Lang is the most powerful, the slave is content, don't want it."
Yuna replied in a coquettish voice.
Li An smiled evilly, pressed Yun'er under him, and said softly: "But Ah Lang still wants to give it now, what should I do?" ”
"Ah Lang, Ah Lang has gone around the slave maid! Slaves don't want it, woo woo ......"
Yun'er Jiao smiled and pushed Ang Lee away.
"Haha! There are also times when you beg for mercy, see how Ah Lang cleans you up. ”
Ang Lee has more passion and less pity for Yun'er, the maid, and when she starts doing things, she seems to be more handy and unscrupulous.
This time, Ang Lee went out, in addition to Yun'er Xiaoniang, he also brought a beautiful lady, in addition, there were four Kunlun slaves, black beans, black charcoal, black stone and black pearl.
The beautiful lady has not yet opened the seal, because the development is too slow, and the chest is much smaller than Yun'er, Li An is not in a hurry to enjoy it, as for the four Kunlun slaves, three of them are men, although the only black pearl is a woman, but the skin is too dark, if even this black girl does not let go, it is suspected of being a chimpanzee.
The nobles and gentlemen of the Tang Dynasty have not yet played with the trend of black girls, they mostly like the Tang Dynasty, Silla, and the orchids of the Western Regions, and they are not interested in dark-skinned black girls at all.
It is said that one hundred covers three ugly, this is also common in the era of the Tang Dynasty, and the nobles of the Tang Dynasty also like white and pure women, especially the tender ones who can pinch out the water.
Silla is close to the Tang Dynasty, and the Silla maids have been trained to a certain extent, so they naturally speak the Tang language, and they speak very well.
Kunlun Nu is different, they come from the distant African continent, some from Nanyang and other places, they don't understand the Tang language at all, and they need to learn bit by bit to master.
The four Kunlun slaves were all sold from the African continent, and when they were first bought by Ang Lee, they didn't know the Tang language at all, but after so many years of training, these four people have been able to talk to the Datang people very fluently, and their Datang language has learned very well.
This is also the result of Ang Lee's spending a lot of financial resources to hire famous teachers to educate, and it is the result of Ang Lee's cultivation.
And the reason why I want to take them with me this time is because Ang Lee's final destination is the east coast of Africa, which is their hometown, and taking them with them may be able to better understand the African continent.
In Ang Lee's view, all countries in the whole world are worthy of exchanges, and they must be effectively controlled, and the more countries that are exchanged and controlled, the more markets the Tang Empire will open up, and the more it will be able to import all kinds of urgently needed raw materials.
The countries of the land Silk Road can basically be controlled, for this reason, the Tang Empire can obtain a steady stream of financial resources, so as to further strengthen its strength, and the maritime Silk Road must also work hard, in addition to the South Sea, the Indian Ocean coastal countries must also be controlled.
Among them, the region between Asia and Africa is rich in oil resources, and it is the most economical mode of transportation to transport it back to Datang by sea, and there are also many areas on the east coast of Africa that contain oil and other resources.
In addition to oil resources, there are many other important resources in these areas, which are not available or scarce in the Tang Empire, and they are all important resources.
To put it simply, the main purpose of the Tang Empire to control important nodes on the sea is to obtain a huge market, and also to obtain sufficient resources.