Li An felt that as long as the former king of Longyamen, and his family, could cultivate diligently and conscientiously, they would be able to support themselves, and there would be no problem with 800 acres of land to feed 50 people, if their brains were smart enough and they planted some cash crops, life should be better than ordinary people, after all, Li An had taken great care of them and gave them the best fertile land.

However, the biggest question is whether these guys are willing to work hard, after all, they used to be the royal family of fine clothes and food, and they are all used to being served by others, let them pick up farm tools to work in the fields, their small bodies are indeed more difficult to adapt, tired back pain is the most normal, maybe you can still be tired and sick?

The king is old, even if he works the farm, he probably can't exert much strength, and his children and grandchildren are all young people, as long as they work hard and endure hardships, they can do a good job seriously, as long as they are willing to study modestly.

The young princesses can also work, they are all good laborers, farming and other farm work is not very technically difficult, as long as they work hard, the daughters of ordinary people can do farm work, why can't they do it?

When they first start working on the farm, they will definitely be uncomfortable because they have never done such heavy work, but it will take a few months to get used to it.

Farm work is a physically demanding sport, although it is very hard and tiring, but this sport is a sport to create food, it is very valuable, and physical labor will enhance a person's physique, make people's physique stronger and stronger, and the body more and more healthy.

In ancient times, many Ming monarchs had to farm their own land, one is to set an example for the people of the world, reflect the emperor's extreme importance to the field of agriculture, so that the people can farm with peace of mind, and the other is to recreation and cultivate sentiment, farming has always been a very cultivating thing, watching the green plants grow up day by day, people's mood will become very good.

In addition, the emperor will have a lot of people to help in farming, there is not much time to really do it, most of the dirty work is done by others, he only needs to stand in the field, occasionally use farm tools to loosen the soil in the field, or personally water the vegetables in a certain area, the rest of the time, the emperor likes to stand in his own royal vegetable garden to appreciate, appreciate his own vegetable garden, and watch the eunuchs and palace ladies busy, this feeling is not ordinary comfort.

And because the palace maids and eunuchs are the emperor's private property, and they are helping the emperor by working hard to farm the land, therefore, all the output of these lands is labeled as the emperor, and it is said that the emperor personally planted it. Most of them were palace maids and eunuchs who were busy, and the emperor only occasionally came over to fetch soy sauce.

But in any case, these vegetables do come from the emperor's imperial vegetable garden, which is enough honor, enough to make the ministers excited, in addition, the emperor watches these vegetables grow up every day, these vegetables are stained with luxury, and the reward to the minister is also to reflect the emperor's attention to a minister.

Li An still has important things to do at the moment, he is about to leave for the Indian Ocean in the near future, and he really doesn't have too much effort to care about the affairs of the King of Longyamen, anyway, the land has been rewarded to them, and he has left them a lot of plant seeds, enough for them to start.

In addition, the people in the vicinity also promised to teach the king's family to farm, and they would not charge any fees, so they took great care of their original king, but I don't know if the king's family would be grateful to the people nearby.

"Big brother, all the soldiers and horses have been assembled, and they are ready to leave for the Indian Ocean at any time."

Li Feiyu said.

Li An looked at the map in front of him and said: "We are about to leave for the Indian Ocean, however, we already know the Strait of Malacca very well, and we have already been to the Luo Yue country, so this time I set off to the Indian Ocean, I plan to take a detour, first to the east, through the Sri Buddha and the Haling country, and through the strait between the two countries, and then travel around the back of Sumatra, after passing through the country of Bolu and Shengdeng, you can enter the Indian Ocean, this way will take a lot of time, but, There was also a lot of scenery and a lot of things that we didn't know about in Malacca, so I decided to go this route. ”

Obviously, Ang Lee made this decision after careful consideration, Malacca is only one step away from the Indian Ocean, if it goes directly to the west, it can enter the Indian Ocean in one or two days, and if you want to go eastward and detour through the Sunda Strait, it will take at least a lot of time, plus visiting the countries along the way, it is estimated that it will not take half a month, and it will not be able to enter the Indian Ocean, if the delay is serious, it may be delayed for more than a month.

However, Li An is very interested in the countries that need to pass through this way, and is very interested in the Sunda Strait, in the direction of Datang to the Indian Ocean, the Strait of Malacca is undoubtedly the nearest one, and the second one is the Sunda Strait, although Datang is fully capable of fully controlling the Strait of Malacca, but the Sunda Strait as a backup resource can not be ignored, and the passability of the Sunda Strait is stronger than the Strait of Malacca, if a larger transport ship is built in the future, the Strait of Malacca is difficult to pass, then you can pass through the Sunda Strait.

Of course, it is difficult to build such a large ship in a short period of time, and it is estimated that at least 500,000 tons of giant cargo ships will be needed to use the Sunda Strait.

But Li Ang is not wrong to go to the Sunda Strait, this way can understand the situation of the countries along the way in more detail, and can also exterminate the surrounding pirates by the way, after all, there are many areas along the way that exceed the scope of the Malacca Sea, and the pirates here have not been hit by the Tang Dynasty Navy, of course, because this place is relatively remote, the pirate force is also relatively weak, and the strength can not be compared with the pirates of the black wolf at all, the scale is dozens of people, hundreds of people, and the scale of the predecessors can not be seen.

"Yes, eldest brother, if you say that you will take the road of heaven, we will take that road, and the soldiers will listen to you, haha!"

Li Feiyu said with a smile, and handed Li An a plate of jackfruit.

Li An picked up a piece of jackfruit, ate a few bites, and praised: "The taste of this jackfruit is very good, very delicious, I don't know what is delicious in Heling Kingdom." ”

"If you go, you'll know, big brother, when are we leaving?"

Li Feiyu asked briskly.

Li An opened his mouth and said: "Due to the change of travel route, the soldiers should make more adequate preparations, and set off early the day after tomorrow to go to Sri Buddha first, that king boy, we just met." ”

"Oh, where have I seen it, how I don't remember."

Li Feiyu said.

Li An waited for Fei Yu to glance at it, and said, "Why is your memory so bad, in the Daming Palace of Chang'an City, he visited His Majesty, and we are also here." ”

"That's not right! The identity of the eldest brother was able to enter the Daming Palace, and I definitely didn't see him at that time. ”

Li Feiyu said.

Li An was stunned for a moment and said, "Maybe it's still like this!" Actually, I can't remember exactly, but it is not wrong for the deceased king of Sri Buddha to visit Chang'an. ”

"Well, our first stop is to go to Sri Buddha and see what we can eat."

Li Feiyu said with a smile.

Sri Buddha is a treasure trove of Sri Buddha, they are located in the southeastern part of Sumatra, the easternmost part is the famous Sunda Strait, and across the Sunda Strait is another larger country, the Kingdom of Khaling.

As a tropical rainforest country, Sri Buddha has very rich resources, and has discovered coal and gold deposits, both of which are large ore deposits.

In addition, Sri Buddha passed away from many volcanoes, and the minerals emitted by the volcanoes make the land fertile, the mountains are beautiful and charming, and many green trees grow tall and large.

Powerful rivers thrust sediment downstream, creating vast impact plains where agriculture is well suited for development.

Li An knew very well in his heart that there were definitely more than so many resources that Sri Buddha had died, and there was at least one oil resource, which was buried under the land, and a large amount of resources could be obtained as long as it was exploited.

In the forest where Sri Buddha died, there were a large number of economic plants, such as stout mahogany, which could be made into furniture, a large number of coconut trees, which could be used to make drinks, and a large number of palm trees, which could be used to extract oil.

The abundance of plants inevitably leads to the large-scale reproduction of animals, and in the vast forest of Sri Buddha, there are many animals, such as orangutans, unique tigers, rhinoceros, and so on.

These peculiar animals were once presented to the Tang Dynasty as tribute by the royal family of Sri Buddha, so in the Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty, there were orangutans and Sumatran tigers.

However, due to their extreme preciousness, when Ang Lee was in Chang'an City, he could only stand outside the iron cage and look at them carefully, but could not get closer to them, let alone have a Sumatran tiger skin.

The Tang Emperor had received several very fine Sumatran tiger skins, however, this old man was not willing to give the tiger skins to others, he had always kept them for his own use, even his closest son was no exception, and Li An naturally couldn't get it.

Ang Lee went to Sri Buddha this time, no matter what, he had to rub a little tiger skin, if he was lucky, it was also a good choice to fight a tiger himself.

The order to set off was soon given, and the soldiers began to prepare with all their might, but when they heard that they were going to make a detour to the Indian Ocean, many soldiers were a little reluctant, but they were all soldiers and had no choice, and the only thing they could do was to obey the order.

More than a day of preparation was still enough, and in the early morning of the third day, the soldiers who needed to set off were completely ready and waiting to set off immediately.

Li An stood on the deck of the boat, looking at the new county officials of Datang with a leisurely expression, these county officials are all talented people of Datang, because of their relatively low background, so they were not assigned to a wealthy county seat, but were assigned overseas, although it is a little unfair, but for them, it is already good, at least, they are already the respect of a county, and the salary is a lot, if they do a good job, maybe they can be promoted in the future, and besides, to do a county order overseas, this mountain is far away from the emperor, and it is relatively free, There is a feeling of an earth emperor.

"Li Shilang, it's time to go."

The subordinates ran over and reported.

Li An nodded and said, "Let's go, let's go immediately." ”

All the ships lifted anchor in turn and began to move due east, with the first stage aiming at the death of Sri Buddha, without stopping at all to avoid delay.

After the ship set sail, the people on the shore were waving to Ang Lee to show their respect, and Ang Lee also symbolically waved to greet these people.

As the ship gets farther and farther from the shore, the crowd of people seeing off is getting smaller and smaller, so small that it is impossible to see with the naked eye, and finally it cannot be seen even with a telescope, after all, the earth is round, and the sea surface also has a slope, and after a certain slope, it is natural that you can't see people in the distance.

Li An lifted the watering can and began to take care of the crops he planted with his own hands, although this is on the ship, the deck area of this ship is very large, and it is completely possible to grow crops in wooden pots, peppers, mung beans, soybeans, cabbage, cucumbers, cress, onions and garlic, there are dozens of kinds, and half of the entire deck is occupied by these plants, and it is still very comfortable to be in such an environment.

In the vast sea, nothing can be without, but the green of life can not be missing, you must know that not seeing green plants for a long time will make people's spirits tortured, and even reduce people's physical fitness.

In later generations, many officers and soldiers guarding the island on the reef liked most like a pot of green plants, because green plants can bring hope to people.

However, it is not easy to grow green plants at sea, because green plants need fresh water, and only seawater resources are abundant in the ocean, and there is no fresh water at all, so you can only rely on fresh water on ships to grow green plants.

In addition, when seawater evaporates, a large amount of salt appears in the air, and these salts adhere to the surface of the plants, causing the plants to dehydrate and die.

It is said that on a small reef in China, the soldiers could not grow a single plant with great effort, because the climate on the ocean was too harsh and it was not suitable for the growth of green plants.

However, after many efforts, a wildflower called Sunflower survived in the harsh marine environment and also multiplied on a large scale, affectionately known as the reef flower by the warriors.

The sunflower can adapt to the harsh climate of the ocean, and it is a wildflower that is not afraid of salt, and Ang Lee's boat also has this kind of wildflower, and a lot of it is planted.