Ang Lee had never eaten elephant meat, and he didn't know what kind of meat such a behemoth elephant tasted like, to be honest, he was quite curious.

Now that Gokuluo has killed an injured elephant, Ang Lee has the good fortune to be able to taste elephant meat.

At dinner, there were several plates of elephant meat, elephant trunk meat, elephant legs, and elephant belly meat, and each meat tasted different, and the difference was quite large.

However, after eating it, Li An seemed a little disappointed, because elephant meat is actually not delicious, it is really not delicious, especially like the leg meat is very rough, which is rougher than beef, if it is not for the good teeth, it will not be able to bite at all.

Because elephant meat is not tasty, all poachers do not take away elephant meat, but only elephant teeth.

The most valuable part of an elephant should be the long tusks, the reason why all poachers will brutally kill elephants, they will die if they want to get ivory, they will kill the elephant, remove the ivory, and then sell it to the black market, so as to earn a large amount of money to meet their material life.

In later generations, the hunting of wild elephants on the African continent was a common occurrence, even if there were guards, because the price of ivory was too expensive, and poachers could not be unmoved in the face of huge profits, and they would risk their lives to poach elephants.

There is a good saying that if a capitalist has 50 percent of his profits, he will take risks, and if he has 100 percent of his profits, he will dare to trample on all the laws of the world, and if he has 300 percent of his profits, he will dare to risk going to the gallows.

This shows that in the face of interests, people's resistance is very weak, and it is difficult for people to resist the temptation of interests, so as to do illegal things.

The profit from ivory is not limited to 300 percent, so many poachers in later generations dared to take any risk in order to get ivory, so that the defenders could not guard against it.

Many poachers were killed, but that didn't stop the follow-up poachers.

Elephants are the largest animals on land, and adult elephants can weigh about six tons.

In nature, the larger the animal, the tighter the muscle tissue, which directly causes the taste of this animal to not be good enough, and even unable to bite.

The elephant's appetite is very good, and it can eat 300 catties of plants a day, but its digestion ability is not very good, and it can only absorb some of the affected components, and many nutrients that have not been digested are excreted from the body.

In the era before the Tang Dynasty, there were many wild elephants living in China, but with the gradual increase of human activities, the habitat of elephants was gradually destroyed, thus gradually becoming extinct.

Therefore, at this moment, there are no wild elephants in the territory of the Tang Empire, and the few remaining elephants are all tributes from the level of the Bi Kingdom, and there are special people to serve them in Chang'an City.

In the era of the Tang Dynasty, only the South Asian subcontinent and the Pyu country were still wild in Asia, and the rest of the world was all extinct.

In addition, both the Pyu country and the small countries of the South Asian subcontinent have a tradition of domesticating elephants, so that these small countries have a large number of domesticated elephants, which can basically prevent the extinction of elephants.

The taste of elephants is not very good, which makes Li An a little disappointed, but even if the elephant meat does not taste very good, I don't know what ordinary people can eat, so when I think about it, my heart is balanced.

At the dinner, what Ang Lee and the king said was polite words, no nutrition, and no truth at all, all of which were old-fashioned things.

After two days, the huge fleet led by Ang Lee began to set off for the west.

A small number of soldiers and horses set off along the coastline first, while Ang Lee's main fleet followed suit, aiming at the Southern Tianzhu Kingdom, which was thousands of miles away.

Because he didn't know Nan Tianzhu's attitude towards the Tang Empire, Li An sent his subordinate officials to go at full speed on the fastest steamship to investigate, and he had already set off yesterday afternoon, thinking that he would arrive in Nantianzhu a few days earlier than Li An.

More than 1,000 miles of navigation routes, at least a few days to walk, Li An's only worry is the weather, when going straight, in case of typhoon ** rain or something, it will be troublesome.

What is even more terrible is the loss of direction, which is much more serious than typhoons and torrential rains, because in the vast sea, once you lose your direction, it means that you don't know where to go, and you will be trapped alive on the vast ocean until you run out of food and die.

This is the fundamental reason why most merchant ships choose to sail close to the coast, because being close to the coast means being able to dock as quickly as possible without worrying about losing their direction.

Ang Lee's fleet of steamships is all equipped with compasses, so as long as there are no major problems with the compass and the earth's magnetic field, the fleet will not deviate from course.

The compass is designed and manufactured by Ang Lee, of course, there will be no problem, and the earth's magnetic field will not change casually, so there should be no major problems.

There is no wind and three feet of waves on the ocean, especially the environment in the Indian Ocean is not very good, so the shaking of the ship is still obvious, fortunately, Li An has been drifting on the ocean for a long time, and he has long been used to drifting on the ocean, so there will not be the slightest discomfort.

Even, you won't get dizzy when you read a book or read a drawing on a drifting sea boat.

At this moment, Ang Lee was looking at the drawings, of course, the topographic maps near the South Asian subcontinent.

On this map, the cities and ports of the Southern Tianzhu Kingdom and the Lion Kingdom are clearly marked, and the most important ports are also highlighted to play an eye-catching role.

Judging from the map, the most important ports in Nantianzhu, such as Adin, Zunia, Gumari, Dugolin, Godi, Alamber and other places, were all occupied by the Lion State, and of course, dozens of miles of land around the port.

The remaining ports of Nantianzhu are some ports close to the north, all of which are ports with poor geographical locations, among them, the larger port is the Garrigal port in the east, this port is the gateway to the capital of Nantianzhu, which is very important to Nantianzhu, and it is also a strategic port heavily guarded by Nantianzhu, so it has not been invaded by the Lion State at present.

Although the Lion State has strong soldiers and horses, it has continuously occupied many ports in Nantianzhu, and important ports in the country also need to be garrisoned, so that the mobile corps that can be mobilized is insufficient, which is another important reason why they cannot capture Garigal as soon as possible.

The capital of Nantianzhu is not far from the port of Garigar, less than a hundred miles, and the capital is inhabited by their king Eero, as well as the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, who basically live in the capital.

Because the capital city is strong, and the geographical location does not have much oil and water, the lion country will not risk attacking the capital of Nantianzhu, and for the heavily garrisoned Garigal, it is not capable of launching an attack for the time being.

Therefore, after occupying nearly ten important ports in Nantianzhu, the Lion Kingdom temporarily withdrew, and planned to negotiate peace with Nantianzhu, so that Nantianzhu would cede these ports to the Lion Kingdom in exchange for the Lion Kingdom not continuing to attack the rest of the Nantianzhu land.

For the unreasonable demands of the Lion Kingdom, the king of Nantianzhu, Eero, and the ministers were naturally very angry, their ports were occupied, which was their shame, and now, they wanted to take the initiative to give these lands to the Lion Kingdom, which made them very angry.

There is a saying that the lips are cold and the teeth are cold, and the king of Nantianzhu naturally understands this truth, so at the first moment of aggression, he has already contacted small countries such as East Tianzhu and West Tianzhu, ready to unite to fight against the invasion of the Lion Country.

But Hérault didn't expect that before the Lion Kingdom attacked Nan Tianzhu, it had already sent officials to these small countries, and told these small countries that they only needed a few ports of Nan Tianzhu, and would not occupy the entire South Tianzhu, let alone invade them, and asked them not to help Nan Tianzhu, otherwise, the main force of the Lion Kingdom would skip Nan Tianzhu and attack the country that helped Nan Tianzhu first.

Due to the powerful force of the Lion Country, small countries such as East and West Tianzhu have chosen neutrality, and sent small works to closely monitor the war between the Lion Kingdom and South Tianzhu to prepare for contingencies.

King Ero of Nantianzhu didn't expect the small countries behind him, all of them refused to help him, and he was very angry in his heart, feeling that these small countries were short-sighted, and he didn't realize that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold.

But it is useless to complain, these small countries all politely refused, which made Eero very helpless, so that there were only two roads left in front of Eero, one was to agree to the conditions proposed by the Lion State, and cede all the encroached ports in the south to the Lion State, as well as all the attached supporting land, and the other was to resist with all their strength and break the net with the Lion State.

With the current strength of Nan Tianzhu, there is no doubt that he will not be able to defeat the Lion Kingdom, so the heart of King Ero of Nan Tianzhu is very empty, and he is afraid that once he is defeated, he will be executed by the Lion Kingdom.

But swallowing his anger will greatly reduce his ruling prestige, and it will also cause him great harm, so this is destined to be a difficult problem to choose, and it is a headache for Ero.

"Your Majesty, the minister has returned."

A minister walked into the palace with a somewhat unpleasant face.

The king knew the result at a glance, and confirmed with a dark face: "Why, neither the Brahmanical kingdom nor the new kingdom are willing to lend a helping hand?" ”

The minister nodded and sighed, "Hey, Your Majesty, the Lion Kingdom has found these two countries in advance and warned them not to help our country, otherwise, they will definitely attack these two countries first." ”

Ero was very angry and said: "Then do you tell them that as long as they are willing to help us, once the Lion Kingdom attacks them, our soldiers and horses will stick a knife in the back, cooperate with them, and attack the Lion Kingdom back and forth." ”

The minister said: "The minister said such an assumption, but they didn't listen to it at all, the minister really said all the good things, but there is no small country at all." ”

Ero sighed: "The Lion Country is aggressive, what can I do about this, is it true that the southern port of my South Tianzhu is going to be handed over?" ”

Obviously, Hérault is in a very bad mood right now, very bad.

"Your Majesty, these ports have now been forcibly occupied by the Lion State, and they can't be handed over."

The minister corrected.

"You ......"

The king glared angrily at the minister, looking furious.

However, what the minister said is also very correct, the southern port has indeed been occupied, and the other party just asked you to officially admit it, not to mention giving it up.

"Your Majesty the King, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, the soldiers of the Lion Country are strong and strong, and the elite soldiers are more than 50,000 people, while our army has only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, the difference is more than twice that of the country, and my South Tianzhu is inconvenient, and these 20,000 soldiers and horses will be dispersed and deployed, and they can be used to resist the soldiers and horses of the Lion Country, at most only 10,000, in case these 10,000 soldiers and horses cannot hold the capital, His Majesty the King will become the king of the dead country."

One minister said pessimistically.

"What do you mean, do you want me to agree to the unreasonable demands of the Lion Nation?"

Ero was very angry, and he was itching at all.

"Your Majesty, the Lion Country's approach is really infuriating, but our soldiers and horses are indeed not as many as the Lion Country's soldiers and horses, and the combat effectiveness is also quite different, if it fights, I'm afraid it will be really dangerous, in order to save Nan Tianzhu from being ruined, let's bear with it! When we become strong, we will definitely be able to get Nan Tianzhu back. ”

Another minister spoke.

The king of Nantianzhu, Eero, was sad, and what the ministers said was very heart-wrenching, very heart-wrenching, but what they said was all the truth, with the strength of Nan Tianzhu, it was indeed powerless to fight against the powerful Lion State, and if the sovereignty of these ports was not recognized as owned by the Lion State, it was very likely to lose more land.

"Alright, you all stand down! Let me think about it alone. ”

Ero looked black and waved his hand, telling several of the ministers who had disappointed him to step down.

At this moment, the king of Nantianzhu, Eero, has a black line on his face, while the king of the neighboring lion country, Kulam, is full of spring breeze, and he is almost jumping up with joy.

He knew Nan Tianzhu's strength very well, and understood that with Nan Tianzhu's strength, he would not be able to fight against the Lion Kingdom army under his command no matter what, so these invaded seaports would eventually become part of the Lion Kingdom.

And the reason why he wants peace talks is not really to stop encroaching on Nantianzhu, but because he is afraid of overstimulating the small countries on the subcontinent and causing the small countries to unite.

In addition, these new ports are newly occupied, and it will take some time to consolidate and digest them before they can really become their own territory.

There is a saying that after occupying nearly ten seaports in Nantianzhu, the lion country has controlled the place where merchant ships must pass through, and can obtain great economic benefits, so that it will not be long before the lion country will become more powerful, and once the strength becomes stronger, the lion country will naturally further encroach on Nantianzhu, and even annex the entire Nantianzhu, and after the strength rises, even if the small countries of the subcontinent unite, they will not be able to help the lion country.