Since ancient times, as long as China is strong, the four seas will be attached, and the foreign races will always be honest and submissive in the era of China's strong and prosperous times, and even act as the eagle dog of the Chinese regime, helping China to stabilize the barbarians in farther places, and become China's loyal assistants.

And once China declines, or falls into internal turmoil, the surrounding alien races will take the opportunity to make trouble, or even replace Huaxia, of course, there are also some for survival, for selfishness, or coercion by Huaxia's careerists, have to participate in the troubles of China.

In short, when China is strong and united, there will be no chance for foreign races to cause chaos, let alone a reason for chaos, and when China falls into decline and turmoil, foreign races will have to rebel against China for their own interests, thus forming the historical fact that foreign races are in trouble with China.

All this is just interests in the right, when China is strong, the surrounding alien races can only get the greatest benefits by submitting to Huaxia, which is the best for them, and once Huaxia declines and falls into civil strife, they have no conditions to obtain benefits, and even, the ambitionists of the civil strife in China will blackmail and control the surrounding alien races in order to make themselves stronger and richer, so that these alien races are naturally resentful, so as to raise troops and fight for greater interests for themselves.

This is the reason for the rebellion of the alien race, for their own interests, or in order to survive, in addition to the rebellion of the alien race, if the common people of their own nationality are also forced to have no food to eat, they will also rise up in rebellion, and at the end of each dynasty, the common people will have a large-scale rebellion.

As long as there is food and a good life, the common people will not take the risk of rebellion, and the situation of foreign races is the same, as long as they get the benefits they want, they will not be overly oppressed by Huaxia, and they will not make chaos if they understand how much loss the rebellion will make.

The current Datang is undoubtedly very powerful, and in the process of foreign exchanges, the interests of the surrounding countries have been fully considered, so that these small countries can be convinced, so that many years have passed, and the surrounding countries have not dared to rebel much, and some unknown guys have also been ruthlessly cleaned up by Datang.

Li An is confident that he will always maintain the strength of the Tang Empire, so he is not afraid that the local people of Anshi County will rebel at all, as long as he maintains a strong enough military force in the local area to deter some lawbreakers and fully take care of the legitimate rights and interests of the local people, the possibility of large-scale turmoil will be very small, and the local officials and generals are fully capable of dealing with it.

In addition, for the sake of the stability of its own rule, the court of the attached Lion Kingdom will also help the officials of the Tang Anshi County to manage the people of their own country, so as to prevent the people of the two places from colluding and doing illegal things.

Nearly 100 kinds of crops, some of which were known to these officials, and some of which were relatively obscure crops, and even these officials did not know what they were, but under Li An's patient explanation, they finally understood some, and repeatedly said that they would work hard to help the local people engage in planting according to the results of the experimental fields, and strive to turn the barren Anshi County into a land of fish and rice within a few years.

What is the land of fish and rice, there are fish and rice is the real land of fish and rice, the surrounding area of Anshi County is a rich sea, fish is indispensable, but if there is no rice, eating fish every day will be greasy, and the nutrition will be unbalanced, so it is necessary to develop the planting industry.

After returning to the residence, Li Ang began to ask his subordinates to pack their bags, and the next morning, they will take a boat to their next destination, and the more well prepared, the less panicked they will be when they leave.

The women Yuna and the beautiful woman are preparing clothes and daily necessities, the people in the back kitchen are preparing various ingredients and loading them into the ship, and the soldiers are also sorting out all kinds of weapons and equipment, and everyone is busy with their work.

Naturally, Li An didn't need to prepare anything in person, he just needed to make arrangements, so when everyone was busy, Li An had already rested, and after a busy day, he was really tired, very tired.

Early the next morning, everyone was still making final preparations, and the large-scale travel of people and horses required a lot of materials that could not be completed in a short time.

Li Ang did not go to the university hall, nor did he go to the experimental field, but went to the harbor, large-scale travel, need to rely on ships, therefore, the preparation of the harbor ship is the most important, only if the preparation is sufficient, there will be no big problems when on the road.

Large steam ships and gunboats, all neatly arranged in the port, look pleasing to the eye, the whole world, and only the Tang Empire can build such a large and advanced ship, and, because their own use is not enough, so, there is no export so far, that is to say, only the Tang Dynasty has steam ships, no one else, including the very rich Tang Dynasty merchants.

Of course, merchants, especially wealthy merchants, are very keen to get their hands on a steamboat, so that the goods can be transported much faster by water, so that the merchants can get enough profits faster and better, and in the event of a pirate threat, the steamship can quickly throw off the pirates, thus protecting their goods from piracy.

The most important point is that the steam ship is a new thing, if you can get one, you can also make yourself very face-saving, so many rich businessmen try every means to get a steam ship, however, at the request of Li An, the attitude of the imperial court is very resolute, that is, absolutely not to give, no businessman wants to get a steam ship, at least for the time being, it must be the needs of the imperial court department first.

Moreover, if the merchant's ship is too fast, it will not be a good thing for the imperial court to enforce the law on the water, because the law enforcement ship will not be able to catch up with them, so that these guys can easily run away.

With the advancement of technology, Datang will build more and better and faster steamships in batches, and when the time comes, second-class steamships can be sold to merchants, and merchant ships will always focus on tonnage and load, and the speed will be limited to a certain extent, so that merchant ships can only be faster than sailboats, but slower than the steamships of Datang Yamen.

"See Li Shilang for the next official."

The official, who was directing everyone to prepare, saw Li An coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Li An smiled and said, "How are you prepared, what is missing?" ”

"Li Shilang, everything is almost ready, and the fleet can set off at any time."

Subordinate officials responded.

"So what are you doing right now?"

Li An saw that everyone was still busy and didn't seem to be ready.

"The lower officials asked them to prepare more fresh water, and the various items on the ship are too messy, and they look like an eyesore, so let them tidy up."

Said the subordinate officer.

Ang Lee personally boarded the ship to inspect it and asked some key questions, such as whether the ship was damaged, whether the reliability of the steam power unit was up to standard, how the power supply system was, how much fresh water and food were stored, and how long it would be enough to meet the needs of all the ships.

On the premise of confirming that all preparations were up to standard, Li Ancai disembarked with peace of mind and wandered around the harbor to appreciate the changes in Anshi Harbor.

It didn't take too long to come to Anshi Port, but the changes in Anshi Port are relatively large, many old facilities have been demolished, and new facilities have been rebuilt, and the whole port has become much taller than before, and this is just the beginning, the changes will be greater in the future, Anshi Port will eventually become an important node of the Maritime Silk Road, that is, one of the very important ports.

When I came, I didn't feel much, but when I was about to leave, I suddenly found that I was a little reluctant, in just a month or two, Li An already had feelings for Anshi County, and wanted to stay here to retire.

Of course, this is just a momentary thought, which shows that he does have a trace of affection for Anshi County in his heart, but Li Ang has never forgotten the mission of opening up the Maritime Silk Road, and he will not delay the trip because of his nostalgia for Anshi County.

"Li Shilang, the advance team in front has sent a message."

A soldier handed the letter to Ang Lee.

"Something, so heavy."

Li An opened the letter and found that it contained a number of folded drawings, in addition, there were written letters from the advance team.

One drawing is a miniature version of the world map, with the location of the advance party marked, while the other large maps are topographical maps of the natural harbors discovered by the advance team, drawn very carefully, even the heights are marked.

"Good, very good, such a good port, it must be Datang's, hahaha!"

After seeing the drawings, Ang Lee decided that this place should be Datang's overseas territory.

After reading the map, Ang Lee looked at the text letter written by his subordinates.

"Not bad! Such a good natural harbor is actually a pirate's lair, God really help me, come here, invite the generals of the army and the officials above the fifth grade, and the officials will discuss the matter. ”

After reading the letter, Ang Lee felt very excited, this is simply a godsend, it would be a pity to miss this good opportunity.

Soon, all the main generals and officials came over, and looked at Li An, who had a serious expression, speculating that Li An had something good to discuss with them.

"General, you came to us, do you have anything important to discuss?"

Nanxia asked.

Li An first showed everyone the map and asked, "What do you think of the ports on the map?" ”

Everyone took a look at it and said that this was a natural and excellent port, and it was a very important port worth having, but they didn't quite understand what Ang Lee was asking for.

"Li Shilang, this looks like a good port, but we shouldn't have been to this port before."

"Li Shilang showed us the map of this harbor, did he want to tell us that the place we are going to at the next stop is this port."

"No, what does the quality of other people's ports have to do with me, Li Shilang wants to tell us that this seaport is about to become my Datang seaport, it should be this meaning."

The officials began to discuss.

Li An opened his mouth and smiled: "Do you know which country this port belongs to and who controls it now?" ”

"Li Shilang, we don't even know where this port is located or what its name is, how can we know which country this port belongs to, and who is controlling it now, this is impossible to guess at all."

"Li Shilang once said that our next stop is in this area, then, this port is likely to be one of these nearby countries, but it may be controlled by the next country, just like many ports in Nantianzhu were controlled by the Lion Country before we arrived."

"If that's the case, then it's great, we can do the same trick again and easily take this port, and it's not impossible to build another Anshi County!"

Several subordinate officials said happily.

Li An nodded and said happily: "You guessed not quite right, but it can be regarded as a margin, that's right, this port official has taken a fancy to it, and this will be the port of Datang in the future, hahaha!" ”

"Datang's port, hahaha! Great, as long as we Datang fancy it, it is ours, and it is useless for anyone to oppose it. ”

"Such an excellent port, of course, should be my Datang port, how can a small barbarian country deserve such a good port."

"Li Shilang, then, what is the difference between the situation here and the Lion Country, tell us quickly! I'll have to prepare. ”

The crowd said.

Li An thought for a while, pointed to a location on the map, and said: "This is West Tianzhu, this is the Great Food Country, and the middle area is their buffer zone, there shouldn't be too many resources, so it has not been taken seriously by them, and the two countries have not many troops in this area, resulting in very weak control over this area. Only a few soldiers and horses were stationed in this port, and in the end, this port was robbed by a group of pirates, and after Xi Tianzhu heard about this, he didn't pay attention to it, so he let the pirates occupy this port all the time, don't you think it's interesting. ”

Everyone felt a burst of amusement when they heard it.

"With such an excellent port, how can Xitianzhu tolerate being invaded by pirates? They can't beat the pirates! ”

"A country that is not too small can defeat a group of pirates, how powerful can this pirate be, it seems that we have something to do."

"If it's like those pirates in Malacca, it's really not something that ordinary small countries can deal with, but in front of my Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses, these pirates are not worth mentioning."

"In my opinion, it is not necessarily that Xi Tianzhu is afraid of these pirates, but in order to let the pirates stand between himself and the Great Food Country, in this way, friction with the Big Food Country can be avoided to the greatest extent, Xi Tianzhu is not the opponent of the Great Food Country, and it is normal to back down some."

Everyone talked about it, but it was all speculation.