Whether the grouper has a great tonic effect, Li An doesn't know very well, but after eating the grouper, Li An's eyes changed when he saw the two beauties in front of him, and they became a little bad.

Naturally, I was busy in the evening, and I was busy until the second half of the night.

The country of Bolu is not far from the country of Shengdeng, and it can be reached in two or three days, but there are too many small countries along the way, and if each small country is delayed for ten days and half a month, it will be too much of a delay.

Therefore, Li An decided to stop in Shengdeng Kingdom for only three days and leave after three days, as long as he saw their king and asked Shengdeng Kingdom to cooperate with Datang, and the rest of the things did not need to be done.

The population and soldiers of Shengdeng Kingdom are less than that of Bolu Kingdom, it is a veritable small country, and it has no strength to bargain with the Tang Empire, as long as the Tang Empire proposes to shake their heads, they dare not agree, Li An personally came to discuss, just to give them face.

Since I came here, I naturally wanted to prepare some gifts for Shengdeng Kingdom, near this small country, there was no decent pirate force, so it would not work to help exterminate pirates, and it was a good choice to send some small gifts that were not too noble.

Coffee has just been researched, you can send a catty, and then send a catty of sugar, these two things are about the same, if you can come, you can give Sheng Deng Guo face, and it is okay not to give gifts.

After the fleet docked, the king of Shengdeng came to greet them in person to show the importance they attached to the Tang Empire.

In fact, before Li An's fleet arrived, the merchants of the Tang caravan had already entered the Shengdeng Kingdom, and they visited the Shengdeng Kingdom and found a lot of business opportunities, and some of the merchants had already stayed behind and were ready to set up workshops in the Shengdeng Kingdom.

When Li An docked, the businessmen who stayed in Shengdeng Kingdom took the initiative to gather together, held the Tang flag, and greeted Li An and his party at the port, with an extremely respectful attitude.

"You are all businessmen of Datang, what business opportunities have you found here?"

Ang Lee asked a few of the businessmen who had stayed.

"Li Shilang, the climate here is very suitable for the growth of bananas, the bananas produced here are better than other places, and if they are made into banana chips, they will definitely sell well."

A businessman replied.

Originally, there was no such thing as banana chips in Datang, but it was Ang Lee's idea of making dried fruits that inspired the businessmen to use their brains and invent dried bananas.

At this time, the technical content of dried bananas is not high, that is, the ripe bananas are simply peeled, cut into small cylindrical shapes, and dried in the sun.

"Is your workshop already built?"

Ang Lee asked.

"Back to Li Shilang, I have built a few houses, and now they have all started production, look at this."

The merchant brought the dried banana to Ang Lee and let him taste it.

Li Ang picked up a dried banana and tasted it gently, feeling that it didn't taste very good, not delicious at all.

"Dried bananas are okay, they are all natural, but it would be better if they could make various flavors, such as sweet, salty, and milky flavors, so that customers can choose better!"

Ang Lee opened his mouth to suggest.

The merchant touched his head and suddenly realized: "What Li Shilang taught me, why didn't I think of it?" It's a good way to sell when you have more flavors! I'll definitely try to do it, thank you Li Shilang for your advice. ”

Li An smiled, looked at a businessman again, and asked, "What are you doing, also a workshop?" ”

The merchant shook his head and said, "Back to Li Shilang, I bought a piece of land dedicated to growing bananas, and the bananas grown can be sold directly to him." ”

He pointed to the previous merchant.

"Haha! His skills in growing bananas must not be as good as yours, otherwise he would have grown them himself, so he wouldn't have bought yours? ”

Ang Lee teased.

Each businessman has his own unique trade secrets, some have a huge sales channel, some have a lot of technology, some have a huge amount of money, in short, the situation is different, in this case, only cooperation can win.

"What kind of business do you have?"

Li An looked at the third merchant and asked.

"Back to Li Shilang, several of us are in the oil palm business, and there are a lot of palm trees here, which has great potential for development."

The third merchant replied.

Li An smiled lightly when he heard this, and estimated that the price of palm oil in Datang has the potential to be reduced, after all, many businessmen have come to Nanyang to set up palm oil workshops, so that with the technology possessed by Datang businessmen, the output will definitely be more than directly purchased in various countries, and once there are more commodities, the price will inevitably be reduced, so the price of palm oil will definitely be greatly reduced in a few years.

This may not be a good thing for businessmen who open workshops, but for ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty, it is a great thing, because it means that the cost of living has been reduced a lot and life has become better.

"What are you guys doing?"

Ang Lee came interested and asked one by one.

"Li Shilang, we think that the climate here is good, and the sea transportation is also convenient, so we bought hundreds of hectares of land, and plan to plant rubber trees and produce rubber materials to be shipped back to Datang for sale."

A businessman replied.

This is indeed a very wise choice, after all, rubber trees like the tropical environment the most, it was originally found in the tropical rainforest, planting in Yazhou and Jiaozhou is also a helpless choice, because this is the southernmost territory of Datang, is the only area suitable for the growth of rubber trees.

But the climate of Nanyang is more suitable for the growth of rubber trees, if the rubber trees are extended to the countries of the South Seas, the yield will definitely be greatly improved, now the rubber materials are relatively scarce, the price is relatively expensive, investment in this area, planting rubber trees in the countries of the South Seas, is definitely a very wise choice, it is definitely able to make a fortune.

"Yes, planting rubber trees in Shengdeng Country is a very good investment direction, we must stick to it, it will definitely achieve great results, haha!"

Li An opened his mouth and said in appreciation.

The rest of the businessmen, are also based on the climatic characteristics of Shengdeng country, targeted investment in local specialties, such as sugarcane, rice, and a large number of tropical fruits, are all Shengdeng country's specialties, are very valuable investment, moreover, Datang merchants have mastered the primary processing technology, can process primary agricultural products into goods that can be stored for a long time, so as not to rot and deteriorate during transportation.

After chatting with the Tang merchants for a while, Li An went directly to the palace, and the reception he received was naturally of the highest standard, and the food and drink were all the best.

Because Li An didn't want to waste time, he quickly talked to the king about cooperation, but fortunately, the king had already gotten the news in advance and was very clear about Datang's policy, so the negotiations went very smoothly.

Sheng Dengguo felt that the cooperation of the Tang Dynasty was very sincere and completely acceptable, and they were willing to fully cooperate with the Tang Empire and be the little brother of the Tang Empire.

The negotiations went so smoothly, Li An was naturally very happy, and immediately asked his subordinate officials to sign a series of cooperation agreements with the king, and sent people back to Datang.

After talking about cooperation, it is natural to have a pastime, contact feelings, singing, dancing and food are absolutely indispensable.

After eating and drinking, it was inevitable that the mouth would be a little greasy, so Ang Lee asked people to bring the prepared coffee and serve a cup to everyone present, so that they could taste this new drink to play a role in promotion.

The senior management of Sheng Deng Guo was very satisfied with the taste of the coffee, thought that this new drink was very delicious, and asked what this new drink was.

"Li Shilang, what is this thing, we haven't drunk it before, where can we buy it?"

Minister Sheng Deng asked.

Li An shook his head with a smile: "This can't be bought anywhere, it is the latest development of this official in the country of Bolu a few days ago, and it needs to use the white sugar produced in the Tang Dynasty, as well as a kind of coffee bean, and the country has this kind of coffee bean." ”

"Coffee beans, what they look like, maybe we have them too."

A minister of Sheng Deng asked.

Li An handed over the drawings that had been prepared long ago, and said: "This is the coffee tree and the fruit of coffee, take a look, have you seen it somewhere?" ”

Everyone circulated to each other, and they all felt a little familiar, but they didn't dare to guarantee whether they had seen it or not, so they had to leave drawings and prepare to send people to the field to find them, and then through careful physical comparison, to determine whether there were coffee trees.

In this kind of place where fishing, hunting and gathering are the main ways of survival, planting is relatively rare, and it has not formed a decent scale, not to mention the construction of water conservancy, no one will take the time to engage in this thing, it is scattered to plant some things that are easier to grow and more needed.

For example, the rice grown in the country is all small patches one by one, and some rice is planted by the river that is suitable for planting, and there are almost no water conservancy facilities, and the area that everyone can plant is very small, and if there are too many, they will be too busy.

This is because their tools are so backward, and irrigation is actually using water basins, which is so inefficient that it is no wonder that it cannot be scaled up in agriculture.

The structure of the waterwheel is not complicated, but the IQ of these small people cannot invent this kind of thing, and it takes time and money to manufacture this kind of thing, the scale of the fields they grow is too small, and the introduction of the waterwheel system is indeed a bit more than worth the loss, and the cost of building a waterwheel for half an acre of rice cannot be recovered.

Because he didn't want to stay in Shengdeng Kingdom for too long, Li An didn't stay in the palace, and took a group of people to play in the wild.

In the countryside outside the palace, there are scattered arable land, planted with some tropical endemic plants, of course, more land is used as orchards, such as coconut groves, palm groves, rubber forests are more abundant, rice and other fields that need irrigation are very few.

"Hey, they're actually planting sweet potatoes, and they're spreading fast enough!"

Li An walked on the country road and saw that the farmers of Shengdeng Kingdom were actually planting sweet potatoes, which surprised him.

The introduction of sweet potatoes from South America was not long, and it was not fully popularized in the Tang Empire, but a small country so far away from Shengdeng actually introduced sweet potatoes, which surprised Li An, the spread of sweet potatoes should not be so fast, according to the spread speed of crops in ancient times, it will take at least decades or hundreds of years to spread hundreds of miles.

"Yes! Sweet potatoes have only been planted in Datang for a few years! It's so fast to reach Shengdeng Kingdom, it's too fast! ”

The accompanying civil officials were also quite surprised, there was no large-scale popularization in Datang, and it was actually planted in Shengdeng Kingdom so quickly, which is a miracle speed.

"What the hell is going on? When did you get the sweet potatoes from Deng Guo? ”

Li An asked the accompanying Sheng Deng Guoguan.

"It's called a sweet potato? It's the first time I've seen it. ”

The official of Sheng Deng replied confusedly, paused, and said, "By the way, this piece of land was sold by the king to the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Oh, I see!"

Li An immediately understood the general situation, knowing that these sweet potatoes were brought by the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, and they were going to try to grow here, and if they could be successfully planted in this environment, they would vigorously promote and introduce sweet potatoes to Shengdeng Kingdom, so as to obtain enough profits.

The yield of sweet potatoes is very high, the cost is relatively low, and the sales volume in the local area will certainly not be bad, which is a good idea.

asked the people who were farming, and the answer they got confirmed Li An's guess, a Tang businessman brought hundreds of catties of sweet potatoes from China, and tried to plant them in Shengdeng Kingdom, if the yield was high enough, he would develop sweet potato cultivation here, and even, he would do primary processing of sweet potatoes in the later stage to obtain more profits.

Because sweet potatoes were found in the tropics of the Americas, the businessman felt that the yield of sweet potatoes planted in the tropical climate of Shengdeng Country might be higher than that grown in Datang, so that the development of sweet potato planting industry in Shengdeng Country would obtain better results, which was completely in line with the businessman's profit-seeking nature.

"How long have these sweet potatoes been grown, and have they borne fruit?"

Li An can only see the seedlings of sweet potatoes, as for whether there are large sweet potatoes under the soil, Li An is not very clear, this must be picked up by himself to see.

"Li Shilang, let's climb away and take a look."

The accompanying officer crouched down and gently peeled open the towering soil to check the situation below.

"Haha! Not bad! It's actually such a big size, it seems that sweet potatoes can grow here, and it is estimated that it is even better than growing in Datang? ”

Li An smiled very happily.

Along the way, every place is rewarded, although in Shengdeng country did not plan to stay for a long time, but also gained a lot of gains, learned that the Tang Dynasty businessmen have already invested in this small country.

When he returned to the palace, Li An learned the good news that Sheng Deng Guo had found a plant similar to a coffee tree and was waiting for Li An to confirm it.

After looking at it, it is really a coffee tree, which shows that this plant exists in this area, which is very helpful for the development of new drinks, and there is no need to worry about the shortage of coffee raw materials in the future.