Chapter 948: Returning with a full load

"East of Jieshi, to view the sea ......"

Li Mu stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the rough sea, his heart was surging.

He can now understand why some people want to write a poem at every turn. There are some scenery that you really can't control when you see it!

Strongholds, fortresses, all under construction. Su and my father and son, who were deflated twice, never tried to destroy it again. If the Tang army is further on its side, they will take a step back. Li Mu guessed his plan, he wanted to wait for the Tang army to withdraw, and then slowly figure it out. Because everyone knows that Tang Jun, or Li Mu, cannot stay in the Wa Kingdom forever.

In fact, it was not bad. Li Mu really has to go, there are too many places that need him, and he has been in the country long enough. Moreover, everything in the Wa Kingdom has been put on the right track, and there is no big difference whether he stays here or not.

He left Li Chongyi and 200 Jinyi guards, 30 secret guards, who were responsible for training the Japanese here. By the way, he also used gold to make a 'Tang Dynasty Emperor' seal, which was left to the mountain back brother king, taking into account the emotions of the people of the Japanese Kingdom, Li Mu removed the word "slave" and added the word "Imperial Seal", which clarified the legal principle that the Japanese king needed the Tang Imperial Seal. Anyway, from Li Mu's point of view, this is not a loss, what is a slave or not, you can only take advantage of your words, and the substantive things are obviously more important.

Originally, the emperor had a name, but the Yamabei eldest brother was no longer the emperor, but the king of the Wa Kingdom who was enshrined by the Tang Dynasty, so he could not take a name like the previous emperor. Li Mu was in charge, and according to the system of the Tang Dynasty, he was named the king of Shanbei as the 'king of Donghai County', and Feng Yixiu was the 'prince of Donghai County', and the king of the Wa Kingdom was replaced by the hereditary 'king of Donghai County' in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Mu rewarded him like this, but it wasn't just out of order. The ceremonial system of the Tang Dynasty inherited the Sui Dynasty, and there were a series of knighthood measures for the vassal state, and the highest level was the feudal county king. Tubo is located in the west of the Tang Dynasty, and is the king of Xihai County, and the Wa Kingdom is located in the east of the Tang Dynasty, or an island, and it is appropriate to be crowned the king of Donghai County.

After doing this, Li Mu boarded the ship and returned. He agreed that after the winter, he would come to the Wa Kingdom again in the spring of the following year, hoping that the sphere of influence of the King of the East China Sea could be expanded to half of the territory of the Wa Kingdom at that time, and even if he could not do so, he would build four wharves along the coastline, which was the minimum requirement. Because in the coming year, it is very likely that the Tang Dynasty will make a move on Goguryeo and arrange it in the Wa Kingdom for a year, at least to meet the strategic needs of the waterway encirclement.

Li Chongyi stayed in the Wa Kingdom, in addition to training the Wa people to fight against the Su I father and son, he also had to train a Wa army that could fight. At that time, when the Tang Dynasty fought against Goguryeo, the Japanese would also have to be recruited to participate in the war. Otherwise, Li Mu did all this for the eldest brother king of the mountain, was it done for nothing? You have to do something.

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On the way back, the time was shortened by nearly half as long as the ocean currents followed. After a few months, when I arrived at Yangzhou Port again, the port in front of me had changed greatly.

The old buildings are barely visible, replaced by new streets, shops, and the port have more than doubled, and this is only the first phase of the project. In the future, there will be three phases of the project, all of which have been completed, and the port's capacity will be increased several times.

Li Mu was very pleased with this, because all this was done in his absence. And it seems that it has been done well, at least it shows that even if he doesn't do it himself, as long as he points out the direction, the people of this era can do things well.

Bai Qiaoqiao took the child, together with Li Zhien and Wang Ou, all waited at the dock waiting for Li Mu, Li Mu left home every time for more than half a year, although he was used to it, but he couldn't deceive people, and when he saw Chang'an from afar, the tears of several women couldn't stop flowing. The mother's crying made several children who originally came to the dock with a playful heart also panicked, and their big eyes were full of question marks, they didn't understand, how did the mother, who had gone out happily, get to the dock and see the big boat, but still cry?

The people also gathered at the dock, and yesterday they had already received the news that the Chang'an had returned today. Along with the Chang'an, there was also a whale. This whale was also unlucky, and it happened to collide with the fleet, and was easily picked up by the sailors who were itching.

Or the same as the last two times, resting on the back of the boat and towing it back. It's not that it can't be separated and pulled back on the ship, but there is no room in the cabin.

All the cabins, which are full of silver ore. And they are all very pure silver ores, and those of low purity are not qualified to occupy a place in the precious space of the ship's cabin. The fate of those ores can only be piled up in the mountains next to the pits, waiting for the time when the resources are scarce, and then they can be painstakingly refined.

At the moment when resources are abundant, who doesn't pick up rich mines to dig?

These silver ores, in the scores given by the system, are excellent. In other words, one ton of ore can refine two kilograms of pure silver. This is already a very high ratio, one ton of ore, can refine forty taels of silver, remove all costs, and the net benefit is at least more than thirty taels. This is only the most basic value, silver is money, the real value of money is in circulation, when these silver become ingots, circulating in the Tang Dynasty, its value will increase.

Li Mu brought these silver ores back to the Tang Dynasty to be smelted, so that the technology of refining silver would be transmitted to the Wa Kingdom later. Otherwise, the Japanese people would have obtained the refining technology, and they would definitely not be willing to be miners. At that time, even if it can be suppressed, it will be unnecessary trouble.

Moreover, silver ore is not only a metal of silver, but also has many associated metals of silver ore, such as copper, gold, lead, zinc and other metals.

These silver ores, in the scores given by the system, are excellent. In other words, one ton of ore can refine two kilograms of pure silver. This is already a very high ratio, one ton of ore, can refine forty taels of silver, remove all costs, and the net benefit is at least more than thirty taels. This is only the most basic value, silver is money, the real value of money is in circulation, when these silver become ingots, circulating in the Tang Dynasty, its value will increase.

Li Mu brought these silver ores back to the Tang Dynasty to be smelted, so that the technology of refining silver would be transmitted to the Wa Kingdom later. Otherwise, the Japanese people would have obtained the refining technology, and they would definitely not be willing to be miners. When the time comes, even if it can be suppressed, too