In the middle of July of the 11th year of Hongwu, Shixi's fleet ended its voyage for more than a month and returned safely to Chang'an Wharf.

Although it was only a short voyage, all four ships were damaged to varying degrees.

One of them was the most damaged, and after inspection by the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works, they felt that the boat could last up to half a month under normal circumstances.

If you encounter a wave, it may immediately disintegrate.

But fortunately, the sea god favored the Qi people who went to sea for the first time, and no more disasters came.

But no one can guarantee that Poseidon will be in a good mood every time.

Therefore, when the fleet returned, the shipbuilders immediately got busy.

Combined with Song Shilang's records along the way, combined with the situation of the hull, he tried to improve the hull.

And Shi Xi and Song Shilang, as the highest-ranking civil and military officials of this "voyage", the first thing they did when they came back was naturally to report the results of this trip to sea to Yang Hao.

In the palace hall, the three prime ministers and Yang Hao listened to Shi Xi's narration together.

Shixi, who is coarse and ink-like, talked about the journey along the way, and said it quite clearly.

However, Song Shilang, as a civil official who worships the second grade, his cultural level is naturally not comparable to Shixi, and in his mouth, he said some thrilling places extremely nervously, and everyone who listened was shocked.

Under the mutual complementarity of the two, Yang Hao also roughly understood the process of this first voyage.

Yang Hao gave the two of them a high degree of affirmation for the matter of erecting the stone monument during the voyage, and from their story, Yang Hao knew that the land of Liaodong in this era was still a barren and wild land.

No man's land is good, so it saves him a lot of trouble.

It is said that the land of Liaodong is a bitter cold land, but the northeast region in later generations is the main grain producing area in the country, and the unique black soil can be said to be full of treasures.

"My lord, when my ministers were investigating in that wild land, they found it."

Song Shilang said and took out a wooden box from his sleeve.

Yang Hao was a little curious about the wooden box, and gasped after opening it.

In this box is a very large ginseng, whether it is really in his previous life or in this life, he has never seen such a large ginseng.

The dense tentacles show that this thing has grown for I don't know how many years.

Even people who don't have common sense will know that ginseng is definitely a treasure.

"Good stuff! Great stuff! ”

The three prime ministers also came around to take a look, but there was only a strange-looking radish in the box, and I don't know what was good about this thing.

Shao Yan voiced everyone's questions.

Yang Hao explained: "The name of this thing is ginseng, its appearance resembles a human form, and it has the name of the king of herbs.

And this one looks at the appearance, to say the least, it has to be thousands of years old.

”

Cure all diseases, grow for thousands of years, from this information, everyone looked at this thing in Yang Hao's hand in shock.

"This is a divine object, this is a divine object, this is the ancestor to protect my Great Qi, the minister suggested that the sky should be celebrated, this is a sign of the prosperity of my Great Qi."

Yuan said excitedly.

And Shi Xi and the waiter glanced at each other, and both of them looked shocked and excited.

They didn't expect that their casual actions would bring back such a treasure.

Yang Hao said: "This thing is indeed a divine object, but it is not a cure for any disease, this thing will be left by the king, I will hand it over to the Tai Hospital, let them study it."

Maybe it can benefit the people of Daqi.

”

After a pause, he said, "You two have done a good job, and you will be rewarded for a year." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The waiter said excitedly.

What he was excited about was not this year's success, but that his hard work was affirmed by Yang Hao, which would be of great benefit to his future career, and maybe he would have the opportunity to climb up again.

Shang Shuwei of the Ministry of Industry is already in his forties, and he will inevitably step down in a few years, vacating his position, and he may be able to sit down.

But Shi Xi did not rush to thank him, but bowed down and bowed: "The king, the minister does not want to reward, the minister begs the king to allow the minister to lead the fleet to the sea in the future." ”

Yin's face changed and said: "Commander Shi, how dare you be rude in front of the king." ”

But Stony Brook was unmoved, and still maintained a bowing posture.

Yang Hao touched his beard and looked at Shixi meaningfully, and after a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Give this king a reason." ”

Shi Xi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "King, the minister went to sea this time, and saw what the vastness of the sea is, and there are endless treasures in overseas places, and the minister doesn't want to pass like this for the rest of his life, and the minister wants to explore overseas places for me and find treasures like ginseng for my Daqi." ”

"That's it? Do you know how much it costs me to go to sea once? ”

Shi Xi said again: "The minister knows that every ship is extremely valuable, and the minister does not dare to expect the imperial court to give the minister many ships, only one or two ships, more than 100 sailors, and the minister is willing to give up his own money for the consumption of going to sea." ”

Everyone else felt that Stony Brook's head must be broken, and with this credit, the future will be smooth, and this is tantamount to suicide.

When everyone thought that Yang Hao would be angry and demote Shixi to a common person, Yang Hao laughed.

"Haha! Good! I can't imagine that I can have such an ambitious person. ”

Shi Xi showed ecstasy when he heard this, and knelt down on one knee excitedly and said, "The king has agreed to the minister's request. ”

Yang Hao said: "I didn't say yes!" ”

The sudden reversal made Shixi feel like falling into an ice cave, with a lonely face, and under the joy and sorrow, there was indescribable bitterness.

Yang Hao said again: "Your little bit of Yulu, let's keep it for yourself, I Daqi is not poor to such an extent, do such things as deducting the courtiers, since you want to go to sea, how to go to sea is naturally something that the court has to consider."

When you have conquered the noodle people, the king will allow you to go out to sea with your ships, and search every inch of land with the banner of my great qi, and the land where the sun and the moon shine will be qi.

”

"Thank you, thank you!"

Shi Xi couldn't help himself with excitement, and his voice trembled a little.

If there is anyone in the Qi Kingdom who wants the southern noodle to die the most at this time, it must be Shi Xi.

"That's it! You two are tired along the way, so let's step back! ”

Yang Hao said.

After thanking them, they bowed and retreated.

Out of the palace gate, Song Shilang said to Shi Xi: "Commander Shi, Commander Shi, I was hungry for you just now!" Fortunately, the king is Shengming, otherwise you would still have a life. ”

Shi Xi smiled and said: "Shi Mou's wish, Chang'an City is becoming more and more prosperous, can Song Shilang have a drink with Shi." ”

Song Shilang shook his head and smiled bitterly, and sighed: "Hey! Let me say what good you are, forget it, drink, drink! ”