"How big is the world?" Xue Rengui didn't think about this question: "I have the Tang Dynasty, Tubo, the Western Regions, Goguryeo, and the Wa Kingdom, it's so big, I heard that there are farther in the Western Regions, but everyone has never been to the real one and doesn't know whether it's true or not." ”

"It's not uncommon to know so many places. Rengui, we have known each other for so many years, and running around outside is one of the few people in Datang who has seen the world. Li Dongsheng took a sip of water: "But the world is not what we know, you know the Wa Kingdom, but after the Wa Kingdom, it is the sea, and what is the depth of the sea?" Is there any other country, is there another country after Yizhou? Have you thought about any of this? ”

"What does all this have to do with that gunpowder?" Xue Rengui was very nervous: "It's not that you don't know that Your Majesty regards this firearm as an important weapon of the country, and it is not allowed to spread it at all, and now that this matter comes out, what will he do to you?" ”

"Hehe, it's good to know you're worried about me." Li Dongsheng said with a smile: "I came from a merchant in Lantian County to become this grandfather today, what do you think Your Majesty does to me?" ”

Speaking of this issue, Xue Rengui was silent, he and Li Dongsheng had already suffered enough of Li Shimin's suffering, he saw how much credit Li Dongsheng had made, and fought hard to resist the enemy for Li Shimin's safety, but in the end he was charged with rebellion, which made Xue Rengui also very cold.

Seeing that Xue Rengui didn't speak, Li Dongsheng said: "You also feel what it means to be ruthless." If you think about how amazing my uncle Li Jing is, he made great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty and pacified the Turks, he can be regarded as a rare hero in the history of my Han people, but you look at him at the peak of his life, but when he was at the peak, he had to retire under the pretext of leg disease, and he was also impeached by those families under such and such excuses. ”

"I also wanted to do something for the Tang Dynasty from the beginning of my career, those families used their knowledge to master the country's election mechanism, and used the relationship between Shilin to control public opinion, at that time I also believed in His Majesty's determination to deal with these families, so I embarked on the road of confronting the family, invented movable type printing, and compiled teaching materials, and directly dug the foundation of those families. In order to prevent the counterattack of those families, the tea division and the white sugar division were created to enrich the household department, but you look at every step of my career in the past ten years is thrilling, and if you are not careful, it will be the end of the death of the clan, and I don't want to live the days when this kind of life can't be manipulated in my own hands, do you understand? ”

When Xue Rengui heard this, his eyes widened and said, "You don't want to rebel, do you?" ”

"Rebellion? I'm not that brain-dead, you know I'm a lazy person. And now that the Tang Dynasty is in good tune, the people live and work in peace and contentment, so I will not disrupt this rare prosperous era in history. ”

"And what do you think?"

"Thirty-six plans are the best plan!" Li Dongsheng said: "This is the question that began to ask you. I can't be the master of Datang, and I don't want to fight with him, I can't afford to provoke me to go, I built this fleet to use this ship to explore the new world, and when the time comes, I will leave Datang directly with my family. ”

Xue Rengui was dumbfounded when he said this, in the minds of the Chinese, it is difficult to leave the homeland, and he will never leave his homeland unless he has to, that is, when he is old, he will definitely return to his roots, and he will be buried in his hometown when he dies. Li Dongsheng's words are deviant, and if such an idea is known by His Majesty, it will be a proper defection.

He glanced at Li Dongsheng with complicated eyes: "You can tell me such a big thing, and you are not afraid that I will report you." ”

"I'm not afraid! We've known each other for so many years, and you may not agree with me, but you will never denounce me. Li Dongsheng smiled: "And I'm sure you are also thinking about whether to go with me." ”

Xue Rengui really thought about Li Dongsheng's proposal, go overseas to find a place to make his own decisions, isn't that to be the king? This idea made Xue Rengui's heart flutter, but the long-standing Confucianism made him unable to make up his mind for a while, and the idea of loyalty and patriotism could not be changed simply.

Li Dongsheng said: "It's okay, I promise you, first, I have no intention of rebelling and there is no need to rebel." Second, I will definitely leave when the time comes, and this is not my recent thought, I have already started to prepare. Anyway, it's such a thing, you can decide for yourself whether you want to be together. ”

Sending away Xue Rengui, who was suffering from gains and losses, Li Dongsheng sighed, what he said just now was impassioned, but if he really wants to leave from Datang, where is it so simple. If nothing else, it is extremely difficult to take his family out of Chang'an and then escape to the beach, not to mention whether his parents are willing to leave. How do your relatives and friends live in Datang after leaving, these are all things. But things have already begun to be done, and there is always a way to fix it.

There is a huge square in the center of Guangzhou Port, which is the favorite place for sailors and merchants who come to the Tang Dynasty, and there is everything here, but today this place is heavily guarded, and the naval soldiers surround this place and set up a platform to try pirates in public.

Lai Heng sat on the highest rostrum, he was the chief judge today, and it was the power of the Guangzhou Government to interrogate according to the rules, but Lai Heng rejected the protest of the officials of the Guangzhou Mansion in one sentence, these pirates were prisoners, and the interrogation of them was a matter of the army, which place could not interfere, they could send someone to observe.

Looking at the naval soldiers who were eyeing them, the Guangzhou government officials lowered their voices and their attitudes improved, and they obediently sat next to them to see what those pirates said.

The dense pirates knelt on the ground, sunburned like melon peels under the scorching sun, and there was still a little arrogance and domineering.

The surrounding streets, rooftops, and tree branches were full of onlookers, all with hatred in their eyes, and some people stoned the pirates, as if a family member had been killed in the attack.

It was not too early for Lai Heng to see that the time was not early, and he said loudly: "Bring the pirate leader who attacked the port of Guangzhou, the mountain fire!" ”

The four of them went to the stage with a mountain fire. The mountain fire has a lot of reputation at sea, but many people have not seen it, as soon as he appeared, the people around him began to whisper, and many idlers were even more excited, this scene was enough for them to blow for a lifetime.

Guoshan Huo also knew that he was guilty of a lot of sins, and he would definitely not be spared, so he also showed the appearance of a good man, and gestured to the people around him, I have to say that this guy looks good, and some idlers still applaud him!

Seeing him so sassy, Lai Heng frowned: "Who is in the hall?" ”

Guo Guohuo said loudly: "In Xia Sun Yingjie, the people in the rivers and lakes are honored as a mountain fire, and they have seen the general." ”