"Uncle Tiger, look, lighthouse, Alexandria Lighthouse, we have arrived, we have arrived, Uncle Tiger, it has really arrived!"

On the watchtower of the Weiyuan, Wang Yuanzheng, the second son of Wang Haibin holding a telescope, was watching the endless sea level with great interest, and suddenly, a spire slowly rose from the sea level, and just fell in the sight of Wang Yuanzheng, and when he landed, he roared excitedly, and the roar was not tight, and the sailors of the ship were all cheering and jumping, and immediately, the cheers were like a whirlwind in the huge fleet roaring vertically and horizontally, and the sound of the waves rolled straight out of the clouds. Frightened, many of the seabirds shuttling between the fleets flew to the top in a panic.

"It's here, it's finally here!"

The whole fleet cheered, but the main general Lin Hu did not shout with it, standing alone on the bow of the ship, staring at the lighthouse of Alexandria with moist eyes, and a burst of excitement rolled in his heart, it was not easy, the whole seven-month sea expedition, the hardships in it were indescribable - although before the trip, Li Xian specially sent Hangzhou Thorn Shi Le Sihui to dissuade him, but Lin Hu still insisted on acting with the fleet, not only that, but he also chose the most difficult and long food route, However, they did not choose the relatively safe route of the Japanese country. This journey has not only been baptized by storms and rains, but also experienced several bloody battles, in Pulozhong (now Singapore), in the wax Srivijaya (now Sumatra), in the body poison (now India) in various places, in order to establish a camp, there are no less conflicts with the local natives, but also in the Indian Ocean with the poisonous pirates / fought a few battles, although the accompanying six escort warships did not sink in a battle, but they are all scarred, the two thousand elite men on board, excluding the more than 600 people left in the camps everywhere, and now there are only more than 1,000 left. More than 300 soldiers have been sleeping on the long journey, and now, finally arriving at the destination of this trip, how can Lin Hu not be excited, but as the main general, he has the majesty of the main general, even though Lin Hu has tears in his eyes, but he does not want to have a bad performance, just standing quietly on the bow of the ship, the burly figure is as steady as a mountain!

"Uncle Tiger, there is another half-day voyage to the shore, hehe, the little nephew has heard my father talk about the prosperity of Alexandria, and this time I can see it with my own eyes!"

Wang Yuanzheng is twenty years old, and three years ago he had gone to the sea with his father to beg for a living, but he had never been to Dashi, and had only run the Dongying route twice, but in the past, he had not heard the veterans in the fleet talk about the prosperity of Alexandria, and his heart had long been yearning for it.

"Pay attention to vigilance, pass the order, all frigates immediately raise the warning flag, and escort the convoy forward in left and right columns!"

For the lively and active Wang Yuanzheng, Lin Hu has always liked it very much, and because he likes it, the requirements for it are extremely strict.

"Yes!"

Being glared at by Lin Hu like this, Wang Yuanzheng was shocked to realize that he seemed to be a little too excited, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly answered, turned around, secretly stuck out his tongue, jumped on the mast with his hands and feet, untied the two small flags hanging on the lookout, one red and one white, and quickly played a series of flags, the originally slightly messy fleet immediately began to adjust, but saw six warships slowly sail out of the fleet, divided into left and right two ways, and guarded the dense formation of thirty merchant ships. Full sail and full speed towards Alexandria......

Alexandria was founded in 332 BC after its founder, Alexander the Great, as the seat of the governor of the Egyptian province of the Macedonian Empire. After the death of Alexander the Great, the Governor of Egypt, Ptolemy, established the Ptolemaic dynasty here, crowned Tylemy I, and Alexander became the capital of the Kingdom of Egypt and soon became the largest city in ancient Greek culture, second only to Rome in size and wealth in Western ancient history; In 616 King Kosloes II of Persia captured Alexandria. Although the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius reoccupied Alexandria a few years later, the Arab general Amr ibn Aas captured Alexandria after a fourteen-month siege in 6/46 AD, and Alexandria was now under the control of the Umayyad dynasty, the center of trade and cultural exchange between Europe and the East, where the only Umayyad naval fleet was stationed.

As a place of commerce and trade hub, since it is the prosperous place where thousands of merchants gather, there are more than 100 ships entering and leaving the port every day, less than dozens, ships from various countries in Europe, Asia and Africa are available, but all are small and medium-sized cargo ships, in terms of ship type, far less than half of the cargo ships of "Wang Ji Firm", because of this, when the huge fleet composed of more than 30 giant ships of "Wang Ji Firm" appeared in the lookout post on the lighthouse, the panic caused can be imagined, before the Tang fleet approached Faroe Island, the port was already in chaos, and the drums and trumpets were noisy. More than 100 small and medium-sized warships of the Great Food Fleet have rushed out of the anchorage one after another, led by the flagship "Rose" and hurriedly lined up to meet the enemy, slowly pressing towards the Tang Fleet, but they were very cautious in their actions, obviously shocked by the huge momentum of the Tang Fleet.

"Stop the ship, drop the half sail, and the crossbowmen of the warships are ready!"

Lin Hu is a cautious person, although he is here to do business with the big cannibals, but he can't help but guard against the big food fleet's forgetting of his interests, seeing the big food fleet slowly approaching, Lin Hu didn't dare to slack off, raised his hand, and issued an order to prepare for war, but did not move forward again, but made the entire fleet stop in place, and dropped half a sail, to show that his side was not hostile.

Perhaps seeing the fall of the Datang fleet, the Dashi Fleet did not press forward again, but stopped at a position half a nautical mile away from the Datang Fleet, after a period of silence, but saw a small boat rowed out of the Dashi Fleet, on which out of the six sailors, there were two other middle-aged people standing on the ship, one of them was white and fat, wearing a robe, looking like a port official, and the other was wearing chain armor, his hand was on the handle of a scimitar, obviously a military general.

"Croaking ......"

The speed of the boat was very fast, and it didn't take long for it to row directly in front of Lin Hu's flagship "Weiyuan", but seeing that the white fat official tried to raise his head, he spoke to Lin Hu who was standing at the bow of the boat, and the speed of his speech was extremely fast, and his voice revealed a nervousness that could not be concealed.

"What are you talking about?"

Lin Hu didn't know Arabic, so he couldn't understand the words of the white fat official, so he frowned slightly, glanced at the interpreter standing beside him, and asked in a flat tone.

"Your Excellency, the man who calls himself Mua Via Aben, is an official of the Port Authority, who is in charge of the entry and exit of ships, and is asking us where we came from and what we are here for."

Interpreter Wang Haiyao is Wang Haibin's cousin, very talented in language, earlier than Wang Haibin traveled overseas, has been to Dashi several times, quite fluent in Arabic, he can understand the words of the white fat official, this listening to Lin Hu's question, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly bowed down to explain.

"Oh? I see, I replied to him, and said that we are from the Tang Dynasty, and we are here for friendly trade! ”

Lin Hu had guessed the intention of the white fat official before, and when he heard Wang Haiyao's words to confirm it, he did not suspect him, so he nodded and ordered indifferently.

"Yes, sir." Since Lin Hu had already given the order, Wang Haiyao didn't dare to delay, so he repeated Lin Hu's words in Arabic loudly.

"Datang! Datang! Croaking ......"

As soon as Wang Haiyao's voice fell, the fat white official became excited, dancing and shouting at the bow of the boat for a long time.

"My lord, that guy said that Alexandria welcomes the arrival of the Tang guests, just to ensure safety, please ask our fleet to be inspected, and pay various taxes and fees according to the local tax law, and at the same time require our fleet to obey its dispatch and go through the entry procedures in turn before entering the port area." Wang Haiyao didn't wait for Lin Hu to open his mouth this time, and he had already translated the words of the white fat official.

"Then he replied that he could, but he could only send officials to inspect the goods on the ship, and the soldiers were not allowed to enter without permission, so it was better to start with the cargo ship first, and as for all the frigates, they would be ready to respond at any time!"

The Datang fleet is here to do business, and it will not start the war lightly, but the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, after Lin Hu pondered for a while, he still decided to be safe, and did not order the escort warships to lift their alert.

"Quack, Quack, Quack......"

After Wang Haiyao conveyed Lin Hu's meaning to the white fat official, the two quickly discussed in Arabic, and the quarrel seemed to be quite fierce, and after arguing for a while, the white fat official seemed to be persuaded by Wang Haiyao, and did not insist more, waving his hand to signal the boat to turn around and sail back in the direction of the Arab fleet.

"My lord, when his command demanded that our fleet be thoroughly inspected by his naval fleet, and his subordinates sternly refused, he said that he would present the matter to Tari ibn Abi, the commander of the fleet, and Yazid ibn Abu, the governor of Egypt, so that our fleet should anchor here and not go any further." The dinghy had just turned around, and Wang Haiyao had already reported the results of the negotiations one by one without waiting for Lin Hu to ask.

"Very good, tired, expedition, please bring your father up to the ship!"

After listening to Wang Haiyao's explanation, Lin Hu did not comment, but comforted him, turned around, looked up at Wang Yuanzheng on the mast, and ordered in a raised voice.

"Good Ratcha!"

Wang Yuanzheng responded excitedly, waved his hands continuously, played a series of flags, and after a while, he saw a commotion in the merchant ships of the large group covered by the escort fleet, a merchant ship with the flag of "Shunyuan" slowly sailed out of the array, and approached the "Weiyuan" where Lin Hu was, at the same time, the Arab fleet seemed to be alarmed by the dispatch of **, and in a burst of drums and trumpets, the entire fleet approached again, and the atmosphere on the sea suddenly became tense for a while......