At the beginning of October, the climate is still warm on the Lingnan coast, Sun Feng, Sun Wanyu, and a few other little guys, barefoot, carrying baskets, and following their father to the beach by the sea to pick up crabs and seashells.

Kang Bao has never dared to approach that thing since he was cried by a crab, and the jumping fish is his favorite thing to play.

As for their new favorite, the little monkey named Gohan, he was reluctant to come to the beach, for he was afraid that the sea would wet his hair, and then he would get sick and have to eat bitter things.

"Daddy, look, the big ship is coming." The third daughter, Sun Wanxia, has good eyesight, and from a distance, she saw dozens of Baotou steel ships coming in mighty ways.

If these boats were a little less and smaller, Sun Xiangfu would definitely show a more joyful smile, because it might be that Li Chunfeng had returned.

But now! Obviously not, the 50,000-stone Baotou steel ship at the head can only be a new product of the shipyard, and the leader of this fleet should be Zhao Long.

"Well, let's go back! Let the mothers cook good food for you today. ”

The sea fish without thorns, after being roasted, brushed with a layer of tomato sauce, is the favorite of a few little guys in the family, sweet corn steamed buns, older children like Sun Feng and Sun Wanyu, sometimes they can eat two at a meal, and then later, there is the tender corn they like to eat, in fact, the fried shredded potatoes are also what they like to eat, but unfortunately Sun Xiangfu will always ask the cook to put those red peppers and a lot of vinegar, and then, it becomes a sour and hot potato shreds that they can't eat at all.

"Daddy, I'm going to sing." Except for playing games of catching fish and digging crabs in the sand, Sun Feng's mouth is basically idle, especially on the way to and from it.

Sun Xiangfu naturally never refused such a request, and said with a smile, "You sing, I'll listen!" ”

"You give me a head."

"Sing what?"

"Whatever, I will."

Sun Xiangfu liked Sun Feng's very confident state, and sang, "Little snail horn, dripping blowing, the seagull listens to spread its wings and fly, ready to fly." ”

Sun Feng immediately sang, "The little snail, the dripping blow, the seagull spread its wings and fly after listening, the little snail, the dripping blow, the waves laughed and ······ slightly"

One big and a few small, singing songs, with the morning's harvest, bouncing to their homes not far from the beach.

At this time of the day, Yu Xiu'er and her daughters will practice in front of the piano, and after they come back, they can't practice, but the cooking skills of a few orchid concubines have been trained, no matter when they come back, breakfast will be served immediately.

"Where's Uncle De?" Sun Xiangfu didn't see Uncle De at the dinner table, and asked in surprise.

Yu Xiu'er replied, "I went for a walk on the city wall, and his old man said that if he didn't sweat a little every day here, he would feel uncomfortable." ”

Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "It's humid in the south, indeed, then I'll ask Zhang Ke to prepare the car in a while, and I have to go to the city after eating, Zhao Long and they will arrive soon." ”

Yu Xiu'er divided a piece of corn steamed bun in half, helped Kang Bao brush some tomato sauce, and then handed it to him, before asking, "Is this going to sea again?" ”

"Well, the development of Lingnan is extremely difficult and requires labor, and after the route is stabilized, Zhao Long and they can go back and forth to South America once a year, not only to bring back many species, but also to bring back many Mayans who are more suitable for cultivating new crops to help take care of these South American species. Ouch, look at this kid, the taste is also weird, corn steamed buns are brushed with tomato sauce to eat, sour and sweet, who to learn! ”

Kang Bao only ate two bites, and his face was coated with tomato sauce, where is this kid eating steamed buns, he just wants to lick the tomato sauce on the steamed buns, and he has to use tomato sauce to deceive him every day in order to eat a steamed bun, however, there are these boys who make a fool of themselves on the table, but they seem warm.

After returning from South America, Zhao Long and the others also rested for half a year, during this time, his crew team has expanded a lot, and these newcomers want to learn sailing skills, or take them to run at sea.

Of course, the most important thing is that they run overseas, which can bring benefits to Datang, and see that they are idle, the shareholders of those overseas exploration and investment companies in Chang'an are not happy, and after the games, the stock price has been declining, and it is necessary for Heraclius to be trapped in a high position.

The new crops grown here in Lingnan have been sold at a good price in Gangneung City, and they have been loved by everyone, and they have also been snapped up by countries in the Western Regions.

Therefore, the arrears of the countries of the Western Regions in the Tang Dynasty have added a lot of money.

Now, they are also desperate to explore the fleet to find new crops to detonate the stock price again, so that they can gain some profits and recover some losses.

Sun Xiangfu doesn't think that they will be able to solve the problem in the short term, nor do they think that the seeds they bought back in Datang can quickly change the situation in their own country.

From figuring out the correct planting technology to promoting it nationwide, even in Datang, it will take two or three years, and it will only take longer to get to them, and God knows what will happen after three or five years.

Without Feng Ang in Lingnan, Li Tai would definitely not be so convenient to do things, but he still worked hard, and with the help of Feng An's more than thirty sons, the stall was basically taken over smoothly, which was also Feng An's previous foundation was good, and the situation of tribal division was completely smashed.

Now, what he needs to consider is to continue to maintain the rapid sinicization of the Lingnan people, and open up some economic and financial resources projects to support the transformation of Lingnan and ensure the livelihood and welfare policies of Lingnan.

When Sun Xiangfu arrived at the chief administrator's yamen, Zhao Long's fleet was already about to dock, so after he joined Li Tai, he came directly to the dock.

"Rong Guogong brought a lot of boats this time! That's three or four times more than before. ”

After a while, the two of them took the welcoming team to the dock, and Li Taimo counted the number of big ships and said with some joy.

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "Looking at the configuration of the fleet, the overall carrying capacity should be more than five times larger than the previous ten ships, and the continuous sailing ability of these ships is also much stronger than before, not only can bring back more South American species, but also transport more skilled laborers back." ”

Speaking of skilled labor, Li Tai was even more excited, striding up and down Zhao Long, who walked off the boat, and the smile on his face was also a little eager.

You know, those Mayans who were brought back by them before are very useful in Lingnan, they have been planting sweet potatoes and corn for generations, Sun Xiangfu slightly asked them for some technical improvements, they can quickly accept it, and their comprehension in cultivation far exceeds that of the local people in Lingnan, and now, they are all planting with the local people.

After greeting each other, Li Tai said with a smile, "It's going to be hard for Rong Guogong again, as soon as the supplies for the trip are ready, the king has already ordered people to prepare, and there is still good wine and meat in the city, so you can let everyone eat, drink and play in the city for a few days before setting off." ”

Zhao Long was about to say a few polite words, but he heard a 'ouch' cry on the shore of the dock, and it turned out that the crew members who came down from the ship fell crookedly.

"These raw melons and eggs, the first time they went to sea, they only walked for a few days, and as soon as they hit the ground, they couldn't stand steadily, but they made His Royal Highness King Wei and Young Master Sun laugh." Zhao Long said a little depressed.

"Hehe, this is what new crew members must go through when they go to sea, I look at it, there are a lot of new people!" Sun Xiangfu said with a smile.

Zhao Long replied, "This batch has a total of 5,000 people, I have brought all the people from the shipping class of my vocational and technical college, and in the future, there will be at least so many people in each session, and when the navigation college opens, it should be able to be a little more." ”

A seafarer, without more than two or three years of experience in sailing at sea, basically does not know what the real sea is, before the level of science and technology has not reached the level of being able to predict weather conditions and detect underwater reefs, this profession will always be a high-risk occupation, however, the demand, will promote the progress of science.

Because, often walking on the edge of danger, will force these people to think of more ways to fight danger, and these new crew members are not the first ordinary Lingnan Dao people to join the navigation industry.

They received two or three years of cultural education, as well as physics, mathematics, and a certain amount of astronomy education at the vocational and technical colleges, and when they really understood the temper of the sea, there would definitely be more detailed things that they explored, recorded, and passed on to the next generation of seafarers.

Soon, Sun Xiangfu saw Zhao He, he took thirty or forty spitting spitting agricultural students ashore, due to the abundance of manpower in agriculture, this time to explore the sea, he did not need to go alone with Wang Erxiao, directly led a large team, these agricultural students from the very beginning of the agricultural college, enrolled, received several years of more systematic agricultural education, and showed a strong agricultural talent for high-quality students, among them, many, in biology, have some research, is the agricultural door is ready to absorb in, Seed members used to do more planting research.

With the help of this team, Zhao He's exploration and collection work will be more comprehensive and meticulous, but it will not be like before, rushing to go and hurrying back, this time, they found valuable, configurable species, will be stationed directly in the local area, after understanding it, and then decide whether to introduce, or, some will directly open up a planting base in the local area, and later transport the raw materials back.

Anyway, now that Datang is at sea, there is no opponent, if someone dares to disrupt Datang's overseas career, Zhao Long doesn't mind applying to the imperial court to lead a naval group army over to kill all those who are not satisfied.

Entertaining Zhao Long, talking to him about the needs of Lingnan, and asking him for help is Li Tai's business, and it is Sun Xiangfu's matter to train the children and students of the peasant sect.

At night, the half-drunk Zhao Long and Sun Xiangfu each carried a wine bottle and sat on the beach by the sea, looking at the waves under the moonlight, they were somewhat melancholy.

"Before March next year, if you don't find Zhao Gang and Li Chunfeng on the South American continent, make supplies locally and go in the direction of the Atlantic! If they're stuck somewhere, you might be able to bring them back. ”

Three years is the scheduled return date of Li Chunfeng's global exploration fleet, because even if it is a steel-clad ship, after three years of turbulence in the sea, it will become very unsafe without major maintenance and repair, and now, it is getting closer and closer to three years before Li Chunfeng and their day of going to sea.

Previously, when Zhao Long and his ship came back from South America, the ships they were driving had already become rusty, and in some positions, there was even the possibility that the clad steel plate might fall off, because these ships were only poured with molten iron to connect a thin steel plate to wrap the wooden hull, and their entire interior was actually wooden, not all steel or all alloy ships of later generations.

Therefore, long-term bumps, or washed by rain, corrosive seawater immersion, will make those wooden structures, loose, deformation and a series of problems, once the steel plate connection is rusted, it is possible to fall off, at that time, even if there is a steel structure keel, the whole ship may fall apart.

Therefore, the later Li Chunfeng and the others returned, the greater the risk they encountered, which was also the reason why Sun Xiangfu and Zhao Long were melancholy.

"Don't worry, I'm ready to look for them this time. I believe that even if they encounter a storm and waves, they will not be wiped out, perhaps because of supplies, or some other reason, they will be trapped, and besides, my brother, even if they die, I will know where their souls are, and if anything happens, this circumnavigation will continue with me. Zhao Long poured a large sip of wine.