On the third day, more than 100 couples, with the help of Xuanwei Army, each couple brought five pieces of cloth, five sets of porcelain, and 20 catties of tea to return to the door to recognize their relatives.

According to the customs of Tianzhu, the south only accepts dowry, does not give a dowry, and they resolutely do not accept the dowry brought by the son-in-law of the Great Song Dynasty, and they dare not accept the man's dowry if they are not prepared for the dowry, this is not to harm their daughters or sisters, and some family conditions are slightly better, and they will send back a dowry, hoping that the son-in-law can treat their daughters well.

The things brought by the newlyweds were brought back intact, and many of them also received a dowry, which made the sergeants who did not sign up to marry their wives very envious and regretful.

A storm that hurt the women of Tianzhu was calmed down because they got married smoothly, and at the same time found their own happiness.

Hundreds of couples moved into new houses, and although there was no mature land, the money and materials given to them by the fleet were enough for them to live for a year or two, and as long as they worked hard and cultivated fertile fields, they could live a good life.

The 100 people left behind are still the Great Song army, and the next time someone from the court comes, they will have to respond, and the salary will also be distributed.

Few merchants came to trade in the Huiyi camp, and after the summer monsoon was gradually over, and the fleet was ready to set off for the south, Lord Dai finally rushed back from the royal city.

Before the fleet set sail, the itinerary was reformulated, after discussion, it was thought that the fleet was too large, and only a small number of ships could really be traded in each place, and other sea ships were wasting time, and this place was still far away from the Great Food, if you stop all the way, you will definitely not be able to go back to the Great Song Dynasty next year, and finally decided that the fleet will be divided into two, fifty sea ships and four warships will be led by Lord Dai, assisted by Jiang Kai and Zhao An, and will return to the coastal countries of Tianzhu, and the rest of the ships will be led by Lord Huang, assisted by Tang Xun and Yang Congyi, and will go straight to the direction of the Great Food along the road. In April next year, the two fleets will meet in Sriwijaya and return north to the Great Song Dynasty.

The itinerary was drawn up, and the fleet set off for the south along the eastern coast.

The two fleets separated soon after heading south, and the fleet led by Dai Cong first stopped at Kakadiya, and after more than a month, went south to Chola for a return trip, and soon after bypassed Chola by sea to Hosala, but did not stay long in this small country, and then went north along the coast to Western Shalouqi, where it lasted for more than two months.

Most of the fleet led by Lord Huang rounded the southernmost tip of the southern continent of Tianzhu and turned towards the Arabian Sea. The north wind crossed the high mountains of the north and reached the sea, the wind had weakened considerably, and the fleet sailed in full swing, day and night, all the way west.

The Great Eclipse is a strange place, and the entire fleet has never been to the west of Tianzhu except for the Great Cannibals found from Champa. Lord Huang is used to throwing his hands in charge, and he doesn't care about the affairs of the fleet, so all the things of the entire fleet, big and small, fall on the shoulders of Yang Congyi and Tang Xun, they are used to this situation, and they are used to it.

If Huiyi wants to do well, the safety of the fleet should be put in the first place. No one knows where the big food is, it's the big cannibal, he is also a mess when he gets to the sea, he can't even distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, let alone navigate the fleet, in desperation, Yang Congyi had to personally sit on the first ship, groping to lead the fleet to the big food.

"Brother Yang, we've been going to sea for almost a year, and time flies." Tang Xun sat on the bow of the boat, looking at the boundless sea.

"Yes, it's been a year and we're still drifting at sea, and I don't know how long it will take to reach Dashi." It has been more than two months since he left Tianzhu, and due to the wind direction, the fleet sailed slowly and never reached the Middle East, and Yang Congyi was also very anxious.

"Seeing that you are confident, you shouldn't know when you will be able to go to Dashi, besides, this route and itinerary are determined by you, you don't know who knows." Tang Xun obviously didn't believe it.

"I'm not a god. You see this vast expanse, you can't see anything, you haven't been here before, there's really nothing you can do. But it should be soon. ”

"What should we do after the goods of sixty or seventy ships arrive at Dashi, the goods sold in Tianzhu in two months are less than twenty ships, and I don't know what valuable things there are over there in Dashi, silk, porcelain, tea They can afford it, I have no confidence at all, if the transaction is lost, I don't have the face to go back." Tang Xun was worried.

"It's impossible to lose. Trading is either by small profits but quick turnover, or by relying on things to be scarce and expensive, we are not far away, prepare for a year, and it took a year to come here, it is to make a big deal, and make a lot of money. The trade between the East and the West has been interrupted for many years, and our silk, porcelain, and tea, no matter which one they are, are rare commodities for the big cannibals, after all, if you miss this opportunity, you will have to wait until a few years later if you want to buy it next time, and you are not afraid that they will not pay for it. They are very rich, and they don't know how much gold and silver they have accumulated, and they can also exchange them for other things, such as spices, jewelry, medicinal materials, etc., as long as they are products that the Great Song Dynasty does not have, these things can be transported back to the Great Song Dynasty to make money, not to mention ten times the profit, five times the surplus should be. How to sell and how to exchange, you must know better than me. "The products of the Middle East are nothing more than jewelry and spices, but Yang Congyi doesn't know exactly what else, but he is sure that as long as the fleet is not destroyed, the ocean-going trade will definitely make a lot of money.

"It is also said that the spices, medicinal herbs, jewelry and other things that Guang Tianzhu exchanged for were more than enough to bring back to the Great Song Dynasty to earn tens of millions. Looks like I'm overthinking. Tang Xun turned his head to look at Yang Congyi, with a special meaning flashing in his eyes.

"Can't be careless, the land of the big cannibals is not fertile enough, farming is difficult to make a living, almost everyone is in business, the Han and Tang dynasties for hundreds of years, they specialize in the transit trade between the East and the West, and the silk and porcelain of the things can only be sold to them, and then they continue to sell to Western countries, when they are a unified country, they can completely monopolize the trade of materials between the East and the West, and now they are divided into several countries, we should do better to return to Yi." Yang Congyi raised his hand and patted her shoulder.

"Brother Yang is very familiar with the situation here, sometimes I wonder if you are from the Great Song Dynasty." Tang Xun smiled, his eyes full of tenderness.

Yang Congyi laughed: "I'm not from the Great Song Dynasty, what else can I be." Knowing so much is just a journey of thousands of miles and a lot of hearsay. As long as you go out for a walk more, after a long time, everything in the world will be in your chest. Yang Congyi smiled, and his heart began to get nervous, it seems that he will have to be more restrained in the future, otherwise sooner or later he will show his bottom and cause unnecessary trouble.

"I don't believe in hearsay to know so much. The sun is setting, let's go back. ”

The red sun on the bow of the ship slowly sank into the sea, and the sunset drifted away, and night fell.

After another ten days of sailing, a dusk continent finally appeared in front of the fleet, and the voyage of more than two months finally came to an end.

But no one could be sure what country the continent was, and where the port was, not even the Arab Saiyal, who had been away from home for too long, and the Middle East was a very large area, and the places he had been to were only a small area.

For safety reasons, the fleet stayed in the open sea, ten miles offshore, and Yang Congyi took Sayal to land on the coast in person by car and ship to investigate the situation.

They found a small fishing village along the coast, where the vehicles and boats docked, and six sergeants accompanied him into the village.

Soon after, Sayal came back and told Yang Congyi that this place was still very far from his hometown, and that the place they had arrived at was the territory of the Bedouins, and it was in the southernmost place, and that if they wanted to think of his hometown of Seljuk, the fleet would have to go back some distance, and then go north, until the end of the sea, the northern sea was not wide, and there were many passing ships, and at the speed of the fleet, it should be possible to reach Seljuk in seven or eight days.

Hearing this news, Yang Congyi thought about it for a while, and knew that this place should be at the southern tip of Saudi Arabia, or it could be in Oman, the northern sea area that Sayal said was the Persian Gulf, and the so-called Seljuk should be the Iraqi region, which is the most fertile and rich area in the two river basins, and the fleet's destination this time is the two river basins of the Persian Gulf. There is a shortage of water everywhere in the Middle East, but the two river basins are abundant, and the wealth of the whole Arab region is estimated to be mostly concentrated there, and sixty or seventy ships of cargo should be easily sold.

When the ship returned to the open sea, the fleet turned around.

The Persian Gulf, which is a familiar area of water for Shayal, was served as a navigator on the front ship, where Yang Congyi revised the charts and recorded the route.

Two days later, the flotilla passed through the narrowest corner of the mouth of the Persian Gulf. The sea area here is not more than a hundred miles wide, standing on the boat, the gray mountains on both sides of the river can be seen clearly, the scenery here is too different from the Nanyang and Tianzhu, almost no green can be seen, even in the sea, the air can not feel the moisture.

All the way from Quanzhou, the fleet has experienced many climate changes, in addition to the beginning of the difficult to adapt, general illness, the whole body collapsed, before arriving in Qiongzhou, everyone was cured by the accompanying Tai Yi and Taoist, after which the body gradually adapted to the hot and humid climate, coupled with adequate preparation, few people have serious illnesses, and more than ten people have died of illness on the road in the past year.

The dry climate here is different from that of the Great Song Dynasty, and the grass and trees cannot grow, let alone people?

There are a lot of sea ships in the Persian Gulf, in and out, you can often encounter them, but those ships are very small, and the largest ships you have seen are only half the size of sea boats. More than 70 large ships went all the way north, and the momentum was mighty, and the small boats along the way avoided one after another, not daring to block the road, let alone go forward side by side.

"My lord, my hometown of Seljuk is not far ahead, and I guess I can get there tonight." Standing on the bow of the boat, Seyal was very excited, and after many years away from home, he finally returned.

"That's great. Seyal, thank you very much for bringing us to your hometown, this is the reward promised to you before, a hundred taels of gold, you take it. Yang Congyi smiled and handed him a bag containing money.

Seal took the money bag, opened it, and saw that it contained broken gold of yellow, orange and orange, and immediately bowed his head and thanked him: "Thank you, sir." ”