Liu Xie didn't listen to the advice, grabbed the ears of the wild pig, and turned over. As soon as they rode up, they saw that the wild pig was jumping and jumping like crazy, and the generals were going to pull the wild pig to save the emperor.

Yu Rong said: "It's okay, don't panic, Your Majesty can handle it." ”

Sure enough, after a while, the wild pig became honest, and Liu Xie said: "Good guy, it's quite a deal." I've seen it all, it's still quite easy to tame, but I don't know how fast it is. And the other one, who of you will come? ”

Yu Rong said, "I'll come, Your Majesty." ”

Yu Rong said that he got off the horse and came to the other wild pig, turned over the pig, and the wild pig was upside down for a while, and then he became honest.

After the two rode the pig around the same place twice, they returned to the same place, Liu Xie got down from the wild pig, pulled Yu Rong down again, and then said, "Slaughtered." ”

Everyone didn't know what they meant, they were a little confused, Liu Xie looked at everyone and asked, "Can't you understand what I said?" The public platform called a few spearmen to come over and kill the two animals. ”

After that, he had already mounted his horse, and Yu Rong also rode on the horse, and said, "Your Majesty, why, such a lovely mount." ”

Liu Xie said expressionlessly: "I said that if I slaughtered it, I will slaughter it, line up, shoot at them together, and if you shoot it alone, it will startle it." ”

Helplessly, Chen Gong also came with twenty spearmen, and in the face of the two wild pigs, he gave an order and shot them together, killing the two wild pigs.

Liu Xie said: "Let's go, continue to hurry!" ”

When the team was on the road, Liu Xie raised his right hand and raised his middle finger to the sky, and everyone didn't know what he meant. Liu Xiexin said: Didn't you send two wild pigs to Lao Tzu? Lao Tzu slaughtered him, see what else do you want?

He had realized that there was a pair of eyes behind him watching him at all times.

In this battle of wild pigs, more than a dozen soldiers died, Liu Xie asked them to be buried, and there were more than a dozen wounded, and he asked more than a dozen people to escort these injured back to the camp. This time there were fifty people.

There were no emergencies along the way, and I walked all day, camped in a valley, found a place without snow, cut down trees, and burned a fire to keep warm.

When camping at night, Liu Xie gathered everyone together and said: "This trip is difficult, everyone has worked hard. ”

Chen Gong said: "For the sake of my great cause of the Han Dynasty, although I have no regrets in death, what is this hardship?" ”

Liu Xie smiled bitterly and said, "What is the great cause? I just want my big man to last a little longer. ”

Chen Gong said: "Otherwise, Your Majesty, if you are like other ordinary emperors, it may not last long, but you are a wise monarch through the ages, and you will definitely be able to achieve great things for thousands of years." ”

Liu Xie said: "Today on the way to the march, all day, I have been thinking about a question, you can help me see the feasibility." ”

Everyone heard him say, "The fig tree does not work very well instead of the rubber tree." When I go to the treasure spot and find this treasure, the rubber technology will be greatly improved, so it will be more and more difficult for the fig tree to meet the conditions now. ”

Chen Gong said: "But Your Majesty, we don't know where the rubber trees you are talking about." ”

Liu Xie said: "I know that there is a place, which is 40,000 miles away from my Eastern Han Dynasty. ”

"Forty thousand miles?" Several people asked in surprise.

"That's right, 40,000 miles, and there is a vast ocean in between, and these 40,000 miles are all on the ocean."

Chen Gong said: "But it's hard to reach like this." ”

Liu Xie smiled: "Don't we have a steamboat?" If you want to get something good, how can you do it without paying a price? ”

Chen Gong nodded and said, "Well, what Your Majesty said is extremely true, if you want to gain a foothold in the world, you have to be ruthless and open-minded." ”

Liu Xie said: "So I wondered if I should organize a fleet to cross the ocean and go to South America to find rubber trees. ”

Rubber trees were first produced in South America, and later developed to Southeast Asia, which is now the world's largest rubber producer.

Chen Gong nodded and said, "Since we have to cross the ocean, the warship must have a deep draft, otherwise it will be difficult to resist the waves." At such a distance, there will definitely be huge wind and waves. This is one point, and the second point is that in addition to the big war ships, the number of war ships must be large, because such a long journey must carry a large amount of supplies, and the casualties caused by the risks along the way must also be considered. ”

Liu Xie nodded and said, "Gongtai and I thought of a piece. ”

Chen Gong also said: "Wechen has also seen some information about rubber trees, saying that this plant is more suitable for planting in tropical areas, Wechen is thinking, it just so happens that there are still many places in the south of my Han that have not strengthened their rule, and they can just send troops to garrison, and they will be planted after the rubber trees are welcomed." ”

Chen Gong said, took out a list map of Kyushu, and said: "Now the southern experimental planting, and when there is a chance in the future, I will conquer the Nanban, and plant it in the Nanban." ”

Liu Xie said: "In fact, Yizhou and Zhuya are also suitable for planting. ”

Yizhou is now TW Province, and Zhuya is today's Hai'nan Island.

Liu Xie clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's not talk about the Southern Expedition first, let's talk about this great voyage first, right?" ”

Since you are going to cross half the world to South America, isn't that a great voyage? Liu Xie said: "I was thinking, who should I send?" ”

Chen Gong said: "If Your Majesty believes in Weichen, let Weichen go!" ”

"Of course I believe you," Liu Xie grabbed his hand and said, "But this trip must be a lot of hardship, and I can't bear to work you so hard." ”

Chen Gong said: "Your Majesty, the eldest husband will be vigorous in the world, even if he dies, what is there to fear, it is not in vain to live this life!" If you don't seek progress, how is it different from the walking corpse? ”

Liu Xie laughed and said: "The character of the public platform is like mine, that's okay, I have made a preliminary decision to go to you, and after getting the baby, I will start to work on the voyage, and when the time comes, you will choose someone again." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Why did Liu Xie suddenly think about going to South America to look for rubber trees? It is not difficult to deduce that this small dictionary must release a systematic task to conquer South America one day in his life.

So he prepared in advance, looking for rubber trees is one thing, sending a fleet of warships to take the rubber trees, he will definitely establish a colony there, and when the time comes, when the little dictionary comes to release this task again, he has already completed it in advance.

Isn't it beautiful?

So they rested in the field for the night, and the soldiers took turns to stand guard, and because they were cavalrymen, they did not carry much baggage, so they did not have tents, and each man brought only two blankets, one to cushion and one to cover, and then to keep warm by a campfire.

(End of chapter)