The landed Ministry of Rites officials could be sure that there was indeed a country here, because everything in front of them proved their idea.

But this is the country......

How so......

It's no different from a primitive person, but I saw some linen cloth, but the quality of those linen cloth is so poor that people want to cry, and there are not many of them, only a few people can wear a coarsely made linen pants, and even fewer people can wear a linen shirt without sleeves.

As for the others, most of them can only be dressed in leaves and animal skins.

Of course, the difference between the factors of whether it is a country is very simple, look at the rules!

As the saying goes, there are no rules, and the dwarf blacks in Luzon were beaten up when they saw them, and when they found that they couldn't beat them, they ran away.

And the situation here is not a little better than that of the dwarf blacks in Luzon, at least when they landed, although the opposite side was on high alert, they did not attack directly.

"Chief, there is a totem!" One said, pointing to a linen flag inlaid with patterns.

"I am waiting for the order of the Tang Emperor to visit your country......" Although it is very shabby here, Ping Yang, the head of the Ministry of Rites, still acts in accordance with the etiquette rules of communication with foreign countries.

Ping Yang and the others were shocked by the shabby here, and the people here were shocked by how rich these local tyrants were?

Looking at the huge fleet in the distance, these fleets alone almost scared them into peeing their pants, and most of the reason why they didn't react was because they were too scared to react.

Look at their gorgeous clothes, and then look at yourself......

Although I didn't understand what the other party said, the actions made by the other party also made people feel a kind of kindness, so there was not much reaction here, and the leader even returned the salute in the same way as Ping Yang, and then opened his mouth and said: "&*... ￥%@#”

"......" Pingyang and the others were completely confused, they didn't understand, what should they do?

"Chief, you might as well exchange some food with them first!" The subordinate reminded.

The language barrier naturally makes it impossible to communicate in depth, and the two sides basically decide that they can only communicate through actions, but this kind of communication is extremely strenuous and takes a lot of time.

It's not impossible to learn the other person's language, but it also takes a lot of time.

The fleet traveled all the way to this point, even if there were all kinds of seafood along the way as supplements, but the soldiers from Datang still did not have to eat a little staple food, and they had to eat a little bit to be considered reliable, and the food of the fleet was almost consumed in nearly five months.

If they can't find a supplement in the next month or two, the soldiers will have to rely on seafood to survive, and this is still the result of power to control food consumption, and everyone can only eat one-third of the bowl of staple food every day......

"I ...... Use this ...... Change your food......" Ping Yang thought for a while, pointed to himself, then pointed to the clothes on his body, then pointed to the other party, and gestured to eat, and then pointed to the clothes, anyway, it means that the fleet exchanges clothes for your food.

The other party seemed to understand what Ping Yang meant, nodded, and turned his head to the person behind him and said a lot.

Soon, the other party brought a pot of rice, and when he saw the rice, Ping Yang breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't expect that there was rice here, I have to say, this is a surprise.

However, the shrewd Pingyang was not attracted by this pot of rice, but shook his head, asked people to take ten sacks and throw them in front of him, pointed to the sacks on the ground, and pointed to his clothes.

The other party also seemed to understand, and it was another chatter, and soon, ten bags were taken away.

After a short time, everyone walked back with ten bags of rice, Ping Yang opened a bag and looked at it, it was rice that had not peeled, nodded with satisfaction, and then asked people to load the rice on the boat, and then asked him to return to the fleet to get suitable clothes.

Ten bags of rice for a set of clothes, although it is very pitiful, but if you really count it, it is the fleet that really suffers.

And their clothes are all custom-made, counting the wages or something, a dress will cost at least fifty yuan, what price does the rice sell? Now the Datang bucket is only ten yuan, and the good quality can be sold for nearly twenty yuan, and the ordinary corn is four or five yuan a bucket, and the bag of rice without husking is less than one stone.

After calculating that they have been running for several months, they have wasted so much manpower and energy, so it is not a loss to sell at this price.

Ten days later, Li Yuanjing landed on this land for the first time.

In the past ten days, Ping Yang has been able to communicate with each other simply.

It doesn't matter if you don't know the language, you are willing to think of a way, you are willing to learn, the two sides start with simple words, pointing to the clothes, Ping Yang said the clothes, let the other party follow the learning, and the other party uses their words to say the clothes, Ping Yang and others also follow the learning, although they don't learn much, but there is no problem reluctantly.

This time, the fleet put out the wine and food of the Tang Dynasty, while the other party put out their food, although it was very shabby, but Li Yuanjing didn't care.

After a banquet, both the guest and the host ended the banquet with smiles.

"Invite him to follow the fleet to Datang to have a look!" Before the banquet ended, Li Yuanjing commanded Ping Yang.

And after getting the invitation, the other party nodded excitedly.

This goods dressed in ordinary official clothes are actually the prince here, although he is not the heir, but his status is there.

After the banquet and the supply, Li Yuanjing decided to leave in two days, and the next way they had to go was still far away, according to the distance, half of the journey was not completed, and there was no time to continue to delay here.

And there is always a question in Li Yuanjing's mind, it is also a voyage, why did Zheng He later go to the West seven times and toss the rich Ming into a poor egg, while the Western group of people stubbornly built a country into the richest country?

People who have some knowledge of navigation will feel sorry for this, Zheng He's ships to the West are all large ships of thousands of stones, while those people in the West sail with small boats of one or two hundred stones, and some ships even have ten people on board.

After thinking about it, Li Yuanjing found that he knew what the reason was, according to Zheng He's method, even China in the 21st century couldn't bear it.

It is a huge expense to build a ship, and every voyage carries a ship full of treasures, and brings back a variety of native products, which enriches the species of the Ming Dynasty, but there is no direct benefit for the country.

Moreover, Zheng He's voyage idea was actually the same as Li Yuanjing's voyage, and he walked along the continental shelf.

And the people in the West are in charge of you, and they can drive a boat and jump in and be finished, so they can cross the Atlantic, across the Pacific Ocean.

Zheng He's strategy of sailing is a friendly visit, I will give you treasures, you give me some gifts back, it doesn't matter what you have, hello, I'm good, everyone's good, it's over, but the Western gang is different, they want to occupy everywhere they go, they want to colonize, so you are not poor, who is poor?

Of course, Zheng He was also selfish, instigating the Ming Dynasty to sail, but instead of bringing obvious benefits, this goods ended up on a pilgrimage, which was sold by his mother, and this is the reason why those ministers were so angry later, desperately burned the treasure ship, as well as all the information about the construction of the treasure ship, and the navigation information.

Although the hatred is relieved, another fact is in front of him, the Ming Dynasty has become a poor egg with nothing overnight from the world's maritime hegemon, which is equivalent to letting the current US imperialists destroy all his warships and bases, and destroy all data technology, and no one will be allowed to touch these things again for the next few hundred years.

Of course, Li Yuanjing would not make such a mistake, and invited the other party to the Tang Dynasty, in fact, in order to be able to better establish trade, although it is a little different from the colony, but in fact it is almost the same.

These places are defined by Li Yuanjing as dumping grounds for Datang goods, as for what do they have?

This doesn't matter, there are resources to contribute resources, and there are no resources to contribute manpower, anyway, the next step is to open up, which will use countless people, and use some of Datang's excess resources in exchange for these free labor, which can also produce direct benefits for Datang, which is very cost-effective.