Just two days before going to sea, Yang Wan came to Haizhou from Chang'an alone, and this time she didn't even bring the maids around her.

And I don't know what means Yang Wan used to confuse Pei Yingying, and even asked Pei Yingying to write a letter in person, suggesting that she take Yang Wan to sea together.

Li Yuanjing really wanted to rub Pei Yingying's stupid girl's head, I don't know if this woman has any kindness to your husband?

"Sailing is far more arduous than you think!" Looking at Yang Wan beside him, Li Yuanjing said helplessly.

"You know, it's not like I haven't been to sea!" Yang Wan smiled slightly and said indifferently.

Li Yuanjing sighed, and after thinking about it for a long time, there was nothing to say, the Yang family had settled in Hokkaido, how could it be that they had never been to the sea, although the near sea and the far sea were not the same concept at all.

"This time I don't have the Yang family's share, don't make it difficult for this king!" Li Yuanjing thought about it, and finally reminded directly.

The relationship between him and Yang Wan is a bit complicated, and it is impossible to talk about true love at all, but when it comes to using each other, he has nothing to make use of, it is nothing more than occupying her body.

"People know ......" Yang Wan pursed her mouth and stopped talking.

There are five hundred boat girls in the fleet, except for the eldest Sun Chong, who has been prepared, who has picked two of them and quietly raised them in his cabin, there is also a Yang Wan by Li Yuanjing's side.

In other words, whether it is an ordinary soldier or Cheng Chumo and others who go to sea with the fleet for the first time, if they want to solve their personal problems, they must go to those boat girls.

This is a big problem, and something is going to happen.

In front of Pei Yingying, Yang Wan did not hide her relationship with Li Yuanjing, but informed some of the situation in the fleet, and after Pei Yingying gave the final bottom line, she finally wrote this letter and agreed that Yang Wan would go to sea with Li Yuanjing.

For Li Yuanjing, Yang Wan and Pei Yingying's worries are really too much.

As an adolescent boy, even if there is a trace of impulse in his heart, this kind of thing is not essential, it is not difficult for him to endure it for a year and a half, and even when there are women around him, Li Yuanjing also tries his best to restrain himself, anyway, for those boat girls, Li Yuanjing will not look at them anyway, let alone touch them.

In the cabin, there was a constant stream of discussions.

Li Yuanjing did not let the imperial court appoint a deputy this time, in fact, it was completely unnecessary, more than 20 family gate lords each sent five people to follow the fleet, even if they couldn't make any decisions, they were also good monitors.

Of course, Li Yuanjing did not place them on one ship, but on ten ships each.

There were a total of 20 thousand-stone ships on this voyage, and a 100-stone steamship at the forefront, but in terms of personnel, Li Yuanjing did not choose to bring 15,000 people in the end, but only brought 12,000 people.

The 3,000 people in the sky were all used to carry all kinds of supplies, although Li Yuanjing roughly knew where there was land and where there was no land, but he had to be cautious about this kind of thing.

Ren Zhixing, who had become the chief navigator, was sweating profusely arguing with others, and although there was no clear promotion in terms of official position, his status in the fleet was unquestionable.

Ren Zhixing has the absolute right to make suggestions on things such as the arrangement of routes, and of course, it also includes the detection of unknown routes, which are extremely important data, and with the experience of mapping in Tamna, Silla and Wakoku, Ren Zhixing is already familiar with the road in terms of mapping.

"Your Highness!" Seeing Li Yuanjing's arrival, Ren Zhixing, Ma Zhou and others temporarily stopped arguing.

This time Ma Zhou was also brought out by Li Yuanjing, although this is a talent, but because of Li Yuanjing, Li Shimin did not trust Ma Zhou as deeply as in history, although he was still given a high official position, but Ma Zhou felt that life was really uncomfortable, and when Li Yuanjing opened his mouth to recruit, he immediately chose to follow.

"What's the situation?" Looking at the noisy crowd, Li Yuanjing hurriedly asked, let them discuss the route This is the instruction he gave, but he didn't expect that a few people were almost to the point of taking off their shoes and smashing them.

"The current disagreement mainly appears in two aspects, the navigator feels that the fleet should follow the land all the way, that is, through Lingnan, Annam, and then through Linyi, the real wax is the farthest country recorded in the current literature, and after the real wax is released, a new exploration will begin.

He felt that since these countries were already documented in the literature, why should we rush to explore them? The experience of the Tamna and Wa kingdoms taught the Lower Duty that the land that could be inhabited did not necessarily have to be explored according to the land, and if it were according to this rule, it would not be possible to discover these two places. Ma Zhou voiced the differences between the two parties.

There is no problem with their respective opinions, as the captain of the sea, Ren Zhixing must consider the safety of the fleet before arranging more routes.

But Ma Zhou doesn't need to think about it so much, he thinks about repeatedly probing those places, isn't this a waste of energy and resources?

You must know that Li Yuanjing set the tone for this voyage as early as the beginning, and he will start returning to Datang in October at the latest, and strive to return to Datang before the end of the year.

As for why such a time was set, of course Li Yuanjing had Li Yuanjing's arrangement, and he had a rough map of Southeast Asia in his heart, Li Yuanjing knew the general terrain here very well, and they didn't have to go back to those roads, just go around the South China Sea in a circle.

Of course, Li Yuanjing knows the actual situation, but Ma Zhou and Ren Zhixing don't know, it is impossible for him to follow every voyage in the future, and he must always train a few qualified talents.

"Let's go to the Ryukyus first!" Li Yuanjing made a decision directly, and the views of both of them could be taken care of, but only in order.

The current Ryukyu is not the Ryukyu Kingdom in the memory of later generations, but the bend, which is now called Ryukyu, as early as the period of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Zhu Kuan, Chen Ling and others were sent to Ryukyu successively, and the connection between the two places was strengthened, but now this contact has been broken, there is really nothing to contact, except for a small number of aborigines, even a figure can not be seen.

"Your Highness, everything in front of you is unknown, I still think that I should sail according to the direction of the land, and when we arrive at the real wax, we can find a local guide to lead the way, we can't afford to lose......" Ren Zhixing still persuaded a little unwillingly.

In the face of Ren Zhixing's stubbornness, Li Yuanjing was not angry, and explained in a steady tone: "Ryukyu is definitely going to go, according to historical records, at least one million people can be placed there, this time we will go to explore the way first, if it is feasible, the imperial court will prepare next year, and Ryukyu will definitely be the first step in overseas development." As for the aftermath, sail directly south for ten days, if you haven't seen the land after ten days, then return the same way to resupply, if the supply is enough, go directly to the west, according to the distance, you should be able to go directly to Linyi or True Wax! ”