However, it is very dangerous to run directly in the South Seas, let alone run Tianzhu and the Persian Gulf, and the general maritime merchants only run their own fixed routes, running between fixed ports, and rarely run such long routes, so their goods also change hands, and the cost is higher.

"With the big treasure ship, the risk of going to the South Seas can be greatly reduced, and I believe that as long as we are willing to pay a lot of money, we will definitely be able to dig up a few capable guys, and then we can also try to go south. In the past, we could always reach the Kunlun Sea, and we could also find spice islands, and then we would capture one or two spice islands, and then use the local Kunlun slaves to grow spices, and then transport them back to sell. Li Shimin painted a very good prospect to the captain.

"Without charts and routes, it is very dangerous for us to run on our own, and only one or two people on ordinary ships can master the route, and it will never be easily leaked."

"I don't steal other people's routes, I only look for people who can recognize stars, know how to draw, and have experience in sailing at sea, and we can also find our own routes."

Li Shimin believes that the shipping routes are all run out, and in the past, ships could only use the monsoons to run to the Persian Gulf, and now the shipbuilding technology is so good, with watertight cabins, navigation compasses, and astrological star-pulling plates, and even treasure ships can sail against the wind, then as long as they dare to try, they will definitely be able to make a route of their own.

After all, they are sailing along the coast, not into the deep sea.

"Over there at the Sunset King?"

"We run a boat for the Sunset King, and he also has a share of the profits, and he will not object, not to mention that the Sunset King will accept me as his righteous son." Li Shimin said.

Before coming out this time, Li Shimin did not have these bold ideas.

But the two-month experience of the pirate leader made his heart restless again.

Sail and sail across the seas, that is incomparably free.

And pirate raiding is so exciting.

"After Halong Bay, it will be our base camp, and Longshi Island will be our base, Lao Hei, follow me, let's be the Dragon King of the South China Sea."

"." The first mate Lao Hei is also a bold man, but whoever runs on the sea is not bold, at sea, it is a gamble on his life, and no one knows if he can come back from this sea.

"Captain, we need more ships, treasure ships, and more sailors."

"Sailor?" Li Shimin smiled and pointed to Halong Bay, "There are so many Tan people here, their ancestors have lived on this sea for generations, and they have never been on land, they are the best sailors, recruit from these people, as long as the conditions we offer are good enough, there are as many sailors as we want." ”

"We also need fighters."

The 1,000 people that Luo Yi lent to them always had to be repaid.

"Pick some strong from among the slaves and train them."

"Lao Hei, you stay on Dragonstone Island and train those Tanmin sailors and slave warriors for me, and I will take the boat to Jiaozhi first, and when the transaction is over, I will return to Puyang Port in Ninan County and send back the Sunset King's things. When I have negotiated with the Sunset King, I will return, and then we will sail out together and head south in search of the Kunlun Sea and the Spice Island. ”

A grain of pepper is simply a grain of silver beans, Lao Hei's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again, "Okay, I'll wait for you to come back, and I'll leave it to me here." ”

"Damn, this spice is so profitable, it must not be monopolized by the royal merchant fleet." Old Black was indignant.

Now on the market, a liter of pepper is converted into six coins of silver, and how much is the Kaiyuan Tongbao for six coins of silver? It is close to the usual money, about 960 yuan, although it is not to the point of mixing silver dust in pepper and pretending to be pepper, but the price is still amazing.

Transporting one stone back is worth 100 yuan, and loading a boat, even if it is carrying 100 stones back, it is worth 10,000 yuan.

In history, when Yuan Zai, the minister of the Tang Dynasty, was convicted of raiding his house, he copied 800 stones of pepper from his home, which made the emperor's eyes red.

In front of Pepper, Li Shimin and Lao Hei couldn't even look down on the native rhino horn, ivory, pearl, and longan here.

Quang Nam Province, Sunset Country.

Luo Yi has been busy training soldiers and horses during this time, and when the northern Central Plains was just about to plant the first crop of rice, Sunset Country had already harvested the first crop of rice.

Taking advantage of the sunny weather, the golden Champa rice was robbed, threshed, dried and blown into the warehouse.

After the first harvest is made, the second season is planted immediately.

The double robbery here was almost completed, and Luo Yi began to recruit young and strong men from middle school in the country and began to chase and train.

More than a month ago, Zhenla Man crossed the river to invade Wenyang City, although the final surprise attack failed, and the strong attack was not down, the barbarians quickly sent reinforcements in Sunset City, and withdrew across the river.

But for Luo Yi, Zhen Laman actually dared to touch his tiger beard, he really didn't want to live.

Not to mention, although Zhenlaman retreated, he destroyed the crops of several tunzhuang outside Wenyang County, and the rice that was about to ripen was trampled and destroyed, which made Luo Yi extremely angry.

After Zhenla Man retreated, he also knocked down the stele that Luo Yi had set up on the east bank of the river, and erected their stele of Zhenla, wanting to declare sovereignty.

Luo Yi led the troops to Wenyang, failed to deal with the barbarians, but held a grudge, he led the troops out of the mountains, inspected the upper and lower reaches of the east bank of the river, this time the patrol was three hundred miles long, and even broke a dozen villages that refused to surrender before, and captured thousands of barbarians back.

However, Luo Yi did not cross the river, he had limited soldiers in his hands, and the government soldiers were only 500.

His own guards were only two hundred.

But Luo Yi didn't plan to just forget it, he was waiting for Li Shimin to come back, and the thousand soldiers and slave soldiers he brought with him were a very important force for Sunset Country.

At the same time, he is also waiting for the double rush to work, after all, the sunset country has a total population of 10,000, if the army is sent during the double rush season, it will affect this year's harvest.

Left and right, one wait is two months.

Fortunately, Li Shimin finally came back.

Luo Yi personally rushed to the Wushiling Pass to greet him.

Li Shimin went there with 1,000 people, but when he returned, there were more than 5,000 people.

"Why are there so many people?" Although I had received several letters from Li Shimin before, and knew that Li Shimin had gained a lot of harvest this time, I was also shocked to see so many people and many elephants and mules and horses carrying goods.

"Living up to the mission, this time I went out and gained a lot of money, but Ning Changzhen and other traitors were too useless, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and it was destroyed in only three months in total. Ning Changzhen was even more frightened and hanged himself, embarrassed. ”

"If they had persevered, I would have gained more." As he spoke, Li Shimin took out a list and handed it to Luo Yi.

Luo opened it and saw that it was written all kinds of materials and craftsmen, slaves, etc., and the textile craftsmen, porcelain craftsmen, gold and silver mine craftsmen he was most looking forward to were there, and there were quite a few of each, and then there were a lot of slang slaves.

"Originally, there were 3,000 slang slaves, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to manage, so I traded a batch of Kunlun slaves in Jiaozhi."