The people take food as the sky, and no matter how much food there is for the people, they will not be disgusted, and the soldiers and sailors are all from the common people, and it is the first time to see so many big fish piled up in front of them, and they shout with joy, and then they are infinitely melancholy. In June, when so many fish are fished, it will stink in less than half a day, which makes people feel that so much food will be spoiled, and they are so anxious that they cry.

Feng Daiwen really had no choice but to stand up and command everyone to cut off the head of the fish, remove the internal organs, break it in half, and then put it on the deck, exposed to the high temperature of the sea, and it became dried fish at the end of the day. In the end, Feng Daiwen had to order that he could only catch fish in the morning, and then dry the fish, at first everyone was very excited, everyone turned into fishermen, kept catching fish, breaking and drying into dried fish.

Among them, Feng Daihuo and Xi Jun bought it, and they were the most excited, and the two of them were able to pull up the fishing nets that more than a dozen people were wringing and working hard. Now the boat eats different fish three times a day, and it has only been five days Feng Daihuo has already begun to complain, and it is estimated that he will vomit when he sees fish after eating for a few days.

Feng Daiwen let his boat go to the front, and he really couldn't stand the fishy smell that rushed to the sky.

"Tai Lao, see if you can build a bigger and better ship if you wrap the outside of the ship in iron." Feng Daiwen asked Taimin, who followed the fleet to check the performance of the boats, this is another clan elder in Taijia Village, who has been helping to build and improve ships in the shipyard for a long time.

"In principle, there is no problem, but the cost of shipbuilding iron is too high because it rusts and breaks easily. And the bigger the better, the smaller the iron, I'm afraid it won't have much effect and will increase the weight. Taemin replied thoughtfully.

"There should be no problem with this, now it is made in a large furnace, which can make a large enough steel plate, and let them study the formula after returning to Chang'an to see if they can make it without rust, or let the Taoist people see if they can make a layer of rust prevention." Feng Daiwen believes that with the current technology, it should be possible, if it doesn't work, recruit people again, or if it doesn't work, go to other countries to ask for craftsmen, and study it together.

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It did not dock in Jiaozhou, and it was not until Quanzhou that it docked to replenish fresh water, and because there have been large fleets in Lingnan in the past year, the Quanzhou wharf has been expanded many times. Jiangnan merchants who want to go to Lingnan to do business will also take the Feng family's ships at the wharf. Commerce is what makes a place prosperous, and more and more merchants are realizing the benefits of the sea route, which is not only fast, but also can transport large quantities of goods. Feng Daiwen believes that bringing back so many treasures this time will definitely make the whole Datang set its sights overseas.

The substitutions continued all the way, and they arrived in Luoyang on July 16 of the first year of Zhenguan. Feng Daiwen visited Qu Tutong's father and son with gifts, changed into a river boat and continued to set off to Chang'an, and the grain was left in the Luoyang Guancang, and Qu Tutong would help deal with it.

Stepping on land and returning to Chang'an, Feng Daiwen was extremely down-to-earth and eager to return home. The fleet followed Weishui, detoured to the Qingming Canal, and then entered Chang'an City from Mingdemen.

The news of returning to the city had already been reported to Li Shimin, otherwise it would be impossible for such a large team to enter Chang'an. But what Feng Daiwen didn't expect was that Li Yuan actually came in person, Li Chengqian, Li Ke and Li Tai were a lot, Guang'an didn't come, and Yuzhang Changle also hid behind the eldest grandson Wuji, after all, so much property had to pass through his household book.

Feng Daiwen saw that the dock was crowded, so he secretly came to play a big one, called Feng Daihuo, and Xi Jun bought some orders. Xi Junmai smiled and left excitedly.

As soon as the boat docked, Feng Daiwen took the lead in stepping forward to greet everyone, Li Tai's face was full of excitement, Li Ke, Li Chengqian was relatively stable, and he didn't see a few people for a few months, and it seemed that he had grown a little taller, of course, Fang Yiai didn't count, he stood behind Li Tai and had to be a head taller. Feng Daizhi nodded with a smile, Changle and Yu Zhang waved their hands behind him, and Feng Daiwen nodded in response. Feng An, the eldest grandson Wuji smiled and said nothing, only Li Yuan laughed and said, "Good boy, you brought something good back for me." ”

Feng Daiwen smiled helplessly and said, "I will definitely not disappoint Grandpa Huang." After speaking, he smiled mysteriously and accompanied Li Yuan to the side.

Li Yuan didn't say anything about Feng Daiwen's pretending to be mysterious, and waited with the same interest.

It didn't take long for Xi Junmai to push the carriage down with someone first, and the carriage was covered with a cloth, so that people couldn't see what was inside, but they knew that it was very heavy, and there were actually more than 10 people pushing a cart.

Under the expectant gaze of the surrounding people, the carriage was pushed to the open ground, and then Xi Junmai took 100 soldiers wearing armor and carrying large shields to lay a shield array in front of Li Yuan, and then unveiled the cloth of the carriage.

"Wow!" The surrounding people exclaimed in amazement at the behemoth that appeared on the carriage.

Several rhinos suddenly appeared from the darkness to the light, and they couldn't help but "Mu! The sound is very penetrating.

"Grandpa Huang, this is a rhinoceros paid tribute by Fanbang, and it has a lot of strength, so it was locked up just in case." Feng Daiwen explained.

"Well, yes, I've only used rhino horn cups before, and I haven't seen a live rhinoceros yet, so it's interesting." Li Yuan touched his beard with satisfaction and took a few steps forward, looked at it and said.

At this time, the animal trainer drove the white elephant off the boat.

"This is an elephant, isn't there a war elephant, although these two are a little better-looking, but they are not too big." Li Yuan looked at the white elephant and said.

The animal trainer drove the white elephant to the open space, and with the command, the white elephant actually knelt down to Li Yuan, and the long nose nodded a few times like a human buckle on his head, and then got up and stood upright with his hind legs, and saluted with his front feet together like a human fist. Opened Li Yuan's old arms and laughed.

"The white elephant is a mascot in Fanbang, and this pair of elephant emperors and grandfathers can let them perform and have fun." Feng Daiwen continued.

"Well, yes, yes, I'm very relieved." Li Yuan smiled so hard that his eyes were not eyeballed, and he praised.

After the rhinoceros and elephants left, the main event came, and the soldiers pushed the flatbed cart to the open space of the dock in an endless stream, and then the gold and silver wrapped in sackcloth on the cart were piled up in two piles, and it took half an hour to get all off the boat.

The surrounding people and the soldiers guarding were stunned, and for a moment the originally noisy dock was silent. A mountain of gold and a mountain of silver are in front of them, the eldest grandson Wuji, Feng Ang and others have also seen the world, or they were shocked by the scene in front of them.

"Forgive me, eldest grandson, since there are not so many boxes, these can only be placed in the ballast at the bottom of the ship and scattered, anyway, I am not afraid of breaking them, right? Feng Daiwen said apologetically to the eldest grandson.

The corners of the eldest grandson Wuji's mouth twitched, and before he could speak, he saw the soldier carrying many objects, and the box was stacked next to the gold and silver, and the lid was opened when the box was lifted.

The chest was full of precious stones, pearls, tortoiseshells, jade, dazzling, shining in the sun. There are hundreds of white and huge ivory tusks on the ground, rhino horns are densely stacked neatly, dozens of blood-colored corals, the highest one is taller than a person, and the cyan, green, and colorful corals are placed on the ground. Huge pure gold Buddha statues, pots, bottles, bowls, pots, and all kinds of utensils made the huge dock almost impossible to stack.

"Eldest grandson, these are all Fanbang to compensate the Tang Dynasty, there are not so many scribes in the lower official this time, and the military camp is full of rough people, so there is no inventory, so I will trouble you, and the lower official will leave first." Feng Daiwen said with an embarrassed smile.

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