Chapter Twenty-Six: Liu Renliang Returns

Soon, a large group of guards came over carrying buckets and barrels of juice, and cheers soon rang out from the crowd, accompanied by words such as "Your Highness Chitose".

"Whew." Li Zhen also poured a big sip of juice herself, breathed a sigh of relief, and drank a sip of iced juice on a hot day, this life is too good.

"Your Highness, the ship is coming." Just as everyone was carefully tasting the juice, a guard standing on a high place looking out at the sea suddenly shouted loudly.

"It's finally here." Li Zhen suddenly lifted her spirits, hurriedly put down the juice, and couldn't wait to raise the binoculars.

Through the binoculars, Li Zhen soon saw a mast appear on the surface of the sea, as if it had emerged from the sea.

Then another mast, a third, a fourth......

By the time the last mast appeared on the sea, the ship in front of it had completely appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

When hundreds of ships appeared on the sea together, the scale was like a group of giant beasts, coming slowly, silently giving people a strong psychological pressure.

"It's finally here."

"It doesn't look like the fleet is in any danger."

"I hope that the things that Liu Renliang brought back can cover the consumption of this trip."

"I heard that Liu Renliang found an archipelago on the other side of the sea, and there are many natives on it."

"It is said that His Royal Highness the King of Yue has asked the Holy Lord to prepare to designate the Luzon Islands as an overseas state of the Tang Dynasty."

“……”

The fleet was getting closer and closer, and everyone was gradually seeing the faces of the people on board.

The flagship of the fleet was a merchant ship, and a group of people were standing in the bow, the leader of which was a man dressed as a literati, with a face full of vicissitudes and a stubbled beard, which showed that he had suffered a lot on the sea.

Behind him, there were countless sailors, all of whom were in the same state at this time, that is, they were cheering at the coast, and some people were holding big flags and waving them constantly to vent the joy in their hearts.

The rest of the ships are also in this situation, and it seems that this time to go to sea, but many people are worried. Fortunately, he finally came back alive, which is undoubtedly the best for himself - as for the reward of King Yue, it is still second.

As the deputy envoy of the city's shipping department, Feng Zhibao personally went out this time and commanded the fleet to dock, and the first to dock was naturally the flagship, and the people above couldn't wait for the ship to be stable, and the board had not yet been flattened, so he couldn't wait to run down from the boat, and he was even more impatient, so he simply jumped into the water and swam directly ashore.

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

“……”

Some people take the lead, and some people follow suit when they spontaneously combust. When the others saw that this method was very good, they immediately jumped out of the boat - there was not a single sailor who could not swim anyway.

"Mother."

"Madame, I'm back."

"Dad, you're getting old again."

"Grandpa, I'm back alive."

“……”

After going ashore, all the sailors ignored Li Zhen and rushed to the greeting team behind, looking for their families, and there was a cry on the dock for a while.

Seeing this situation, Liu Renliang's face darkened, and he hurriedly got off the boat and confessed to Li Zhen: "Please forgive Your Highness, it is the minister's lax discipline, and when I go back this time, the minister will definitely repair them." ”

Li Zhen smiled and said, "Where is the right word?" The sailors have been adrift at sea for a long time and have not been reunited with their families for more than half a year. What's more, this also shows that our sailors are a group of sentient and righteous people, how can such people be punished? Not only can it not be punished, but it will be rewarded heavily. ”

"Yes, thank you, Your Highness." Liu Renliang knew that Li Zhen was giving him the steps, so he immediately got off the donkey down the slope and said with a smile: "But the rules can't be messed up, His Royal Highness wants to be rewarded, and the ministers want to be punished, it makes sense, so it can be counted as a reward and punishment." ”

Li Zhen was naturally noncommittal: "Then it's up to you." ”

"Yes." Liu Renliang suddenly turned pale, knelt down on one knee, took out the military order given to him by Li Zhen from his arms, and shouted: "In November of the sixteenth year of Liu Renliang Zhenguan, he was ordered to go to sea to explore the unknown land...... Discovered the Luzon Islands, a total of 660 islands, returned to Lingnan today, and specially replied to His Highness (some small islands have no value to explore). ”

Li Zhen took the military order and nodded slowly: "It's hard work, you have done a good job this time, this king is very pleased, there will be countless difficulties and dangers along the way, and today I will return to Balabala with victory...... Your merits have been recorded by the king, and after this day comes, the king will surely ask the Holy One for your merits and rewards. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness." Liu Renliang thanked him again, and the ceremony was completed.

Li Zhen wiped her sweat and exhaled: "Oh, this etiquette is really troublesome (so ashamed to say), you should also get up." ”

"Your Highness." Liu Renliang stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, this time the minister has gained a lot on Luzon Island, and it is worth a lot of money, I don't know what to do with these things?" ”

"It's okay, take it off, just let everyone see it." Li Zhenqiang endured the excitement in her heart and said, why hide it? Isn't that messing with his plans?

He has worked hard for more than ten years, laid out such a big situation, opened a shipyard, and sent people to the sea, isn't it just for this day? Now that the day has finally arrived, why not let people see it?

Let the businessmen hidden in the crowd see how much profit they can make from going to sea.

Businessmen seek profits, as long as they see that going to sea is really profitable, and the profits are very huge, and the profits are more than 100 times that of ordinary business, then there are people who are willing to get on their own ships and follow the official fleet to go to sea, once they earn the first pot of gold and taste the taste of a hundred times the profits, then they don't need to push themselves, they will take the initiative to open the prelude to the Age of Discovery.

Merchants will never be satisfied, in the case of all businessmen going to sea, the overseas market will be occupied sooner or later, in order to compete for the market, in order to reach the destination one day earlier, and sell at a high price first, then they will naturally take the initiative to develop faster, more huge carrying capacity of ships, the rapid development of science and technology has become inevitable.

With the opening of the Age of Discovery, more and more people can go abroad by sea, and the people have seen more things, and their knowledge has naturally become broader, and the wisdom of the people has naturally opened.

With the exploration of the merchants, the Tang Dynasty will acquire more and more land, and sooner or later, it will explore to the Americas, where various crops will be brought back, and the Tang Dynasty will no longer have the words of hunger, as long as the king is not too stupid, the world will naturally be ruled greatly.

(End of chapter)