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The world map drawn by Gao Ming is simple, just a simple sketch of the continents, and does not indicate the names of countries.

On the one hand, Gao Ming really doesn't remember the countries on the world map, and on the other hand, it's 644 A.D., and the countries on the world map are completely different from those in the 21st century, so he can't mark them at all.

However, Gao Ming marked the navigation route very carefully, so he explained to Liu Bing very smoothly at this time.

"Lao Liu, look, this location is our Datang's South Vietnam, when the time comes, you will take a boat from this place to the south, if it goes well, you will arrive here in five days!"

Gao Ming pointed to a location on the map, and then looked at Liu Bing.

"This is it, I call it the Strait of Malacca, and then you will cross this strait and go north, and you will spend four or five days crossing this strait, and after passing through this strait, you will sail west for about ten days or so, and you will get here, and I will call it Sri Lanka!"

Looking at the position pointed by Gao Ming, Liu Bing's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, is the corn you said here?"

Of course, Liu Bing's excited appearance did not escape Gao Ming's eyes, looking at the glowing of his eyes, Gao Ming suddenly shook his head helplessly.

"Of course it's not here, if it only takes twenty days to find it, will it be your turn?"

"Uh......"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Bing was suddenly dumbfounded.

He felt that what Gao Ming said was indeed right, if it only took ten days and a half to find it, then he would definitely have been found a long time ago, and it would not be his turn.

Seeing that Liu Bing stopped talking, Gao Ming shook his head again, and then continued to point to the map.

"When you get to Sri Lanka, just keep sailing southwest, and if the wind is good, you can get to the island of Maldives, where you can replenish some supplies and then continue to sail southwest."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately smiled at Liu Bing.

"For the next 20 days, you'll pass through the islands of Seychelles and the Comoros, and then you'll enter the Strait of Mozambique, which is here, and when you get here, you're about a quarter of the way through!"

“……”

Originally, when Liu Bing saw Gao Ming smiling, he thought that Gao Ming would say that he had reached his destination, so when he heard Gao Ming say that it was only a fraction of the journey, his whole person was a little bad.

In more than 40 days, only one-half of the way was walked, so wouldn't it take more than 120 days to complete it all?

And this is still a smooth situation, in case of bad weather, then delay a little longer, doesn't it take more than half a year?

In this way, even if he can successfully find the corn, by the time he returns, it will be a year later?

Thinking of being adrift on the sea for more than a year, Liu Bing's face was once again filled with a wry smile.

"I knew it wasn't that simple!"

Looking at the wry smile on Liu Bing's face, the corners of Gao Ming's mouth suddenly curled.

"What's wrong? Want to quit? It's too late to regret it! ”

"Regrets?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Bing was stunned, but he quickly reacted and quickly shook his head.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the old slave has never regretted it, and this corn is related to my Tang Dynasty for thousands of generations, even if the old slave dies at sea, he will never regret it!"

Looking at Liu Bing's resolute expression, Gao Ming smiled and nodded.

"Well, it's good to have this determination, so I'll keep talking!"

As he spoke, Gao Ming continued to point to the map and spoke to Liu Bing.

"Once you get here, you're going to spend half a month to a month crossing the Mozambique Channel to the southernmost tip of Africa, and then you're going north along the coastline of Africa, which will take you about four months......"

Liu Bing listened to Gao Ming's narration, and secretly added up the time Gao Ming said in his heart, but he sadly found that the time in Gao Ming's mouth had been more than half a year, but he had not yet said that he had reached his destination.

This corn is too hard to find, isn't it?

As if sensing Liu Bing's thoughts, Gao Ming suddenly smiled at him.

"When you get to this location, sail west for another half a month, and you'll reach the end of this journey, right here, I call it Cuba, and the corn is right here!"

Gao Ming remembered that corn was discovered by Columbus in Cuba in 1492, so he thought that the origin of corn was in Cuba.

After hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Bing's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at the position of Gao Ming's finger, looking at the country like shrimp, and his brows suddenly wrinkled.

"Why is this place so small?"

Liu Bing's reaction was also expected by Gao Ming, so as soon as his words fell, Gao Ming immediately nodded.

"Yes, this place is so small, but there are a lot of smaller islands around, so you have to keep an eye out for your search and don't miss anything!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately patted Liu Bing's shoulder again.

"But you don't have to worry, when the time comes, I will ask Lu Guogong to select 20,000 people to go with you, these soldiers are all the soldiers who participated in the landing battle of Liuqiu and Luzon, and they are very good at island searching, so you don't have to worry!"

"This ...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is 20,000 more than that? ”

Hearing Gao Ming say that he would send 20,000 people to accompany him, Liu Bing's eyes widened again, looking at his shocked appearance, Gao Ming immediately burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha, 20,000 people is not a lot at all, if according to the temper of my old man, it is not strange to send 100,000 people!"

"But ......"

Seeing what Liu Bing wanted to say, Gao Ming immediately waved towards him.

"Okay, you don't need to say more, the purpose of your trip this time is not only to find corn, but also to convey a message to the countries along the way, telling them that there is a great country in the far east, and the name of this country is Datang, and you are the messenger of Datang!"

"The envoy of the Tang Dynasty?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Bing's eyes widened again, his eyes full of shock.

"I, Liu Bing, am a eunuch, can I become the envoy of the Tang Dynasty?"

"Yes! Absolutely! ”

Looking at Liu Bing, who was not confident, Gao Ming nodded very formally and seriously.

"I will have people load the ship with silk, tea, porcelain, and some gold, and when the time comes, you will use these things to make friends with countries along the way, in exchange for supplies for navigation, and promote Datang to them, and tell them that our Datang is the most powerful country in the world, understand?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Bing's expression suddenly turned grim, and he immediately nodded seriously.

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, the old slave understands!"

Looking at Liu Bing's serious appearance, Gao Ming smiled with satisfaction.

"It's good to understand, this time you go to sea, I will give you four treasures, they will help you go to sea smoothly to find corn, from today onwards, you will have a new title, this title is - Four Treasures Eunuch!"

Liu Bing: "(⊙⊙)..."

It doesn't sound like I understand, but it always feels amazing!