"Lao Feng, what's so mysterious," Xiao Zheng asked curiously.

"This ......" Feng Ang scratched his forehead a little embarrassed.

"I went to Chang'an this time to act on the edict, you are a close minister of the Son of Heaven, to put it bluntly, you are also a person who knows the details of the current emperor, and today's saints will not be ......, detain me in Chang'an."

It turns out that this guy is worried about this, and when you think about it, it's normal for him to be worried.

Hearing this, Xiao Zheng said to Feng Ang with a serious face: "Yue Guogong, the mind of today's saints is far beyond your imagination!" Your worries are superfluous, don't say it's a saint, just now Xiao Zheng dares to use the head of Xiang Shangshang to protect your trip to Chang'an, then again, if today's saint really does that in history, it will be stinking for 10,000 years, he doesn't want a reputation, and the ministers in the court still have a face."

"Then thank you Xiao Gong below!" Hearing Xiao Zheng say this, Feng An, who had untied the knot, suddenly smiled.

As soon as the fleet came out of Yangzhou, all the ships on the canal were startled by this huge fleet, since the canal was built, no one had ever seen such a large-scale fleet, nearly a thousand boats went north along the river, and the flags on the leading big boat were enough to calm people, a prince, two princes, and other ships on the river avoided after seeing it, Xiao Zheng asked Zheng Xuanli not to make a fuss on the river, just a well-behaved boat.

When the boat was moored, Feng Ang walked in with a teenage boy, pointed at Xiao Zheng and said to the boy: "

I've come and seen you Uncle Xiao Shi."

The young man came over and bowed to Xiao Zheng and said, "Little nephew Zhidai has seen Uncle Shi." Seeing that the corners of this child's eyes and eyebrows are slightly similar to Feng An, he knows that he is Feng An's son without asking.

"This is under the dog Zhidai, this time I brought him to Chang'an to see the world, and also let him study and experience in Chang'an for a few years, so that this child can increase his knowledge, and I hope that Xiao Gonggong will take care of him more in the future, Feng is grateful."

Having said that, in fact, everyone understands in their hearts that to put it bluntly, they are leaving their son in Chang'an as a proton, but the words are relatively tactful.

As soon as the ship left the boundary of the south of the Yangtze River, it had entered the middle of spring at this time, although it did not have the warm climate of the south of the Yangtze River, but it was also a gentle breeze. Sitting in the two-story pavilion of the boat, looking into the distance, there are many farmers on both sides of the canal ploughing in the fields, and the sight makes people feel a kind of joy from the heart.

"This is what the peaceful world should be," Feng Ang sighed.

"Lao Feng, let's talk about some serious things, I have also seen your ship, when it comes to sailing on the sea, your Feng family wants to say that it is the second, and no one dares to say that it is the first."

One sentence made Feng An's face red.

"That's nature, when it comes to sailing, my Feng family is in charge of Datang."

"But let me see your boat is still small, too small!"

Feng Ang squinted his eyes and glanced at Xiao Zheng unhappily and asked, "Then you have a bigger boat."

"Not now".

"Then why do you Xiao Gong say that my boat is small, you have to find a cow even if you brag, even if you draw one."

"Okay, I'll draw one for you later," Xiao Zheng said with a smile.

After taking the paper and pen, with the memory of his previous life, Xiao Zheng drew the coastline, and drew several large islands overseas, took the pen and clicked on it and said: "This is Panyu, the governing land of your Lingnan, and Danzhou to the south, which is the nearest big island to you, sail southwest to Ryukyu, to the northeast is Fusang, and then go down to Bo Ni, Manraka, Luzon, Toil, etc., presumably someone in Lingnan must have been to these places, maybe the name is different from mine, not what I said, right?" ”。

Feng An's eyes stared at the picture for a long time, and when he raised his head, his eyes became very sharp, and he said word by word: "If it weren't for Lao Tzu to see you draw it with his own eyes, Lao Tzu must have thought that you were a seafarer who had been in the waves for a long time, and I only heard of these places you are talking about now, but I didn't expect you to know so easily."

"Lao Feng, these are all trivial things, as for how I know these pictures, don't ask, that's why I said that your ship is still small."

Feng Ang looked at Xiao Zheng and said, "Then how big a boat can you build."

"At least a thousand large ships, at least forty zhang long, if it may reach a hundred zhang in the future."

"Then you know that building a ship is easy and difficult to sail."

"Come, let me show you this."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Zheng took out a small two-inch square copper box from his arms, opened the magnetic needle with an inch long under the crystal glass on the back side, and swayed and rotated inside, which Xiao Zheng asked Gong Ruoyi to specially make.

"This thing is called a compass, and the red pointer is pointing north at all times, of course it may fail when encountering iron ore, but most of the time it is very accurate, what do you think will happen if this thing is placed on a ship?"

Feng Ang picked up the box and turned it around a few times, and soon knew the magic of this compass, this guy put this box into his arms with a smile on his face, arched his hand at Xiao Zheng and said, "Thank you Xiao Gong for this treasure."

"Lao Feng, if you want to make a face, I didn't tell you."

"Gong Xiao, the Ming people don't say dark words, talk about your conditions", sure enough, they are all old thieves, Feng Ang said in one sentence.

"The conditions are also very simple, we partner to open a shipyard in Hangzhou, you come to a group of craftsmen, I send a batch here, of course, we will share dividends according to the fleet when the fleet makes money, but then speaking, this time the royal is the big head."

"You mean you can say that the saint can take a stake in the shipyard?"

Xiao Zheng leaned over and whispered a few words in Feng An's ear, the more Feng Ang listened, the brighter his eyes became, and when Xiao Zheng finished speaking, he looked at him in surprise for a while, slapped his thigh and laughed loudly: "!" Damn, if there is such a good thing, I will be blind if I don't do it."

"But Lao Feng, you also have to think clearly, once you build a shipyard in Hangzhou, this voyage is not unique to you, and if you lose something, you will gain something."

Feng Ang said to Xiao Zheng in a low voice: "Don't worry, the ocean is so big, it is definitely not my family that can occupy it, my Feng family has no idea of swallowing the sky, this time it is inevitable that I will let go of the Meiling Ancient Road in Lingnan after I go, I can do business with the royal partnership, with you exploring the way ahead, I Feng Ang is afraid of a fart."

"What a spirit! It is worthy of being the master of Lingnan".

"Then it's a word, I will calculate the cost and the money for building the shipyard with you Lao Feng very clearly, and I will never let you suffer."

"I don't care what happens to you, at least my Feng family accounts for 20%, otherwise I will play by myself, Lao Tzu has money, and if you don't have money, you can tell me!"

Hey, I met a gold owner again, and I don't brag about watching the guy pat his chest.

Well, we'll make up our minds!

The two of them each stretched out their hands, their palms snapped in the air, and sometimes they didn't necessarily have to sign any agreement, both of them were the masters of a promise, and it was better to say it verbally than to write it on paper.

"Lao Tzu hasn't entered Chang'an yet, I made such a friend as you, and I picked such a big bargain, it seems that this trip is worth it, and I will drink."

It seems that this guy is addicted to alcohol again, but he doesn't look for Xiao Zheng to attack anymore, but pours himself a drink, this guy is humming an unknown Lingnan tune, and he can see that he is very happy.

The huge fleet has been gone for more than a month, and Luoyang is close at hand.

Before arriving at the wharf in Luoyang, there was a fast horse running with the boat along the official road of the river embankment, and saw Xiao Zheng's boat shouting loudly from time to time, shaking the bow and arrow in his hand, and when he saw Xiao Zheng and everyone came out, the knight on the horse pulled the bow and shot the arrow at Xiao Zheng's bow.

"Good kung fu! This young man is handsome and good! Feng Ang exclaimed at Gong Ruoyi.

After handing the arrow to Xiao Zheng, the arrow had already been taken down, and a letter was wrapped around the shaft of the arrow.

The knight on the horse arched his hand at the ship and rode away.

Opening the letter, Xiao Zheng smiled at Feng Ang and said: "When I get to Luoyang, I will wait to abandon the boat and get on the horse, the sage sent the crown prince of the dynasty, the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Chi Laohei to pick up your old Feng."