The Great Food Mission left for China after staying in Chang'an for more than a month, but when they went back, they brought back a large number of goods, and the items they could buy in the entire Chang'an Street Market were basically brought back with a set, and even some members of the mission agreed with many merchants in Chang'an's West Market to send someone to place orders in the coming year. However, because Hu Xiaosi and Murong Hanhai greeted each other in advance, after the list of export commodities released by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the export restrictions on high-tech products, the big food envoys can buy back basically mature finished products, although these may be a big deal for today's Datang, but for a big cannibal who has never seen these things, it has an inexplicable attraction, so the members of these missions have almost swept the large and small markets in Chang'an, in addition to the traditional silk, porcelain, tea and other bulk items, Other industrial products became the focus of procurement.

"Your Majesty, I said that these cannibals' talent for doing business is no worse than that of the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. Many of them ordered a lot of goods in Chang'an and handed them over to those big trading houses, and then entrusted them to transport them from Chang'an to the northwest, and they sent caravans to the northwest to pick up the goods, if you compare it with the price of silk silk, it seems that it is much cheaper than the price in their country. Hu Xiaosi smiled in front of Li Xuanqing.

"They didn't hit us with any ideas?" Li Xuanqing took the report sent by the navy and asked casually while carefully comparing the charts, "Datang is now developing rapidly in various technologies, and I am afraid that these people will be eyeing it as long as they have a little vision." It was precisely because of this that Li Xuanqing asked Xuan Yingwei and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to join forces to greet all the businessmen in Chang'an, and ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to accompany the members of these Great Eaters throughout the whole process, and to give them free translations in the name of it.

"Don't worry, our people in Datang are now very tightly covered by these technologies themselves, not to mention those big families and big merchants, even small merchants and hawkers have this awareness, as long as anyone has a craft or understands a certain technology, they want to keep it secret and make money, plus the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has also publicized it in recent years, so the news that Xuan Yingwei has tracked down is that they cannibalism have nothing to gain, and a few people from the mission secretly paid a high price to find out how to make fired porcelain and silk silk. But those merchants and people either shook their heads and said no, or they looked vigilant. Hu Xiaosi's words made Li Xuanqing feel a little relieved, after all, if you go out at a high price, it is inevitable that some people will not be tempted. Wasn't the papermaking and well digging technology in the Central Plains leaked out for various reasons? It's not that Li Xuanqing is unwilling to carry out technical exchanges with other countries, but in the face of the overall Datang is already a lot higher than the technical level of other nations, Li Xuanqing is not so kind to help other nations improve themselves free of charge. There may be general-purpose technologies that will be gradually transferred to them later, but definitely not now. Now that the people of Datang have just had a little concept of intellectual property protection, the next step is to let the law court carry out legislation in this area as soon as possible, so as to popularize the concept and let the whole people participate in it while protecting intellectual property owners.

"You go and inform Tianxiang, and ask the General Staff to immediately issue an order to the navy, transfer all the three Shandong-class large warships that have been launched to the Western Ocean, and let Qu Chengxing immediately carry out the task of exterminating the Western pirates, and then let Chen Mingzheng mobilize the Marine Corps into Xihai County." Li Xuanqing groaned a little and then asked Hu Xiaosi to convey the order. The situation in the Western Ocean is more complicated than in the South Sea, because the coastal countries of the Western Ocean have been in decline for a long time, so even the entire Western Ocean is full of pirates, for the fleet, these people are their biggest enemies for long-distance business, in the past, when the Tiance Army and Navy had not yet arrived in the South Seas, there were thousands of pirates entrenched on the islands of the South Seas, they set themselves up as kings on the islands on the one hand, and on the other hand, they used the armed fleets in their hands to rob the caravans, and even tried to confront the South Ocean fleet in groups. To this end, Luo Dahai and Chen Mingzheng teamed up to carry out a half-year uninterrupted battle in the South Seas, and wiped out all the thousands of pirates entrenched on the major islands near Manchuria, and all the captives were escorted to Jiaozhou to be handed over to the Jiaozhou political envoy for land reclamation, and tens of thousands of people were transported to Jiaozhou in half a year, which shows the chaos on the South China Seas, even to this day, the Nanyang fleet still maintains a normal cruise, and informs the fleets that once the traces of pirates are found, they must immediately report to the customs of Datang all over the country, and the navy itself is gradually expanding the scope of the conquest, including almost all of the Sriwijaya Islands, which later became most of the Nanyang Islands.

"There are pirates on the other side of the West?" Hu Xiaosi muttered and walked to Xu Tianxiang's side and found that a few of them were in a meeting, looking at the map placed in the middle, it was a Western sea chart, and suddenly smiled: "It seems that the emperor is really clever, I know what you are doing." Hu Xiaosi Shi Ran walked in and said: "The emperor asked the General Staff to immediately summon the Western Fleet to encircle and suppress the pirates, and the Admiralty transferred the three Shandong-class warships that were recently launched to the Western Ocean, and at the same time let the marines also go over. ”

"It seems that the emperor plans to develop the West on a large scale in the next step." Wang Houchun said with a smile: "I think the logistics department will also start to seize the time to concentrate supplies on the Xihai County side, and when the time comes, the pirates can establish a nearby stronghold, and bring those strategic points into the jurisdiction of the navy, and the marines will be responsible for daily duty and protection." ”

Three days later, in the middle of April of the sixth year of the weather, three huge brand-new Shandong-class warships set off from the port of Tianjin and set off south with more than a dozen new freighters. The Shandong-class battleship is a new type of main battleship newly designed, with a total tonnage of 3,500 tons, almost a circle larger than the Izumo-class, and the endurance and speed are also much faster than the latter, so their departure to the West means that the main energy of the Tiance Navy has begun to be put in the West, and the Western route will also become an important foreign trade channel for Datang overseas.

However, when the Shandong level was on the way, Guo Chongtao's order also passed to Qu Chengxing of Xihai County, and at the same time, Chen Mingzheng, who led the team to be stationed in Liuqiu, also received an order from the General Staff Department, and more than 50,000 marines began to cross the sea one after another to return to the mainland, and then successively drove west to assemble in Xihai County.

Qu Chengxing, who got the order, took the first step to lead the team to the sea before the main force of the Marine Corps arrived and began to cruise along the coastline along the coastline to the north of Xihai County, and the Bay of Bengal in later generations was not far northwest of Xihai County, because it was close to the Shenzhi Peninsula, it became a concentration of pirates in the east of Shenmu, and the terrain here is complex and there are many large rivers nearby, and there is no strength to chase them after the decline of Shenzhi, so even the people of this generation are inextricably linked with these pirates, Almost all the caravans that traveled to and from the South Seas and were poisoned by them were robbed by them. Therefore, Qu Chengxing's first stop was here, by the way, a port was established in the Karna region of the Pala Dynasty, which was a natural harbor, and the location was also very important, after the establishment of the port, it was not only convenient for caravans to come and go, but also to be able to use the port to open the market of the Pala Dynasty.

Qu Chengxing's ten warships cruising here for more than a month, after dozens of battles, relying on strong ships and cannons to rampage here, blowing up almost all the large and small water villages along the coast, countless sailing ships were burned clean, and even Qu Chengxing sent people ashore several times to exterminate the pirates and local natives who escaped from the range of artillery, this large-scale almost undisguised battle also attracted the attention of the Pala Dynasty, but like the people of the Great Food Empire, Everyone lost their power to resist when they saw this cold steel giant ship again. Qu Chengxing didn't even pay any attention to the troops sent by the Pala Dynasty and directly led the fleet to the next location, and ten warships lined up to sweep this thousand-mile-long coastline, killing the pirates who were trembling with fear.

On the Xihai County side, when Chen Mingzheng's marines arrived on the ship, Qu Chengxing also began to arrive at the pre-surveyed Karna with the fleet, which was a trumpet-shaped port, where the Pala Dynasty had originally built a small fishing port and a small village nearby. However, after Qu Chengxing landed on the shore, he immediately asked the locals to give up all the large areas of land that were most suitable for establishing a port, and let the sailors accompanying the ship start to establish a guard position nearby, and then left three warships and a few logistics ships to wait for the marines here, and he led the team to leave and continue to march along the coastline to the Kangoda area, preparing to take Wudi, which is the second stronghold that Qu Chengxing is preparing to take, and it is also the main front station to enter the eastern region of Shenzhi in the future.

Qu Chengxing's fanfare to exterminate pirates was also violently shaken by the poison, and the small countries such as the Pala Dynasty and Kangeda along the coast were almost afraid to move, although the Pala Dynasty was much stronger than its neighbor Kangeda, but after seeing the strength of Qu Chengxing's Western Fleet, it almost immediately organized a tributary mission to prepare to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty. But what they didn't expect was that the subsequent marines landed in Karna, and the large number of logistics ships that came later even brought all kinds of building materials and manpower on the spot and began to expand the port and build docks, according to the standards of the navy, it had to be able to dock naval warships, and there was also a large warehouse area and attached army camps and defenses. Even the navy was ready to bring a few artillery pieces attached to the army, but they were blocked by the roads in Nanzhao. The Marines' practice of ignoring the construction of the port also made the Pala Dynasty mistakenly believe that the other party was coming to invade their territory, so they decisively concentrated their troops to the south to prepare for a war with the Marines, but then they were bombarded by a cannon fire, and they had no choice but to send envoys to the Marine Corps camp, but the Marines did not have any interpreters, so the two sides were almost the same at first, but Chen Mingzheng then rushed over with a large group of men, and the number of the Marines soared to the strength of a battalion. The huge combat power made the opponent retreat in a gray manner. After all, although the army of the Pala Dynasty has completely suppressed the army of the Pala Dynasty, the other party did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, so after thinking twice, it was decided to send an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and I don't know where to find a Tubo person as his interpreter.

The actions of the Pala dynasty were then imitated by the large and small countries along the coast of the Poison Peninsula, after all, no country saw such an inexplicable warship coming and going under its nose, and constantly killing those pirates, and the sound of artillery fire would sound from time to time. Therefore, in just half a year, after Qu Chengxing arrived in the Lion Country, the marines in the rear also sent people to catch up, Qu Chengxing decided to attack the Lion Country in a big way. Unlike other places, the Lion Kingdom has issued a clear order from the General Staff to take all the places that are the official overseas territories of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Qu Chengxing was ruthless, landing in the narrow Adam area in the northwest of the Lion Country, and then attacking the inland royal city, while the marines went ashore to fight, the warships also began to cruise around the whole island, using naval guns to carry out powerful bombardment. The national strength of the Lion Kingdom at this time was not at all the opponent of thousands of marines, and the two sides fought on the island thirty-one times in a row, and the other side was finally captured by the marines after tens of thousands of casualties, and the independent dynasty on the island collapsed. However, after collecting most of the treasure, the Marines returned to the Adam area with a large number of prisoners, and waited for the arrival of the follow-up fleet to establish a stronghold there. After the Lion Kingdom was taken, the Western Fleet's encirclement and suppression of pirates was temporarily suspended. Because the Lingnan Railway has not yet been completed, the materials transported by the Nanyang route need to bypass Manraka, and the journey is more than 10,000 miles, so the fleet is very happy in front, but the logistics fleet in the rear cannot keep up with their speed, and the logistics have basically been pulled to the limit after taking the Lion Country. Therefore, in desperation, Qu Chengxing could only return to Karna with the capture, and only after the Karna base was built did he take the marines south to the Wudi area to build a second stronghold.

However, Qu Chengxing's wait did not last long, and the Lingnan Railway finally arrived in Lishui with difficulty after passing through Jianshui City, which was already far away from Xihai County. In order to speed up the speed, the local marines even went directly south to sweep the power of the Mino country again, captured more than 30,000 prisoners to join the construction site, relying on the extra 30,000 labor, the railway from Lishui to Xihai County was finally completed in mid-May, Xihai County was finally no longer isolated from the mainstream world of the Tang Dynasty, and the Lingnan town of Guangzhou was integrated, and the massive materials accumulated in Guangzhou, Lianzhou and Qinzhou were pulled by the train to Xihai County. The logistics fleet also finally has a convenient dock for replenishment. The Navy's plan was thus made possible to be implemented.

On May 20 of the sixth year, Guo Chongtao arrived in Xihai County to personally command the Western Fleet and hundreds of freighters large and small accumulated in the port of Xihai County, and began the three-year construction of the port wharf along the Western Ocean.