Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSingapore is an island country in later generations, not very small, but the geographical location is extremely important, backed by West Malaysia, that is, the Malay Peninsula, facing Sumatra, just stuck in the Strait of Malacca, is a must pass from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Silk Road on the sea also passed through here, like Dashi, and Persian merchants who took ships to the Tang Dynasty would also pass through here.

However, the history of such a transportation point can be traced back to the third century at most, and the literature records originate from the foreign biography of the Wu period written by the Eastern Wu general Kang Tai in the 3rd century, which is called Puluozhong.

At this time, the natives living on the island are almost the same as the primitive society, basically based on the family unit, and the larger ones are dozens of people, and the small tribes of hundreds of people are up to the sky, and there are few in total.

This is still the case at this time in Datang, when Wu Yuanqing and his fleet arrived here, there were natives who seemed to be picking up scallops on the beach, and when they saw the fleet coming over and twisting their butts, they ran away, and from a distance, it seemed that they didn't even wear pants, and they ran naked with a lot of energy.

Wu Yuanqing stood at the bow of the boat, holding an open coconut in his hand, and a thin bamboo pipe was inserted in the coconut.

He had been worried that he would get scurvy if he stayed at sea for a long time after eating vegetables and supplemented vitamins, and later found out that he was actually stupid enough. Even if you finish eating, it's not a big deal.

In Southeast Asia, coconut trees can be seen everywhere, this season is ripe, anyway, I have been walking along the coast, every once in a while to find a small island or land, far away from a few boats to go ashore and get some coconuts can solve this problem, the big deal is to find a place with more coconuts to pick him half of the store. Coconut is not only rich in vitamins, but also contains a lot of protein, fructose, glucose, sucrose, fat, potassium, calcium, magnesium and other elements, the key coconut water is also very delicious, coconut meat is also very smooth and crispy, which is much better than eating vegetables.

"Lao Bai, do you see, this is the barbarians on the island, you can easily sweep them away with dozens of people, the credit for expanding the territory is simply at your fingertips, but unfortunately we are not here to occupy this time. But it doesn't matter, you write down everything we saw and heard along the way, go back and report it to Your Majesty and the Crown Prince, and I will keep it for you to be promoted several levels in a row." Wu Yuanqing took a sip of coconut water and said with a smile.

Bai Shan, Li Chengqian's henchman lieutenant, the leader of the three hundred princes and six rates, and the old Bai in Wu Yuanqing's mouth, couldn't help but pout when he heard this.

Wu Yuanqing saw his disapproval, shook his head and smiled without speaking. Wu Yuanqing can understand Baishan's thoughts, the Tang Dynasty defeated the Turks, and he didn't want such a large area of land on the grassland, how could he go to such a distant sea to play anything to expand the territory.

In fact, it is true that in later generations, China will not look at the size of the country, but it will still be humiliated for a hundred years, and the rest can be ranked third in the world.

But in fact, China's successive generations of rulers from ancient times to the present have rarely pursued land excessively, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was reckless, but he was in order to occupy a lot of land, no, he was only to defeat the Xiongnu and drive it away.

The land area that can have such a large area in later generations is because there is no cultural inheritance and political succession without interruption, and it has always been on the top of the world.

The emperors of ancient China did not have a strong thirst for land, which stemmed from their pride in their own well-dressed country and their contempt and contempt for all countries and people outside of China.

And it's not just the emperor and the nobles who are so proud, but the people of the whole country who are so proud. Ancient Chinese looked down on foreigners, any foreigner was a barbarian, and at home, the Han people looked down on people of other ethnic groups, and they also felt that they were barbarians.

Even in the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, two dynasties ruled by foreigners, although the Han people were in a dominant position, they still looked down on the rulers of the current dynasty in their hearts.

This kind of contempt has led to the fact that the emperors of the past have rarely engaged in any aggression and occupation of these barbarians in their eyes, unless they have been provoked first. For example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty against the Xiongnu, Li Shimin against the Turks.

Compared with the actual occupation, the emperors of the past dynasties paid more attention to the nominal submission, they enjoyed the feeling of the heavenly kingdom and the kingdom of all nations, for the land, yours, yours, or yours, we don't want to be in the middle of nowhere, or you turtles keep it for yourself.

Wu Yuanqing wanted Bai Shan to take what he had seen along the way, as well as a large area of barbarian land that could be easily occupied, to go back to invite merit, but Bai Shan certainly didn't look down on it at all, and he didn't think that this would make His Majesty promote him to an official.

Didn't see it, turtle, wu yuanqing looked up at the faintly visible outline of the land in the south of the vast sea, and thought with a smile.

The land is not important, it is important, but the resources on the land are more important. The Malay Peninsula behind him is next to land countries such as Funanguo, so there are still a few small countries on the island that are not very powerful.

The island of Sumatra, which has crossed the Strait of Malacca, is really up to me.

Don't underestimate the separation of this strait, that is, this strait is not wide, and the countries on the Malay Peninsula, like the wolf's tooth repair, are currently more developed than the Gandri country on Sumatra Island.

At least the wolf's tooth repair came to China as early as two hundred years ago, when it was still the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the tribute had been paid, but the Gantuoli Kingdom had not.

"There's a big, big island on the other side, do you know what the name of that island is?" Wu Yuanqing glanced at Baishan and asked with a smile.

Bai Shan shook his head, not knowing what this Wu Dashao wanted to talk nonsense about.

"Jinzhou, also called Golden Island." Wu Yuanqing said.

"Jin Zhou?" Bai Shan asked in surprise.

"That's right, Jinzhou, as the name suggests, this island is rich in gold."

"Producing gold?" Bai Shan was not calm, and his excited eyes were shining with golden light. The barbarian land Datang can't look down on, but the production of gold is another matter, everyone likes gold, not to mention that the Tang Dynasty gold, silver and copper have always been in short supply, if gold is produced here, the value is great, it is completely worth sending a small number of troops to occupy it, if you bring this news back, Your Majesty may really promote yourself to a few ranks.

"The heart is moved, the heart is moved for a while, let's go directly, go to the island whatever you and your brothers do, all the harvest will be left for you. Don't be too little, I'm afraid you won't have the courage to ask for it." Wu Yuanqing said seductively.

"Okay, then I'll thank Master Wu for my brothers." Although I think that Yicheng is a little little, but after all, it is the opportunity to make a fortune brought by Wu Yuanqing, and it is okay to share it with Yicheng. Thinking like this, Bai Shan bowed his hand and thanked him heavily.

Then excitedly summoned his subordinates to lecture and arranged.