The letter is long.

Liang Jinzhu and Earth Horse did not go, but sent relatives to preside over the trip, divided into two routes, all the way to Dashi, the way to explore, only ten ships, with other Tang merchants who went to sea. In addition, there were thirty ships, and when they arrived in the South China Sea, they did not go to the country of Luo and Luo, which produced ivory, fire, pearls, and gold, and the country of Shan Dan, which produced gold, silver, and sandalwood, and the country of Luo Yue and Langya Xiu, which prospered in navigation, and the country of Panpan, Goro, Heling, and Chitu on Kalimantan, the country of Ku and Mi in Sulawesi, and the country of Sri Buddha on Sumatra, but went to Luzon.

Some of these countries have been like countries, some are just a tribe, some are big and some are small, similar to the form of Nanzhao, some are civilized, some have not been civilized, the form is complex, the above countries are all envoys to the Tang Dynasty to know the name, in fact, the local countries and tribes are as many as a cow's hair, some **, some vassals, and so on, and the language is diverse. Civilized, civilized, and able to communicate, the backward ones can't even communicate, they can only come hard.

But instead of going, the Liang land fleet went to Luzon, a much more backward region. It's just not as Li Wei said, it's a terra nullius, a land of no man, and there are many natives. However, this baggage Wei also said hello vaguely, and brought a large number of weapons over, saving it from floating over like a Japanese people, so that the aborigines were killed and only a few people fled to the end of the Tang Dynasty. He also selected the sturdy troops, and even hired some retired veterans on board the ship at a high price. It is not very smooth, the ship is big, after all, Quanzhou only ships ships, and many places can see the shadow of the big food boat. "Take a boat, a big ship in the sea, tired of wood, thin and can't help but *** waves, with coconut ropes, no iron, fear of collision and fire, thousands of people drive, a hundred zhang long." "Sixty feet into the water, driven to carry more than 1,000 people, in addition to the goods, also called Kunlun ship, the movement of this ship, the multi-bone theory for the sailor, with coconut skin as a rope, tie, Ge cable sugar stuffing...... In the front and back sections, Zhang Fan makes the wind, and it is not humanly moving. ”

It is this kind of ship recorded in the history books, which is far from the small sea boat that can carry more than 100 people in the Japanese country.

The technology is still the first in the Tang Dynasty, and it is being improved, but the improvement time is not long, and many places can not get rid of the model of the big food and the South China Sea ship, and some oars are also set up, which only play an auxiliary role and cannot be used as the power of the ship. Except for some small boats, large ships like this one are still powered by sails, and they do not have the speed of more than a dozen knots as Li Wei thought, although there is a mainsail and two sidesails that can be loaded and unloaded, the speed of the ship is not very fast, and it must rely on monsoons and ocean currents.

This is the first reason for delays.

The second reason is that the trip is very difficult, the weather is hot, although I also learned to eat people, and Li Wei instructed to set up some sealed warehouses to store food, and even instructed to bring more citrus and supplement vitamins, but there are hurricanes and waves at sea, and when I reach the South China Sea, the weather is hot, the water and soil are not adapted, and the further south I go, there are many poisonous insects, and the local aborigines are very savage, so I fight with the sky and people while trading.

The third reason is to plan the waterway, Li Wei's nautical chart is very non-standard, this line tries to mark the waterway, and standardizes more islands and straits, ocean currents, and monsoons. This time, the speed was delayed even more.

The fourth reason, Kaizhe Xindi, according to Li Wei's choice to land, Luzon archipelago has many islands, seven or eight thousand, the big islands are nothing more than Medan and Luzon, it is easier to find, the landing site is selected in the southeast corner, I also looked at the terrain, the terrain of the central high surrounding land, the southeast area is very flat, aside from the hot weather, it is indeed suitable for farming. But there are also some natives, since they are open, you are welcome, which prevents the prince from being disgusted, and he brushes it off without saying much. Only then did some troops stay behind to guard these natives and continue to cultivate and return. There are many hardships to eat, and the harvest is also quite rich, some are fiercely robbed, some tribes are more civilized, and they have made a transaction, and another harvest, an iron ore mine was accidentally found in Medan, and the craftsmen with it are not very expert, but they can faintly feel that this iron ore is quite abundant.

After arriving in Suzhou, some of the goods were sold on the spot, some of them were unloaded onto river boats and sailed to Yangzhou after paying taxes, and some of them were even ready to be taken to Liangjing for sale. In addition, I heard that the two canals cost a lot of money, and once again donated 100,000 yuan to the imperial court to fund it.

It is not that there are so many benefits from a single voyage, although the harvest is abundant, it can only be said that the cost of shipbuilding and the loss are earned, and it is impossible for a ship to make a profit of tens of thousands of dollars. At least half of this 100,000 yuan is the profit from sugar and salt this year.

In doing so, Li Wei has ulterior motives, if he does not do this, he will not be shocked, and he will not arouse more people's greed.

But it is not easy, this is the real predecessors carrying trees, descendants to enjoy the shade, especially cultivated land, although it is fertile for thousands of miles, most of them are tropical rainforests, want to turn it into arable land, it is difficult, but the temperature is high, planting fruit sugarcane and rice, the harvest will be higher than the Central Plains.

This is not in a hurry, the main thing is to think openly, now there are only 30 or 40 million people in the Tang Dynasty, not 300 million or 400 million people, and the desire for land is not so serious. Even if you are forced to flee, it may take two or three years, and after two or three years of opening, it will probably become a half-cooked land.

took a few wives and concubines to the inner palace.

After the visit, Li Zhi happily hugged Li Lu. Family fun, there is still it, hold it in your hand and tease, but Li Lu is very angry, and she pees all of a sudden, but she doesn't ***, but she cums into her neck. Wu Zetian bent down and laughed.

This is like a family, Li Wei thought to himself.

However, such scenes are often seen in ordinary people, but it is difficult to find them several times in the royal family.

Li Zhi changed his clothes and came out, but he was not angry, and continued to be happy.

Li Wei reported this time, and did not say much in the middle, only said that Lu Liang and the others began to choose overseas land, and they were also the first of all businessmen to choose enclaves. was not very interested in this Li Zhi, the so-called island owner, he didn't pay attention to it at the time, and everyone ignored it, which also made Li Zhi think it was a joke. Lingnan is reluctant to go, who wants to go to a place thousands of miles away at sea? It's just how much money he gets, so that the two canals can be repaired, is what he is most concerned about.

Nodding his head, isn't it just an island owner with no rank, and it will be granted immediately.

Li Wei also talked about iron ore, Nanhai Zhudao also has mineral deposits, and he also knows that Luzon is rich in gold, silver, copper and iron, especially copper, is there no Central Plains? There has to be this technology to find out, so he doesn't know the size of this iron ore. But Li Zhi began to be cautious, and brought back a lot of gold and silver, which Li Zhi knew, but copper and iron were the most needed, gold and silver were valuable, but not currency, and they had to be exchanged at the cabinet when they were used. Otherwise, if you take a piece of gold and go to the market to buy something, people will say that you are insane, and there is no way to make change.

But copper was scarce, so they had to barter for goods, replace currency with cloth, and even exchange lead and iron, dansha, or hemp silk, chicken and duck wax paint with each other. In particular, most of the grass markets set up by Li Wei in Nanzhao are trading methods like this. It is very backward, but it is this backward method that has made the southwest very calm in recent years, not only a divine bird has come out, and everything is fine......

Iron is even more so.

I couldn't help but nod my head heavily.

Only then did Li Wei say the third one, and he said it directly. In fact, they are all speculating about the relationship between him and Lu Liang, I don't know if the two are operating for themselves, but knowing that the relationship between the two and himself is irreversible, Li Wei simply did not deny it, after all, the two of them paid tribute to taxes, offended many businessmen, and in Jiangnan, they are crossing the river, and in Lingnan, there are also Xian, Feng and Ning, these Turkish giants, with their own gold-lettered signboards, can protect their personal safety.

"100,000 yuan, ah......" Li Zhi's mouth opened, this is not a small number, a year's tax income in Zhongzhou does not have 100,000 yuan.

Wu Zetian had already reacted, and glanced at his son inadvertently, this glance was slightly grateful, which made the mother show a grateful look, which was rare. Wu Zetian said: "Your Majesty, the two of you are brave and loyal, and you can't treat them too thinly......

Li Zhi has been silent.

After a long while, Wu Zetian said again: "Your Majesty ......"

Li Zhicai said in a trance: "You can also enjoy it." ”

rewarded two loose officials, Liang Jinzhu is Xuande Lang, Earth Horse is Xuanyi Lang, one is a civil and prose official under the seventh grade, and the other is a literary and prose official under the seventh grade. It's not too high, but considering their status, it can't be said to be too low. And changed Medan Island to Xuande Island, and the two of them were the owners of Xuande East Island and the southeast island of Xuande, after all, it was too big and exceeded the amount of land occupied at the beginning. There is another unfavorable factor, the two of them can only occupy one place, which makes Li Wei regret it a little.

It is strange that this time there was no impeachment of the minister.

Li Wei quietly asked Pei Xingjian, and Pei Xingjian replied: "Your Highness, the two of them donated more than 100,000 yuan before and after, and they paid nearly 100,000 yuan in tribute to the imperial court every year. And because of His Royal Highness's influence, the two merchants are benevolent and righteous......"

The latter words are not easy to say.

First, the payment is huge, although two loose officials have been awarded, if there are a hundred such merchants in the imperial court, and they donate more than 1,000 yuan at once, and even donate one after another in the future, and then there are tribute taxes brought every year, the imperial treasury will not be empty, and there will be money to do many practical things. Even the emperor was happy that the people of the whole country could be exempted from taxation for a year. Of course, impossible.

However, the two have paid a lot, and it is reasonable to have a slight reward. Even if you want to impeach, the queen is a little bad, and she should support the prince, the relationship between the two and the prince is not ordinary, and impeachment at this time is undoubtedly to wipe the prince's face. If it is a year or half a year in advance, there will be accusations from officials.

Actually, it doesn't matter.

It was the shock brought by 100,000 yuan, either it was a lack of money, or it was very difficult for Zou Fengchi to take out 100,000 yuan at once. I didn't know that the two merchants were willing to take out almost all the salt yards in the workshop, and even overdrafted, thinking that it was the income brought by the voyage.

In the face of this huge amount of money, even the elders of famous families can't sit still. At least the people of the Wei family have sent an elder to rush to Luoyang in the name of visiting Liangdi, just to ask the prince. Others sent stewards to Suzhou to inquire about other maritime merchants.

This matter is not difficult to check, some have accidents, the gains outweigh the losses, there are very few such people, some because the goods are carried wrong, some because of the wrong area to go, the income is still small, but most people still have a good income. Of course, the ship still has to be maintained, and have to pay taxes, not all in the bag, the overall situation is quite good, not only that, seeing the profits, many businessmen began to change from small boats to large ships, to Quanzhou order. At the same time, because of the transaction, many goods were purchased, which also stimulated the economy. But not many officials know about this economic pull. Even if you know, except for a few industries, it is the profits of large workshops, not the imperial court. So there won't be too many officials to care.

After cross-examination, it was a little lower than expected, but it can also make people excited. The reputation may not be very good, but for the sake of profit, many people are lending usury, and this reputation is worse than the reputation of sailing. I also heard that the dead man, and not the head of the family went to sea, a reliable steward and the people of the trilogy, is the life of the tribal still a human life in this era?

The commotion caused by this 100,000 yuan finally diverted the attention of the people and ministers from Wu Zetian's twelve articles and the North Gate Bachelor, but at this time, Zhu Jing and Wei Xuantong both sent people to send urgent letters, and the project had an accident.