Wang Xiang did not hide the matter of sending troops to Fusang Wang Xingbang and Li Rujuan, Lei Fu and Liu Qingqing also knew about this matter, and the four of them obviously did not agree with his approach, Lei Fu even unceremoniously said that he had forgotten the pain because of the scar he had forgotten the pain, and he was seriously injured in the last war with Tubo, and now he took the initiative to send troops to Fusang.

Wang Xiang thought that last time was just an accident, this time he brought more than a dozen black guards with strength talents, and Li Yuanba also promised to go to Fusang with him, such a luxurious lineup was more than enough to deal with the Fusang rebels.

In ancient times, the most feared thing about overseas was the storm, and the wooden boats at that time were difficult to resist the attack of the storm and the sailing speed was not fast, and it often took months of sailing to reach the destination, so the risk along the way was very great, which was also one of the important reasons why Li Er was reluctant to send troops to support Fusang, if it was the land state around the Tang Dynasty, he only needed to send a team of cavalry for a few days and half a month to go to support smoothly.

Zhang Yicheng is one of the few officials in the Tang Dynasty who has experience in going to sea, and he has sailed to Fusang three times, so Wang Xiang asked Li Er to come over. Zhang Yicheng also heard the news of the civil strife in Fusang, and was very puzzled by Wang Xiang's practice of going to sea to Fusang at this time.

However, for him who has many experiences at sea, Wang Xiang's preparation for going to sea is too insufficient, from Datang to Fusang needs to go through a long sea voyage, first of all, to prepare a very strong ship, otherwise there will be a danger of destruction in the storm, Zhang Yicheng has seen terrible sea storms, and even once almost failed to come back, so he attaches great importance to the requirements of the ship.

Because he is specifically responsible for things such as Datang navigation, Zhang Yicheng knows ships very well, and he recommended several sturdy ships to Wang Xiang, but Wang Xiang did not accept them, saying that he had already prepared a stronger steel ship.

Zhang Yicheng immediately felt that it was a very unreliable thing to follow this Jiayuan Marquis to go to sea. He had never heard of ships built of steel before. Three-year-olds know that wood can float on the water. Although steel is strong, it sinks when it enters the water, so how can anyone use steel to build ships?

Regarding the ship, Zhang Yicheng felt that when the time came, Wang Xiang found that the so-called steel giant ship could not be launched at all, so he would naturally listen to his own suggestions, so he didn't say much.

In addition to the selection of the boat, the selection of the crew is also very important, the sea boat is not like the horse-drawn carriage on land, the horse-drawn carriage can be horse-drawn cart, the boat can not be pulled by fish, so it requires a lot of strong boatmen to paddle. In addition, there must be a crew member who can distinguish between the dropped crew at sea and a crew member who can observe the weather changes......

In short, according to Zhang Yicheng's plan, at least dozens of crew members need to be recruited to form the most basic sailing configuration.

Wang Xiang is good, not to mention the other crew members, even the boatman who rows the oars he has no tricks, Zhang Yicheng really doesn't know how he plans to drive the boat to Fusang.

With complicated thoughts, he followed Wang Xiang all the way from Chang'an to Xunzhou, Zhang Yicheng didn't have any hope at all for this trip, and just accompanied the Marquis of Jiayuan to mess around.

However, when he came to Xunzhou Village and saw the two behemoths docked on the seaside, Zhang Yicheng found that his brain was not enough, although Wang Xiang only brought small yachts and small warships from the last days. But compared to the ships of the Tang Dynasty, it is definitely a behemoth.

The most incredible thing for Zhang Yicheng is that these two strangely shaped giant ships are really made of steel, but they can float on the sea very smoothly. This completely broke the common sense of his thinking all along, how could steel float on the surface of the water without sinking?

Wang Xiang naturally had no time or interest in explaining the principle of buoyancy to him, and as soon as he returned to Xunzhou, he was busy making sea preparations. According to the normal speed of the warship, it only takes a few days to drive from Xunzhou to Fusang, but this is the first time he operates a warship to go to sea and Datang does not have satellites, and the satellite positioning route system on the warship cannot be used, so it can only be used to formulate a rough course through the map, and the rest depends on human judgment, so the actual time required may be longer, so he has to prepare sufficient food and fresh water resources,

After the preparation, Wang Xiang determined the final candidate to go to Fusang together, Tie Dan, Niu Da, Zhang Sanfeng and the twelve capable people Heiwei are undoubtedly going to set off together, Li Yuanba was also persuaded by Wang Xiang to go to Fusang, in exchange for Wang Xiang not only promised to build Li Yuanba's fief the same as Xunzhou, but also promised to give him a yacht after returning from Fusang, for Wang Xiang's comfortable and luxurious yacht, Li Yuanba was very fond of it when he first boarded.

In addition to these fighters, there was Zhang Yicheng, who acted as a guide and adviser, and an official who knew how to observe the weather, as well as cooks and handymen who were responsible for cooking and serving during the voyage. That's a lot of dozens.

The two Kawamura sisters also wanted to set off together, Wang Xiang originally didn't want them to go together, after all, Fusang is now in civil strife, and the two weak women used to be more dangerous, but they were very worried about their younger brother's safety, and Wang Xiang really needed a translator who knew Chinese and Fuso, so in the end he reluctantly agreed to their request to go with them. When he was in Chang'an, Wang Xiang didn't think of translation, although Zhang Yicheng had been to Fusang a few times, but he was not very proficient in Fusang, if he didn't have a translator to Fusang, Wang Xiang couldn't communicate with people smoothly, let alone find the Fuso Emperor.

Looking for a sunny day, the Jiayuan warship left the Xunzhou sea area under Wang Xiang's operation and went north to Fusang, the small warship is very mobile, the speed is much faster than the yacht, the sailing speed of the yacht made the Xunzhou villagers who live by the sea all the year round amazed, and now seeing the warship break through the water and sail quickly without anyone paddling Zhang Yicheng suddenly felt extremely surprised, and his heart was more curious about Wang Xiang.

As long as the operation of various equipment on the warship is mastered, it is not difficult to really operate, and after setting the sailing route, the warship will automatically move according to the set route and speed, which is extremely convenient.

Fortunately, the sea creatures in Datang have not mutated, otherwise it would be impossible to cross the sea.

Sailing at sea is a very boring thing, the warship is not a yacht with no entertainment equipment on it, and Wang Xiang can't shuttle back to the end of the world during the voyage, otherwise when he comes back, he will not appear on the warship but on the vast sea, and he wants to go back to the end of the world unless he temporarily stops the navigation of the warship.

It has been a few months since the news of the rebellion reached Datang, and now it has been a few months since the news came, and I don't know what the situation in Fusang is now, so Wang Xiang did not stop sailing.

After sailing like this for several days, the warship Jiayuan finally entered the waters of Fuso.

(To be continued.) )