In the undulating waves, from time to time, there are sharp-billed and gray-backed dolphins frolicking in the waves, and the ethereal chirping echoes on the sea level, making people sound relaxed and happy, as if the whole person's heart is open.

On the tall and sturdy King Qi, Li Su and Wen Xin sat on the deck with Concubine Yang, Empress Xiao and others, chatting while enjoying the scenery on the sea. Behind the King of Qi was a huge fleet, which not only included Li Su and his ships, but also many caravans from Shanghai to accompany them.

Li Su's fleet had left Shanghai two days earlier, but instead of returning to Dengzhou, it had gone south again to prepare for Taiwan. This is mainly because Empress Xiao proposed to go to Taiwan to see, after all, Yang Yin has lived in Taiwan for decades, and she, as a mother, wants to see with her own eyes the place where her son has lived.

For Empress Xiao's proposal, Cai'er naturally raised her hands in approval, she has been away from Taiwan for nearly a year, and naturally misses her hometown very much. And Concubine Yang finally left the palace once, and she didn't want to go back so early, plus Yang Yong's death made her mood a little depressed, so she also wanted to take this opportunity to relax.

Xiao Yu was the person in charge of the funeral procession, originally he was worried about what risks he would encounter at sea, coupled with Concubine Yang's identity, so he began to oppose it, but he couldn't stand the persuasion of Empress Xiao and others, and Li Yu patted his chest to reassure, so he had to agree in the end.

The King of Qi is Li Su's ship, and it is also the largest ship in the entire fleet, in addition to Li Su and Wen Xin and his wife, Empress Xiao, Concubine Yang, Princess Nanyang and other important people are also on board, when they come to Shanghai, everyone is in a sad mood, and they don't have the heart to enjoy the scenery on the sea. Now that Yang Jun has been buried, everyone's mood has gradually recovered. Now you can take a boat ride on the sea and enjoy this rare sea scenery. While listening to Li Su explain the interesting things on the sea, I didn't feel bored.

The sea route from Shanghai to Taiwan was already very busy, and along the way, Li Su encountered many ships from Taiwan to Shanghai, and there were also some patrol warships. These warships were all recruited by Li Su for the coastal defense team, and unlike Lu Qing's full-time combat navy, the warships of the coastal defense team were much smaller, and the non-commissioned officers were not very elite. In peacetime, he is only responsible for maintaining security on the sea route, and at most he scares away the other party when he encounters pirates, and rarely actually fights people.

In addition, in addition to these coastal defense teams, Li Yu also saw a lot of Datang naval troops, these naval forces are generally stationed in coastal cities, in addition to the responsibility of defending the territory, they usually go out to patrol, but their patrol range is very small, generally only in the surrounding waters of the city. Moreover, the crackdown on pirates was not active, and the safety of sea routes could not be guaranteed at all, and it was precisely because of this that Li Su established the coastal defense team. These coastal defense units are based in Taiwan, but they are stationed on various islands, such as the newly conquered Liuqiu Islands. It is a stronghold of the coastal defense team.

The fleet traveled all the way south and soon reached the northernmost port of Keelung, Taiwan. It is the capital of Taiwan and the most prosperous port on the island. Li Su's Qi Palace's Mansion is also here. Although Yang Jin lived in Tainan at the beginning, Queen Xiao finally came to Taiwan and naturally wanted to come to see the scenery of Keelung.

Cui Wei, who was not driving, had already received the news that Li Su was coming, prepared a grand welcoming ceremony, and came out to greet him with Chen Gong Zhu Meng and other local officials, speaking of which Chen Gong and Zhu Meng were both Yang Xuan's old subordinates and the most loyal to the former Sui people, so they were all very excited about the arrival of Empress Xiao, Concubine Yang and Princess Nanyang.

And Empress Xiao also knew the identities of the two from Li Su, and specially summoned the two of them separately, expressing her gratitude to them for their loyal assistance to Yang Jun, and then specially told them that the former Sui was dead, and that they should not have any thoughts in their hearts, and they must faithfully assist Li Su and so on.

For these instructions of Queen Xiao, Chen Gong and Zhu Meng all agreed with tears. Originally, Li Su also wanted to introduce Yang Lie in the Jingwei to Empress Xiao, but this involved Siwei, and when it came to Siwei, Yang Guang had to be mentioned, and in the end, Li Su was afraid that Empress Xiao would bother with it again, so he didn't tell her about Siwei.

Li Su and they rested in Keelung for two days, during this time, Li Su took Queen Xiao and them to visit the construction of Keelung City, Keelung was earlier than the construction of Shanghai, and this is one of the foundations of Li Su's secret determination, so the investment in Keelung can be described as very huge, and it is precisely because of this that the construction progress of Keelung is faster than Shanghai.

Keelung is completely a commercial port city, if the coastal cities north of Quanzhou want to go south, or the cities south of Quanzhou want to go north, the metropolis will go to Keelung to anchor, replenish all kinds of supplies, and by the way, see what goods can be purchased at a low price. In addition, the production of cane sugar on the island of Taiwan has also formed a certain scale, and the kind of sucrose as white as snow has caused countless people to rush as soon as it is put on the market, and it has been in short supply for many years.

However, for Empress Xiao, what attracted them the most was the strange goods transported by overseas merchants, including dazzling gems and all kinds of strange animals and plants, many of which could not even be named by Li Su.

After leaving Keelung, Li Su and the others immediately rushed to Tainan County, where Yang Yong lived and where Cai'er was born.

Tainan and the Penghu Islands are particularly close, so there are more immigrants here, when Yang Jun was there, the number of Han people here accounted for half of the entire island, and accounted for the advantage of population, now Tainan has become a prosperous area on the island second only to Taipei, and on the basis of several small towns, it has developed into a city, which has been officially named Tainan City, which is the seat of Tainan County, and is also the second largest city on the island after Keelung.

Now Tainan County has a large population, and also has great advantages in terms of land and climate, so it is not only the main sugarcane planting area, but also has many factories in the county, such as textile, shipbuilding, glass and other factories, although the scale can not be compared with the Chang'an area, but it is the foundation for future industrial development.

After arriving in Tainan City, Empress Xiao and Concubine Yang took Cai'er and others, all of them went to the place where Yang Jun and Cai'er lived, which was a very beautiful manor, located in the city of Tainan, although the city was renovated, but it was retained by Li Su, and it was named King Qi Manor by Li Su, the reason why the name King Qi was used was to remember Yang Jun, when Yang Jun was in the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Jun's title was King Qi, and secondly, the name of this manor also belonged to Li Su, which was his other courtyard in Tainan.

Tainan is Cai'er's territory, since she came here, Cai'er has also returned home, taking Empress Xiao and Concubine Yang to go around in Tainan, and they have a lot of fun every day, but occasionally thinking of the time with her father still makes her a little sad.

And after Cai'er took Empress Xiao to play Tainan City, Li Su suddenly received an invitation, and he was invited by two old acquaintances, who were Wang An's son Wang Kuang, and Cui Yu of Qinghe Cui's family, since the last time they came to Taiwan, they have been staying on the island to be busy with the plantation, and this time happened to be in Tainan, after hearing the news of Li Su's coming, he invited him to play in the plantation where the two cooperated.

Li Su also happened to want to learn about the development of plantations in Taiwan, so he immediately agreed to the two, and he had an idea to tell Empress Xiao and others about it, and asked them if they would like to go together? Unexpectedly, everyone was very interested in the plantation, and they were all willing to go with Li Su.

Early the next morning, everyone finished freshening up, and now that it is summer, the weather in Tainan is very hot, so even in the morning, Li Su and others are wearing very thin clothes, and Yang Concubine and Wen Xin and other female relatives are wearing gorgeous gauze skirts, and they are also carrying a small umbrella, full of outdoor sports dress.

Everyone rode the carriage all the way to the north, after leaving Tainan City, and walked north for about ten miles, the inside and outside of Tainan City have been paved with cement roads, so the speed of the carriage is very fast, and the car does not feel bumpy, and soon arrived in front of a huge manor, which is the plantation jointly founded by Wang Kuang and Cui Yu.

Cui Yu and Wang Guo had been waiting in front of the gate of the manor for a long time, and they were not surprised to see Li Su with so many people, because Li Su had already sent someone to inform them yesterday. After the two stepped forward to greet Empress Xiao, Concubine Yang and others, they led everyone to the hall to rest for a while, and then led people into the manor.

This manor is huge, and there are also criss-crossing roads in it, and if they want to visit, they also need to take a carriage, otherwise they won't be able to turn around for a few days. And Li Su rode on the horse and asked the king next to him with a smile: "Brother Wang, how many manors are there in this manor between you and Brother Cui, and how many people are working in the garden?" ”

Hearing Li Su ask about this, Empress Xiao and the others in the carriage also looked at Wang Guo from the window. Under the gaze of so many nobles of the Celestial Dynasty, he did not show nervousness, but said calmly: "Your Highness, the climate and soil here in Tainan are very developed plantations, so I joined forces with Brother Cui to buy a total of nearly 100,000 mu of land in Tainan, and now it is mainly for planting sugarcane, as for the people who work here, there are 2,000 Nanyang slaves, and there are hundreds of supervisors and stewards, all of whom are filled by Han people. ”

Empress Xiao and the others in the carriage were all shocked when they heard that Wang Guo and the two had bought 100,000 mu of land, this is not a small amount, a noble family in the Guanzhong area, the land in the family is probably less than 100,000 mu. However, Li Su did not think it was surprising, after all, there are few people in Taiwan, and the price of land is extremely low, and with the financial resources of Cui Yu and Wang Kuang, it is really nothing to buy 100,000 mu at a time. (To be continued.) )