Three warships, each full of spices, carried more than 10,000 gold worth of supplies, it was from the return of these three warships, the Tang Dynasty gradually realized the abundant resources overseas, since then, the Tang Dynasty's ruling class for the first time to explore overseas attention, vigorously develop the maritime industry, for the later gold rush, colonial plunder, and the world geography of the discovery laid a solid foundation for the later gold rush, colonial plunder, and world geographical discoveries———— "Tang Chronicles"

"General Qiyu, the mainland has been discovered ahead, and the visual inspection has reached Quanzhou!" An lookout officer rushed into the captain's room with excitement on his face and said to the bearded man sitting in the captain's seat.

The bearded man looked a little unfazed at this time, and said indifferently with the demeanor of a general: "Report the coordinates of the fleet." ”

A middle-aged man in a long robe next to him hurriedly looked at the map, looked at it carefully for a while, and said: "General Qiyu, let's start from Spice Island, pass through Luzon Island, sail three hundred nautical miles to the northwest to reach Ryukyu Island, starting from Ryukyu, the current coordinates should be 165 degrees north latitude, longitude 17 minutes south of the longitude, and the front should be exactly Quanzhou." ”

When the bearded man heard this, his face finally showed a relaxed expression, and he ordered: "The army listens to the order, and the three ships lower their sails and prepare to return home and land in Quanzhou!" ”

"No!"

Meng Laohan is still working as a helper on the shore today, and his grandson Meng Xiaoqi went to sea with the ship, and he has not come back until now, and he doesn't know how his grandson is doing.

My ears are a little bad, so I drag down my co-workers when I do helpers, but everyone is a fellow villager, so instead of disliking Meng Laohan, others help everywhere, just like now, let Meng Laohan do the easiest mopping work on the shore.

Meng Laohan seriously dragged the ground, and now the newly paved dock with cement is extremely clean, but there is often seawater, and once it is dried, it becomes a white sea salt, and Meng Laohan wants to mop the coast clean and make it easier for people to walk.

Meng Laohan worked for a while, and then felt that his hunched back was a little weak, leaning on a wooden plank, Meng Laohan planned to rest for a while.

Squinting his eyes, looking at the sea in the distance, his grandson is on the other side of the sea, and now he is doing a big job of working for the emperor's majesty, Meng Laohan is very happy when he thinks of this, and after his grandson comes back, he will tell him a daughter-in-law, and the salary of two hundred yuan per month for himself is all hidden in the corner of the house, and now he is almost saving the same money, and when he has saved enough money, he can build a new house for his grandson.

Meng Laohan looked into the distance and thought of it in his heart, but then he seemed to see three black dots on the sea.

Although Meng Laohan's ears were deaf, his eyes were very good, and he rubbed his eyes again and found that the three black spots had become bigger.

"Boat! Boat! Meng Laohan's heart was excited, he thought that his grandson had returned, he shouted, and attracted the eyes of the workers working next to him to the three black dots on the sea in the distance.

"Look! It seems like a ship of the ocean-going fleet! ”

"How much do these three-crop rice yields per acre?" Li Ji stood in this rice field with a stern face.

The rice all over the mountains has some full ears of rice, which looks unusually pleasant.

Fang Wenshu replied respectfully: "General Qiyu, the yield of these three-season rice mu is about three hundred and thirty catties. ”

"Three hundred and thirty pounds!" Even Li Ji, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, changed slightly when he heard the news: "Three seasons a year, then this field produces one thousand catties of grain per acre, which is simply a bit appalling." Li Ji's voice was deeply shocked.

Fang Wenshu was also a little happy and said: "General, the lower officials were also shocked when they heard that the annual output of 1,000 catties was unbearable, but they didn't dare to believe this kind of thing until they saw the production of a season with their own eyes." ”

"Hmm" Li Ji nodded silently, and then said in a commanding tone: "These hundreds of acres of experimental fields must be protected, and there will be two more seasons of seeds in the coming year, and I will be able to plant this kind of crop on a large scale in the south of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"The Commander is in charge." Fang Wenshu replied happily.

Just as everyone was observing the three-crop rice in the experimental field, a sergeant in military armor ran over from the ridge path.

"Report ~~~~~!" The messenger ran in front of Li Ji out of breath.

"What's the report?" Li Ji asked calmly.

"General Hui, three warships of the overseas ocean-going fleet have returned, do you want to send someone to greet you?"

"Oh? Is it the old cow, are they back? Li Ji was a little puzzled.

"The last general didn't know, but he only saw three warships returning."

"Let's go, come with me." As soon as Li Ji shook off his shoulders and green robe, he strode towards the coast in a dashing manner

"General Hui, there are already a lot of people on the shore, and there is a general wearing Qingpeng armor, shall we go down now?" On the big ship, an adjutant asked the bearded captain in an inquiring tone.

"Qingpeng Jia?" The bearded man was obviously stunned for a moment, those who can wear Qingpeng armor are all among the best generals in the Tang Dynasty, how can there be a Quanzhou without any military disasters?

"Fifty men will be selected to go ashore with the general, and the others will be on standby on board." The bearded man said cautiously.

"No."

Out of the cabin, the bearded man straightened the red robe and armor on his body, then took his helmet and walked out of the ship with his head held high.

The huge boarding ladder was slowly lowered, and the bearded man walked down from the big ship with fifty sergeants.

In front of me is a brand new harbor, similar to Quanzhou when it went to sea a few months ago, a huge and sturdy harbor, I don't know what kind of stone is paved, it looks neat and smooth.

Under the boat, there was already a sea of people, and many workers in gray linen clothes were like a wave of people, and in the middle of the sea of people, a large piece of open space was vacated, and a tall and thin general wearing Qingpeng armor was standing in the middle.

When the bearded man saw the man's face clearly, he was suddenly struck by lightning.

And the general also had a somewhat surprised expression.

"Senior Brother Maogong!" The bearded man was stunned for a moment, and then he rushed to the general wearing Qingpeng armor regardless of the people present.

"Haha, Senior Brother Zen Hu! It's been a long time. Li Ji also greeted him, the two stood together, and then hit each other's armor with his hand and hugged each other.

"Senior Brother Mao Gong, why are you here?" The bearded man is obviously very excited, and he is not excited to meet his childhood friends, and it is in this overseas foreign country.

"I came to Quanzhou to supervise this overseas high-yield crop on the orders of His Majesty, but it's you, haven't you been serving in the Lingnan Water Division? How did I go overseas? Li Ji asked with a smile.

"Hehe, big brother doesn't know, I volunteered to sign up for the ocean team, so I was transferred from the Lingnan Navy Division to the ocean team."

"Haha, that's really good, I must talk to my brother tonight about what kind of experience you have had overseas." Li Ji is also in a good mood today, and he knows his old acquaintance in a foreign country, and this kind of happy event cannot be explained in a few words.

When the bearded man heard this, he immediately smiled slyly and said, "Big brother, you would never have imagined my experience. ”

"Oh?" Li Ji was a little curious and said, "You kid used to like to show off the most when he was studying in private school, especially when you showed this expression, tell my brother, what good things do you have overseas?" ”

When the bearded man heard this, he laughed and said, "If you really can't hide anything from you, big brother, this is a great thing!" With that, he said to the guards behind him: "Call five hundred people to unload the ship!" ”

Chang'an, East Palace, Imperial Study.

At this time, it is already the middle of the year, the stars in the sky have climbed up the sky of Chang'an, the moon is a little dim tonight, and the moon halo in a circle looks a little hazy.

In the moonlight, the lights of the imperial study were already flickering.

"Your Majesty, it's already time, you have to take care of the dragon body." The white-eyed eunuch said with some concern.

"It's okay, I'll go to bed after I've read these pieces." I saw Li Erfu on the desk, concentrating on reading something.

"Your Majesty, the white fungus lotus seed porridge sent by Niangniang is already cold, do you want the slave to heat it up again?" Bai Mei asked.

"Ah, I'm so busy today that I forgot to drink Guanyin's lotus seed porridge." Li Er patted his head, there have been too many things in Datang recently.

"Then the slave went to give His Majesty a fever?" Bai Mei asked very consciously.

As soon as Li Er wanted to reply, he heard a violent running sound outside, and then heard a voice outside the hall

"Qi Qi Xi à, Quanzhou three hundred miles urgent, the secret letter sent directly from Jiannan Road, please look at it."

Li Er was a little curious, there was no military disaster in Quanzhou, the land was vast and sparsely populated, if it weren't for the fact that the fleet had been grounded and repaired there, he rarely received the excerpts of Lingnan Road, what is it now that needs to be expedited by three hundred miles?

Although he thought a lot, Li Yizhong's movements were not slow at all, and he waved his hand and said, "Hurry up." ”

Bai Mei opened the door and respectfully handed the secret letter to Li Er.

After verifying the fire paint, when he opened the secret letter, Li Er's eyes lit up obviously, and then he looked shocked

"Extra! Extra! "Datang News" exclusively reported that the Datang Ocean Team discovered the Spice Island overseas! Lasts for months! A total of three ships of spices were brought back, each worth 10,000 gold! ”

"Nickname Outside! "Datang News to" is full of gold overseas! The era of colonization overseas has arrived! ”

"Give me one!"

"I want one too!"

Chang'an, major restaurants, teahouses.

Everywhere is the voice of a storyteller explaining the "Datang News".

"Overseas, gold is everywhere, the islands are clear, there are still many uncivilized savages, who do not understand the rites of saints, do not know human affairs, and there are opportunities everywhere"

"Passerby interview: A big boat, with hundreds of catties of spices on it, I was frightened at that time, how much can this be sold for? A person next to me told me that such a boatload of spices can be sold for more than 10,000 gold, but these three ships of spices are not even a dime a dime on the spice island."

"Bo Chanhu: Ben Jiang encountered a former Sui stubborn at sea, relying on the sharp weapon of my Tang Dynasty, with one enemy and ten, all 31 warships were annihilated"

"Xu Yang: Welcome to overseas colonization!"

"Ahh Xu Yang hugged a koala and sneezed a lot, so frightened that the little koala in his arms kept trying to drill into his T-shirt, "Who said bad things about me again." Xu Yang picked his nose and muttered. R1152