The wind on the sea was always mixed with a faint moist fresh smell, and today was the sixth day of departure from the Ryukyus, and the officers and men of the whole ship were clearly in good spirits, because according to the charts, the fleet would arrive at Luzon in less than half a day.

Luzon Island, also known as the Little Luzon Islands, that is, the northern part of the Philippines in later generations, is a huge island, the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, more than two-thirds of it is mountainous and hilly, the mountains are longitudinal in the north and south, the Philippine Sea in the east, the Sibuyan Sea in the south, and the South China Sea in the west. It faces Taiwan across the Luzon Strait to the north.

Luzon is rich in rice, coconut, abaca, and minerals such as gold, chromium, copper, manganese, zinc, coal, etc. It is an island of great strategic importance and strategic value, and it is also the political and economic and cultural center of the Philippines in later generations.

When Xu Yang pointed to the sea chart and kept tapping on the small island of Luzon on the map, Niu Jinda's eyes were already glowing green, like a vicious wolf about to prey.

"Boy, according to what you say, this Luzon Island will also be included in the territory of my Tang Dynasty?"

Xu Yang looked incredulous when he heard this, "Uncle Niu, under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister, these lands are naturally the land of His Majesty the Holy Son of Heaven of my Tang Dynasty." ”

"Don't give Ben this set, tell my uncle how much gold reserves are on this island?" The smile on the corner of Niu Jinda's mouth betrayed him.

Xu Yang's eyes glanced around smartly, and he leaned into Niu Jinda's ear and said, "It's only a lot more than the gold mines in Lingnan." ”

Today's main ship is Liu Dafu on duty, in fact, the duty is very boring, that is, sitting on the lookout on the mast and looking at the sea line in the distance, if there is any abnormal situation, you must report to the captain's office in time.

Liu Dafu boredly played with the thin lines exposed by the military armor, while thinking back to the last time I heard about the chapter of the Three Heroes Battle Lu Bu that Mr. Storyteller talked about, it was called a fierce one, and he almost didn't fall into his mind at that time.

As soon as he thought of Lu Bu's bravery, his blood boiled, and he also imagined that he was as happy as a hero like Lu Bu, holding Fang Tian's halberd, fighting three people by himself

Just when Liu Dafu kept his saliva and fantasized about becoming Lu Bu in his heart, a gray color quietly appeared on the sea level, which was the color of the land.

Liu Dafu thought for a while, and suddenly felt a little urgent, so he planned to get up and go to the thatched house to relieve himself, as soon as he looked up, he saw that there was a gray color on the horizon in the distance that was imperceptible to the naked eye, Liu Dafu didn't think about it, he directly rang the lookout bell, and shouted at the bottom of the ship: "Find land!" ”

Comparing the charts and star positions, Niu Jinda confirmed that everyone had arrived on Luzon Island, and this was no longer the boundary that originally belonged to the Tang Dynasty, and everything was in accordance with the diplomatic etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, if the other party was an uncivilized barbarian, it would be a different matter.

The fleet slowly docked not far from the land, and those large warships were afraid of being stranded, so they went farther from the shore.

The vanguard warships lowered a number of small boats, forty sergeants each, and landed first to check the situation on the island.

Xu Yang stood on the deck of the ship, wearing a blue background and white gown, the reason is that the temperature is very comfortable, wearing a dress is enough, looking at the island not far away, it is a coast without the slightest trace of artificial carving, white sand, ice blue water, lush rainforest plants, coupled with clear sunshine, worthy of being a famous resort in later generations, clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving, the quiet beauty of this island is indescribable in words.

"Big brother, this island doesn't look like it's inhabited." Cheng Chumo was also standing aside, wearing only a long-sleeved robe, looking at the very barren coast and said.

"What do you know, this is called returning to nature, there is no artificially modified beauty, no one lives in it, you think there are as many people on these islands as there are Datang." Xu Yang complained, he was enjoying the scenery, and it was very ruin to be interrupted.

Cheng Chumo was obviously a good young man who humbly asked for advice, and asked, "Big brother, I heard that there is a lot of gold on this island?" Then there are few people living on this island, and they have all become rich families with a lot of money? ”

Xu Yang's face was suddenly a little embarrassed, he couldn't answer this kind of question, so he simply ignored him, Cheng Chumo saw Xu Yang's lack of interest, and he didn't dare to ask more.

One small ship had landed, followed by a second and a third, and the fleet had sent a total of one hundred and twenty vanguard pathfinders to the island to investigate the situation.

Xu Yang stood on the boat, although he was a little far away, he could still see all the actions of those soldiers.

I saw that among the 120 sergeants, one lieutenant commanded everyone to build a simple rest base, tied up the three landing ships, leaving fifteen sergeants to stay, and the others were dressed in armor and armed with weapons, and were divided into three groups in a majestic manner, one team went into the rainforest, one team walked along the coast to the north, and the other team walked along the coast to the south.

Cheng Chumo asked a little puzzled: "Big brother, why don't they go all the way together?" ”

Xu Yang said with a smile: "If you go all the way, the area that can be explored is too small, and you can divide it into three roads to find out the situation on the island to the greatest extent." ”

Cheng Chumo suddenly showed an expression of sudden realization.

The pathfinder team soon disappeared from Xu Yang's field of vision, after all, the island is very large, and it is impossible to complete the exploration in a while, these pathfinders have already set the time of the return trip in advance is an hour, if an hour comes, whether they have completed the terrain exploration or not, they must come back immediately.

Xu Yang knew that standing here and waiting, he couldn't wait for these sergeants to come back in a short time, after all, Luzon Island is also an island about the same size as Taiwan, and it is simply unrealistic to walk with his feet, so the return time of these sergeants must be two hours later, so Xu Yang went directly into the compartment and fought the landlord with his mobile phone.

Cheng Chumo waited for half an hour, and felt bored, and wanted to find someone to play, but Wei Chi Baolin is now given a heavy responsibility, serving as the military regulation reward and punishment on the main ship, and there is no time to come out, his brainless has always been unforgiving, many soldiers are eager to take a detour when they see him, from his nickname of 'Yu Chi Yan Wangye', you can know how much the sergeant on the ship is now afraid of this current young discipline and supervision general, although Wei Chi is not very old, but it can still make the veterans who have been mixed for many years afraid.

I wanted to listen to the story, but Mr. Ye didn't go to work at all today, because today was the day of landing on the island, so everyone on the ship had to be ready to go at their posts.

The fleet has been sailing for three months, Cheng Chumo feels that he has made rapid progress in the past three months, from what he ate and vomited at the beginning, to now he has not felt much discomfort with the ship, he has overcome seasickness, and when he can enjoy the fun of sailing, he finds that everyone has their own things to do, this feeling is really depressing.

When Cheng Chumo complained on the deck that there was no fun, the members of the Exploration Vanguard were lamenting that the fun was too much