Lu Wan sat by the window, enjoying the scenery of people coming and going in Dongshi outside the window, while tasting the wine in the glass, although it looked very leisurely, but he was actually thinking about his own thoughts.

Since the exploration of the second route to the Americas, Lu Wan's exploration fleet should have been disbanded, and in fact it was, such as a person with a family and a business like Feng Shijie, who returned home after the first exploration of the Perfect Continent route, and probably never ventured at sea again in the future.

However, most of the people in the exploration fleet were living in the slave catchers, but when they returned from the Americas, they just happened to catch the outbreak of the Javanese plague, and as a result, this important slave catcher suddenly promoted the value of slave hunting, which greatly affected many slave catchers.

The crew members of the exploration fleet are the elite of the various slave capture teams, and they naturally don't have to worry about being laid off or having no work to do, but after so many years of slave hunting, most of them are already a little tired of it, and even many of them have plans to change careers, and Lu Wan also saw the thoughts of these brothers, so he took the opportunity to propose to form a fleet to explore routes while transporting goods to make money.

For Lu Wan's proposal, most of the crew members in the exploration fleet are very excited, because Lu Wan promised that everyone in the newly formed fleet has shares, and the money earned is divided according to shares, and they have rich sailing experience, and there will be no problem in transporting goods, as for the exploration route, the discovery of each new route, the Qi Wangfu will give a large reward to the discoverer, plus they also like the kind of exciting life when exploring the route, so most of the crew members in the fleet are willing to follow Lu Wan to do it.

That's it. Lu Wan and their boat company were finally established, and everyone had the money to contribute. With a strong contribution, the ship was finally named "Universal". From this name, it can be seen how ambitious Lu Wan is. And making money in this boat line is only secondary, the key is that a group of like-minded people are together and choose a life that is more suitable for themselves.

After the establishment of the global fleet, Lu Wan and his team went to the Americas twice, accumulated a considerable amount of money, and then picked up a batch of goods from Guangzhou to Ceylon, but after arriving on Ceylon, Lu Wan found that many Han merchant ships had already run to the Eastern Roman Empire. This gave him the idea of starting from Ceylon and going west, then to the Mediterranean, where the Eastern Roman Empire was located, and from the Mediterranean to the west, and from the other direction to the Americas, thus proving that the place where they lived was indeed a sphere.

This idea of Lu Wan was also supported by the whole fleet, after all, they all knew, according to the measurements of the Navigation Academy. The Eastern Romans were much closer to the Americas, and as long as their ships were fully loaded, they should have easily reached the Americas, but there was a problem. That was the need for the help of the Eastern Romans.

Don't look at the previous few years the Eastern Roman Empire was crushed by the Great Eclipse, and it also lost North Africa and West Asia, but it was only a war on land. However, in naval battles in the Mediterranean, the navy of the Eastern Roman Empire was quite strong. At least the Great Cannibal who came out of the desert did not have any sea power to threaten Eastern Rome for the time being. Therefore, the entire Mediterranean Sea still belonged to the territory of the Eastern Roman Navy.

Lüvan's fleet was different from ordinary merchant ships, and they had to cross the entire Mediterranean Sea from east to west into the Atlantic, so this required the consent of the Eastern Roman Empire. In addition, after Luvan's exploration fleet reached the Mediterranean, they also needed to overhaul their ships and replenish supplies, and if they could get the official assistance of the Eastern Roman Empire, it would reduce a lot of trouble for them and allow them to set sail faster.

However, if you want to get the official assistance next to Eastern Rome, then it is best to write an official document by the Tang Dynasty or Li Su's Qi Palace, and then hand it over to Eastern Rome, now that the Four Nations Alliance has just been signed, and Eastern Rome also needs to rely on the power of Datang and Li Su to protect itself, so they will definitely work very hard to help.

It's a pity that Lu Wan and the others have already arrived on the island of Ceylon, and if they want a credential, they have to return to Taiwan, which will take several months, and it is really not worth it. Fortunately, there are also Li Zhen and Li Yun here, the two of them are not only Li Su's brothers, but also the future lord of Tianzhu, and the Eastern Roman Empire also attaches great importance to them.

Even sent envoys to talk to Li Zhen and Li Yun before, wanting them to contain the power of the Great Food from the side, but unfortunately Li Zhen and they were not stupid, and temporarily refused on the grounds of their lack of strength, but this was also expected by the Eastern Roman Empire, so they changed their words to establish an economic and military cooperation similar to the Four-Power Alliance, which echoed the interests of Li Zhen and Li Yun, so the negotiations went smoothly.

It was precisely because he knew this, so Lu Wan rushed to Zhongjing from Ceylon Island, ready to meet Li Zhen and Li Yun to ask for a letter of state. But unfortunately, Li Ke happened to be here today, so Li Zhen and Li Yun pushed away everything to entertain him, and Lu Wan naturally couldn't enter the palace, so he had to ask to see him another day.

However, after leaving the palace, Lu Wan did not return to his residence, but walked around the city a few times, when he was still a slave hunting team, he also came to Tianzhu to buy slaves, and more coincidentally, he also came to the city of Zhongjing once, but at that time it was still the capital of a small kingdom, so it was no stranger to here. However, when he saw the current situation here in Zhongjing, he was also surprised.

First of all, one of the deepest impressions to Lu Wan is that Tianzhu has become cleaner than at the beginning, at least Zhongjing is much cleaner here than when he came, I remember that they got off the ship from a small port in Zhongbo, and then walked on an elephant for a few days before they came here, the name of Zhongjing was very awkward at that time, I didn't remember it clearly at the time, and I can't remember it now.

At that time, Lu Wan came to Zhongjing with people, and then traded with a local Brahmin nobleman, who was a powerful figure in this small kingdom at that time, and could get some white-skinned Tianzhu girls in his hands, who were not very old, and were very sought-after if they were transported to Datang or Taiwan.

Speaking of which, the transaction went very smoothly, but for Lu Wan, it was a very bad trip, because after entering Tianzhu, they had to eat vegetarian food every day, and they couldn't even see an oil star, and the sanitary conditions were worse than they were on the ship, especially in the crowded city, which was even more stinky.

Speaking of Lu Wan, those who run the sea boat, they often can't take a bath for months, and the smell on their bodies is not much better, but compared with the Tianzhu people, they are insignificant, and all the crew members who came with him can't stand it, and in the end they would even rather camp in the wilderness than live in the city of the Tianzhu people.

It was also that trip to Tianzhu that made Lu Wan feel palpitations, and he had never been here since then, but this time he came to Tianzhu, especially after entering Zhongjing, but Lu Wan was surprised to find that Zhongjing City was much cleaner than before, although the streets still had a smoky smell, but at most it was similar to the smell of the sea boat that went to sea, and when he came to Dongshi, he was even more surprised to find that there was such a paradise-like place in Zhongjing.

Coming to Dongshi made Lu Wan very excited, especially when he found a restaurant opened by the Han people, he was even more happy, he was really not used to eating the local vegetarian food in Tianzhu, and he specially brought a few bags of jerky when he came, but he was eaten up by a few companions who came with him, and now he can find a restaurant opened by the Han people, which can naturally satisfy his cravings.

So Lu Wan didn't come and informed his companions who lived in the city, so he rushed into the restaurant. However, to his surprise, on the overcrowded first floor, he saw that many Tianzhu people were also sitting here, and all of them were of high caste, and they, like the Han and Persians, also had a lot of meat on the table, which was unimaginable before, especially in such a large public.

For the Tianzhu people who have always been vegetarians suddenly eat meat, Lu Wan went up to the second floor, and then called a guy to inquire about it, but the other party told him that the original two highnesses, no, should now be called the two popes, they issued an oracle, that is, Tianzhu men who joined the army are allowed to eat meat, because the Tianzhu men who join the army are fighting for God, so they must have a strong physique, so meat is a must, and those Tianzhu people who eat on the first floor are mostly Kshatriya-born officers.

Only then did Lu Wan understand, and at the same time, the evaluation of Li Zhen and Li Yun in his heart also improved to a higher level again, after all, with the age of the two of them, it took just a few years to make many Tianzhu people change the tradition of thousands of years, which is not something that anyone can do. It seems that none of the princes of His Majesty the Tang Dynasty are mediocre.

In Tianzhu, there can be such an environment as Dongshi, which makes Lu Wan feel very comfortable, so he found a seat by the window, and then ordered a few favorite dishes, and asked the guy to serve a pot of cold wine, while drinking wine and tasting food, the whole person's spirit was also relaxed.

In addition, Lu Wan is also very confident in meeting Li Zhen and Li Yun for a letter of state, firstly, there is a relationship between His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and secondly, Li Zhen and Li Yun are also beneficiaries of overseas development, so in the matter of developing new routes, they are consistent with their own interests, and there is no need to worry about them not agreeing.

"This gentleman is invited, I wonder if our brother can sit with him?" At this moment, Lu Wan suddenly heard a young voice next to him say.

Lu Wan followed the sound and looked at it, but he just saw a handsome young man, and next to the handsome young man was a slightly older and very strong black-faced young man, both of whom were polite and polite, which made people feel good at first sight. (To be continued......)