Ye Chang glanced at Li Tengkong, who was asleep in his arms, and felt pity in his heart.

He Chinese New Year's Eve this year, when a man was at his most prime, and according to the customs of this era, he also began to grow beards, and two well-trimmed mustaches made him look calm and shrewd. Although he has been running around in the past few years, his demeanor and temperament have become even better.

After learning the news of Li Linfu's death, Li Tengkong cried several times, and now he was tired of crying, so he rested in Ye Chang's arms.

The rutted train will soon arrive in Dongmu, and when Ye Chang was promoted to the county prince, the original Qinghe was changed to Dongmu, that is to say, nominally Dongmu County was his fiefdom. Ye Chang sighed, although he had rushed all the way, but by the time he arrived in Lushun, he thought that Li Linfu had already been buried, and he would be able to catch up with Erqi at most.

After all, it was the height of summer, and the weather was so hot that it was impossible for the corpse to be kept for a long time.

"Lang Jun, Lang Jun"

Li Tengkong suddenly shouted in a panic, Ye Chang frowned, maybe it was because of Li Linfu's death, even if Li Tengkong slept recently, he always had nightmares, and he desperately called him in his dreams. He tightened his hand and tucked one hand into Li Tengkong's palm.

"So-and-so, so-and-so." Ye Chang said softly.

I don't know if Li Tengkong heard his voice, and grabbed his hand tightly, Li Tengkong seemed to be relieved, and fell asleep again.

"Lang Jun, it's time to Dongmu." Half an hour later, the car stopped, and outside was a station made of cement masonry, and the guard who followed him whispered.

"Rest here for a while, and wait for Madame to wake up." Ye Chang also responded softly.

Not long after, a young man in his early twenties arrived here and handed over a piece of paper: "Lang Jun, there are some people here who want to see you." ”

"They're well-informed...... None of them. Ye Chang waved his hand and didn't take the paper.

The young man answered, turned and went about these matters. The young man's surname is Li, his name is aid, he graduated from Lushun Academy in the twelfth year of Tianbao, and after working in Lushun for a year and a half, he was transferred to Ye Chang's side as Ye Chang's clerk, and he was actually the secretary.

Since the first arithmetic exam in the eleventh year of Tianbao, the reputation of Lushun Academy has spread, and people who are interested in studying arithmetic have come here to study, and even Japan and Silla have sent international students. Ye Chang did not refuse these international students - he was not afraid of cultivating talents for Japan and Silla at all, because when these international students graduated, they may not be willing to leave Liaodong, which has much more relaxed conditions and academic atmosphere in all aspects.

Today, the total number of students in Lushun Academy has exceeded 1,000, which is the number of students who have entered the academy after six years of compulsory education, and if the total number of students in the entire Liaodong is added, there are more than 30,000 students. This is still limited to the shortage of teachers, otherwise, Ye Chang will include all the school-age population in compulsory education.

After resting for a while, Ye Chang suddenly heard a commotion outside, as if someone was shouting his name loudly. He frowned, glanced at Li Tengkong, the shout was getting closer and closer, and when he reached more than ten zhang away, he was finally stopped by Ye Chang's guards.

However, this distance was enough to wake up Li Tengkong, who was sleeping very lightly.

"Lang Jun...... Where is this? Li Tengkong rolled over, grabbed Ye Chang's hand tightly and asked

"It's time to Dongmu, do you want to rest for a while?"

"No...... No, for the sake of the concubine's family affairs, Lang Jun's business has been delayed. ”

"There is no delay, after returning to Liaodong this time, I intend to resign." Ye Chang said: "I should also be at home with you......"

"Ye Chang, it's me, Ye Chang, do you remember the old man Wang Yuanbao?"

He was talking to Li Tengkong affectionately, but he heard the voice that disturbed him and shouted hoarsely, Ye Chang's eyes turned cold: Wang Yuanbao's name, of course he still remembers, although the old grudge in the ball market has long been over, but this does not mean that Ye Chang wants to see this old man.

"What's going on?" Ye Chang asked outward.

"This old thief is one of the seekers, he is very powerful, the guards at the station did not stop him, it was our men who stopped him outside." Li Yuan also admired a little: "Looking at his age, he still has such skills"

Wang Yuanbao is over seventy years old, and he can still flexibly break through the barrier of the station guards, and he was not stopped until he came to Ye Chang's personal guard. Ye Chang didn't want to pay attention to him, but Li Tengkong, who was already sitting upright beside him, said softly: "At the beginning, Wang Yuanbao's daughter also had a slight relationship with the concubine, Wang Yuanbao is by no means an ignorant person, he is so anxious to see, I think there is something important." ”

This is what Ye Chang likes most about Li Tengkong, although she doesn't like power, but she is smart and calm, sometimes, Ye Chang will be swayed by emotions, and Li Tengkong can always persuade him in the most appropriate way.

"Okay, for Madame's sake, I'll see him, Madame will rest here for a while, I'll have the car ready, and we'll go straight to the dock later." Li Yuan, it's not early today, did you arrange our accommodation at the dock? ”

"Lang Jun rest assured, there are all arrangements."

Ye Chang got out of the car and saw Wang Yuanbao's appearance from a distance, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

I haven't seen Wang Yuanbao for many years, and in Ye Chang's impression, Wang Yuanbao is wide and fat, and he is the most obvious rich man's body. But now Wang Yuanbao is only half as thin as before, and the whole person looks extremely old.

Although he tried his best to maintain his dignity, the clothes on his body and the wrinkles on his face proved that he had a very bad time these years.

"Wang Weng called me, I don't know what happened?" Ye Chang asked slowly.

No matter how embarrassed Wang Yuanbao is, Ye Chang will not have much sympathy, after all, this is an enemy who has caused great trouble for himself, and an enemy who has failed is still an enemy, unless the other party is willing to surrender.

Wang Yuanbao took a breath, he knew that he had reached the end of his life, and what he could leave to his children and grandchildren in the next few years depends on today.

"I have some overseas treasures to dedicate to Ye Gong." He took two steps forward, but was stopped by Ye Chang's guards, and could only say anxiously more than ten zhang away: "Please also ask Ye Gong to summon him"

"Overseas curiosities?" Ye Chang was stunned: "Could it be that you have found Aolaiguo?" ”

"Aolaiguo is just Ye Gong's words, and the glassware must be made by Ye Gong's improvement of the glass process." Wang Yuanbao stared at Ye Changdao.

Ye Chang's face didn't change, but he just smiled lightly: "If there is no Aolai Country, then where do the overseas treasures you said come from?" ”

"Yavati Country" Wang Yuanbao said.

Ye Chang had never heard of this country, but it sounded like a small country in Southeast Asia. Ye Chang didn't pay much attention to the products in Southeast Asia, and now the navigation industry of the Tang Dynasty has developed by leaps and bounds, and the concept of sea power and marine wealth has begun to be accepted.

"I don't know what kind of rarity makes Wang Weng attach so much importance to it." Ye Chang said slowly: "However, Ye is now redundant and complicated, and he is really not interested in Wang Weng's treasures, Wang Weng please take care of himself." ”

Wang Yuanbao looked up at Ye Chang, who was more than half a head taller than himself, and said in a lost voice: "This ...... How is this possible, Ye Gong, Ye Gong, didn't you say that wealth comes from the sea, why do you ......"

"Wealth comes from the sea, Wang Weng, since you have obtained wealth from the sea, you can make a comeback." Ye Changdao.

When he said this, he had no intention of entangling with Wang Yuanbao anymore, Wang Yuanbao was desperate in his heart, knowing that he had no room for bargaining, and immediately took out the things hidden in his sleeves: "Ye Gong, look, look at this overseas treasure"

Ye Chang glanced at him and was about to leave, but after only looking at this one, his eyes suddenly widened, and it was the strong self-control formed after more than ten years of wind and rain that made him unable to restrain himself

"It's ......"

"Yavati National Treasures" Wang Yuanbao held up a few things in his hand and shouted loudly.

"Ye Poti ......" Ye Chang muttered, shaking his head, Wang Yuanbao in his hand, where is the treasure of Ye Poti country.

It was clearly corn

Although the size is relatively small, and although the rice grains are relatively flat, Ye Chang still recognizes this thing.

Corn should have been produced in the Americas, and the Tang Dynasty in this era could not have it. Therefore, Ye Chang's first thought was to be like him, who broke through the sky from another life, and was stronger than him, and brought corn over.

But soon, he realized that this was not something from another world that he had crossed over, but something that he had brought from the Americas of this world

"Let Wang Weng come over." Ye Chang felt both absurd and surprised in his heart, although Datang's navigation skills have made great progress in the past ten years, especially the sea ships of Lushun, they can already take the so-called first island chain in later generations as their own backyard to spin, but there should still be some gaps from ocean voyages, how can someone go to the Americas and bring something like corn back?

Wang Yuanbao saw Ye Chang's interest in the items in his hand, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said that the turning point he had been waiting for for a long time had come.

"Ye Jungong, you are old and polite." When he arrived in front of Ye Chang, he saluted respectfully, such an old man could bend his waist like this, which made Ye Chang also a little moved.

"Wang Weng, please take a seat." Ye Chang pointed to the cement bench on the side of the road, which was for the people waiting for the rutted train here: "Wang Weng tell me this." ”

"Can Ye Jungong recognize this?" Wang Yuanbao only sat on half of his buttocks, and then raised the thing in his hand again: "The old man can see it, Ye Jungong recognizes this thing...... I don't know what the name of this thing is? ”

"It's corn." Ye Chang said slowly: "Its plants ......"

Speaking of this, Ye Chang was silent and just smiled. In his early years, he could pretend to be an immortal pointer, but in his current identity, it is a little inappropriate to hang the immortal point in his mouth.

"Corn, corn...... Sure enough, it does look like a jade ......" Wang Yuanbao said in a trembling voice, and then took out another thing from his sleeve: "What about this thing, Ye Jungong, what is this thing?" ”

When Ye Chang saw this second thing, he was even more excited than when he saw the previous thing: "This ...... Potatoes, even this was brought here? ”

"Isn't a potato, exactly, like a horse's neck bell?" Wang Yuanbao muttered.

"Wang Weng, tell me about this Yavati country." Surprised for a while, Ye Chang said again.

"When Tianbao was nine years old, when Ye Gong left Liaodong, I bought two sea ships from Lushun Shipyard and three ships in Dongmu, and half of my family wealth at that time recruited more than 400 sailors to find Aolai country. At that time, I had a nautical chart in my hand, which was said to have been passed down from Ye Gong, and marked with the location of the Aolai Kingdom......"

This is a tragedy, Ye Chang has long known that someone is fighting the idea of the so-called Aolai Kingdom, so he deliberately released some specious charts, like Wang Qinian's discovery of the Golden Mountain of Liuqiu, it is only with such a chart that he can find it so accurately. Some of these charts depict the oceans of the next life, some of them are marked with fire rununu, some of them show the islands of Micronesia, and of course, there are no less labels of the Americas.

The nautical chart that Wang Yuanbao "bought" with a lot of money is a nautical chart marked with the region of America and Mexico. Because of this chart, Wang Yuanbao will create this ocean-going fleet at any cost.

In his opinion, as long as he finds the country of Aolai, then all the costs are worth it. However, he was still very cautious, hired Persian and Dashi navigation experts, prepared enough food and water, and did not need bean sprouts and other secret recipes of Han navigators to prevent sepsis at sea. In September of that year, the fleet officially departed from port and sailed out into the vast ocean.

The ship first reached the southern part of Japan, and then took advantage of the winds and currents to go west, and drifted at sea for more than 70 days before reaching some small islands. After first clashing with the natives of the island, then trading, and after exchanging some food and water, they continued eastward for more than 30 days before they reached land.

For more than 100 days, at this time, everyone understood that the place marked on the chart was definitely not a country of Aolai, and the five ships were also lost due to storms and miscarriages, and only three were left, and the number of personnel was reduced to more than 200. At this time, the harsh winter had arrived, and they could not turn back, so they had to go south, resupplying along the way, until the warmer part of Mexico

"They stayed there for three years, several times to prepare to return, but all failed, each failure, the personnel will be damaged, although the local people are replenished, but gradually there is not enough manpower, some people have even given up, do not want to return to the Tang Dynasty, so they married a wife and had children in the local area. However, one of my nephews, who is the chief of all people, has always thought about his homeland, and only thinks that since he first went east and then south, now he can come back first to the west and then to the north. He took the remaining two ships, more than 100 people, and stored 150 days of grain, which took three months, and finally reached a large island, he estimated the distance, and then turned to the northwest, thinking that he could reach Guangzhou, but the result was led by the wind, to Silla, and then from Silla to Lushun, at this time there was only one ship left, and there were only 40 people left, and he rested in Lushun for a while, and then returned to Dongmou. Wang Yuanbao said this, already in tears, from the ninth year of Tianbao, to the current fourteenth year of Tianbao, it took these people five years, and then returned to the Tang Dynasty, when more than 400 people went out, but only forty people came back, and several of them are natives from other places

He looked at Ye Chang again and found that Ye Chang was already frozen.