"Impossible, how can iron float on the water? It's impossible! ”

After saying the sentence just now, Xiao Jiu himself began to shake his head in disbelief, this idea was really a bit ridiculous.

But if it weren't for this explanation, the iron boat, the transparent glass, and the barrels of the Shenwu cannons hidden in the hull were all unique to the Tang Dynasty, and other forces could not have it except the Tang Governor's Mansion, and they didn't dare to have it!

Didn't you see that the Wa Kingdom was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty because of the development of grenades?

"What's impossible about that?" Huang Zongze shook his head and said, "In the hands of His Royal Highness the Martial King, anything is impossible and possible!" ”

"On the other side, are you the brothers of the Maritime Patrol?"

Just when Huang Zongze was puzzled, a rough voice came from the iron boat opposite.

Huang Zongze paused for a moment, glanced through the transparent glass, and said with a smile: "It's okay now, it's sure it's our Datang ship!" Xiao Jiu, go out with me! ”

Xiao Jiu nodded and walked out behind Huang Zongze.

"Brother opposite, we are the ship of the Dengzhou Maritime Patrol, this is Huang Zongze, the deputy captain of the first squad, General Huang!"

Xiao Jiu and Huang Zongze, with ten soldiers of the Dengzhou Navy Army, appeared on the deck and shouted in the direction of the iron boat.

"It turned out to be General Huang!" The boatman laughed and said, "General Huang, wait a minute, His Royal Highness King Wu is on this ship......

"What, His Royal Highness King Wu is on the ship?" Huang Zongze was a little shocked.

At this moment, Li Yuanba and Li Su, accompanied by Chang Baisheng, walked out, stood on the bow of the boat and looked at Huang Zongze on the opposite side lightly.

"Huang Zongze, the deputy captain of the first squad of the Great Tang Dengzhou Maritime Patrol Force, has seen His Royal Highness King Wu and His Royal Highness King Shu!"

Huang Zongze and the soldiers of the navy did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly bowed to Li Yuanba.

"Hahaha, General Huang is quickly excused. Thank you so much! Li Yuanba laughed, shook his hand, and motioned for Huang Zongze to be exempt.

Huang Zongze was very excited, since the rebuilding of the navy, he had only seen His Royal Highness the Martial King once, and then the Shenlong saw the head and the tail, and never saw him again. To be able to meet him on this sea today was a thrill to him.

"General Huang, I wonder if the waters around our Datang can be calm in recent days?"

After the deck between the two ships was set up, Huang Zongze entered the steamship where Li Yuanba was. Li Yuanba asked.

At this time, Huang Zongze was curiously looking at the internal structure of the ship, and after hearing Li Yuanba's words, he hurriedly replied: "Back to the prince's words, the sea area around our Datang is very calm at the moment, and the last general is waiting to patrol the sea today to search for several other small islands and draw their topographic maps!" ”

"Oh? Where is the furthest it goes? Li Yuanba asked curiously.

Huang Zongze asked for a bamboo tube from Xiao Jiu's hand, spread it out on the deck, pointed to a route, and said:

"Lord Wang. Our team is mainly responsible for the archipelago in the direction of the South Sea, and after passing Borneo, Java and Luzon, there is an archipelago island chain, which is a special island chain. It is called the Spice Islands by our Datang. We are going here this time, and the entire island chain of Jiangsu and Zhejiang has been drawn. ”

Li Yuanba followed Huang Zongze's finger and looked over, but saw that this route was very long, covering almost all the islands in the South Seas. And the name, outline, and sphere of influence of each island are marked on the map.

"Well, you're doing a great job!" Li Yuanba nodded. Suddenly, he pointed to a small island that was relatively close and said, "Is this Luzon?" ”

The island of Luzon is located in the later Philippines. Law. To the north of the Penn Islands, it is the Philippines. Law. Bin is the largest, most populous and most economically developed island. In addition, there is another point, that is, Luzon is rich in rice, coconuts, and Luzon cigars are famous all over the world.

And most importantly, the territory where Fujiwara Sayoi mentioned that he caught Kunlun Nu seems to be on the small islands around Luzon.

"Yes, Lord Wang!" Huang Zongze nodded and said: "Lord Wang, the geographical location here is very special, not only the soil is fertile, rich in rice, but also connected to many small island countries, and the natives on this Luzon Island are very suitable for being captured as slaves, but because the island is more married, no slave hunting team is willing to go to great lengths to arrest." Otherwise, Luzon would have been occupied by other small countries long ago! ”

"Luzon...... It's really a gift from God to our Datang! ”

The corners of Li Yuanba's mouth suddenly grinned, such a good place, wouldn't it be a pity if he didn't catch Datang's hands?

And there is plenty of beauty and labor here, so that the two major problems of the current Datang can be solved, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?

Thinking of this, he looked at Huang Zongze, who was a little unclear, and said, "General Huang, are you interested in accompanying this king to Luzon Island to have a look?" ”

Huang Zongze's head flickered, and then he persuaded in a panic:

"Lord Wang, this Luzon Island is a long way away, and it will take at least one day to reach Luzon Island at the current speed of our Datang sailboats. Moreover, Luzon is located in another country, we only have these 100 people, if you encounter any danger on Luzon, you will die in the end! ”

"The two questions you considered are not problems here in this king!" Li Yuanba smiled faintly and said, "Do you know what the speed of this boat you are on now is?" ”

"W-this is really a ship?" Xiao Jiu, who was following behind Huang Zongze, was a little dumbfounded.

Li Yuanba patted the rudder in the cockpit and said, "The speed of this ship can advance two hundred miles in one hour at the most...... And you have also seen that this ship is also equipped with my Datang's new Shenwu cannon, but it is just a trip to Luzon, what kind of accident can happen? ”

Hearing Li Yuanba's words, Huang Zongze didn't believe it, it was not easy for this iron boat to float on the sea, and it could even reach a speed of 300 miles per hour, what about deceiving ghosts?

Seeing the expression on Huang Zongze's face, Li Yuanba did not explain in depth, but began to give orders on his own, saying: "You go to the ship now and give orders, let them cruise freely, and you go to Luzon with this king!" ”

"Ah...... Promise! ”

The family is the prince, he is just the deputy captain of a patrol, even if he is still a little worried in his heart, he still has to agree.

Huang Zongze was still a little in a hurry, but he returned to the steamship at tea time, and after returning to Li Yuanba, the steamship sailed quickly on the sea with Huang Zongze's frightened look on his face.

This was followed by black smoke rising from the chimney and the thunderous roar of the steam engine.

"Oh my God, what kind of steel monster is this?" Huang Zongze's little heart was beating extremely fast, as if it was about to jump out soon.

……

Actually, Huang Zongze's words are not too accurate.

Luzon Island is the closest island in the South Sea Islands to the interior of the Tang Dynasty. As early as the Han Dynasty, Luzon Island had some contacts with China, so it was the first large island known to the Chinese Dynasty.

In addition, the most noteworthy thing is that Luzon is the starting distance from the Japanese ...... Oh, and the Honshu Island of the current Heiwa Metropolitan Protectorate is not far away. If you start from the Asuka area, if you reach a newly built steamship, it will take about half a day.

It is precisely because Luzon Island is too close to both the Tang Dynasty and the Pingwei Imperial Palace, so after it was pointed out by Fujiwara, it was remembered by Li Yuanba.

If it weren't for the two-day delay of the steamer, Li Yuanba would have sent a fleet to Luzon to frantically plunder grain and capture slaves.

On the sea, the dawn of dawn is always the first to be lit up.

Just past midnight, the calm sea was still shining. After a night of steamship sailing, Luzon finally showed its outline in the lookout glasses of the steamers.

"Lord Wang, there will be half a pillar of incense in time to arrive on Luzon Island!" A soldier walked into the cabin and reported to Li Yuanba.

"Good!" Li Yuanba responded, stood up from the comfortable seat, stretched his waist and said, "Supervisor Chang, slow down the speed of the ship!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Chang Baisheng nodded and arranged it directly.

The time of the half-pillar incense is fleeting.

In the distance, Li Yuanba saw a long coastline, followed by lush forests and several small cabins built on the cliffs on the shore.

"What a primitive, backward place!"

After getting off the ship and stepping on the soft sand, Li Yuanba shook his head with emotion.

"Da Da Da ......"

A group of hundreds of Dengzhou guards disembarked from the ship behind Li Yuanba and guarded him tightly.

What is surprising is that these soldiers also carry long Han on their backs. Yang Gong, and there is a circle of yellow bullets around his waist.

"Lord, there is no unified king in Luzon, and the natives on the island don't even have a concept of a country."

At this time, Huang Zongze stepped forward and explained to Li Yuanba: "The natives on Luzon Island only form some loose tribes according to the blood relationship and kinship relationship between the tribes. These tribes, large and small, were at odds with each other, so they tended to live in groups. The few cabins on the small cliff should have been used by a certain tribe for reconnaissance and warning. ”

"Oh, it seems that the country on this island of Luzon is equivalent to the Warring States period of our Intermediate Court hundreds of years ago?" Li Yuanba nodded and said, "Alas, if they are given time to develop, in a few hundred years, maybe a unified country will also be formed, right?" It's a pity that this opportunity won't be ...... again" (To be continued.) )