"Overseas business?" Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard Kong's question, and then asked, "How can you be interested in overseas things?" ”

"That's right, when I was in Shandong before, I once encountered a sea gale, and as a result, a fleet from Guangzhou to Goryeo had to dock in order to avoid the gale, and then the people of this fleet also went ashore to purchase a lot of things, the owner of that fleet was very knowledgeable, the little monk talked with him, and knew some overseas things, but he couldn't say some things clearly, so he wanted to inquire about the king of the county." Sora explained with a smile.

"I'm also very interested in overseas things, Princess Dening's fleet is making money every day, and everyone in the capital is envious!" Before Zhao Yan could speak, Cao Song hurriedly said, as he took over the family's business, this kid is now full of ideas to make money, but this is not bad, at least it is better than stealing things from him before.

"Haha, when it comes to overseas things, I'm afraid no one knows better than the county king, when I was lecturing at the micro level, the county king talked about the environment of the earth we are in on the first day, and what impressed me the most was that most of the earth we live on is seawater, so it should be called water polo." Su Shi also laughed when he heard this, among the four people sitting, he was the only one who had listened to Zhao Yan's lecture.

"In this way, I asked the right person, I wonder if the county king can explain it to us again?" When he heard Su Shi's words, his eyes lit up, and Cao Song and Hu Yanping were also staring at Zhao Yan with curiosity on their faces at this time.

Seeing the appearance of Kong, Cao Song and the others, Zhao Yan had to smile and said: "Speaking of overseas affairs, this is not something that can be explained clearly in one or two sentences, and even in the lecture that day, I only talked about a rough idea, since you want to hear it." Then I'll talk about overseas things in detail, as long as you don't find it boring! ”

Zhao Yan said that he started from the coastal waters of the Great Song Dynasty, first introduced the locations of Goryeo, Wa and Ryukyu, and then explained the customs and customs of various places, and then began to introduce to the Nanyang area, and then extended to farther places.

With Zhao Yan's explanation of the four oceans and seven continents. Likong and Su Shi They were also fascinated by it, among them Su Shi was okay, he had listened to Zhao Yan's class before, but Likong and Cao Song were both obsessed and shocked, because they also knew for the first time that the earth that they had inhabited was so huge, and although the territory of the Great Song Dynasty was large, it only occupied a corner of the earth, in comparison. There's a bigger world out there.

Zhao Yan talked from morning to afternoon, during which there were also questions from Kong and Cao Song, fortunately this was a small talk between friends, there was no need to be as loud as during the lecture, otherwise Zhao Yan's voice would not be able to stand it, but even so, Zhao Yan finally felt that he had said too much today, and his cheeks were a little sour. The tea was cup after cup, and it was not easy to satisfy their curiosity.

"Third brother. According to you, the place called America seems to be richer than the South Seas, and it is full of gold and silver mines, and if we can get there, won't we have enough money to spend? Cao Song's last eyes lit up, and he was most concerned about the gold and silver in the Americas. Even now, I am thinking about whether to spare some manpower and material resources to form a fleet?

"There is a lot of gold and silver in the Americas, especially in Central America, where people like to make gold into vessels to worship the gods, but the Americas are too far away from us, and you want to go there. You have to go to the country first, and then find an eastward current from the east coast of the country, float along the current for a month or two, and it is estimated that you can reach North America, and then you can go south along the coastline and spend more than a month to reach Central America. Zhao Yan said with a smile.

Although the navigation technology of the Great Song Dynasty has been very developed, it is still quite difficult to continue sailing on the ocean for a month or two. Zhao Yan said that he originally wanted to pour a basin of cold water on Cao Song, but Cao Song was not discouraged after hearing it: "There are more difficulties, but it is not impossible, I will discuss it with my family after I go back, and I will always think of a solution." ”

"Brother Jiu'er is ambitious, but such a good thing can't be cheap for yourself, so let's go to the Americas to grab gold together!" Hu Yanping shouted loudly at this time, their family was originally born in the Hu people, although after so many years of sinicization, but in the interest of the excellent family style of the Huyan family, the people of their family still maintain the style of many Hu people, such as robbing gold, although Zhao Yan and Cao Song also thought about it in their hearts, but they would never say it.

Su Shi ignored Cao Song and Hu Yanping's yearning for the Americas at this time, but said with a contemplative face: "According to what the king of the county said, overseas is even richer than my Great Song Dynasty, such as the Nanyang area, which is not only rich in all kinds of spices, but also has a hot weather and fertile land, which is very suitable for the growth of rice. ”

"Brother Zizhan thinks too simply, I have heard the shipowner mention the situation in the South Seas before, where the climate is indeed hot and the land is fertile, but at the same time, it is also rampant with miasma, except for the local natives, it is difficult for outsiders to adapt to the local climate, not to mention that there is still a vast land in the south of our Great Song Dynasty that has not been cultivated, where is there time to go overseas?" At this time, he retorted.

"The master is right, although Nanyang is rich, but the climate is really unbearable, not to mention that our Great Song Dynasty still has a lot of land that has not been cultivated, and there are two strong enemies in the north, Western Xia and Northern Liao, so in a short period of time, our Great Song Dynasty is simply unable to develop Nanyang." Cao Song suddenly said at this time, and at the same time, there was a little regret in his tone, after all, the spices and minerals in Nanyang are really coveted.

"Haha, it's true that we can't afford to occupy it, but it doesn't mean that we give up Nanyang, where there are rich specialties, we can completely use commerce to control there, for example, my eldest sister Princess Dening has a fleet, which travels between Nanyang and the Great Song Dynasty all year round, and makes a very good profit every year." Zhao Yan said with a smile at this time, he has always been very concerned about Nanyang, as long as he can solve any of the Western Xia and Northern Liao, so as to reduce the pressure on the Great Song Dynasty, then the Great Song Dynasty will have the energy to develop to the south.

When it came to the matter of controlling Nanyang with business, Cao Song and they all spoke one after another, and the atmosphere of the discussion became lively again, and even the monk Likong put down the empty shelves and actively participated in this discussion, and he seemed to be unusually interested in overseas affairs, and asked Zhao Yan many details of the question, until the sun set, the five of them ended today's party.

When Su Shi and the four of them left, Zhao Yan personally saw them off, and then he suddenly smiled and said: "King Jun, the little monk happens to be free tomorrow, and he is planning to come to listen to the lecture of the King of County, I don't know what to prepare?" ”

"Haha, welcome, as for the preparation, there is no need to prepare, in addition, I can take you to the school in the morning to listen to the class, and then go to the microscopic to listen to the class in the afternoon." Zhao Yan said with a smile at the moment, last time he had already invited him to listen to the class, but during this time he was busy promoting shrimp skin and sea intestines, and he couldn't spare time for the time being, and now these two ingredients have been slowly accepted by the major restaurants in the capital, and he is finally free.

"Thank you, King Jun!" Hearing this, he also nodded in thanks, and then said goodbye to Zhao Yan again, and then boarded the carriage with Su Shi and left.

Seeing off a few guests, Zhao Yan hummed a little song and was about to go back, but before he could turn around, he saw another carriage coming rapidly in the distance, and there were more than a dozen guards on horseback around him, Zhao Yan recognized at a glance that this carriage belonged to his eldest sister Princess Dening, which made him feel a little strange, and he stood in front of the door and waited.

I saw Princess Dening's carriage coming straight to Zhao Yan's face, and with the groom's shouting, the horse pulling the cart in front also stopped, and then I saw Princess Dening poking her head out of the car window and asked with a smile: "Third brother, why are you in front of the door, you won't be waiting for me all the way, right?" ”

"Hehe, a few friends came to visit today, I sent them away just now, and I happened to see your carriage eldest sister, but now it's almost dark, eldest sister, why do you have time to come to me?" Zhao Yan asked with a smile.

As soon as Zhao Yan's words fell, he saw a small head coming out of Princess Dening's body and shouted: "Uncle, my father is not at home, my mother and I plan to come to live with you for a while, so that I don't have to get up too early when I go to school every day." ”

It was Princess Dening's son Shu'er who spoke, he had entered primary school smoothly and became one of Zhao Yan's students, but his head was too smart, and Zhao Yan had given him a make-up lesson before, so he was now directly arranged to the third grade and studied with Zhao Yan and Ya'er.

"Brother-in-law wasn't still at home yesterday, why did he leave in such a hurry?" Zhao Yan couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard Shu'er's words, Princess Dening's husband is named Wang Shiyue, and now he holds several idle positions, and he usually stays at home to accompany Princess Dening.

"Don't mention it, there is something wrong with the business in the south, your brother-in-law rushed to deal with it, and only me and Shu'er are left at home, and it's strange that it's lonely, so I'll bring Shu'er to live with you for a few days." Although Princess Dening was smiling, she couldn't help frowning when she talked about business problems, although the family's business was mainly in her charge, she was a woman after all, and if there was a problem with the business in the field, she could only be dealt with by the concubine, and the problem this time was still a little tricky. (To be continued......) R1292