Looking at the slowly approaching boats, Wang Ze, Zhou Cheng, Lu Wangzhi and others were silent, but the people on the shore who were unknown cheered loudly, in their opinion, these Taoist priests and soldiers were able to cross the ocean to the other side and come back safely, this is the blessing of Haotian God.

When the first group of Taoist priests took the lead in getting off the boat and came to the dock, Lu Wangzhi was the first to greet him, looking at several young Taoist priests who were in the dust, Lu Wangzhi not only did not smile, but asked with a straight face: "Lin Qing, Huang Yi, where is your master?" Why did you only come back with so many ships? ”

At the beginning, there were ten large ships when Chen Duan sailed away, but now only four ships have returned, not to mention that even the masts on the ships are damaged, and the sails on many other ships are also tattered, and even the shipboards have traces of repair.

Two of the young Taoist priests who were questioned by Lu Wangzhi were disciples of Chen Duan when he was a missionary in Yizhou, and this time he also followed Chen Duan to Fusang on the other side of the ocean to explore the distant and mysterious country.

Hearing Master Bolu Wangzhi's question, the two young Taoist priests didn't care that they were still a little vague under their feet just after getting off the boat, and immediately saluted respectfully: "Master Uncle, Master Venerable didn't come back with us, he said that he hadn't explored the new world well enough, so after finding the few plants that His Majesty needed at the beginning, he immediately sent us back first!" ”

"What? It's been three years, and you haven't explored enough? Lu Wangzhi's eyes widened, "Don't your masters want to be ancestors?" Although he is good at health preservation, he is almost 110 years old this year, do you want us to go thousands of miles away to find him? ”

Although Lü Wangzhi had spent most of his time in charge of local teaching affairs in the counties of Qidong, he was a relatively serious person, so not only his own disciples were afraid of him, but even the disciples of several of his junior disciples were quite afraid in front of him.

Especially in the past two years, because Liu Qingnian has exceeded 100 years, after seeking Wang Ze's approval, the Xia Kingdom Heavenly Daoist Academy jointly elected Lu Wangzhi as the bishop of the Zhenhai Great Temple, and was responsible for the teaching affairs of the entire Beji Land, and since then this majesty has become even stronger.

Several young Taoist priests didn't dare to say much, and then Zhou Cheng next to him stepped forward and smiled at Lu Wangzhi: "Senior brother, they came back after all the hardships and dangers, don't be embarrassed for them, besides, you don't know what the temper of the fourth senior brother is, sometimes he doesn't even listen to the words of the master, don't talk about these children!" ”

With Zhou Cheng's persuasion, these young Taoist priests finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped forward to offer treasures: "We got the sweet potatoes, corn, pumpkins, and chili peppers that Your Majesty needs from Fusang Kingdom!" In addition, the kind of tear tree that His Majesty was looking for has been found! ”

Lu Wangzhi glared at a few people and reprimanded: "Since it is something that Your Majesty needs, hurry up and tell Your Majesty, what's the matter with offering treasures to me?" ”

Several young Taoist priests hurriedly put away the things, and came to Wang Ze in a hurry, putting the same thing in front of Wang Ze to inspect.

Looking at the golden corn kernels filled with a few pockets, the red peppers, the peanuts with the shells, and the round pumpkins like wheels, of course, Wang Ze's favorite tomato seeds are also indispensable, Wang Ze smiled proudly.

Wang Ze looked at the young Taoist priests in front of him who were already a little ragged, and then looked at the sailors on the ship, took Huang Yi and Lin Qing's hands and said to them affectionately: "This journey is really hard for you, with these things, we can add a lot of food, this is not inferior to Zhang Qian's trip to drill holes!" ”

Although in recent years, due to the continuous progress of advanced agricultural production technology in the East China Sea and the orderly progress of the cultivation of excellent seeds, there has been no shortage of grain in Xia over the years, and there is more than three years of grain storage, in fact, there is no urgency for sweet potatoes, corn, pumpkins, and peanuts from the Americas.

However, Wang Ze believes that this is a relatively rare period of warm climate in China's history, and that the abundance of food now does not mean that there will be no problems in the future, and it just so happens that now whether it is technology or other aspects, we have the ability to explore the American continent, so it is better to absorb these crops native to the Americas from now on.

Even if we get these things in hand first, in the event of a natural disaster in the future, these crops have already adapted to the climate of various parts of the Xia Kingdom after dozens or hundreds of years of cultivation, and they can be popularized on a large scale immediately.

In addition, the yield of sweet potatoes is very high, whether it is tubers, or dried vine leaves are very good feed, corn fruits and plants are also excellent cattle and sheep feed, even if people are not suitable for eating these things, used as an excellent feed crop for raising livestock.

These young Taoist priests finally went to the Americas, of course, they couldn't simply bring such a few things, they simply took out a few crops that Wang Ze asked for at the beginning, and there were a variety of other large crops on the ship.

Potatoes native to the Americas, and tear trees that Wang Ze strongly requested to find, especially the rubber trees known as tear trees, because Wang Ze had specially told them before they set out that the seeds of this kind of tree would not survive if they were not planted immediately.

So when the fleet returned, they brought with them hundreds of saplings, and during the months on the ship, they took good care of the saplings, which were originally only one foot high, but now they have grown to a height of four or five feet.

Especially after entering the winter, Huang Yi, Lin Qing and others were afraid that the cold weather would freeze the saplings to death, and they were all surrounded by thick cotton wool and other things, so that Wang Ze had to sigh at the carefulness of several people. Cool Record Literature

He solemnly instructed the soldiers to quickly put away these hard-won crop seeds, now that Zhenhai is still a cold and snowy place, of course Wang Ze will not plant here immediately, he is going to take these newly obtained seeds to Yizhou and Luhan County for experimental planting.

These two sites are located in the tropics, which can grow crops all year round, and are also rare agricultural test sites.

Historically, these crops from the Americas were first grown in the Philippines and other parts of the South Seas before being gradually introduced to China.

The climate of Fuso, where Fuso is located, is also tropical, and the latitude is almost exactly the same as that of Luhan County, and the crops brought from there are the easiest to grow in Luhan.

After learning that Chen Duan and Mi Ke still stayed in Fusang and did not return, Wang Ze also sighed that these two people really had a fighting spirit, and he also greeted these Taoist priests and sailors who ventured back all the way.

Although it was not Chen Duan who came back, the officials, including Liu Xin, Yang Ku, Lu Wen, Xiao Jing and others, still greeted these people who returned from the voyage very cordially.

It's just that according to the ocean-going navigation regulations that the Xia Kingdom had implemented since the year before last, these Taoist priests and sailors who came from afar still had to go to the specially prepared public bath to bathe and change their clothes, burn all the clothes they had worn before, and could not move around at will for fifteen days.

Fortunately, this regulation has been implemented for so many years and is already well known, and the sailors also know that this is for the safety of all the local people, so they are extremely cooperative, and the national players of the medical school are also sent by Wang Ze to check whether these sailors have hidden diseases.

It was only after the eleventh day that Wang Ze awarded medals to all the soldiers who had fought in the South and Western Seas before that, and then he met with these young Taoist priests, and after more than ten days of recuperation, these young people were already in good spirits, and Wang Ze learned from them what they had passed along the way.

After setting out from Zhenhai, Chen Duan, who had studied the navigation route for a long time, commanded the route of the fleet, and Mi Ke drove the first ship to command all the ships in the fleet.

The fleet first sailed due east through the waterway between Whale Island and Taizhou County, sailed along the east coast of Whale Island, and then made a short stop at Diaoyu City, the county town of Whale Island, and then sailed northeast along the Kuril Islands.

In the past, when Liu Qing and others obtained the route map of the disciples of the Futu monk Huishen, they also walked in this direction, and now that the Northland Islands have been discovered by the Xia Kingdom, they can smoothly reach that mysterious continent along the Northland Islands all the way east.

In addition, there are several simple supply bases established by the Whale Island whaling fleet on the Northland Islands, so this route is the safest.

But things are often unsatisfactory, when they just sailed to the west of the North-Zemya archipelago, they happened to encounter a big storm, because the ship lost its course, so the fleet could only helplessly drift on the ocean, fortunately the quality of the ships was excellent, and the quality of the sailors was excellent, their fleet was not scattered, and everyone was still safe together.

There is no reference to the floating on the sea, they can only judge how far they have gone by the daily sunrise and sunset, and although there is plenty of food on board, if they come across any kind of edible seafood, they will collect as much as they can.

After two months of floating on the sea, they finally found a long coast, but it was so desolate and dry, and although there were some plants suitable for the desert, it was extremely dry and hot, and they had to work hard to replenish some of the water.

At this time, Chen Duan, Mi Ke and others had to face a very difficult problem, that is, whether Fusang was going south or north? At this time, there is no GPS positioning, map navigation or something, once you go wrong, it will take several months to make up for it.

Fortunately, a young surveyor named Qu Zhe of the fleet knew how to use the relationship between the height of the sun at noon and the time of day to determine their geographical location, and after comparing the map they carried with them, they judged that thousands of miles further south was the land of Fuso.

Chen Duan also once fantasized about countless ways to deal with the Fusang people, he also has his own ambitions, at the beginning, the Futu monk Huishen could bring some disciples and believers to come here to preach, then he would definitely be able to spread the glory of Haotian God here.

And there were not many believers who followed Huishen to Fusang at the beginning, how could there be a hundred and ten people, I heard that there are many remnants of the Southern Qi people who claim to be the first, thinking that these people have lived in the local area for many years, there should be many descendants who can be used as a link between the two sides.

But when they finally came to the place where the legendary Fusang Kingdom was located, and found the place where Huishen and his descendants lived according to the map drawn by Huishen's apprentices, they were surprised to find that this small city had become a pile of ruins, and there was a large-scale war here.