Li Fayuan led the fleet along the circulation all the way to the north, because of the sea charts drawn all the way when he came, so the return journey was much smoother than when he came, and after four months of sailing, he smoothly crossed the Goguryeo Sea and entered the Beihai, where he met the Datang Navy.

"Whoever is on the ship, report your name!"

Li Fayuan stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the handsome Tang warship with the number Cheng on it, gritting his teeth and smiling.

The adjutant general said: "General, Cheng Buliang should be Cheng Guogong's house opposite, do we want to tell them the flag."

"No, we have been drinking the sea breeze and eating salted fish for so long, how can we have these dog days to be comfortable, let the brothers hang up the banner of my Datang, especially the flag of the county king of this king, let's go up and rob it, replenish it, it is best to have fresh vegetables, and give the brothers a tooth sacrifice."

The adjutant immediately passed the order out.

Li Fayuan gritted his teeth and said: "Grandma's, I used to hear that eating meat and beating teeth sacrifice, but now eating vegetables has become a tooth sacrifice, this is really a strange thing every year, and there are many in Datang." ”

Cheng Buliang, who was standing at the bow of the boat, saw that not only did not slow down, but actually rushed straight over, was furious, and immediately ordered to prepare to open fire.

At this time, the soldiers at the lookout reported loudly: "General, the flag of the king of the county has been raised on the opposite side." ”

Hearing this, Cheng Buliang raised his eyes and stared again, and sure enough, he saw that the pirate flag had been replaced on the other side, and the four-clawed yellow dragon flag was raised, and he smashed his mouth and said: "Good girl, this is the return of the voyage fleet, no wonder I will drive my latest warship in Datang, I will say, where will the pirates be so bullish." ”

"Give the order to go down, disarm the battle readiness, order the fleet to slow down, and wait for them to come close."

Li Fayuan saw that the other party had played the flag of disarming the war readiness, and knew that the other party had seen his dragon flag, so he also ordered the fleet to slow down and approach Cheng Buliang.

"Cheng Laosan!"

"Boss Li, I haven't seen you for more than two years, and I've grown a lot."

"your eggs, my brother won't give you nothing, are there any vegetables on the boat, hurry up and prepare a few boxes for my brother to beat his teeth."

At this time, the two big ships had already adjusted their positions and walked together, Li Fayuan jumped onto Cheng Buliang's boat with a rope, hugged his fists and ran to the cabin galley.

Cheng Buliang chased after him: "I haven't seen him for more than two years, my brother's hobby has changed, I don't love meat and vegetables, I don't know if the hairpin building is still interested." ”

", my brother wants to eat vegetables, of course Hairpin House is interested, don't play, you still owe my brother a banquet in Hairpin Building, by the way, why did you get here, this is the North Sea Fleet, why did you run here to be a general, hasn't your old Cheng family always been in Zuo Weiwei?"

"Don't mention it, since my brother left Chang'an, there was a major earthquake in Chang'an, Your Majesty greatly reduced the generals, and at the same time, under the suggestion of King Zhou, three navies were established, and the status was the same as that of the Sixteen Guards, Your Majesty gave two ways, either the military generals turned civilian officials, or they came to the navy to accompany the sea."

Li Fayuan came to the kitchen, waved his hand to the fat cook who was saluting, grabbed a cabbage, and gnawed it up, seeing Cheng Buliang's jaw drop to the ground, he shouted, shocked as a god.

Li Fayuan ignored Cheng Laosan's shouting, people who have not voyaged will never be able to understand Yuanhang's desire for fresh vegetables, however, there are not many palatable foods in the Americas now, so don't think about vegetables, it is already an unexpected joy to be able to give you a whole piece of dried fruit.

"This is going to kill your father!"

"Who said no, my old man was sprinkled and rolled on the main hall, but what was the use, in the end all the veterans jointly played Your Majesty, but did not say that Your Majesty, Your Majesty in order to weaken the military power of the veterans, they were all named a state assassin history part-time, and the descendants who could be in charge were all sealed as civilians, and most of the people who were suitable for studying were sent to Qingbei College to gnaw books, and the drama of this crying hall was performed more than once, all of them were old and old, and the emperor had a big head, and the queen mother personally explained that it was for the good of future generations."

Li Fayuan listened, the queen said well, the future is the industrial age, the birthplace of the industrial age is Qingbei College, Your Majesty will arrange the children of the old handsomes, just don't want them to fall behind, now the rubber has been found, King Zhou said, as long as there is rubber, the industrial age will come, will show eruptive growth, or Your Majesty has a vision.

"Your Majesty really takes care of the old handsome."

Cheng Buliang didn't stop Li Fayuan, who was constantly robbing in the kitchen, because he couldn't stop it, but he didn't agree with Li Fayuan's words, because he refused to go to Qingbei College to study, so His Majesty kicked the North Sea Fleet in anger: "Boss Li, why do you say this, there is something in this that my brother doesn't know, you tell my brother." ”

"Yes, two hairpins."

"Okay, three meals are fine."

Li Fayuan, a stupid boy who missed a great opportunity, was full of emotion in his heart, he didn't want to come to the ocean fleet at the beginning, but the emperor said: "The future of the Tang Dynasty is in the sea of stars, whoever wants to be the first person to eat crabs will definitely be the pillar of the country in the future, I don't want my relatives to get involved, so I will find someone from the clan, you have to understand your heavy responsibility, and this is organized by King Zhou himself." ”

Hearing this at the time, Li Fayuan agreed without thinking about it, you must know that Gao Buer is a well-known smart person, and he has the ability to turn stone into gold, just by virtue of it, he Li Fayuan felt that he should take a trip, but who could know that the original trip was almost buried in the ocean, and this trip was almost three years.

If you want to ask Li Fayuan if he regrets it, he will say that he doesn't regret it, NND, this is the life that a big husband should have, struggling with the monstrous waves of the sea, and mastering the armed conquest of the gods to conquer the barbaric land, what is more meaningful than this, the intrigue in the capital, the soft red, and this comparison is insignificant.

Li Fayuan commanded the sergeant to move all the vegetables on Cheng Buliang's boat to his boat, standing at the bow of the boat, he patted Cheng Buliang's shoulder, sighed and said: "Cheng Laosan, don't say that my brother doesn't take care of you, you definitely lost a big opportunity if you didn't go to Qingbei Academy." ”

"What chance?" Cheng Buliang was puzzled.

"You know the industrial age planned by King Zhou, right?"

"I've heard my old man talk a few times, but brother, I don't believe it at all, what can replace the old scalper? Isn't that? ”

This is a simple sigh, Li Fayuan glanced at him: "Didn't you also when King Zhou demonstrated the steam engine in Chang'an, why did you become nonsense?" ”

"Damn, Boss Li, you pat your conscience, but you said this, our brothers praised you for being knowledgeable at the time, why? You forgot? ”

Of course, Li Fayuan would not admit it, and sighed and said, "Wasn't you young at that time? ”

"I'm rubbing, festival, festival, boy, I haven't seen you for two or three years, what about your festival?"

"Don't talk about it, it's useless, since Your Majesty has got you to the North Sea Fleet, you can do it well, my brother will return from a long voyage, our Datang will undergo earth-shaking changes, the center is in the academy, the key is in the naval fleet, our Datang army is already invincible in the world on land, and the navy in the future will also conquer this vast sea."

Cheng Buliang said disapprerovingly: "There's nothing wrong with you, what's the use of this sea?" You can't grow food, and you have to conquer the land and go west. ”

"What does the Western Expedition do? Are you going to eat sand and herd cattle? The sea in front of you is the place where you are rich. ”

"I don't see it." Cheng Buliang disagreed, as the third elder of the old Cheng family, he inherited the courage and tendons of the old Cheng family, not only him, but also his eldest brother and second sister, all of whom are simple-minded and well-developed animals, they advocate the dominance of the land, of course, if it is not for this voyage to let him see the richness of the sea, he Li Fayuan is also the master who only knows the dominance of the land, who made his old Li family have no one who understands the sea, but fortunately, the king of Zhou, who is immortal with the country, understands.

Li Fayuan knew that it didn't make sense to give it to him, so he stepped on his shoulder and stepped onto his boat, and said loudly: "Remember, if you mix well here, don't dare to anger Your Majesty again and lose this errand, and then your old Cheng family will become a joke." ”

After saying that, he didn't give him a chance to ask again, and immediately commanded the fleet to go south, and if he didn't see Gao Buer, their errand was not finished, and Cheng Buliang said so much, some of them already involved imperial secrets, all of which were looking at his brother's face, taking the risk to mention him, but this is a fool.

Cheng Buliang looked at Li Fayuan, who waved his hand to himself for something else, and he was still thinking about what he had just said in his mind, and he couldn't think of a reason. The deputy general said: "General, didn't the commander give an order before, and the people who meet the expedition fleet should report immediately, and the commander should report to Yangzhou and Chang'an, right?" ”

After being reminded by the vice admiral, Cheng Buliang remembered that the commander of the North Sea Fleet had indeed issued an order three months ago, saying that it was the order of King Zhou and His Majesty. The three fleets of the North Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea, nominally under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, were actually under the control of King Gao Buji of Zhou, and were called the chief of the fleet.

Cheng Buliang did not dare to delay the military order, and immediately let the fast ship go to Tianjin Port to report to Zhang Liang, the commander of the base.

Zhang Liang, the commander of the North Sea Fleet, received the report of the expeditionary fleet and immediately rushed to report to Chang'an and Yangzhou for 800 miles, but the land route was not as fast as the sea route, and the fast horse to Yangzhou had not yet arrived, and Li Fayuan had already turned into the mouth of the Yangtze River with the ocean-going fleet, and the East China Sea Fleet immediately sent troops to escort it to Yangzhou.

After getting the report of the East China Sea Fleet, Gao Buer immediately asked Gu Ci to clean up the dock to make room for the fleet, and ordered Xu Jingzong to arrange sea ships, and when the fleet docked, he immediately transferred the rubber trees to Feng An, Gao Buer had already communicated with Feng An, and the craftsmen who planted rubber trees Feng Ang was ready to stop, Feng Ang listened to Gao Buer's value of rubber trees, and was grateful to Gao Buer, and his old Feng family's wealth was finally going to be recovered.

For this reason, Feng Ang also personally came to Yangzhou, and so on from Gao Buer's mouth to determine the value of rubber trees, and only Guangdong and Hainan Island can be planted, he is looking forward to the day when the ocean fleet returns, it can be said that he is more active than Gao Buer, January three asked, this is a unique business with the imperial court, the Feng family's business was squeezed by the court bosses in the past, this is no way, the emperor wants to weaken the power of the family, go with the flow in order to have a good ending, but it is a big family.

In Lao Feng's words, it is about to drink the northwest wind, and if he can eat meat in the future, he will have to thank His Majesty and King Zhou for giving him the Feng family to be responsible for planting rubber trees, although he can only share thirty percent of the profits, his old Feng family is also content.

Soon, Li Fayuan and the fleet docked at the Yangzhou wharf, Gao Buer personally went to the wharf to greet him, helped Li Fayuan who was about to salute, Gao Buer patted him on the shoulder: "It's a lot stronger, it's hard work, just come back!" ”

After that, he said to the fleet: "Everyone has a month off, and a month later, Yangzhou reported that I drove a tractor into Chang'an to show credit for you!" ”

After speaking, he pulled Li Fayuan and turned around and left, his son Li Daozong took a family to the Zhou Palace, saying that he was coming to Yangzhou to play, but in fact, he was waiting for Li Fayuan to come back and ask about the ocean, so as to seize the opportunity for the old Li family, and the major families in the court were staring at it, and some people had already said that His Majesty favored his old Li family.

Gao Buer is the most aware of the matter of the voyage, but he has always been an adult, not to mention that this is a harmless thing, after a long absence, he is newlywed, and Li Fayuan's daughter-in-law is also there. As for the others, Gu Tingshi has already arranged that he must have a big banquet for three days, and Gao Buer will also be present in person, returning from the voyage, and bringing back rubber, Gao Buer thinks that it is impossible to celebrate.

Gao Buer pulled Li Fayuan and didn't go far: "The mission of the voyage is over here, I will arrange other things, your father and your mother, your daughter-in-law are all in the Zhou Palace, you go to meet first, I will treat the immortals in the evening, you all come, I have something to tell you tomorrow, this time you have a great credit, go, say tomorrow." ”

Li Fayuan was excited when he heard this: "Grandpa Xie Huang! ”

Gao Buji waved his hand to let him go quickly, and he turned around and continued to the dock, many things had to be arranged, rubber trees were transferred, and semi-finished rubber had to be transferred to the academy.