"After getting so much spice this time, what reward will you get when you go home?"

In the face of inquiry, Cheng Yanjin's son Cheng Chuliang responded with a smile, "Everything is at the command of my father." ”

"After getting so much spice this time, what reward will you get when you go home?"

Fang Yiai scratched his head, "Before leaving, Changsun Chong said that he was optimistic about a few businesses, but he had no capital, and wanted to borrow some from me." If there is a reward, lend it to him. ”

"After getting so much spice this time, what reward will you get when you go home?"

Li Siwen said with a righteous face, "Do things for the family, what kind of reward." ”

"After getting so much spice this time, what reward will you get when you go home?"

Wu Yuanshuang, who seemed to be able to pierce through the deck, shouted, "There is a little lady named Hongyue in Pingkangfang, I will redeem her and take her back to the house." ”

“......”

Faced with the same question, the answers of the gentlemen are different.

Excluding those who play tricks and those who are not bright, most of them focus on eating, drinking, and having fun.

Regarding this result, Li Yunze also shook his head, "Datang's noble education, no." ”

It is no wonder that few of the descendants of famous generals in the early Tang Dynasty are prominent.

Even if there is a Li Jingye, he took the whole family into the grave bag and jumped together.

Not to mention the late Tang Dynasty, there was no news of them in the Middle Tang Dynasty.

Maybe the descendants still occupy a place in the court, but that is just the shadow of the ancestors, and it is not worth mentioning.

Even in Li Er's era, he tried his best to rebel and rebel, or simply guard the door and other idiots.

Li Yunze was very emotional: "Don't you want to do something meaningful?" Eating and waiting for death all day long is boring. ”

The reactions of the gentlemen varied.

There are those who are stupid, those who continue to act, and those who are directly rotten.

There is also a very simple statement: 'Father, they follow His Majesty to fight the country, aren't they born and die just so that we can enjoy themselves?' ’

Li Yunze was also amused, these gentlemen saw things quite accurately.

He didn't make any more temptations, and asked bluntly, "If Datang sets up a county in Kaizhou, the land of the South Seas, which of you is willing to come here to do things?" It must be a high allocation. ”

All of his responses were neat shaking of his head.

Even if he looks at some naïve love, he doesn't want to come to this kind of place full of miasma.

Later generations always talked about how the Age of Discovery was, and one of the most important points is that most people would rather go crazy involution in the fertile fields of Middle-earth than go to the bitter cold land in the north and the smoky land in the south to expand their territory.

There have been overpopulations in all dynasties, but in fact, as long as you go out, you can solve it very well.

But there are too few people who really go out. can only watch countless fertile soil become someone else's.

Before coming, Li Yunze only thought about cleaning up the wild people here and venting his evil anger.

But now that I see such a rich Nuoda Island in front of me, no one wants to take it, so I really want to leave it to those savages who don't have pants.

"After I go back, I have to talk to Li Erhaosheng about this matter."

The land of the Nanyang Islands is actually very fertile, because there are many volcanoes here, and the volcanic ash is recognized as a high-quality fertile soil.

At this point, just look at the little days.

Before the Industrial Age, the reason why the plains of a few islands were too fertile was that the volcanic ash land was too fertile.

If you want to promote this matter, you can only do it by Li Er.

The previously scattered fleet gradually began to regroup, and one by one the waterline dropped significantly, and the cargo hold was filled with all kinds of dried spices.

There was the greedy one, and even the deck was full.

Seeing this scene, Li Yunze immediately ordered them to throw all the excess weight into the sea.

It wasn't any spices, it was all money.

In the face of the fierce opposition of the crowd, Li Yunze's response was very simple: "If you don't want to throw it, you can jump down and accompany it." ”

Naturally, some old sailors explained, 'It's not storm season, and the ship is close to the island, so it's better to say that the waves are not big.' But the way back is choppy, and if you load so much, the wind and waves will inevitably capsize and sink the ship. ’

Although everyone was still dissatisfied, it was much better than the red-eyed state when they first came to the Spice Islands, and they could only reluctantly agree in the end.

Of course, there were also proposals to throw the seeds of Champa rice off the ship and vacate the positions.

Regarding this proposal, Li Yunze directly threw the person who proposed, that is, Cheng Chuliang, who was a lot smarter, into the sea to calm down.

After getting Li Yunze's promise, everyone who will come again next year finally set sail and started the return journey with a lot of money.

With Li Yunze providing accurate coordinates and directions as a guide, the fleet finally returned to Lingnan after sailing for more than a month.

When the news came out, the whole city of Guangzhou was a sensation, and countless people came to the dock to watch the excitement.

When the spices belonging to the Feng family's share were transported ashore in small boats, Feng Ang even came to the dock in person.

The sack was cut open with a knife, and the valuable spices were immediately spilled, and there was an exclamation all around.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Feng Zhiyu, who was grabbed by Feng An, asked in a deep voice, "Do you remember the location?" ”

"I can only remember a rough idea, it's too far." Feng Zhiyu smiled bitterly and explained, "Actually, even if you find it, it's useless. ”

"Huh?" Feng Ang raised his eyebrows: "What do you say?" ”

After a trip to the sea, Feng Zhijing, who was obviously tanned but obviously more energetic, responded, "It's still the same sentence, it's too far." That's thousands of miles by sea. ”

Speaking of this, Feng Zhiying stretched out his hand and pointed to the big sea ship on the sea in the distance, "Except for that kind of big sea ship, the idle boat can't go at all." Even if you follow it, you will never come back. That's what happened to the pirates who followed. ”

Feng Ang looked thoughtfully at the big sea ship in the distance, "Can you buy it?" ”

He didn't think about going straight to grab it.

Although it is said that 500 Lingnan soldiers are on the ship, if you really grab it, there is a high chance that you can grab a few. Not to mention that these ships are filled with a lot of spices that are priceless.

But what about after that?

If you really do this, you will be openly slapping Li Er in the face, and you will also offend a large number of nobles.

Cutting off people's money is like killing their parents, and cutting off so many noble goods, when the time comes, the famous generals will rush over.

Feng An, who was unwilling, asked again: "Can you make it?" ”

Lingnan is close to the sea, so naturally there is no shortage of shipbuilding capabilities.

It's just that as soon as the words came out, Feng Ang himself shook his head.

After thinking for a long time, Feng Ang made a decision, he looked at Feng Zhidai and said, "You go with the fleet and go to serve in front of the Chang'an City Palace." ”

Feng Zhidai nodded vigorously and immediately responded.

What kind of service is actually to be a hostage. After all, he is the eldest son who wants to inherit the family business, and only those with this status are qualified to be hostages.

When the fleet was repairing in Lingnan, Li Yunze went to the fields he had bought, looked at the sugarcane fields that were thriving, and was very satisfied with this.

When it is time to harvest, the sucrose produced by pressing is estimated to be able to meet the needs of most of Datang.

Li Yunze also left half of the Champa rice seeds and instructed the farmers in Lijiazhuang to plant them after the sugarcane was harvested.

Champa rice is said to be three crops a year, but only if the climatic conditions are hotter in the south.

If you really take it to Chang'an City, it is estimated that it will be ripe once a year.

If you want Li Er to see the benefits of this thing, you have to have a test field to show it.

When the fleet left Lingnan, it took Feng Zhidai with them.

Along the way, Feng Zhidai and Li Yunze had all kinds of relationships, and they were very enthusiastic.

On this day, Li Yunze sat on the deck fishing, and Feng Zhidai accompanied the fishing.

"At this time, the Pearl River is full of waterwheels, and it is very convenient to irrigate fertile land." Feng Zhidai said with a smile: "This is all the work of Master Li Zhuang." ”

Li Yunze, who was concentrating on fishing, responded, "Yes, it's all my credit." ”

Feng Zhidai grinned, and then said, "All kinds of iron farming tools produced by Lijiazhuang are convenient and durable, and those who have used them say that they are good. Master Li Zhuang is the savior of farmers all over the world. ”

At this time, Li Yunze finally turned his head to look at him, "Say, what do you want?" ”

"Lingnan lacks iron." Feng Zhidai scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "The wooden waterwheel is unbearable for long-term use, and the number of iron farm tools is not enough. The main thing is the lack of iron, if the owner of Li Zhuang can deliver iron to Lingnan, Lingnan will be very grateful. ”

On the surface, it means that he wants iron parts of the waterwheel and iron farm tools, but in fact, the secret line is that he wants more iron armor and iron weapons.

After returning from the 500 Lingnan soldiers seconded this time, in addition to wages and spices, everyone got a set of iron armor and iron weapons.

Its super quality makes Lingnan extremely satisfied.

If you're satisfied, you want more.

Feng Zhidai first said that the waterwheel and farm tools were just the beginning, and after contacting the relationship, it was naturally much easier to buy iron armor.

Li Yunze had seen a lot of these methods and words before.

Fixing the fishing rod and sighing lightly, Li Yunze stared at Feng Zhidai, and he was a little embarrassed to see it.

"Don't you think I'm amazing?" Li Yunze asked, "What do you want, you can find the spice island thousands of miles to sea." Hundreds of sets of sturdy armor stomachs can be taken out casually, and there are ten of these large sea ships as soon as they come out. ”

Feng Zhidai sneered, "Yes." ”

"I can tell you the truth." Li Yunze raised his hand and patted Feng Zhidai's shoulder, "What you see is just the tip of the iceberg, and my real ability is far more than that." ”

"I know you want iron armor, as long as I want, I can take out 18,000 sets casually."

Speaking of this, he spread his hands, "But why do you want to rebel against you?" ”

"How is that possible?!" Hearing the words of rebellion, Feng Zhidai screamed like a cat that had been stepped on its tail, "I'm just waiting for self-preservation." ”

"Self-preservation what?"

Li Yunze's smile gradually became perverted... "Lingnan is already the land of the Tang Dynasty, who do you want to protect yourself?" I don't care about anything else, but I provide materials and technology to Datang to make Datang strong and prosperous for Jutang, not to provide ammunition for careerists. ”

With that, he waved his hand, picked up the fishing rod and continued to pay attention to the sea.

"Who dares to rebel and destroy the hard-won peaceful life of the people. Then I'll let the thieves have a good life, what is called stoning you to death with money. ”