This is a distress letter from Hong Fu and Qing Yuan.

The two of them were in trouble in the Western Regions and urgently needed Fang Yuan's help.

They didn't ask Fang Yuan to leave, they hoped that Fang Yuan could support them with some money.

With money, they will be able to use the money to buy helpers to solve the current predicament of the two of them.

It seems that it is not easy to borrow money for long distances, and they also said that they can bring it when Wang Shiyu goes.

But in the text, Fang Yuan could feel the seriousness of their problem.

Thinking about being treated by his colleagues in Chang'an City now, it's not interesting, so I thought about going to the Western Regions to help the red lady and have fun by the way.

"I'll go too!"

Du Miaoyan responded immediately.

Fang Yuan went, and he went, inseparable.

"I want to go too."

Su Ziqing immediately spoke.

But was quickly rejected by Du Miaoyan.

"You can't go, you have to stay in Chang'an City with Gao Xiangyu to take care of the family."

"I'm not here to play, I'm here to protect my husband."

Du Miaoyan said.

"Okay then."

Seeing this, Su Ziqing could only stay at home.

After all, you can't do it without a host at home, and you have to deal with guests.

And Fang Yuan is no longer what it used to be, he is no longer a mere waiter, but the king of Zhou, and he has to pay more attention to etiquette.

Next, Fang Yuan signaled that the second Maritime Silk Road will be carried out at the end of the month, and the personnel who have cooperated with him are invited to prepare their own goods.

As a result, Fang Yuan's side also began to prepare for the sale of overseas things.

Here in Fang Yuan, many things can be sold overseas, but it depends on the profit.

For example, last time when Wang Shiyu was on the first Maritime Silk Road, the profit of a bicycle was obviously better than that of cement.

Moreover, after long-term transportation, cement is prone to moisture at sea, which makes cement deteriorate and cannot be used.

This time, cement will be phased out, expanding the supply of bicycles.

Fang Yuan has a lot of products here, and the second production has not yet launched all of them.

But there is no hurry, there are more opportunities in the future.

And this time there weren't so many boats, and more than half of them were let out.

At that time, Fang Yuan was willing to divide so many ships, and there were also benefits for them because of the matter of sealing the king.

There is no interest, and they estimate that it is not as simple as opposing it at the beginning, but it has always been opposed.

Soon, the end of the month arrived.

Seven ships were loaded with cargo.

Among them, two belong to Fang Yuan, two are royal, and three are from other families.

Except for his own two ships, Fang Yuan had never interfered with the other two, and even asked them how many goods and how many people.

"King Zhou, go early and come back early!"

Many ministers sent Fang Yuan to sea.

said that it was to send Fang Yuan to the sea, but in fact, it was also their goods to the sea.

This time they have great expectations for the Maritime Silk Road, and how they expect the route to go.

As long as they know how the route is taken, they can completely open the Maritime Silk Road on their own in the future.

As for whether there is a steel ship or not, it doesn't matter, as long as there is a better big ship, it can also sail on the sea.

"Thank you for seeing you off, this king will go early and return early."

Fang Yuan said with a smile.

Under the gaze of everyone, he and Du Miaoyan boarded the steel steamer.

Wang Shiyu was already waiting for them on the ship, and officially set sail after the goods were boarded.

Seven huge ships left the port of Weishui, and people were in a surging mood when they saw it.

If this is Datang's warship, Datang's strength at sea should be invincible, right?

Maritime.

Fang Yuan's two ships were at the front.

Behind were two of the royal family, and then three of the family.

Except for Fang Yuan's two ships, the other five ships did not give them compasses this time.

So from the beginning of the voyage, Wang Shiyu began to raise the flag and ordered them to follow him.

"Why do they keep raising flags, they can see us, right?"

Du Miaoyan was lying on the Taishi chair on the board of the boat, and asked Wang Shiyu curiously.

The three of them are now bathing in the sand, with umbrellas to block the sun, watermelons and other fruits.

"I didn't give them a compass so they could listen to me."

Wang Shiyu didn't hide it, and she didn't feel embarrassed.

After the night when Fang Yuan became king, she had a relationship with Fang Yuan several times at the instigation of Du Miaoyan.

After coming and going, Wang Shiyu was no longer so shy, he thought that he was a member of the Fang Mansion, and he had slowly adapted to his new life.

"If you don't give them a compass, what if they get lost at night?"

Fang Yuan originally closed his eyes and recuperated.

But after hearing Wang Shiyu's words, he immediately opened his eyes.

He had been out to sea, and he had traveled at night, and if there was no moon, the sea would be like an endless darkness, terrifying and terrible.

In this case, it is easy to get lost, and it is all by determining the direction in advance and following the direction of the compass, so that you will not get lost.

"I'll put a few night pearls on the boat, and they'll just follow in the direction of the light."

Wang Shiyu said disapprovingly.

If it is dark at night, then the pearl of the night will be noticeable.

If there is light at night, then they will be able to see their ships.

In this case, they will not lose their way.

"Nonsense!"

"All five of them are watching the Night Pearl walk, and it is easy to collide."

"Go and get two compasses for each of their boats."

Fang Yuan sat up and said.

When driving at night, it's too easy to get lost without direction.

Not to mention the night lights, even if you light the torches, it is easy to get lost.

After all, anything can happen at sea, and if a sudden rainstorm affects their vision, they can't see anything.

"Don't you, do you?"

"Give them the compass, then how do they listen to my orders?"

Wang Shiyu said with a pout.

She wanted so many people to follow, and it would be very bad if she didn't listen to herself.

So he came up with the compass, so that they should listen to themselves, and if they don't listen, they have to listen.

"What's the point of driving on the sea and letting them listen to you?"

"The key is that after you get to the Western Regions, they will listen to you after you start trading."

Fang Yuan shook his head and said.

Don't give them a compass now, if they know, or if something happens at sea, and they want to be obedient when they get on land, then don't think about it.

"Oh, okay."

Wang Shiyu stuck out his tongue, got up unhappily, and went to arrange for someone to deliver compasses to other ships.

"It's not very thoughtful, the husband won't blame the poetry, right?"

Du Miaoyan chuckled.

"How could it be, I'm just afraid that she will suffer."

Fang Yuan shook his head and said.

It's definitely not weird, but Wang Shiyu is so stingy, I'm afraid that she will be targeted and suffered.

"She can successfully trade once, and there should be no problem with the second and third times, don't worry."

Du Miaoyan comforted.

Not long after, Wang Shiyu came back and went to her Taishi chair to lie down.

The boat was bored, and Fang Yuan and the three of them began to play cards.

Almost a month later.

Fang Yuan's steel steamer finally arrived at its destination.

It is a huge port with many people coming and going, ships and cargo.

When Fang Yuan's seven steel steamers slowly approached, the people here suddenly boiled.

Although Datang's fleet had already come once, they were still very surprised by such a huge ship.

"Fang Yuan, this is the Western Regions Rong Lu Country."

Wang Shiyu stood on the bow of the boat and pointed to the lively port below.

This is one of the countries in the Western Regions, where trade is relatively prosperous.

However, they are all internal transactions in the Western Regions, and very few are external transactions.

Datang has always traded with them, but it was all land transactions before, and the sea transactions are now the second time.

"Rong Lu country."

Fang Yuan said.

A lot of people down there are looking at this.

Their skin color is slightly different from that of the Han Chinese, and even some of their hair is different.

There are very few hair differences, just a very, very small part, almost negligible.

"Shall we go down?"

Wang Shiyu chuckled.

By this time, other ships had already begun to disembark.

"Miaoyan and I will leave with more than a dozen people, and I'll leave the rest to you."

Fang Yuan said.

Next, he will be separated from Wang Shiyu.

He and Du Miaoyan went to find Hongxu and Qingyu, while Wang Shiyu was selling goods.

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the country of Ronglu."

Wang Shiyu has no opinion.

This is something that has been planned for a long time.

Fang Yuan came here on this trip, firstly, to help Hongxu and Qingyu, but to play.

Fang Yuan and Miaoyan will not interfere in the matter of selling goods, and she does not want the two of them to interfere.

Soon, Fang Yuan and the others got off the boat and separated from each other.

"It's still quite lively."

"And they have better bodies and skin."

Du Miaoyan and Fang Yuan walked on the road, looking at all kinds of people in the Western Regions.

Most of them are about the same skin color as Han Chinese, and only a few are relatively different.

Fang Yuan and the others walked on the road, if they didn't speak, the pedestrians might not necessarily know that Fang Yuan and the others were outsiders.

"And they're all relatively high."

Fang Yuan said with a smile.

After buying a few horses at the post station, Fang Yuan and the others rushed in the direction of Loulan Kingdom.

The letter from Hongxu and Qing Yuan was in Loulan Kingdom, and the place where Fang Yuan sent the money was also in Loulan Kingdom.

Ronglu and Loulan are very close, that is, neighboring countries, so it is not a problem to go to Loulan.

The countries of the Western Regions all have demarcation lines, but they do not have strict defenses, and they can come and go at will.

There will be occasional wars in the countries of the Western Regions, but after the battle, the status quo will continue, and there will be almost no annihilation.

In less than an afternoon, Fang Yuan and the others entered the Loulan Kingdom and came to their royal capital.

After entering the royal capital of Loulan, Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan felt the enthusiasm here.

The women here are dressed very charmingly, and most of their bellies are exposed.

And you can hardly find obese, they are all curvaceous.

"It's a man's paradise."

Du Miaoyan sighed.

If you're a man, you'll love it here.

Because the women here are very welcoming, not only in dress, but also in hospitality.

From Fang Yuan's dismount to now, several women have come over to talk to Fang Yuan.

But it's a pity that Fang Yuan couldn't understand their words, and they couldn't understand Fang Yuan's words, so there was no follow-up.

"What, you're jealous?"

Fang Yuan looked at Du Miaoyan.

"It's not jealousy, it's pride."

Du Miaoyan was not jealous, but was still a little proud.

This time it wasn't her and Fang Yuan, Xue Rengui and almost the guards were also there.

But the women from the Western Regions poured into Fang Yuan's body, just to look at them.

This is enough to show that Fang Yuan's temperament and beauty attracted the women of Loulan Kingdom and made them come over automatically.

Fang Yuan smiled reassuringly, and asked his subordinates to inquire about the location in the red letter from Qing Yuan.

This time, Fang Yuan came over, and he also came with a translation.

It didn't take long for Fang Yuan to find a pawn.

The pawn is a female boss, in her early thirties, with a plump face and a very hot dress.

"You're from Datang?"

After hearing Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan speak Chinese, the female boss asked in broken Chinese.

"The shopkeeper knows Chinese?"

Fang Yuan asked with surprise on his face.

It's so rare to be able to meet someone who can speak Chinese in Loulan.

You can directly ask the other party about the red floc and the young lady.

"A little bit, your friend has taught me a lot."

The landlady laughed.

"What does my friend look like?"

Fang Yuan also said with a smile.

But I also want to see if the other party knows Hongfu and Qingyu.

"Are they two women of the same age, probably seven or eight years younger than me?"

The landlady thought about it and said.

"Yes, that's right."

"Did they leave you with any words?"

Fang Yuan asked with a little excitement.

It should be the red floc and the young lady.

"I don't remember very well, but they seem to be having problems."

"What are they asking you to do?"

The female boss thought about it seriously and said uncertainly.

"Let me give her some money."

Fang Yuan said.

"Yes, I remember, it's just that I need money to solve my trouble."

"She told me to send it to them when I got the money."

The female boss suddenly realized.

"Please, take us to them."

Fang Yuan took a deep breath and said.

It's rare to find Hongfu and Qingyu so quickly.

He was worried that after such a long time, Hong Xu and Qing Yuan would encounter accidents.

"I'm afraid this won't work, I'm worried about whether you are their enemy."

"If you are not their enemies, give me the money according to their explanations, and give me your identity by the way, and when I give them money, ask your identity, and if it is correct, you can meet again."

The female boss shook her head and said with a sad face.

Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan glanced at each other, their brows furrowed slightly.

But considering how it was possible for Hong Yu and Qing Yuan to be chased by the enemy, Fang Yuan's vigilance could only be let down.

"Do you use Datang treasure banknotes here?"

Fang Yuan asked.

"Sorry, I don't need it here, you can go somewhere else and exchange it for gold or copper coins and come back."

"But let me remind you, if the amount is too large, no one will dare to ask for it, after all, the Tang treasure banknote has just come to our Western Regions."

The landlady shook her head and said.

"Thirty taels of gold here."

Fang Yuan took out a bag from one of his subordinates.

This is one penny, and there is another Fang Yuan that has not been taken out.

This time, Fang Yuan didn't know how much money Hongxu and Qingyuan would use, and brought a lot of family funds.

"Arrogant, guest officer, I'll send you a message."

The female boss's eyes lit up.

After taking the gold, he took a serious look at it.

"Go and get back."

Fang Yuan nodded.

This pawn shop is still very large, and this female boss should not deceive people.

However, the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, Fang Yuan asked Du Miaoyan to follow carefully after she left, and it was important to make sure that the other party was really looking for Hongxu and Qing Yuan.

Fortunately, Fang Yuan asked Du Miaoyan to follow secretly, otherwise the money would be gone. (End of chapter)