"Lord Wang, we have been going south, and then we went in the wrong direction, to a place called Cham country, at first we did not understand the language, and then we were lucky to meet a merchant who could speak Chinese, knowing that we came to Chang'an is very enthusiastic.

We were our guides, and we stayed there for months. Observing their crops, their rice only takes more than three months from planting to harvesting, and it is three crops a year.

Moreover, their rice is drought tolerant, with a yield of about two stones per mu. Their people do not have the cultivation technology of our Datang, but even if they sow seeds casually, they can still have a bumper harvest, and the domestic food in Cham is sufficient, although the people live a hard life, but few of them starve to death. And we also found spices. ”

"Cham country?" Li Shen recalled, he had heard of Champa rice and Champang. He hadn't heard of the Cham country, but he didn't care about him. Just find the grain that is three ripe.

"You have all worked hard, this king respects you a cup, and tomorrow I will ask Steward Wei to arrange this reward for you. It will definitely make your three generations worry-free," Li Shen promised.

Half a month later, three more groups returned. They had gone their separate ways, but in the end they all found a place. The country of Chenla, in present-day Cambodia. Zhenla country is like a water town, and the local crops are mainly rice, which is also harvested three times a year. (It is recorded that Zhenla was founded in the middle of the sixth century, but historical records record that in 623, in the sixth year of Wude, a Zhenla envoy came to Tang.) Even in 606, the second year of the Sui Dynasty, there was a record of Zhenla sending envoys to pay tribute. So don't bar, everybody. Kneel and thank you. )

Li Shen, who got the news, was really overjoyed and once again recruited Wang Xuance.

"Xuan Ce, you now arrange for someone to go to Fuzhou to buy a piece of land, a suitable place to build a dock and a port. The master of the shipbuilding of the National Recruitment Association, a ship has been built in the east of the city, and you let them go to Fuzhou together. Shipyard they are more experienced than us. Li Shen regretted why the dockyard was not built in the first two years.

"Also, buy a few more big ships in Fuzhou, um... Let's buy a few small boats, mainly large ones. You asked these two groups of people to go to Fuzhou together. Recruit crews in difficult local states and counties and go to sea with them. Follow the coastline all the way south to find places they've been. Whether it's seeds, grain, or spices, buy as much as I can buy. ”

Li Shen said, and Wang Xuance wrote it down in a small notebook. This is his experience. Sometimes Li Shen thinks of where to go. When you ask later, he may not even remember it himself.

"Well~~, there may not be any copper coins over there. In this way, you inform Wang Hongfu to go to the West Market, and buy a batch of cloth, silk, porcelain and so on from the Tang Dynasty. Load two boats. Don't be too high-end, those barbarians haven't seen the world.

They don't know the good things, and these are already good things for them.

When the price is a little higher, exchange more grain and seeds, and go directly to Yizhou after coming back, didn't we build a cement road.

I guess they'll be fixed when they get back. Li Shen said a lot, and Wang Xuance recorded it all, but he didn't walk away. But it seems that there is something to say, and I don't know how to say it yet.

"Xuan Ce, what else can I say directly." Seeing this, Li Shen asked.

Wang Xuance saw that there was no one left and right, and said to Li Shen: "A few days ago, our people saw Princess Gaoyang and a monk talking happily in Huichang Temple in Jinchengfang. ”

"You're still putting people in the temple?" Li Shen asked in surprise.

"That's not, this person is actually not a spy, he is a person who is doing things below, and he happened to compensate his wife to go to the incense to repay his vows that day, and he saw it from a distance.

I thought it was nothing, but he saw Gao Yang take the initiative to pull the monk's hand, so he reported it to me. After Wang Xuance finished speaking, he looked at Li Shen,

Li Shen's face was cloudy, Fang Yiai had partnered with him to do business all these years, and he had changed his past behavior, he thought that he was fine, but he didn't expect this to come.

"Xuan Ce, you go to this person immediately and give him a hush money. Tell him that as long as there is a little wind outside, his whole family will die, let him keep his mouth shut, and no one can say anything. I'll take care of the rest. ”

It is recorded that he had a high attainment in Buddhism and a high reputation, and was hailed as a monk in his twenties. He helped Xuanzang translate the scriptures and wrote the book "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty". The achievement is high. It's just that he may be fascinated by Gao Yang. Fell into a different place.

He has to take care of it, because Gao Yang is very involved in the resettlement of Fang Yiai's rebellion in the future, and he doesn't know if he will be involved in the future by others.

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Jinchengfang Huichang Temple

Because there are many so-called enlightened monks here, the incense is prosperous, and there are many good men and women every day. Gao Yang is one of them, since marrying Fang Yiai, Gao Yang is reluctant in every way. Although Fang Yiai and Li Shen have made a lot of money, their past deceitful behavior has also changed.

But Gao Yang still likes the gentle and elegant kind, and a few months ago, by chance, he saw a young and promising monk in this Huichang Temple. He is handsome in his early twenties, well-mannered, and full of economy.

This fascinated Gao Yang Shifen. So in the past few months, she often came to Huichang Temple to take the opportunity to get close to the debate. Start the debate or keep your distance. But Gao Yang himself is beautiful, and the debate machine did not hold the Buddha nature in the end.

At this time, Gao Yang was having a tryst with the debate machine under the big tree in the backyard, and the two clasped their hands together and whispered in a whisper.

"Yo~~ I'm so interested." A sudden word broke the warmth of the two. The two hurriedly distanced themselves.

When he saw the person clearly, Gao Yang exploded in an instant. If it were an ordinary person, with Gao Yang's arrogant temperament, he might be able to make his subordinates kill people and kill them.

But when she saw the person who came, her heart was full of fear, and over the years, Li Shen, the most favored of all the concubines of her Aye, had expanded her Aye's small treasury a hundred times.

Although Gao Yang is deeply loved by Taizong, he has always been pampered. But it also depends on who you follow.

"Ten Brothers"

Princess Gaoyang is two years older than Li Shen. Born in the first year of Zhenguan.

"Seventeenth sister, you are so interested." Li Shen walked over with a gloomy face, originally he had planned to come to find a debate machine. I didn't want him to bump into this.

"Tenth brother, you heard that I ......"

"Smack~" Li Shen raised his hand and slapped Princess Gaoyang. He has been loved by Emperor Taizong since he was a child, when has he ever been beaten. In an instant, the arrogant temperament was awakened, and the temper immediately came up.

"You dare to hit me???"

"Smack~" Li Shen slapped his backhand again.

"You ,..." Seeing that Li Shen was about to raise his hand again, he was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped his mouth

"These two slaps are for Aya, and the other is for the beloved." After speaking, Li Shen turned his head to look at the debate machine and asked

"You~~~ are the debate ???"

(Note: The Cham kingdom is in the south-central part of today's Vietnam, and the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" is called Linyi (Linyi), which was renamed Champa at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and was founded in about 192 AD.) These people went all the way south to this place. ）