Li Zhi's words were full of confidence, and immediately aroused everyone's interest in this topic.

Since the policy of developing maritime trade was proposed, everyone has been looking forward to it and there are some worries.

So far, the frequency of Datang merchants going to sea is not high, and the route information collected is mainly from foreign merchant ships.

From the information gathered, the success rate of ocean trade is actually not very high.

Far away from Persia and other places, only 12 out of 10 ships can come to the Tang Dynasty smoothly every year.

Other ships were either hijacked by pirates or sunk under the raging waves.

Now that Li Zhi mentioned this topic, Wang Qi was the first to speak: "The information collected at the moment is not optimistic, I don't know why His Highness has such confidence?" ”

Li Zhidao: "During his stay in Guangzhou, this king saw many foreign merchant ships, and these merchant ships were generally less than 500 materials.

Combined with other information, it is rare for a merchant ship to reach about 500 materials to capsize.

And the merchant ships customized by this king have all reached 2,000 materials, so the possibility of capsizing will be even lower. ”

Wei Zheng asked: "The giant ship is expensive and the construction period is long, so how can it form a scale in a short period of time?" ”

Li Zhidao: "At present, the sea trade has not really developed, and the merchants dare not invest if they can't see the benefits, so this king will take the lead in building giant ships."

When the king's merchant ships make money, those merchants will be moved.

When the demand for giant ships increases, shipyards will take the initiative to expand their slipways to undertake orders.

I believe that in less than five years, the scale of my Datang caravan will be unprecedentedly large. ”

Chen Shuda hesitated for a moment and said, "It is reported that there are many large and small countries along the sea route, do I need to send envoys to establish diplomatic relations with it?" ”

Li Zhi said: "You can prepare, but you don't need to force it. ”

Chen Shuda asked, "What is the meaning of this?" ”

Li Zhidao: "Since the establishment of diplomatic relations is voluntary on both sides, my Datang is the upper country of the Celestial Empire, although those who come will not refuse, but other small countries may have more concerns." ”

After hearing this, Chen Shuda nodded in understanding.

As a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, he naturally knows the mentality of the surrounding small countries.

The pressure on these small countries brought by a neighbor as powerful as Datang can be said to be extremely powerful.

All countries are cautious in their dealings with Datang, for fear of accidentally offending Datang and causing disaster.

Thinking about it like this, some countries really don't necessarily dare to rashly establish diplomatic relations with Datang.

When Li Zhi and the others were discussing state affairs, Xiao Yi and the others in the other private room were already a little numb with shock at this time.

There were only a dozen people sitting at the huge table that could accommodate twenty people at the same time.

The extravagant décor of the private room and the huge dining table made them a little confused.

Therefore, since they were brought into this huge private room, they were at the mercy of the maids.

When the maid had arranged their seats, she did not come up with a menu to embarrass them.

Instead, after obtaining Xiao Yi's consent, he carefully arranged dishes for them.

At this time, everyone was in a daze at a table of dishes that had just been served.

Although the maid had already introduced the dishes, they didn't know how to start because they had never seen many of them before.

An official pointed to a huge sea crab in front of him and asked the maid, "I don't know how to eat this crab?" ”

The maid smiled and said, "If you want to eat at this time, you have your own little woman to serve you." ”

The official politely said, "Then there will be work." ”

He was very curious about the few shelled seafood dishes on the table.

According to the maid's introduction, these were specially transported from distant Guangzhou.

For those of them who are in the mainland, many of them may not have seen each other in their entire lives.

At this time, everyone's eyes widened as the maid used a pair of delicate scissors to cut off the crab claws.

Then the joints on the crab claws are separated one by one.

Then he gently poked the thin joint against the thick joint, and a piece of whole crab meat was removed.

Next, the maid did the same, took out all the meat from the crab claws, and then began to process the crab shells.

I saw that the maid gently broke off the belly of the crab, and then separated the crab shell very easily.

After skillfully removing the crab's gills and some inedible parts such as crab mouths and hearts, the maid uses a spoon and chopsticks to separate the crab meat and crab roe.

A giant crab has broken down in a matter of moments.

After making a gesture of please, the maid looked up and asked, "I wonder which adult still needs the service of a little girl?" ”

After hearing this, everyone spoke: "There is Miss Lao." ”

The maid smiled and got busy.

Xiao Yi smiled bitterly while watching the maid busy: "This Jin Wang Pavilion is worthy of being the only place of consumption in the capital.

Most of the dishes on this table Xiao had never seen before. ”

Someone said: "It's not just Brother Xiao, why not down there?" ”

Another person spoke: "His Royal Highness King Jin is so gracious, should we go over and have a toast?" ”

Xiao Yi said: "I should, but at this moment, I am afraid that you adults are talking happily, so I will wait for a while." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and then began to eat and drink.

One of them suddenly spoke: "I don't know what Brother Xiao's experience is on this trip, why don't you tell us in detail at this time?" ”

After hearing this, Xiao Yi coughed lightly and told the process of disaster relief.

After hearing this, everyone shook their heads and sighed.

Someone said: "I didn't expect this process to be so exciting, let alone that His Royal Highness King Jin was so capable." ”

One person said: "It seems that His Royal Highness the King of Jin should be the first to make this trip!" ”

Xiao Yi smiled bitterly: "That's right. ”

Everyone looked at Xiao Yi enviously.

They originally thought that Xiao Yi had contributed the most on this trip, so they could get so many benefits.

Unexpectedly, the truth was just the opposite, and now it is obvious that Xiao Yi has taken advantage of His Royal Highness King Jin.

Someone sighed: "When such a good thing can be met again, it can save years of hard work!" ”

When everyone heard this, they shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

How can this kind of good thing be so easy to encounter, didn't you see that Ma Zhou worked hard for a long time and only got a vacant position as a doctor of Chaosan?

The one who went out with him was also a dignified prince!

Everyone didn't say it explicitly at the moment, but in private, they already felt disgusted with Li Tai's behavior.

Because of this, he made up his mind to stay away from Li Tai.

After chatting for a while, everyone made an appointment to toast Li Zhi and the others, but at this moment, Ma Zhou was drinking in an ordinary restaurant with a few friends.

Although Ma Zhou was promoted at this time, he was not happy at all.

Several people in the same group even belittled Li Tai, believing that his actions were completely unworthy of his current status.