Datang Nongwang

Chapter 714
Chen Juan and the others came back a month ago.

They went there for more than half a year.

It's been almost ten months.

Now, it is November, and the weather is getting colder.

After going out for nearly ten months, he was still fine when he came back, and he also brought Li Chongyuan the situation about Da Dao.

on this night.

The two chatted with Li Chongyuan until late at night.

After this night of chatting, Li Chongyuan not only knew some information about the southern waters, but also knew the general situation of the big island.

although.

Chen Juan and the others did not fully investigate the big island, not even [-]% of it, but after hearing what they said, Li Chongyuan wanted to go to that big island very much.

In his previous life, Li Chongyuan had no chance to go abroad.

Today, Li Chongyuan still has no chance to go abroad.

Coincidentally, after learning about the situation on Da Dao, Li Chongyuan immediately had an idea of ​​wanting to go to Da Dao.

'A long voyage is also a long voyage for the future to the other side of the sea, and there are things I need, no matter what, I have to go and see. '

Li Chongyuan returned to his room, lay on the bed, looked at the roof again, and wanted to leave for the big island more and more in his heart.

Want to go, and desperately want to go right away.

However, Li Chongyuan has too many things to do, so much that he wants to leave but cannot leave.

The fact that he took office restricted his idea of ​​leaving Xisha Island and going to Big Island.

and.

In taking office this time, in addition to the post of Suzhou Biejia, he was crowned with the post of a shipbuilding ambassador.

Just these two official positions are enough to limit Li Chongyuan's desire to set off for the big island immediately.

If Li Chongyuan didn't take office for a long time, someone in the court would definitely trouble Li Chongyuan. Even if he went to take office first and showed his face, the people in the court would only turn a blind eye or close one eye.

Even if someone wants to sue him about Li Chongyuan, as long as Li Shimin doesn't speak, Li Chongyuan is safe.

Moreover.

Li Chongyuan didn't want to be the Yangzhou Shipbuilding Ambassador at first, it was just that Li Shimin did it on purpose, he just wanted Li Chongyuan to take over the court's shipyard so that he could build some warships so that he could use Li Shimin to conquer Goguryeo .

After all, the ships built by Li Chongyuan's two shipyards are much, much better than all the current ships.

Regardless of the size of the ship, its speed can beat the current ships by a few blocks.

otherwise.

Li Shimin would not use the title of county king to get a ship and blueprints from Li Chongyuan.

this night.

Li Chongyuan couldn't sleep at all.

I was thinking about how to go to the Big Island.

This is not.

Early in the morning, when Li Chongyuan got up, he had a pair of panda eyes.

This made Tang Li and others think that Li Chongyuan found a little lady last night and fought all night.

Fortunately, there is not a single lady on Xisha Island, but there are women, and they also know that Li Chongyuan makes them feel a bit unfeminine.

If you change to anyone.

As for Li Chongyuan's pair of panda eyes, they definitely think that Li Chongyuan has found a young lady to fool around with.

It's not that Li Chongyuan is not close to women.

There is really no woman that Li Chongyuan can fall in love with.

Just like when he was in Li Zhuang, Li Chongyuan never forgot about the little lady he met.

But Li Chongyuan knew that it was impossible for him to marry such a woman back home.

Even if he doesn't care about other people's eyes, he, Li Chongyuan, has to worry about the old lady's thoughts, as well as Li Yuan, and even Li Shimin's face.

The identity here is not what Li Chongyuan wants to do.

As for taking a peasant girl's concubine, that's fine.

But right now, Li Chongyuan has never thought about marrying a wife and having children, even if it is about taking a concubine, Li Chongyuan has never thought about it.

As soon as Li Chongyuan's crowning ceremony is over, it is estimated that the time for him to get married will be infinitely closer.

At least.

Before Li Chongyuan returned to Xisha Island from Chang'an, he heard from the old lady that at the beginning of next year, his second and third brothers would all get married one after another.

Next, it must be Li Chongyuan's business.

Near or far, Li Chongyuan has no intention to think about these things at the moment.

Li Chongyuan, who got up early in the morning, went directly to the boat that Chen Huan mentioned yesterday.

When Li Chongyuan boarded the paddle steamer, Li Chongyuan smiled, "What did I say? It turned out to be a few wombats. But it looks like I'm going to die."

"Chong Yuan, I'm not happy when you say that. It looks like it's going to die. It was fine when we caught it, but they may not be used to it. After a while, they will definitely be alive and kicking " Chen Huan, who had just followed, was obviously a little unhappy after hearing Li Chongyuan's words.

Li Chongyuan glanced at Chen Huan who was following him, pointed to the wombats in the cage and said, "Aunt Huan, you should know that since you caught them, they won't eat or drink. You came back from the big island, and the journey lasted for more than a month, didn't you find something?"

"?" There was a big question mark in Chen Huan's mind.

Seeing Chen Huan looking at him with doubts in his eyes, Li Chongyuan smiled and explained: "We are all unaccustomed to water and soil, let alone animals and plants. Moreover, the water, soil and water suits of animals and plants are different from ours. It's even worse. It's like oranges, which are sour and astringent when planted in the north. They are called tangerines in the south, which are fragrant and sweet. And these wombats are also like oranges. They can only live in That place. Wherever they go, the water and soil are not acclimatized. Moreover, they can only survive by eating a kind of leaves in the place where they are, otherwise, without that kind of leaves, they can’t live for too long.”

"Why? What kind of tree are you talking about with leaves? Don't we have them here?" Chen Huan was puzzled, and even more unclear.

Li Chongyuan shook his head, "No, only that place has that kind of tree. And that kind of tree is poisonous, people and other animals will be poisoned if they eat it, and only animals with pockets are safe to eat. Just take a nap. Without that kind of leaves, they can't survive. That's why I said they were going to hang up just now."

"Yuan'er, where did you get these?" Chen Juan, who had just rushed over, just heard Li Chongyuan's explanation, and asked.

Li Chongyuan smiled awkwardly, neither answering nor shaking his head.

How could Li Chongyuan explain such a problem clearly.

Simply, Li Chongyuan had no choice but to do so.

Anyway, Li Chongyuan also explained before, blaming the Fanbang people for these things that he couldn't explain clearly.

Although Li Chongyuan couldn't explain clearly.

But Li Chongyuan cast a look at Chen Juan, you know.

Chen Juan looked at Li Chongyuan, as if she didn't understand, but she didn't ask any more questions.

Whether the wombat can live, Chen Juan and the others don't know.

But Li Chongyuan knew it.

It didn't take long for these wombats to die.

The ability to resist for so long is probably due to instinct.

However, Chen Huan was extremely caring about her wombats, and she was still a little suspicious of Li Chongyuan's explanation, so she went directly to Wu County, the seat of Suzhou, to buy a lot of food.

There is everything.

What leaves, what grass.

Food for humans, food for animals, etc., were all thrown in.

On the other hand, Li Chongyuan at this time did not doubt his own judgment at all, that is, he did not stop Chen Huan from this kind of behavior, nor did he persuade him, so he took Xingba and others directly to Suzhou to take up his post.

It's time to take office.

It has been nearly two months since Li Chongyuan was appointed as the Suzhou Biejia.

The official document of the Ministry of History also allowed him to take office within this month.

If the time passed and Li Chongdi hadn't taken office yet, the imperial court might have another opinion, maybe Fang Xuanling would jump out to criticize Li Chongyuan again.

The original Biejia in Suzhou was taken away by Li Chongyuan.

Later, another driver was transferred.

But this time, when Li Chongyuan took office, he was served with good wine and good food, and even for two or three days in a row, he introduced the general situation of Suzhou to Li Chongyuan, which was not sloppy at all.

On the other hand, Li Chongyuan.

They ate food and drank wine, but they didn't say much.

Even when this Bie Jia introduced Suzhou, he, Li Chongyuan, just cast a questioning look at Yao Kong who was following him from time to time.

The land of one state, although it is Shangzhou, but he, Yao Kong, was the person who served as the governor of Li Chongyuan on his behalf.

Yao Kong is still fully qualified to be an official in a different state.

When Li Chongyuan took office, Jiu Biejia also handed over a large amount of official duties, and left Suzhou a few days later to take up his post elsewhere.

It's still a state-by-state distinction.

Although he has not been promoted, it is only a mediocre tune.

Those who didn't know it thought he was promoted.

When Biejia left, all the officials in Suzhou gave each other a lot of gifts and money.

Even Li Chongyuan sent some gifts over.

How to say.

Suzhou don't take the position, but he, Li Chongyuan, took his position. Even though he has a strong background, he still has a sense of shame.

After taking office, Li Chongyuan directly left the affairs of Suzhou to Yao Kong.

of course.

Before leaving the official duties to Yao Kong, he met all the officials in Suzhou, and introduced Yao Kong to all the officials.

to this end.

Li Chongyuan's throwing can be regarded as upright, not crooked at all.

As soon as the Suzhou matter was settled, Li Chongyuan couldn't wait to rush to Yangzhou.

After arriving in Yangzhou.

Tang Xun, the former shipbuilding ambassador, seemed to have received the news a long time ago, and sent people to wait outside Yangzhou City early.

After meeting Tang Xun, Li Chongyuan originally thought that Tang Xun would be a relatively pedantic literati, but he did not expect that Tang Xun was tall and thick, completely different from what Li Chongyuan imagined. "Ambassador Tang, although you and I have never met, I have admired you for a long time. Please accept my gift."

After seeing Tang Xun, Li Chongyuan called himself his younger brother. It can be said that Tang Xun was regarded by Li Chongyuan.

"Shande, I can't bear this gift from you. I've heard about how good your paddle steamer is when I'm here in Yangzhou. You'll have to teach me a little bit later. By the way, after you return to Beijing, you How is Auntie? Is she okay? When I leave Yangzhou and return to Beijing this time, I will definitely visit the old lady." Seeing Li Chongyuan salute him, Tang Xun quickly reached out to help him, like a brother, and started Talk about friendship.

Come on.

He, Tang Xun, is the son-in-law of Duke Junji of the Lu State, and most of the Dukes of the State are of the same generation as his father, Li Chongyuan, and they are all colleagues, and even have some friendship.

Naturally, he, Tang Xun, also knew what was going on with the Li family.

Tang Xun said that he was going to visit the old lady, but Li Chongyuan didn't pay much attention when he arrived.

Hou Junji's son-in-law, that is a ticking time bomb.

Hou Junji was executed for treason in the end, how could Li Chongyuan get so close to his son-in-law, even though the two looked like brothers at this time, Li Chongyuan would still keep a distance.

From now on, it seems that Hou Junji is making a fuss, but once he gets close to Prince Li Chengqian, no one can imagine the consequences.

The shipyard has seen it.

Li Chongyuan also understood the general situation.

Half a month later, after Li Chongyuan became familiar with the structure and personnel of the imperial shipyard, Tang Xun returned to Beijing to report on his duties.

So far, Li Chongyuan has become the shipbuilding ambassador, who can decide all the situation of the imperial court's shipbuilding with one word.

But Li Chongyuan ignored everything and left everything to the deputy envoy, "I don't care about things here. You are the deputy shipbuilding envoy appointed by the imperial court, and you know how to operate it. The imperial court has heavy tasks. You have to Step up supervision. If something goes wrong, the court will only pursue your responsibility, not mine. Presumably you should also know that I am the ambassador of this shipbuilding, and that is just a name."

"This..." the deputy shipbuilding envoy wanted Li Chongyuan to let him go.

When he heard Li Chongyuan's words, although he was a little unhappy on his face, he didn't know how happy he was in his heart.

After returning to Xisha Island from Yangzhou, Li Chongyuan directly started his long-distance voyage plan.

This is not.

After everything was settled, Li Chongyuan began to ask people to buy a lot of things.

When Chen Juan and the others heard that Li Chongyuan was about to go on a long voyage, although they wanted to dissuade them, they swallowed their words back.

As for why, only they themselves know clearly.

At the end of December, the shipyard is on holiday.

As soon as the new year was over, Li Chongyuan couldn't wait to explain the matter, and boarded the paddle steamer with Chen Juan and the others.

This time.

Li Chongyuan's long voyage can be said to only take big boats, not small boats at all.

This is not.

When the fleet was formed, the number of ships and the size of the ships made passing passenger ships and cargo ships cast curious and curious eyes.

Thirteen Type A paddle steamers, two Type B paddle steamers, and twelve Type C paddle steamers.

Although there are still several C-type paddle steamers, Li Chongyuan only brought twelve this time, leaving a few for Xiang Baxiang Jiu and others to use.

Once such a huge fleet leaves Xisha Island, the scene is enough to crush any pirates at sea.

Even some small countries and small tribes passing through the southern seas may be able to crush them to death.

But the fly in the ointment is that the number of people on Li Chongyuan's voyage this time is really pitifully small.

(End of this chapter)