Datang Nongwang

Chapter 715 Come and stay
The huge fleet left Xisha Island.

They left Xiang Ba Xiang Jiu on Xisha Island, supervising everything in the shipyard.

When Li Chongyuan was preparing for a long voyage, Xiang Ba and the others tried to persuade Li Chongyuan for several days, but Li Chongyuan insisted on his own ideas and actions.

after all.

This time, he just went to the big island, and it was Li Chongyuan's first attempt at a long-distance voyage. It was a preparation for his voyage to the other side of the ocean next year or the year after, and at the same time he was accumulating experience for himself.

although.

Li Chongyuan has Chen Juan and the others, but no one knows the situation on the other side of the ocean as well as Li Chongyuan.

Even if Li Chongyuan had never set foot on that land, Li Chongyuan had watched many documentaries in his previous life. Even if he didn't know much about it, he knew more than Chen Juan and the others.

And this time headed to the Big Island.

Li Chongyuan has another purpose, which is to find rubber trees.

As for whether there are rubber trees on the big island, Li Chongyuan doesn't know, and he doesn't know, so this is one of the reasons why he wants to go there.

As for other reasons, of course there are.

For example, I want to see how many wild animals there are, and whether they can be caught for the people of the Tang Dynasty to eat.

Although he, Li Chongyuan, doesn't have many ships, as long as he thinks that there are enough wild animals on the big island to hunt and kill, he, Li Chongyuan, will inform them as soon as possible.

Li Chongyuan believed it.

As long as there is money to be made, there must be someone willing to pay some price to do it.

Moreover.

Li Chongyuan has another purpose, which is to find iron mines.

Li Chongyuan remembered that in his previous life, there were a lot of iron mines on the big island, and most of them were open-pit mines.Such a good place, he, Li Chongyuan, would have to go and see if it was worth using a shovel.

Simultaneously.

Li Chongyuan has another purpose.

That is to go to the southern islands and explore the gold and silver mines there.

Anyway, although there are countries there, they are only small countries dominated by tribes, and they have not yet formed a civilized country.

The fleet went out to sea, starting from Xisha Island along the coastline, and began to head south.

Originally, some passenger ships, cargo ships and so on that followed Li Chongyuan and his fleet, who liked to watch the excitement, had long since been thrown away by Li Chongyuan and his group.

It is probably impossible to keep up with Li Chongyuan and his fleet.

Even if their boatman broke the oar, it would be impossible.

It was already the second day when the fleet passed the big flow ball.

The fleet continued south.

However, this south has deviated in the direction.

"Auntie, just now you mentioned that there is a large pirate gang in the south of Daliuqiu Island. How big is it? How many people are there?" After leaving the southern part of Daliuqiu Island, Chen Juan talked about the situation of Daliuqiu Island. Li Chongyuan was very curious about the pirate situation.

Li Chongyuan has also seen pirates.

And that time, Li Chongyuan not only saw the pirates, but also saw Chen Juan and Chen Huan's ruthless methods.

Chen Juan replied: "Auntie doesn't know exactly how big it is. But I heard from some pirates that the number of this pirate gang has reached 3000. Moreover, most of the pirates in this group are Japanese, and most of their leaders are also Japanese, Tang people. There are also some. Of course, there are also many Kunlun people."

The Kunlun people that Chen Juan refers to refer to the aborigines in Southeast Asia.

of course.

In Chang'an City, people from Kunlun or black slaves are basically the most sought-after goods.

after all.

In addition to being easy to raise, these people are also cheap and powerful.

to this end.

If anyone got some black slaves, or Kunlun slaves, they would definitely sell them for a good price.

to this end.

Regarding the black slaves sold by various tooth shops, whether they were Kunlun slaves or not, some Fanbang Hu people always like to catch slaves and sell them to the Tang Dynasty.

After all, in the eyes of Tang people, these people are good 'goods'.

After listening to Chen Juan's explanation, Li Chongyuan was not interested in this pirate group. What he was interested in was whether there was anything worthy of his needs in this pirate group.

This is not.

At this moment, Li Chongyuan no longer asked about the pirates, but turned to other matters.

"Auntie, why are we going this way instead of Jiaozhou?" Li Chongyuan felt that the ship was heading towards Luzon Island, not along the coastline of Tang State.

although.

Going to the direction of the big island, this direction is definitely correct, and the distance is shorter.

Of course, if you take such a route, you must be aware of the situation in the sea, otherwise, if you hit a rock, it will be a shipwreck and death.

Chen Juan did not respond to Li Chongyuan, but stood up, left the cabin, and came to the deck.

And Li Chongyuan followed closely behind.

Chen Juan pointed in the direction of Luzon Island, "Last time, when we came back, we followed the chart you drew and returned to Xisha Island from this route. This channel is also newly opened. This time, we chose This channel was the last time we passed by and found a large indigenous tribe. At that time, we exchanged cloth with them for some food, and we found that these indigenous tribes can still communicate with them. Therefore, this This time we chose to go to Big Island via this channel, hoping to use the cloth we carried this time to exchange for gold and silver from them.”

"For gold and silver? Aunt, you won't tell me that those natives are very rich, right? They all have gold and silver, and they still care about our rags?" Li Chongyuan didn't understand after hearing this.

Chen Juan listened to Li Chongyuan's question, with a faint smile on her face, she reached out her hand to touch Li Chongyuan's head, but she stretched her hand halfway, and then realized that Li Chongyuan has already crowned the ceremony and is considered an adult.

Immediately, the hand that stopped in mid-air had to be retracted, and said softly: "Yuan'er has grown up, and my aunt just wanted to touch your head. Alas, in a blink of an eye, you are an adult, but my aunt is old." .”

Don't answer the question.

But this kind of answer was not what the question asked, and it caused Li Chongyuan's question and what Chen Juan had promised.

"Auntie, I remember that you once told me that when I am an adult, you will tell me about my mother. Now that I have already crowned myself, it is time for me to know." Li Chongyuan asked .

Chen Juan was stunned for a while by Li Chongyuan's sudden question, and waved her hand lightly, "I should have told you about this earlier. However, it's not yet time. After returning from the big island this time, Auntie I must tell you. By the way, Yuaner, you said just now that those natives have gold and silver, why are they so rare about our cloth? That is because they can’t weave cloth well, so they are willing to spend a lot of money to exchange gold and silver from us. Fabric."

It was an irrelevant answer again.

Moreover, the turn was so fast that Li Chongyuan's brain was not enough.

Chen Juan didn't want to answer, and Li Chongyuan didn't want to follow up.

Anyway, he believed that Chen Juan and the others would definitely tell him about his mother.

As for how it is, Li Chongyuan has long been bearish.

My mother has been dead for so many years, and what happened back then, it was just a matter of the previous generation.

Furthermore.

The current Li Chongyuan is not the former Li Chongyuan.

If it was the original owner, maybe they would chase after Chen Juan to ask what happened.

But now Li Chongyuan, for this matter, sees it more and more lightly, so lightly that sometimes Li Chongyuan almost forgets about it.

If it wasn't for Chen Juan's sudden mention of age, Li Chongyuan wouldn't be able to remember it.

The fleet moved on.

In the process of moving forward, Li Chongyuan didn't ask Chen Juan too many things, just chatting in general.

a few days later.

The fleet arrived in the Maluku Strait.

When the fleet arrived at the Maluku Strait, Li Chongyuan and his fleet's fresh water was almost exhausted.

But at this time, there was no land in all directions, not even one of the most common islands, which made Li Chongyuan a little anxious and worried.

"Auntie, did you pass through this channel when you came back last time? If we don't find a water source in two days, we will have to drink urine." Li Chongyuan became anxious, and his words seemed a bit straight.

That is true.

Before leaving from Xisha Island this time, there was not much fresh water to carry.

The reason, of course, is because Chen Juan and the others said that there are water sources along the way, so there is no need to carry so much fresh water.

That's it.

It has been half a month since we left Xisha Island and arrived in this sea area.

Half a month of fresh water has been consumed by the crew, and the fresh water has bottomed out. If there is no fresh water replenishment in two days, not to mention washing, even drinking will be a problem.

This also made Li Chongyuan secretly decide that when going to sea in the future, everything should not be based on Chen Juan's and the others' ideas, and he still needs to have his own ideas.

On the other hand, Chen Juan didn't seem to have such worries at the moment. She pointed to the south of the sea area and said, "Ahead, one or two hundred miles away will be the place I mentioned. As long as you get there, the water source is good, or food. They will all be supplemented. Don't worry too much about Yuan'er, Auntie knows it all in her heart."

Yes, you know it, but I, Li Chongyuan, don't know it.

I don't know if it will cause diarrhea after drinking other people's water source.

If someone has malicious intentions, then everyone will fall.

Li Chongyuan didn't dare to say these words in front of Chen Juan, but he wrote it down.

Half a day later, the sun was already setting in the west.

Li Chongyuan finally saw the land, and at the same time, it was also the supply point that Chen Juan mentioned, and it was also the place where the tribe Chen Juan mentioned was located.

when the fleet approaches.

The natives on the shore, as if they were very familiar with the coming ships, cheered like singing and dancing.

Most of the crew made it ashore.

Li Chongyuan looked at the natives in front of him, and couldn't describe them in words.

Chen Juan and the others are okay, they have dealt with these people, and they know some ways to communicate.

even.

One person in Qingfeng Village even learned some simple native languages.

late at night.

Li Chongyuan lived in a thatched hut, accompanied by Tang Li, Liu Xiang and others, "You all cheer up these two days, my eyelids are always twitching, and I always feel that there is something wrong. The food and water here Whatever, don’t drink it, and even if you want to eat it, you have to see if it’s poisonous. Whether these natives are good or bad, no one knows, but it’s not guaranteed that some of these people have crooked thoughts.”

"Xiao Langjun, don't worry, we are all paying attention to this matter. Besides, I also feel as if something is going to happen, but I haven't found anything so far." Tang Li responded to Li Chongyuan.

the next day.

A large amount of cloth was transported from the ship and traded with these natives.

And in this transaction, Li Chongyuan was dumbfounded.

A piece of cloth in Chang'an is only sold for five or six pennies, and it's still some ordinary coarse cloth.

Available here.

A bolt of rough cloth can be exchanged for about a catty of gold.

Even silver nuggets can be exchanged for about ten catties.

'This isn't a deal, it's robbery, and it's just robbery. '

Li Chongyuan was dumbfounded.

Such a trade, even Li Chongyuan, who was no longer short of money, was dumbfounded. He couldn't believe that there was so much gold and silver here.

The natives were holding bundles of coarse cloth, and they looked very satisfied, and they were also very happy and happy.

This made Li Chongyuan wish he could go back to Tang country immediately, and bring some cloth over there, and start a big trade with these natives.

Just as the transaction was reaching its climax.

The aborigines with sticks in one hand rushed over and wowed a lot at their tribal leader.

And when the tribal leader heard what the native said, he immediately stopped trading and shouted loudly.

moment.

After hearing the cry of their leader, the men of the whole tribe stopped their transactions one after another. They reluctantly threw away the cloth in their hands and picked up the sticks and guns in their hands.

As for the women and children in the tribe, they ran into their tribe like crazy.

This scene made Chen Juan and the others, or Li Chongyuan and the others, a little puzzled.

but.

It can be seen from the scene that the tribal leader's expression and the state of the tribal man can tell that there should be foreign enemies invading.

Li Chongyuan moved to Chen Juan's side, "Auntie, it looks like someone is going to attack here, should we take care of it?"

"Look at the situation first. If it's their internal affairs, we don't need to intervene. If it's about our transaction this time, then we'll take action. Huaner, let everyone be on guard." Of course, Chen Juan saw the problem.

As for Li Chongyuan, he went out and signaled to Xingba.

Xingba received instructions, summoned all the soldiers of the Xiang family, and began to be on guard.

After a while.

This tribe was attacked, and there were many casualties.

A spy brother from Qingfengzhai found out the situation and came back to report, "I am reporting to the master, there are other tribes attacking. However, there are quite a few pirates among them."

"Continue to explore." Chen Juan frowned upon hearing the news.

Li Chongyuan whispered: "Auntie, since there are pirates coming, and you said before that you want to use this place as a supply point? If all the people in this tribe are dead, then our point will be useless." It’s gone. How about helping them and leaving these people behind.”

"Wait first." Chen Juan seemed to be thinking, and thinking again.

but.

However, Li Chongyuan thought that since there were pirates, it would be better to kill them directly, so as not to lose this supply point.

(End of this chapter)