Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 736

Wang Chongji said:
"There are many reasons, but the real reason is that all opportunities to go southward from Washima and the peninsula sea route are blocked. Except for Daliuqiu Beigang, Shishan Island (Shiheng), Ryukyu, Tamra, and Tsushima, the younger generation thinks that the north must be There is also the layout, this is a net, the outer circle is the Japanese, and the inner circle is Goguryeo.”

Several elders looked at each other and nodded in satisfaction.

Immediate benefit is one thing, great benefit is another.

The Japanese cannot have internal wars, and the 400 million Japanese outside the nobles are already the property of the nobles of the Tang Dynasty written into their accounts.

In modern terms, the Tang Dynasty was not a feudal dynasty, but a semi-feudal and semi-slavery dynasty.

In order to stabilize the country, Datang now gives tenants, servants, and maidservants the opportunity to become civilians, but slaves are still strictly controlled.This nudo came from prisoners of war, sinners.

The proportion of slaves is declining. If the reform of tenants, servants, and maidservants is completed within ten years, then without the three groups of tenants, servants, and maidservants, the number of pure slaves will be less than [-]%.

Then, Datang needs population, but also slaves.

This is the consensus of the top families.

Cui Hong stood up and nodded to his cousin Cui Yuan. After Cui Yuan also nodded, Cui Hong said: "After seven days, all of you will put on ordinary linen clothes and go out to sea with the boat. The travel time is uncertain, but don't forget at all times, you are the super nobles of the Tang Dynasty."

"Teaching from the elders." All the young people saluted together.

"From today onwards, it is strictly forbidden to have banquets, dances and dances without permission. Hemp, sugar, silk, wood, geography, astronomy, sea culture, etc., you have to put down the Confucian classics and start learning these miscellaneous studies. Don't be negligent. Step back now."

"Teach the elders." So the young man saluted again at the same time, and then stepped back to the door.

The children of excellent aristocratic families have received a good education since childhood.These people who spend their lives fooling around and bullying their neighbors will not be the direct descendants of the top aristocratic families, and there are not many side branches.Most of them are those nouveau riche, or some low-level nobles from small families.

In fact, Du Ruhui was a man of five surnames and seven kings, and he was a talent that even Du Ruhui's younger brother could be called.

But Du Ruhui's son.

The five surnames and Qiwang think that it is not worth mentioning, and they belong to the type of relying on their father's prestige to get by.

Speaking of the Xie family, the Xie family is not a third-rank official in the Tang Dynasty, the whole family does not even have a fourth-rank official, but it is still a famous family.

The Xie family is the same age as Du Ruhui's son, randomly pick out ten people, nine of them are better than him, and the last one is not too bad.During the Northern Dynasties, the Xie family occupied half of the officialdom above the court, which was due to a good family tradition and strict education.

Even today, after experiencing the disaster that almost exterminated the family, the Xie family is still full of talents and celebrities.

Cui Hong is just the patriarch of Qinghe Cui Clan.

He ordered the prohibition of drinking, banquets and singing, and the other six families did not raise any objections, which means they agreed.

None of the children of the seven families broke the precept.

A few days later, several fleets arrived in Hangzhou. The team from Chang'an was led by Guo Xiaoke.

Dun Xiaoke was originally Li Ji's deputy general, and later made great contributions in the battle of Luoyang. At that time, Li Yuan named him General Zuo Xiaowei. This time he traveled westward for [-] miles, and he was the leading general.

Then the two civil servants from the Ministry of Rituals served as deputies, accompanied by two trusted deputies of Oscar Buddy.

The fleet consisted of [-] ships, loaded with countless goods from the beginning, and then loaded another [-] bolts of ordinary silk in Hangzhou, and chose an auspicious day to sacrifice to the sea god and then go to sea.

By the sea, Liu Mu and Guo Xiaoke walked side by side.

"Old Guo, you got the chart I gave the saint."

"Well, Holy Order, I'd rather destroy it than leak it out, absolutely not let outsiders see it. No one in the world owns this sea chart except me, Tang Dynasty. Whoever owns this sea chart is the king of the sea, and I, Emperor Tang, am the emperor of the sea." Guo Xiaoke's tone was full of iron and blood.

Liu Mu nodded with a smile: "Let the people from the Ministry of Rites do more dealing with people in East Rome. There is a secret mission, and the saint should tell you."

"Well, I know. The Ministry of Rituals carefully selected several books. This is a gift. Then we also brought several kinds of silk with gold inlaid purple tops. Books from the Eastern Roman Library should be brought back as much as possible. If you can't bring them back Even if you give out gold and ask someone to copy it, you have to copy it and get it back."

"That's the reason. Also, our full-sail warship, remember to keep the core secret. The rest is not important."

"I know." Guo Xiaoke nodded heavily.

What needs to be confessed, every crew member has something to confess when in Chang'an, and each of them is carefully selected by the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Shence Guard.During this trip, Tang Chaotang also cared very much, not just the coins, but the exchanges between the two great empires of the East and the West.

The people of Datang have already sensed from Oscar Buddy that East Rome has technology worth learning from Datang.

Ships coming from other directions included Liu Xun and others who also came from Chang'an, Cui Yiye who came from the north on a new boat from Jiaozhou, and dozens of selected artisans who came from Yangzhou.

Liumu hosted three banquets.

After several days of busy work at the pier, an auspicious day finally arrived, and the fleet set out to sea.

The fleet arrived at Jilong Port in two days and two nights, but only turned around far outside the port. Liu Mu took a look at the construction progress of the pier, and then continued south.

The willow boat is already the limit that he can think of in his head.

The streamlined shape of the bottom of the ship is very good. Under the condition of no load and full sail and smooth wind, the limit speed can reach almost [-] knots in later generations, and it is [-] knots in normal times.

I didn't bring a heavy cargo ship on this trip, because I was afraid of affecting the speed of the fleet.

When Guo Xiaoke travels far, his fleet will reload at Lingnan, and then take the light cargo ship prepared at Lingnan, and the speed of the fleet will be pulled down immediately.

The heavy cargo ship loaded with grain loaded the most and ran the slowest, that is, at a speed of two knots.

(Note: Some book friends reminded that the speed setting of the ship is a bit too high. Whether it is a steam ship or a sailing ship, after re-checking the information, the best full-sail warship does not exceed [-] knots. The ocean-going cargo ship is fifteen knots, which is the speed of the sailboat when it reaches its peak, so this book modifies the speed setting)
Go south along the Daliuqiu Strait, and then go straight south from Daliuqiu Nangang.

After coming out of Hangzhou, it was five days after I saw countless islands again, and I didn't really see the land until noon on the seventh day.

Here, Liumu has no way to calculate where he is in Luzon Island.

After finding a calm bay and sending out small boats to explore the way, the fleet entered the bay and transferred people to the shore with the help of small boats.

(End of this chapter)