Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 905 Ceuta
Liu Mu sees what Dugu Lanruo is going to write.

Dugu Lanruo said to Liu Mu while writing:

"Husband, I just write it down first, and then organize it and present it to my second brother when I return to Chang'an. What I heard from what you said is that excessive ignorance of the people is the root of the country's subjugation. Of course, there may be other reasons. Don't worry, let's The next trip to Rome is still a long time away."

Liu Mu was somewhat disapproving: "Second brother has been thinking hard about this kind of thing for a long time."

"One person has short skills, and three people have long skills."

"I remember being the two-person technical master?" Liu Mu began to doubt his own knowledge, which was an obviously unconfident reaction.

Dugu Lanruo pointed to Liu Mu, and then pointed to herself.

"Yes, three people." Liu Mu told Dugu Lanruo generously, but never told anyone else.

"Let's not talk about other things, my husband will talk about the two heroes of the Song Dynasty." Dugu Lanruo took out a gold coin and gestured to Liu Mu. It is stated that Song is also the era when Yingjie was born, but I like these two more."

"Got it, throw it away."

Liu Mu threw it to the side of the writing, put down the gold coin, and then Liu Mu said: "Speaking of this article, let me first talk about the Baogong case that I liked to hear when I was young. Of course, some cases are made up by later generations based on historical research."

Dugu Lanruo heard the three words Liu Mu inadvertently said when she was a child.

He pretended not to hear it, since Liu Mu had already started to tell such a big secret, he would talk about some minor issues later.

Liu Mu and Dugu Lanruo began to spend more time alone together every day, which made Xiao Linger very angry. After coming to protest twice, Dugu Lanruo waited until Liu Mu finished explaining the Baogong case in her memory, and then let Xiao Linger Xiao Ling'er and Xie Xing'er entered their cabin.

"Calculate the distance, we are going to the Ivory Coast soon. Let me declare first, don't do things like hunting elephants to get their tusks when it hurts peace. Slowly guide, reduce or do not use ivory products. Elephants are not artificially raised pigs and sheep.”

It was rare that Liu Mu cared about one thing, and when Dugu Lanruo expressed support, no one in the fleet dared to make trouble.

However, Liumu released another news about fruit collection, and the oil yield rate of all the oil palm fruits provided by the Romans is not high. Who can find real oil palm fruits with an oil yield rate of more than [-]% here? , Reward seven nines.

It's just a penny and a million dollars.

Alomey!
In this era, there is no human habitation here. There are boundless virgin forests, natural harbors, and countless bread trees, oil palms, and dozens of forests that Tang people have never seen.

Dugu Lanruo asked Liu Mu: "Since there is no one, why is it called Alomey?"

"Come with me." Liu Mu took Dugu Lanruo to find a kind of tree, cut off a small branch and let Dugu Lanruo hold it in her mouth, and soon the fibers of the branch split automatically, just like a natural toothbrush.

"This tree is called Alo. So this place is called Alomi, and you can tell them that it is a beautiful place. What it really means is that it is surrounded by Aluo trees, in the middle of the trees."

After listening to Liu Mu's explanation, Dugu Lanruo didn't ask any more questions.

The only feeling is that Willow has been here before.

Willow has indeed been here. In the later modern times, a friend wanted to invest in the coffee trade. This is an excellent place for growing coffee, so I knew about the alo tree.

The import business was too troublesome, and finally Liumu gave up, although there are quasi-first-class coffee beans here.

During the three-day stay, countless fruits were collected, and many oil palm fruits were found, but the fleet did not have anyone who knew how to extract oil, and there was no machine. After collecting the oil palm fruits, they continued to go north.

Finally, after half a year's voyage, Willow's fleet entered the Strait of Gibraltar.

Before entering the strait, Liu Mu asked the fleet to find a place to dock temporarily.

Liu Mu first said to Dugu Lanruo: "Madam, we are not here purely for fun. First of all, we have to make a covenant on behalf of Datang. This is a matter of face, so Madam, you have to pay attention to it yourself and let everyone put the good clothes at the bottom of the box. Take it out, and whoever is wearing shabby clothes will not be allowed to disembark."

"Is it to show the prestige of the country, or to do big business?"

"Of course it's for big business. In this world, women earn the best money. When Roman nobles feel like wild men in the countryside, they will force their men to find ways to get gold and silver, and then find Let's dress ourselves up with various treasures."

After Liu Mu finished speaking, he pointed at the two brothers Gao Hu and Gao Bao: "Listen up, you two, be more powerful. When you need to fight, try to show off your well-equipped equipment. Why do noble men in Rome get gold and silver? Just one word, fight. If they want to go to war to get gold and silver, they must first find a way to buy more ordnance.”

"Order."

"It's not an order, it's just a matter of moving your head. If you can't sell out Datang's arsenal, I'm sorry that I went to Rome myself."

What a terrible ambition, Datang's arsenal is enough to equip millions of soldiers.

"Remember one sentence, we are here to earn coins for the Great Tang. With enough coins, the good horses and treasures here can be pulled back. Also, whoever loses the majesty of my Great Tang will not have to go back , pass on my words so that everyone will remember them in their hearts."

"Now, rest for the night, give me some energy tomorrow, and let's enter the Strait of Gibraltar."

The people dispersed, and each went to convey Liu Mu's words to the people under his jurisdiction.

Xiao Ling'er and Xie Xing'er were no exception, they taught the servants and handmaids personally.Make the necessary warnings, etc.

The next day, Willow's fleet was full of sails, and all the soldiers in the fleet except the sailors put on armor.

On the east side of the Strait of Gibraltar, on the south coast of the western estuary of the Mediterranean Sea, Ceuta.

Ceuta is an important military town, where people built a city and garrisoned troops in the fifth century BC.Later, the Romans successfully occupied this place. After the fall of the Roman Empire more than 100 years ago, the Jiangdar people occupied this place, and then the Byzantines, that is, the Eastern Roman Empire.

Recently, due to the successive defeats of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Visigothic Kingdom took the opportunity to occupy this place.

Now here comes Willow.

Liu Mu also wanted to occupy this place, which was an enclave tens of thousands of miles away from Datang, and Liu Mu also thought about it, after all, this is the throat of Gibraltar.

Willow's fleet marched and departed to the port.

At this time in the Mediterranean Sea, they still didn't know how to play with boats. It took more than 200 years for primitive sailing ships to take advantage of crosswinds, which was barely equivalent to the level of sailing ships in the Han Dynasty.

The battleship in front of Liu Mu is equivalent to the full-sail sailing ship of the age of great navigation at the end of the seventeenth century.

At present, in the Mediterranean Sea, except for the ship technology of the Eastern Roman Empire, which is barely good, the rest are small boats with limited size, which are rowed by slaves and supplemented by small sails.

(End of this chapter)