The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1408 Data Destruction
What Xuan Shijing said made Su Dingfang even more interested.

He has heard that the fleet of the previous dynasty went to Ryukyu three times, and all three times they returned without success. Except for a group of aliens, they found nothing else, but found a lot on the island. Delicious fruit, but the fruit was already rotten when it was brought back to Luoyang on the boat.

"What good thing is there in Ryukyu that you are so interested in, you have to borrow the navy's navigation blueprint." Su Dingfang said.

"Gold mines and silver mines." Xuan Shijing said: "However, these belong to the imperial court and cannot be moved. This time when I went to Ryukyu, His Majesty sent General Liu Renyuan to serve as my deputy."

"You want to go in person?" Su Dingfang said incredulously: "Although the former Sui Dynasty has been to Ryukyu, the voyage data of the former Sui Dynasty has long been lost, so there is almost no information to refer to when the Datang Navy went to Ryukyu. This time, It's a blunt way to open up."

"The navigation materials of the former Sui Dynasty were lost?" Xuan Shijing's voice could not help but raise his voice: "How could this happen?"

"What do you think?" Su Dingfang said: "The one who went to Ryukyu back then was Zhu Kuan, the feather cavalry captain of the former Sui Dynasty. Zhu Kuan had all the voyage materials at that time. After Zhu Kuan came back, all these things were in his house. Later, during the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Wang Shichong was no longer the name of the founding state. When the Tang Dynasty attacked Wang Shichong, many people under Wang Shichong's command came to the Tang Dynasty one after another. Kill a family, at that time, the voyage data should have been lost, anyway, the navy people couldn't find it no matter how hard they searched."

Hearing this, Xuan Shijing was greatly disappointed. He had pinned some hopes on the sailing data of the former Sui fleet, but now that this precious data is gone, this trip to sea really means re-opening the route.

"What about the people who went to sea back then?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Where can I find it?" Su Dingfang said: "Or you can let the people under your command go, and you don't go, don't worry about it when you are young, you still have no children."

"Master Su, can you hope that I will be better? I will take over this errand. Can you say no? If I don't go, why are they going to Ryukyu? Just like the people in the former Sui Dynasty? They went to fight a battle and then came back ? Nothing will happen? Why bother." Xuan Shijing said.

"Although the words don't sound good, it's the truth. Do you think the fleet at sea is so easy to sail? When the weather is calm, it's three points dangerous. If there is another storm, how will the landlubbers who have never been in the sea cope with it?" Su Dingfang said: "That's why I advise you, it's for your own good, don't ask for money or life."

"Everything has to be done by someone. This trip is not only for making a fortune, but also for the court." Xuan Shijing said: "Nowadays, the officials in the court probably know what's going on in the government. Before this autumn, The national government has to tighten their belts to live, and the official's salary can be paid as usual, which is already a manifestation of the household department's ability to live."

Su Dingfang sighed and said, "It's no wonder His Majesty thinks highly of you. There are not many officials like you who are dedicated to the court."

"Gold and silver minerals can't be moved, but there are many things that can be moved, so there is no need to say that they are so impartial." Xuan Shijing smiled and said: "Master Su, in terms of our friendship, if your family has merchant ships If you go out to sea, it’s okay to take you with you.”

"Is Xuan Gong so confident that he can make a fortune in Ryukyu?" Su Dingfang said.

"Full of confidence." Xuan Shijing smiled.

Su Dingfang was taken aback when he heard the words, Xuan Shijing's attitude was so firm, he was even more curious, what good things are there on the Ryukyu Island, if there are good things on the Ryukyu Island, the people who live on it will live like this It looks like the country was directly destroyed by the Sui Dynasty.

Su Dingfang had been in the navy before, and he also understood the reason that the north-south shipping depends on ships, so a long time ago, the Su family had their own merchant ships, but the scale of the merchant ships was not very large, so they spent time on the coast, from Yangzhou to The road to Dengzhou even takes the canal, but when it comes to going to sea, his family's merchant ships are still not qualified.

Although it was a pity, Su Dingfang could only reject Xuan Shijing's kindness, Su Dingfang was not Xuan Shijing, he did not have enough manpower and resources to build a sea-going ship, not everyone could be as extravagant as Xuan Shijing.

"Let's wait for the next time." Su Dingfang said: "Your news came too suddenly. My house is not prepared at all. Where can I get sea ships? Ordinary merchant ships can't go out to sea, and they can't stand the sea." Instead of making the loss outweigh the gain in the end, it is better to wait until the next time when you are fully prepared, and the risk will be much smaller next time.”

Xuan Shijing nodded. Since Su Dingfang didn't want to go, he didn't force it. To put it bluntly, Su Dingfang still felt that the trip to Ryukyu was too risky. Without specific voyage information, he forcibly made a route. Isn't that right? easy job.

Xuan Shijing mainly came to ask Su Dingfang for information on the navy, and Su Dingfang also knew that now that the matter of the caravan was finished, Su Dingfang was going to get something for Xuan Shijing.

"Xuangong, stay here for a while. Everything that Xuangong wants is in my study, and I will go get it for Xuangong." Su Dingfang got up and said.

"I'm sorry." Xuan Shijing cupped his hands and said.

Su Dingfang left the front hall and went to his study, Xuan Shijing sat waiting in the front hall, still heartbroken over the loss of the former Sui voyage data.

War, what a waste of good things.

If there were the voyage data of the former Sui Dynasty, the trip to Ryukyu would have been almost smooth, but it was a pity.

Then Wang Shichong is also a bastard!

Not long after, Su Dingfang entered the front hall with a stack of books in his arms, and put the things on the table.

"Everything Xuangong wants is here." Su Dingfang said.

There are a lot of things, most of which are fragmentary blueprints, and navigation records, as well as some sailing experience of the navy, like a hodgepodge, Xuan Shijing wants to see one, two, three, or You have to sort it out yourself.

There is time anyway.

"Thank you Master Su." Xuan Shijing cupped his hands in thanks.

"You're welcome." Su Dingfang said.

Xuan Shijing just took the things Su Dingfang gave, stuffed them into the side of the bag on the horse's back, and rode directly back to Dongshan County Zhuangzi.

As early as when Xuan Shijing wrote the memorial to His Majesty Li Er, Xuan Shijing had expected such an encounter, so it was not unexpected, he went back and prepared well, and after a month, he and Liu Renyuan set off for Quanzhou.

(End of this chapter)