Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 803 Chapter 822: Chong Tang Meihan
Li Hao's family has six or seven hundred ships, but this time he only brought more than 300 ships, because he only needs big ships, and those smaller Galen ships and clipper ships are not in his eyes, and among the more than 300 ships , 250 ships are battleships with cannons on board, but usually the cannons are in the gun bays, and it looks like an ordinary merchant ship from the outside.

On the first day at sea, on the main ship, Li Hao led a group of people to study a huge chart in the cabin. This chart was drawn by Wu Lei himself. Because he has been sailing for many years, this chart is considered the current world map. This is the most complete nautical map on the Internet, but this map is not complete, and it is blank from the Arabian Sea to the west, because Wu Lei has only been to the Arabian Sea as far as he has so far, and every time he goes to sea, he is for trade purposes , not for exploration, so he dare not set foot in those places that are too far away and unknown.

Wu Lei pointed to the west side of Qiongnan Island on the map, and said: "My lord, we just left Qiongnan, the direction is west by south, and we will pass Linyi (Vietnam) in three days. I wonder if we should stop in Linyi."

Li Hao asked lightly: "How is Lin Yi's performance in trade with my Tang Dynasty these years?"

Wu Lei said: "Linyi welcomes the merchants of Datang very much. The country of Linyi admires Datang very much. Most of the nobles in the country can speak the language of Datang and understand the characters of Datang. The people of Linyi like the goods of Datang very much. Their king It also lowered the tariffs on the merchants of Datang, hoping that the merchants of Datang will trade with them more."

"En." Li Hao nodded when he heard the words, "Linyi has also paid tribute to my Tang every year over the years, and he is very respectful. I heard that a few years ago he sent more than a dozen elephants to the emperor. People respect me a foot, and I respect you." As a person, we must also be friendly to those friendly countries, this time, this king will go to Linyi for a stroll."

"Yes." Wu Lei nodded.

Li Hao stared at the chart for a moment, then slowly said: "The biggest task of this voyage is to draw a complete map of the world, otherwise it will be meaningless, and I will leave this arduous task to you."

"My subordinates must fulfill their mission!" Wu Lei agreed with great excitement when he heard the words, and drew a map of the world. He had already made a sensation in the Tang Dynasty when he published a book of navigation. If he could draw the whole world, he would definitely be famous forever. .

Li Hao said again: "You have to write down all the places you have visited during this voyage, the cultural customs, and all the experiences, and then publish a "Voyage Chronicle-II", which will be regarded as publicity for the age of sailing."

As soon as the words fell, Li Tu suddenly said: "Father, I wonder if we can let Tu'er try?"

"You?" Li Hao turned his head to look at Li Tu. Before he knew it, Li Tu was already 16 years old. Standing there, he was almost as tall as Wu Lei, but his childish face was still there. Li Hao stared at him. He rolled his eyes and asked, "Are you sure you can?"

"En!" Li Tu nodded vigorously. His biggest dream is to be a navigator and explorer. Now that he is sailing with his father, he only has one chance to publish a book.

Li Hao was hesitating, but Wu Lei suddenly said: "My lord, let's give the young master a chance. The subordinates can help the young master and teach him some experience."

Li Hao nodded when he heard the words, and said: "Tu'er, Uncle Wu gave you this opportunity, why don't you thank him soon, and ask him to give you more pointers in the future."

Li Tu hurriedly bowed to Wu Lei and said, "Thank you, Uncle Wu, for your success. This is the first time Tu'er has participated in sailing, and he has never written a book. I will ask Uncle Wu for more advice in the future."

"Young master, you are welcome." Wu Lei returned the courtesy, "Actually, the young master likes sailing so much, and the subordinates are also very happy. If there is anything that the young master does not understand, please come and ask the subordinates. The subordinates will know everything and answer it. Endless."

Li Hao patted Wu Lei on the shoulder and said: "Li Tu really likes sailing. He read your sailing log when he was a child, and set up his ideal. When he grows up, he wants to be like you, to be a great navigator, and Write a logbook."

"Ashamed and ashamed." Wu Lei smiled and said ashamed.

At this time, Chen Song suddenly asked: "Shikuang, it is inconvenient to disclose your current identity to the outside world. You will definitely go ashore when you arrive in Linyi, and you may even deal with some high-ranking officials and nobles in Linyi. What identity should you face?" ?”

Li Hao said: "Well, I have already thought about this matter. Naturally, this voyage cannot be initiated in my name, but in the name of Wu Lei, and my identity is a nobleman of the Tang Dynasty - King Liuqiu. , is also Wu Lei's best friend, his name is... let's call him Li Yuanfang."

When Wu Lei heard Li Yuanfang's three words, he couldn't help asking: "What does the lord mean? Life is not only about the present, but also poetry and the distance?" He heard Li Hao say this sentence last time, and inadvertently wrote it down up.

Li Hao nodded with a smile: "That's right, it's named after this."

Others agreed one after another, saying that the name Li Hao was well chosen.

Three days later, Li Hao and his fleet arrived at the seaport of Linyi State. Linyi State is a small country, and the seaport is naturally small. Such a small seaport suddenly ushered in such a huge Datang fleet, and the entire seaport was boiling. On the shore, countless people gathered there to look at the fleet at sea.

It is impossible for more than 300 ships to enter the harbor, because the harbor cannot accommodate it, so only ten ships docked, and among them were the ships of those Confucian scholars. The strength of the chicken, Li Hao still needs to send people to protect them after they go ashore, but Li Hao will never let them pass with him, and it feels uncomfortable to be with these poor people.

More than an hour later, Li Hao and the others finally landed. In order to prevent being recognized by the group of Confucian scholars, Li Hao specially put on makeup, put on a mustache, painted eye shadow, and changed his hairstyle. Shouldn't be recognized.

During this landing, Wu Lei ordered people to trade with merchants in Linyi, and he was in charge of being a guide, taking Li Hao and his family to visit Linyi City, accompanied by ten special forces during the whole process, and these special forces were captains. Yes, such as Lin Dingkun, Chen Haijin, Jin Li, Feiying, Li Fox, etc., plus Lu Yun, Chen Song, Situ Feng, Zhu Ruihuan and other experts, it is not a problem to protect the safety of Li Hao's family.

Li Hao rode a horse, his family took a carriage, and soon arrived in Linyi City. On the street of Linyi City, Wu Lei introduced to everyone like a tour guide: "Linyi is not a big country, and their capital is this Linyi City, Linyi They are very friendly to us Tang people, maybe they also know that they are too far behind the Tang Dynasty, in fact, in the Qin and Han Dynasties, Linyi belonged to a county in the Qin and Han Dynasties, called Xianglin County..."

Li Hao listened carefully to Wu Lei's introduction, and thought to himself: "The country is small and the national power is weak, so naturally we should behave a little better. It's not like Lin Yi in the future world, who dares to stroke my Chinese tiger's beard. It's beyond self-control. .”

Walking in front of a restaurant, Li Ping suddenly said: "Husband, it's already noon, why don't we go to Linyi's restaurant to have something to eat, and also taste Linyi's delicacies."

Li Hao nodded, and said: "Okay, let's go to this restaurant to have a look, but I bet, it must be far worse than my Taibailou."

A group of people entered the restaurant. Due to too many people, they occupied six of the eight tables in the entire hall. Fortunately, there are no customers now, otherwise they would have no place to sit.

After sitting down, Qin Su looked around, and murmured: "The houses and layout of Lin Yi are really similar to those of our Tang Dynasty."

Wu Lei explained with a smile: "Actually, the house style in Linyi was different from that of our Datang, but over the years, Datang has become stronger and stronger, and on the sea, we have frequent transactions with the people of Linyi, and the people of Linyi admire our Datang. culture, and gradually learn from our Tang people in terms of living habits.”

Li Hao proudly said: "This is called cultural invasion. In another ten or twenty years, I'm afraid that the people in the entire Linyi will use the language and characters of our Tang Dynasty, and gradually forget their own culture."

Wu Lei nodded when he heard this, and said: "My lord is very right. I have witnessed the changes in these countries over the years. In just ten years, they have been influenced and infected by the culture of our Great Tang. Countless barbarians have begun to learn the language and language of our Great Tang." Words, really can't stop it."

Li Hao was secretly happy, this is one of his great dreams, to let the whole world speak Chinese!

The arrival of Li Hao and his party has already caused a sensation in Linyi City, because their fleet is too huge, unprecedentedly huge, and everyone is wearing silk and satin, which is particularly conspicuous. Silk and satin were already very popular in Tang Dynasty. It is expensive, and when exported to foreign countries, the price has increased several times, and some dignitaries in Linyi Kingdom are reluctant to wear silk and satin.

The prime minister of Lin Yiguo admired Datang the most. He was surprised when he heard that Datang had a huge fleet of more than 300 ships. Hearing it for the first time, he felt that the merchants who came to trade this time were definitely of unusual status, so he sent someone to inquire about the status of the caravan who came to trade this time, and he had to meet him personally to show his friendship.

Linyi City is the capital of Linyi Kingdom, and the prime minister is naturally in Linyi City, so he quickly found out that this time it was the fleet of the Li Group, led by Wu Lei, the general manager of the Li Group's Maritime Trade, which is nothing. The one who came together this time, I heard that there is also a dignitary from the Tang Dynasty, King Liuqiu.

The prime minister was immediately excited when he heard it, Liuqiu Wang, once he heard it, he was no ordinary dignitary, so he hurriedly brought people to the restaurant where Li Hao had dinner, and wanted to meet the guests from Datang.

Li Hao and the others were already eating and drinking in the restaurant, but to his disappointment, the wine in the restaurant was Li Hao's strong liquor, and the dishes were imitated from Tang Dynasty dishes, and the taste was not very good, which made Li Hao dumbfounded. Obviously, the people of Linyi didn't grasp the essence of Datang's diet. Fortunately, Wu Lei has experience and ordered a few special dishes of Linyi, and they were all the best dishes in Linyi.

It satisfies everyone's freshness, but the taste is just so-so, and it doesn't feel good.Although the food is not very delicious, but everyone is hungry, so let's just make do with it.

Li Tu took a pencil and paper with him, wrote down all the special dishes of Linyi, and kept asking Wu Lei about the customs and customs of Linyi, in preparation for his own book in the future. Seeing how hard he worked, Li Hao felt Very pleased.

Satisfied with food and drink, a group of people suddenly hurried in. The leader was a 50-year-old man with white hair, wearing light blue silk and satin, and the others seemed to be his guards.

The old man saw Li Hao and the others as soon as he entered the door, and asked with a smile: "Excuse me, are you all distinguished guests from the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Hao and the others were taken aback when they saw this, while Wu Lei stood up smiling and cupped his hands and said, "Your Prime Minister is very polite, we meet again."

The prime minister looked at Wu Lei, immediately burst into laughter, and said, "Ah, it's Mr. Wu, haha, that's great, welcome all distinguished guests from Tang Dynasty to Linyi."

Li Hao asked Wu Lei suspiciously: "Do you know each other?"

Wu Lei nodded and said: "When this subordinate came to Linyi for business for the first time, the Prime Minister of Linyi went to the harbor to meet us in person, and he was very friendly to our Datang merchants."

"I see." Li Hao nodded suddenly.

The prime minister looked at Li Hao, and felt that this man was extraordinarily noble and seemed to be superior to Wu Lei, so he asked: "If the old man's guess is correct, this must be the Liuqiu King of the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Hao stood up with a smile and cupped his hands: "Your Excellency is indeed powerful. Li Yuanfang is the Liuqiu King of the Tang Dynasty."

The prime minister hurriedly returned the gift and said, "Old man Donald, welcome King Liuqiu to visit Linyi."

"Donald?" Li Hao was taken aback when he heard the words, why did he feel that the name of the prime minister of Lin Yi was not Chinese, not foreign.

Donald saw Li Hao's doubts, and said with a smile: "King Liuqiu doesn't know something. Four years ago, this old man went to the Tang Dynasty twice and paid tribute to the Emperor Tang with a lot of elephants. The Emperor Tanglong was very happy. The old man admired the culture of the Tang Dynasty, so he personally gave him a copy of "The Analects of Confucius" and named him Donald."

Li Hao nodded with a smile when he heard the words: "So that's it. Mr. Tang is a big Tang fan, and he has read "The Analects of Confucius."

"That's that." Donald smugly showed off when he heard the words, "It's not unreasonable to have a friend coming from afar."

Li Hao laughed secretly when he heard this, he just likes to see these foreigners adoring Tang Meihan.

(End of this chapter)