Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

This is a letter of help from Hongxu and Qinggao.

The two of them encountered trouble in the Western Region and were in urgent need of Fang Yuan's help.

They didn't ask Fang Yuan to help, they hoped Fang Yuan could support them with some money.

If they have money, they will be able to use it to buy helpers to solve their current predicament.

It seems that they also considered that it is not easy to borrow money for long distances, and they also said that they can just bring Wang Shiyu with them when he goes there.

But from the writing, Fang Yuan could feel the seriousness of their problem.

Then I thought about the fact that it was pointless to be looked down upon by my colleagues in Chang'an City, so I thought about going to the Western Regions to help the red catkins and have some fun.

"I am coming too!"

Du Miaoyan responded immediately.

When Fang Yuan goes, he goes too, inseparable.

"I want to go too."

Su Ziqing immediately followed suit.

But he was quickly rejected by Du Miaoyan.

"You can't go, you and Gao Xiangyu have to stay in Chang'an City to look after the house."

"I'm not here to play, I'm here to protect my husband."

Du Miaoyan said.

"OK then."

Seeing this, Su Ziqing could only stay at home.

After all, it’s impossible to live at home without a master, and you have to deal with the comings and goings of guests.

Moreover, Fang Yuan is no longer what he used to be. He is no longer just a minister, but the King of Zhou. He must pay more attention to etiquette.

Next, Fang Yuan sent out a signal to the outside world that the second Maritime Silk Road would be held at the end of the month, and asked those who cooperated to prepare their goods.

As a result, Fang Yuan also started making preparations to sell overseas things.

Here in Fang Yuan, many things can be sold overseas, but it depends on the profit.

For example, during Wang Shiyu’s first Maritime Silk Road last time, the profit from bicycles was obviously better than that from cement.

Moreover, after long-term transportation of cement, it is easy to become wet at sea, causing the cement to deteriorate and become unusable.

So this time, cement will be eliminated directly, thereby expanding the supply of bicycles.

Fang Yuan has a lot of products here, and they haven’t launched all of them yet in the second release.

But don't rush, there will be more opportunities in the future.

And this time there were not so many boats, and most of them were allowed to go out.

At that time, Fang Yuan was willing to give away so many ships and also give them benefits because of the matter of becoming king.

If there is no interest, it is probably not as simple as their opposition at the beginning, but their opposition all the time.

Soon, the end of the month will arrive.

Seven ships were loaded with cargo.

Two of them belong to Fang Yuan, two belong to the royal family, and three belong to other families.

Except for his own two ships, Fang Yuan had not interfered with the other two ships, and did not even ask how much cargo and people they had.

"King Zhou, go early and come back early!"

Many ministers sent Fang Yuan to sea.

They said they were sending Fang Yuan out to sea, but in fact they were also sending their goods out to sea.

This time they have great expectations for the Maritime Silk Road and how the route will be taken.

As long as they know how the route is taken, they can start the Maritime Silk Road by themselves in the future.

As for whether there are steel ships, it doesn't matter. As long as there are better big ships, they can still travel on the sea.

"Thank you for seeing me off. I will leave early and come back early."

Fang Yuan laughed.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he and Du Miaoyan boarded the steel ship.

Wang Shiyu is already waiting for them on the ship, and will officially set sail after all the goods are boarded.

Seven huge ships left the Weishui port in a mighty manner, which made people feel excited.

If this is Datang's warship, Datang's strength at sea should be invincible, right?
maritime.

Fang Yuan's two ships were at the front.

Behind them are two ships from the royal family, and then three ships from the noble family.

Except for Fang Yuan's two ships, Wang Shiyu did not equip the other five ships with compasses this time.

So from the beginning of the voyage, Wang Shiyu began to raise flags and ordered them to follow him.

"Why are you raising flags so often? Can they see us?"

Du Miaoyan was lying on the Grand Master's chair on the ship's board, curiously asking Wang Shiyu.

The three of them now seemed to be bathing on the beach. There were umbrellas to block the sun, as well as watermelons and other fruits.

"I didn't give them a compass so they could listen to me."

Wang Shiyu didn't hide anything, nor did she feel any embarrassment.

After the night when Fang Yuan was crowned king, she had sex with Fang Yuan several times under Du Miaoyan's instigation.

After going back and forth, Wang Shiyu is no longer so shy. He considers himself a member of the Fang family and has slowly adapted to the new life.

“If you don’t give them a compass, what if they get lost at night?”

Fang Yuan originally closed his eyes and rested his mind.

But after hearing Wang Shiyu's words, he immediately opened his eyes.

He has been out to sea and traveled at night. Without the moon, the sea would be like endless darkness, terrifying and scary.

In this case, it is easy to lose your way. You have to determine the direction in advance and follow the direction of the compass so that you will not get lost.

"I will put a few night-light pearls on the boat, and they will just follow the direction of the light."

Wang Shiyu said disapprovingly.

If it is dark at night, then the luminous pearls will be obvious.

If there is light at night, then they can see their ships.

In this case, they will not lose their way.

"Bullshit!"

"All five of their ships are watching the Night Pearl walking, so it's easy for them to collide."

"Go and ask someone to send two compasses to each of their ships."

Fang Yuan sat up and said.

Driving at night, it is easy to get lost without direction.

Let alone a night lantern, even if you light a torch, you will easily lose your way.

After all, anything can happen at sea. If a sudden heavy rain affects their vision, they will not be able to see anything.

"Do it?"

"Give them a compass, how can they listen to my orders?"

Wang Shiyu said with a pout.

She thought that with so many people following her, it would be very bad if they didn't listen to her.

So I came up with the idea of ​​a compass, asking them to listen to themselves, even if they don't listen.

“What’s the point of sailing the ocean and having them listen to you?”

"The key is that after arriving in the Western Region, they still listen to you after you start trading."

Fang Yuan shook his head and said.

If you don't give them a compass now, if they know about it, or there is an accident at sea, and you still want them to obey when they get to land, then don't think about it.

"Oh fine."

Wang Shiyu stuck out his tongue, stood up unhappily, and went to arrange for people to deliver compasses to other ships.

"You haven't thought it through very carefully. Your husband won't blame Shiyu, right?"

Du Miaoyan smiled lightly.

"How could it be? I'm just afraid that she will suffer a loss."

Fang Yuan shook his head and said.

I'm sure she won't blame her, but Wang Shiyu is so stingy that she's afraid that she will be targeted and suffer a loss.

"If she can successfully trade once, there should be no problem the second time and the third time. Don't worry."

Du Miaoyan comforted.

Not long after, Wang Shiyu came back and lay down on her chair.

Bored on the boat, Fang Yuan and the other three started playing cards.

Almost a month later.

Fang Yuan's steel ship finally arrived at its destination.

This is a huge port with people coming and going, and there are many ships and goods.

When Fang Yuan's seven steel ships slowly approached, the people here suddenly became excited.

Although Datang's fleet had already come once, they were still very surprised by such a huge ship.

"Fang Yuan, this is Ronglu Kingdom in the Western Region."

Wang Shiyu stood on the bow of the ship and pointed to the bustling port below.

This is one of the countries in the Western Region, a place where trade is relatively prosperous.

But these are all internal transactions in the Western Region, and few are external transactions.

Datang has always traded with them, but it was always land trade before, and now it is the second time for sea trade. "Ronglu Kingdom."

Fang Yuan nodded and said.

Many people below are looking here.

Their skin color is slightly different from that of the Han people, and even some of their hair is different.

There are relatively few hair differences, just a very, very small part, almost negligible.

"Shall we go down?"

Wang Shiyu chuckled.

By this time, other boats had begun disembarking.

"Miaoyan and I will take more than ten people away, and I'll leave the rest to you."

Fang Yuan said.

Next, he will say goodbye to Wang Shiyu.

He and Du Miaoyan went to find Hongxu and Qinggai, while Wang Shiyu was selling goods.

"Okay, I'll wait for you in Ronglu Country."

Wang Shiyu had no objection.

This is something that has been planned long ago.

Fang Yuan came here not only to help Hongxu and Qinggao, but also to play.

Neither Fang Yuan nor Miaoyan would interfere in the matter of selling goods, and she didn't want them to interfere either.

Soon, Fang Yuan and others got off the boat and parted ways with each other.

"It's quite lively here."

"And their figures and skin are better."

Du Miaoyan and Fang Yuan were walking on the road, looking at all kinds of things in the Western Region.

Most people have similar skin color to Han people, only a few are quite different.

Fang Yuan and others were walking on the road. If they didn't speak, pedestrians might not know that Fang Yuan and others were outsiders.

"And they're all relatively tall."

Fang Yuan laughed.

After buying some horses at the inn, Fang Yuan and others rushed towards Loulan Kingdom.

The letters from Hongxu and Qinggao were in Loulan Kingdom, and the place where Fang Yuan sent the money was also in Loulan Kingdom.

Ronglu Kingdom and Loulan Kingdom are very close, they are adjacent countries, so traveling to Loulan Kingdom is not a problem.

The countries in the Western Region have dividing lines, but they do not have strict defenses and can come and go at will.

The countries in the Western Regions would occasionally have wars, but after the wars, the status quo would continue, and there would be almost no annihilation of the country.

In less than one afternoon, Fang Yuan and others entered Loulan Kingdom and arrived at their royal capital.

After entering Loulan King's Capital, Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan felt the enthusiasm here.

The women here are dressed very seductively, with most of their bellies exposed.

And there is almost no obese one, they are all graceful and graceful.

"This is truly a man's paradise."

Du Miaoyan sighed.

If you were a man, you would definitely like it here.

Because the women here are very enthusiastic, not only in their dressing, but also in their hospitality.

From the time Fang Yuan dismounted until now, several women have come over to talk to Fang Yuan.

But unfortunately, Fang Yuan couldn't understand what they said, and they couldn't understand what Fang Yuan said, so there was no follow-up.

"What, are you jealous?"

Fang Yuan looked at Du Miaoyan with a chuckle.

"It's not that I'm jealous, but I'm proud."

Du Miaoyan was not jealous, but rather a little proud.

This time it wasn't her and Fang Yuan, Xue Rengui and almost all the guards were also there.

But the women from the Western Region flocked to Fang Yuan just to look at them.

This is enough to show that Fang Yuan's temperament and beauty attracted the women of Loulan Kingdom and made them come to him automatically.

Fang Yuan smiled reassuringly and asked his men to find out where the location in Hong Xuqinggao's letter came from.

This time Fang Yuan came over with a translator.

Not long after, Fang Yuan found a pawn.

The pawn is a female boss, she is in her early thirties, has plump beauty, and wears very hot clothes.

"Are you from the Tang Dynasty?"

The female boss asked in broken Chinese after hearing Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan talking in Chinese.

"Does the shopkeeper speak Chinese?"

Fang Yuan asked with surprise on his face.

It is so rare to meet someone who can speak Chinese in Loulan Kingdom.

You can directly ask the other party about Hongxu and Qinggao.

"I know a little bit, and your friend has taught me a lot."

The female boss smiled.

"What does my friend you mentioned look like?"

Fang Yuan also smiled.

But I also wanted to see if the other party knew Hongxu and Qinggao.

"Are they two women of the same age? They are probably seven or eight years younger than me."

The female boss thought for a while and said.

"Yes, that's right."

"Did they leave any words for you?"

Fang Yuan asked slightly excitedly.

It should be Hongxu and Qinggao.

"I don't remember exactly, but they seemed to be having a problem."

"What are they asking you to do?"

The female boss thought about it seriously and said uncertainly.

"Let me give her some money."

Fang Yuan said.

"Yes, remember, when you encounter trouble, you need money to solve it."

"She asked me to send it to them after I get the money."

The female boss said suddenly.

"Please take us to find them."

Fang Yuan took a deep breath and said.

It's rare to find Hongxu and Qinggao so quickly.

He was worried that something bad would happen to Hongxu and Qinggai after so long.

"I'm afraid this won't work. I'm worried whether you are their enemies."

"If you are not their enemy, first give me the money according to their instructions, and give me your identities by the way. When I give them the money, I will ask about your identities. If it is correct, you can meet again."

The female boss looked embarrassed, shook her head and said.

Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan looked at each other and frowned slightly.

But considering how Hongxu and Qingyao could be chased by their enemies, Fang Yuan could only let down his vigilance.

"Have you used Tang Dynasty banknotes here?"

Fang Yuan asked.

"Sorry, I don't need it here. You can exchange it for gold or copper coins elsewhere."

"But I would like to remind you that if the amount is too large, no one will dare to ask for it. After all, the Tang treasure banknotes have just been introduced to our Western Region."

The female boss shook her head and said.

"Here are 30 taels of gold."

Fang Yuan took out a bag from one of his men.

This is one penny, and there is another penny that Fang Yuan has not taken out.

Fang Yuan didn't know how much money Hongxu and Qinggao would spend this time, and he brought a lot of wealth with him.

"How heroic, sir, I will send you a message right now."

The female boss’s eyes lit up.

After taking the gold, he looked at it carefully.

"Go back quickly."

Fang Yuan nodded.

This pawn shop is quite big, and the female boss shouldn’t lie to people.

However, it was necessary to be on guard against others. Fang Yuan asked Du Miaoyan to follow her carefully after she left, making sure to make sure whether the other party was really looking for Hongxu and Qinggao.

Fortunately, Fang Yuan asked Du Miaoyan to follow him secretly, otherwise the money would be gone. (End of chapter)