Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 384 Yang Cheng Returns, North American Route
The reason why he showed it to Li Chengye, told it to Li Chengye, and asked Li Chengye to remember it was because he would not be in the Tang Dynasty in the future, and Li Chengye would be the head of the Tang Dynasty. He had to explain these things clearly to Li Chengye.

This point is crucial. Li Yuanji is afraid that Li Chengye will just let one person go. If he lets only one person go through such a large area, won't it definitely develop into a second Tang Dynasty?

What he drew was the size of their respective fiefdoms. As for whether it would change later, that was their own business. They could expand their fiefdoms by themselves.

Li Chengye listened to Li Yuanji's words and sighed in his heart. After all, he was his father. What he was thinking about were things he hadn't thought of yet.

In fact, Li Chengye only knew that the land in this place was fertile and rich in resources, but he had no idea how fertile and rich the land was, so he could only compare it with the Tang Dynasty.

Now that Li Yuanji had said it, Li Chengye already had a rough idea of ​​what this fertility and richness looked like.

He really didn't expect that there was such a good place far away from the Tang Dynasty. What Li Chengye regretted was that it was too far away from the Tang Dynasty, and it was really inconvenient to manage it under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court.

Li Chengye looked at the picture drawn by Li Yuanji, and now he knew what it meant.

"Father, I have made note of this. I will follow your instructions and let my brothers go to the vassal states."

Li Chengye did not argue at all. He knew very well that if it really developed into a big country of similar size to the Tang Dynasty, although he still had the confidence to suppress it, the impact after the war would be too great, which Li Chengye did not want to see.

Now it is divided into eight parts, eight regions. The rich resources there will eventually stabilize and belong to the Tang Dynasty. This is the best outcome for the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, his brothers would be able to live more comfortably in places with rich resources and fertile land, which means that governance and development would be easier. They could directly apply the Tang Dynasty's development model and develop there.

Li Yuanji looked at Li Chengye with satisfaction, and after chatting for a while, he let Li Chengye go down to handle state affairs, while Li Yuanji came to Yang Qingwan.

"Madam, are you knitting clothes?"

When Li Yuanji arrived, he saw Yang Qingwan who was knitting a sweater and was a little surprised.

Yang Qingwan looked at Li Yuanji coming, put down the work in her hands, and said with a smile: "Yes, I have nothing to do, so I knit a sweater for my husband and Chengye. I went there specially to learn this."

Li Yuanji understood it this time. He was originally surprised how Yang Qingwan knew all these things, but it turned out that she had learned them specially.

As for the affairs of the harem, there are indeed not many, because there are very few people in the harem, and the affairs of the inner court have long been on track. The same is true for business matters. Yang Qingwan still has a lot of free time.

As for the small number of people in the harem, it is not just the concubines that are missing, because each concubine is surrounded by some eunuchs and maids. Now that there are fewer concubines, and there are only three now, there are naturally fewer eunuchs and maids.

With fewer people, management becomes simpler, and there aren't as many intrigues, because Wei Gui, Wu Shun, and Wu Mei don't engage in intrigues, and there are basically no conflicts among the people below.

Li Yuanji felt very happy when he heard Yang Qingwan knitting a sweater for him.

"Madam, you must tell me as soon as you finish weaving. I will try it carefully. But you also need to walk around appropriately and cannot stay in the yard all the time."

"I see. I'll keep walking every day. Guimei and the others will come to accompany me, and I'll often go out for a walk with them."

Yang Qingwan is pregnant now, and Li Yuanji is still worried, but after hearing this, he feels relieved.

"That's good. I came here this time to tell you good news. Yuanlin's return time has been confirmed. He will arrive at Dengzhou Port in a month, and will reach Chang'an in about two months.

You have been worried about him before, but now that the time for his return is set, you can choose a suitable woman for him during this time and let him get married when he returns."

When Yang Qingwan heard this, she immediately became happy.

"Okay, two months is enough. We really need to choose one as soon as possible. I'll go look for him later. Yuanlin is not young anymore, so he needs to get married quickly."

The two chatted for a long time, and Li Yuanji accompanied Yang Qingwan for a while. Only when Yang Qingwan began to rest did Li Yuanji leave to handle government affairs.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Li Yuanji did not handle government affairs, but waited in the courtyard with a table of wine and food in front of him.

Suddenly, a familiar voice came suddenly.

"Brother-in-law, I'm back!"

Li Yuanji looked and saw Yang Cheng running towards him quickly. Li Yuanji smiled immediately.

Li Yuanji stood up, and when Yang Cheng came to his side, he immediately gave Yang Cheng a hug.

Yang Cheng also looked excited, without any reservations, and gave me a big bear hug.

"Brother-in-law, I finally see you. I've missed you so much over the years."

"Yuanlin, can you please stop being so cheesy? You are a real man. Don't be afraid of being misunderstood when you say these things. It's good that you are back. It's good that you are back safely."

Li Yuanji quickly let go of Yang Cheng. He really couldn't bear what this man said, because he was crying and his tears were streaming down. This man actually used his clothes to wipe them. I guess only this man could do such a thing.

Seeing Yang Cheng crying and happy at the same time, Li Yuanji sighed in his heart. He couldn't say any other harsh words. He could only comfort him first. What else could he do?

After all, he was his wife's brother-in-law and they had a good relationship. It was also he who arranged for Yang Cheng to go to North America, which resulted in Yang Cheng not getting any credit. Li Yuanji also felt indebted, especially since there had been no news from him for several years. Yang Qingwan was sad about this for a long time.

He had not expected that Yang Cheng would be gone for such a long time and there was no news at all during the journey. What could he do?

Yang Cheng looked at Li Yuanji. Although tears kept flowing out, he was very excited. The past ten years or so had left a deep impression on him. The difficulties along the way were finally over now.

After crying for a while, Yang Cheng’s emotions were released and he seemed a lot more relaxed.

"Brother-in-law, let me tell you, when I came back, I almost thought I had taken the wrong road. The Tang Dynasty now seems to be no longer the Tang Dynasty I know. Many of the things I saw along the way were new to me, especially the trains, cars, and iron ships.

"Brother-in-law, the changes in the Tang Dynasty are too great. It's hard to believe." Yang Cheng couldn't wait to speak. He was really shocked when he came back this time. What he saw along the way made Yang Cheng think that he had returned to the wrong place. If the people were not all Tang people, and the place was still called those names, he really couldn't believe it.

Li Yuanji also laughed after hearing this, and then told Yang Cheng about the changes in the Tang Dynasty over the years.

"Yuanlin, although I have told you, you still need to experience the details yourself. The changes in the Tang Dynasty are indeed too great compared to when you left. I can't tell you everything at once. You can go and see for yourself later.

Let’s not talk about that now, hurry up and eat, these are all the dishes you loved to eat before, and some of them will be available later, you probably haven’t eaten them before, hurry up.”

After hearing this, Yang Cheng looked at the food on the table and did not bother to be polite with Li Yuanji. He started to eat and drink very quickly. He wolfed down the food and soon finished the whole table.

Li Yuanji was extremely helpless when he saw Yang Cheng like this. He told him to eat slowly, but he didn't listen. Then he poured Yang Cheng some wine. Yang Cheng didn't hesitate at all and drank it. Then Li Yuanji started pouring again.

After eating and drinking, Li Yuanji asked his men to leave and the two began chatting again.

"Brother-in-law, I stayed in North America for a few years. The people there are completely different from those here, but the land there is indeed fertile, and I also found some high-yield crops that were not originally available in the Tang Dynasty.

But the things I ate just now, unexpectedly appeared. Brother-in-law, why did I run so far? "

Yang Cheng was a little shocked for a moment. This time when he went there, he found potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, etc. It turned out that these were in the dishes he had just eaten. He had eaten them there before, so he could still tell them apart.

He brought back a lot this time, thinking that it could help Li Yuanji, but he didn't expect that the Tang Dynasty already had it, which hurt Yang Cheng a lot.

Li Yuanji also laughed when he heard what Yang Cheng said.

"Who said you were useless in the past? At least you found fertile land there. And you can find these things there, which means it is like the Tang Dynasty.

Now that such a good place has been discovered, the Tang Dynasty should occupy it. Your visit this time has provided a route for the Tang Dynasty, letting it know that there is such a good place. This is a good thing for the Tang Dynasty.

If you hadn't gone there, who would have known that there was such a wonderful place in that faraway place?"

Li Yuanji kept counseling Yang Cheng, saying that he had no choice but to exchange these as Yang Cheng had not been back for so long and the contribution points required were not many, so Li Yuanji just exchanged them all.

But Li Yuanji was indeed not wrong. Compared to the food, he liked the land over there more. Although he knew that if Yang Cheng was not there, he would not be able to say it directly because there was really no way to make it sound better.

How could he know about such a faraway place when he had never been there? Now with Yang Cheng, everything made sense, and more importantly, the route was also available.

When Yang Cheng heard this, he immediately perked up, and the loss he had just felt disappeared instantly.

"Brother-in-law, I went there this time and saw it myself. Plus, I've been there for a few years, and I think that place is really good. It's good in every aspect, but a lot of it has not been developed yet.

I have already made the route, brother-in-law, please take a look."

Yang Cheng then took out the route he had marked and placed it on the table. Li Yuanji looked at it immediately.

Li Yuanji stared closely at the route map that Yang Cheng took out. This time, Yang Cheng set out from Dongyi Prefecture. The first place he passed was Guiguo, which is Sakhalin Island. Then he crossed the Kuril Islands, crossed the Bering Sea, reached the Aleutian Islands, and finally entered the Gulf of Alaska and arrived in Alaska.

After Yang Cheng arrived in Alaska, he continued to sail eastward, passing through Canada, all the way to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Mexico and other places.

Now Li Yuanji finally understood why Yang Cheng stayed there for so long. It was because Yang Cheng had inquired about all those places and visited them all, which resulted in him spending more time.

Yang Cheng's voice was still coming, and finally he placed his hand on the waters south of the Bering Sea.

“Brother-in-law, when we first went there, we didn’t know exactly which way to go, so we encountered a tsunami when we were crossing this sea area. It was here, and almost everyone died. Fortunately, I had three boats behind me.

They retreated later, and this time, they suffered a direct loss of nearly three thousand people, twelve ships were lost, and only a few were rescued afterwards.

Later we found someone to ask and found out that this place appears once a year. When we came back, we went straight along the coast and passed through these places, and thus created this route.

Brother-in-law, it's my fault. If I had found the right way when I was going there, they wouldn't have died. Nearly three thousand people were gone in an instant."

When Yang Cheng said this, he was full of self-blame, because it was he who decided where to go, and he would be directly responsible if anything happened. Moreover, this time, he also saw the dangers of the sea. In the past, he walked along the coast, and although there were winds and waves, he had never seen a doomsday-like scene. But this time, Yang Cheng saw it.

The boat was too small on such waves. After a few waves, the boat was gone and capsized. Especially when he went out, he brought wooden boats with him.

Li Yuanji felt a little sad after listening to this, but there was nothing he could do. This was what it was like to open up a new route. It was a completely unfamiliar environment and he knew nothing, so he had to rely entirely on trial and error.

Li Yuanji looked at Yang Cheng and patted him on the shoulder.

“You can’t be blamed for this. After all, we went to an unfamiliar sea area and no one could have expected this situation. And it is because of your experience that we know that we can’t go to that place in August or September.

For those who died this time, I will send all the compensation to their families later, and double it. Their merits will be recorded, and they will not die in vain.

Don't blame yourself, these are unavoidable. You have made a great contribution to the Tang Dynasty. People in the future will remember that there was such a fleet in the Tang Dynasty, which opened up new ocean routes. Each of you deserves to be remembered."

This was also what Li Yuanji thought. What Yang Cheng did when leading the fleet was worth remembering. He would also have people write it down, and all of this should be recorded in history.

Li Yuanji comforted Yang Cheng for a while, and Yang Cheng gradually came out of it. Every time he thought of this, Yang Cheng would still feel sad.

After chatting for a while, Li Yuanji left the route map and then looked at Yang Cheng.

"Go and see your sister. She has been worried about you all these years. Also, your sister has chosen a suitable woman for you and will arrange your marriage when you come back. Go ahead."

When Yang Cheng heard this, he left with a smile on his face. It had been so long and he missed his family very much.

(End of this chapter)