Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 259
Willow tree in the east wind, green and green clip Yuhe.

It has been difficult to climb and setbacks recently, and it should be a lot of parting.

When Qin Xiedao boarded the boat and formally left the Weishui Wharf slowly, the people on the whole wharf seeing off had different expressions.

"Miss, everyone has already left, what's the use of looking around now? I asked you to go over to say hello, but you didn't go."

Seeing Yang Yan's tangled expression, Qingxia was also speechless.

"We are neither relatives nor old friends, what did we do in the past?"

"Since you are neither relatives nor old friends, what are you doing here?"

Although Qingxia is Yang Yan's personal maid, she is like a sister, completely different from the general master and servant.

"You said that the Wa country is thousands of miles away, why did Qin Dalang have to go there in person?
The Qin family can be regarded as a big family now, so there is no need for him to do everything by himself. "

Yang Yan didn't understand why Qin Xiedao insisted on going to Wa country.

In fact, in Chang'an City, there are many people who don't understand Qin Xiedao's decision.

"Who knows, few people can see through what Qin Dalang does. Otherwise, how could he become a man of the Tang Dynasty in such a short period of time?

It would be unreasonable to say that he relied on Qin Shubao's influence.Although Qin Shubao can be regarded as a hero, there are not a few people who are comparable to him in Chang'an City.

But I haven't heard of anyone whose children can be compared with Qin Dalang. "

At the beginning, Qingxia had a relatively bad impression of Qin Xiedao.

But in the last year of contact, there have been great changes.

People always worship the strong.

Qin Xiedao is an out-and-out strongman for the people of Tang Dynasty in this era.

Although her own position is not high, Jane is in the heart of the emperor.

It's another official second generation, and now it's still the rich generation.

The most important thing is that one's own talent is extremely high.

The title of Chang'an city's number one talented scholar is not for nothing.

How many people can stand up to this kind of person who is capable of writing and martial arts, has background, ability, and appearance?

"It's not far away to go to the country of Wa, even if it goes back and forth, it will take at least three months, right?"

Thinking that she would not see Qin Xiedao for at least three months, Yang Yan's mood became even worse.

Although she hasn't seen her once for a long time now, she still has a chance anyway.

But after today, even if she thought about it, it was useless.

What worried her most was that she was afraid that today would be the last meeting in her life.

"Three months is at least. Qin Dalang will not come back immediately after he arrives in Wa Kingdom.

After such a short distance, there must be something that needs to be done, it's just that he didn't tell us. "

After hearing Qingxia's words, Yang Yan's mood became even worse.

"Let's go, let's go back!"

Seeing the sound of the ship slowly disappearing from sight, Yang Yan boarded the future four-wheeled carriage and headed home.

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"Father, next time Qin Lang-jun goes to sea again, I want to follow him to have a look."

In the Tang Palace, as soon as Li Chengqian returned to Li Shimin's side, he brought up a rather unexpected topic.

Although today was the day when Qin Xiedao left Chang'an City, it was naturally inappropriate for an emperor like Li Shimin to see him off in Weishui.

But Li Chengqian didn't have so many scruples.

During this period of time, he followed Qin Xiedao most of the time, and he was regarded as half of his disciples.

So Li Chengqian went to see off at the Weishui Wharf in person today.

"Although I don't know why Xiedao is determined to go to sea, the risk of going to sea is completely uncontrollable. As the heir of the Tang Dynasty, it is obviously not suitable for you to take such a risk."

Li Shimin rejected Li Chengqian almost without thinking.

Are you kidding me, the prince of the Tang Dynasty wants to go to sea?
"Father, my son thinks what Qin Langjun said is actually very reasonable. The world is very big, far from what we see.

The outside world is also wonderful, and it is not as barren as we imagined.

According to Qin Langjun, in the far west, there are actually many powerful countries and a lot of land.

Even at the end of the sea, there are actually other lands. On these lands, there are grains that can produce thousands of catties per mu, bison herds everywhere, and flowers that can eat people. "

Li Chengqian followed Qin Xiedao all day long, and heard a lot of strange things.

Most people listen to these statements as stories, but Li Chengqian took them seriously.

"He really said that?"

Li Shimin said after a moment of silence.

"Yes! In his study, he even made something called a globe. According to him, we actually live on a big sphere. Our Tang Dynasty is not the center of the world, but a comparison on the earth. Just a strong country."

"We live on a ball? How is that possible?"

Li Shimin couldn't believe what Li Chengqian said.

The sky is round.

This is a saying that has been circulated in China for thousands of years.

Now you say that the earth is round, who would believe it?
"I didn't believe it at the beginning, and asked him if we lived on the same ball, wouldn't everyone be head down and fall?
But Mr. Qin Lang said that the earth has its own gravity, so no matter what it is, it will not fall.

I don't understand the specific reason, but the example he gave is still very convincing. "

"What example?"

Li Shimin's curiosity was also raised.

"When we are at sea, the first thing we see is the ship in the distance, and the first thing we see is the mast. Then when we see the mountains in the distance, we always see the top of the mountain first.

If the earth is round, then these phenomena are very easy to explain, but if the earth is flat, then there is no way to explain these phenomena. "

"Then does it have something to do with whether the earth is round or not?"

"I don't know about this. But according to what he said before, he went to the country of Wa to find gold and silver mines.

This time through the sea trade, he hopes to exchange a large amount of gold and silver from the Japanese country, so that my Datang merchants will be more interested in doing business at sea. "

"Xie Dao's thinking is really different from ordinary people, thinking about how to develop industry and commerce every day.

But agriculture is the foundation of my Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, the people would not have enough to eat, and everything else would be meaningless. "

Although Li Shimin does not hinder the development of commerce, it is absolutely impossible for commerce to replace agriculture.

"What the father said is true, but Mr. Qin Lang said that as long as we have enough wealth, we can also buy some grain from Linyi and other places to fill the grain gap in Datang."

"How many people are there in Linyi? How many people are there in my Tang Dynasty? How can it be possible to solve the problem by buying food?"

Li Shimin and Li Chengqian communicated in the imperial study for a long time, but there was no official result.

(End of this chapter)