The sun, the air, the sea, it's all top notch.

"Whoa! Crash! ”

The waves crashed against the reef, splashing a few feet high in white, crystalline water.

A few waves rushed to the shore, gently caressing the reef, and then reluctantly retreated.

This action is repeated again and again.

Draw silver edges on this deserted, nay, now inhabited, island.

It seems to have a silver frame on the mighty South Seas, making the sea even more charming and beautiful.

As the morning sun rose, the crew returned to the ship with some reluctance after eating their last hot breakfast on the island.

"Set sail!"

"Set sail!"

"Set sail!"

With a few shouts in quick succession, the fleet slowly left the island.

Fang Yiai stood on the deck, holding a telescope, reluctant to take one last look at the cliff.

There are still a lot of bird's nests there that have not been picked.

After going through this storm, the crew seems to be more stable and capable.

Yang Qiwa habitually climbed to the top of the mast, regardless of the continuous blowing of the sea breeze, she actually took out her logbook and graphite pen from her arms, and began to write the logbook word by word.

With Li Kuan's encouragement, every seafarer in the East China Sea fishery has been able to simply recognize some words, such as Yang Qiwa, who has learned seriously, has been able to complete the writing normally.

As long as he is not allowed to read the ancient books of the Four Books and the Five Classics, he can basically understand them.

It can be said that Yang Qiwa has bid farewell to her illiterate career and has become a lookout with certain cultural knowledge, and her future is promising.

……

Today is October 28, the 11th year of Zhenguan, the weather is sunny, and there are no clouds.

Early in the morning, after breakfast on the nameless island, the fleet began to head to the northern island.

According to Fang Langjun, the island has dense vegetation and is about dozens of miles away from the unnamed island.

All the sails of the Tokai Fishery have been opened, and at this speed, it is estimated that it will reach the island this afternoon.

During this time, the fleet has been through a lot.

Fortunately, everyone escaped from the uncharted sea without danger, a sea area where the compass could not be used normally.

Then it survived the hurricane, solved the crisis of running out of fresh water and food, and found a lot of bird's nests on the nameless island, which is said to be very good for people.

By the way, for today's breakfast, everyone ate bird's nest.

Although when eating, I accidentally picked out a few fluffs.

However, the taste is actually okay.

This thing doesn't seem to be so scary......

……

The clipper boat was walking on the sea with full sails, and it happened to be tailwind again, and the speed was still very fast.

It was only two hours of walking, and the island was already visible to the naked eye.

"Brother Cheng, this island is bigger than we imagined."

I originally thought it was just a small island, but I didn't expect that after getting closer and closer, I found that this island was not small at all.

"It's better to be bigger, don't you like the small ones?"

"Brother Cheng, although I didn't understand it a little, why do you always think that you have something in it?"

Fang Yiai glanced at Yu Chihuan suspiciously.

"Hey, hey."

Yu Chihuan hurriedly changed the topic, "Bereavement, there are many spices in this South Sea, do you say that there will be a lot of spices on the island in front of you?" ”

"Humph! Brother Cheng, it's not like you haven't heard Na Luo Sandao say that there are more spices in this Nanyang than in Datang, but they are not everywhere. ”

Fang Yiai couldn't help but complain.

Zhu Erfu watched Yu Chihuan and Fang Yiai talking there, and he also felt very interesting.

These two Lang Jun of the national family have been together for a long time, but they don't have any shelf at all.

After a few more hours, the fleet finally appeared next to the big island.

"Lang Jun, this island is estimated to be five or six miles long and four or five miles wide, which is really not small."

The fleet did not rush to the shore, but first circled around the big island, figured out the situation, and then chose a place more suitable for landing and anchored.

The white waves and soft sand give people a different feeling.

Fang Yiai took the lead in rushing to these islands, and behind him, Wei Chihuan and others also followed and stood up from the sea.

There is no way, there are only two small boats on board, so it is better to swim over directly.

"Beloved, take it easy, this island is so big, there may be some beasts and poisonous snakes."

In the past, when he was in the palace of the king of Chu, Li Kuan was idle and bored to tell everyone stories, including a story about Snake Island, and Yu Chihuan still remembered his creepy appearance at the beginning.

Now, seeing a few turtles crawling slowly on the beach, and accidentally stepping on a hermit crab that the prince said, Yu Chihuan couldn't help but remind him.

Fang Yiai loves this guy, and the force value is very high, but if he is accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake, it will be useless no matter how high it is.

I don't want to take such a blow when I am about to succeed.

"Don't worry, Brother Cheng, this is just an isolated island, where did some beast come from."

Fang Yiai didn't care, and continued to lead the way to the woods in the beach.

The seafarers behind him were also very experienced and divided into several groups, and they approached the woods to see if there was anything to be found.

Of course, when he was still on the ship, Zhu Erfu explained to everyone that he should not go deep into the island at will.

The Nanyang Islands, all kinds of vegetation are particularly lush, maybe there are really some poisons in it that everyone has not seen, and it is not worth it to lose some manpower out of thin air.

"Pepper tree! That's a pepper tree! ”

Luo Sandao, who was following behind Fang Yiai, first let out an exclamation, and then jumped suddenly and ran quickly to the edge of the woods.

"Pepper tree?"

Fang Yiai's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she immediately ran forward.

Everyone else heard the movement and sped up.

What is pepper, Fang Yiai naturally couldn't be clearer.

For many winters, I was in the courtyard of the Chu Palace, eating the special food of the Chu Palace-pork belly and chicken, and there was a lot of pepper in the soup.

When it's snowing heavily, drink a bowl of peppery pork belly chicken soup......

Fang Yiai feels that she is hungry again!

This bird's nest is not hungry.

"This ...... Is this really a pepper tree? ”

Fang Yiai didn't know the pepper tree, but the small bunches of fruit on the branches were very peppery.

Seeing a bunch of fruits that seemed to be relatively ripe, Fang Yiai reached out and picked them, put them in his mouth and chewed them gently.

The faint astringency is mixed with the familiar spiciness.

This is pepper as expected!

Fang Yiai raised her head and looked around, there were pepper trees everywhere.

"Haha, Brother Wei Chi, it's sent, we're going to send it."

Fang Yiai couldn't help but let out a monstrous laugh.

And Yu Chihuan was also very excited, could it be that this is the spice island in the mouth of the prince?

Apart from pepper, what else is there to do on this island?

……

If porcelain and silk supported the ancient Central Plains Dynasty's exports. Then spices are the most important materials for foreign countries to obtain trade balances.

Yu Chihuan and the others were completely stunned when they saw the endless pepper grove as far as the eye could see.

When did pepper turn out to be so worthless?

It's all over the mountains.

If you go back with a shipload of pepper, it won't be worth more than a shipload of gold?

"Brother Cheng, this pepper tree is also very strange, why on different trees, some peppers seem to be ripe, some peppers have just borne fruit, and some are even flowers."

In the impression of Fang Yiai, it is a peach tree or a pear tree.

Although the opening time of the buds on a tree varies by a few days, they are basically at the same stage.

He had never seen a peach tree with both ripe peaches and small peaches that had just borne fruit, and peach blossoms that were in full bloom at the same time.

In the land of the South Seas, even the trees are very different from the Central Plains.

"Lang Jun, I know a little bit about this."

Luo Sandao felt that he finally had a chance to perform, and he was also very positive.

During this time, except for those days when food was scarce on the ship, he was able to eat at all other times, which was already a very happy thing for him.

So he cherishes it and hopes to stay in the East China Sea fishing industry for the rest of his life.

Yu Chihuan looked at Luo Sandao: "Oh? Tell me about it! ”

"This pepper tree often starts to bloom from March and April until October and November, and it is constantly blooming and bearing fruit. So we can see pepper in different states at the same time on a tree. ”

After Luo Sandao finished speaking, he found that Yu Chihuan and Fang Yiai were both looking at him in a daze, and hurriedly added.

"When I was in Champa before, I saw pepper trees."

"Forget it, whatever the reason for it, as long as it's pepper. Tell the crew to come up to the island, it looks like we're going to be here for a while. ”

Yu Chihuan looked at the impermeable pepper forest in front of him, and began to wonder if there would be other trees inside.

Normally, there is no such thing as a pepper tree on this island.

The crew members of the East China Sea fishery can be regarded as a relatively wealthy group of people in Datang.

Although most of them have not eaten pepper yet, the name of pepper is widely heard.

When they learned that the island was full of pepper trees, they were excited to turn into farmers and start picking ripe peppercorns.

As for Yu Chihuan and Fang Yiai, they took Zhu Sandao and others and began to walk into the depths of the woods to see what else they had found.

Ordinary crew members, who have not even seen the finished spices, cannot be expected to recognize anything.

On the contrary, it is the nobles of Fang Yiai and Wei Chihuan who have seen more.

Of course, the most important thing is to see Luo Sandao and a few other pirates who surrendered at the beginning.

Although the countries of the South Seas are not as full of spices as this island, as a thing that ordinary people can barely afford, the probability of seeing the corresponding trees is still very high.

"Lang Jun, wait a minute."

Fang Yiai held a big knife and followed behind several guards, slashing and stabbing slowly, and slowly walked deep into the woods.

The further you go into the woods, the taller and thicker the trees become, and with some birds and cicadas, there is a different kind of tranquility.

"What's wrong? What did you find out about it? ”

Seeing a captive beside Luo Sandao speak, Fang Yiai's face was overjoyed.

At the beginning, Fang Yiai still felt that with his own cognition, he could definitely find something.

It was only when I actually entered the forest that I found that my eyes were black, and I didn't know which trees were special.

"The fruit of these trees seems to be a little familiar, and I want to climb up to make sure."

Just do it, without waiting for Fang Yiai to speak, the guy climbed up a straight and smooth tree trunk like a monkey, so that Fang Yiai couldn't help but wonder if he was a monkey reincarnation.

"Bereavement, do you see if this thing is the nutmeg that King Chu likes to add when cooking mutton?"

Just as everyone turned their attention to the guy on the tree, Yu Chihuan leaned over and picked up a few fruits from the ground.

"Huh? It's kind of like that. ”

Fang Yiai's eyes lit up, he picked up the fruit from Yu Chihuan's hand, put it in his mouth and took a bite.

It's still the original recipe, and it's still a familiar taste.

"Brother Wei Chi, it's nutmeg."

At this time, the "monkey" on the tree had also picked a few fruits, and Fang Yiai tasted it again and felt that there was no doubt.

"Good! At dinner time, put these nutmeg in the fish to see how it goes. If it's good, even if it's not the nutmeg we've eaten before, we can pick it back. ”

Pepper, nutmeg, Yu Chihuan became more and more interested in the island.

With a good start, the group continued their journey of discovery.

Soon, bay leaves and cinnamon were found one after another.

Although I don't know how many of these spice trees are on the whole island, everyone is very satisfied with what they found today.

"It's starting to get dark, so let's go back to the beach and discuss how we can pick these spices."

Yu Chihuan felt that this island could be used as a treasury for the fishing industry in the East China Sea in the South Sea, bringing a steady stream of wealth.

At the beginning, the simple and crude felling of trees, pepper picking is not advisable.

That saves some time, but when I come back next year, there won't be as many peppers to pick.

In the long run, within a few years, the island will become a worthless desert island.

This is not the outcome that Wei Chihuan wants to see.

……

Just when Yu Chihuan and the others were happily enjoying dinner, in Chang'an City, Fang Xuanling, Dai Xuan and others were standing in front of Li Shimin with sad faces.

"Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous now, and the demand for copper coins is even more. When many merchants are trading, even if they find that the copper coin given by the other party is not the Kaiyuan Tongbao of the imperial court system, they will accept it, because as soon as they turn around, they can also use it normally. ”

Recently, Li Shimin was very angry when he heard the report of the Baiqi Division that there were privately minted copper coins circulating in the market.

In his opinion, the circulation of these copper coins is simply contempt for the court and contempt for his own behavior.

Therefore, he immediately convened several important ministers such as Fang Xuanling, Wen Yanbo and Dai Xuan to discuss.

"Xuan Ling, what do you think?"

Li Shimin naturally understands what Dai Xuan said, but it is difficult to accept.

Why can these inferior copper coins circulate like the exquisite Kaiyuan Tongbao?

Who else dares to mint copper coins privately, except for the big family?

Li Shimin felt that he had to find a way to plug this hole no matter what, otherwise it would be even more difficult for him to realize his desire to suppress the family.

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