The country of Boru is the place where the coffee tree was first discovered, and the country of Shengdang is the second place, maybe there are many more places with this kind of coffee tree, and there must be one in the land of Africa further to the west, where the climate is tropical, most of them should be able to grow coffee, and the future of the coffee industry is promising.

After staying for a long time, Ang Lee chose to leave, and the next stop was the country of Gogolo, which is also a very small country, however, this small country is not on the island of Sumatra, but on the coast of Eurasia.

This location is probably a very important location in the area of Thailand and Myanmar in later generations, and it can be regarded as an important location in the busy Strait of Malacca, but unfortunately because no deep-water port was built, this area has never attracted the attention of later generations and has not been developed.

However, the maritime ships of Datang in this era are relatively small ships, and they do not need particularly strong deep-water ports, so the country of Gogu Luo also has a good opportunity for development, and it is completely possible to take advantage of the east wind of Datang to open up routes and let itself achieve great development.

Along the way, Li An is really busy, of course, the harvest is also very good, the rulers of all countries along the way have all agreed to cooperate with the Tang Dynasty and are willing to act as the little brother of the Tang Empire, which is very good, and it is also the only choice for these small countries.

The reason why the Tang Dynasty only wants to include all the countries along the way into the cooperation framework is because the small countries that cooperate with each other will be more beneficial to the Tang Empire.

In this way, the Tang merchants have more choices, they can choose any small country to invest, and the places that need to be replenished are also rich enough to replenish the fleet anytime and anywhere.

The most important point is that these small countries can form a competitive relationship with each other, which is a good thing for the Tang Empire.

When there is only one advanced power in the world, and the remaining small countries are all backward countries, the life of this strong country is very good, while the life of a large group of weak countries is relatively tight.

In terms of cooperation, the powerful can bring only possible inferior technology to the weaker, so that all the weak and small countries have mastered this technology and compete with each other, so that the powerful can obtain a relatively cheap primary product, which can be transformed into a superior product after simple processing.

And the high-end products made by the powerful countries, because there are no competitors, can be sold at a very high price, so that the vast number of poor and weak countries will pay, so as to further maintain their own strength, and the gap with the backward countries will also widen.

Ang Lee's deepest memory is that the Western powers of later generations, who took the lead in the industrial revolution and the colonization of the Great Voyage at an early stage, thus began to rise one step earlier.

After the rise, they began to oppress backward countries, plundered resources from backward countries on a large scale, and accumulated a large amount of social wealth by buying at low prices and selling at high prices.

And because the Western powers have entered the road of a virtuous circle, the backward countries have never been able to catch up with them, and their products have always been in the leading position, always able to maintain their advantages, so that the backward countries are helpless.

For example, backward countries can only sell backward agricultural products and primary industrial products, and the profits are extremely meager; as long as the prices are slightly higher, the powerful countries will not buy them, but choose to buy cheaper products instead, while the high-end products they produce can be sold for dozens of times the price, which is no different from grabbing money.

The Tang Empire is now a criminal power, with the most advanced technology, it can produce many high-end products that weak countries can't produce, so that it can be sold at a very high price, while the vast number of backward small countries can only maintain the most basic low profits, the more small countries such a cooperation, the more beneficial it is to the Tang Empire.

The arrival of Ang Lee gave the Tang Empire a first-mover advantage, so that it was in a better position, and many of the technologies developed by Ang Lee can be sold for dozens of times or hundreds of times the profit, such as glass balls and other items, which are actually really worthless, but because others can't make such high-tech transparent glass balls, glass balls can be sold at a very high price.

Cooperation is indeed mutually beneficial and win-win, but to a certain extent, Datang will definitely get the largest part of the benefits, while the small countries can only get very few benefits, which will cause the gap between them and Datang to get bigger and bigger, and they have no choice but to passively accept this fact.

Ang Lee felt sad for these backward small countries, but if they did not cooperate with the Tang Empire, the situation of these small countries would be even more difficult, and the lives of the people would be even more difficult.

Between hard work and harder, of course, it is better to choose hard.

What makes Li Ang remember very deeply is that the wages of the Chinese people in later generations are very low, really very low, only about one-tenth of the wages of the people of the powerful country.

Why is it so low? Why are salaries high in powerful countries? This is naturally because the Western powers have mastered the most advanced technology, and can sell the advanced products they produce at a very high price, and they can also have good sales, while most of the industries in China are relatively low-profit industries, and wages are naturally impossible to go up, which is also a matter of no way, if the wages of employees are forcibly raised, it will lead to the collapse and collapse of enterprises, for example.

In order to keep the business afloat, it is necessary to keep wages low, and there is no better way to do it.

This is the so-called first-mover advantage, the country is like this, and the individual is the same, after a person makes a fortune, he only needs to buy more fixed assets, and collect rent every month, and the income can be several times that of ordinary working people, which is also a matter of no choice.

This is also the reason why many people resent their origins, a good background can make people struggle for decades, while a bad background will make people struggle for a lifetime, and they cannot surpass those with good backgrounds.

This is fate, very cruel, and very realistic, you can't be convinced, it's useless to blame your parents for being from a bad background, and it's helpless to be born in a bad country.

Huaxia is better, if you are born in a backward country full of wars, life will be even more difficult, and eating a full stomach will become a big problem, not to mention the happiness and beauty of life.

Datang should feel lucky, because the arrival of Ang Lee allows Datang to be proud of the whole world, trampling all the small countries under their feet, so that they will never be able to turn over.

After the departure of the fleet, it crossed the western entrance of the Strait of Malacca and headed straight for the country of Gokuro.

On the way, I saw a lot of merchant ships passing by, more than half of them were Datang sea ships, and many of them were ships from western countries.

These ships were owned by merchants, and they worked very hard to run on the sea for many years in order to do business, and of course, the profits were quite considerable.

After the pirates near Malacca were struck, the merchants became much safer to do business, and the scattered small pirates could not threaten a strong fleet, after all, many merchant ships were in groups, and there were many armed guards in them, which were completely capable of fighting against a small number of raiding pirates.

"It can be seen that most of the merchants who pass through Malacca are our merchants from Datang, and there are also a lot of businesses in Dashi, and the routes are quite busy!"

It doesn't take long to pass through the strait, and you can meet several fleets of merchant ships, which is enough to show that there are many fleets passing through this strait.

"These merchants are unprofitable lords, and if they don't make a lot of money, they wouldn't be so active?"

"Our soldiers worked hard to annihilate the pirates, but these merchants benefited, and they got some benefits, hahaha!"

Seeing that the business road is busy, everyone is happy, which shows that what they are doing is more meaningful, and the opening of the navigation route is undoubtedly very correct.

"Li Shilang, good news! The officials and soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court have arrived in Longya County, and many family members and people have migrated to Longya County, and from now on, there is not much difference between Longya County and the territory of the Tang Dynasty. ”

A small boat carrying the news approached and reported the important news.

Li An was very satisfied, nodded and said, "Very good, the efficiency of the imperial court has improved a lot!" It's really good that the officials were sent to the Dragon Tooth Gate so quickly, and so many people have also moved here, and in the future, the Tang Dynasty merchants who pass through the Dragon Tooth Gate will have a feeling of being home. ”

Occupying the Dragon's Tooth Gate is very important for the Tang Dynasty, this geographical location is too superior, the Dragon's Tooth Gate is located at the eastern entrance of the Strait of Malacca, and it is also the narrowest place in the entire strait, setting up a reliable stronghold in this place is particularly important to control the entire strait, and it is of great value.

In the Tang Dynasty, when the tonnage of sea ships was not large, all sea ships were able to pass through here smoothly, and later generations of large merchant ships of more than 100,000 tons were all large merchant ships of more than 100,000 tons, and merchant ships of less than 100,000 tons were completely able to safely pass through the Strait of Malacca and dock at Longyamen for supplies, which was a very good idea.

Of course, in addition to Longyamen, Malacca and Rising Sea Island also need to deploy troops and horses and gradually realize localization, which is even more important for controlling the Strait of Malacca.

Although the countries along the way did not dare to embarrass the Datang merchants, without these strongholds, it did not seem to affect anything, and the Datang merchants could still do business with peace of mind.

But in general, it is still different, after these key locations have Datang soldiers and horses, Datang businessmen are equivalent to having someone to support them, and they are more confident and able to do business with more peace of mind.

In addition, although the pirates were solved by Li An by force, there is still the possibility of recurrence, if you want to completely suppress the resurgence of pirates, you must station troops in key and important positions, the backward naval armies of small countries along the way can not help the power of pirates, only the powerful Tang Dynasty sailors can completely deter the presumptuous pirate gangs, and ensure the safety and smooth passage of the Strait of Malacca.

There are also many things, speculation alone is unreliable, although the strength of the Tang Dynasty is very strong, but if it cannot maintain a strong military presence in Nanyang for a long time, small countries along the way will inevitably have two hearts, this time Li An's negotiations went so smoothly, and he carried a powerful naval division that was enough to destroy any small country, if Li An only took a small boat to visit various countries, it is estimated that there would not be such good luck.

The aristocracy of a small country is not stupid, they only need to look at the huge fleet led by Li An to know the strength of the Tang Dynasty, and in front of the powerful Tang fleet, they naturally dare not have two hearts.

After all, this powerful sea force is in front of their eyes, if this naval division is in Guangzhou, then the kings of these small countries may not know what choice to make, and the pirates will be even more disdainful of the Tang officials, and there will be no way to talk about opening up the Maritime Silk Road.

As long as a strong maritime force is maintained in places such as Longyamen, whether it is a small country along the way or a pirate who is trying to make a comeback, he will completely dispel the small thoughts in his heart and be an honest man, so it is extremely necessary to maintain a strong force in this area.

But to maintain a strong sailor, in addition to considering weapons and soldiers, we must also consider their quality of life, and think more about them.

Since ancient times, all the soldiers who fought on the border area died in one generation, because the soldiers of the border area were located in remote and uninhabited areas, and in such areas, there were no women living in them.

There were only men and no women, which meant that there were no offspring, and there were no more after the death of the soldiers in the frontier.

In addition, the soldiers on the border also need a warm family, so that life can be rushed, if there is no family, life will become very boring.

Therefore, in order to make the officials and soldiers feel at ease, their families should also be relocated, and in addition, in order to further enrich the population, many ordinary people should also be relocated, so as to further increase the size of the population, form a county town with a large population, and increase the strength.

The entourage consisted of family members of officials and soldiers, and the largest remainder were fishermen and merchants, as well as a small number of craftsmen.

Fishermen come to Longyamen to catch fish to make a living, while merchants have taken a fancy to the geographical location of Longyamen and made it a logistics center for their own goods, which is a very good choice for soldiers.

In order to attract people to come to Longyamen, the Tang Dynasty also gave a lot of preferential policies, after all, people care about interests, and there are not enough benefits, who wants to go all the way to Longyamen? Merchants also come here for profit.

For example, Longyamen is fixed as Wangxian, that is, the county seat with relatively large specifications, and the grade of the county order is relatively high.

In Datang, the highest-level county seat is Jing County in Chang'an City, followed by Qi County, and the third-class county seat is Wang County, followed by Shang County, Zhong County, and Xia County.

These counties are determined according to geographical location, as well as the size of the population, the higher the county, the more population, less than 1,000 households of the county is called the lower county, only more than 6,000 households can become the upper county.