As long as the Tang fleet led by Li Ang entered the mouth of the Guadalquivir River, they could follow this river directly to Moldova, the capital of Rahman, and thus enter their royal city and meet Rahman I himself.

As long as he can see Rahman himself, Ang Lee is confident enough to persuade King Rahman to dedicate the land of Gibraltar to the Tang Empire.

"The estuary of the Guadalquivir River has finally arrived, as long as you enter the inland river, you will not encounter too much wind and waves, but there will be new problems, and the order will go down, let the boats be careful, and never hit the reef."

Li An opened his mouth to explain.

"Yes, Li Shilang."

The subordinate answered, and immediately began to give orders.

"Li Shilang, we are about to enter the inland river, so that we can see the beautiful scenery on both sides of the river, and we no longer have to look at the sea water every day to relieve boredom, hehe!"

Li Xiaolu said happily.

Human eyes need to see different scenery often, so that people's eyes can be more comfortable, if you can only see the same boring color for a long time, it will make people very uncomfortable.

There is nothing on the surface of the sea, there is nothing but the occasional seabirds flying overhead, and the white clouds and blue sky in the sky, although the scenery is beautiful, but it does seem a little monotonous, if you keep looking at these scenes, people will get tired of it, and thus lose interest in these scenes.

It's not the same when you enter the river, there will be at least trees and other vegetation on both sides of the river, and you may also encounter mountains and man-made structures, and even ports and towns, in short, there will be a lot of things to see, and it will definitely not make people's eyes lonely.

Looking at the estuary of the river that is close at hand, in fact, there is still a distance, and it still takes a certain amount of time to enter the river.

Because the river is not as deep as the sea, there are more reefs hidden in it than the sea, and because the depth of the river is not as deep as the ocean, when the big ship enters the river, it must be very careful, and there must not be the slightest sloppiness.

In the last period of time, the ships of the fleet began to adjust their attitudes and make the final preparations to enter the inland river, and as long as they were well prepared, there would not be much of a problem in navigating the inland river.

Li An sat down, closed his eyes and rested, and kept looking at the sea, he felt very tired and had to take a good rest.

About an hour later, Li An woke up slowly, just now he just wanted to rest his eyes, but he took a nap for a while.

When he opened his eyes, Li Ang found that the boat had entered the river, the river was quite wide, there were green and rich scenery on both sides, and there were rolling mountains, in short, the scenery was really good.

"Li Shilang is awake, drink some coconut water!"

Li Xiaolu saw that Li An had opened his eyes, and walked over with a cup of fruit.

Li An took it gently, took a few sips, and then handed it to Li Xiaolu.

"No wonder that guy wants to go to Jiangnan six times, it turns out that this feels really good!"

Li An looked at the scenery on both sides of the strait and spoke.

"What is Liuxia Jiangnan? And who is that guy? ”

Li Xiaolu asked curiously.

Li An explained a little, and he didn't care if Li Xiaolu could understand it or not.

In fact, Liuxia Jiangnan is not one person, it should be two people, these two people are still grandchildren, and they are both emperors.

That is to say, the emperor went to the south of the Yangtze River six times to inspect his own rivers and mountains, and the main areas of inspection were the rich places in the south, such as Jiangning Mansion, Suzhou Mansion, Hangzhou Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion and so on.

As for the purpose of the southward inspection, there are records in the history books, but those records are suspected of singing the praises of merit, among them, there are four main points, one is that the officials of Jiangsu and Zhejiang on behalf of the military and civilian gentry respectfully invite the emperor to be happy. Second, the scholar and Jiuqing suggested that they be allowed to be invited based on the history of the scriptures and the example of the Holy Ancestor's southern tour.

Third, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are vast and densely populated, so they should go to inspect the people's situation and ask about the people's weal and woe. The fourth is to worship the queen mother, visit famous places, and fulfill filial piety.

In fact, Ang Lee thinks that these words are too fake, and the real reason should be mainly two, one is that the emperor stays in the palace all day, it is easy to be bored, and it is better to come out to play and see the scenery than to stay in the stuffy palace all the time! Especially in the water towns of the south of the Yangtze River, not only densely populated, the culture is prosperous, and there are a lot of beautiful women, and since ancient times, the emperor has a few people who don't like beauties, go to the south of the Yangtze River to see the small bridge and flowing water, appreciate the beauty, if it looks like a girl of any family, you can be lucky at any time, so, why not?

Another reason is to appease the people in Jiangnan, when the army of the DPRK entered the customs, it had inflicted large-scale damage on the people of Jiangnan who were stubbornly resisting, so the resistance in the Jiangnan area was extremely high. Since the beginning of the Holy Ancestor, the rulers have adopted various methods, such as setting up a department of erudition and vocabulary, recruiting the remnants of the previous dynasty to compile the history of the previous dynasty, etc., and trying to win over the literati and doctors of the previous dynasty, especially in the Jiangnan area.

Emperor Shengzu has made six southern tours, just to appease the people, check the attitude of the people in the south of the Yangtze River towards the imperial court, and the grandson who wants to emulate his grandfather has also made six southern tours, and the first two times are the same as his grandfather, ending in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and also climbing the Shaoxing Huiji Mountain to worship the Yu Mausoleum and return, with the intention of showing off the national strength, appeasing the people of the south of the Yangtze River, and inspecting the huge Qiantang River and Haitang project.

In fact, Jiangnan mainly refers to the Yangtze River Delta region, especially from the south of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the mouth of the Qiantang River, plus Yangzhou, which is also the core area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

Because the Jiangnan region is extremely important to the empire, and the scenery and culture are very good, the emperor and grandson will naturally not give up the good opportunity to tour the south to see the great rivers and mountains, and at the same time appease and win people's hearts to maintain the stability of the empire.

"Visiting the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers, inspecting water conservancy, military parades, winning people's hearts, inspecting the people's feelings, that person went to Jiangnan a few times, and actually did so many things, it's really amazing! Looks like a good emperor! ”

Li Xiaolu said with a smile.

"Then you will be a good emperor."

Li An smiled at the corner of his mouth, feeling that these were nothing.

Li Xiaolu said, "Isn't this good?" If Li Shilang becomes the emperor, will he be even more powerful than him? ”

After speaking, he looked at Li An with a curious expression.

Hearing such words, Li An was startled, and hurriedly looked behind him, and saw that no one was nearby, so he was greatly relieved.

Although Li Xiaolu is casually asking and playing, being an emperor is a very sensitive topic, and it can't be said casually, if it is spread by people with ulterior motives, it will be terrible.

"My little darling, in this case, you must not talk nonsense in the future, you are going to lose your head, you know?"

Li An said in a low voice.

"Why, I'm just asking."

Li Xiaolu felt very strange and blurted out.

Li An didn't know how to explain it, thought for a while, and said: "You don't care so much, in short, don't mention such things in the future, especially when outsiders are present, you must not talk nonsense." ”

"Oh, I see."

Li Xiaolu hurriedly shut up.

"Oops! I'm in Córdoba in a few days, shouldn't I have some gifts for this fellow Rahman! What should I prepare? ”

Li An said.

Li Xiaolu thought for a moment and said, "Why do you want to give them gifts, didn't Datang come to help them this time?" They should give Datang a gift. ”

Li An nodded and said: "That's right, but after all, Rahman is the king of a country, and it's not good to give nothing when we meet for the first time!" It's too cold, this pot of flowers is good, why don't you give it to Rahman as a gift! ”

As he spoke, he looked at a purple and white irise.

There were more than a dozen pots of irises on the deck of the ship, all of which Li Xiaolu personally dug from the mountains of Gibraltar, and originally planned to take them all the way to Datang.

"These flowers are carefully selected by me and ready to be taken to Datang for planting, but when we go back, we will pass through my hometown and transplant a few more, but why did Li Shilang give a pot of flowers to Rahman?"

Li Xiaolu naturally did not dare to object to Ang Lee's request, but she was very puzzled in her heart and didn't understand what Ang Lee was thinking in her heart.

A gift to the king of a country can't be too casual, even if you don't give it, you can't give it so coldly!

Li An smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said: "This pot of flowers is taken care of by Xiaolu herself, I have also watered this flower, just ask so many flowers and plants in the world, how many can be so lucky, we have moisturized together, so, this flower is very precious, and it is not cold to give it to Rahman, understand." ”

Li Xiaolu couldn't help but smile at the corner of her mouth, and nodded randomly: "Li Shilang is right, we don't have many flowers and plants together, Rahman is very blessed, he can get such a good gift in the world, hehe!" ”

After saying that, I couldn't help but cover my mouth and laugh.

Li Xiaolu knew very well in her heart that this kind of iris was not a specialty of her hometown, she knew when she was very young that there were many such irises in the northern land, that is to say, there should be no shortage of irises in Rahman's palace, and it is even very likely that there is a huge garden, which is full of iris, Li An suddenly gave Rahman, a very ordinary iris for Rahman, as a gift, which is indeed too incomprehensible, although Ang Lee said the reason, however, the reason is too, It's just bullying.

And for Ang Lee, giving such a strange gift to Rahman has a special significance, so that Rahman can't figure out Ang Lee's intention to give this gift, and make Rahman feel that Ang Lee is unfathomable.

It is most advantageous to let others not guess your intentions, if everything is guessed by others, then it will be meaningless, and it will make Ang Lee lose a layer of mystery.

After thinking about what gift to give Rahman, Ang Lee began to think about what to get back from Rahman, Gibraltar had to get it back, and as for anything else, Ang Lee really couldn't think of it, but he didn't know what other specialties there were in the local area that Datang didn't have.

In the direction of Moldova, King Rahman has prepared a lot of gifts for the upcoming arrival of Ang Lee, which will be given to Ang Lee when Ang Lee arrives, mainly some gold, silver and jewelry, not in very many quantities, but not a lot.

Restricted by the loss of national strength, Rahman did not have too much gold, silver and jewelry to give to Ang Lee, so he could only talk about his heart.

However, what bothered Rahman the most was not Ang Lee's visit, but various pressures from the north and at home.

Beyond the northern border, there is still Charlemagne's elite army garrisoned, which may attack south at any time, the three main supporting forces in the country are competing for each other's interests, the opponents are still operating in the mountains, destroying the new kingdom at any time, and the Ottomans across the sea in the south have also become a threat to themselves, so how can Rahman not be anxious.

"There's a letter from the north, this guy Charlie has returned to the capital, although there are 10,000 elite soldiers and horses stationed on the border, but it is mainly for defense, and there should be no attack on us in a year or two, after all, their losses are not small, and they also need to recover."

A henchman reported to Rahman.

Rahman sighed and said helplessly: "Charlie, this guy is very powerful, and our losses are quite heavy, but his losses are not small, and he will not go south in a short time, but if we don't solve the problems in the country and the south as soon as possible, and wait for this guy Charlie to recover, our situation will be terrible, it will be very bad, oh, by the way, Yusuf's son heard that he is still alive, and the rebels he organized are more than 2,000 people, which is the largest group of rebels in our country, plus the rest of the scattered rebels, It's not less than 5,000, maybe 6,000, maybe 8,000, maybe even 10,000, it's bad enough. ”

The heart said: "The situation is relatively bad, but if it is a strong enemy in the south and the north, it can give us enough time, it should not be difficult to solve these guys in the country, as long as the country is stable and after a few years of cultivation, our strength will be strong, and there is no need to be afraid of the threat from the north and the south, however, the king should not rush to crusade against the Ottomans, if we can coexist peacefully with the Ottomans, we don't have to worry about the threat from the south, we can concentrate on destroying the rebels in the country first, and then transfer the main troops and horses to the north." , Defend against Charlemagne's attack again, now there will be no movement in the north for the time being, and the rebel forces in the country are not enough to pose too much threat to us, but the situation in the south is more strange, I don't know what will become after the Tang Dynasty intervenes, and we don't dare to transfer the soldiers and horses in the south to quell the rebellion. ”

Obviously, the subordinates were very dissatisfied with Rahman's sudden declaration of war on the Ottomans, and felt that this made the situation in the kingdom even more dangerous, and that there was a strong enemy for no reason, which put more pressure on their soldiers.