As soon as Cheng Yanjin arrived in Guangzhou, he supported Li Dongsheng, and the family and Hu Shang in Guangzhou already knew that delaying would have no effect.

Merchants who came to register began to flow in an endless stream, and the first to register was Rajani, who was distressed in the inn for three days after offering the chart, and finally figured it out when he came out, since he couldn't resist, he might as well enjoy it.

When he got his first business license, his heart was also steady, Li Dongsheng returned all the goods he had been robbed by pirates to him in public, this example stimulated everyone present, and as soon as Rajani left, a large number of people poured into the city to rush to apply for licenses.

It's a pity that they can't enjoy the treatment of Rajani, and when they return to handle the goods, they "voluntarily donated" 20% of the goods to the newly established city port department for preparation, these people went out of the gate with tears in their eyes, holding the business license and spitting on the door of the city port company, this custom has also been well inherited, in order to show disdain for the founder of the city port company.

Cheng Yanjin came over and brought a set of teams from the City Division, and now Li Dongsheng is not the commander of the light pole, and someone finally has something to do. But the start-up of a department is all about exploration, and Li Dongsheng trained them for more than a month before they slowly got on the right track.

The ships in the port change every day, some come in and some go out, the people of the city department are busy, the tax rate of each variety of goods is different, they have to supervise one by one, and calculate the tax payable by points, and Li Dongsheng's abacus technique has spread in Datang, otherwise it is really difficult to find this kind of person who can do arithmetic.

Everything is on track, and the whole port is thriving. Li Dongsheng finally took time to busy himself with his own affairs.

Get on the boat at the port of Guangzhou and sail out into the sea. On a small island, Li Dongsheng saw a group of people from his fleet, and Xi Junmai was excited when he saw Li Dongsheng coming: "I've seen the young master." ”

Li Dongsheng handed over the meat, eggs, chickens and other things he brought when he came, and then asked Xi Junmai about his whereabouts during this period of time.

Xi Junmai honestly reported all the things during this time, except for the war with the pirates, he led the fleet to attack the pirates' bases outside the port of Guangzhou, eliminating more than 500 pirates.

Li Dongsheng nodded, this fleet has not been established for a long time, but he dares to fight when he is young. In just two months, the surrounding pirates were swept away.

"You are robbing Laiheng's business, if he knows, you will be miserable!"

"What are you afraid of, just our two ships, his entire fleet can't catch up, and they will be bombarded far away!" Xi Jun is full of confidence, and I have the cannon in the world.

The two gossiped for a while, and Li Dongsheng said today's business: "There is something for you to do now, which is related to our future and future path." ”

It was rare for Xi Junmai to see Li Dongsheng so serious, and he also became serious: "Young master, you can just say something." ”

"You've been to the country too, and you're familiar with the surrounding seas." Li Dongsheng said: "I know that the ship continues to move forward, there are still many islands, and if there is a current along the island, it will follow the ocean tide and reach a new continent in about two months." ”

"Young Master, what is an ocean current? And the new continent? Where is there no one? Although Xi Junmai is the boss of the fleet, he is also a halfway monk, and he is not very clear about the terminology of navigation in later generations.

This matter is really important, there can be no sloppiness, Li Dongsheng seriously explained to him what the ocean current is, how to follow the ocean current, this one by one, the sky is dark.

The enthusiastic Xi Junmai took the notebook and carefully wrote down Li Dongsheng's words, but he was most concerned about the new continent, and asked in detail: "What is the situation in that continent?" Can we do it with such a small number of people? ”

Li Dongsheng said with a smile: "Our Datang is already a very big country, the land is vast, and there is no one around that who is more powerful than us." But such a large empire is actually only a part of the world, and there are many larger landmasses than the Tang Dynasty at the end of the sea, and those places are the targets you want to find. ”

"Bigger than Datang?" Xi Junmai has been traveling at sea for a long time, he has seen a lot of things, and he has a personal experience of the vastness of Datang, and now Li Dongsheng said that there is a place that is bigger than Datang, and he can't help but be fascinated.

"Yes, this time is not what we see now, there are many colorful things waiting to be explored. It depends on how many kinds of this person there are, Hu Shang is a kind, and there are blonde people who are whiter than them, and people who are all black... ”

"Isn't the one who is covered in black Kunlun Nu?"

"No, they're just natives of the South." Li Dongsheng said: "The blacks will be able to see them when they go to those Great Qin and then go south." Where is also the New World. But now I have a chart to Daqin, you put it away, this is the most valuable treasure. ”

"Really?" Xi Junmai was overjoyed: "With this, I am more confident." ”

Li Dongsheng said with a smile: "Anyway, I told you everything I know, now the pressure is all on you, whether we can live a good life depends on you and your fleet to find the way." ”

"Young master, I have a question, why do you spend such a big price to find this new continent, it is rare that someone in the court wants to be unfavorable to you?" Xi Junmai still couldn't help but ask this question.

Li Dongsheng nodded and said, "I won't hide it from you, it's true." And this kind of worry is not unfounded, these ten years of career have made me feel that my fate is all in the hands of others, and this route is our last retreat. The three holes of the cunning rabbit. ”

"Understood, young master!" Xi Junmai patted his chest and promised: "With so many hints from you, and with the charts, I will definitely find out this new continent." ”

Back in Guangzhou Mansion, Li Dongsheng went directly to find Cheng Yanjin.

"You said you were going to run a school and teach a lot of sailors?" Cheng Biting Jin scratched his head: "How could you have this idea?" ”

"Listen to the truth or lie to it?"

"Tell me all about it?"

"The truth is that I am going to train sailors for the port of Canton, and then give it to the families, and the money for this school will be paid by the master."

"What about lies?"

"The lie is to train sailor cadets for the Datang Navy and strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Navy."

After listening to Li Dongsheng's words, Cheng Yanjin was confused: "This matter is thankless, why bother offending those families?" ”

Li Dongsheng looked at him and said: "My relationship with the family has been made incompatible by His Majesty, since I have become an enemy, then I will try my best to beat him down, now these families have a monopoly on education, and the gentlemen of the academies at all levels are basically the children of their families." I just want to dig up their foundation, so that they can no longer manipulate the court with the help of public opinion. ”