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Li Zicheng was not worried about the Ryukyu envoy, he even looked forward to the early arrival of the Ryukyu envoy, and the more exchanges between the two sides, the more beneficial it would be to China in the future.

According to the principle of reciprocity, Ryukyu should send an envoy to Huaxia, as long as Ryukyu accepts and values Huaxia.

What he thought about the most was not the small Ryukyus, but the Japan that held the Ryukyus hostage, especially the Satsuma domain.

Japan implemented a policy of closing itself to the outside world, and originally only conducted maritime trade with China and the Netherlands, but China signed the "Treaty of Amity and Commerce" with the Netherlands, and all of Japan's trade was transferred to China.

But he didn't know what was going on in Japan.

"Your Majesty, the villain traveled overseas this time and visited the Ryukyus by the way, did he cause inconvenience to the emperor?" Sun Biao's face was obviously a little uneasy.

"No, Sun Biao, you did a good job, the information you brought back is very useful to Huaxia," Li Zicheng looked at Sun Mengjie who was holding his cheeks on the side, "Concubine Jing, take two hundred taels of silver, I want to reward Sun Biao!"

Sun Mengjie was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Yes, Emperor!"

Sun Biao took the silver, thanked Sun Mengjie, was given a white look by Sun Mengjie, and hurriedly kowtowed to Li Zicheng to thank him.

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Sun Biao, what are your plans next?" ”

"The villain ......" Sun Biao raised his silver sleeves and said: "Back to the emperor, the sea is too big, what the villain sees, is just the skin, the villain has waited for the emperor for more than a month, just to inform the Ryukyus, the villain will also go to the sea to travel......"

Sun Mengjie reprimanded: "Brother Biao, you are so old, and you don't let people worry, if your father and mother know that you are risking to go to sea, you must break your dog's legs!"

"Concubine Jing, you don't understand!" Sun Biao shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Sun Mengjie had to look at Li Zicheng with a look for help, it seemed that only the emperor could stop Sun Biao from going to sea.

Li Zicheng can indeed prevent Sun Biao from going to sea.

Unless someone replaces Sun Biao!

He could only apologize to Sun Mengjie, "Sun Biao, next time you go to sea, what direction will you go?" ”

"This ...... The villain has not yet been determined, "Sun Biao does not have a complete navigation chart, let alone the whole world, he took out a neatly folded drawing from his arms, "Your Majesty, this is the navigation chart drawn by the villain after going to sea, and the basic sea features have been drawn wherever the villain goes!"

Li Zicheng took a look, it turned out to be a navigation chart from Songjiang Prefecture to the east of the Ryukyu Island, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, it was much more detailed than the sketch he drew casually last time, such a detailed and professional navigation chart is exactly what China lacks, and it will be used for maritime trade and navy!

Reward him with two hundred taels, is it less?

Li Zicheng put away the nautical chart, this is a part of the sea, compared with the whole sea, it is just the tip of the iceberg!" Sun Biao, would you like to draw a complete map of China's maritime frontier? ”

"Maritime map?"

"Yes, although China is a coastal country, but the people know very little about the sea, that is, the fishermen who go to sea, and only know that they often fish in the sea area, if there is a complete map of the sea territory, fishermen go to sea, the fleet will be much more convenient!"

Sun Biao thought for a moment and said, "The villain does his best!"

"I don't put pressure on you, and there is no time limit," Li Zicheng took out a map of the outline of eastern China and put it on the imperial case, and asked Sun Mengjie to wait for him.

On the outline map, he marked Japan, Cho#Xian, and extended south to the Ryukyus, Luzon, and all the way to the Strait of Malacca.

Sun Biao was dumbfounded, these sea frontiers seemed to have been in the emperor's brain, "Your Majesty, between these islands, is there all the sea?" How does the emperor know ......?"

Li Zicheng shook his head and chuckled, "What I got is just a simple map, in fact, the exact location of each island, the distance between the islands, I don't know much." Thinking of naming the sea, I used a brush to mark the "South China Sea" between Malacca and Qiongzhou, and between Songjiang Prefecture and Ryukyu, marked "East China Sea", and it was the turn of Shandong and the east of the Bohai Sea, which extended to Japan and the area of Chao # Xian, hesitated for a moment, and did not mark "Beihai", but changed it to "Yellow Sea".

The Beihai of China should not be here!

Sun Mengjie looked at the map of the sea area, and then at Li Zicheng, and her eyes gradually blurred......

Sun Biao stared at the world's simplest sea map, and his eyes didn't dare to blink, "Your Majesty, this is the sea map of Japan and the Ryukyus?" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, "However, I can only know the general outline, a detailed sea map, or a sea boundary map, there may be in the Ming Dynasty, but it has long been lost, and I can't find it!"

Sun Biao stroked the ink drawings with his hand, and suddenly his heart moved, "Your Majesty, what is the east of Japan and the Ryukyus, the end of the world?" ”

"The end? Where is the end of the world? Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Didn't Sun Biao learn that the earth is round?" ”

Sun Mengjie hurriedly said: "Yes, the circle of the earth, where is there an end?" She looked left and right, found a round wooden barrel, and compared it with her hand, "If this is the East China Sea of China, and after the Ryukyus, it is a sea area that we don't know, go around, ah...... It's back from here......" She was surprised, even she didn't expect such an effect!

Li Zicheng smiled secretly, do the people of the Sun family have the factor of adventure flowing in their blood? If Sun Mengjie was not the imperial concubine, would she go on an adventure at sea with Sun Biao? It turned out that she stopped Sun Biao's expedition completely for Sun Biao's safety!

He picked up his brush and marked "Tenpingyang" on the east side of the Ryukyus, thinking that this sea area was too big, and that a string of small islands like rock sugar gourds had been added in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and that it was originally going to be marked "Hawaii", and he felt that the name was not good, so he held back.

If Sun Biao can find these islands, he will name them, as long as it is a Chinese name.

Sun Biao's heart was extremely shocked.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Jing, it's the villain who is too stubborn......" Sun Biao originally thought that the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea were already very large, but he didn't expect the east to be more extensive, hadn't he seen a globe before? Even if the island is not marked, at least it can be used as a reference, these days, how can you forget it?

Li Zicheng kept watching, seeing the excitement in Sun Biao's eyes, knowing that a great navigator was about to be born, "Sun Biao, on the sea, the waves are turbulent, often for days, or even months without seeing ships and islands, the danger can be imagined, if you like the sea, I will set up a special sailing fleet and hand it over to you to manage, how about it?" ”

"Seafaring fleet?"

"There are professional personnel in the fleet, you can record the scenery, islands, and locations along the way, and your work will be easier," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I hope that you can draw a nautical chart for me, and you can also record the customs and natural wonders along the way, so that the people can know about it." ”

Sun Biao raised his head, his eyes blinked, "Your Majesty, what preparations should the villain make?" ”

"That's your business, I won't interfere at will," Li Zicheng circled the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea with his hands, "I just hope that the fleet will first swim around the coastal waters, and then explore the open sea and draw more detailed navigation charts for the fleet!"

"Your Majesty, the villain understands!" Sun Biaoxin said, it turns out that the emperor just values nautical charts.

"The navigation fleet is temporarily attached to the name of the North Sea Fleet, but it is not under the jurisdiction of the North Sea Fleet, you are the captain, and when necessary, you can fly the Kyushu military flag," Li Zicheng pondered for a moment and said: "You are the captain, you want to command the sailors and guards, I will give you the title of a thousand households!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"The size of the fleet," Li Zicheng stroked his chin and said, "Temporarily locate five hundred people, ten ships, all the supplies are supplied by the North Sea Fleet, and under special circumstances, I can pay out the silver!"

"Wechen will remember the emperor's words!"

Sun Mengjie didn't want Sun Biao to go to sea, it was completely from the perspective of safety, but Sun Biao was appreciated by the emperor with her interest and stubbornness, and she was still very pleased to be awarded the position of a thousand households.

In particular, the emperor used the money from the treasury to fund Sun Biao's fleet, which was unimaginable.

Sun Biao's honors have nothing to do with her identity, they are entirely because of himself!

Li Zicheng explained a lot to Sun Biao, especially told him not to worry, from easy to difficult, pay attention to the safety of all personnel, and finally told him: The personnel of the navigation fleet should be gradually professionalized and fixed, and it is best to recruit some students like him.

Sun Biao took the "navigation chart" drawn by Li Zicheng himself, proudly bid farewell to Li Zicheng and Sun Mengjie, and left the Qianqing Palace almost three times in one step.

Sun Mengjie was still holding her cheeks and looking at Li Zicheng, but she didn't say a word.

Li Zicheng stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her eyes, "What's wrong with Jie'er?" ”

Sun Mengjie's eyebrows bloomed, and her smile was like a flower, "What the emperor said is true?" ”

"What really?"

"The emperor said that as long as Brother Biao can find that island, he will be knighted!"

"What's this?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I say what I say, how can I deceive Sun Biao?" stroked Sun Mengjie's face, "Even if I deceive others, I can't lose my trust in Jie'er!"

The smile on Sun Mengjie's face was even worse, and she held Li Zicheng's big hand with her small hand, "The concubine is thinking, do you want to publish the matter of Brother Biao's expedition to the sea in the "Qingshui Daily"!"

"That's naturally good, if you add some overseas anecdotes, it will be more attractive, maybe among the people of China, there will be Sun Biao's second and third!" Li Zicheng felt more and more that when he first paid 10,000 taels of silver to run the "Qingshui Daily", it was really too sage, and Jie'er could always give full play to the propaganda function of the "Qingshui Daily".

Sun Mengjie nodded, and fell into deep thought again.

Li Zichengqi said: "What is Jie'er thinking? ”

"The concubine is thinking about the matter of the younger brother, go back and write the manuscript!"

"There's no rush to write a manuscript, and you don't have to publish it tomorrow!" Li Zicheng's hands slid down from Sun Mengjie's fragrant shoulders and hugged him instead.

"Your Majesty......" Sun Mengjie was too familiar with Li Zicheng, and said while struggling: "Your Majesty, this is in the Qianqing Palace, and it's the ...... of the day."

"What about the daylight? Jie'er hasn't served me in the Qianqing Palace yet, has she? Li Zicheng said while moving: "This is to thank Jie'er for having a good brother!"

"The Queen's Brother...... Only then can there be ...... Come out, it's all ...... Be...... The ...... of the Dominant Party General......"

"Jie'er doesn't know, there is no shortage of people in Huaxia who can command the army, and the people who can control the sea are now only Sun Biao......"