Li Hao took more than two months to arrive at the Lion Country (Sri Lanka), the Lion Country and Linyi Country, the same as the Linyi Kingdom, has a special yearning and love for the Tang Dynasty, the king of the Lion Country is also a Tang fan, I heard that there is a prince in the Tang Dynasty who arrived in the Lion Country with the fleet, and the king actually met him in person and invited him to the palace as a guest.

The Lion Country is an island country, the area is very small, it is larger than a state and county in the Tang Dynasty, although the country is small, but the Lion Country has no war, because there are no other countries around, the world is all the sea, so the people of the Lion Country have never worried about the attack of other countries, and the only role of their country's army is to deal with pirates.

And these words were personally said by the king of the Lion Country to Li Hao, Li Hao was quite emotional after hearing this sentence, there are indeed many pirates near the Lion Country, when his fleet came from the Strait of Malacca, he found that there were a lot of pirates in the Strait of Malacca, after all, it is the fastest passage between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, otherwise it will be necessary to bypass the Indonesian archipelago, there are too many islands in the Indonesian archipelago, and they are scattered, if you want to bypass it, the range will be at least doubled.

With the rise of the Age of Sail, the number of pirates climbed dozens of times, they burned, killed and looted, did all kinds of evil, notorious, were a cancer at sea, a nightmare for merchant ships, and when some merchant ships saw ships flying skeletal flags, they could only kneel on the deck and pray.

Although the pirates are terrible, but Li Hao and they are not afraid, the flag of the Li Group is hung on the bow of the ship, and the pirates obediently avoid it when they see it, the historical group has already destroyed several groups of pirates, for the pirates, the fleet of the Li Group is not a fat sheep, but a beast, the overlord of the sea, they can't afford to provoke.

The pirates of Malacca are far away from the Lion Country, and there are not many attacks on the Lion Country, and the most headache for the King of the Lion Country is the pirates of the Maldives, of course, the Lion Kingdom is not called the Maldivian Pirates, in the language of their country, they are called, Kia Chik Pirates.

Although the Maldives Islands are tourist attractions in the future world, but now they are borderless land, and they have naturally become a nest of pirates, the king of the lion country wants to ask Li Hao to lend them a few big ships, go to sea to kill those pirates, and never suffer in the future, Li Hao refused very tactfully, what are you kidding, his ship is his own treasure, how can he lend it to others, pirates are indeed hateful, but pirates are also by-products brought out by the age of sail, just like rabbits and wolves in the jungle, the jungle has the law of the jungle, the sea has the law of the sea, As long as these pirates attack and disturb Datang, he doesn't want to meddle in things, the most he can do is to increase the trade volume with the Lion Country, so that the Lion Kingdom becomes stronger, as for dealing with pirates, they have to figure out their own way, besides, pirates are such a thing, now that they are destroyed, there will be more in the future, maybe they will be retaliated against by pirates, unless they have a strong navy and huge ships.

The king also seemed to have expected that Li Hao would refuse, and he didn't dwell too much on the matter, after all, he himself also felt that his request was a bit difficult for a strong man, and then the king also told Li Hao an important thing, every year between June and July, there is a fleet of Datang ships to trade with them, the fleet is not large, and there are only ten Galen ships, I heard that the leader of Shangjia is a Tang nobleman, surnamed Cheng, and he also asked Li Hao if he knew this person.

Li Hao was immediately happy when he heard this, can he not know him, how could he not know his sworn brother Cheng Chumo, he counted the days, it is already May 11, that is to say, if nothing else, Cheng Chumo will come here in about a month or two.

So Li Hao returned to the ship and gave an order, stay in the Lion Country for two months, everyone can rest and play here, if there are personal items on their bodies, they can also trade with the people of the Lion Country, hearing this order, everyone is still very happy, especially the group of Confucian scholars.

When did this group of Confucian scholars suffer from navigation, some people even got seasick, and they took the boat for more than two months, they couldn't stand it anymore, and finally went ashore, and it was great to rest for a while, there are many people who have regretted participating in this voyage, but for the belief in their hearts, they can only continue to grit their teeth and insist, in fact, it is not okay if they don't insist, can they let Li Hao leave them in the lion country, and then walk back to Datang?

The happiest thing is Li Tu, because in this way he can enjoy playing in the lion country, visiting the local customs, recording in detail, and preparing materials for his future nautical chronicles.

The reason why Li Hao ordered to stay in the Lion Country for so long was to wait for Cheng Chumo, everyone has been good brothers for many years, and he missed it very much, so why not wait for a month or two.

On June 12, Cheng Chumo's fleet really came, and this year their family added three more ships, although they are all small and medium-sized Galen ships, but now there are not many fleets that can reach ten Galen ships at sea, and they are generally built by many wealthy businessmen and national magnates, and Cheng Chumo has a small fleet alone, which is not easy.

Cheng Chumo was very surprised when he saw the Li Group's fleet, he had followed the Li Group's fleet to sea for two years, but as far as he knew, the number of ships in the Li Group's fleet had never exceeded 100, and now such a huge fleet was dispatched at once, what kind of trouble?

He entered the harbor of the Lion Country, looked around, and saw the main ship of the Li Group (the flag is different), so he shouted to the main ship from afar: "Excuse me, is Chief Wu Lei on the ship?" Silent worship at the Cheng Place! ”

Wu Lei walked out of the cabin, saw Cheng Chumo, and arched his hand with a smile: "It turned out to be Cheng Xiaogong, please come over and talk about it, there is the old man of the little grandfather on the ship." ”

"Oh?" Cheng Chu was puzzled when he heard this, old man? What deceased? Although I have a lot of friends, there are few who have a good relationship, and there are almost no good relationships and good mixes.

Full of doubts, Cheng Chumo ordered the boat to drive over, more than a foot away from Wu Lei's boat, and then took the gangplank and walked to Wu Lei's boat.

The two saluted each other, and then Cheng Chumo asked curiously: "I don't know which of my old people is waiting for me?" ”

Wu Lei smiled slightly and said, "The little grandfather will know when he goes in." ”

Cheng Chumo didn't hesitate, and walked to the cabin, but Wu Lei suddenly stopped the two entourages behind Cheng Chumo and said, "Don't go in the two warriors, it's inconvenient." ”

These two people are the personal guards who have followed Cheng Chumo for many years, they are both first-class masters, they must think about Cheng Chumo's safety when they go to sea, although the Cheng family has a good relationship with the Li Group, but in this unknown situation, let Cheng Chumo enter the cabin alone, they naturally don't do it, and glared at Wu Lei angrily.

Cheng Chumo looked back at Wu Lei, and then said to his guard: "Don't worry, it's going to be fine, you guys are waiting for me outside, don't make trouble." ”

"Yes!" The two of them bowed their heads.

Cheng Chumo walked into the cabin after speaking, while Wu Lei stood on the deck, staring at the two guards, his duty was to prevent the two of them from approaching the cabin, the news that Li Hao was alive must not be spread, even Cheng Chumo's guards were no exception.

The main ship is too big, you have to turn two corners to enter the cabin, and the cabin is divided into three layers, Li Hao is in the second cabin, and when he enters the second cabin, Cheng Chumo was stunned, is this a special ship, why does it feel more luxurious than the Taiji Palace! That was his first reaction.

Bypassing a cylindrical entrance, Cheng Chumo was suddenly stunned, he saw a person, that person was sitting on the sofa and smiling at him, that smile was bad, it was so familiar, it was so clear in memory, it was this guy who was fooled at the beginning, he embarked on the business road, and with today's achievements, yes, the person in front of him is Li Hao.

Cheng Chumo rubbed his eyes, he was afraid that he would be dazzled, Li Hao saw him rubbing his eyes, and said with a smile: "You read it right, it's me." ”

"You bastard!" Cheng Chumo suddenly shouted, strode over, and then hugged Li Hao, beating Li Hao's back vigorously, screaming while pounding, "I thought you were dead!" I thought you were dead......" Tears welled up.

"I'm not dead, I'm not good, I'm not dead......" Li Hao muttered vigorously, he knew that Cheng Chumo was too excited, a little collapsed with excitement, and it was difficult to control his emotions, but this thing's fists are really heavy.

"If you beat it again, I'll be really dead!" Li Hao had already been beaten by him and coughed.

Cheng Chumo finally calmed down a lot, let go of Li Hao, raised his hand to wipe his tears and said: "Why are you fine, what the hell is going on, since you are fine, why don't you go back, do you know that everyone is worried about you, my father, Uncle Qin, Uncle Li, and the emperor are all worried about you!" ”

Li Hao smiled and said, "I naturally have my reasons, by the way, are the three uncles in good health?" Is the emperor in good health? ”

"It's all good, it's all good." Cheng Chumo went to sea this time in February, and Li Zhi was still in good health at that time, so he didn't know that Li Zhi was sick now.

"That's good." Li Hao took a long breath when he heard this, and said, "The most reassuring thing for me is the emperor, he is too simple and kind." ”

"Don't worry, I'll go back." Cheng Chumo said, "Are you here to trade in the Lion Country, the Lion Country is the last stop of our Cheng family's trade, when I'm done, let's go back together." ”

"Nope." Li Hao shook his head and said, "I'm going to sail all the way west this time." ”

"To the west?" Cheng Chu asked in a daze, "Where are you going?" ”

"Go to ......" Li Hao originally wanted to tell him about traveling around the world, but the theory of the earth was too troublesome to explain, so he said, "Go to the end of the world." ”

Cheng Chu was stunned when he heard this, what an arrogant sentence, going to the end of the world, he couldn't think of such a thing.

Cheng Chu was stunned for a moment, frowned and said: "What are you doing at the end of the world, it must be very dangerous there, I heard that the end of the world is full of huge beasts like mountains, don't look at your fleet, it's not enough for those giant beasts to stuff your teeth, listen to my advice, don't go on adventures, go back with me." ”

Li Hao shook his head and smiled, and said: "No, even if I don't go to the end of the world, I won't go back to Chang'an, and when you meet me, after you leave this cabin, you can't talk about it to anyone, including your family, and you must not let people know that I'm still alive." The family he is talking about is naturally only his wife, children and parents.

"Why?" Cheng Chu asked in amazement.

Li Hao said with a solemn face: "Datang is about to usher in a big turmoil, and the only person who can calm this turmoil is me." So I have to hide in the shadows, let those people boldly show their fangs, so that I can take swift and quick measures to annihilate them and restore peace to the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Unrest?" Cheng Chumo was shocked when he heard this, and he couldn't believe his ears, Datang is now peaceful in the four seas, but Li Hao said that there will be turmoil, can he not be shocked.

"That's right, turmoil." Li Hao said slowly, "After you go back, it's best to let the three uncles be careful, even if it is a big matter in the court, don't pay attention to it, Mingzhe is the best policy to protect himself, no matter what happens, when I go back, I will deal with it." ”