王崇基 says:

"There are many reasons for this, but the real reason is that all opportunities to go south by sea on Wajima and the peninsula are blocked. In addition to the Great Stream seeking Beigang, Shishan Island (Shiheng), Ryukyu, Tamna, and Tsushima, the younger generation thought that there must be a layout in the north, which was a net, and the outer circle net was Goguryeo, and the inner circle net was Goguryeo. ”

Several elders looked at each other and nodded in satisfaction.

Immediate interests are one thing, but big interests are another.

The Japanese people cannot have internal wars, and the four million Japanese people outside the nobles are already the property written into their account books by the nobles of the Tang Dynasty.

In modern terms, the Tang Dynasty is not a feudal dynasty, but a semi-feudal and semi-slave system.

At present, in order to stabilize the country, Datang has given tenants, servants, and maids the opportunity to become commoners, but it is still strictly controlled by slaves. Most of these slaves came from prisoners of war and sinners.

The proportion of slaves is declining, and if the reform of tenants, servants, and servants is completed within 10 years, then after the three groups of tenants, servants, and maids are gone, the number of pure slaves is already less than 3 percent.

Then, the Tang Dynasty needs a population, and even more so slaves.

This is the consensus of the families at the top.

Cui Hong stood up and nodded to his cousin Cui Yuan, and after Cui Yuan also nodded, Cui Hong said, "After seven days, all of you will change into ordinary linen clothes and go to sea with the ship." The time of this trip is uncertain, but don't forget at all times that you are the super warriors of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Respect the teachings of the elders." All the young people saluted together.

"From today onwards, it is strictly forbidden to drink, feast, sing, and dance without permission, and you must put down your scriptures and begin to study these miscellaneous studies, and do not neglect them. Step back now. ”

"Respect the teachings of the elders." So the young man saluted again at the same time, and then retreated to the door.

The children of excellent families are well educated from an early age. Those who live a mixed life of chickens and dogs, and bully their neighbors will not be the sons and daughters of top families, and there are not many side branches. Most of them are the nouveau riche, or the low-class nobles of small households.

In fact, Du Ruhui's five surnames and seven hopes are unconvinced, and Du Ruhui's younger brother can be called a talent.

But Du Ruhui's son.

The five surnames and seven hopes don't think it's worth mentioning, and they belong to the type that relies on their father's prestige to get by.

Speaking of the Xie family, the Xie family is now a third-grade official in the Tang Dynasty, and the whole family does not even have a fourth-grade official, but it is still a famous family.

The Xie family is the same age as Du Ruhui's son, and ten people are picked out at random, nine of them are better than him, and the last one will not be too bad. At the time of the Northern Dynasty, the Xie family occupied half of the officialdom above the court, which was suitable for a good family style and strict education.

Even today, after experiencing the disaster of almost extinction, the Xie family is still full of talents and celebrities.

Cui Hong is just the patriarch of the Cui clan in Qinghe.

He ordered a ban on drinking, feasting, singing and dancing, and the other six did not object, so it means that they agreed.

None of the children of the seven families broke the vows.

A few days later, several fleets came to Hangzhou, and the team from Chang'an was led by Guo Xiaoke.

Dun Xiaoke was originally Li Ji's deputy general, and later made great contributions in the battle of Luoyang, when Li Yuan crowned him as General Zuo Xiaowei, and this westward journey of 100,000 miles was led by him as a leading general.

Then two civil officials of the Ministry of Rites were deputies, accompanied by two deputies of Oscar Badi's cronies.

The fleet consisted of a total of twelve ships, which loaded countless goods from the length, and then loaded another 10,000 horses of ordinary silk in Hangzhou, and then chose an auspicious day of the zodiac to worship the god of the sea and go to sea.

On the seaside, Liu Mu and Guo Xiaoke walked side by side.

"Lao Guo, you got the chart I gave to the sage."

"Well, Holy Order, I'd rather destroy Mo Flow, and never let outsiders see it. There is no one in the world except my Tang Dynasty, and the person who has this chart is the king of the sea, and my Tang Emperor is the emperor of the sea. Guo Xiaoke's tone was full of iron-blooded taste.

Liu Mu smiled and nodded: "Deal with the people of Eastern Rome and let the people of the Ministry of Rites go, there is a secret mission, and the sage should tell you." ”

"Yes, I know. The Ministry of Rites has carefully selected several books, which are gifts. Then we brought a purple top silk inlaid with gold. The books in the Eastern Roman Library, if you can bring them back, try to bring them back, and if you can't bring them back, even if you find someone to copy the gold, you have to copy a copy and get it back. ”

"That's the reason. Also, our all-sail battleship, remember to keep the core secret. The rest is not important. ”

"Yes." Guo Xiaoke nodded heavily.

What needs to be explained, every crew member in Chang'an has an explanation, and everyone is carefully selected by the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Shen Cewei. During this trip, the Tang Dynasty was also very concerned, not only about coins, but also about the exchanges between the two great empires of the East and the West.

The Datang people have already felt in Oscar Badi that Eastern Rome has techniques worth learning from Datang.

The ships that came from several other directions included Liu Zheng and others who also came from Chang'an, Cui Yiye who came from the north on a new ship from Jiaozhou, and dozens of selected craftsmen from Yangzhou.

Liu Mu set up a banquet and invited three times.

After a few days of hustle and bustle on the docks, it finally came an auspicious day of the zodiac, and the fleet went out to sea.

The fleet arrived at the chicken coop harbor in two days and two nights, but after a long circle outside the port, Liu Mu glanced at the progress of the construction of the wharf, and then continued south.

The willow ship was already the limit of what he could think of in his head.

The bottom of the boat is very streamlined, and the ultimate speed can reach about 16 knots in the case of an unloaded full sail downwind, and 10 knots in ordinary times, depending on how far the headwind is going.

I didn't bring a heavy cargo ship on this trip, because I was afraid of affecting the speed of the fleet.

Guo Xiaoke traveled far away, and his fleet would load the cargo again on the Lingnan side, and then take the lightly loaded cargo ships prepared on the Lingnan side, and the speed of the fleet would be immediately pulled down.

The heavy cargo ship loaded with grain loaded the most and ran the slowest at a speed of two knots.

(Note: Some book friends reminded that the speed of the boat was set a bit too high.) Whether it is a steamship or a sailboat, after re-checking the information, the best all-sail battleship does not exceed twenty knots, and the all-sail cargo ship is fifteen knots, which is the speed of the sailing ship when it reaches its peak, so the speed setting of this book is modified)

Follow the Daliuqiu Strait to the south, and then go straight south from the Daliuqiu Nangang.

When I came out of Hangzhou and saw countless islands again, it was already five days later, and I really saw the land at noon on the seventh day.

Here, there is no way for Liu Mu to calculate his position in Luzon.

After finding a calm bay and sending a small boat to explore the way, the fleet entered the bay, still relying on the small boat to turn people to the shore.