Li Hao's family has six or seven hundred ships, but he only brought more than three hundred to sea this time, because he only needs big ships, and those small Galen ships and flying clippers are not in his eyes, and among these more than 300 ships, two hundred and fifty are warships, and the ships are equipped with cannons, but usually the cannons are in the gun compartment, and from the outside it looks like an ordinary merchant ship.

On the first day of sailing, on the main ship, Li Hao took a group of people to study a huge nautical chart in the cabin, this nautical chart was drawn by Wu Lei himself, because he had been sailing for many years, so this nautical chart is currently the most complete nautical map in the world, but this nautical chart is incomplete, from the Arabian Sea to the west is a blank, because Wu Lei has only been to the Arabian Sea farthest so far, and every time he goes to sea for the purpose of trade, not for exploration, so those too far and unknown places, he does not dare to set foot for the time being.

Wu Lei pointed to the west of Qiongnan Island on the map and said: "Lord Wang, we have just left Qiongnan now, the direction is south-west, and we will pass through Linyi (Vietnam) in three days, I don't know if we should stop at Linyi." ”

Li Hao asked lightly: "How has Lin Yi performed in trading with my Datang over the years?" ”

Wu Lei said: "Lin Yi welcomes the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, Lin Yi admires my Tang Dynasty very much, most of the domestic nobles can speak the language of my Tang Dynasty, and also understand the language of my Tang Dynasty, the people of Lin Yi like the goods of the Tang Dynasty very much, and their king has also reduced tariffs on the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, hoping that the merchants of the Tang Dynasty will trade with them more." ”

"Hmm." Li Hao nodded when he heard this, "Lin Yi has also paid tribute to my Tang Dynasty every year over the years, and I am very respectful, I heard that a few years ago I also sent more than a dozen elephants to the emperor, people respect me a foot, I respect people, for those friendly countries, we also have to be friendly to them, this time the king will go to Lin Yi for a visit." ”

"Yes." Wu Lei bowed.

Li Hao stared at the chart for a moment, and said slowly: "The biggest task of this voyage is to draw a complete map of the world, otherwise there will be no meaning, and this arduous task will be handed over to you." ”

"The subordinates must live up to their mission!" Wu Lei was very excited when he heard this, drawing a map of the world, he had already made a sensation in the Tang Dynasty when he published a nautical journal, if he drew the whole picture of the world, then he would definitely be famous through the ages.

Li Hao said: "The places you have been to this voyage, the humanistic customs, all the experiences you have to write down, and then publish a book of "Navigation Chronicles-II", which will be regarded as propaganda for the Age of Navigation." ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Tu suddenly said, "Dad, I don't know if I can let Tu'er try?" ”

"You?" Li Hao turned his head to look at Li Tu when he heard this, and before he knew it, Li Tu was sixteen years old, and he was almost as tall as Wu Lei when he stood there, but his face was still childish, Li Hao stared at him twice, and asked, "Are you sure you can?" ”

"Hmm!" Li Tu nodded vigorously, his biggest dream was to be a navigator and explorer, and now that he had sailed with his father, he was just one chance away from publishing a book.

Li Hao was hesitating, and Wu Lei suddenly said: "Lord Wang, just give the young master a chance, his subordinates can help the young master and teach him some experience." ”

Li Hao nodded when he heard this, and said, "Tu'er, Uncle Wu gave you this opportunity, don't thank him quickly, and ask him for more guidance in the future." ”

Li Tu hurriedly saluted Wu Lei and said: "Thank you Uncle Wu for your success, Tu'er is the first time to participate in sailing, and he has never written a book, and I will ask Uncle Wu for more guidance in the future." ”

"The young master is polite." Wu Lei also saluted, "In fact, the young master likes sailing so much, and his subordinates are also very happy. ”

Li Hao patted Wu Lei on the shoulder and said: "Li Tu really likes sailing, he read your navigation when he was a child, and he set up an ideal, when he grows up, he wants to be like you, be a great navigator, and write a navigation journal." ”

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed." Wu Lei smiled and was ashamed.

At this time, Chen Song suddenly asked: "Poet madness, it is inconvenient for you to disclose your current identity to the outside world, you are bound to go ashore when you go to Linyi, maybe you will also deal with some dignitaries and nobles in Linyi, in what capacity should you face it?" ”

Li Hao said: "Well, I have already thought about this matter, this voyage naturally cannot be initiated in my name, just in the name of Wu Lei, and my identity is a nobleman of the Tang Dynasty - the king of Liuqiu, and also Wu Lei's best friend, my name is ...... Let's call it Li Yuanfang. ”

When Wu Lei heard Li Yuanfang's three words, he couldn't help asking, "What does the prince mean?" Life is not only about what is in front of you, but also about poetry and distance? The last time he heard Li Hao say this, he inadvertently wrote it down.

Li Hao smiled and nodded: "That's right, that's the name of it." ”

Others echoed it, saying that the name Li Hao was a good choice.

Three days later, Li Hao and his fleet arrived at the seaport of Linyi Kingdom, Linyi Country is a small country, and the harbor is naturally small, such a small seaport suddenly ushered in such a huge fleet of Datang ships, the entire seaport was boiling, and on the shore of the harbor, hundreds of people gathered there to look at the fleet on the sea.

It is impossible for more than 300 ships to enter the harbor, because the harbor cannot be accommodated, so only ten ships docked, including the ships of those Confucian scholars, this group of Confucian scholars can be delicate, most of them are powerless, and they still need Li Hao to send someone to protect them after they go ashore, but Li Hao will definitely not let them pass with him, and they will not feel comfortable with these poor and sour.

More than an hour later, Li Hao and they finally landed on the shore, in order to prevent being recognized by the group of Confucian scholars, Li Hao also specially put on makeup, put on a mustache, painted eye shadow, and changed his hairstyle, as long as he didn't meet an acquaintance, he shouldn't be recognized.

This landing, Wu Lei ordered someone to trade with Linyi merchants, and he was responsible for being a guide, taking Li Hao and his family to Linyi City for a visit, accompanied by ten special forces throughout the process, and these special forces are all captain-level, such as Lin Dingkun, Chen Haijin, Jin Li, Feiying, Li Fox, etc., plus Lu Yun, Chen Song, Situ Feng, Zhu Ruihuan and other masters, it is not a problem to protect the safety of Li Hao's family.

Li Hao rode a horse, his family took a carriage, and soon arrived at Linyi City, on the street of Linyi City, Wu Lei introduced to everyone like a tour guide: "Linyi country is not big, their capital is this Linyi City, Linyi is very friendly to us Tang people, maybe they also know that they are too far behind the Tang Dynasty, in fact, in the Qin and Han dynasties, Linyi belongs to a county in the Qin and Han dynasties, called Xianglin County......"

Li Hao listened carefully to Wu Lei's introduction, and secretly thought in his heart: "The country is small and the national strength is weak, so naturally we should be obedient, how can it be like Lin Yi in the future world, who dares to touch my Chinese tiger whiskers, it is simply beyond my strength." ”

Walking to a restaurant, Li Ping suddenly said: "Husband, it's noon, let's go to Linyi's restaurant to eat something, and by the way, we can also taste Linyi's food." ”

Li Hao nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to this restaurant to have a look, but I bet it must be far worse than my Taibai Building." ”

The group entered the restaurant, because there were too many people, they occupied six of the eight tables in the entire hall, fortunately there were no guests now, otherwise they would not have a place to sit.

After Qin Su sat down, he looked around and muttered, "Lin Yi's house and layout are really similar to our Datang." ”

Wu Lei explained with a smile: "In fact, the original house style of Linyi is different from our Datang, but over the years, Datang has become stronger and stronger, and at sea, we have frequent transactions with Linyi people, and Linyi people admire our Datang culture, so they gradually learn from our Tang people in terms of living habits." ”

Li Hao said proudly: "This is called cultural aggression, in another ten or twenty years, I am afraid that the people of the entire Linyi will use the language and writing of our Tang Dynasty, and gradually forget their own culture." ”

Wu Lei nodded when he heard this: "The prince is very right, his subordinates have witnessed the changes in these countries over the years, but in just ten years, they have been influenced and infected by the culture of our Tang Dynasty, and countless barbarians have begun to learn the language and writing of our Tang Dynasty, which is really unstoppable." ”

Li Hao is secretly happy, this is one of his great dreams, let the whole world speak Chinese!

The arrival of Li Hao and his party has caused a sensation in Linyi City, because their fleet is too large, unprecedentedly huge, and everyone is wearing silk satin, which is particularly conspicuous, silk silk is already very expensive in the Tang Dynasty, and when it is exported abroad, the price has doubled several times, and some of the magnates of Linyi are reluctant to wear silk.

The prime minister of Lin Yi is the most admired by the Tang Dynasty, as soon as he heard that the Tang Dynasty came to a huge fleet of more than 300 ships, he was immediately surprised, although the Tang Dynasty often traded with them, but the large fleet of more than 300 ships he heard for the first time, he felt that the identity of the merchants who came to trade was absolutely not ordinary, so he sent someone to inquire, what is the identity of the caravan that came to trade this time, he had to meet in person to show friendship.

Linyi City is the capital of Linyi Kingdom, and the prime minister is naturally in Linyi City, so he soon inquired that this time it was the fleet of the Li Group, and the leader of the team was Wu Lei, the general manager of the maritime trade of the Li Group.

When the prime minister heard this, he was immediately excited, and begged the king, he was not an ordinary magnate when he heard it, so he hurriedly brought people to the restaurant where Li Hao was eating, wanting to meet the guests from the Tang Dynasty.

Li Hao and they have been eating and drinking in the restaurant, but what disappointed him was that the wine in the restaurant was the liquor produced by Li Hao's family, and the dishes were imitations of Datang's dishes, and the taste was not very good, which made Li Hao cry and laugh, it was obvious that the people of Linyi did not grasp the essence of the Datang diet, but fortunately, Wu Lei had experience and ordered a few Linyi specialties, and they were all the best dishes in Linyi.

It satisfies everyone's freshness, but the taste is average, and it doesn't feel good. Although the food is not very tasty, everyone is hungry, so let's just eat it.

Li Tu carried a pencil and paper with him, wrote down all the specialties of Linyi, and kept asking Wu Lei about the customs of Linyi, preparing for his own book in the future, Li Hao felt very relieved to see him working so hard.

When he was full of wine and food, a group of people suddenly hurried in, led by an old man with flowery hair about fifty years old, dressed in pale blue satin, and the others seemed to be his guards.

As soon as the old man entered the door, he saw Li Hao and them, and asked with a smile: "May I ask you are distinguished guests from the Tang Dynasty?" "He speaks the Tang dialect, and the words are correct and round, and the pronunciation is very standard.

Li Hao and the others were stunned when they saw this, but Wu Lei got up and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Prime Minister is polite, we meet again." ”

The prime minister looked at Wu Lei, immediately laughed, and said, "Ah, it's Mr. Wu, haha, great, welcome all the distinguished guests of the Tang Dynasty to Linyi." ”

Li Hao asked Wu Lei suspiciously: "Do you know each other?" ”

Wu Lei nodded and said, "When my subordinates came to Linyi for the first time to trade, this prime minister of Linyi personally went to the harbor to greet us, and he was very friendly to our merchants of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"I see." Li Hao nodded suddenly.

The prime minister looked at Li Hao, only to feel that this person was extraordinary, and seemed to be above Wu Lei, so he asked: "If the old man is not mistaken, this must be the king of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Li Hao smiled and got up and arched his hand: "The Prime Minister is really powerful, in Xia Li Yuanfang, he is the king of the Tang Dynasty." ”

The prime minister hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Old man Donald, welcome King Liuqiu to come to Linyi to play." ”

"Donald?" Li Hao was stunned when he heard this, how did he feel that the name of the prime minister of Linyi was not Han and not foreign.

Donald saw Li Hao's doubts, and said with a smile: "The king of Liuqiu doesn't know, Lao Yu once sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty twice four years ago, and paid tribute to the Tang Emperor, and the Tang Emperor was very happy, and learned that the old man admired the Tang culture, so he personally gave a copy of the Analects to the old man, and also gave the name Donald to the old man. ”

Li Hao nodded with a smile when he heard this: "I see, Lord Tang turned out to be a fan of the Tang Dynasty, and he also read the Analects." ”

"That's that, that's." Donald smirked when he heard this, "There are friends from afar, and I don't want to talk about it." ”

Li Hao laughed secretly when he heard it, he liked to see these foreigners worship Tang and flattering men.