Everyone came out of the palace, Xia Hongsheng immediately returned to the mansion, and sorted out the situation about Ryukyu in the study, as well as the plans and suggestions for the development and construction of Ryukyu as an overseas sailor base for the Tang Dynasty, as well as the plan for the development of radiation from Ryukyu to the four directions.

After resting in Chang'an for a night, early the next morning, Xia Hongsheng ran to the Hejian County Mansion with that pile of information.

"Lady Yuansho?" As soon as Xia Hongsheng entered the Hejian County Palace, he met Li Chongyi, who was about to go out. When I saw Li Chongyi, I realized that today must be a mid-year holiday.

"I'm here to find the king of Hejian County, don't worry about me, go and get busy." Xia Hongsheng waved his hand and said, "The military academy is strict on weekdays, so it's hard to have a day off, and let's go play by ourselves." ”

"This ...... Yes, Chongyi made an appointment with a few classmates from the military academy today to go to Weihe Park for a barbecue......" Li Chongyi said a little embarrassed, and then quickly added: "But students don't drink!" ”

Xia Hongsheng grinned, I believe there are ghosts!

Raising his hand and waving to let Li Chongyi take care of himself, Xia Hongsheng turned back again, and when he arrived in the main hall, he saw Li Xiaogong coming from behind.

"Haha, the virtuous nephew came just in time, and this king is about to go to find the virtuous nephew!" Li Xiaogong asked Xia Hongsheng to sit down, ordered the maid to make tea, and said with a smile.

Xia Hongsheng also smiled: "Uncle is about to make a contribution to the Tang Dynasty to expand the territory, and the little nephew is here to congratulate the uncle!" ”

Li Xiaogong's eyes narrowed and said: "Ryukyu is the land of my Tang Dynasty, how did this king come to expand the territory?" Nephew, this is a joke. ”

"But Uncle doesn't know about this." Xia Hongsheng was very mysterious Li Xiaogong smiled: "Then the little nephew asked the uncle, is the uncle willing to earn a share of the land expansion?" ”

Li Xiaogong looked at Xia Hongsheng and laughed: "This king knows the crooked belly of the virtuous nephew, hahahaha, come and listen to this king!" ”

Xia Hongsheng went over to Li Xiaogong and spread out a piece of paper on the table in front of Li Xiaogong, which was the location of the Ryukyus and the north to the Wa Kingdom and the south to Indonesia.

"Uncle doesn't know, Your Majesty sent Uncle to go this time, but it gave Uncle a chance to make immortal contributions." Xia Hongsheng said to Li Xiaogong in a very demagogic tone: "This map is the first gift from the little nephew to the uncle. Uncle, you see, this island is the Ryukyus, and it is also the largest of the Ryukyu Islands. This island out of Minzhou, the sea can be reached in five or six days, Uncle rectifies the sailors, after arriving at this sea area, you can be the first to reach this island. In the opinion of the little nephew, those pirates are very likely to be on this island. If Uncle finds a pirate on this island, it would be even better, just wipe them out. A few water thieves are not a fart in front of the uncle, not to mention that the uncle's ship will have trebuchets and ****** at that time, those water thieves are afraid that they will not be able to get close to our Datang ships, and they will already be swallowed into a sea of fire. If you can't find the water thieves on this island, Uncle doesn't need to worry. On this island, there are only thousands of savages, and with the Tang Dynasty sailors, a few days is enough to firmly occupy this island. After occupying the island, the uncle can set aside half of his manpower and directly start to build in this place, and educate the people on the island, provide food and clothing, and they will no longer resist. ”

"And what about the other half?" Li Xiaogong listened to Xia Hongsheng's words very carefully and asked.

Xia Hongsheng paddled up along the Ryukyus with his fingers, and said: "Half of the ships and sailors, as long as they carry enough supplies, go up in this direction, all the islands that pass through belong to the Ryukyus, there are more than a dozen people on the small island, dozens of people on the big island, and they can occupy it if they are fully equipped." Uncle can take all the islands here, all the way to this point! ”

Xia Hongsheng's hand went to the north and said, "This is the Wa Kingdom." Uncle and Wa have been trying to occupy the Ryukyu Islands in vain, but they have not been able to succeed because they cannot build ships to the sea. It is very likely that this group of pirates may have something to do with the Wa Kingdom, and the sea ships they hijacked will also be handed over to the Wa State to imitate. Therefore, when Uncle arrived in the Ryukyus, the pirates were the most inferior, and they occupied all the islands, which was the right thing. As for Champa rice, as the little nephew said, that boatload of rice seeds is nothing, and it is a big deal to get it from Linyi, and this Champa rice is not only owned by Linyi, but also has Linyi, Tianzhu, etc., and even Ryukyu may also have this kind of rice seed. When Uncle firmly occupied the Ryukyu Islands and had a base for sailors in the Ryukyus, this first step was completed. ”

Li Xiaogong stared at the chart with burning eyes and asked, "What about the second step?" ”

"Haha, the second step is the time for Uncle to make a great contribution!" Xia Hongsheng said to Li Xiaogong: "When the Ryukyus are stable, Uncle can use the Ryukyus as the rear and lead the sailors to the south." South of the Ryukyus, this place. Uncle, this island is called Sulu Island, also called Luzon Island, this island is not small, the four seasons are like summer, and Champa rice can be planted all year round. However, the most important thing is not that it can grow Zhancheng rice, but that this island is full of copper ore and iron ore with excellent quality, and the reserves are so large that it is enough for my Datang to dig for a hundred years! ”

"What?!" Li Xiaogong's eyes widened immediately, and his breathing became heavy for a moment.

"Hehe, uncle, don't worry. These islands are not as good as the Ryukyus, maybe there are no savages, and if there are, they are just some barbarians who do not understand the language, drink blood, and wield sticks and stones. Xia Hongsheng continued: "Uncle occupies this island, and if you continue south, you can reach an island. Over here! ”

Xia Hongsheng pointed to the bottom of the map and said: "This island here is Holotan, also called Java. This place is a borderless land, with the increasing consumption of coal mines in my Datang, and the reserves are so large that they are enough for my Datang for hundreds of years! ”

Li Xiaogong's breathing became heavier and heavier, his eyes were a little red, and he stared at the place Xia Hongsheng pointed at on the map.

"Uncle, it's just south." Xia Hongsheng said: "Uncle needs to pay attention to the fact that there is a very important strait to the south of this place, and Uncle is extremely strong in controlling this strait, and this strait runs through the east and west, which is extremely important. ”

Xia Hongsheng pointed to the location of the Strait of Malacca and said to Li Xiaogong.

"To the north, the Tang Dynasty Sailor can monitor every move of the Wa Kingdom. To the west, you can reach Linyi, Tianzhu and other places, and even as far as Persia and other places. To the east is an endless ocean, and Uncle does not need to think about going east for the time being. Hehe, if anyone is brave and not afraid of death, they can also drive the boat to continue south, if it goes well, they may find a land with an area of nearly half of the Tang Dynasty. However, now the ability of my Tang Navy Master is not enough to fight so far away, so it is better for Uncle to occupy these places drawn on this map first. ”

Li Xiaogong gasped heavily, stared at the map, and said, "Virtuous nephew! The virtuous nephew also asks for the king's way, how the king should operate, all listen to the virtuous nephew! (To be continued.) )