Li Su looked at Lu Wan's determined eyes, and finally sighed helplessly: "Okay, since Captain Lu has made up his mind, then this king will promise you that the ships and funds needed for this exploration are all privately sponsored by this king, and most of the crew members who discovered Australia with you are still in the slave hunting association, I can also let people contact them to see if they are willing to go on another adventure with you!" ”

"Your Highness is complete!" Lu Wan was overjoyed to hear that Li Su was finally willing to support himself, he had been preparing for this trip to the Americas for several years, and now he had persuaded Li Su that the last problem of this exploration trip had been solved by him, and when everything was ready, he could lead the fleet to set sail again.

But Li Su smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "Captain Lu doesn't have to thank me, in fact, the news of the Americas was the first to be brought up, and looking for a route to the Americas is also the dream of this king, but the Americas are too far away from us, although I really want to send someone there, but because this road is too difficult and dangerous, and there is no suitable candidate, so it was delayed, but now that Captain Lu has taken the initiative to go, then this king will naturally mobilize all his forces to support!" ”

The Americas are extremely rich, not to mention anything else, if you can transport back some of the high-yield crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn there, then it will be a feat for the benefit of all the people in both the Tang Dynasty and Li Su's Taiwan and other places, not to mention that there is also rich in gold and silver, which will also have incomparably huge promotion significance for future economic development.

Lu Wan, who was supported by Li Su, left the palace in high spirits, and sent the list he had already made to the palace the next day, the list was all kinds of materials needed for this voyage, and even had clear requirements for the performance of the required sea vessels, and Li Su immediately organized people to prepare. The rest is okay, mainly because Lu Wan has high requirements for the performance of the ship and needs to be redesigned and built, but Li Su asked the person in charge to get the ship reliable within a year at the latest.

In addition, Li Su also asked people to contact the slave hunting association, and through them found the crew who discovered Australia with Lu Wan, but these people heard that they were going to explore the more distant Americas, and it was Lu Wan who led the team, and most of them agreed without hesitation, but there were also a small number of original crew members who could not participate in this exploration because of injuries, too old and other reasons. This makes these people suffocated.

Although Lu Wan received funding from Li Su, he himself was not idle, because Li Su gave him a task, that is, to spread the news of this exploration of the American route, and then solicit some sponsorship from the people. Although the cost of this exploration is not much for Li Su. But he wanted to share this exploration with everyone, to tie together the power of the official and the civilian. That's the only way to go. Only then can we give full play to the initiative of private route exploration and prepare for larger-scale overseas development in the future.

This matter is very simple for Lu Wan, he only needs to follow Li Su's arrangement, hold a press conference, and then accept interviews with major newspapers and periodicals, and make a brief introduction to the exploration of new routes. As a result, after the major newspapers reported it, there was no need for Lu Wan to open his mouth, and many big businessmen immediately came to the door, hoping to contribute to this voyage. Of course, they also have some requirements of their own, such as wanting to share routes in the future.

In addition to the above things, Lu Wan has one more thing to do, that is, to gather some old subordinates from the past. Although most of the ships that participated in the exploration of Australia were still in the slave hunting society, a considerable number of them chose to leave, and these people were still important members of the original fleet, such as surveyor Feng Shijie.

These people have good abilities, and they don't rely too much on the slave hunting association, so even if they leave the slave hunting industry, they can still live well. However, when Lu Wan was preparing for this exploration of the American route, he was the first to think of these old subordinates, firstly, he knew all these people and was very handy in commanding, and secondly, the abilities of these people had also been tested in practice, and their sailing experience was also extremely rich, which was not comparable to those novices of the Navigation Academy just now.

It is precisely because of this that after Lu Wan spread the news of this exploration of the Americas, he immediately went to visit his old brothers one by one according to the information provided by Li Su, but Lu Wan's first stop was not in Taiwan, but went to Luzon, which was relatively far away, because Feng Shijie, the surveyor in the fleet, was there.

The refreshing and pleasant pine plateau, where the pine tribe was located has long since changed greatly, the original thatched houses have all disappeared, replaced by a large mansion, the walls of the house are built extremely high, and boxy, it looks like a small city, and in the four corners of the house, there are four towering corner towers, which are faintly visible to have guards walking around.

Lu Wan came here according to the address, and when he saw this sturdy mansion at a glance, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said to himself: "Feng Shijie, this kid is really lucky, he has become a mining giant in Luzon, presumably he has been used to Qingfu in the past few years, I don't know if he still has the ambition of the year?" ”

Although he knew that Feng Shijie's identity was already different now, and it was really difficult to make the other party give up his current rich life and go on an adventure at sea with him, Lu Wan still walked to the door to let people know, after all, even if the other party was unwilling to take risks again, but as an old friend, since they have come here, it is good for everyone to talk about the old days.

Feng Shijie has indeed lived a very quiet life in recent years, when he was the first to discover the gold mines of the Pines Plateau, and then one step ahead of others, he took several huge gold mines into his own hands, and then through loans, began to mine gold mines by himself, and as a result, he quickly paid off the loan, and became a very famous big mine owner in the whole of Luzon in one fell swoop.

But this is just the beginning, the very far-sighted Feng Shijie took the gold mine under his name to the bank as collateral, and then used the borrowed money to attack everywhere, and soon showed his strength in the mining industry in Luzon, and now has become the mining giant of the entire Luzon, except for a few big family support of the big mine owners, the whole Luzon is the most vocal in the mining industry. After the establishment of the Mining Association in Luzon a few years ago, Feng Shijie also became one of the permanent directors of the entire association, and his social status has been greatly improved.

In addition, Feng Shijie now has a son and a daughter, both of whom were born to his wife Yunjian Qiuji. Speaking of which, Feng Shijie is really in love with Yunjian Qiuji, even if his status is already very different now, but he has never taken a concubine, and as long as he has time, he will accompany his wife and children at home, if this kind of man is placed in the next generation, he is definitely a model husband.

During this time, Feng Shijie's industry has expanded to the limit, and the rest is only consolidation, so this makes it rare for him to be idle, for example, today, he is teaching his son to learn to swim in the swimming pool of the inner house.

"Coordinate your hands and feet, yes, don't be afraid, pay attention to your breathing!" Feng Shijie stood in the pool in swimming trunks, holding his son's small body with both hands, and talking about the essentials of swimming.

Feng Shijie's son's name is Feng Ping'an, when he participated in the exploration of the Australian route, his wife Yunjian Qiuji was already a month pregnant, and when he returned home from the mission, his son was about to be born. Because every time Feng Shijie goes to sea, Yunma Qiuji will be very worried, so he gave his son a safe name, hoping that her husband can return safely.

Now Feng Ping'an is four years old, his small body is fleshy, although the temperature on the pine plateau is a little cold, but he is now bare-bottomed, and he is paddling the water with the help of his father.

Looking at his son's clumsy appearance, Feng Shijie's face showed a loving smile, the purpose of teaching his son to swim is not only to strengthen the body, but also a kind of nostalgia for the previous life, after all, after he graduated from the navigation academy, he was at sea for a long time to make a living, especially later participated in the discovery of the Australian route, this matter is still the most proud thing for him, when he meets friends in the shopping mall, as long as he tells this matter, he will immediately get the respect of the other party, and the business will not be put aside first, At least a lot of people would like to be friends with him.

However, Lu Wan's life now looks very happy, but in fact, he also has his own troubles, the most important of which is his sister Feng Shuyu's marriage, speaking of which, in the past few years, Feng Shuyu has learned a lot of business methods from Wang Huan in the Qi Palace, and he has already been able to stand alone, and the reason why Lu Wan's mining intention can be so big is also inseparable from Feng Shuyu's secret help.

Originally, Feng Shijie thought that King Qi had taken a fancy to his sister, but later found out through a conversation with Feng Shuyu that the two were innocent at all. This made Feng Shijie finally relieved, and asked someone to say a lot of matchmakers, but Feng Shuyu didn't know what to think, but she refused to get married, and rejected all the matchmakers that Feng Shijie said, which made Feng Shijie have a headache for this, seeing that her sister is almost twenty years old, if she can't marry at that time, then she will really be an old girl.

Thinking of his sister's marriage, Feng Shijie couldn't help but sigh, now Feng Shuyu has his own career, and the wealth and power in his hands are greater than that of him, who is an elder brother, so he can't do anything about his sister.

In addition to his sister's affairs, Feng Shijie also has a trouble about himself, but this trouble is only known to him, and he didn't even tell his closest wife.

But just when Feng Shijie just remembered his troubles, someone suddenly reported outside that a guest named Lu Wan was visiting. (To be continued......)