Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 153 You Have Marks on Your Face
Chapter 206 You Have Marks on Your Face
Su Han scratched the food on the table with his chopsticks, but kept his eyes on Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian's scalp became numb from her stare, so he couldn't help but put down his chopsticks, and asked, "Xiaohan, what's wrong with you, why are you staring at me all the time? And me?"

Su Han pouted, "Sir, your face."

"What happened to your face?"

Li Chengqian touched his face in confusion.

Wu Yan also got up and looked at the other side of Li Chengqian's face, and then he couldn't help laughing, "Haha, Your Highness, you...you have marks on your face!"

Li Chengqian took a bronze mirror from the table next to him and looked at it, and found that there was a mouth mark on the left side of his face.

"Oh...cough cough..."

Even with Li Chengqian's thick skin, he felt a little embarrassed at the moment, coughed dryly, wiped the mouth marks on his face with his sleeve, and then knocked on the table, "It's okay, let's eat quickly, it won't be good if it gets cold I ate it."

"Pooh!"

Su Han spat at him, and then began to eat.

After the meal, both Su Han and Wu Yan stared straight at Li Chengqian, making him tremble with fright.

After eating in fear, before he had time to speak, Su Han pulled Li Chengqian back to his room, and...

Wu Yan smiled sweetly, returned to his room, lay down for a while and then fell asleep.

As for the movement next door, it's not that she doesn't want to care about it, but because she has been tossed about for too long during the day, and now her eyelids are fighting, she really doesn't have the mood to care about other movements.

...

Early October of the 19th year of Zhenguan.

After a month of rushing, he finally came to this city again.

In 18, Li Chengqian came to Guangzhou and wanted to build a large ship for sea use.

One year, I believe it should be almost the same.

Chief Shi Caijiu led the way, and a group of officials arrived at the port of Bao'an County.

On the sparkling sea, several ships slowly returned to the harbor.

This year, under the training of Zheng He, thousands of fishermen who depended on the sea to eat the sea transformed into sailors serving the imperial court.

They knew that this was an opportunity, so they trained very seriously, and Zheng He had a lot of experience in this area, so in just one year, they became a well-trained navy.

Today, when they came back from training, when the big ship docked into the port, countless sailors ran off the ship.

This time they sailed at sea for a few days, but all of these sailors were full of energy. After eating, they returned to the camp to rest in a good mood.

And Zheng He came directly in front of Li Chengqian.

When he first looked for Li Chengqian, his body was white and tender, but now, he has become a dark man.

"Your Highness!" Zheng He cupped his hands.

Li Chengqian looked at him and said, "Zheng He, I have really suffered for you during this time."

Zheng He said solemnly: "Your Highness, this is what I should do."

"Boats...is it enough to form a fleet?" Li Chengqian said blankly, looking at the vast sea.

"Enough is enough. Now that the sailors are well trained, they can go to sea at any time!" Zheng He said.

"Your Highness, since the rise of the shipbuilding industry in Guangzhou, it has driven many industries!"

At this moment, Chang Shi Caijiu said: "Because these ships are too huge, it is obviously not enough for Guang to be a shipyard."

"As a result, many related industries were born. There are workshops that specialize in the production of boat bottoms, and there are workshops that specialize in the production of masts..."

"And those rich people know that Your Highness is going to open up the Maritime Silk Road, so many people come to Guangzhou to prepare for business. If someone needs silk, someone will supply silk. In addition to silk, there is also dyeing and so on..."

"According to the statistics of Dudufu Hucao, Guangzhou's business has more than tripled in just half a year."

Hearing Cai Jiu's report, Li Chengqian was not too surprised.

Because the business chain itself is closely related, just like this shipbuilding, it is difficult to build a ship with only one shipyard.

Because there are so many things needed, the craftsmen in the shipyard are busy building ships, so where is the time to prepare the materials for shipbuilding?
Ever since, some businessmen have aimed at business opportunities from it.

This is equivalent to outsourcing, they are responsible for making various components, and then sell them to the shipyard at a high price.

After the ship is built, it must sail to sea.

During the Kaihuang period, because of Yang Jian's hard work, the foreign trade of Guangzhou Port reached a peak.

At that time, Guangzhou was a world-famous port.

Especially since the Western Regions were not part of the Central Plains Dynasty, countries like the Great Food Kingdom had to go to the Guangzhou port by sea if they wanted to do business with the Central Plains Dynasty.

But later, because Yang Guang dug the Grand Canal, foreign businessmen can go directly from the sea to Luoyang and other big cities, so why pass through Guangzhou?

Because of this, Guangzhou gradually became lonely.

Especially after the change of the imperial court and the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, it focused on the development of Yangzhou, Luoyang and other places, and even ignored Guangzhou. Although Guangzhou also had a Dudufu, its treatment was much worse than that of other Dudufu.

Otherwise, Li Shimin would not let Dang Renhong, an outsider, be the governor.

Now that Li Chengqian started building ships again, the businessmen who were very keen on interests instantly started to set up shops in Guangzhou like flies smelling shit.

What the Land Silk Road needs, so does the Maritime Silk Road.

Now there are many more shops in Guangzhou, such as silk shops, porcelain shops, lacquerware shops and so on.

And behind these shops, there are various workshops.

All businessmen are like wolves waiting to be hunted. When Li Chengqian announces that he will go to sea, they will seize the profits as quickly as possible!

Now, the time is almost up. Li Chengqian came to Guangzhou just to solve this matter.

"Your Highness, everything is ready now, as long as you give an order, the fleet can go to sea!"

Li Chengqian frowned and said, "Zheng He, sailing at sea is not a child's play. Do you want to try sailing first, and then officially go to sea after you have experience?"

Zheng He smiled and said, "Your Highness, you gave me the chart for sailing out to sea. If there is an error in it, we will sink to the bottom of the sea even after a trial voyage. Instead of doing this, it is better to just fight!"

"One chance, if you don't succeed, you will succeed!"

Li Chengqian rubbed his head. Before that, he was full of expectations and wanted to start sailing as soon as possible.

But when this day really came, he hesitated a little.

Because sailing is all about experience...

It is true that Zheng He made seven voyages to the West in history, but that was not him at this time.

Now, he may also be full of awe of the sea, and wants to conquer it in a hurry...

But if it fails, it's over.

Guangzhou may already have the experience of going out to sea, but its distance is only limited to the Great Food Country. If it exceeds this distance, Datang will also be blinded.

Now they are going to open up a new route. No one can say with confidence that they will be able to complete the route, and dare to say that they can deal with all the dangers at sea.

Even Zheng He's voyages to the West were only possible because of previous experience and repeated explorations.

What is left to Li Chengqian and the others is just some dispensable experience, and this experience is really difficult to support them to go far away...

This is what Li Chengqian is worried about. There are not many opportunities. If something goes wrong this time, he will have to wait another year or two.

This is a dangerous thing, Li Chengqian is afraid, and even wants to cancel the voyage...

(End of this chapter)