"Brother Li, what does this mean?"
Feng Zhidai looked at the hundreds of large boxes placed in front of him and the neatly arranged copper coins inside, with a slightly flustered expression. "Brother Yu can't say anything about the expansion of the dock. You can't accept it. You can't accept it."
"Wharf?" Li Yunze was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile, "Mr. Feng has already clearly rejected it. How can I say more about it?"
Feng Zhidai, who was relieved, quickly asked, "Then this is..."
"I want to buy some fields in this Lingnan area, but I am short on time and I am not familiar with the place. I would like to ask Brother Feng to do it for me."
"Oh." Feng Zhidai finally smiled, "This is not a big deal. Brother Yu will help you."
Li Yunze signaled, "I want paddy fields, at least 30,000 acres."
'Hiss~~~'
Feng Zhidai immediately stared: "This, this, this..."
Paddy fields are top-quality fields and have always been a guarantee of yield. Of course, they are also a good thing that everyone is flocking to.
At this time, the development level of Lingnan was not high, and it was too much to ask for 30,000 acres of paddy fields at one go.
"Here are five hundred thousand copper coins." Li Yunze then motioned to the accompanying villagers from Lijiazhuang to open the smaller boxes on the side, revealing the glittering gold bars inside. "Here are gold worth one million gold coins."
"I'll offer fifty guan for an acre of paddy field, and I hope Brother Feng will help."
"Well..." Feng Zhidai smiled bitterly. "It's okay to say less, but there are so many foolish brothers who really can't make the decision. I have to ask my father what he wants."
"No problem." Li Yunze took Feng Zhidai's hand and went out to the yard. He pointed at the strong Don River horse in the yard. "This is the hard-earned money for Brother Feng. No matter whether it succeeds or not, I will give it to you." It belongs to Brother Feng."
The land of Lingnan lacks almost everything, but what is most lacking must be tall horses.
When Feng Zhidai saw the majestic Don hippopotamus, he was immediately overjoyed. "Don't worry, dear brother, I will do my best in this matter."
With nothing to say, Feng Zhidai hurriedly ran to his old father for advice.
"Sell it to him." Feng Ang made the decision immediately, "Select 30,000 acres from our Feng family's farmland and sell it to him."
"Father..." Feng Zhidai, who had previously slapped his chest in front of Li Yunze, now asked in confusion, "Why is this? Our family doesn't have many good fields. And this person buys fields. There can’t be any conspiracy.”
"What are you thinking about?" Feng An scolded with a smile, "The field is just outside the city, and we are watching it under our noses. Is there any conspiracy? Could it be that the Xuanjia Army grew out of the ground?"
"He paid such a high price, why didn't he sell it? And..." At this point, Feng An's smile became even bigger. "No matter what he grows, he has to sell it here. If he wants to transport it to Guanzhong in the south of the Yangtze River, , the freight will be so expensive. Let’s check it out again then.
price..."
Feng Zhidai understood in an instant, "He is helping us farm the land, and he will have to sell us the harvest at a cheap price. If we can't bear the loss and sell the land again, we will make a profit twice." "
"His horse is quite good. We can ask for less wealth and get more horses."
Li Yunze offered a high price, fifty guan per mu of land.
In the early Tang Dynasty, the population was not that large, the land was relatively wealthy, and the price had not increased. This was definitely a high price.
However, in comparison, the price of good horses in Lingnan is higher.
In Guanzhong, the price of an ordinary castrated draft horse was more than 20 guan. This price doubled at least twice in Lingnan.
The Don hippo provided by Li Yunze obviously couldn't be a draft horse. It was a war horse that could actually go into battle. After all, it was trained as a war horse at Lijiazhuang Ranch.
Both Feng An and Feng Zhidai were very satisfied with the Don horses that came with the ship, and offered a super high price of 150 yuan per horse.
In Guanzhong, the price of a famous horse is about one hundred guan.
Li Yunze brought about 500 horses, which they rode all the way to Yangzhou City. After all, the fleet went south to transport other supplies, and it was difficult to sell them on a large scale in Lingnan.
The horses offset a large amount of land purchase money, and Li Yunze didn't take the money he saved. Instead, he bought cattle and other supplies locally and left it to the villagers of Lijiazhuang who arranged it here.
"After the harvest next year, I will have someone to take your place and return to Guanzhong." Li Yunze told everyone who stayed behind to "treat it as a business trip to Lingnan, and everyone's salary will be tripled."
It's just for a year, rather than settling in Lingnan for a long time. The people in Lijiazhuang are naturally willing to work. After all, the income several times can be enough to marry a wife.
As for what Li Yunze wanted to do with the land, it was naturally to transfer the sugar cane fields originally planted in Guanzhong to Lingnan.
After all, sugarcane is a sun-facing plant and consumes a lot of water.
It's not suitable in Guanzhong, but it would be very suitable on the bank of the Pearl River in Lingnan.
As for Feng An's plan to take advantage, how could Li Yunze give him a chance? Naturally, people from Lijiazhuang would transport the equipment of the sugar mill over by water.
Once the sugar is produced, it will be directly shipped and shipped to various places.
Feng An wants to buy?
Okay, I'll sell it to you if I can afford the price.
After finishing the relevant matters here, the day of departure has arrived.
Although the Feng family did not agree to expand the dock, they still sent people to join the team looking for Spice Island.
Leading the five hundred sergeants was Feng An's son Feng Zhidai.
Feng An had many sons, and Feng Zhidai was not that famous.
But Li Yunze knew this person.
It's not that Feng Zhidai has done anything earth-shattering, but that one of his grandsons is very famous.
The grandson entered the palace and became a eunuch, and was adopted by Gao Yanfu, who was also from Lingnan, and his surname was changed to Gao. His name was Gao Lishi.
Young Feng Zhidai was obviously a little nervous. This should be his first time on a mission on behalf of his family.
However, the tribesmen and the five hundred soldiers he brought were much more calm.
Especially when it comes to going to sea, he has no fear at all, and he's not like the dudes from Guanzhong who can't even stand still after vomiting.
The fleet left Lingnan and sailed south. The Feng family members who boarded the ship originally planned to volunteer to lead the way. After all, it would be fatal if there were no experienced sailors to lead the way on the sea route.
However, the sailor on the ship simply said, "Don't bother, our Lord can look at the stars for positioning." '
Just looking at the stars is not enough, Li Yunze also has detailed charts and various equipment.
Of course, nautical charts made more than a thousand years later can only play a rough role, but a rough look is enough.
When the fleet went south, it did not go straight to the Spice Islands. Instead, it traveled south along the coastline to the Kingdom of Champa.
The matter of Chamchendao has been talked about for several years, but Feng Ang has been evading it with various reasons, for fear that the emperor would get his hands in it in this name.
Li Yunze is also very interested in this high-yielding original rice seed.
Although the hybrid rice of later generations was very good, it lost its ability to reproduce and had to be specially bred.
And if you want to make further progress and breakthroughs, native seeds are very important.
In addition to sending it to Li Er, Li Yunze also planned to take some back to future generations.
The so-called Champa Kingdom is actually Linyi, which is Xianglin County in Rinan County established during the Han Dynasty.
During the Han Dynasty, Ou Kui, the son of a local meritorious official in Xianglin County, rebelled and established the Champa State by killing the county magistrate.
At this time, the Champa Kingdom was relatively respectful to the Central Plains Dynasty. After all, more than 20 years ago, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty destroyed the Champa Kingdom once, destroying its capital and destroying its country.
King Fan Fanzhi hurriedly apologized and continued to pay tribute until the world was in chaos.
After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Fan Fanzhi sent people to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, but he continued to surrender and did not dare to attack.
Li Yunze really wanted to destroy the Champa Kingdom, but the fleet could not stay here for a long time. If he really wanted to destroy his country, he would only be able to take advantage of the savages here.
So after sending people ashore to ask for a lot of rice seeds and supplies, they described the specific location of the Champa Kingdom in detail and left with the fleet.
Just wait, Li Er, who is enterprising and likes to open up new territories, learns that this place is naturally suitable for large-scale grain growing and even rubber planting, and after opening up a sea transportation channel, he will definitely not let this place go.
The fleet sailed southeast into the deep sea, then the wind from the trade wind belt passed through the pristine strait between Luzon and Borneo, and finally arrived at its destination, the Spice Islands.
"Everyone."
On the deck of the ship, Li Yunze told everyone sincerely, "The islands in front are full of spices. You can get them yourself after landing."
After hearing this, everyone's eyes were shining. That was spices that were worth gold.
It's all over the place, and it's not just one island. What kind of island is this? It's obviously Jinshan.
An impatient person might even be tempted to jump into the sea and swim across.
"There are people on the island."
Li Yunze said slowly, "We all agreed before we came here that in addition to wages, everyone involved in this matter will also be rewarded with spices equal to their own body weight. Do you want more?"
This question asks, who doesn’t want more.
Someone immediately said with a smile, "Sir, if you want to do anything, just ask, as long as you can give spices, I will do anything!"
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"That's right, that's right!"
Everyone cheered loudly and the atmosphere was very lively.
When the people who are crazy about poverty see Jinshan, they dare to do anything.
"very good."
Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction, "I am a very fair person. I will get as much reward as I put in. There are many savages on these islands. The head of a savage is exchanged for ten pounds of spices. Are you willing to do it?"
Datang was not a coward. The martial arts still existed in Datang, which was very brave and had a pioneering and enterprising spirit.
Faced with such a generous reward, and being a savage on an island thousands of miles away from Middle-earth, naturally no one would refuse.
The news was quickly passed to other ships, and there were cheers all of a sudden.
If one is ten pounds, wouldn’t one hundred be a thousand pounds of spices?
One thousand kilograms of spices in Chang'an City is enough to buy a big house.
The excited Tang expedition team boarded the boats one after another and rowed hard towards the shore.
When the expedition team set off in high spirits, Ma Zhou, who was already tanned, walked up to Li Yunze and asked curiously, "Why does the village owner hate these Kunlun slaves?"
In fact, most of the Kunlun slaves in the Tang Dynasty were dwarf black people caught by Arab fleets from various islands in the Southeast Asia.
Li Yunze, who was standing on the deck with his hands behind his back, turned to look at Ma Zhou.
The sharp eyes made Ma Zhou tremble slightly.
"Because they deserve to die!"
