"Hey, Renbiao, you're here too~?"
Relying on their strong internal strength to clear the way, Li Zexuan and the others finally came to the front of the crowd, but they met an old acquaintance. Who else could it be if it wasn't Wang Renbiao?
"Haha, it's Xiaoxuan~! I just received the news this morning. Fortunately, I have nothing to do, so I came over to take a look~!"
Wang Renbiao smiled, looked at Li Zexuan and said,
"Oh, by the way, Renbiao, I forgot to ask you before, did the fleet find the kind of rubber I told you about before in Nanyang?"
A few days ago, he asked Wang Renbiao to help find out the news. He only paid attention to Meng Youliang's situation, but forgot about his own business.
When Wang Renbiao heard this, he looked startled, then shook his head and said, "I don't know this yet. Before, I only asked people to help me find out about the fleet, and I didn't ask about the harvest status of my fleet."
Li Zexuan was speechless. He thought to himself that Wang Renbiao was so arrogant. He didn't care about his own business at all. His attitude of treating money like dirt was comparable to his.
"Okay, then we can only wait until the fleet comes back to see it~!"
Li Zexuan said helplessly.
"Hey~! Look, the fleet is coming~! The fleet is coming~!"
At this moment, a mast finally appeared on the Bahe River, and then the figure of a huge building slowly emerged from the water, exposed to everyone's view. I don't know who discovered this phenomenon and shouted loudly, and the crowd on the pier suddenly became excited.
"It's finally here~! It's finally here!"
"It has been almost five months since we went to sea, and the fleet is finally back~! God bless, the child's father will be fine~!"
The people looked at more and more boats appearing on the Bahe River, and they began to talk to each other excitedly. Most of them were praying that their families were safe.
"Five months, now some are happy and some are sad~!"
At this time, Li Zexuan was holding Lan'er's hand and standing at the front of the crowd. He looked at the densely packed boats on the river, sighed, and said with complicated emotions.
Although Wang Renbiao did not mention the details of the battle in which the fleet was attacked at sea, Li Zexuan later obtained more detailed information from Li Chengqian. Of course, the source of the information must be related to Li Er.
Therefore, he knew very well that the fleet's journey south this time was not without casualties. Not to mention the crew members who were taken away by storms and diseases on the sea route to the Southeast Asian countries. Just the sneak attack by pirates that night made the fleet Twenty-eight soldiers and twelve civilians were lost. This meant a war in which forty people from the Tang Dynasty were buried in the sea, leaving no intact corpses! Let forty originally happy families become torn apart in an instant!
Who knows how many tears it will cause?
"Woooo~!"
As time passed, more than 1,500 merchant ships that went south for trade five months ago all appeared in everyone's sight. The ship in the middle of the ship recalled the desolate horn sound, and then all the ships behind it began to They dropped anchor one after another and lowered the canvas, slowly approaching the shore.
"Go home~! We are finally home~!"
On a merchant ship, Meng Youliang stood on the deck and held on to the railing. Looking at the huge crowds of people on the shore, he felt a sense of emotion in his heart. This time he went to sea, he almost separated himself from his family forever.
There was far more than one person who had the same idea as him. Whether they were civilians on civilian merchant ships or naval officers on official ships, everyone could not suppress the joy in their hearts when they looked at the dock just around the corner. They are afraid of being close to home, they are afraid of being close to home, and they will be able to go home soon. Is there anything more important than this?
"Your Majesty, you can go ashore~!"
The main ship had already docked at the dock at this time, and someone had already laid the planks. Then Wu Di came to Li Xiaogong, clasped his fists and said.
"Well, I'm coming right now~!"
After a while, Li Xiaogong took the lead to get off the main building boat with a group of guards. Li Zexuan greeted him, cupped his hands and smiled:
"Congratulations to my lord on your triumphant return~! Long time no see, my lord, I hope you are well~!"
Li Xiaogong smiled heartily, came over and patted Li Zexuan on the shoulder, saying: "I am in good health~! Counting the days, the Imperial College should have started school by now, why are you still free to come here?"
Before he left, he entrusted his son to Li Zexuan to teach. At that time, Li Zexuan was still the secretary of the Imperial College and had not fallen out with Kong Yingda. Therefore, Li Xiaogong's memory still stayed in the time when Li Zexuan taught in the Imperial College. He didn't know anything about the current Yanhuang Academy. Uninformed.
"Your Majesty, my nephew is no longer in the Imperial College. More than three months ago, I resigned from the position of Director of the Imperial College and opened an academy of my own. Now Huairen is also in my academy."
Li Zexuan knew that Li Xiaogong wanted to know more about his son Li Huairen, so he simply said it.
"What~? Xiaoxuan, you are not in the Imperial College anymore? Did something happen in the meantime?"
Li Xiaogong's question just now was indeed to find out about his son, but he didn't expect to ask such a shocking thing.
"This matter is a long story. I will discuss it in detail with the prince later."
You knew this was not the place to talk yesterday, so you said this to Li Xiaogong.
"Your Majesty is here~!"
While they were talking, another group of people arrived on the official road to the west of the pier. When everyone heard the sound of "Your Majesty has arrived," they turned around quickly and waited until they saw the person in bright yellow clothes in front of the crowd. , they all saluted and said: "See Your Majesty~!"
The same place, the same loud voice, reminds people of the expedition ceremony that Li Er held here when the fleet went to sea five months ago.
Li Er followed the passage that the crowd had given way to and came to the edge of the pier, not far from Li Xiaogong. Then she stopped, turned around and looked at the crowd of people who were prostrating, and said: "Pingshen~!"
The common people straightened up after being able to communicate with the officers and soldiers on the ship.
Li Er looked at Li Xiaogong and said, "Xiaogong, thank you for your hard work along the way~!"
Li Xiaogong hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty said it strictly, I serve the country and the people, and it is my duty to share your Majesty's worries. It is not hard work~!"
Li Er nodded, then looked at the endless ships on the river, and asked slowly: "Are all our Tang Dynasty ships back~?"
Li Xiaogong said solemnly: "Your Majesty, of the 1,587 ships that I brought with me, except for one that burned down at sea, all the others returned safely~! In addition, the thirty-two small countries in Southeast Asia have sent fleets of envoys to accompany me. Come back and pay homage to the Tang Dynasty and pay homage to His Majesty~!"
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