Chapter 457 (1/2)

The map in front of her was much larger than any map she had ever seen. Look at the ten roads in the world marked everywhere, as well as Tubo and tuhuoluo, and then there were Koguryo, Silla, Baiji in the northeast, and the Japanese Kingdom across the sea.

Looking down the map, Quanzhou, Jiangnan and other places are clearly marked. Wu Mei goes down, looks across the sea at a distance of about two fingers wide, points to nayizhou and says, ”is this the Yizhou? It looks like Japan. It's surrounded by water. ”

”Yes, this is Yizhou. In the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang sent Zhu Kuan and Chen Ling to this place three times.”

”Jiangnan and Jiangnan are separated by the Yangtze River.” Wu Mei focused on the map, one by one marked by Li Hong, this is the first time in her life, so intuitive gaze at the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

From Shule in the west of Anxi to Anton in the East, from the cloud in the north to Yazhou in the south, I stare at all the place names on the map again and again. Looking at the geographical location, I feel a sense of pride and satisfaction. The Tang Dynasty was like this.

Li Hong pointed to Pingzhou, where Qin Shihuang sent Lu Sheng, a Yan man, to seek immortality in the sea. He said, ”empress mother, this is Pingzhou. Facing it is Liaodong, this is Dengzhou. Facing it is zhixia city of Baiji. Now Baiji wants to travel to and from the Tang Dynasty. If Gaogouli is not popular, they can only walk by water.”

Wu Mei's beautiful eyes flow, with Li Hong's fingers pointing to look at, murmured: ”the distance of this world is so far, I can't imagine it's so close on the size of white paper.”

”Yes, you see here, this is the De'an city of Baiji, and it is so close to the Japanese state. In recent years, the Japanese state has been repairing and fighting with Baiji and Silla for a while, and then it has come here on this sea...”

With Li Hong's fingers flying up and down the map, Wu Mei fainted for a moment and understood. In short, Li Hong meant that Pingzhou and Dengzhou were all in the same curve, because the place on the map formed an encircling shape, which prevented the wind from blowing and caused the wind on the sea surface, which was not like that outside the sea area The sea area is as high as the roof, and there are bigger waves. So this sea area is called the Bohai Sea.

However, the voyages of Japan are on the real sea surface. The wind and waves are much bigger than those inside, which is called the Yellow Sea. Their navigation is much braver than that of the Tang Dynasty, and their understanding of the sea is more profound than ours.

Today's Tang people are sailing along the coastline that Li Hong painted. Actually, they don't really enter the sea. Instead, they sail along the coastline on the sea not far from the land.

The reason why Li Chunfeng wanted to build ships in Quanzhou and other places was to enable the Tang people to go deeper into the sea, go further, and have a deeper understanding of the sea than the Japanese.

After listening to Li Hong's words, Wu Mei felt as if she were in front of Venus.

”After saying so much, don't you mean to say that you invested so much money in Quanzhou to explore the ocean? But now the court sees you splashing money, but you don't see any return. ” Wu Mei's brain swells and shakes her head. With the help of Li Hong, she sits down on the sofa. After calming down for a while, she says with difficulty.

”This is a long-term investment. It's normal that we can't see any interests in the short term. But as long as the money is thrown out, the return of the ocean to us is far greater than you think. So let me tell you, at the beginning, Taiyi city of the children's ministers was also allowed to tighten their belts. Now? You don't know the reward. After Li Chunfeng's ship is built well, the reward we can get in the Tang Dynasty is not comparable to that of a Taiyi City, but none of the three or five Taiyi cities can match it. ” Li Hong looked at the dragon mother who was a little moved. At last, he only said three or five Taiyi city's wealth. He was afraid that the chicken feather duster which appeared inexplicably would be called on him if he said something bigger.

Wu Mei's mind is still chaotic at the moment. Although her heart has calmed down a little, she has a clear map of the territory marked by the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, it is the unpredictable and beautiful ocean that Li Hong said is just like the purgatory of the world, which makes people both afraid and dreamy.

In her mind, land and sea appeared repeatedly, which made her unable to figure out a clue for a while. However, she still grasped the contradiction in Li Hong's words: ”since the ocean is so terrible, why do you want to send someone to go deep? What's more, when you talk about the ocean, you spit and look excited. Are you thinking of something

”Ah? No, what the minister said is true. ” Li Hong didn't expect the dragon mother to ask such a question. He opened one of his closed eyes in a hurry, and released the movement of the gun in his right hand.