Chapter 834 (1/2)

The maritime Silk Road has existed for a long time. Even in the Han Dynasty, maritime trade began to develop gradually.

Although silk was the main trade goods at that time, with the passage of time and the progress of history, in the maritime trade channel at this time, when more foreign goods entered the Tang Dynasty, the silk, porcelain, tea and so on of the Tang Dynasty became the main trade goods, which were very popular and favored by the powerful people of various countries.

In this way, with a large number of trade exchanges, the goods stay in the port, which brings huge profits to the ports of coastal countries.

It was precisely because of this that Li Hong took a fancy to it. In order to push the coastline of the Tang Dynasty along the maritime Silk Road as far as possible, Li Hong tried his best to ensure that the profits of Tang merchants would not be divided and swallowed up by coastal countries.

Therefore, we have to take Qiongzhou and Annam as the rear base, continue to push the coastal ports of Datang to the West and south, and try our best to protect the interests of Tang merchants.

Along the sea voyage, we can see all kinds of merchant ships every day, flying in a big Tang flag, waving in the wind on the sea, sailing westward along the coastline.

Often at this time, when the merchant ships on the sea see two Qinglong and Zhuque, which are also flying the flag of the Tang Dynasty, they will stand in the bow of the ship to cheer, and from time to time jump on the deck to greet the two warships.

As the Lingnan Navy built by Pei Xingjian and Chen Jingzhi traveled in various sea areas, the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty did not have the slightest fear of the warships of the Tang Dynasty. On the contrary, just as Li Hong met during this period, every time the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty saw the warships of the Tang Dynasty, they would send out cheers and various greetings.

Because of the long-distance cruise of the Lingnan Navy, this maritime Silk Road derived from the coastline has become more prosperous, but at the same time, it is faced with various dangers of pirates, so that the commercial ships of the Tang Dynasty can cruise freely and explore the further direction of the sea.

Whether they set sail from Guangzhou or Quanzhou, the commercial ships of the Tang Dynasty had to pass through Qiongzhou, Hainan, and then along Zhenla, Mendu, Guda, longyamen, Luoyue, shilifashi, Heling, Guluo, goguruo, shengdeng, Bolu, lion, nantianzhu, Brahman, xinduhe, tirolu, Wula, etc.

Then you can get to the destination of Li Hong's trip. If you continue along the coast, you can continue to arrive in Muruo, sanlan and even Africa.

”Guangzhou Tonghai Yidao” is Pei Xingjian's geographic record on the Qinglong. So when Li Hongfan finished watching the trade of the Tang merchant ship in the open sea, the Qinglong and the Zhuque entered the Red Sea, just like two giant animals.

Entering the Gulf of Aden in the Red Sea, it is inevitable to face the talk of the last generation of merchant ships: Somali pirates, but fortunately, this place has not yet appeared.

As the white food is still in its heyday, there are no descendants of the Hashim family. After the advent of the black food era, they were gradually driven away from the mainland, and then moved across the sea to live here, forming many countries named after Sudan.

After crossing the Gulf of Aden and entering the Red Sea, you can enter the Mediterranean Sea through the narrowest part of the Red Sea, and then reach Europe. However, the Suez Canal has not yet been excavated, and it has come to an end not far from the capital of food.

Standing on the deck, Li Hong wanted to look at both sides of the river like a map or sailing on the Yangtze River and the red river.

However, to his disappointment, standing on the deck, he could still see the boundless sea. The narrowest part of the Red Sea is more than 30 kilometers, and the widest part can reach more than 300 kilometers. Therefore, it is impossible for him to enjoy the scenery like enjoying the Yangtze River Basin.

However, as Li Hong continued to look at it with a telescope, there appeared black shadows like waves in the distance of the calm broad sea, which seemed to be connected with the sky.

”Be on guard, ready to fight.” Li Hong put down his telescope and suddenly said to Hua Meng behind him.