Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 902 An Island Like an Alien

Dugu Lanruo's eyes were full of doubts.

Liu Mu is still talking to himself:

"Then, we bypassed here, went north all the way, and stayed in Ivory Coast for a while. Hunting elephants is too cruel, but there are countless high-quality fruits here, and it's okay to taste them. If you're lucky, find an elephant cemetery to pick them up. Some ivory, that's all right, God won't strike me with lightning."

Willow's finger continued north, and then across the Strait of Gibraltar: "Here lies a small overseas territory of the Visigothic kingdom, which the Roman emperor called one of the three barbarians."

"I'm going to buy it. Hahaha." Liu Mu smiled proudly: "I know, they have changed countless kings in the past ten or twenty years. Although the longest one is said to have been king for ten years, it is not The only king, the rest will be replaced every one or two years, I think a box of pearls is enough."

Dugu Lanruo's face turned completely cold.

Dugu Lanruo allows Liumu to have a small secret, but she does not allow such a shocking big secret without sharing it with her.

What Liu Mu mastered, even the barbarian kingdom tens of thousands of miles away knew when the king changed, and how many such things changed.

These are not open secrets, Persian merchants, Arab merchants, Roman merchants.These paid people provided Datang with countless information about the Mediterranean Sea, covering almost everything from military affairs to humanities.

But what Liu Mu said, Datang did not collect it.

"Husband..." Dugu Lanruo could hear a different flavor as soon as she opened her mouth. It was obvious that Dugu Lanruo was very unhappy.Liu Mu immediately leaned against Dugu Lanruo: "Madam, if there is anything you want in particular, I will find it for Madam."

"It's nothing." Dugu Lanruo changed her mind when she spoke, and didn't intend to ask for some details.He only said: "This big family is on board, so naturally safety comes first."

"I know." Liu Mu sensed that Dugu Lan changed her words if she was on the tip of her tongue.

If Dugu Lan wanted to ask Liu Mu, she would have never thought of it, and she didn't intend to ask further.

After the fleet stopped briefly in Colombo for supplies, they embarked on an ultra-long-distance sea voyage.

There are hardly any islands to see along the way, and there are no seabirds.

But there have been giant whales, sharks, and super-large schools of fish.

Liumu's fleet did not have heavy cargo ships, all full-sail high-speed ships, at an average speed of about 25 kilometers per hour, it took about eleven days to complete this long-distance voyage of 890 miles.

During this period, there were several small deviations in the route, and there was also a heavy rainstorm, and a crew fell into the water once.

Socotra Island.

"Set up a boundary marker..."

Before people disembarked, Dugu Lanruo gave orders loudly.

Liu Mu was stunned, and the land was not occupied like this. The distance of tens of thousands of miles is just passing by here, and there is a boundary marker, so in the future, it will send troops to guard it, or not.

"Order!"

Before Liumu came back to his senses, Gao Hu, who was guarding the captain, let out a loud roar, and then took people off the boat to find stones, ready for the stonemason to carve a stele.

"I said Ma'am, this place is far away from us." Liu Mu persuaded from the side.

"Didn't you say that if Rome repairs the ancient canal called Suis, our ship can go straight to Shanghai, then the island at the mouth of the sea can be used as a temporary repair place for the people of the Tang Dynasty, or There are better places."

Liu Mu held his chin while thinking and said: "The ancient Suez Canal began to be dug 400 years ago, and there were many interruptions in the middle, and several times it was abandoned. The last time it was really used effectively was during our Han Dynasty. Right now the river needs to be cleaned up."

Willow still has some more to say. The second opening of the ancient canal in history was in AD [-], that is, a few years later.

In fact, the Romans were already repairing the Suez Canal.

The ancient Suez Canal was different from the modern one. At that time, only about [-] kilometers were dug, just to connect the Red Sea and the Nile River, and several turns were built to avoid the waterfall.

Liu Mu didn't know how big the ancient canal could support a ship, and he certainly didn't need to think about the [-]-ton giant ship.So is it possible for the [-] warships to pass through?

"Well, there is a place worth occupying." Liu Mu drew a picture, which is the mouth of the Red Sea, later called Djibouti.

Willow remembers that it was not really inhabited until 200 years later, after the full rise of the Arab Empire.

What's more, it is also a good thing to occupy a place on the coast and then build a fortress. If this is not urgent, you can occupy the land first and spend ten or twenty years building the fortress.

The escort fleet sent six ships to check the location given by Liu Mu, and Dugu Lanruo took Xiao Ling'er and Xie Xing'er to the island to watch the wonders and trees that Liu Mu said.

There are actually people on this island, and there are villages.This discovery not only did not dispel Dugu Lanruo's desire to occupy the island, but on the contrary made her firmer.

Among the accompanying personnel are those who are proficient in ancient Greek and ancient Egyptian.

These people are Tang people and students of Oscar Buddy.

A piece of silk, very ordinary silk.Not to mention Dugu Lanruo, even Xiao Linger's maid would not be able to wear this kind of silk clothes, they were too common, so common that it hurt Liu Mu's face.

A bolt of silk was given to the village chief as a gift.

The village chief took out a one-foot-square turban for comparison, and shouted about the robes and clothes of the elders' house, and then countless things were piled up in the open space outside the village.

Dugu Lanruo, as a princess of the Tang Dynasty, even if she had practiced in a Taoist temple, she had seen rare treasures.

Seeing those items piled up in the open space outside the village, my heart was pumped.

Xiao Linger's maid fainted in disappointment. She told the villagers that it was because of the heat, but the medical officer knew very well that it was due to excessive stimulation and fainted.

"It weighs more than two stones, pure white ambergris." Xiao Ling'er came to Dugu Lanruo and said in a low voice after distinguishing what the piece in front of her was: "Such a piece in Chang'an is worth...incalculable, priceless treasure .”

Dugu Lanruo suppressed the excitement in her heart and said slowly:
"There are still many pieces of ambergris, and those are frankincense. Persian merchants sold it at a very high price in Chang'an. Hundreds of fragrance hunting teams around the South China Sea found countless spices, but they did not find frankincense. Found here, and in such a large quantity. Send for some of the rest."

Under Xiao Ling'er's personal command, all the people in this village changed from half-savages to civilized people in two days.

They have Tang's linen clothes, and Tang's bowls, plates, and combs...

Even, a few smart people have learned to use chopsticks.

The iron pot has become another rare treasure on this island.

(End of this chapter)