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"It's really not easy to hide!"

Sun Lei nodded and said, the American continent is too big, the natives are ignorant, and it is impossible to find them if they hide.

"But don't worry, Your Majesty. The larger native tribes have been pacified. Those natives are still willing to submit and are quite efficient in their work!"

Li Jun said that the natives have no civilization or country, and they still have a tribal system. The larger tribes are villages of thousands of people.

"Let's do this for now. Once the city is built up, I will send some generals and soldiers over. How can my things be eaten by wild beasts?"

Sun Lei said that the American continent is now a world of wild beasts. If you want to make it livable, you must kill some wild beasts. Even if the army is organized into an organized manner, they cannot kill many. After all, an army is really nothing for a continent.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Jun saluted quickly and said that what the American continent lacks most now is people, whether they are civilians who are pioneering or the military.

"Let's go, I'll tell you in detail when we get back!"

Sun Lei greeted Li Jundao with a smile.

The accompanying officials took the accounts from the emperor and began to check them carefully on board.

The cargoes on several ships soon attracted the attention of the people of Liangshan City.

Merchants flocked to the city, and apart from gold, silver and jewelry, what they were most interested in was wild animal furs.

"Sir, I want a thousand of these skins!"

"I want a thousand too!"

"I want two thousand!"

Merchants began to scramble for those skins. Now that the people of Qi were living better and better, the demand also increased. In the past, wearing sheepskin was considered rich, but now ordinary people wear sheepskin. Some wealthy families like to wear wolfskin, and those who are even richer like bearskin, tigerskin, and the like.

But after thousands of years of civilization, the Central Plains is no longer a region where wild beasts roam rampant. Even on the grasslands, there are not many wolves.

"Don't worry, there are plenty of leathers. This boat is full of leathers. Everyone, please line up and register!"

A manager greeted the merchants.

The news that there were countless prey overseas soon spread, and more people were eager to make a move. Overseas was a good place to make a fortune.

Liangshan, the imperial palace.

"Come, come, try the bear paw that Li Jun brought back!"

Sun Lei greeted everyone with a smile. In addition to bringing back furs, Li Jun also brought back precious food and medicinal materials, the most expensive of which were bear paws and bear gall.

Bear bile is easy to handle and can be carried after being dried in the sun or in an oven.

But bear paws are troublesome, as they don’t taste good when dried.

So Li Jun thought of the extreme cold in the north. He first stored the food in the ice and snow in the north, and then made ice and transported it frozen, so that it would still be fresh after it came back.

"We are all thanks to General Li Jun. We didn't expect that the bear paw could still be used as usual!"

Xiao Jiasui smiled and said, bear paws are rare at all times. There are almost no bears in the Central Plains. If you want to hunt bears, you have to go to Liaodong. It is already good to have a few at the royal banquet. I didn't expect to get them one by one today.

"You are joking, sir. They are just some wild animals. There are plenty of them overseas. I will bring more back for your Majesty and everyone else to taste."

Li Jun said with a smile.

"How can I go hunting without you? This bear is so big, even bigger than the ones I saw in Liaodong."

Hearing about hunting, Lu Zhishen became interested. He looked at the huge bear paw in front of him and was very interested in this behemoth.

"Master Lu, if you are interested, I am willing to lead the way. These bears like cold places. The colder they are, the bigger they are. When our ship passed an island, we even saw hundreds of bears."

Li Jun said with a smile.

"There are hundreds of bears. Aren't these creatures solitary? How come they are in groups?"

Wu Song asked curiously, bears, like tigers, are solitary animals, but he has never heard of bears living in groups there.

"Could it be that it has turned into a spirit, a black bear spirit!"

Li Kui spoke, his mouth already drooling as he looked at the bear paw in front of him.

"Tie Niu, are you planning to do something to yourself?"

The rest of the people were all smiling and looking at Li Kui who was drooling.

"Stop talking nonsense, I am an iron ox, not an iron bear!"

Li Kui snorted. "If you can't speak, don't speak!"

Pang Qiuxia punched Li Kui on the shoulder angrily. This guy's words were completely shameful.

"I wasn't wrong!"

Li Kui was very dissatisfied. He felt that Pang Qiuxia did not give him face.

"Okay, eat it quickly, it will be a waste if it gets cold!"

Sun Lei said with a smile.

Everyone then began to taste the bear paw.

“It’s soft and melts in your mouth.”

“There’s still some flexibility.”

"Not bad!"

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Everyone commented on the taste of the bear paw.

"It tastes a bit like braised beef tendon?"

Li Kui also followed suit and commented.

"You know what, Tie Niu's mouth is pretty good, it really does look a bit like him!"

Everyone took a few more bites and said.

Although the bear paws were big, they tasted very good and everyone finished them.

After finishing the main course, they started drinking again. Today's host was Li Jun, and everyone went to toast Li Jun.

"Please spare me, everyone!"

Li Jun begged for mercy quickly. Although he could drink a lot, how could he handle so many toasts?

"What for? Drink!"

Lu Zhishen directly stuffed a jar of wine into Li Jun's arms.

Sun Lei watched all this with a smile, and was glad that he didn't have to drink so much today.

After a few rounds, Li Jun's face was flushed, and he felt dizzy and could hardly stand.

But at this time Li Jun had started drinking and no longer refused. He continued to drink with everyone, smiling.

Because he arrived at the mountain late and had some conflicts with Liangshan before, Li Jun had been very cautious after arriving at the mountain. This time, after drinking too much, he finally let go.

"Your Majesty, I have an unwelcome request! Please allow me to do so!"

Li Jun staggered in front of Sun Lei holding a bowl of wine.

"Tell me!"

Sun Lei said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I want to lead a fleet...to go east...to see the end of the sea and see if I can come back!"

Li Jun stammered. In fact, he had always wanted to see the end of the world, but he was always afraid to say it. Today, after drinking too much, he mustered up the courage to say it out.

"The end of the world?"

Sun Lei looked at Li Jun with a smile, and the other naval commanders also looked over and seemed very interested.

It is no wonder that the naval generals who roamed the sea naturally wanted to see what was at the end of the sea, whether it was the legendary land of nothingness, whether it was the barrier of the world, and what was beyond the barrier.

"Go if you want to. It won't take much time. As for the route, I don't need to tell you. You should know it by yourself!"

Sun Lei agreed immediately. Sailing around the world is not a difficult task for the current navy, and it would also be beneficial for the navy to explore the world earlier.

"Your Majesty, can we go too?"

Ruan Xiaoqi said quickly.

"Go if you want to! The sooner you go, the sooner you'll be back! But you have to make adequate preparations first, because you're not familiar with the waters over there!"

Sun Lei nodded. The Qi Navy had already explored the situation in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, but the situation in the Atlantic Ocean was still unknown to Qi. (End of this chapter)