Capital Datang

Li Yin decided to go to Taiwan again. This time, he took his family to Taiwan Island for vacation. By the way, he met the fleet exploring the route, and asked where they had been, and what strange species and customs they had seen. ?

However, Li Yin did not take the Qi Wang on this voyage, but a steam ship newly built by Yifan's steam shipyard, named Tainan, which was the first ship on the route between Dengzhou, Shanghai and Taiwan. The three steamships, the first two steamships were named Keelung and Penghu respectively, both named after cities on the island of Taiwan. <-"

The size of the Tainan is much smaller than that of the Qiwang, but its speed is much faster than that of the Qiwang. If you take this ship to Taiwan, you will arrive in a few days. It is not like before. It will take more than a month.Originally, Li Yin also wanted to transform the Qi Wang into a steamship, but due to some technical limitations, the steamer could not drive a large ship like the Qi Wang, and even the steam ships produced by Yifan were small and medium-sized ships. According to Yifan, to produce a steamship of the size of King Qi, it is estimated that it will take several years of technical accumulation.

It is precisely because the size of the steamship is a bit small, although it is fast, it is more dangerous than other large ships when encountering wind and waves, so Li Yin did not ask Yifan to build a special steamboat for himself, even if If it is not necessary, Li Yin will not take a steamboat when going to sea. After all, safety is the first priority in everything, and he has always been a person who cherishes his life.

But this time Li Yin had to take a steamboat, because Lu Wan's fleet was about to arrive in Taiwan, and only the speed of the steamboat could allow him to catch up with the fleet.However, Wen Xin and the others didn't consider any safety issues like Li Yin. They only thought that the steam boat was driven by steam engines like the train, and the speed was astonishing, much faster than the boats they used to ride on.So they all urged Li Yin to buy one for the palace, so that it would be convenient for travel in the future.The result naturally made Li Yin smile bitterly.Capital Datang 445

The entire Tainan ship was taken over by Li Yin, so there was no need to go to Shanghai, but directly to Taiwan Island, but this time the destination was not in Keelung City, but in Tainan City. The opening time of the city is relatively late, but the development is extremely fast, and Tainan is facing Nanyang.The geographical location is better than Keelung, so there has been a tendency for latecomers to take over, and now it has become another major port city on Taiwan Island.

Li Yin and the others are lucky.In summer, when typhoons are frequent, they did not encounter too much wind and waves during their journey. It was just that when they were about to reach Taiwan Island, they encountered Taiwan's tail once, and as a result, the whole steamship was bumped violently.This made Wen Xin and others, who had long been accustomed to the stability of the King of Qi, yelled that they couldn't stand it.But the two children, Chou Chou and Li Qi, were not affected. On the contrary, the more the boat rocked, the more fun they had. In Chou Chou's words, it was as if they were sitting on a rocking bed. It was so much fun.As a result, Li Yin was completely speechless after hearing this.

After crossing the storm zone.The Tainan soon arrived in Tainan City. Coincidentally, this was the maiden voyage of the Tainan.The first stop is Tainan City. It seems that this ship has a good relationship with Tainan.

When Li Yin arrived in Tainan, Lu Wan's exploration fleet was still on the way. After all, they had to rest in Manila for a few days, so they were delayed.Otherwise, he would definitely not arrive in Taiwan later than Li Yin.And when Li Yin arrived in Tainan, Yanbei, Wang Kuang, and Cui Yu also rushed back from Linyi.The grand ceremony for the return of the fleet is being prepared.

On the morning of the third day when Li Yin arrived in Tainan City, Lu Wan and his fleet finally arrived outside the port of Tainan City.

Both Li Min and Yan Bei attach great importance to this fleet exploring the route, especially the news from Lu Wan through the Manila official, telling them that the fleet has made a big discovery this time, which makes them even more excited.In order to express their grandeur, this time they also took a boat to meet the return of the fleet outside the port.

When Lu Wan and the others saw Tainan City, they were all excited, especially those crew members whose families were all in Taiwan, and they were even more eager to return. Being so grand made them even more excited, and even their homesickness became much less.

"Boom~boom~boom..."

When the boats of Li Yin and Yanbei brought Lu Wan and their fleet into the port, the salutes that had been prepared on the pier immediately went off, and then amidst the sound of passionate music and the cheers of the businessmen who came to greet them spontaneously , Li Yin and Yan Bei, one on the left and one on the right, welcomed Lu Wan off the boat.Although Lu Wan refused in every possible way and did not dare to accept such a heavy gift, Li Min insisted on doing so, so Lu Wan had no choice.

After Lu Wan and all the crew members disembarked, on this pier, under the watchful eyes of the surrounding people, Li Yin personally hung a gold pioneering medal on Lu Wan's chest, and several silver pioneering medals. Medals are awarded to important figures in the fleet such as Feng Shijie and Liu Kata. As for ordinary crew members, each of them also has a bronze medal.

This was something that the entire fleet did not expect in advance. After all, this operation to open up the route was only a private operation organized by the Slave Catching Association at first, and it did not pass the official, so Lu Wan and the others did not expect to get the pioneering medal, especially him. The gold medal on the chest is said to be obtained by only a few people except Vice Admiral Lu Qing. It can be said that this medal not only represents courage and wisdom, but also represents the contribution made by the owner of the medal to the era of great navigation.

Li Yin naturally knew that Lu Wan and the others sailed this time only to open up slave hunting land, but as long as this route is opened, in addition to bringing a large number of slaves, it will also attract other merchants to go south along this trade route, thus Bringing a torrent of goods and money, that's why he awarded the Pioneer Medal to the men of the fleet.

After the welcome ceremony on the pier was completed, Li Yin set up a banquet in the newly built King Qi Courtyard in Tainan City, entertaining all the crew members, and Li Yin and Yan Bei put down their airs and toasted the crew members in person, which made All the crew members were surprised and delighted, and they respected this King Qi who is famous all over the world even more in their hearts.

After greeting the crew outside, Li Yin and Yan Bei came to the main hall of the other courtyard. Here were more important figures in the fleet, such as Lu Wan, Feng Shijie, etc. The curly "hair" of the dog's head gold is also here. Although the curly "hair" is not an important person, his luck is really against the sky. The piece of dog's head gold alone is enough to make him a small rich man, and Li After Yin heard about his deeds, he invited him in for a drink as a special case.

At the beginning of the banquet, everyone sitting in the hall was a bit restrained, even Lu Wan was the same. After all, he was just a little pirate on Taiwan Island before, and now he is only a member of the Slave Catching Association. I have met Li Yin once, but I have never drank with Li Yin like today.

Naturally, Li Yin could see the restraint of the audience, and immediately he winked at Yanbei, but the other party immediately understood, and started to make some small jokes with Li Yin, speaking in a very casual tone.And Wang Kuang and Cui Yu beside them also felt the restraint in the scene, and they also started talking and laughing with Li Yin like Yan Bei.

Driven by the three of them, coupled with Li Yin talking and laughing without any airs, this made Lu Wan and the others relax. Coupled with Li Yin's deliberate guidance, Lu Wan and the others began to talk more, The scene became even more lively.Among them, Feng Shijie had a relationship with Li Yin before, and now his sister Feng Shuyu is still in Li Yin's palace, waiting for him to get money to redeem, but now the occasion is not right, and Feng Shijie is not easy to speak.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone had almost eaten, and Li Yin began to ask Lu Wan where he passed along the way, what kind of dangers he encountered on the way, and so on.

Lu Wan was also prepared for Li Yin's question. He nodded at Feng Shijie, but the other party immediately picked up a box from his side, gently opened it, and took out a chart made of white silk from it. Then he presented his hands to Li Yin.Capital Datang 445

Li Yin asked someone to pick it up, and then opened the chart, and found that this piece of white silk was one meter square. The latitude and longitude are also marked around the white silk, which can be said to be a very accurate chart.

"Your Highness, all the islands marked on this chart are the islands we passed by, but during our voyage, we found that there are many islands on this route, and the islands we encountered are only a very small part of them, but this is not the case. relationship, with the development of this route in the future, more and more islands will be discovered, and they can be added slowly at that time. In addition, there will be text and graphic materials recording the terrain, vegetation, and native conditions of these islands, but Because there are too many materials, I haven't come and moved them from the ship, if His Highness wants to read them, I will send them tomorrow!" Lu Wan explained.

Li Yin nodded after hearing this, and began to lower his head to carefully look at the chart that cost a lot of lives.Yan Bei was the instigator of this incident, so he was naturally very concerned about the content on the chart, so he put down his wine glass and came over to watch it with Li Yin.As sea merchants, Wang Kuang and Cui Yu naturally understood the value of the new route, so they all came to watch it together.

And Li Yin's line of sight started from Keelung Port on Taiwan Island, then passed through Manila, and then went southeast around Borneo. At this time, he finally entered the Spice Islands, followed the islands all the way south, until the bottom, the end of the route. Pointing to a big island with only one-third of the coastline drawn, although it is only one-third, but when Li Yin saw this unknown big island, his whole body was shocked, and he blurted out to Lu Wan in shock. : "You actually came to Australia?"