"As sooner or later, we will go to the south."

Li Chao was very reluctant to let go of the land far south. Since Qin Shihuang sent 500,000 troops to the Lingnan in Vietnam to explore the Lingnan, that distant land has an inseparable history from the Central Plains.

Annan was originally called Jiaozhou.

After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he sent 500,000 troops to conquer Lingnan. After pacifying Lingnan, he established three counties, Nanhai, Guilin and Xiang County. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo, the Nanhai County Magistrate, established himself in the Nanyue Kingdom. Emperor Wu of Han sent troops to wipe out the territory, divided it into seven counties, and established the governor of the Jiaoji to supervise the seven counties. This was also the origin of Jiaozhou.

The seven counties of Emperor Wu of Han included Guangxi, Guangdong in later generations, to Jiangyong in Hunan, and to Hue in Vietnam in the north. From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Southern Dynasties, the natives rebelled repeatedly, but were suppressed.

During the Sui Dynasty, Li Fozi, a native who occupied Jiaozhou, did not go to the Great Sui Dynasty. He was defeated and captured by the Great Sui Dynasty with hundreds of troops and was escorted back to the court. Jiaozhou was ruled by the Sui Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, the natives of Liyue in Lingnan, as well as local Han clans and officials and soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, all surrendered.

Jiaozhou also entered the Tang Dynasty.

The imperial court divided Lingnan into five general administrations, namely Guang, Gui, Rong, and Yong, and later changed it to the Governor's Office, which was referred to as the Five Lingnan Administrations.

Among them, the Jiaozhou Governor's Office is in charge of current Vietnam and other places.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne at the beginning of the year, Jiaozhou was renamed the Annan Protectorate, becoming the third Protectorate to be established after the Tang Dynasty and the Zhenbei.

Annan Protectorate belongs to Lingnan Road and is one of the five governors of Lingnan.

The capital is located in Song Ping, which is the later generations of Hanoi, Vietnam. Its jurisdiction is located in the north of Nanpan River in Yunnan, in the south of Hejing in Vietnam, in the boundary of Guangping Province, in the east of Napo, Jingxi and other parts of Guangxi, and in the southwest between the Red River and Hei Water in Vietnam.

The Annan Protectorate is also the governor of Jiaozhou, which is also the unity of power under the unique circumstances of the border areas.

The Annan Protectorate has the thirteen prefectures and thirty-nine counties. The jurisdiction is very large, but the sky is high and the earth is far away. The court’s actual control over that area is actually not strong. In the Lingnan area, the strongest one is still the local tycoon Feng Ang, who is the grandson of Lady Xian, the Holy Mother of Lingnan.

Xian family was the leader of the natives of Liyue in Lingnan, and Feng family was a powerful Han people in Lingnan. The Feng Xian family was a united group. However, since the Southern Dynasties, they have been the local emperor who listened to the command and did not listen to Xuan. During the Sui Dynasty, Lady Xian returned to the Sui Dynasty. When it arrived in the Tang Dynasty, Feng Ang returned to the Tang Dynasty. But to this day, the actual control of the court in Lingnan was also very average.

Not to mention the farther Annan Protectorate.

The court established the Annan Protectorate, originally wanted to set up a station in Jiaozhou to strengthen the southernmost control of the court, and could even in turn add some checks and balances to the Feng Xian family in Lingnan in the future.

According to the plan, the court will develop there in the future.

At least Li Chao has already discussed with Qin Qiongcheng Yao Jinda and other noble families to build a port in Jiaozhou, preparing to vigorously develop sugarcane cultivation there, turn Jiaozhou Port into a sugar port, build sugarcane gardens there, and raise slaves.

But now it's changing too fast.

The imperial court originally planned to grow food there.

However, it is not enough to develop and develop in Lingnan in one day or two. If you want to build a port and plantation, or even a slave port, you have to invest in building a shipyard, train crew sailors, and be able to measure the charts, etc.

This requires huge investment in manpower and materials, and it still takes a lot of time.

Not to mention that Annan has not yet been developed, even if it is really developed, it will be extremely difficult to transport the food out. Unless there is a very mature sea route, otherwise everything will be empty talk.

Yang Guang conquered Liao and the fleet that he had conquered Liao was only a short section of sea route from Shandong to North Korea. The entire fleet was destroyed by the storm due to wind and waves.

Feng Deyi was in that fleet back then, but he was still very lucky. He was blown to the beach by the waves and survived the disaster. But the fleet was as lucky as him, but not many were lucky.

Even the fleet of the army was flooded by storms, let alone ordinary grain fleets. The sea is mysterious and unfathomable in the eyes of most people today.

"I want to conquer the sea!"

The prince said to Li Chao with a look of longing.

"Build a huge tower ship, as big as a mountain, so that you will not be afraid of wind and waves when sailing on the sea, and one ship can load tens of thousands of stones of food!"

Li Chao couldn't listen anymore.

"Prince, I usually teach you. Have you listened carefully? On the sea, the bigger the boat, the better? Who told you? The taller the boat, the less wind and waves. Even on the Yangtze River, the bigger the boat, the better. The bigger the boat, the better. The building boat is actually suitable for sailing in the big lake, because the wind and waves in the big lake are small and the horizontal waves are quiet. There are many places in the rivers where the water is fast, the bigger the boat, the less wind. When you go to the sea, the wind and waves are bigger, and one wave is as high as a house. Do you build a building boat as big as a mountain? Isn't this asking for trouble?"

The so-called professionalism is a specialist, and the most feared thing is the layman's slap in his head.

Maritime shipping is a very technical matter. It involves many professional fields, such as the sea craft field, the HNA field, etc. Aside from outsiders, like the prince, have never seen the sea before, and they just want to build huge tower ships and ships that can accommodate more than 100,000 stones. What are you kidding?

During the Tang and Song dynasties, the largest river boat in the inland river was only tens of thousands of stones. You still have more than tens of thousands of stones, unless you have an engine or a sailing era, it is impossible.

"Don't fantasize around there, it's better to do something down-to-earth. No one else has ever thought about what you think of? Why don't others mention it? Because they not only thought of it, but also thought about it carefully, knowing that it is something that cannot be done, so they don't mention it. Don't you want to go hunting? Then prepare your tools. Sharpen your knife and chop your wood, and equip your own equipment and check it!"

The prince was scolded by Li Chao, but he was not discouraged.

"Teacher, you have never seen the sea, why do you know everything?"

"Who told you that I have never seen the sea? I have also rushed over the sea. Do you know what surfing is? It is to take a board, rush on the waves, and walk on the waves. The waves that are several feet high are rushing on the top of the waves, and the waves are chasing you behind, and you are always on the top of the waves!"

The prince was fascinated by the hearing.

"Walking on the waves, teacher, it's so exciting. Isn't that the same as what you said before, jumping on the sword? Wow, I will definitely go surfing in the future!"

"hehe."

"The sea is a treasure house, which can not only surf, but also dive, with white beaches, beautiful shells, snow-white sea salt, and rich fishery. Do you know that bath ditch is also called whale ditch, but do you know how big a real whale is? There is a kind of blue whale, one is more than ten feet long and can weigh 400,000 or 500,000 kilograms, and one whale is equivalent to one thousand cows."

"Wow, isn't that the same as Kun?"

"Well, there is a fish in Beiming, whose name is Kun. Kun is so big that it cannot be stewed in a pot. It turns into a bird. It is so big that it is Peng. Peng requires two barbecue grills. One is slightly spicy and the other is cumin. Then the bottle is cool, so let us bravely travel to the world!"

The prince looked confused.

"Teacher, why do I read Zhuangzi differently from yours? Is the original text like this?"

"You are so big, don't always think about it. When I have the chance in the future, I will take you to see the real sea, surf and dive to eat seafood. In addition to whales, there are also seahorses, manatees, sea lions, seals, and dogs, dolphins, rabbits, and sea snakes in the sea."

The more the prince heard, his eyes shone brighter. "There are cows, horses, lions, leopards, dogs and rabbits in the sea? How do they live in the sea?"

"Teacher, can you run on the sea by riding a Shanghai horse?"

"If you have the ability to ride a Shanghai horse, you can really run in the sea. But do you know how big a sea horse is?"

“Is it big?”

"No, it's very small, the seahorse is actually about the same size as a shrimp!"

The prince was stunned. The seahorse turned out to be shrimps in the sea. Is that manatee a crab in the sea?

"It's your size, go and pack your equipment!"

After hearing what Li Chao said, the prince suddenly yearned for the sea. He even excitedly told what Li Chao told him to Changsun Chong and other brothers. So, all the students in Li Chao's family were talking about the sea, whales, sea horses and other whales.

Even lunch was under their strong request, and they started to eat seafood.

In fact, there is nothing to eat. Although Cheng Qian is the crown prince, Li Chao is the prime minister, and both of them are foodies, the conditions are limited. Shannan is too far from the sea, and there is no fresh seafood at all, and it is not so luxurious.

There is only some real information in Li Chao's mansion.

Dried squid, dried scallops, dried shrimps, dried clams, dried cuttlefish, dried octopus, dried oysters, mussels, silverfish, dried sandworms, dried abalone, shark fin, shrimp skin, kelp, etc.

This is because Li Chao is a foodie, so he specially asked the Li family's caravan manager to purchase it in the south to buy some of the seafood they bought in the sea, and then processed it with the method given by Li Chao and brought it back.

Although it is not fresh seafood, the dry goods also have the taste of dry goods. The cooking is good and it also becomes a seafood meal.

Because of the story, today's seafood meal is particularly extraordinary. When a group of guys were having a meal, they asked Li Chao about the same ingredients, what these foods looked like, their living habits in the sea, etc.

"I must go to the sea in the future and eat the freshest seafood!"

Li Chao smiled, fortunately you didn't say that you must be One Piece in the future.

I picked up a slice of fried mackerel smoked fish and Li Chao took a bite and was very satisfied. The mackerel fish had fewer bones and had more meat and thick fat. It tasted very delicious. It was cooked with snow dishes. Although the one I sent here was processed smoked dried fish, it was also very delicious when fried.

Especially the tail tastes the best, it is extremely crispy and the tail fins are extremely crispy.

Listening to the group of little guys talking excitedly about the sea and seafood, Li Chao had the idea of ​​taking a boat to go to the sea to fish and collect seafood.
Chapter completed!