1191. European Ambassador
Zhao Dongting chuckled softly and said, "Brother, I didn't expect we will meet again."
The man was stunned and said, "What are you?"
Zhao Dongting replied: "After a while, have you forgotten about the Longhu Mountain?"
The man frowned slightly and thought hard. Finally, he recalled Zhao Dongting and smiled and said, "It turns out that it's you, brother."
Then his eyes flew over Yunjing and other women who were in the fragrance of the country behind Zhao Dongting, and their smiles became stronger, "It seems that you have figured it out, brother."
There were also several women behind him, his wives.
It seems that this guy's ordinary life is to take his ladies to travel around the mountains and rivers. This kind of life is really a life of a god.
Zhao Dongting looked at the happy and sweet expressions of the wives behind him, and smiled and said, "It's all thanks to your guidance from you, brother."
He especially remembered that at that time, this man used lyrics such as Dianjiang Lip to compare women.
At this time, the man suddenly fell to the ground, "Caomin..."
Zhao Dongting was quick-witted and stopped him and gave a wink.
The man understood and stopped kneeling and whispered: "Caomin Li Fanghua pays homage to the emperor."
Zhao Dongting said in a little surprise: "How did you see it?"
The elegant Li Fanghua glanced over Zhao Dongting's waist accessories and said, "Your Majesty, you are taking the empresses and bringing the accessories from the palace. Who else can I get rid of you in the palace?"
Zhao Dongting chuckled, "I'm a little negligent."
Then neither of them knew what to say.
In fact, if they didn't recognize Zhao Dongting as the emperor, maybe the two of them could still sit in the teahouse. But now, there is no possibility anymore.
After about a few seconds of embarrassment, Zhao Dongting smiled and said, "Then I won't disturb you and the ladies?"
Li Fanghua nodded, "Greatly send me the emperor."
Zhao Dongting and Li Fanghua crossed with their daughters.
After only a few steps, Li Fanghua seemed to have made up some idea and suddenly turned around, "Emperor."
Zhao Dongting also turned around.
Li Fanghua quickly walked to Zhao Dongting and said, "I wonder if the emperor still needs generals in the naval army formed by the emperor?"
Zhao Dongting was slightly stunned, "You can train the navy?"
Li Fanghua said: "Caomin's grandfather was a navy general. Caomin has yearned for the sea since he was a child, so he also hunted for naval training."
As he said that, he looked at his women and said, "The greatest wish of Caomin is to be able to travel overseas countries with his wives."
Zhao Dongting nodded slightly, but his brows frowned slightly, "But you have never had the experience of leading the army..."
He had a pretty good impression of Li Fanghua, but he had only met twice after all.
Furthermore, even if he is familiar with him, Zhao Dongting would not let Li Fanghua serve as a naval general just because of this. This is too ridiculous and hasty.
Li Fanghua said repeatedly: "Caomins can join the army first, and start with soldiers."
Zhao Dongting looked at his wives and found that at this moment, his wives all had worried expressions on their faces.
Joining the army is not fun, and you may easily die on the battlefield.
He thought for a while and said, "Actually, if you have a good knowledge of navigation, you don't need to join the army."
A look of doubt appeared on Li Fanghua's face.
Zhao Dongting continued: "Do you know that I have a sailing caravan, and I have traded with overseas North America for a long time. If you are willing, I would rather go to North America, Africa and Europe again. Although the sailing caravan may also face pirates, it is always much less dangerous than joining the army. You can take your wives to sea at the same time. With our Song Dynasty navy escort, you don't have to worry too much about safety."
A look of surprise appeared on Li Fanghua's face, "There is such a caravan?"
Zhao Dongting nodded and said, "Of course there are, otherwise, where do you think you were brought in from such things as peppers?"
Li Fanghua was a little yearning, "I really want to see what these overseas continents you are talking about are like."
Zhao Dongting sighed softly, "Actually, I want to go and have a look."
However, he obviously doesn't have this time now.
The Central Plains were not yet settled, and the Song Dynasty was not considered a prosperous country and a stable people. As an emperor, he was just too lazy to be able to do anything.
As he said that, he said again: "You think about it. If you want, I can let you lead the caravan to sea."
Li Fanghua did not consider it and replied directly: "The grass people are willing."
"Um!"
Zhao Dongting nodded, "Then you will follow me back to the palace later. I will discuss this matter with you carefully. It just so happened that the North American sailing team ambassador Wu is also in Changsha City. I can announce that he will talk to you about voyages abroad. The sea is vastly wider than the land, and voyages are not as simple as voyages in the near sea! It is easy to fight with pirates, but the real difficulty is fighting with the bad weather at the sea."
The North American Navigation Team, which Wu Sanhai was responsible for, can be said to be an experienced long-distance sailing team, but until this time, there were still merchant ships sinking into the sea.
Li Fanghua agreed repeatedly.
Afterwards, he followed Zhao Dongting and others with his wives.
His wives heard that he should not join the army again, and their worries were also reduced a lot.
A group of people traveled on the street.
Because of the existence of the girls of Yunjing, I don’t know how many pedestrians on the street are attracted.
Only these, Zhao Dongting and others, including Li Fanghua and his wife, have long been used to it.
There are also a wide variety of shops on the street.
Even in such weather, there are still many fresh green vegetables at the stall selling side dishes on the street.
This made Zhao Dongting very satisfied.
It seems that greenhouse planting has been quite large and effective around Changsha City.
This was all "invented" by him in this era.
It was not until the evening that Zhao Dongting brought everyone back to the palace. The girls were still feeling a little unsatisfied.
After having a meal in the palace, Zhao Dongting took Li Fanghua to the imperial study room.
Several of his wives stayed in the harem and spoke with Le Chan and other women.
When he arrived in the imperial study room, Zhao Dongting asked Li Fanghua to sit opposite him. Then he spread out the white paper in front of him and started drawing.
Soon, a map appeared on the paper.
He pointed to a place on the right side of the map and said, "This is North America where Ambassador Wu trades."
The finger moved down again, "This is South America."
Then there are Africa, Australia, Europe and other places in turn.
Li Fanghua was stunned for a moment.
It is hard for people of this era to imagine that the world is so big, and there is such a vast continent overseas.
Li Fanghua compared the size of various continents and said, "Your Majesty, are these overseas continents so much bigger than our Song Dynasty?"
Zhao Dongting said: "That's true. Our Song Dynasty now looks vast, but in fact, it only occupies one or two of the land in Asia."
Li Fanghua couldn't help swallowing when she heard this.
Zhao Dongting did not intend to say more about this, but asked him again: "Where are you willing to go to these three continents?"
Li Fanghua looked at him with a look, and after hesitation, he said, "Caomin has no idea. I just ask the emperor, if Caomin goes to Europe first, can he change routes to South America, Africa and other places in the future?"
Zhao Dongting chuckled, "Yes."
Li Fanghua is a wonderful person.
In this era, it is definitely a very advanced thing to travel around the world.
Li Fanghua laughed, "Then the grass people will go to Africa first!"
Zhao Dongting nodded, "Well, then I will build an African sailing team for you, and you can also recommend talented people to the sailing team."
Then, he called Wu Sanhai to the imperial study room.
Only in the dialogue between Wu Sanhai and Li Fanghua, he did not participate in it, but was just dealing with government affairs.
He has already heard many of Wu Sanhai’s words and hearings in North America.
North America today can still be said to be a barbarian land. The indigenous people there still maintain a rather primitive living state.
Zhao Dongting instructed Wu Sanhai to establish the Great Song City in North America. The project was huge, and Wu Sanhai's caravan did not yet learn the indigenous term u, so it was not implemented.
Traveling around the world is Li Fanghua's dream. It may not be Zhao Dongting's dream.
After traveling to this era, he also wanted to see what this world looked like.
He was busy making money and career in his previous life. In this life, what he wanted to do the most was to make up for the shortcomings in his previous life.
In this way, the European ambassador for the Song Dynasty's sea trade was decided.
It is considered fate, and it is also considered God's will.
Chapter completed!