Journey of the Infinite Wizard

The vigorous Suez Canal operation began. And Lu Duan also watched the excitement around this unsuccessful canal in the first period of time. As the Tang people forced the Fatimid Dynasty to cede the land and a series of squeezes that made Lu Duan look extremely excessive after the treaty. On the contrary, Lu Duan was not very interested in the canal called "Suez". After learning that it would take at least one generation to repair the canal, Lu Duan was relieved. Because, during this period, he was worried that once the canal was successfully completed. Then, will those barbarians who are like wolves and tigers rush to the Song Dynasty? The prosperity of the pirate industry in the Mediterranean is another reason for Lu Duan's concern. But today, none of that exists anymore. Because, Da Song has twenty years to make all the preparations. The Song Dynasty is also different from the previous dynasties. Its overseas trade is extremely developed, although their merchant ships rarely travel so far for trade. However, I can't bear the world's desire for silk, porcelain and tea!

Many foreign merchants came to Da Song by boat for trade. They brought many exotic specialties, seeds and materials to Da Song for trade. Purchase silk, porcelain and tea in the Song Dynasty, and at the same time sell the products you brought. Back and forth, ups and downs, earned enviable huge profits.

Compared with the difficulty of going on the Silk Road on the road, although there are risks in taking the sea trade, it is undoubtedly much smaller than that on the road. The prosperity of the Song Dynasty also mostly came from its highly developed trade industry. Now, the silk, porcelain and tea that Luduan Europa and his party brought along with the ship aroused great enthusiasm from all over Europe.

They are too eager for this exquisite silk and porcelain, and this silk-producing country is actually the same ethnic group as the evil dragon entrenched in the Mediterranean Sea. And Lu Duan also came to Europa on a ship of the Tang people, which means that the Tang people knew how to get to the mysterious country of silk. Therefore, after the Tang people silently occupied part of the territory of the Fatima Dynasty and announced the opening of the Suez Canal. As a result, the extremely enthusiastic Europa was completely blown away.

The countries that wanted to participate in the profit were knocked out by the Tang people who seized the opportunity, and got a lot of money. And the money changed hands and stayed in the Tang Dynasty. They use this infinite money to purchase domestic materials and supply them to the canal workers. Moreover, it still needs to be maintained continuously for twenty years. It is conceivable how strong the Tang people's national power will be in twenty years' time.

For this reason, after Lu Duan knew about it, he praised with emotion, "This is a complete conspiracy!" He was shocked that the Tang people kidnapped the world to pay for himself, and he reaped the benefits and strengthened his strategy. At the same time, I was a little discouraged, because no one in the Song Dynasty saw that trade could still be played like this. Using the power of various countries to strengthen one's own body was much better than using weapons and simple agricultural means.

Continuously stimulating the country with money, all the money flowed into the Tang people's pockets one after another, one in and one out. However, Tang Ting paid more taxes and continued to build domestic infrastructure. This already prosperous country prospered again. For this reason, Lu Duan could no longer imagine what Tang would be like twenty years later.

After recording all this in his Yaotang Yaolue,

Lu Duan returned to the ark and returned home with tens of thousands of horses. The Tang people followed closely behind, building various islands in the Red Sea and Socotra Island in the east of the Horn of Africa. Build some ports and military fortress facilities in advance, especially Socotra Island, which will be the only nearest supply port when they go to China for trade in the future. No matter what they want to transport in the future, the moment merchant ships step into the Indian Ocean, they will definitely choose to stop at Socotra Island for a rest before entering the Indian Ocean. Although there are some small islands in the Indian Ocean, they cannot provide enough supplies and ship repair services there.

Therefore, Socotra is bound to prosper in the future.

During this period, if you go to China for trade, you can also ask domestic wizards. Fortunately, the Tang people occupied a considerable amount of land in the territory of the Fatima Dynasty. The wizards of the Tang Dynasty can completely set up an enchantment here, and the merchant ships of their country can directly come to the Red Sea from this, and then go to China for trade.

And the aborigines on Socotra Island were all expelled at the same time that the Tang people took over, followed by Tang soldiers, architects and Tang people with sharp weapons. They started to build a port city, and the migrants came here. It is obvious that the Tang people intend to occupy the island permanently, and they don't want to leave. They not only built port cities, but also built military defense fortresses in dangerous places, and tried to grow food, vegetables, and fruits on barren land to provide maintenance and supply points for merchant ships that would come and go in the future. At the same time, the doctors of the Tang people also discovered many medicinal materials that had never been seen before on Socotra Island. This small island is completely a treasure land. Frankincense, gentian, dracaena, myrrh, aloe vera, civet, ambergris and other precious medicines, as well as many exotic plants, if not counting its harsh climate, this is a treasure land. No wonder, it was praised by the ancient Egyptians and ancient Indians in history, and they kept coming to this island to obtain the above things.

After a nearly one-year voyage, Lu Duan finally arrived in Song Dynasty. When the huge ark slowly docked at the port of 'Suzhou', at the port, officials who had been waiting for a long time were already waiting here. Because when Lu Duan was traveling through the South China Sea, he specially sent people ashore from Quanzhou to inform Song Ting of the news. Therefore, it appeared in front of him, the scene in front of him.

When tall horses with almost the same suit and color stepped down the cabin one after another, the officials of the Song court standing by the port were already stunned in amazement. These tall horses are all qualified war horses, and most importantly, none of these war horses have been castrated. It also shows that these sycophants can be bred in the Central Plains. The lack of horses in the Song Dynasty is extremely worrying. Without cavalry, it is impossible to catch up with the Khitan Hulu who come and go like the wind, and it is impossible to carry out a large-scale attack on the nomads, and it is impossible to subdue the Youyun Sixteen States and the north at all. Without these strategically important places, Song Ting has always been in a passive situation strategically, and can only rely on the city to defend firmly, and dare not leave the city easily. Otherwise, the nomads, relying on the rampant riding and archery skills, will exhaust the infantry who play every minute.

It is different now. With these 60,000 tall horses, it means that Song Ting has a large-scale breeding of stallions, and can also form a cavalry force of 30,000. Then, in the face of the barbarians who come and go like the wind, they will have the confidence to pursue long-distance attacks and the courage to face the cavalry.

Vaguely, not only the officials of the Song Dynasty, but basically the people of the Song Dynasty are also looking forward to the day when the northern barrier will be subdued again. And as the number one hero who brought so many good horses to the country during his mission, it is natural for Lu Duan to be promoted. Similarly, his achievements will also shine in the annals of history!