That night, Li Yan received the situation when Caier and Hu Yuyi met, but he had already left this matter to Caier to deal with. After all, people always have to grow up, and Caier also needs to go through this level. In the future, more women may appear around Li Zhi, so she must learn to adapt. Although this seems a bit cruel to future generations, it is a very normal thing for people in this era.

After reading the information about Caier and Li Zhi, Li Yan did not rest, but came to the hall in front, where a person was waiting for his summons.

Speaking of which, Li Yan was really busy during this period. First, the strength of Mo Luoyou and other countries was greatly damaged, which was a good time for him to take the opportunity to occupy it, so he naturally would not let it go. Some time ago, he had collected 50,000 troops, and there were twenty warships. As well as the navy and army of Lion City, they had swept all the countries along the Malacca Strait and took the entire strait into his own hands.

The only thing that is worrying is that the remnants of Moluoyou and other countries hid in the rainforest in the central Jinzhou and would come out to harass them from time to time. Although it did not have much impact, it was disgusting like a group of cockroaches. Unfortunately, Li Yan had no extra power at the moment, and the area of ​​Jinzhou was much larger than that of Luzon, and the population was several times that of Luzon. In addition, the island was full of rainforests, even the Linyi army dared not go too deep. Therefore, Li Yan had no choice but to use the natives in the central Jinzhou for the time being. However, under the management of Li Yan, several fortresses were built along the coast of Malacca, which were not something that natives could conquer.

In addition to Malacca, the construction of Ceylon Island is also in full swing. After several months of exploration, many people have discovered gem mines with huge reserves based on the gem mines that Ceylon Island originally existed. This discovery once again sparked a Taobao craze in Taiwan and the southern part of the Tang Dynasty. Countless people with dreams of making money took a boat together, crossed the ocean to Ceylon Island, and then hired a few locals to search for gem mines. Although the hope was slim, everyone firmly believed that the next gem mine must have been discovered by themselves.

The emergence of gem mines greatly boosted the local economy of Ceylon Island, and the number of Han people also rose sharply on the island. It soon increased to tens of thousands. Under the guidance of Li Yan, some people with vision found that Ceylon is mountains and clouds and mist all year round, which is very suitable for tea tree planting. Therefore, many people began to buy land in Ceylon and open tea gardens to grow tea leaves.

The tea exported by the Tang Dynasty was mainly supplied to Persia, Dashi and even Rome and other countries. Ceylon Island happened to be located on this important maritime transportation route, so if tea can be produced here, it will definitely be a big seller. After all, freight alone saves a lot of money, but this may have a significant impact on the tea making industry of the Tang Dynasty.

The matters between Malacca and Ceylon Island have already involved Li Yan's great energy. Although he had the assistance of Lu Qing, Wang An and others, some things still had to be handled by him personally. In addition, after Li Zhen and Li Yun boarded the continent of Tianzhu, they faced siege from several surrounding countries. Although Li Yan knew that with the strength of Li Zhen and Li Yun, it was easy to deal with the coalition forces of these small countries, the supplies in their hands needed him to supply from the rear, such as food, weapons, horses, etc., all of them had to be transported by him, so he was so busy that he couldn't get rid of his body during this period. Even when he saw an important person, he had to arrange for him tonight.

In the main hall of the Qi Palace, a middle-aged man in a green robe stood in the hall. The middle-aged man looked gentle and looked like a teacher, but his skin was a little dark and rough. He was very similar to the skin color of the crew who had been on the boat all year round. On the chest of this middle-aged man, there was a gold medal, which was carved on the medal, which was moving forward in the storm and rain, looking extremely exquisite and vivid.

If anyone saw the medal on the middle-aged man's chest, he would definitely exclaim, because this medal was the gold pioneering medal that all captains and even all sailors dreamed of. This medal represents the highest honor in the development of the ocean, and only only three or four people have received such medals until now.

In addition, this kind of medal not only represents a supreme honor, but also represents huge interests. For example, you can enter the palace to pay homage to Li Yan at any time, and there are also privileges such as not paying respects to officials and not being punished for being punished. Moreover, when the holder of the medal purchases goods, as long as it is a business that cooperates with the palace, he will give huge discounts. Even when he transports goods, he will also have tax-free treatment, which can be said to be a good thing for both fame and fortune.

The first person to receive the gold pioneer medal was Lu Qing, and the most recent person to receive it was Lu Wan. It was him who led the fleet organized by the Slave Association to find the Australian continent in the south. The middle-aged man standing in the hall today was Lu Wan, who was a pirate. He took advantage of the privilege of the gold pioneer medal to come to see Li Yan, which seemed to be a very important thing.

"Captain Lu, don't be polite, please take a seat!" Li Yan came in and saw Lu Wan standing there, and immediately smiled. All those who received the gold pioneering medal were given the title of captain, which was equivalent to a respectful title, except Lu Qing, because he was a general in the army, Lu Qing prefers to call him General Lu.

"Thank you!" This is not the first time Lu Wan has seen Li Yan. When he returned from Australia, Li Yan attended their celebration banquet. In addition, Li Yan attached great importance to them, so Lu Wan was not too nervous and took two steps back and sat down.

"It has been several years since the last time I parted. I heard that you have quit the slave association and have rarely run on the sea during this period?" Li Yan asked suddenly.

When Lu Wan and his fleet returned, the entire exploration fleet was immediately disbanded. Some crew members made money, such as the curly hair who found the dog-headed gold, now he is a rich man at home, and some crew members switched to other things. For example, Feng Shijie became a big mine owner in Luzon. Of course, most of the crew members remained in the slave association and continued to live a life of risk and money. However, Lu Wan left the slave-catching association soon after, which was told by Yan Bei. However, everyone has their own aspirations and Li Yan did not care too much. It was not until today when he saw Lu Wan again that he remembered what happened.

Lu Wan didn't expect that His Highness King Qi still remembered what happened a few years ago, which made him feel flattered. He stood up again and said, "Your Highness, when Lu came back, he found that he still had many shortcomings, such as measurement, performance mastery of new ships, and even some reserves of navigation knowledge. So later I came to Keelung and entered the Navigation Academy to learn all kinds of knowledge. After I had achieved success in my studies a few years ago, I bought several more boats, mainly taking the route from Taiwan to Australia, helping people transport goods while practicing the knowledge I learned!"

Li Yan was moved when he heard this. He really didn't expect that Lu Wan, who was already the top captain, was not satisfied, and even re-studyed as a student. So what was the motivation to make him work so hard? Is it just to improve his sailing skills?

"Captain Lu, you are preparing for the knowledge of navigation so much?" Li Yan finally asked the doubts in his heart.

After hearing this, Lu Wan did not hide it and stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Highness is wise. Since I returned from exploring a new route last time, I have discovered how small our vision was. Although we accidentally discovered Australia, there are still many places in the map you posted by Your Highness, such as North and South America in the extreme east!"

Hearing Lu Wan talking about this, Li Yan was finally moved again. He finally understood Lu Wan's intention to work so hard, and immediately stood up and said, "Do you want to go to America?"

"Yes, Your Highness, in addition to studying and sailing in recent years, Caomin has been working hard to find a route to the Americas. With the help of the Navigation Academy, we found that there is an ocean current heading east along the northern coast of Luzon, and on both sides of this ocean current, there are two currents facing backwards with this ocean current. From this we infer that this ocean current is likely to be an equatorial current that runs across the Pacific Ocean. If you go east along this ocean current, you may reach America in the extreme east!" Lu Wan said excitedly.

In recent years, he has spared no effort to find a route to America, and even donated his own wealth, in order to fulfill his wish. If he could discover a richer America on the basis of discovering Australia, he would definitely become a miracle in the history of navigation and an idol of countless latecomers.

Looking at Lu Wan with an excited face in front of him, Li Yan was a little confused. Later generations only knew some knowledge of ocean currents in geography classes, but they were very vague. They did not know whether the equatorial ocean currents mentioned in Lu Wan could lead to America. However, Li Yan knew one thing. If Lu Wan really wanted to reach America, he would probably encounter countless difficulties and obstacles, even dozens of times more difficult than they had arrived in Australia, and might even die in the sea.

"Do you really want to go to America?" Li Yan confirmed again that Lu Wan is a rare sailing talent. If it is not necessary, Li Yan really doesn't want the other party to take risks.
Chapter completed!