Kuaiji County, Yuyao County Wharf.

Since the rise of the folk craze for sea opening, this pier has been coming and going all day long.

Local people have witnessed too many miracles of getting rich overnight here.

During the twelve hours a day, no matter when you come to the dock, you can see the maritime merchants recruiting crew members.

However, five days ago, the pier was suddenly surrounded by soil and no sea merchants could enter and exit.

At first, several powerful businesses came to the county magistrate's office to inquire.

As a result, all of them were driven out without any exception.

The county magistrate, who used to be very polite to these maritime merchants, made a harsh statement this time.

No one is allowed to get within five miles before those ships leave.

Otherwise, there will be no mercy for killing!

Because of these things, local people are very curious about what the ships anchored on the pier are.

Those ships are very large, all of which are old-fashioned building ships.

And you can see all kinds of mottled traces on the hull from a distance.

This shows that the distance between these ships going to sea is definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

In the early morning, the sea breeze is gentle.

Close to a building boat at the dock, Hou Sheng lay on a recliner, watching the sunrise in the east.

This time it took two years to go overseas.

Although it is not the longest time he has gone to sea, it is definitely the longest time he has traveled.

Since having the first experience of going out to sea, Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng received the order from Zhao Kun to explore the charts along two lines respectively.

And this chart was naturally given to them by Zhao Kun.

The chart that Hou Sheng got was to go north along the coastline and then head south.

What Hou Sheng saw along the way made him feel incredible when he recalled it now.

He went out to sea in early spring.

But after walking along the chart for half a year, it was obviously midsummer, but I felt more and more cold.

Finally, the fleet arrived at a twelve hours a day and the sun did not set.

Hou Sheng, who had already given up his dream of a alchemist, thought he had come to the legendary nest of the three-legged golden crow.

He led his men to search on the ice field for ten days, and found nothing except hunting two strange giant bears covered in silver.

Hou Sheng returned in disappointment.

From then on, he believed that there were no ghosts and gods in this world.

All I have is my own cognition and cannot be explained for the time being.

For example, at this time, he was holding a lit object rolled with straw paper in his mouth.

If the Qin people saw it, they would definitely think it was a magical technique.

In fact, this thing is nothing more than a pastime.

It was the first time he and Lu Sheng went out to sea to work together. When communicating with the indigenous people from the rubber producing areas, the other party gave them to them.

After staying at sea for so long, Hou Sheng found that he could no longer live without this thing.

When Lu Sheng negotiated with Zhao Kun, hoping to stay in the Americas, he was attracted by this tobacco leaf.

If you do this business in the future, you will definitely make a fortune and will never stop.

As a alchemist, Hou Sheng actually knew that during the Shang Dynasty hundreds of years ago, the southwestern border of the land of China had already begun to plant tobacco.

However, because planting such things is too wasteful of ground power and is called the "harm of vegetable and grain", it has never become popular.

Today, Daqin does not lack land.

Before going to sea, Zhao Kun once told Lu Hou and the others.

Rubber original species are not suitable for cultivation in China, but the climate in Southeast Asia is very suitable.

Tobacco is the same as rubber production location. There is no reason why rubber species can be grown in Southeast Asia, but tobacco cannot be grown.

Therefore, the tobacco business in Daqin was handed over to Hou Sheng to manage, while Lu Sheng chose to stay in the Americas to prepare for the arrival of Fusu.

"Old Lu is not short of this little money. It's better to take care of yourself first. When your side is stable, and then go a few more trips to the sea, then discuss the matter of staying with the prince!"

While planning his future, Hou Sheng stood up and walked towards the cabin behind him.

Compared to this time going out to sea, I went out to sea to seek immortal medicine for Emperor Qin Shi, just like an outing.

A series of experiences are comparable to a life-threatening life.

The hardships of hundreds of thousands of miles of sea road have completely made Hou Sheng, who was once innocent and beautiful, completely a rough man.

In the past, lying on a recliner, such indecent behavior would never appear on him.

When he arrived at the last cabin, Hou Sheng pushed open the door and there was a scream of animal crowing like a dog barking inside.

When Hou Sheng walked in, he saw a group of animals that looked like sheep but were taller than sheep.

"I heard that Guanzhong's wool textile mills made money every day and made countless profits. This thing has soft fur, but the quality is much higher than that of wool. Some people should be interested!"

If Zhao Kun was here, he would definitely be shocked.

The thing that was packed by Hou Sheng was the famous divine beast in China in later generations.

Alpaca.

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Meanwhile, on the other side.

Fusu's trip to sea this time is relatively low-key and not very popular.

Although there are complete charts and experienced sailors, Fusu himself has no absolute confidence in this matter.

What is surprising is that Ying Zheng's attitude towards this matter is particularly firm.

The future Emperor Zhao Kun of the Qin Dynasty also expressed his support.

The idea between Ying Zheng and Zhao Kun is actually very simple.

Among those who went to America, Fusu, Wang Li and Lu Sheng were all leaders.

Among them, Fusu was nominally the supreme commander, but in fact his main position was a government official.

All the specific government affairs for the development of the Americas are handed over to Fusu.

Before Fusu went to America, he had a long talk with Zhao Kun to ask for advice.

To betray America is not as simple as saying something.

For example, how to solve the problem of local indigenous people?

Although the Qin Dynasty was strong in ships and cannons were powerful, as long as Fusu was willing, an army of 50,000 people was enough to kill all the native Americans.

Although Fusu is not as radical as Zhao Kun, he will never be ruthless when necessary.

The sea order was just released, and the behavior of the Qin seaguards overseas violated the Qin law, and Fusu was one of the first people to come forward to protect those seaguards.

But what is the point of doing this?

Now the development of Daqin has not reached a bottleneck, and there is no plan to immigrate on a large scale yet.

The development of the Americas requires a large population.

It is not enough to rely on more than 100,000 Qin people to engage in production.

However, if the natives are left behind, the subsequent things will be even more troublesome.

For example, what system should be adopted to treat Native Americans?

Just like Europe at this time, should slavery be adopted or did the caste system be established like South Asia?

Or, simply adopt the system in the Qin Dynasty.

Make a book and treat it as a normal citizen?

Each method has its pros and cons.

Fusu was the only one who stood alone for the first time. Considering these issues, he finally understood how terrible it was to look at the overall situation before and be able to easily do it.

Zhao Kun actually has no good idea about this.

In fact, in Zhao Kun's heart, he is still more inclined to establish a relatively loose caste system in the Americas.

Compilation of household registration and giving Native American human rights.

But don’t even think about this kind of thing!

As the future emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Kun will never allow foreign races to enjoy the same treatment as the people of the Qin Dynasty.
To be continued...