Li Hao spent more than two months to arrive at the Lion Kingdom (Sri Lanka). The Lion Kingdom, like Linyi Kingdom, had a special yearning and love for the Tang Dynasty. The king of the Lion Kingdom was also a Tang fan. I heard that a prince from the Tang Dynasty arrived at the Lion Kingdom with a fleet. The king actually met him in person and invited him to the palace as a guest.

The Lion Kingdom is an island country with a very small area, which is only larger than a prefecture and county in the Tang Dynasty. Although the country is small, the Lion Kingdom has no wars. Because there are no other countries around, the world is full of seas, so the people of the Lion Kingdom have never been worried about attacks from other countries. The only function of their country's army is to deal with pirates.

These words were said to Li Hao personally by the king of the Lion Kingdom. After hearing this, Li Hao sighed quite well. There were indeed many pirates near the Lion Kingdom. When his fleet came from the Strait of Malacca, he found that there were a lot of pirates in the Strait of Malacca. After all, it was the fastest passage between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Otherwise, he would have to bypass the Indonesian Archipelago. There were too many islands in the Indonesian Archipelago and they were scattered. If you wanted to bypass it, the voyage would be at least doubled.

With the rise of the Age of Navigation, the number of pirates rose by dozens of times. They burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. Notoriously, it was a cancer on the sea and a nightmare for merchant ships. When some merchant ships saw ships with skeleton flags, they could only kneel on the deck and pray.

Although pirates are terrible, Li Hao and the others are not afraid. The flag of the Li Group is hung on the bow of the ship. The pirates obediently avoid it when they see it. The historical group has destroyed several groups of pirates. For the pirates, the Li Group's fleet is not a fat sheep, but a beast. They cannot afford to offend the overlords of the sea.

The pirates of Malacca are far away from the Lion Kingdom, and they do not attack the Lion Kingdom much. What makes the king of the Lion Kingdom the most trouble are the pirates in the Maldives. Of course, the Lion Kingdom is not called the Maldives pirates. In the language of their country, they are called the Kiachik pirates.

Although the Maldives Islands are tourist attractions in the future, they are now homeless land and naturally become the nest of pirates. The king of the Lion Kingdom wanted to ask Li Hao to borrow a few big ships for them to go out to sea to kill those pirates, and to avoid future troubles. Li Hao politely refused. What a joke, his ship is his own treasure, how could it be lent to others? Pirates are indeed hateful, but pirates are also by-products brought from the Age of Navigation, just like rabbits and wild animals in the jungle.

Like a wolf, the jungle has the laws of the jungle, and the laws of the sea are the laws of the sea. As long as these pirates attack the Tang Dynasty, he doesn't want to meddle in other people's business, at most he can do is to increase the trade volume with the Lion Kingdom and make the Lion Kingdom stronger. As for dealing with pirates, they have to find a way for themselves. Moreover, if pirates are destroyed now, there will be some future revenge from pirates, and maybe they will be retaliated by pirates unless they have powerful navy and huge ships.

The king seemed to have expected Li Hao to refuse, and he was not too worried about this matter. After all, he felt that his request was a bit difficult. Then the king also told Li Hao an important thing. Every year from June to July, a fleet of Tang came to them for trade. The fleet was not large, with only ten Galen ships. I heard that the merchant leader was a nobleman of the Tang Dynasty and his surname was Cheng, so he asked Li Hao if he knew this person.

Li Hao was very happy when he heard this. How could he not know his sworn brother Cheng Chumo? He calculated the day. It was May 11th. In other words, if nothing unexpected happened, Cheng Chumo would have been here in about one or two months.

So Li Hao returned to the boat and issued an order, staying in the Lion Kingdom for two months, and everyone rested and played here. If there were items brought by privately, they could trade with the people of the Lion Kingdom. Everyone was still very happy to hear this order, especially those Confucian scholars.

When did these Confucian scholars suffer from the suffering of sailing? Some even felt seasick. They had been on the boat for more than two months, and they could no longer stand it. It would be better to finally get ashore. Many people already regret participating in this voyage. But for the sake of their beliefs, they could only continue to grit their teeth and persevere. In fact, it would be impossible not to persist. Could it be that Li Hao would leave them in the Lion Kingdom and then walk back to the Tang Dynasty?

The happiest thing is Li Tu, because in this way he can travel in the Lion Kingdom, visit the local customs and customs, record in detail, and prepare materials for his future navigation aspirations.

The reason why Li Hao ordered to stay in the Lion Kingdom for so long was to wait for Cheng Chumo. Everyone is good brothers for many years. He hasn't seen each other for so long. He misses him very much. What's wrong with waiting for a month or two?

On June 12th, Cheng Chumo's fleet really came. This year their family added three more ships. Although they are all small and medium-sized Garen ships, there are not many fleets that can reach ten Garen ships at sea. Generally, many wealthy businessmen and national powerful people jointly build it. It is not easy for Cheng Chumo to use a small fleet alone.

When Cheng Chumo saw the Li Group fleet, he was very surprised. He had gone to sea with the Li Group fleet for two years, but as far as he knew, the Li Group fleet had never exceeded one hundred ships. Now he was deploying such a huge fleet at once. What's the point of making a fuss?

He entered the Lion Kingdom Harbor, looked around, and saw the main ship of the Li Group (the flags are different), so he shouted from afar: "Is General Manager Wu Lei on the ship? Cheng Chumo has a visit!"

Wu Lei walked out of the cabin, saw Cheng Chumo, and bowed with a smile: "It turns out to be Mr. Cheng, please come here and have a chat. There are old friends of Mr. Cheng on the boat."

"Oh?" Cheng Chumo was puzzled when he heard this, "Old Friends?" Although he had many friends, he had few good relationships, and had a good relationship and had a good relationship, so he almost had no one."

With a lot of doubt, Cheng Chumo ordered the ship to drive over, which was more than ten feet away from Wu Lei's ship, and then boarded the springboard and walked to Wu Lei's ship.

The two saluted each other, and then Cheng Chumo asked curiously: "I wonder which old friend of mine is waiting for me?"

Wu Lei smiled slightly and said, "Young master will know when he goes in."

Cheng Chumo did not hesitate and walked towards the cabin. However, Wu Lei suddenly stopped the two followers behind Cheng Chumo and said, "Don't go in, two warriors, it's so inconvenient."

These two people are personal guards who have followed Cheng Chumo for many years. They are both first-class experts. When they go abroad, they must consider Cheng Chumo's safety. Although the Cheng family has a good relationship with the Li Group, in this unknown situation, if Cheng Chumo enters the cabin alone, they will naturally not do it and glar at Wu Lei.

Cheng Chumo looked back at Wu Lei, then said to his guard, "Don't worry, there will be no trouble. You are waiting for me outside, don't make trouble."

"Yes!" The two nodded.

After saying that, Cheng Chumo walked into the cabin, while Wu Lei stood on the deck and stared at the two guards. His duty was to prevent them from getting close to the cabin. The news of Li Hao's life must not be spread, even Cheng Chumo's guard was no exception.

The main ship is too big, and it takes two turns to enter the cabin. Moreover, the cabin is divided into three levels. Li Hao is in the second cabin and enters the second cabin. Cheng Chumo was shocked. Is this a fucking ship? Why does it feel more luxurious than Tai Chi Hall? This is his first reaction.

Bypassing a cylindrical entrance, Cheng Chumo was suddenly stunned. He saw a person sitting on the sofa and smiling at him. His smile was so bad, so familiar, so clear in his memory. It was because of this guy that he embarked on the business journey and achieved what he has today. Yes, the person in front of him was Li Hao.

Cheng Chumo rubbed his eyes, afraid that he would be dazzled. When Li Hao saw him rubbing his eyes, he smiled and said, "You read that right, it's me."

"You bastard!" Cheng Chumo suddenly shouted, rushed over, then hugged Li Hao, and pounded Li Hao's back, whispering, "I thought you were dead! I thought you were dead..." Tears surged.

"I'm not dead, I'm not alright, I'm not dead..." Li Hao kept muttering. He knew that Cheng Chumo was too excited, and he was a little excited and collapsed, and it was difficult to control his emotions, but this guy's fist was really heavy.

"If you hit me again, I will die!" Li Hao was so beaten up by him that he coughed.

Cheng Chumo finally calmed down a lot, let go of Li Hao, raised his hand to wipe his tears and said, "Why are you okay? What's going on? Since you're fine, why don't you go back? Do you know that everyone is worried about you, my father, Uncle Qin, Uncle Li, and the Emperor are all worried about you!"

Li Hao smiled and said, "Of course I have my reasons. By the way, are the three uncles in good health? How are the emperor in good health?"

"Everything is very good, all are very good." Cheng Chumo went to sea this time in February. Li Zhi was in good health at that time, so he didn't know that Li Zhi was already sick now.

"That's good." Li Hao took a long breath after hearing this and said, "What I can't worry about most is the emperor. He is too simple and kind."

"If you can't worry, go back." Cheng Chumo said, "Are you here to trade in the Lion Kingdom? The Lion Kingdom is the last stop for our Cheng family's trade. When I finish my work, let's go back together."

"No." Li Hao shook his head, "I'm going to sail all the way west this time."

"Looking west?" Cheng Chumo asked in a daze when he heard this, "Where are you going?"

"Go..." Li Hao originally wanted to tell him about traveling around the world, but the theory of Earth was too troublesome to explain, so he said, "Go to the end of the world."

Cheng Chumo was stunned when he heard this. What an arrogant sentence, he went to the end of the world, and he didn't dare to think about such a thing.

Cheng Chumo was stunned for a moment and frowned and said, "What do you do at the end of the world? It must be very dangerous there. I heard that the end of the world is full of giant beasts as huge as mountains. Don't look at your fleet, it's not enough for those giant beasts to get stuck in the teeth. Listen to my advice, don't take risks, go back with me."

Li Hao shook his head and smiled, saying, "No, even if I don't go to the end of the world, I will not go back to Chang'an. Also, after you leave this cabin, you must not tell anyone, including your family, that I must not let people know that I am still alive." The family he mentioned is naturally his wife, children and parents.

"Why?" Cheng Chumo asked in surprise.

Li Hao said with a solemn expression: "The Tang Dynasty is about to usher in a great turmoil. Only I can calm this turmoil. So I must hide in the dark and let those people boldly reveal their fangs so that I can take measures quickly and quickly to annihilate them and restore peace to the Tang Dynasty."

"Uncontinent?" Cheng Chumo was extremely shocked when he heard this. He could not believe his ears. The Tang Dynasty is now peaceful, but Li Hao said that if there is turmoil, how can he not be shocked?

"Yes, turmoil." Li Hao said slowly, "It is best to let the three uncles and uncles act carefully after you go back. No matter how big the court is, don't pay attention to it. It is best to protect yourself. No matter what happens, I will deal with it when I go back."
Chapter completed!