"Ah? Uh... Yes, but I have already boarded the ship and the trip is about to take place..."
Li Sheng took a breath quickly, knowing that there was no need to send anyone to take action now, so he walked forward quickly.
After a while, Li Sheng arrived at the port where the ship was anchored.
This is a port dredged from the West Lake, and all the "products" of the industrial zone go to the sea from here.
And at this time...
Li Sheng quickly left the area where people were rushing through and came to the dock for loading and unloading goods. He took a look from a distance...
Sure enough, fortunately, the large fleet that was about to go to the sea was gathering in the port, but it was about to go to sea at any time.
Li Sheng took a deep breath and rushed forward!
Hurrying slowly, Li Sheng finally caught up with the group of ships in front that was about to leave, and finally caught up with his target.
And then, I met Ma Zhou who was about to go to sea, and the merchant who was leading the expedition. This merchant was unexpected, but he was from Liangzhou - a state and county that no one would associate with the ocean.
But considering that Jiang Wei was also born in Liangzhou, everything makes sense.
Of course, none of this is important. There is only one thing that is important now...
Li Sheng pulled Ma Zhou and the merchant who went out to sea and asked their names. The merchant's surname was Lu. Afterwards, he talked secretly with the two for a while, and then turned around and left as if he was relieved.
When she saw Li Sheng coming back, Wu Meiniang couldn't help but show some curiosity in her nervousness, "Master, this is for..."
Although Wu Meiniang managed the Hangzhou Industrial Zone on behalf of Li Sheng, she was indeed very proficient in the specific aspects of navigation... navigation business and trading. It could even be said that all the maritime merchants of this generation in Hangzhou were unparalleled.
By.
But navigation is a big concept. In addition to trading and business, there is another attribute... that is navigation as a major undertaking.
As for sailing as a career, Wu Meiniang has not thought much about it. For her, a business that can harvest rice in tears within a predictable period of time is a meaningful business...
America is too far away for Wu Meiniang. The key is that it is still unfamiliar, and unfamiliarity is undoubtedly another kind of remoteness. Walking in a strange place will constantly hit the wall, and since you will hit the wall, there must be a lot of "trial and error"
”, these are also distances, and when added up, it is really as long as the Great Wall.
After thinking about it this way, it makes no sense to go to a distant place overseas. Wouldn’t it be nice to harvest rice and save it...
What Wu Meiniang asked was not what these young people were going to do, but what Li Sheng had just gone to talk to Ma Zhou about.
Li Sheng smiled slightly.
"But we didn't talk about much, just trivial matters. Compared to this... Mei Niang, aren't you interested in going to sea to America?"
Li Sheng thought this was more interesting. Wu Meiniang was stunned for a moment when she heard it, and then she looked distressed, "The Americas are too far away... There is something there that no one knows about, so they went there, not knowing whether it would be profitable or not.
picture……"
Of course there is something wrong with saying this. Wu Meiniang would definitely not say this in front of other court officials, but...
She still knew Li Sheng well and knew his character, which meant he could do anything, so she said anything.
And Li Sheng also smiled when he heard this, "I think so... It's actually true. Everyone goes out to hunt, who is looking after the children at home... But there is one thing you must not know. My descendants of Yanxia are not completely ignorant of America."
"Oh? Young Master, this..." Wu Meiniang was stunned.
She only knew that Li Sheng had mentioned the existence of America, but she didn't know what the benefits of America were.
And...so far, no one knows what is in America and what is on it.
Whether it is a human or a monster... there is no way of knowing. The ancients said that there are immortals on the Penglai Island overseas. But in the Americas, which are countless times farther away, are there any giant beasts or monsters running rampant?...
…
But at this moment...Li Sheng actually knows what's in that place?
Although Wu Meiniang has always known that Li Sheng has always been resourceful and intelligent, but... even knowing everything in a place as far away as a foreign continent is too much!
Wu Meiniang always believed that Li Sheng used Zhuge Liang's magical calculations to calculate that there was a continent overseas, but even knowing what was on this continent was a bit too much.
But then, Li Sheng smiled slightly and didn't say much.
"I just told the merchants who were going overseas to remember to search for a kind of food... This kind of food will be of great use in future generations, and its profits are inestimable."
Li Sheng is not joking, there really is such a thing in America.
That’s right, it’s corn!
If you look at the extensive cultivation of corn in rural areas in later generations, you will know that the potential value of this thing is absolutely amazing.
and……
Wu Meiniang was shocked and horrified when she heard that something of such great value existed... She suddenly had a new understanding of the concept of "another continent", and also understood why Li Sheng would reveal the existence of such a thing to the world.
...Of course, Wu Meiniang was very busy. Although she was shocked, she quickly recovered and went about her own work.
Only Li Sheng was still looking out the window of the office in a daze.
and……
Food itself is just a means. It must have a purpose, otherwise it will be just another consumable.
This is the part that Li Sheng didn't tell Wu Meiniang.
This part is what Li Sheng really told Ma Zhou and the maritime merchant.
When they were looking for food, they would discover... that in America, the area of plains is much larger than that of mountains, and the proportion of plains is much higher than that of China.
In other words, it’s all farmland!
And with so much arable land, coupled with the existence of corn, which is extremely useful, America is a really good place.
And what Li Sheng meant...
We talked about grain and farmland, but the part that was not mentioned is, of course, just two words.
country.
Of course, it is not a good thing for the people of China to establish themselves as kings and destroy the unified relationship, but... experience has made it very clear that at this time, there is no need to worry about what is available and what is not, it is true that it is eaten first.
Of course, Ma Zhou and the maritime merchant surnamed Lu may not intend to seize the mountain as king, but Li Sheng is not worried anymore.
In short, as long as you go up there, dragons can swim across the sea and tigers can enter the mountains and forests, it will be a great experience.
Of course, Li Sheng thought to himself...even if he didn't say this, they would probably still go. However, people cannot act mechanically and can only be driven by instinct. For most people, something still has to be of some benefit.