Du Fuwei washed himself, took off his armor, and put on the regular clothes prepared for His Highness the King of Wu. Du Fuwei felt lighter all over his body.
In fact, he didn't suffer much on the peninsula. The Demon King in Baekje's population would naturally be treated the same as the Demon King, and he had many lackeys at his disposal.
If he is not the leader of the army, he should not be too reckless and lead to ineffectiveness. If military discipline is messed up, it will be difficult to deal with. Otherwise, there may be a group of concubines when he comes back.
When he left the peninsula, the Baekje people felt that they had lost their backbone. When he saw him off, the Baekje leaders felt like they were mourning for their heirs, and they all hoped that the devil could stay on the island for a few more years.
Well, they were mainly afraid that the Silla people would settle old scores with them. Although Du Fuwei killed many people in Baekje, with this devil around, the Silla people really didn't dare to go too far.
Therefore, a place like the peninsula, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, is a good place to dominate.
In addition to experiencing a fierce naval battle and a landing battle when he went to the island, Du Fuwei later led a fleet to transport soldiers and food and baggage to the army, and he was regarded as the logistics manager of the entire army.
So Du Fuwei spent the past two years on the island happily.
It's just a remote place overseas, surrounded by aliens who don't understand the language. In his mind, it's not as good as Jiangdu, and it's not even as good as Chang'an. He doesn't want to dominate here, and he will just stay there in a few years.
Tired of it.
So I packed up and returned to Chang'an.
At this moment, he felt that Chang'an was really nice, with many people and bustling people, and the climate was better than that on the island. However, the people in the imperial city and Buzhengfang were quite different, and they were unwilling to interact with him, Lao Du, even behind his back.
Not sure how to talk about him, Lao Du.
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The eunuch led Prince Wu to the Liangyi Palace after washing. This was the rhythm of eating and drinking. Du Fuwei also felt a little hungry, so he could have a few drinks with the emperor.
In the inner hall, Li Po had already arrived first.
This time, Fan Wenjin and the officials from Menxia Province were not here. It was okay for Fan Wenjin to come to accompany him as the internal minister. However, he still resigned and went back to Menxia Province. The main reason was that he was afraid of saying the wrong thing in front of King Wu.
Not very familiar with provincial affairs.
It is easy to show timidity when receiving a minister like King Wu.
Moreover, when the emperor met with King Wu in the Taiji Hall, he behaved very quietly, which showed that King Wu's situation was different from that of the rebellious ministers who had surrendered in previous dynasties, so he had to be more cautious.
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There were no other people around, except for a few eunuchs and maids waiting in the palace. There was only a man huddled in the corner, writing and preparing to record the words and deeds of the emperor and King Wu.
Li Po and Du Fuwei sat at separate tables. Li Po was the first to raise his glass and drank three glasses with Du Fuwei first.
Dufuwei breathed out the smell of alcohol, stuffed some vegetables into his mouth unceremoniously, wiped his mouth before raising his head and smiling: "Your Majesty, this food is even more exquisite and delicious for your consumption."
Li Po looked at Lao Du, who was not thin at all, and said, "You still envy me? Who doesn't know that the king of Wu is so rich that he is the most powerful in Chang'an. It's not easy to find a few good cooks?"
Du Fuwei didn't think much about it. Instead, he touched his chin proudly. From being a sneaky little thief to where he is today, he, Old Du, has the capital to be proud of.
Moreover, he was indeed rich, and he used part of it to build the Chang'an Maritime Academy, and the rest was enough to support his family for several lifetimes.
Now the Tang Dynasty's treasury may not be as rich as his family's treasury. This is what people call wealth. You must know that there are only one rich family in the world, and wealth has nothing to do with it.
For example, Xiao Mian at the time, Yang Zhong in his early years, and even Liu Xuande in the late Han Dynasty were all from famous families. In the most difficult time, they had to beg for food.
King Wu is different. He is rich and noble. Even if he is a nouveau riche, he is also a fighter among the nouveau riche.
Now that he was praised by the emperor, Du Fuwei was proud of it. According to his habit, he had to repay something, so he picked up the wine glass and said: "I have benefited from His Majesty's glory, otherwise how could I be where I am today?"
While I was outside, I picked up some good things, and I will present them to Your Majesty when they are shipped back to Chang'an. You don't know that overseas places have the advantages of overseas places. Rare and rare things in the Central Plains can be obtained from there.
See..."
Otherwise, Du Fuwei would come to trouble. Li Po was still more interested in these things. To develop overseas lands, the cost must be recovered.
Later, maritime trade also required a variety of commodities.
There is no need to worry about the Central Plains. Since ancient times, the products have been abundant and the people have been diligent. Even if it weakens after more than a thousand years, it can still make a lot of money from foreign trade.
Because he is too rich, he is always worried about by a group of bandits. Needless to say, the nomads who go south want to live a good life in the south.
The humanoid creatures in the west are no different from the ancient enemies of the Central Plains Dynasty. They will only burn, kill and loot when they come here, bringing all kinds of suffering to the people living on this land.
Therefore, no matter what time of year, as long as the Central Plains is restored to unification, it will never suffer losses in foreign trade, especially in the Cold War Era.
What we should be worried about is exporting goods but not getting anything good back. In this case, it will soon turn into commodity dumping, and then the merchants in the Central Plains will quickly lose interest in foreign trade.
Taking such a big risk to go out is not to improve the lives of foreigners. Only by exchanging valuable goods can trade continue.
At the same time, coupled with the military force of the Tang Dynasty, even if the Age of Navigation cannot be launched, the ships of the Tang Dynasty will be able to travel unimpeded in places such as Northeast Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.
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"Oh, then tell me, are there any good things that I haven't seen before?" Li Po asked with concern.
Du Fuwei was secretly happy that he had guessed correctly. The emperor was very interested in overseas affairs and asked him many stories about his travels at sea.
Sure enough, in the next few years, the emperor sent troops to sea to clean up the East China Sea. He, Du Fuwei, did not have such courage. At most, they only led people to entangle with pirates.
Looking at people now, they take action when they are told, and every time they are fighting to destroy the country, compared to what they were doing back then, it was just a small fight.
After drinking a few more drinks and eating, Du Fuwei began to liven up.
The products on the peninsula are not rich, but there are some nice things that catch your eye.
For example, Du Fuwei heard that there were gems in the mountains of the peninsula, so he sent people to get some colorful stones from the Baekje people.
There were many items that looked like jade inside, which were the favorites of the Central Plains people. He thought they would be quite valuable when he got them back. However, he had a rich family and did not like these items. He planned to give them all to the emperor when he came back, lest the emperor say he was ignorant.