The Journey of the Infinite Wizard

The vigorous Suez Canal operation began. And Lu Duan also observed the excitement surrounding this unsuccessful canal in the initial period. As the Tang people forced the Fatimid dynasty to cede land and a series of concessions,

After Lu Duan seemed to be extremely excessive in squeezing the treaty, Lu Duan was not very interested in the canal called Suez. After learning that it would take at least one generation to repair the canal, Lu Duan also became interested in it.

Feel relieved.

Because, during this period, he was worried that once the canal was successfully completed, would those wolf-like barbarians rush to the Song Dynasty? The prosperity of the pirate industry in the Mediterranean also worried Lu Duan.

Another reason. But now, all this no longer exists

.Because the Song Dynasty had twenty years to make all preparations. The Song Dynasty was also different from the previous dynasties. Its overseas trade was extremely developed, although their merchant ships rarely traveled that far for trade. However,

I can’t bear the world’s desire for silk, porcelain and tea!

Many foreign merchants came to the Song Dynasty by ship for trade. They brought many exotic specialties, seeds and materials to the Song Dynasty for trade. They purchased silk, porcelain and tea in the Song Dynasty, and at the same time peddled the products they brought.

The products came and went again and again, earning extremely enviable profits.

Compared with the Silk Road, which is difficult to travel on the road, although there are risks in sea trade, it is undoubtedly much smaller than on the road. The prosperity of the Song Dynasty mostly comes from the highly developed trade industry. Today, Luduan Europa

The silk, porcelain and tea brought by the ship aroused great enthusiasm across Europe.

They were so eager for these exquisite silks and porcelain, and this silk-producing country was actually of the same ethnic group as the evil dragons entrenched in the Mediterranean. And Lu Duan also came to Europe on a Tang Dynasty ship, which meant that the Tang Dynasty people knew how to

Heading to the mysterious country of silk. Therefore, after the Tang Dynasty silently occupied part of the territory of the Fatimid Dynasty and announced the opening of the Suez Canal, this completely ignited the extremely enthusiastic Europa.

Countries that wanted to participate in the action took advantage of the opportunities of the Tang Dynasty and obtained a huge amount of money. And this money changed hands and stayed in the Tang Dynasty. They used this endless money to purchase domestic supplies.

It was used by canal workers. Moreover, it had to be maintained continuously for twenty years. It is conceivable how strong the Tang people's national power would be in twenty years.

For this reason, after Lu Duan learned about it, he praised with emotion, "This is a complete conspiracy!" He was shocked that the Tang people kidnapped the world to pay for themselves, and he reaped the benefits and strengthened his own strategy. At the same time, he was shocked.

I was also a little discouraged, because no one in the Song Dynasty had seen that trade could still be played in this way, and using the power of various countries to strengthen oneself was much stronger than using weapons and simple agricultural methods.

Money was used to continuously stimulate the country. The money came and went, in and out, and all flowed into the pockets of the Tang people. The Tang Dynasty paid more taxes and continued to build domestic infrastructure, which was already prosperous.

The country became prosperous again. For this reason, Lu Duan could no longer imagine what the Tang country would be like twenty years from now.

After recording all this in his book Travels in the Tang Dynasty, Lu Duan returned to the Ark and returned home with tens of thousands of war horses. The Tang people also followed closely, attacking various islands in the Red Sea and the eastern Horn of Africa.

Construction on Socotra Island. Build some ports and military fortress facilities in advance, especially on Socotra Island, which will be their current goal.

It is the only nearest supply port when going to China for trade. No matter what it wants to transport in the future, the moment the merchant ship enters the Indian Ocean, it will definitely choose to stop at Socotra Island to rest before entering the Indian Ocean. Although there are

There are some small islands, but there are not enough supplies and ship repair services available there.

Therefore, Socotra will definitely prosper in the future.

During this period, you can also rely on domestic wizards to trade with China. Fortunately, the Tang people occupied a large amount of land in the territory of the Fatimid Dynasty. The Tang people's wizards can set up a knot here.

border, so that their country’s merchant ships can directly reach the Red Sea and then go to China for trade.

The aboriginal people on Socotra Island were all expelled when the Tang people took over, followed by Tang soldiers, architects and Tang people with sharp weapons. They began to build port cities and migrated people here. It is obvious that

The Tang people planned to occupy this island permanently and not leave. They not only built port cities, but also built military defense fortresses in dangerous places, and tried to grow food, vegetables and fruits on the barren land to provide food for the merchant ships that would continue to come and go in the future.

Provide repair points to

and supply points. At the same time, doctors from the Tang Dynasty also discovered many medicinal materials that had never been seen before on Socotra Island. This small island is a treasure land. Frankincense, gentian, and dragon blood tree

, myrrh, aloe, civet, ambergris and other precious medicines, as well as many strange plants. If you don’t count its harsh climate, this is a treasure land. No wonder it was used by the ancient Egyptians and ancient India in history.

People praised him and kept coming to this island to obtain the above things.

After nearly a year of sailing, Lu Duan finally arrived in the Song Dynasty. When the huge ark slowly docked at the port of Suzhou, there were already long-awaited officials waiting at the port. Because

When Lu Duan was traveling through the South China Sea, he specially sent people ashore from Quanzhou to inform Song Ting of the news. Therefore, this scene appeared in front of him.

When the tall horses with almost the same colors one after another stepped out of the cabin one after another, the Song court officials standing by the port were already dumbfounded in surprise. These tall horses were all qualified war horses, and most importantly, these war horses were all qualified.

They have not been castrated. This shows that these horses can be bred in the Central Plains. The shortage of horses in the Song Dynasty is extremely worrying. Without cavalry, there would be no horse.

Without the ability to catch up with the Khitan Hulu, which came and went like the wind, it was impossible to carry out a large-scale attack on the nomads, and it was impossible to conquer the sixteen Youyun states and the north. Without these strategic locations, the Song Dynasty had always been strategically weak.

In a situation where they were passively beaten, they could only rely on the city to defend firmly and not dare to leave the city easily. Otherwise, the nomadic people would rely on their rampant riding and shooting skills and the infantry would be exhausted in a matter of minutes.

It's different now. With these 60,000 tall horses, it means that the Song Dynasty has large-scale breeding of stallions, and can also form a cavalry force of 30,000 people. Then by then, facing the coming and going,

After the Hulu were defeated by the wind, they had the confidence to pursue long-distance attacks and the courage to face the cavalry.

Vaguely, not only the officials of the Song Dynasty, but basically the people of the Song Dynasty were also looking forward to the day when the northern barrier was re-conquered. As an envoy, the third party brought so many good horses to the country.

For a meritorious official, what awaits Lu Duan is to be promoted to an official position. Likewise, his achievements will also shine through the annals of history!