Qingzhou General Administration, Gaomi County, Jiaozhou, the coast of the East China Sea, Langya Terrace. The Henan Road ambassador who has been inspecting here, is on the stage to look into the distance. Looking at the vast ocean on the east side, I feel relaxed and happy.

Langya Terrace is located on Langya Mountain in Jiaozhou. According to Taishigong's "Records of the Grand Historian: The Annals of Qin Shihuang", "There is a mountain by the sea, which looks like a platform, and is in Langya, so it is called Langya Terrace."

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Langya was an important city of Qi. After King Goujian of Yue destroyed Wu, he went north to dominate. He moved from Kuaiji to Langya, and rose to Guantai to look at the East China Sea.

After the Qin King Ying Zheng unified the world and became the First Emperor, he made three tours here and mobilized the people to build the Langya Terrace. The Langya Terrace where Yuwen Wen was located at this time had left many traces of it, but he didn't know whether the platform he was located was built by the First Emperor.

For later generations, the two words Langya are mostly associated with the "Langya Wang Family". The noble family style makes the two words "Langya" more elegant out of thin air.

For Yuwen Wen, this is just a "tourist destination". He visited Qingqi and happened to take the stage to see the sea view, and then waited to eat kelp stewed chicken.

In the shelter on the side, in the portable marching pot on the fire, a pot of kelp and fresh chicken was stewed. A little fragrance came to his nose, which greatly increased Yuwen Wen's appetite. Thinking about the long-lost kelp, he was full of thoughts.

It is better to open up the power of science, extract "aquamarine" from kelp and mass-produce it on a large scale, and then sell it all over the world, so as to become the strongest food god...

Well, it is unscientific to refine MSG and other things, and he cannot do it, but one thing can be done, that is, from now on, you can eat the long-lost kelp.

Kelp is not native to China, which is a fact that many people don’t know, and it is not easy to eat it frequently in this era.

In fact, before the 20th century, most of the kelp that appeared in China were imported from overseas and were mainly produced on the Korean Peninsula. It was not until the kelp cultivation technology matured that China had kelp produced from its local area.

The reason is that kelp is only suitable for growing in water areas with lower water temperatures. In today's coastal areas of Qingqi, even if Khumbu (kelp) drifts from Baekje and Goguryeo, in summer, the sea temperature rises, and the amount of kelp dies as much as it has.

As the saying goes, "Scarlet things are precious." Khumbu (kelp), which is rare in the Central Plains, has become a precious seafood, and has been rumored to be the elixir of immortality.

"In the past", Emperor Shiniu sent Xu Fu to the sea to visit immortals at Langyatai, seeking immortal medicine, including Kunbu.

However, according to "research", the kumbu mentioned at that time actually refers to seaweed growing along China's coast (Qingqi area), and may not necessarily refer to long strips of kelp produced on the Korean Peninsula.

No matter what, Yuwen Wen now wants to sell kelp as kombu to the Central Plains market on a large scale to make profits.

In this era, kumbu is a precious seafood and can even be used as a precious medicinal material. It is a tribute brought by the envoys of Baekje, Silla or Goguryeo. Only the emperor can enjoy it first, or the emperor will give it to the ministers for enjoyment.

Therefore, Kombo is a seafood with a high "standard" style, and now it is also the most powerful "flame product" in Japan besides silver and sulfur.

Japan in this era was not Japan in the middle and late Ming dynasty. Because of the low level of mining and refining technology, the silver production was only a little. If Yuwen Wen wanted to carry out trade with Japan, he had to "help" the other party find some high-value specialties, so that bilateral trade could continue.

Japan has abundant sulfur resources, but not enough, so Yuwen Wen, who racked his brains, finally thought of Kumbu (kelp).

In the case of insufficient silver production, if Japan wants to purchase a large amount of silk, porcelain and other goods from the Maritime Fleet that arrived in Hakata, it must prepare a large amount of sulfur and kohlrabi.

Sulfur can be used as gunpowder, but not much is enough, while Kumbu can be used as a luxury product or medicinal material, making a lot of profits.

This is Yuwen Wen's plan. The reason why the Maritime Fleet was able to transport so much Khumbu back from Hakata was because Yuwen Wen asked the Japanese side to "warm up" a few years in advance, which was so effective.

Otherwise, in just over a month, how could Japan have time to cut so many khumbus from the sea?

The most suitable sea areas for Khumbu (kelp) to grow are not only the coastal areas of Japan, but also the coastal areas of Baekje, Silla and Goguryeo. If the "Khumbu Trade" can be successfully developed, the maritime trade in Northeast Asia in this era will at least make a profit.

However, relying on the profits of Kunbu trade, the sea trade cannot be maintained for too long. When Kunbu "was in the old days, the swallows in front of the king and Xie Tang flew into the homes of ordinary people", the profits fell, and the development momentum of the sea trade would inevitably slow down, and new profit points were needed.

Only by relying on huge profits can the rapid development of maritime trade be stimulated. Only by daring to fight against the Black Water Ocean can the navigation technology of the Central Plains have a qualitative breakthrough, transforming from mature coastal navigation technology to cross-sea navigation technology.

Inspire adventurers and maritime merchants to explore undeveloped treasure lands and expand more living space for the Central Plains.

Yuwen Wen looked at the vast ocean in the east and felt a little "sighing" for a moment. He didn't know if he could "discover" the new continent in the extreme east during his lifetime.

This is very difficult, not something he can do alone, and it is ridiculous to think about such a thing now.

For example, if a person starts to arrange his children's marriage before he gets married, isn't this ridiculous to others?

Putting away his thoughts, Yuwen Wen sorted out the official uniform, took the drumsticks offered by the official, and walked towards the big drum set up on the side.

There were many soldiers standing next to the drum, and at this time, a large number of officials and soldiers gathered under the Langya Platform. When Yuwen Wen took the stage to prepare to beat the drum, everyone present had their eyes gathered on him.

The masts on the coast of Langya Mountain were like forests, and sea boats were on standby in the bay, waiting for the order to sound, sailing out to sea, following the pilot ships, crossing the ocean, and aiming directly to Danluo Island above the ocean to the east.

Previously, when the Maritime Fleet returned from Hakata Port in Japan, it passed through the waters near Tanluo Island, and attacked unknown pirates, lost five ships, more than 100,000 taels of silver sank to the bottom of the sea, and hundreds of crew members were buried in the belly of fish.

The anger ignited the patrol envoy, and Wang Yuwen Wen's eyes, so someone had to pay the price for it. The first thing to be affected was the Danluo Kingdom on Danluo Island. Even if the other party may be wronged, it would not be able to escape.

With the approval of the imperial court, Yuwen Wen recruited brave men in the coastal areas of Jiaozhou and followed the official army to expedition to Danluo Island. He was located on the Langya Terrace of the important seaport - Langya Port, and was first hung on the Langya Bang, so it was also called Langya Bang.

There must be brave men under the heavy reward. As soon as the Langya Bang was released, desperate people from all over the coast of Qingqi flocked to him. For the generous rewards and benefits, he followed the official army to cross the sea for an expedition.

Now that the weather is sunny, there should be no typhoons in the near future. It is a good day to go to sea. Yuwen Wen held the drumsticks tightly with both hands and beat the drums hard.

The big drum sounded, and more than ten other drums were then beaten by the drum officers.

The drum sounded to the harbor at the foot of the mountain. The sails slowly rose and sailed slowly towards the outer sea. On the several sea boats leading the sail were all tall black sails, and the huge white rose pattern on the black sails was clearly visible.
Chapter completed!