Late Tang

"Xindengzhou, here we come!"

I awoke from my sleep with a headache still a hangover from last night's celebration on board with fellow passengers of the upcoming journey.At first, I thought it was just an unwaking dream.Ever since the Red Victory entered the New Bohai Bay, people could be heard shouting that Xindengzhou had arrived almost every day, but every time it was just above the vast sea.Since I decided to go to New Dengzhou and set foot on the Red Victory, I have gradually become accustomed to the monotonous and boring days of long sea travel.

But this time, the voices outside told me that this was not a dream, nor was it a 'false report on the military situation', but a real arrival in Xindengzhou!

I struggled to get up, dressed in a hurry, and wanted to get out of the cabin and reach the deck immediately.After leaving the cabin door, the passageway was crowded with many passengers who were as eager as me to get on the deck immediately. They all wanted to see this new Dengzhou that had heard countless rumors when they were in Middle-earth. There is another name - Golden Peninsula.Rumor has it that gold is everywhere here, and opportunities to get rich overnight are everywhere.This is a paradise for adventurers and a new home for immigrants.

Ever since Emperor Wu wiped out all the vassals, ruled the world, and established a brand new Tang Empire, the maritime trade of the Tang Dynasty has also become more and more prosperous.Bohai Bay, Yangtze River Estuary, Hangzhou Bay, Vietnam Bay, and other large ports, relying on the right time, favorable location, and harmony of people, under the full management of the imperial court, their scale and weather are far from what they used to be.In the past, the Bohai Bay area in the north was prosperous, and only Hangzhou Bay in the southeast was relatively prosperous. However, in recent years, the imperial court has fully managed the southeast coast, making it gradually prosperous from north to south.

New Bohai Bay.It was originally a huge bay in the South China Sea surrounded by Champa, Chenla, Bagan, Srivijaya, Malacca and other countries in the southern part of Annan.

However, in the 20th year of the Longji, this place has already been renamed New Bohai Bay, and the countries such as Champa, Chenla, and Bagan on the north of the bay have now become the southern territory of the New Tang Empire.

In the third year of the Dragon Age, Zhuren Kingdom of Tianzhu continent sent a large-scale army to attack the countries of Ceylon, Bagan, and Malacca in the South China Sea, with the intention of invading the Nanyang region.Sanfoqi, the powerful country of Nanyang Golden Peninsula and Jinzhou Island, sent troops to fight.The two sides waged a war in the South China Sea. During this period, Emperor Wu, who had just flattened the various ministries of the Northwest Grassland and was honored as the Supreme Khan by the chiefs of the Western Regions, seized this opportunity and sent a large number of elites from the Supervision Office to sneak into Nanyang to escape the two warring countries. Divorced, and assassinated generals, officials and nobles on both sides to plant dirt on both sides.In the end, the war became bigger and bigger, and almost all the island countries and land countries in Southeast Asia were involved.

Note chariot is the southern dynasty of Tianzhu.In recent years, the power has increased greatly, and the southern part of Tianzhu has been unified. The people of the country are warlike, and the dynasty has 500 war elephants. Each war elephant is seven or eight feet high and carries a hut on its back.Soldiers used bows and arrows to fight from afar, let this kind of formation, they repeatedly defeated their opponents.In the third year of the Dragon Age.Under the rule of the Zhunian Dynasty, it has ruled [-] million people, and its strength far surpasses Sanfo Qi.

However, most of the territory of Sanfoqi is on the island, and Palembang on the Malay Island opposite the Golden Peninsula, its maritime military strength should not be underestimated.

A strong man on land in Tianzhu, and a sea king in Nanyang.

Under the secret intervention of the Xintang Empire, the two major forces fought more and more. After three years of war, by the sixth year of the Longji, both sides were exhausted.Both lose.At this time, the Xintang Empire finally completed its preparations for war, following the order of Emperor Wu. The 20 Tang troops marched by land and water, and went south in two ways.

An army of [-] infantry attacked Nanzhao from Hunan, Guangxi, and Vietnam, while another army of [-] navy and [-] marines marched down the coast of Annan.

No one expected that the Xintang Empire in the Central Plains would quickly intervene in Nanyang and dispatch such a huge army as soon as they unified the Central Plains.

At the beginning of the war, the Tang army did not directly deal with Zhunian and Sanfoqi, but sent troops to attack Sanfoqi on the grounds that Sanfoqi had hurt the maritime merchants of Datang in Nanyang.The Chief of Staff Megan, the Marshal who commanded the [-] navy and the Marine Corps at the time of the Southern Expedition, took the initiative to contact Zhu Nian and proposed a joint crusade against San Buddha Qi.It was even promised at the time that after the demise of the Three Buddhas, the Golden Peninsula will be transferred to the chariot, and the Jinzhou Island will be transferred to the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, Zhuren Kingdom was caught in the quagmire of war with Sanfo Qi, and it was hard to get off a tiger, and it was impossible to advance or retreat.When Qi Guozhong received Tang Jun's proposal, he couldn't help but be tempted.And many of the chariot-marked dignitaries received large sums of bribes from the Tang Dynasty, and they all sang well for this alliance.In the end, Zhu Ren and Xin Tang joined forces to attack Sanfoqi.

In the eighth year of the Longji, the Three Buddhas died.

In the ninth year of the Longji, Nanzhao fell.

In the same year, Xing hurriedly boarded the Golden Peninsula to receive the fruits of victory, but was ambushed by the Tang army, and the entire army of [-] soldiers and horses was wiped out.The Tang Empire launched an all-out war against the Zhuren Kingdom.

From the ninth year of the Dragon Age, the war continued until the eighteenth year of the Dragon Age.The empire's expeditionary force not only destroyed the Zhuren Kingdom in the end, but also marched south from the Sanchuan and Guangxi provinces in the southwest of the empire, and finally reached the southern coastal areas.The navy has been operating in Nanyang these years, and has completely conquered the Nanyang islands, and even established a port base on the remote southern barren mainland island.

The bay originally controlled by Sanfoqi was renamed New Bohai Bay, the Golden Peninsula was renamed New Dengzhou, and Jinzhou Island was renamed New Lushun.

The Strait of Malacca, which was originally located between Xindengzhou and Xinlushun, was also renamed the Golden Strait.This was originally a place where marine trade must pass. After Qin Fan controlled Nanyang, it has been operated for many years. The scale and weather here are far beyond the Sri Lankan era. It has become the busiest and crowded port in Nanyang. It can even be said that It is the busiest port in the entire Tang Dynasty, surpassing Dengzhou and Hangzhou.

Especially this year, although the Lantern Festival of the 20th year of the Longji has just passed, the winter trade winds that have blown from north to south since November last year are the best time for ships to go to Nanyang every year.Riding the winter trade winds from the southeast coast of the Central Plains, some southeast ships in the south are the first to set sail on the wind, and it is after the Lantern Festival every year.As the winter monsoon begins from November to March, there will be a large number of ships from the Central Plains sailing southward with the wind.From June to September every year, the summer monsoon begins, and a large number of ships go north.

And during the monsoon interval from March to June and September to November every year, there will also be a large number of ships moored at the ports near the Golden Strait waiting to set sail.

Because the strait is windless all year round, it is also the best safe haven, and it has even become the largest sea trade transfer station between the East and the West.

at this time.Everything that is dormant moves with the times, and the Golden Strait has entered the busy season earlier than in previous years. The sailboats in the harbor come and go, day and night, lined up to pass through the customs of the empire, and sail across the strait.

My name is Shi Jingtang, and I was born in Baima Township, Yizhou, Hebei, in the first year of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty (880).My father is not a native of Hebei who lived in Yizhou.He was originally from Shatuo who lived in Daibei, and his ancestors moved from Shazhou in the remote Western Regions. He served under the command of Shatuo King Li Keyong in his early years, and later became attached to Emperor Wu.He retired from the army when he was disarmed, and became a civil servant, and became the mayor of Baima Town.I am 25 years old this year, and my father is currently the criminal envoy of Yizhou.The Xintang Empire now has 48 provinces and 360 states, and my father is one of the state's three chariots.It can only be regarded as a middle-level official.

However, my father still has the title of Founding Son, which is an honor that many provincial officials do not necessarily have.My mother was also a Northlander, but that doesn't stop me from being a citizen of the Empire.I studied since I was a child, and learned martial arts from my father. I entered school at the age of six, and entered the most prestigious Spartan training camp in the empire as an alternate at the age of ten.Until the age of 20, that is, five years ago, the 15th year of Longji.I officially entered the service of the Imperial Army, becoming an Imperial Army Deputy with the rank of Second Lieutenant.

In the 15th year of the Dragon Age, the war between the empire and the Zhuan Kingdom has come to an end.The war in the south has settled down, and the military center of the empire has shifted to the northwest.The first time I joined the army, I fought against the Tibetans.But at that time, I was only in charge of cleaning up. Tubo, which had been weakened as early as the end of the Tang Dynasty, had long since lost its courage in the past, internal conflicts continued, and it was already falling apart.The empire spent ten years training a legion adapted to combat on the plateau, and finally wiped out all the ministries of Tubo in one fell swoop.In that battle, I didn't get any chance to show my talents.But after the war against Tubo that ended in Longji 16, I was promoted to lieutenant smoothly and officially became the leader of the team.

In the 16th year, he went to the Western Regions with the army. Due to the submission of the Khotan Kingdom, the Xizhou Uighurs rebelled, followed by the intervention of the Black Khan Dynasty west of Congling.

The Black Khan Dynasty is a branch of the Turks.At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Uyghurs perished due to civil strife, and three tribes began to move westward. One of them was the Ganzhou Uyghurs, the other was the Xizhou Uyghurs, and the other was led by the Khan Pang Teqin to the west of the Geluolu tribe in the Chu River area. .Uighur and Ge Luolu are both Turkic branches. Later, Ponteqin surrendered Ge Luolu and other Turkic tribes, and they established a unified dynasty together. It was called the Karahan Dynasty in history, and it was also known as the Karahan Dynasty because of their black clothes and black flags. Black Khanate.This newly established dynasty implemented the centralized system of the two Khans, with strong national power, and was also a shaman and a Zoroastrian.

After the establishment of the new Tang Dynasty, the Hexi Corridor was expeditioned for the first time, and the Ganzhou Uighurs were wiped out in one fell swoop, which made the Heikhans who were also Uighurs very dissatisfied.When the new Tang Dynasty destroyed Tubo and continued to expand westward, they finally couldn't sit still and tried to annex the Kingdom of Khotan. When the Kingdom of Khotan finally returned to the empire, they finally went to war against Tang.

This war was nothing to the empire, but it completely changed me.

The initial war went smoothly. After one year of fighting, we regained Khotan and defeated the Xizhou Uighurs. We even won several battles with the Black Khan Dynasty.At that time I had been promoted to major and became a deputy battalion commander of the infantry.Just when I thought the war was coming to an end, the Black Khans brought in a stronger ally.

The sixth grandson of the Persian Sasanian emperor who was once destroyed by the Arab Empire, in the river area, the newly established Persian Saman dynasty.This is a military power next to Congling and Tubo in the Western Regions. Although this newly established Persian Dynasty, like Xintang, appears to be dominated by black clothes and big food, they are an out-and-out military power.

When the Arabian Empire expanded eastward, it once fought against the Tang Empire in Hengluo in the western region. In the end, the Tang army was defeated because of the rebellion of the Geluolu people. Later, because of the Anshi Rebellion, the Anxi troops withdrew to the Central Plains, and the Tang Dynasty had no chance to fight against the Arabs again. People will decide the outcome.Today, the Black Khan Dynasty and the Saman Dynasty are side by side in the Western Regions, separating the east and west of Congling.Originally, they would be natural opponents.But because of the empire's massive westward expansion, both dynasties felt a strong threat.

They, finally join forces.

Although the Samanid Dynasty is a new dynasty, they are indeed worthy of being a military power.

The emperor 'Emir' Ismail bin Ahmed of the Saman Empire was the second ruler of the dynasty. In 873, after the demise of the Tahir dynasty, Ahmed ruled the river area . 874 years.His son, Nasr Ibn Ahmed, was appointed by the caliphate as the governor of the river region, which was the beginning of the Samanid dynasty.And Ismaili bin Ahmed is the younger brother of Nasr, the first emir of this dynasty, and the true founder of the dynasty.

He single-handedly established an elite cavalry, the Gulam Guards.

Gulam is actually an army that has been circulated in Central Asia, West Asia, and South Asia in the Middle Ages, and it originated from Persian.It means a trained slave.This is a professional elite army. In history, the Turkic-Persian empires such as the Samanid Dynasty, the Ghaznavid Dynasty, the Karahan Dynasty, the Seljuk Dynasty and the Khwarazm Dynasty all formed Gulam troops. .Ghulam is generally further divided into court ghuram and general ghuram.The court ghoul is responsible for defending the capital and the central government, while the general gurram is responsible for the safety of local high officials.

Slave soldiers have a long history. As early as the era of slavery, armed slaves accompanied the slave masters’ army to fight. However, highly specialized military slaves are the product of the rise of Islam. The initiator of this method is the Arab Empire , during the Abbasid dynasty of the Arab Empire, the caliph kept a group of slave guards by his side.Responsible for the personal safety of the caliphate, this is the earliest prototype of the Ghulam army. This practice was more common during the caliphate Muertasim period, but later this group of slave soldiers gradually grew larger and emptied the power of the Abbasid dynasty. .

Around the first year of Emperor Xizong Qianfu in Tang Dynasty.The newly established Samanid dynasty revived the declining ancient Persian culture after the founding of the country and integrated it with Islamic culture.A new Persian civilization was formed.The Samanid Dynasty implemented a centralized system. In order to ensure the unity and stability of the dynasty, it must have strong political and military skills. Moreover, it institutionalized, systematized and perfected the practice of slave soldiers in the era of the Abbasid Dynasty, thereby creating the Gulam military system and becoming the source of the famous Gulam army.

The members of Gulam are mainly Turks, and the way of Samanid expansion of Gulam is mainly through slave trade.In addition, prisoners of war are also an important source.The members of Gulam cultivated and instilled Persian culture and values, Islamic teachings, and exquisite riding martial arts from childhood. After growing up, Gulam became a soldier and garrisoned various places for the dynasty.Accumulated meritorious service can be promoted to an officer.The monarch's Gulam can then go out and become a prime minister, serve as a senior official in a government department, or a general who holds military power.The Gulam of the nobles started as a private guard and gradually became their stewards, retainers and guards.

The Samanid dynasty was an Iranian dynasty with the supremacy of martial arts. Gulam had a very high social status in the country. Although they were still named as slaves, they actually enjoyed high honors. The emirs, central and local nobles respected Gulam Mu also trusts them very much, and is willing to spend money on them to establish a perfect training and promotion system for them.Gulams usually wear silk, and their dresses are more beautiful and colorful.The high-grade belts use gold as the base, embellished with various treasures to show luxury.The equipment is decorated with real gold and silver, and some are carefully carved and then inlaid with jewels.During the war, the whole body is dressed in heavy armor, the hammer and sword are sharp and shiny, the armored horse is heroic, and a set of armor is mighty and majestic.

I once thought that the Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous armored army in the world.There is no warrior in the world better than Tang Qi.

But now I have to admit that those Saman Gulam are an iron cavalry that can compete with the Tang cavalry, especially the Gulam guards, which are the elite of the elite.They fought bravely and were not afraid of death. Although they were called slaves, these Turkic people enjoyed a very high honor.

In Hengluosi, the battlefield between the Anxi Army of the former Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire, the Western Expeditionary Army of the New Tang Empire defeated the Black Khan Light Cavalry in a row, forcing them to retreat here. Here, they joined forces with Gulam of the Saman Dynasty.Previously, we also fought with the Saman army, but that was only a small part of the advance army, and they were not Ghulam.

The [-] Imperial Western Expeditionary Army fought against the [-] Black Khan Army and the [-] Saman Army in Hengluosi.

That was a great battle that I don't want to recall until now. Although the imperial army still won the final victory in that great battle with few enemies, but that victory was a tragic victory.It can even be said that this is the first victory of the army founded by Emperor Wu with heavy casualties in history.The [-] Empire Western Expeditionary Army, in that battle, almost wiped out the Uighurs, Ge Luolu, and Tuqi who almost wiped out the Black Khan, and sent [-] soldiers and horses, but the [-] Saman army, especially the [-] Gurams, was nearly [-]. Guards, from the beginning, we have been sitting and watching our sweep of the Black Khan Army, and they just sat and watched.so that.The generals of the Western Expeditionary Army once thought that the Saman army saw the situation was not good and abandoned their allies.

I thought so too at the time, because if it wasn't the case, then the Samans should have sent out rescuers when we attacked the Black Khan Army on the left.But they didn't, so everyone thought the matter was over.But when I cut off the head of a centurion of the Ge Luolu cavalry.Thinking in their hearts that they were finally avenging the blood and hatred of the imperial warriors who were betrayed by their ancestors more than a hundred years ago, the Samans who had been immobile for a long time were dispatched at an unexpected timing.

They ignored the Heikhan soldiers who had been completely routed, and the imperial army who had won a great victory on the left, and rushed forward regardless.

I clearly remember that at that time, because we defeated the Black Khan Army, the formation of soldiers and horses was a little chaotic, and the formation was very long.

It was a bloody battle, and the Samanids used as bait sixty thousand black khans who betrayed their allies.Deliberately giving it to us to eat, making our formation change.Then, suddenly strike.It's a pity that although these Gulam are conceited, they are too conceited.The imperial army is not so easy to deal with, although the formation is scattered.But facing them, no one retreated.

That day, I chopped off all the two sabers I carried with me.I changed three horses, two cavalry guns, and used iron bones, steel whips, and copper maces, while my three bows, two crossbows, and six grenades were used as early as when I was dealing with the Black Khans. used up.

That bloody battle lasted for two days and one night. I can't remember how many people I killed. It seems that I killed more than ten people.But most of them are black sweat soldiers. There are only about three Saman soldiers who died under my hands, and Gulam.then there is only one.It was an officer of the Gulam Guards, a tall Turkic slave officer.Even now, sometimes I still can’t understand why the black-clothed Turkic soldiers of the Black Khan Dynasty and the same black-clothed black-flag Turkic slave guards are so different from the same Turkic people?

The battle ended with the victory of the Imperial Army. The Samans underestimated us, and they finally left with hatred. Only [-] of the [-] Samans withdrew to the west of Congling.They walked in a very embarrassing way, but unfortunately we were unable to chase after them.After the victorious imperial army, after counting, there were only less than [-] left, and everyone was wounded. At that time, I had more than a dozen wounds on my body.Up to now, I have to thank the brothers of the imperial army for the first aid hospital kit, the field medical battalion and the stretcher team, and I have to thank the first aid knowledge I learned in the Spartan training camp, which allowed me to survive such a serious injury. Also saved a life.

After that great battle, Emperor Wu sent another [-] imperial troops to support them. The supplemented Western Expeditionary Army flattened the entire Western Regions from the east of Congling Mountains to the Jinshan Mountains in one fell swoop. , only a few crossed Congling and fled to the Saman Empire.

I know that the empire will definitely fight Saman again one day, but it is impossible for me to participate again.

After that battle ended, I was awarded the Medal of Courage and the Medal of Eagle Yang, and I was awarded the title of Baron of the Empire by the King of Qin himself, and I was promoted to the rank of Colonel in an exceptional way.

However, unfortunately, although I returned from Xijiang and recuperated in Chang'an, Xijing for a long time, my body was still seriously injured, and I was no longer suitable to stay in the army, so I had to retire and return home.The imperial court gave me two options. One was to be an instructor, that is, I could choose to be in the military academy or the Spartan training camp, or I could switch to a civilian job and return to the local government like my father did back then.

But in the end, I didn't choose either way. I chose to take off my official uniform completely and return home.

In the 20th year of the Dragon Age of the Empire, the crown prince has been the crown prince for 20 years, and has been observed by the Emperor Wu and other officials for 20 years. The 53-year-old Emperor Wu is very satisfied with the 32-year-old prince Li Dezhao, and the whole court is also very satisfied with the prince who was canonized as the prince at the age of 12 as the eldest son.No matter how you look at it, this His Highness the Crown Prince, who was his senior in the Spartan training camp, is extremely like a father. Many people even say that His Highness the Crown Prince is exactly the same as His Majesty the Emperor Wu. The one who came out of it was exactly His Majesty the Emperor Wu when he was young.

Because of this, in this year, Emperor Wu finally issued an edict, canonizing the crown prince to supervise the military and state affairs, and let him supervise the country to listen to the government and assist in handling state affairs.

At the same time, Emperor Wu issued an edict to feudal princes.

Emperor Wu's edict shocked the world.

Over the years, the princes have participated in training camps since they were young, joined the army as adults, and will be transferred out of the army after five years.Return to Shenjing and study in Guozijian.All the princes are in the capital, none of them stay in the army or in the local area, and although the princes are all named kings, none of them are in the kingdom of vassal.Originally, everyone in the world thought that Emperor Wu might want to follow the example of the former Tang Dynasty and not grant feudal lords.

No one thought of it.It turned out that the Emperor Wu was not unsealed, but was just waiting.

He is waiting to see if the prince is really suitable.He is waiting, waiting for the princes to come of age.

Now, in the 20th year of the Longji, the oldest crown prince is 32 years old, and the rest of the princes are mostly in their 30s and [-]s. The princes have all grown up and have been tempered by training camps and the army.After studying in the Imperial College, they are all ready.

As soon as the "Edict of the Feudal Princes" was promulgated, the princes were entrusted immediately. From the kingdom to the county, the emperor entrusted all the princes over 20 years old.In addition to his illustrious martial arts, Emperor Wu is most praised by the people all over the world for the prosperity of his descendants. The 53-year-old Emperor Wu now has more than a hundred concubines and beauties in the harem, and there are as many as three hundred princes and princesses.The prince alone has one hundred and eight.This time, 72 princes were entrusted at once.

But what surprised the people all over the world was that Emperor Wu not only entrusted the princes, but also enfeoffed the princesses. The first batch of [-] married princesses were also entrusted with the duchy.

This time, the feudal princes of the imperial court were all enfeoffed in Nanyang and the still barren Australia.Except for the Golden Peninsula, Malay Island, and several large islands such as Borneo and Java, they belonged directly to the empire.Listed as outside the province, all the small and medium-sized islands in Nanyang were enfeoffed as vassals.The kingdom's fiefdom is hundreds of miles away, and its area is roughly equal to a county.A prefecture is half a county.The princess country is roughly equivalent to a township in the Central Plains.

According to the imperial edict, the feudal vassals, regardless of their size, were called countries, kingdoms, prefectures, and duchies.The imperial court is the suzerain of each feudal state, each feudal state enjoys autonomy, and the imperial court does not interfere in the military, economic, internal affairs, etc. within the feudal state, but the feudal state's own laws must be based on the court's laws.In addition, the imperial court does not garrison troops in the feudal country, and the feudal state has the right to build its own army, but the feudal state's army cannot exceed the quota. The kingdom has a maximum of [-] troops, the county state has [-] troops, and the principality has [-] troops.In addition, each feudal country has to pay [-]% of its tax revenue to the imperial court every year.The feudal kingdom has been inherited from generation to generation, and the new monarch must report to the imperial court and be canonized by the imperial court.

Although the Nanyang Islands are considered a wild place by some people in the Central Plains, most people have already changed their views.In recent years, the maritime trade in Nanyang has been extremely prosperous, and the imperial court has immigrated to Nanyang and the southwestern coast on a large scale. It can be said that the crops here are ripe three times a year, a large amount of barren land, many rich minerals, and convenient waterways make more and more people Rush to Nanyang.Although the development of the Northeast is not yet saturated, it has been developed for decades after all, and many good lands and mountains have been occupied by those who arrived first, so it is not so cost-effective to go later.

On the contrary, the Nanyang Islands, the southwestern coast, and even the Tianzhu mainland are undeveloped treasure lands. Who would not want to come here to earn the first pot of gold in life, or even build a family here.The imperial court divided the first batch of feudal kingdoms in Nanyang, which can be said to definitely satisfy these princes and princesses.It is close to the Nanyang trade sea route, although it is only an island country, even if it only grows rice, sugar cane, and cotton, it is enough to not worry about income.What's more, relying on the sea to eat the sea, doing ocean trade, and even transit trade, can definitely make a lot of money.

Since the new year, businessmen along the coast of the Central Plains have made a fortune.From Lushun to Dalian in the north, Pyongyang in Seoul, Qinwangdao, Tianjin, Dengzhou, Qingdao, and then to Suzhou, Hangzhou, Mingyue and other prefectures, more than 100 feudal states have almost collected all the sea-going ships that can be bought along the coast, and even brought a large number of other commodities. The materials were all purchased by these feudal states, which stimulated the major workshops to receive a large number of orders, and the workers had to work overtime to catch up with the production.

I, the Baron of the Empire, was also honored after the Marquis Order was issued.According to the imperial edict, the princes and princesses can all become marquises and establish a country, and we, the nobles of the empire, can also obtain a fief on the border of the empire.

Although compared with the feudal states of the princes, the fiefdoms of the nobles are subject to many restrictions.But it also makes nobles like me overjoyed. Since the Tang Dynasty, nobles have almost no real fiefdoms, and even Shiyi is just a virtual fiefdom.But with the rapid expansion of the current empire, the emperor has also begun to generously reward the heroes with real gold and silver fiefs.

I was awarded the title because I fought for the empire, so I was among the first batch of fiefs to be awarded.My fief has a circumference of [-] miles, and it is located on a small island in the east of Malay Island opposite the Golden Peninsula. According to the official in charge of the imperial court, it is a very good land. land, a flat land.Although it is still a wasteland, as long as I recruit some people to go there, I can even plant sugar cane or rice in the first year of reclamation.The circumference is twenty miles. If it is a square, then there are five miles on each side.If all the land is reclaimed, it is equivalent to nearly [-] mu of land.Such a generous reward made me and my father extremely excited.My father is a Viscount of the Empire, and his fief has a circumference of forty miles, which is [-] acres of land.Although this place is tens of thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, a small island in Southeast Asia that has never been visited before, it is enough to make our father and son very happy.

After receiving the official fief letter, I immediately set off for the south.This time I will go to the island of my fief, and reclaim it, and reclaim my father's fief, since the land is ours.He can no longer be idle.I brought with me the hundreds of gold coins I had obtained from the rewards and military pay of the past few years, and my father gave me some more, making up a thousand golden dragons.I believe that with this amount of money, it is enough for me to reclaim these two precious lands and even build two manors.said father.When he becomes an official in his old age, he will go to the Nanyang fiefdom to provide for the elderly.

But when I arrived at the port, I realized how many people were going to Nanyang at this time.I changed several ports in a row.But I couldn't buy a boat ticket to Nanyang at all. In the end, I was lucky to meet someone I knew well.The owner of the Red Victory, Fufeng County King Li Deyi, was my classmate in the training camp.He was very happy to see me, and when he heard that I was going to Nanyang, he dragged me onto his boat.He was also the first batch of princes who were conferred the title of marquis, and a county was conferred according to his title. He is a very talented prince, but his mother is just a talented person from an ordinary family.Therefore, his title is only a county king.While talking, I learned that his fief is actually very close to my fief.

Although my fief is my fief, it is different from a feudal country.My fief is in a province directly controlled by the imperial court in Nanyang.But it is not on several big islands in the province, but on the small islands around the big island.It's not far from Li Deyi's, but I don't have those independent privileges in the fief. Everything has to be governed by imperial officials according to the laws of the empire, and even half of the fief's output every year has to be handed over to the empire.But all the nobles including me are very happy to have such a fiefdom.

Although it is said that Li Deyi's mother is just a talented person without the support of a powerful natal family, when Li Deyi went to Nanyang, the Emperor Wu and the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Crown Prince still gave the county king a battalion of imperial troops, although there were only 500 people. But it is the elite imperial army, plus their family members, relatives and friends who are willing to go to Nanyang, there are thousands of people.In addition to the craftsmen, common people, and sailors they recruited, this southbound team is huge, with a population of nearly 20 and more than [-] boats.

In addition to the nearly ten thousand future citizens of the Fufeng Kingdom, these twenty or so boats specially selected by the Emperor Wu were also loaded with various supplies ranging from food, agricultural tools, cattle, war horses, medicinal materials, books, etc. Once you go to Nanyang, it may be difficult to return to your homeland.I also bought a lot of seeds, farm tools and other materials along the way, and took them with me on the boat.

"Xindengzhou, here we come!"

There was another shout of excitement, and the crowd on the deck burst into cheers.After several months of sea voyage, this group of people who came to Nanyang far away from their homeland finally arrived at Xindengzhou, the legendary golden peninsula full of gold.

I finally squeezed onto the deck, passed the black crowd, and faintly saw other colors besides the blue sea and blue sky in the past few months. It was the color of the land, and it was not an island, but a real continuous coast.

"Xindengzhou, Xindengzhou!" I heard the sailors on the ship respond loudly and loudly. These sailors are experienced and have been in Nanyang for many years. Their voices prove that we have indeed arrived in Xindengzhou. This immediately attracted people on the fleet of more than [-] boats to shout excitedly: "New Dengzhou, new Dengzhou!"

Everyone's excited shouts overwhelmed the sound of the wind and the waves. Amidst their shouts, I saw Li Deyi, the king of Fufeng County at the bow of the boat, turn his head and look in the direction he came from.

I stood silently and looked back.

In the direction of coming, apart from the blue sea and blue sky, there are only white sails, seabirds flying in the sky, and white waves.Apart from these, there is nothing else to be seen, let alone the long gone homeland.

The blue sky is clear, and from then on, my hometown is separated by oceans!

He turned his head and faced the front, where, under the brand new sky, was a new home!

ps: I finished the book, thirteen months, more than 300 days and nights, at this moment, when it finally came to an end, I felt a lot of reluctance in my heart, and some readers said that there were still many things to write.But after thinking about it for a long time, it is enough to write here.

ps2: After finishing this book, I may have to rest for a few days before conceiving a new book.At present, I have an idea. The next book will probably be about the period of the Sui Dynasty. I hope everyone will like it.

ps3: Golden Peninsula, namely the Malay Peninsula.Jinzhou Island, namely Sumatra Island.