Ang Lee gathered the captains and important seamen of each ship and emphasized the specific situation of the islands they would pass through along the way. He also told these seamen how to deal with it.
In order to make it easier for these people to determine their position on the sea, Ang Lee marked each island on the world map with a corresponding Arabic number, and each Arabic number corresponded to a set of small maps, that was, the topography of the island, the plants on it, and other detailed information.
In this way, after these seamen found an island, they only needed to investigate the various situations of the island and confirm which island it was according to the small maps and information. Then, they went to the world map to check according to the number and knew where the island was on the map, so they could determine their specific position on the ocean.
Although the map provided by Ang Lee was a map of the future, and there were still some differences from the Tang dynasty era, most of the islands in the Pacific Ocean had existed for tens of thousands of years. Therefore, many of the islands that existed in the future actually existed in the Tang dynasty era. Moreover, there was not much difference and could be used as a practical reference.
While these captains and leaders were diligently studying maps, information, and other knowledge, the sailors and various odd-job workers below them were moving all sorts of important resources onto the ten steamships under the command of the officials of the imperial court, making the most ample preparations for the long voyage.
Because the journey to America was extremely long, the various materials prepared were still very large. Sufficient mung beans and soybeans must be prepared because there were no vegetables at sea. If people could not eat vegetables for a long time, it was easy to get septicemia. Needless to say, there was water on the sea, but seawater was not drinkable. Only clean fresh water could be used for drinking.
In addition to soybean sprouts and mung bean sprouts, there were also a lot of canned food on the ship, including canned vegetables and fruits. In this way, the occurrence of septicemia could be better prevented, the crew could reach America quickly and efficiently, and bring back various products needed by the Tang dynasty to further promote the prosperity and prosperity of the Tang Empire.
Of course, astronomical equipment was also indispensable. Large caliber, wide-angle, and high-power telescopes could greatly increase the probability of the fleet discovering a new continent. At the same time, it could also allow the fleet to detect storms on the sea as quickly as possible and make timely evasive actions.
However, the Pacific Ocean was still relatively calm on the whole. Otherwise, how could it be called the Pacific Ocean? The fleet equipped with steam power should be able to reach America smoothly and bring back enough products.
Once the exploration of America was successful, the Tang Empire would continue to send more ships to America to bring back more products. After all, the transport capacity of ten steam ships was very limited, and they could not bring back enough products. Only by sending more ships could the Tang Empire popularize these excellent products faster and better promote the development of the Tang Empire.
In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Ang Lee stayed at the port for ten whole days, and spent at least ten hours every day to communicate with the sailors on various aspects of navigation.
It had to be said that these sailors grew up by the sea and had a better understanding of the sea. Therefore, Ang Lee communicated with them with knowledge of the sea quite smoothly. At least, they could understand what Ang Lee was saying, and Ang Lee also understood what they were trying to express.
Ten days later, everything was ready. Under Ang Lee's gaze, the ten steam ships slowly left the port and headed for America, which was tens of thousands of miles away, to explore the New World.
After the steam ships left, Ang Lee's mission was over, and the New Year was coming. In other words, Ang Lee needed to leave the port and return to Chang 'an City.
After inspecting the steam ships under construction, Ang Lee went to the Laizhou Railway Station, ready to take a train back to the capital.
"Assistant Minister Li, the Laizhou Provincial Governor mobilized the fishermen nearby and caught a lot of fresh sea fish to offer to His Majesty. The sea fish have been loaded onto the train."
A guard came over and said.
These days, Ang Lee could eat fresh sea fish almost every day. However, Chang 'an City was too far from the sea, and there were no fresh sea fish on the streets of Chang' an City. This was because, according to the previous transportation method, the sea fish would definitely die on the way to Chang 'an City. Therefore, the people of Chang' an City could only eat dried fish.
Now, there was a railway between Laizhou and Chang 'an. The one-way journey would only take three days. If the big box was filled with seawater and put in the fish, the fish would definitely not die within three days. In this way, the people in the capital city could eat fresh fish.
However, the first batch of fresh sea fish to be shipped to the capital was all for Emperor Li Longji, so they were all expensive and rare species.
"These are the sea fish. Assistant Minister Li, please take a look."
Ang Lee boarded one of the carriages of a freight train and found a large number of fresh sea fish. Moreover, they were all expensive and rare sea fish, and they were very ornamental.
The wooden boxes that contained the sea fish were also very large. It looked like a small fishing boat, and not a single drop of seawater leaked out.
Based on Ang Lee's experience in the future, these sea fish and seawater were shipped to Chang 'an City together. As long as they were taken good care of, these fish could continue to live and even have children in Chang' an City.
If he used medicinal jade to make an excellent ornamental aquarium and put these sea fish in, he could achieve excellent ornamental conditions for these sea fish.
When Ang Lee thought that he could make an aquarium and put these sea fish in it for people to admire, he immediately became excited. After returning to the capital, he must seriously make an aquarium and present it to the palace first so that Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan could appreciate it. Then, after more sea fish and seawater were shipped to the capital, Ang Lee could build more aquariums and open an aquarium, charging entrance fees at a very low price.
With the current population of Chang 'an City in the Tang dynasty, as well as the gathering of nobles and businessmen from various countries, Ang Lee believed that opening an aquarium would definitely be very good business, especially for the nobles from many small countries in the west. In the vast Gobi desert, they certainly had never seen sea fish. In Chang' an City, they could enjoy a variety of fresh sea fish. Why would they care about a little money?
These fresh sea fish were a little token of appreciation from the officials and people of Laizhou to the Emperor. Of course, Ang Lee would accept them and be responsible for presenting them to the Emperor.
However, it was true that the officials and people of Laizhou were grateful to the Emperor. If the Emperor had not made the decision to build a railway from the capital to Laizhou, the fresh sea products in the hands of the fishermen of Laizhou would not have a particularly good market because of the limited transportation conditions. Now, after the railway was connected, the development of Laizhou had greatly improved. The living standards of the people were bound to become better and better.
Not only Laizhou, but all the cities along the railway line would also gain rapid economic development. The livelihood of the people would become wider and wider.
In addition to the sea fish, there were many tributes that were loaded onto the carriage and transported to Chang 'an City. In the past, it would take a lot of time and energy to transport these materials. But now, as long as these materials were loaded onto the train, they could be easily transported to the capital. It was convenient, fast, and very economical.
Ang Lee lay comfortably in the soft sleeper carriage and hurried to Chang 'an City. Along the way, they passed by the magnificent Jishui Bridge, the Grand Canal Bridge, and many other magnificent bridges.
In addition, the scenery along the way was really very good. There were many places that Ang Lee wanted to stop the train and stay to enjoy. However, in order to return to Chang 'an City as soon as possible and reunite with his wives, Ang Lee resisted this idea. After all, the New Year was coming. It was time to go back and reunite with his family.
Three days later, Ang Lee's train finally arrived at Chang 'an City. He immediately got off the train and went home. He also brought some fresh sea fish for his wives to taste.
Most of the sea fish were transported to the Daming Palace. These things were all presented to the Emperor. Ang Lee could not take too much. But it would not be a problem if he took a little. The Emperor was not so stingy that he would not care about it.
Although Ang Lee was not a chef in his previous life, his cooking skills were not bad, especially the technique of making sea fish. The only regret was that in this era of the Tang Dynasty, there was no chili. Without this ingredient, the taste of the sea fish would be greatly reduced.
There was nothing that could be done about this. They could only wait for the ten steam-powered ships to return from America and bring back the chili seeds to be planted within the borders of the Great Tang Empire. Only then would the people of the Great Tang be able to eat the delicious chili.
Although there was no chili, which was a very practical and delicious seasoning, Ang Lee's superb cooking skills could make up for the lack of ingredients. Therefore, the sea fish he made was still very delicious.
Yan Ruyu and the others were very satisfied. They praised Ang Lee's cooking skills, which made Ang Lee very proud. At the same time, he asked them to thank him.
The way Ang Lee asked them to thank him was naturally to have his wives accompany him to rest. Ang Lee liked the feeling of having one on his left and one on his right. Although it was hard to have three women at night, it was also very enjoyable! Lying together as a family and talking about life together, this feeling was needless to say.
Early the next morning, Ang Lee went to the R&D Center comfortably. After walking around casually, he went to his workshop and immediately asked the craftsmen to start making the medicinal jade aquarium according to his idea. In order to ensure safety, Ang Lee naturally wanted to temper the medicinal jade materials.
At this time, the medicinal jade workshop of Ang Lee's family was already very mature. The technical conditions for making the medicinal jade aquarium had been fully met. Therefore, there was no need for Ang Lee to spend too much time on research. After drawing the drawings, he could directly start the production.
"Assistant Minister Li, what are you doing with such a big medicinal jade box? What are you going to put inside?"
The craftsmen were very curious.
"Those who store the fish, work hard. Make these things as soon as possible. This official needs them urgently."
Ang Lee ordered. After giving some instructions, he returned to the R&D Center and continued to guide the craftsmen there to develop more advanced machinery.
In fact, after returning to the capital, Ang Lee should first go to see Li Longji. However, Ang Lee felt that it was completely unnecessary. The accompanying eunuchs must have already entered the palace and reported everything truthfully. In this way, Li Longji already knew everything. Why should he run to personally report it?
Moreover, Li Longji also knew Ang Lee very well. He knew that if there was no big matter, Ang Lee would not enter the palace to look for him for no reason, so naturally, he would not blame him. If he wanted to know something, he could naturally send the eunuchs to summon Ang Lee and let him come over.
A day later, Ang Lee's workshop had finished making the medicinal jade aquarium. After some inspection, they determined that there would be no problems and immediately reported to Ang Lee.
When Ang Lee learned that the medicinal jade aquarium was finished, he was very happy and immediately went to take a look. Then, he asked the craftsmen to take this batch of freshly made medicinal jade aquarium to the Daming Palace. He wanted to present it to the Emperor.
As Li Longji had already issued a decree, as long as Ang Lee brought good things into the palace, there was no need to announce it. He could directly enter the palace.
Therefore, Ang Lee smoothly brought a group of craftsmen and the finished medicinal jade aquarium into the palace.
"Assistant Minister Li, His Majesty is taking a lunch break. What do you think?"
The little eunuch ran over in small steps. It seemed that he was discussing with Ang Lee.
"Oh, then don't disturb His Majesty. Where are the fish? Where is it? "
Ang Lee's purpose was to present the aquarium. When the Emperor saw it was not very important. He just needed to do what he should do.
"Fish? Assistant Minister Li, are you talking about the marine fish from Lai Zhou? "
The little eunuch was stunned for a moment, but he still thought of something.
"Yes, it's those marine fish."
"Oh, they are in the courtyard here. Assistant Minister Li, please follow me."
The little eunuch led Ang Lee to the place where the fresh marine fish were stored.
"Assistant Minister Li, they are all here."
The little eunuch pointed at the marine fish in the wooden barrel.
Ang Lee took a look and saw that the marine fish were still alive. He said, "Put the medicinal jade aquarium properly and move all the marine fish here into the medicinal jade aquarium. These wooden things can be thrown away."
"Assistant Minister Li, this …"
When the little eunuch saw that Ang Lee wanted to move the marine fish, he was shocked. After all, the Emperor and the imperial concubine had already seen these marine fish and liked them very much. They asked people to take good care of them. If Ang Lee killed these marine fish, the Emperor and the imperial concubine would be very unhappy. He might not be able to keep his head.
"You don't have to worry. I know that His Majesty and the imperial concubine like these marine fish very much, so I specially sent the medicinal jade aquarium. It is much better than these rotten wooden barrels. If His Majesty asks, just say that it was my idea."
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