Chapter 493 The Sound of the Sea 2

"Uncle Hu, look, Lighthouse, Alexander Lighthouse, we're here, here we are, Uncle Hu, we're really here!"

On the watchtower of the Weiyuan, Wang Yuanzheng, the second son of Wang Haibin, with a telescope in his hand, was looking at the endless sea level with great interest. Suddenly, a spire slowly rose from the sea level and fell into the sight of Wang Yuanzheng. At that time, he roared with excitement. This roar was not tight. The sailors all cheered for it. Immediately, the cheers roared like a whirlwind in the huge fleet, and the waves rolled straight out of the sky, so shocked that the many seabirds shuttled between the fleets flew high places in panic.

"It's here, it's finally here!"

The whole fleet cheered, but the main general Lin Hu did not shout. He stood alone in the bow of the boat and stared at the gradually tall Alexander Lighthouse with wet eyes. There were bursts of excitement in his heart. It was not easy. The seven-month sea expedition was really hard to describe. Although before his departure, Li Xian sent the Hangzhou assassin Le Sihui to dissuade him, but Lin Hu still insisted on moving with the fleet. Not only that, he also chose the most difficult and long food route, instead of the relatively safe route to Japan. This journey has not only been baptized by the storm, but also experienced several bloody battles. In Puro (now Singapore), in Wax Three Buddhas (now Sumatra), and all over the body poison (now India), in order to establish camps, there have been many conflicts with the local indigenous people, and have also fought several battles with poisonous pirates in the Indian Ocean. Although the six escort warships did not sink in a battle, they were all scarred. The 2,000 elite soldiers carried, deducting more than 600 people left in the camp everywhere, and now there are only more than 1,000 left, and more than 300 soldiers sleep on the long journey. Now, they are finally arriving at the destination of this trip. What about Lin Hu? He was not very excited, but as the main general, he was proud of the majesty of the master general. Even if Lin Hu was full of tears, he did not want to have a very bad performance. He just stood quietly on the bow of the boat, and his burly body was as steady as a mountain!

"Uncle Hu, it will be reliable in another half-day voyage. Ha ha, my little nephew has heard my father talk about the prosperity of Alexandria, and I can witness it with my own eyes this time!"

Wang Yuanqi was 20 years old. Three years ago, he had gone to the sea to make a living with his father, but he had never been to Dashi. He had only traveled the Dongying route twice. However, in the past, he had heard a lot of the veterans in the fleet talking about the prosperity of Alexandria. He longed for it. Seeing that the destination was approaching, he was particularly excited and happy. He slid down the mast and almost jumped to Lin Hu's side, talking happily.

"Pay attention to vigilance, pass the order, and all the frigates will immediately raise the warning flag and move forward in the left and right columns to escort the fleet!"

Lin Hu has always liked the lively and active Wang Yuanzheng. Because he liked it, his requirements were particularly strict. At this time, as soon as he was so excited that he forgot his duties, he immediately stared at him, glanced at him, and calmly ordered.

"Yes!"

Being stared at by Lin Hu, Wang Yuanzheng was shocked to find that he seemed to be a little excited. He didn't dare to neglect it. He answered quickly, turned around, secretly spit out his tongue, quickly stepped on the mast, untied the red and white flags hanging on the watchtower, and quickly hit a series of Qi Yu, the originally slightly messy fleet immediately began to adjust, but seeing six warships slowly sailing out of the fleet, divided into two directions, escorting a dense formation of 30 merchant ships in the middle, sailing to Alexandria at full speed...

Alexandria was founded in 328 BC, named after its founder Alexander the Great as the seat of the governor of the Egyptian province of the Macedonian Empire at that time. After the death of Alexander the Great, Ptolemy, the governor of Egypt, established the Ptolemaic dynasty here and was crowned Ptolemy I. Alexander became the capital of the Kingdom of Egypt and soon became the largest city in ancient Greek culture. In ancient Western history, its scale and wealth were second only to Rome; Persian king Kos in 616 A.D. Loez II occupied Alexandria. Although the Byzantine emperor Heraclius re-occupied Alexandria a few years later, the Arab general Amr Iben As occupied Alexandria 14 months after the siege of Alexandria. At this point, Alexandria was controlled by the Great Umayyad Dynasty, which was the trade between ancient Europe and the East. As the center and the hub of cultural exchange, the only naval fleet of the Umayyad dynasty is stationed here.

As a commercial hub, it is the prosperous place where thousands of merchants gather. Every day, there are more than a hundred or dozens of ships entering and leaving the port. There are ships from all kinds of Eurasian and African countries, but they are all small and medium-sized cargo ships. In terms of ship type, it is far less than half of the "King's Commer" cargo ship. Because of this, when the "King's Commer" three As soon as the huge fleet of more than ten giant ships appeared in the lookout on the lighthouse, the panic was borne. The Tang fleet approached the island of Faroe, and the port was already in chaos. In the loud noise of the drum, more than a hundred small and medium-sized warships of the Great Food Fleet had rushed out of the anchorage one after another, from the flagship Rose. Leading the hurried posture of facing the enemy, he slowly pushed him to the Tang Fleet, but he was very cautious in action. Obviously, he was shocked by the loud momentum of the Tang Fleet.

"Stop the ship, drop half sail, and prepare the bows and crossbows of each warship!"

Lin Hu is a cautious person. Although he came here to do business with cannibals, he could not prevent the interests of the cannibal fleet. Looking at the slow approach of the cannibal fleet, Lin Hu did not dare to neglect. He raised his hand and issued an order to prepare for war, but did not move forward, but made the whole fleet stop at the original. The ground and fell half a sail to show that it is invincible.

Perhaps he saw the fall of the sail of the Tang Fleet, and the Great Food Fleet did not push forward, but stopped half a nautical mile away from the Tang Fleet. After a moment of silence, a small boat was drawn out of the Great Food Fleet. In addition to the six sailors who were pulping, two other middle-aged people stood on the ship. One of them was white and fat, wearing a robe and looked like a famous port official, while the other was wearing a lock armor and pressing his hand on the handle of the machete. Obviously, he was a general.

"Crickly..."

The speed of the boat was very fast, and it had rowed in front of Lin Hu's flagship "Weiyuan" in a few hours, but when the white and fat official tried to raise his head, Lin Hu, who was standing in the bow of the boat, was full of birds. The speed of speech was extremely fast, and there was an unconcealed tension in his voice.

"What's the man talking about?"

Lin Hu didn't understand Arabic and couldn't understand the words of the white fat official. He frowned slightly, glanced at the interpreter standing beside him, and asked in a flat tone.

"Your Excellency, the man, who calls himself Mua Via Aben, is an official of the Port Affairs Department and is responsible for the entry and exit of the ship. This is asking me where I came from and the purpose of coming here."

Translated by Wang Haiyao is Wang Haibin's cousin. He has a great talent for language. He has done business overseas earlier than Wang Haibin. He has been to eats several times and is quite fluent in Arabic. He can understand the words of the white fat official. When Lin Hu heard the question, he did not dare to neglect it and quickly bowed to explain.

"Oh? So that's it. I answered him, saying that I'm from the Tang Dynasty, and I'm here to do business!"

Lin Hu had previously guessed the intention of the white and fat official. Hearing Wang Haiyao's words, there was no doubt that there was him, so he nodded and ordered indifferently.

"Yes, my lord." Since Lin Hu had issued an order, Wang Haiyao did not dare to delay, so he repeated Lin Hu's words in Arabic loudly.

"Tang Dynasty! Datang! It's chirting..."

As soon as Wang Haiyao's voice fell, the white fat official became excited and shouted at the bow of the ship for a long time.

"Your Excellency, the man said that Alexandria welcomes the arrival of the guests of the Tang Dynasty, just to ensure safety. He asked our fleet to accept the inspection and pay all kinds of taxes and fees in accordance with the local tax law. At the same time, he asked our fleet to obey his dispatch and go through the entry procedures in turn before entering the port area." Wang Haiyao translated the words of the white and fat official without waiting for Lin Hu to speak.

"Let's answer that he can, but he can only send officials on the ship to inspect the goods. The soldiers are not allowed to enter without permission, so let's start with the cargo ship. As for all the frigates, they are ready to respond at any time!"

The Tang Fleet came to do business. It would not start the war lightly, but the heart of defense was indispensable. After thinking for a while, Lin Hu still decided to be safe and did not order the escort warships to lift their vigilance.

"Crickly, crickly..."

After Wang Haiyao conveyed Lin Hu's meaning to the white fat official, the two discussed quickly in Arabic. The quarrel seemed to be quite fierce. After a long time of argument, the white fat official seemed to have been persuaded by Wang Haiyao. He did not insist any more and waved to the boat tune. He drove back in the direction of the Arab fleet.

"Your Excellency, the man asked our fleet to accept a thorough inspection of his navy fleet, but his subordinates refused. He said that he would report this matter to the commander of the fleet, Tari ibun Abi, and the governor of Egypt, Yazid ibun Abu. Therefore, the two decided that my fleet would berth here and not move forward." The boat just turned around. Wang Haiyao didn't wait for Lin Hu to ask, so he had reported the results of the negotiations one by one.

"Very good, thanks for your hard work. Expedition, ask your father to bring the boat up!"

After listening to Wang Haiyao's explanation, Lin Hu did not comment, but comforted him. He turned around, looked up at Wang Expedition on the mast, and ordered in a high tone.

"Good!"

Wang Yuanzheng answered excitedly, waved his hands, and hit a series of flags. After being covered by the escort fleet in the rear merchant ship for a while, a merchant ship with the banner of "Shunyuan" slowly sailed out of the array and leaned towards the "Weiyuan" where Lin Hu was. At that time, the Arab fleet seemed to be shocked by the dispatch of the Tang army. With a sound of drums, the whole fleet approached again, and for a moment, the atmosphere on the sea suddenly became tense...