Chapter 2475: Coffee Site Selection and New Location

In the heavy rain, the King of Sinhalese and his people waved goodbye to the yacht under the umbrella.

The yacht took six local patients and went diagonally across the Arabian Sea to the Gulf of Aden, facing the southwest monsoon.

Entering the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, it finally stopped at the port of Djibouti, went ashore from there, and headed southwest.

The straight-line distance is more than 1,600 miles, and it is necessary to cross the East African Grand Canyon and finally arrive at the Jimma area.

According to the information, coffee is produced here.

When it comes to specific operations, Li Yi chose to get coffee directly in Yemen, so he didn't go so far and had to cross the Grand Canyon.

Yemen is in the north of the Gulf of Aden, and it is directly to...

Currently, Yemen is also under the rule of the Umayyad Dynasty, that is, the White Arabs. Previously, Sulu of the Turks joined forces with Tubo and the White Arabs to attack the Tang Dynasty.

Now Sulu dares not to fight the Tang Dynasty, so he focuses on the White Arabs and captures prisoners by the way, so as to exchange for the people he was captured by the Tang Dynasty.

In theory, the Umayyad Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty are in a hostile relationship.

"Li Lang, will they fight us?" Princess Yongmu asked with an expectant look.

Li Yi shook his head helplessly: "The White-robed Arabs are different from the White-robed Arabs. Their leader's main strategic point is not in the Tang Dynasty. The two sides have maritime trade."

In Sinhalese, there are Arab ships docked. They want to go to the Tang Dynasty, take the sea route, and carry out long-distance transportation. It's a difficult journey.

At present, Arab shipbuilding technology is not good enough. They are all small boats, paddled, and need to find a place nearby for supplies. They can't cross the Strait of Malacca directly like yachts.

When they saw the Tang Dynasty fleet, they behaved very friendly.

The White-robed Arabs who ran to Yemen are so far away from those who competed with the Tang Dynasty for territory. How could they be a group of people?

"Oh!" Princess Yongmu seemed very sorry, not to fight!

"We will fight in the future, depending on the will of the other party."

Li Yi comforted Princess Yongmu and told her that war is bound to come.

In the early stage of trade, when there are enough exchange items in various places, trade and peace are maintained.

When more good things from the Tang Dynasty are delivered and the locals can no longer exchange them, they will choose other means to obtain them.

After stealing and robbing, they will start a war, and some people will even deliberately incite and start fighting directly.

Two days later, the yacht arrived at Mukalla, Yemen. Li Yi called it that at the time, but he didn't know what it was called now.

There are no ships docking here because the southwest monsoon is blowing.

The yacht did not stop and continued to move along the shore.

"There is a kind of leaf here, called Carter. After eating it, you will be very excited. Many of the symptoms are the same as after eating too much poppy paste.

At the same time, like poppy paste, it is a medicine. I will collect some and take them back to find a place to plant it to avoid being eaten by mistake.

When some patients are in special pain, they can be given medicine, but they will become addicted if they eat too much."

Li Yi saw the land and introduced a local plant, Carter.

No one has chewed it yet, and the Arabs don't know the effect of this thing after eating it.

Coffee was invented by the Arabs and planted here. According to data, in 570, Persia drove away the people of the Aksum Kingdom in Yemen.

Then in 575, coffee was planted here and it has been planted for many years.

At present, they have not sold coffee as a commodity to the Tang Dynasty. The specific reason is unknown. It is probably because the Tang Dynasty has tea?

Fixed-wing drones take off to find khat trees and coffee trees. Khat trees have always been there and can be picked at will.

Coffee is not good. Yemeni coffee will not mature until September. Now it is July, what should we do?

Li Yi plans to dig trees, or find seeds from last year, and let the locals plant them.

If they leave dry seeds, they will exchange them with something, such as... paper.

They don't know how to make paper yet. It is said that they fought a war with the Tang Dynasty, the Battle of Hengrus, and they captured the craftsmen who went with the army, and then they knew how to make paper.

Otherwise, they have been using parchment, which ordinary people can't afford.

There is another kind of paper, papyrus, which is like bamboo. This grass is made into something like bamboo slips and written on it. It is not resistant to moisture.

It is easy to deal with in a dry place and can be kept for a long time.

At present, the two sides have not fought the Hengrus War, and they will not fight again. If they fight, it will be on the land occupied by the Arabs.

"The paper of our Tang Dynasty can be used for export. This thing is cheap to make. If it is exported, it will be sold at a price one hundred times the cost. No more..."

Li Yi waited for the drone to give feedback, and explained the paper used by the White-robed Arabs and some other things.

All the people on the ship who had nothing to do ran to the deck to listen together. They liked to listen to Li Yi's popular science, and their own knowledge also increased.

The drone came back and said that there was no paper, and continued to move forward.

At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, it would arrive at Mansoura, Yemen, where Li Yi was at that time, and see if there was any.

If there was no paper, it would go to the narrowest part of the strait. If it was found, it would not go to the deep place of Ethiopia.

The drone continued to fly in the sky, photographing the terrain and people in the coastal areas.

This is a plain area, a plain of dozens of kilometers, and then there are mountains.

The White-robed Arabs also farmed, and by the way, they also grazed, raised sheep and horses, and camels brought from the desert.

They didn't care about the drone in the sky. UU reading wｗｗ.uukanshu.net was too high, a small dot, like a bird.

People on the beach saw the yacht. The closer the yacht was to the beach, the farther the drone flew.

Some of them also fish, and they take small boats to wander around the seaside. When they see the yacht, they are stunned. Is this a boat? So big? Why is there no oar?

These fishermen are not all dressed in white. The clothes they wear are of different colors, mainly linen.

It is estimated that they will only wear the good white clothes on formal occasions. They also have poor people.

Even with the development of the Tang Dynasty, there are still many people who can't eat enough. How can the white-clothed people eat meat every meal? Are you rich to that extent?

"Will all these people be enemies in the future?"

Xiaolan looked at the screen. The drone took a clear picture.

"Not necessarily enemies, anyway, it's hard to deal with them. They have believed in religion for too long.

It may take dozens or hundreds of years to change. To change with economic strength, the military must be strong.

There are also many people who believe in Buddhism, local religions, and other religions on the other side."

Li Yi was worried when he talked about this matter. Religion is too powerful. The territory of the Tang Dynasty must be expanded.

Regardless of whether it will split in the future, at least when I am there, I will turn some territories into the Tang Dynasty.

It is very difficult to change other people's beliefs, as well as some folk customs.

In Hainan at that time, there were still ethnic minorities raising and growing Gu.

He hadn't studied it. Was it really as powerful as the rumors said?

Putting parasites into someone's body, and taking medicine to fight them off?

Parasites can kill people, but to say that they control people, and there are mothers and children, is difficult to understand with the knowledge he has learned.

The key is to learn from others, and they won't teach you.

You can't catch someone and interrogate him, that's illegal.

What if they really have some special means, and you will be easily caught.