In the second floor, Zhang Zong, Xue Shao and others listened to Qian Dahai's adventure story with all their attention. Qian Dahai was also very unlucky. Their whole family originally settled in Gaochang, but later the Tang Dynasty annexed Gaochang, so their family moved to live in the Tang Dynasty. Later, in order to make a living, Qian Dahai's father took the risk of going out to sea and accumulated some family business.

Qian Dahai has been traveling with his father to ship goods since he was ten years old. Later, his father died in a sea accident. So he took over his family's business at a young age. In fact, it was just a sea boat, mainly traveling from the sea from Guangzhou to Nanyang. Although the sea risks are very high, the returns are also very generous.

But just a few years ago, Qian Da went out to sea like a sea, and his ship went out to sea with a large fleet, because the most terrible thing on the sea was not natural disasters, but man-made disasters, that is, pirates, especially in the South Ocean area, where pirates were rampant. Therefore, in order to ensure safety, sea merchants gathered a huge fleet at the dock to go out to sea together, so ordinary pirates would not dare to make any decisions about them.

Qian Dahai went to Nanyang this time mainly to pull a boat of spices back, but what he didn't expect was that their fleet encountered a big storm at the sea. When the waves were calm, he could no longer find the fleet, and the fleet structure was very loose. He would never send people to look for it because of his disappearance, so he could only rely on Qian Dahai himself.

But even more unfortunately, Qiandahai's ship was damaged in the storm, mainly due to the damage to the rudder and could not control the direction of the ship at all. This almost meant a catastrophe for them, because it meant that they could only drift with the ocean currents, and they could only be rescued unless they encountered other fleets in the collision.

However, even when he encountered such a desperate situation, Qian Dahai did not give up. While comforting the crew, he tried to save himself, mainly to find ways to repair the rudder. Unfortunately, his efforts failed in the end, and the ship drifted farther and farther away, and finally entered a sea area that he had never seen before.

In the end, I don’t know how long it took, Qian Dahai and his boat had finished their food and the water became smelly. Even the mice on the boat were caught and eaten by them. Even when they saw that the tragedy of eating people was about to happen, they did not expect that their boat would actually arrive on a land that could not be seen at all, which made everyone on the boat finally burst out with hope of survival.

"It was on that big island that we met local natives. Fortunately, these natives were not a cannibalistic person, and were willing to exchange some food and water with us. So we lived there for nearly two years. We finally repaired the ship and prepared enough food and water. Then after several months of sailing, we finally returned to the Tang Dynasty."

When Qian Dahai spoke at the end, his face also showed a look of gratitude. They had gone through life and death along the way, and several ships died on the way, but they eventually returned to the Tang Dynasty, and even now he felt like he was dreaming.

"Since you have already come back, why are you here in Chang'an again?" Xue Shao asked curiously at this time, because Qian Dahai said just now that his home is in Guangzhou, but he is here in Chang'an again, which is really strange.

Qian Dahai also smiled bitterly after hearing this and explained: "To be honest, although we finally returned to the Tang Dynasty, the ships were already overwhelmed and were scrapped after they came back. It was impossible to go out to sea again. Although my family had a little savings, because I had been missing for several years, my family also consumed a lot of money to find my traces. Now my family is already steep. In order to support my family, I have to find a way to make money, but I didn't expect to be cheated..."

Qian Dahai smiled bitterly again when he said this, and then talked about his experience in Chang'an. It turned out that after he returned to Guangzhou to reunite with his family, he saw that the only ship was scrapped and his family was so poor that he could not afford to lose his money. For this reason, he could only find a way to earn money to support his family. A Hu merchant arrived in Guangzhou from the sea and needed a guide to Chang'an. So Qian Dahai took the initiative to come to Chang'an. He also came to Chang'an, so he was quite familiar with the journey.

Originally, Qian Dahai agreed with Hu Shang to give half of the reward in Guangzhou, and settle his other half when he arrived in Chang'an, so he left all the money to his family in Guangzhou. He followed Hu Shang to Chang'an and also brought some goods, intending to try his luck in Chang'an, but unexpectedly, Hu Shang didn't keep his word and drove him away directly when he arrived in Chang'an. Of course, the remaining half of the reward was not given.

Qian Dahai was not familiar with Chang'an, and the Hu merchant disappeared when he arrived in Chang'an. He couldn't find anyone even if he wanted to report to the official. In the end, he had no choice but to find a way to sell the goods he brought, raise some money and then return to Chang'an. The goods were the things that Zhang Zong bought before, all of which were collected by Qian Dahai from that big island.

"These Hu merchants really don't have any credibility!" Li Dan couldn't help but say angrily after hearing this. Although there are many Hu merchants in Chang'an City, their reputation is not very good, especially in terms of credibility. If you are not careful in doing business with them, you may lose both your life and your wealth.

Zhang Zong was in deep thought at this time. From Qian Dahai's life, he guessed that the other party first encountered a storm, then lost his way, and was finally sent to the Americas by the ocean current. It was estimated that their ship should have entered a current across the Pacific Ocean. There seemed to be several such currents, but even if there were ocean currents, they would have been lucky enough to reach Americas alive.

"Brother Shi, what are you thinking?" Xue Shao next to him saw Zhang Zong silent, so he reached out and pushed him and asked.

This made Zhang Zong finally wake up from his thoughts, and immediately looked up at Qian Dahai and asked, "Brother Qian, if you give you a good boat, are you sure you will return to that big island?"

"This..." Qian Dahai frowned when he heard Zhang Zong's words, and then spread his hands and smiled helplessly, "To be honest, when we came back from the big island, we almost had the determination to die, because we didn't know where we were. We could only identify one direction and never thought about going back. So even if we were given a ship, I could not guarantee that we could return to that big island."

"If I pay a lot of money and fund your ships and supplies, would you rather take the risk of finding that big island?" Zhang Zong suddenly asked again.

Although Qian Dahai was not sure, he had landed on the American continent after all, and he had rich sailing experience. Otherwise, he would not have been able to return from America. Therefore, Zhang Zong had this idea. If he could help the other party find America and bring back corn, potatoes and other crops, it would be worth it no matter how much it cost.
Chapter completed!