Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1276, Ryukyu's agricultural industry

Here at the River Bay Wharf in Ryukyu City, four-wheeled carriages loaded with fresh vegetables and fruits came from the spacious concrete roads, causing the originally empty wharf to become congested.

The people in Ryukyu City were really happy when they learned that the vegetables and fruits grown by themselves were to be tributed to the empress. Those who got the notice kept busy, and those who didn't got the notice felt very wronged. They even found the county Ling and found Li Yuanshan and yelled non-stop.

Here at the pier, baskets of fresh vegetables and fruits were being weighed. Once the weighing was completed, the money was counted on the spot, and then moved to the warehouse of the Kunpeng.

Li Yuanshan carefully inspected and stared at the side. The fruits and vegetables in this area are different from the vegetables and fruits sold in the Beijing and Tianjin areas in the past.

"Kiwi fruit, grapefruit, strawberry, papaya, sugar cane..."

"Chinese cabbage, radish, mustard greens, pumpkin, sweet potato leaves, spinach, onions, tomatoes..."

For each variety, Li Yuanshan has to carefully check and count the quantity at the same time, not only the quality must be good, but the quantity must also reach a certain level.

In recent years, the vegetable and fruit industry in Ryukyu has developed very rapidly, especially in winter, because most areas of Ming Dynasty are freezing cold, which is not suitable for the growth of crops.

Only Ryukyu, Qiongzhou, Nanyang and other places can be used to grow vegetables and fruits, and Ryukyu is located in the northernmost position, so it has naturally become the most important vegetable and fruit base for supplying the Beijing-Tianjin and Jiangnan regions in winter.

In this regard, Liu Jin also established related industries and developed them on the Ryukyu side.

Not only are various vegetables and fruits collected within the scope of Daming, but even various high-quality vegetable and fruit seeds are collected around the world, cultivated, and then introduced to Ryukyu.

After several years of development, it has now begun to take shape. The output value of the entire Ryukyu vegetable and fruit industry has surpassed the traditional sugar industry.

Although the area of ​​sugarcane plantations for planting sugarcane is still expanding, the planting scale of vegetables and fruits is also expanding rapidly.

As the most suitable base for supplying vegetables and fruits in winter, the vegetables and fruits here in Ryukyu can be sold at high prices in the Beijing-Tianjin area, Songhu and Nanjing in the south of the Yangtze River in winter.

An ordinary Chinese cabbage is not worth much at ordinary times, so it can only be sold for one or two pennies, but in winter, even an ordinary Chinese cabbage can be sold for dozens of dollars. The high price of the text comes, and the supply is in short supply.

Throughout Daming, there are many rich people, especially the Beijing-Tianjin area and the Jiangnan area. These places have a developed economy, many factories, and a large population. There are many rich people.

In winter, it is easy to get tired of eating meat. Fresh vegetables and fruits are definitely the king and most popular on the winter table.

Especially in the past few years, hot pot has gradually become popular in the north and south of the country. In winter, the weather is cold, and eating hot pot in front of the hot pot is absolutely enjoyable.

While eating hot pot, it is easy to get tired of eating meat, but all kinds of vegetables are more expensive than meat, and the sales are extremely strong.

This also allows the people of Ryukyu to make a lot of money just by growing vegetables and fruits.

"Well, the quality is good, and they are all the best."

After careful inspection, Li Yuanshan nodded straightly. The big guys brought out the best vegetables and fruits from their own homes. Baskets and baskets of vegetables and fruits piled up like mountains, but they were quickly transported to the Kunpeng ship. Inside the warehouse.

"Of course, this is a tribute to the palace, who dares to be careless."

Next to Li Yuanshan, Huang Nan, the county magistrate of Ryukyu City, also nodded in satisfaction.

Although this time, Emperor Hongzhi did not issue an order to come to Ryukyu City in the form of a decree, and he does not need to bear any responsibility.

But this is because the emperor cherishes the power of the people and the people, and is unwilling to let the localities attack vegetables and fruits in the form of decrees, but let Liu Jin purchase vegetables and fruits in the form of procurement.

As the county magistrate here, he still needs to do his best to do this job well. This is a tribute to the palace, and he still has to feed the empress. This is a big deal.

He didn't dare to make any sloppy.

"It seems that we in Ryukyu will focus on planting these vegetables and fruits on a large scale in the future. It is best to plant them in large areas and on a large scale."

"It's winter, and our Ryukyu vegetables and fruits are more expensive than meat when transported to Beijing and Tianjin."

Li Yuanshan watched the endless stream of carriages coming from all directions in front of him, and he was also thinking about the future development of the industry.

He is the person in charge of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company here in Ryukyu. He is not only responsible for the sugar business, but also responsible for the hundreds of plantations of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company in Ryukyu.

The profitability of these plantations is directly related to Li Yuanshan's own performance and year-end bonus, and it is also related to whether Li Yuanshan can be further promoted. Of course, he has to think carefully.

"It is necessary to introduce and cultivate more new varieties. The varieties of vegetables and fruits that can be grown in winter are still somewhat single. In addition, the market in the Liaodong region should also be focused on developing. In addition, we can also develop markets in North Korea and Japan. .”

"Well, these are things that will wait for the production to come up in the future."

Li Yuanshan was thinking silently.

……

A few days later, Tianjin port here.

"woooo~"

Accompanied by bursts of sirens, the Kunpeng returned to Tianjin Port very smoothly after five days of voyage, and the trial voyage of the steam ship was very successful.

"Haha, I'm back~"

"The speed is really fast, and it only takes twelve days to go back and forth."

Here at Tianjin Port Wharf, Zhu Hou took care of the Kunpeng that had returned and smiled happily.

These days, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao were not in a hurry to return to the capital, but stayed here in Tianjin, waiting for the Kunpeng to return.

Kunpeng's trip to Ryukyu this time is its first voyage, and it is also a trial voyage of a steam ship. No one knows what the condition of the steam ship is. Only by going to the sea and checking it can we know what it is. Okay, at the same time, we can also see how much faster it can be than a sailing ship.

Liu Jin, Zhu Houzhao, Ren Siheng, and Chen Shou of Tianjin Shipyard are actually very anxious. This steam ship is an epoch-making thing.

With steam ships, the field of ships will usher in new developments, and more and more ships powered by steam turbines will gradually replace traditional sailing ships.

At the same time, the speed of a steamship is much faster than that of a sailboat, and it will also become an important tool for Ming to connect with various overseas colonies, vassal states, and so on.

Taking Daming to go to the Golden Isle as an example, if it is an ordinary sailboat, it may take two months to reach the west coast of the Golden Isle from Tianjin, but if you use a steamer, it only takes one month. up.

Moreover, this is an ordinary ship. At Liu Jin's request, Tianjin Shipyard is designing a small, fast steam ship with a speed that is more than three times the speed of the current ship. and other places, fast transportation of urgent letters, items and so on.

"Is this speed still fast?"

Liu Jin curled his lips slightly and said: "It takes twelve days to go back and forth, that is to say, it took almost five days from Ryukyu City to Tianjin. In five days, I don't know if the vegetables and fruits on the ship are rotten. Lose."

"The speed is still too slow, it would be great if it could be faster."

"It's not fast enough~"

"In five days, the speed of transporting vegetables and fruits from Ryukyu to Tianjin is already very fast."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he pouted immediately.

"Yeah, this is already very fast. Five days is unbelievable. It would have been impossible in the past."

Ren Siheng also nodded and said.

"Yeah, it's already too soon~"

Chen Shou also nodded in satisfaction. He felt that the speed of the steam ship was quite good, and it was twice as fast as that of the sailing ship. This was already a big leap.

"Tch, a bunch of soil turtles, if there are planes and high-speed trains, you will know what fast is."

Liu Jin curled his lips slightly, complaining in his heart.

At this time, the Kunpeng had already parked, and the porters at the pier began to unload the goods on the Kunpeng. Baskets of vegetables and fruits were continuously carried down, and they piled up like a mountain at the pier in a blink of an eye.

"It's still fresh~"

Zhu Houzhao flipped through it very casually. In a few days, the vegetables and fruits were actually not too fresh, but compared with the ones that were shipped to Tianjin in the past, they still looked very fresh.

No, there are a lot of businessmen here in Tianjin Wharf, as if they saw gold, they swarmed over at once, looking at the baskets of vegetables and fruits in front of them, their eyes shining.

"Who is the boss here?"

"Do you sell your vegetables and fruits?"

"I am willing to pay a high price to buy your vegetables and fruits. In this winter, there are still such fresh vegetables and fruits. Look at this Chinese cabbage, it is obviously only a few days old."

"There are also these fruits, all of which are very fresh, and the head and quality are all good!"

These merchants couldn't help nodding their heads. Such good products are rare, especially in this winter, when vegetables and fruits are luxury goods, and fresh vegetables and fruits are even more rare.

There are rich people in Beijing and Tianjin. As long as you have the goods, don’t worry that no one will consume them. No matter how expensive things are, there are plenty of them that people can afford.

Vegetables and fruits are the most popular things in winter, and noble people who are tired of eating all kinds of meat love these the most.

(End of this chapter)