Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1485, Ming's Winter in Nanyang

Crescent City in Nanyang Province of Ming Dynasty (renamed from Manila), as the chief assistant of Nanyang Province, is also the land that Daming first acquired in Nanyang. After years of development, Crescent City has already become the largest city in the entire Nanyang region. The population is close to one million.

Although it was already the twelfth lunar month at this time, when the wind howled and the snowflakes fluttered here in the capital of Daming, it was still scorching summer here in Crescent Moon City.

The crescent-like bay here, with blue sky, white clouds, blue sea water, and soft sandy beaches, attracts a large number of people to come here to play.

On the beach, there are children playing football happily, while adults are sitting on chairs everywhere, drinking coconut juice leisurely, looking at the lively beach in front of them, enjoying the warm sunshine.

"It's still a comfortable winter in Nanyang. If it's Beijing and Tianjin, it's already snowing heavily and it's freezing cold. How can I surf and swim in such a leisurely sea."

Sitting on the chair, Deng Bing watched his little grandson pile up sand on the beach, and then felt the warmth of the sun, and couldn't help sighing.

He is from Tianjin, and his son was one of the first sailors to go to sea. Later, he settled down in Nanyang. There is a huge plantation of tens of thousands of acres here, and he bought many slaves to grow sugar cane.

In addition, there are several large ships, which often go to the West and Africa. They don’t like to live the life of landlords and riches here in Nanyang, but like to wander around on the sea. Therefore, Deng Bing is responsible for the plantation in the family. reason.

"Isn't it~"

"Didn't I just go back to my hometown in Tianjin some time ago? The cold was really unbearable. I came back after a few days. Nanyang is better, warm, not to mention how comfortable it is in winter."

"If it's in Tianjin, it's winter, and everyone is dressed like a big rice dumpling. It's hard to move around, and it's not convenient to take a bath. It's better for us in Nanyang."

Next to Deng Bing, an old man of about the same age, Yao Butcher, also nodded and said.

Yao Butcher and Deng Bing are also fellow villagers, both from Tianjin, not too far away. Yao Butcher's son and Deng Bing's son were both the first sailors to go to sea.

It's almost the same now. There are large plantations here, hundreds of slaves in the family, and their own ships, commercial firms, etc. It can be said that they are the first to enjoy this era properly. The group of people who got the bonus.

And their backgrounds are the most ordinary people, like Butcher Yao, you can tell by their names. In the past, they were pig butchers who made a living by butchering pigs, but now they live the life of landlords and rich people.

Every day, I just wander around in my own plantation, and then bring my grandson and granddaughter to the beach to play, and chat with my fellow villagers, not to mention how chic my life is.

"Haha, that's right, it's better for us in Nanyang, Tianjin, it's too cold, too cold, I don't plan to go back in winter, I'll go back and have a look in summer."

"This Tianjin, if you don't go back every other year, you can't even find the way. The changes are too great."

Shen Laosan on the side also nodded. His family's situation is similar to that of Deng Bing and Yao Tufu, and those who immigrated to Nanyang are basically the same.

"Haha, I remember that at the beginning, you were unwilling to come to Nanyang, and you said that the gold and silver nests are not as good as the dog kennels at home, and you will die in your hometown in Tianjin."

"Now we are good at Nanyang one by one, and we are not willing to leave."

When Deng Bing heard the words of the two old friends, he immediately laughed.

He still remembers clearly that when he said he wanted to immigrate to Tianjin, Yao Butcher and Shen Laosan scolded his son fiercely, saying that his son was not filial, that his homeland was hard to leave, and that overseas was a barren place. Where is the Ming Dynasty?

It’s all right now, everyone has gotten used to the life here in Nanyang, and they all like it here, but they dislike the cold in their hometown.

"Haha, Tianjin is actually not bad. Now Tianjin is prosperous, with tall buildings everywhere."

"However, I still like Nanyang, especially in the winter here. It is really comfortable. In the past, in winter, my bones were very sore, but here in Nanyang, I don't feel it at all."

Butcher Yao also laughed.

Butcher needs to get up early. It’s okay in summer, but it’s very uncomfortable in winter. Over the years, you will basically have wind cold, rheumatism and the like.

"This year's sugar cane is really cheap, a lot of money is missing."

Shen Laosan smiled, and then thought about talking about the plantation.

A few old men manage the plantation, mainly planting sugar cane. The price of sugar cane is low, and the income of the plantation is naturally low.

Because their plantation area is very large, the price of sugarcane has been reduced by [-]%, which means a lot less money in a year.

"Isn't that right? The price of sugarcane is getting lower every year. I'm still thinking about planting sugarcane next year."

Deng Bing also shook his head and said.

"No way, there are too many people growing sugarcane now. At the beginning, there were not too many people immigrating to Nanyang. At that time, the price of sugar was also high, and the market demand was also very large, so the price of sugarcane was still high. Very good."

"But it's different now. There are plantations all over Nanyang, and sugar cane is grown all over the place. The price of sugar has also dropped again and again. The price of sugar cane is getting worse every year. In the past, a cart of sugar cane could Buy two taels of silver, and now you can’t even sell one tael of silver, if things go on like this, everyone will want the northwest wind.”

Butcher Yao followed with a sigh.

The development of Nanyang was very rapid, a large number of people immigrated to Nanyang, and the upper rulers of Ming Dynasty also opened a large number of plantations here in Nanyang, which had a huge impact on the entire market.

The sugar production in Nanyang is soaring year by year, but the price is constantly falling. Even if the demand for sugar in Europe, the Middle East, and the Ottoman Empire is very large, it still cannot support the huge supply brought by the rapid development of the plantation economy. A price drop is also inevitable.

"I heard that those large plantations are now planting rubber trees on a large scale. Do you think we should follow suit?"

Shen Laosan thought for a while and said.

"It's late~"

"It's too late to plant rubber trees now."

"As early as a few years ago, I heard people say that Nanyang Plantation Co., Ltd. planted rubber trees in many places. At that time, I didn't understand that instead of planting such good sugarcane, what kind of rubber trees should be planted."

"You must know that the price of sugar cane was quite good at that time. After a year, a large plantation can easily earn tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"As for things like rubber trees, when I heard that it would take seven or eight years to grow and tap rubber, I thought it was very uneconomical. It took seven or eight years to earn income, and I didn't know what would happen. "

"Where did you know that the price of rubber is soaring now, the price of a barrel of rubber is as high as several hundred taels of silver, and the supply is still in short supply. If you have money, you may not necessarily have a place to buy it."

When Deng Bing heard this, he immediately showed a regretful expression.

"Ah~"

"If hundreds of acres of rubber trees were planted back then, counting the time, it would be possible to tap rubber in a year or two, and it would be a real profit."

"Nowadays, a rubber sapling costs more than a dozen taels of silver. Ordinary people like us can't afford it at all. Only those big business houses and big plantations can afford it."

"More than a dozen taels of silver for a seedling?"

"Why don't they rob the bank!"

When Shen Laosan heard it, he almost jumped up and said.

"It's not robbing a bank. It's more profitable than robbing a bank. Who said that the only one with rubber saplings is the Nanyang Plantation Company. This is the industry under Mr. Liu's command."

Deng Bing smiled and said: "The reason why the price of rubber has soared is mainly because of the appearance of bicycles. The tires on this bicycle are made of rubber, and bicycles are very popular now. A Mercedes-Benz bicycle will cost more than [-] yuan to appear on the stage." Two taels of silver, here in Nanyang, a bicycle costs more than fifty taels of silver."

"There are more than fifty taels of silver. Isn't it good to use it for food and drink? You can buy a good horse and a four-wheeled carriage."

"This four-wheeled carriage has now started to use rubber tires. After using rubber tires, it will go faster and less bumpy."

"In my opinion, the price of this rubber will continue to rise. It is still too late to plant rubber trees. Although the saplings are a bit more expensive, I still plan to plant some."

"There is really nothing to grow this sugarcane, the price is too low, if this continues, we will really have to drink the northwest wind."

Shen Laosan thought about it and still felt that he needed to plant some rubber.

"Mr. Shen, your family has really gotten rich these years. These seedlings worth more than a dozen taels of silver are not expensive. If you want me, I won't spend so much money to buy rubber saplings. What's more, it will take seven or eight years before the rubber can be tapped."

When Butcher Yao heard this, he shook his head immediately.

They have all been poor all their lives, that is, when they were old, they lived the life they are now, and they are dragging the money in their hands to death, and they are not willing to spend it at all.

It is simply not willing to buy a rubber sapling for more than a dozen taels of silver.

"There is a return on investment~"

"The price of this rubber will definitely continue to rise, because it has so many uses. Bicycle tires, wagon tires, and the sealing rings of steam engines. I heard that rubber is all used."

"Besides, after the rubber tree is planted, it doesn't need too much care. After it grows into a tree, it can be tapped every year, which is actually very cost-effective."

Shen Laosan thought for a while and said.

"If you want to plant it, you can plant it. I'm not willing to do it anyway. The seedlings are too expensive~"

"Yeah, yeah, I think it's too expensive, too."

"If you have money, why don't you buy a boat and go to Europe to do business?"

(End of this chapter)