Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1709, Golden Island Penglai City

Penglai City, Golden Island, with the arrival of a new day, the largest city in Golden Island began to become noisy again. The boats moored in the harbor raised their sails one after another, ready to go out to sea with the wind, or go south to South Golden Island to transport the big rainforest (Amazon Rainforest) redwood or the South Gold Island prairie (Pampas Grassland) cattle, sheep, horses and wool.

There are also ships going north, and there are ships transporting grain along the Xibi River in the middle of the North Golden Continent, continuously transporting grain from the Great Plains to Penglai City.

There are also ships going to the northern border, transporting ginseng and fish catches in the northern border. The natural fishery here in the northern border has an extremely amazing output, and the catch is extremely cheap. A large number of them are sold back to the mainland of Ming Dynasty or sold to European and West African colonies, On the side of the feudal kingdom.

The top-quality salmon, cod, and eel are produced in huge quantities, and the meat is extremely delicious and nutritious.

As the largest city in the Golden Continent and also the central city, Penglai City gathers the products of the entire Golden Continent, and at the same time, it is at the node of east-west trade.

On the one hand, a steady stream of goods from Ming Dynasty arrived here, and on the other hand, a large number of goods from Europe and the Middle East were transported here, converging here, making Penglai City prosperous and lively.

In just over a dozen years, the city built on open land had a population of over one million, and it became the largest, most prosperous, and busiest city in this new continent.

Here, you can see the well-dressed Ming people who hug each other, you can also see the descendants of the Shang Dynasty who are dressed in simple clothes, and even use a piece of cloth to hide their shame, and you can also see people from Europe with low expressions. European slaves, even you can see Kunlun slaves from West Africa.

In this magical land, various miracles are performed every day.

There are down-and-out explorers who put all their money on to organize expeditions to find gold. They may end up poor and have to go back to the Great Plains (North American Plains) to cultivate thousands of acres of land in their homes and live in the countryside with dozens of wives and concubines. people's poor life.

It is also possible that when the mountains and rivers were at the end of the mountain, they were lucky enough to discover a large gold mine, and then became rich overnight, adding a new story to the adventure legend of the Golden Isle.

The Ming people who come here are almost all in pursuit of wealth. Explorers are the most fascinating profession here. Countless teenagers have practiced horseback riding, archery and guns since they were young, in order to grow up to be able to Become a great explorer like your own father.

In this land, people are extremely adventurous. They travel to every corner of the continent, just looking for things that can make them rich overnight.

As for the land and fame that have always been valued by people in Daming, there is not much market here.

Because the land here is too much, too much.

On both sides of the Xibi River, the vast plain is almost infinitely vast, extending from Penglai Bay to the northernmost cold area, the endless vast plain, the land is extremely flat, open, and very fertile.

As long as you are a member of the Ming Dynasty, you can reclaim the land here casually. How much you reclaim is your private land. You can cultivate it casually, and even the Ming government has no interest in collecting your grain, because the grain here is basically nothing. It is worthless.

You can just find a piece of land and plant wheat seeds, corn seeds, sweet potatoes, etc. You don’t need to manage anything at all, and you can get a good harvest.

The grain output here may be more than that in Liaodong and Hezhong, but the population of Huangjinzhou is less than ten million people, and most of them are children, so they can't consume that much grain at all.

Therefore, the winemaking industry is extremely prosperous here, and the fine wine produced in Huangjinzhou sells well in Europe.

There is so much land that no one wants it, and no one wants to cultivate it. What everyone likes to do is to explore. If you find gold and silver, you can get rich overnight. Who will work hard on the land?

As for fame, it has always been tied together by land and being an official. No one wants the land, and the value of fame has shrunk by half. Moreover, children in Huangjinzhou usually go to new schools, and traditional private schools are in the market here. Not much, after all, scholars seem to be serious and shake their heads, which is always contrary to the spirit of explorers.

In addition, the children here in Huangjinzhou are basically of mixed blood. Their fathers are from the Ming Dynasty, and their mothers are descendants of the Yin and Shang dynasties or were born to female slaves from Europe.

This descendant of Yin and Shang has a tough folk style. Only Europeans are also robbers. Coupled with the spirit of an explorer and a father with a spirit of sailing, in such an environment, people in Huangjinzhou are more willing to choose to study in new schools.

Because the things learned in the new school are more useful and comprehensive. Astronomy, geography, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, etc., no matter which one is very practical.

But the traditional Confucian things are not practical at all. After reading the Four Books and Five Classics, you can't even count, you can't tell the difference between the east, the west, and the north, and you don't know whether it is poisonous or not. How can you explore?Also read shit.

With the sunshine, Penglai City became bustling and bustling.

There are children going to school in groups, adults who are busy, and goods that are constantly opening on the streets.

"Sell newspaper~sell newspaper~"

"Da Ming Daily, the Crown Princess gave birth to a son yesterday, and the emperor is delighted, and canonized as the eldest grandson of the Emperor of Ming!"

"Golden Continent News, the chief envoy of North Golden Continent has been transferred to the Western Regions to serve as chief envoy, and Luzon chief envoy Chen Youliang will become the new chief envoy of Northern Golden Continent."

"Recently, the Inca Empire broke out again. The governor of the South Golden Continent announced the blockade and control of the area where the Inca Empire is located. Except for food transportation, no one can enter or leave at will."

"The Penglai City Cement Plant officially started production yesterday, and the annual output of cement is expected to exceed 100 million barrels. It is expected to completely solve the problem of cement shortage in Huangjinzhou."

"The expedition team spread good news again. An explorer discovered a large gold mine in South Gold Island, and Tianjin Ocean Trading Co. won it with a lot of money!"

"A slave rebellion broke out in the Changyun Gold Mine, and the army has gone to suppress the rebellion."

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Just like other cities in Ming Dynasty, there are teenagers selling newspapers on bicycles constantly yelling on the streets, attracting a large number of people to buy newspapers.

Here in the Golden Continent, there is even a locally-published Golden Continent Newspaper, which reports some news related to the local area of ​​the Golden Continent.

The busy day, the hustle and bustle of the city, everything is in constant motion.

The East Street of Penglai City, where commercial firms gather, is lined with high-rise buildings, and each tall building is a commercial firm. Many powerful commercial firms from home and abroad gather here throughout Daming.

Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Sihai Co., Ltd., Sangong Co., Zhang Brothers Co., Ltd., the First Bank of Daming, Ningguo Co., Ltd., Chu Co., Ltd., Western United Co., Ltd., South Africa Co., Japan, Shimadzu Co., Korea, and so on.

Randomly come out a commercial firm here, and that is all famous super large commercial firms in Daming. Of course, these are also the most important branches of these large commercial firms in Golden Continent, responsible for the entire Golden Continent's business.

Accompanied by crackling firecrackers, gongs and drums, and noise, a brand-new five-story building here on East Avenue unveiled its plaque.

"Golden Continent Branch of Daming Petroleum Commercial Bank!"

People passing by all looked at it in unison, and they were suddenly puzzled.

"Oil company?"

"What is oil?"

"What is the use of this oil, and what is the background of this oil company?"

Everyone was puzzled for a while, and different from other firms, this oil firm did not interact with other firms after it opened, and acted its own way.

Originally, those who do business and do business naturally have to communicate more with other firms, merchants, or many others, so that they can do business, but your oil firm is inscrutable and cold. This makes many people unable to understand.

However, looking at the decoration of the building of the oil company, it is very grand and luxurious. Compared with ordinary companies, it is obviously more powerful and richer.

It's just that everyone still doesn't understand what kind of oil this oil is and what it can be used for. After all, the signboard is an oil company, and it must be related to this oil.

Inside the oil company, Wen Yong, who had just arrived in the Golden Continent from Daming mainland not long ago, was standing by the window, looking at the prosperity and bustle of the Penglai Bay port in front of him.

"Will this oil really be of great use?"

"There is also very little oil in our Ming Dynasty, so there will be a lot in this Golden Continent?"

Wen Yongzheng was thinking carefully in his mind. He graduated from the Daming Institute of Technology with a major in geography. This time, he was also appointed as the president of the Huangjinzhou Branch of the Daming Petroleum Commercial Bank. ground.

As for the newly gushing oil, he went to learn about it in detail, and he always felt that this oil might not be of much use. The key is that the production of oil is very small now, and it is very difficult to find it. It is definitely not easy to find oil. Things, they need professional people like them and luck to find oil, of course, the premise is that there is oil under the land.

(End of this chapter)