Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1832, Treasure Island Ryukyu

Liu Yuan accompanied Emperor Hongzhi on the streets of Ryukyu City.

After all, this is the second time I have come to Ryukyu City. The last time I came was when I led an army to sweep across the Southeast Asian countries. When I returned to Beijing, I passed by Ryukyu City and stopped here for a short time.

I still vaguely remember that Ryukyu City was not that big at that time, it was only the size of a small county town, but now Ryukyu City is already very large, with the faint momentum of a big city.

There are many people on the road, very bustling and busy. There are many shops on both sides of the street, and the dazzling array of goods is also dazzling.

"The scale of this Ryukyu City is really not small."

"This is actually a city that has been developed and built in just over ten years."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at everything in front of him with great interest.

Regarding the Treasure Island Ryukyu, Emperor Hongzhi didn't care at all in the past, because before the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, it was still a barren land, a place where there were few people, miasma, and barbarians.

At that time, the Ming court did not even set up any county government or state capital here, but as Liu Jin took the lead in ordering people to establish the Ryukyu City here, he began to develop the plantation economy here, relying on the considerable income from sugar And the fertile land and unique natural climate conditions of Baodao Ryukyu have attracted millions of people to immigrate here.

In just over ten years, Treasure Island Ryukyu has undergone earth-shaking changes.

From the original barren land, a place full of miasma and barbarians, it has become a region with such a large population, rapid economic growth, plantation economy, shipbuilding industry, and developed agriculture.

Because of its unique natural conditions, even in winter, the temperature here is rarely below zero. In the southern region, the temperature is even very high throughout the year. Therefore, Treasure Island Ryukyu is not only the Ming Dynasty The sugar warehouse is Daming's vegetable and fruit warehouse.

Every autumn and winter, cargo ships departing from Ryukyu are loaded with all kinds of fresh vegetables and fruits to the Beijing-Tianjin area of ​​Ming Dynasty.

Different from vegetables grown in greenhouses, Baodao Ryukyu vegetables and fruits are known for their high quality. They are very popular in Beijing and Tianjin, and are the favorite of the rich and powerful.

"Your Majesty, the current permanent population of Ryukyu City has exceeded [-], and the proportion of children in Ryukyu City is extremely high, more than half of the population are children."

"After these children grow up, the population of Ryukyu City will increase rapidly."

Liu Jin quickly said with a smile.

"Yeah~"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately laughed happily.

This era attaches great importance to fertility, and someone has everything, and this is the view from top to bottom.

"Let's go out of the city and have a look. I feel that every city in Ming Dynasty is similar."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at it for a while, and suddenly felt that it was meaningless. The cities of the Ming Dynasty were all similar, especially in these emerging cities, there was almost no big difference in terms of planning or architectural style.

Get in the car and walk out of Ryukyu City. When you get out of the city, you can see the endless sugar cane fields.

"Stop~stop~"

Emperor Hongzhi shouted quickly, and the car quickly pulled over and stopped.

Emperor Hongzhi looked curiously at the endless and huge sugarcane fields in front of him.

"What are these things?"

Emperor Hongzhi had never seen sugarcane before, so the sugarcane was right in front of him, and he didn't know it.

"Your Majesty, this is sugar cane, and sugar is made from this sugar cane."

Liu Jin quickly replied.

"Is this sugar cane?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, his eyes widened slightly. He had eaten unknowingly how much sucrose, and this was the first time he had seen sugarcane look like this.

"Bring up a sugar cane."

Liu Jin told the guards around him, and soon, a piece of sugarcane was delivered to Liu Jin, and Liu Jin ordered someone to cut it into several pieces, peel off the skin, wash it, and handed one to Emperor Hongzhi, saying: " Your Majesty, try this sugarcane, this Ryukyu sugarcane is the sweetest and has the highest content."

"This sugarcane juice is refreshing and thirst-quenching, and it's also very good, but it's a bit taxing to bite."

Liu Jin gnawed on the sugar cane while talking.

Following Liu Jin's example, Emperor Hongzhi gnawed at the sugar cane, and after taking the first bite, he said, "It's really sweet, but it's too hard, and it takes a lot of effort to bite."

"Haha, this sugar cane is just like that."

"Nowadays, machines are generally used to extract juice, and then the juice is continuously boiled with fire, and finally brown sugar, white sugar and other products can be obtained."

Liu Jin also laughed.

If the pedantic ministers in the court knew about Emperor Hongzhi eating sugar cane with the first minister of the cabinet, it is estimated that Liu Jin must be impeached again.

"I see."

Hongzhi nodded while gnawing sugar cane. This way of gnawing sugar cane on the side of the road seems to be quite good. Fortunately, he brought Liu Jin out. If he brought other pedantic ministers with him, he would definitely be accused Suddenly.

There are a lot of things that the emperor should pay attention to, such as his own etiquette, blah blah blah.

Get in the car and continue to drive on Treasure Island casually along the spacious concrete road. On both sides of the road are endless sugarcane forests, which are extremely large in scale.

Ryukyu is the sugar storehouse of Ming Dynasty, this is not a joke.

Although the price of sugar has dropped a lot, it has already entered thousands of households, and it is no longer exclusive to the rich. The income from planting sugar cane has dropped a lot, a lot compared to before.

But people here are still growing sugar cane, and they are used to growing sugar cane. Sugar cane is still an important crop here.

After some distance from Ryukyu City, in addition to a large number of sugarcane forests, a large number of vegetable and fruit areas began to appear. These areas are characterized by a large continuous area, all of which are grown vegetables and fruits.

Emperor Hongzhi asked people to stop the car again, came to the field, and looked at a large vegetable field in front of him. There were a lot of cabbage, radish, onion and other vegetables planted in the vegetable field. The scale was very large, and the entire large area It's all vegetables.

At the same time, you can also see someone busy in the field, with a four-wheeled carriage parked beside them, carrying baskets of harvested vegetables to the four-wheeled carriage.

"Go, go, find someone to talk to."

When Emperor Hongzhi saw this scene, he immediately became interested and hurried to where.

Yang Dalang's family was busy harvesting vegetables. Now it's autumn, and winter is coming soon. It's the season when vegetables start to be harvested, and the price of vegetables is the highest. All these vegetables are going to be sold in Beijing and Tianjin. .

But soon they noticed Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jin and others walking towards this side, and they also looked curiously.

"Who are these people?"

"Are you also here to collect food?"

"There are so many small cars and a few big trucks."

Yang Dalang was very curious.

"My fellow, how is the harvest?"

Emperor Hongzhi greeted Yang Dalang and others with a smile on his face.

"This year's harvest is still very good."

Yang Dalang looked carefully at Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jin and others in front of him, and he knew that they were not ordinary people, so he replied with a smile.

"Really, what kind of vegetables do you grow here?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the baskets of vegetables and asked with a smile.

"That's a lot. Cabbage, radish, broccoli, onion, cucumber, potato, soybean, celery, onion, ginger, garlic, etc. There are dozens of varieties."

Yang Dalang replied that he could tell from Emperor Hongzhi's accent that these people should have come to the Beijing-Tianjin area.

"How much can this cabbage sell for a catty?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded straightly, then picked up a cabbage and weighed it carefully, it was quite heavy.

"All of our dishes are sold in Beijing and Tianjin, so the price is still good."

"This cabbage can be sold for 2 cents a catty, this radish can be sold for 3 cents, broccoli is also 3 cents, onions and potatoes are cheaper, and they can be sold for a penny per catty. Ginger, onion and garlic can also be sold. 3 Wen a catty."

Yang Dalang replied with a smile.

"That's fine. Let's see if you can sell this acre of land for a few taels of silver."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he made some calculations and said the same thing.

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay~"

Yang Dalang immediately nodded happily.

He was originally from Quanzhou, Fujian, and he was one of the first people to come to Ryukyu City. He participated in the construction of Ryukyu City and has been here for more than ten years.

From working for the Ryukyu Sugar Industry at the beginning, I started to grow sugarcane by myself after I got a large piece of land, and then tried to grow vegetables and fruits after the price of sugarcane fell.

The income is quite good. When there were no greenhouse vegetables before, the prices of vegetables and fruits in Ryukyu were higher, and the income was even better.

Calculated from this, the whole family can sell thousands of taels of silver for growing vegetables and fruits a year. The income is quite good, and the small life is also very rich.

"Do you still have your own labels on your vegetables?"

Liu Jin also kept watching, and asked curiously when he saw that the label of Ryukyu vegetables was still attached to the basket.

"Of course it should be posted."

"Nowadays there are many places to grow vegetables and fruits. Places like Qiongzhou, Jiaozhi, Xianglin, and Nanyang all grow vegetables and fruits, but the quality of these places is like that of our Ryukyu, so they will pretend to be our Ryukyu vegetables and fruits. "

"In order to distinguish, we specially hired someone to design and manufacture this label. Only vegetables and fruits from our Ryukyu side can be labeled like this, and only with this label on can our price be sold. "

Yang Dalang nodded as a matter of course and replied.

"That's it~"

After listening to Liu Jin, he immediately understood that the current competition is becoming more and more intense.

(End of this chapter)