Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1842, Abalone until vomiting
On Double Star Island in the southeastern part of Australia (New Zealand in later generations), Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin and his party arrived here again after playing in Australia for more than ten days. Across the Pacific Ocean to the Golden Isles.

I don’t know whether Emperor Hongzhi intends to sail around the world, or if he just wants to go to the Golden Continent for fun and then return to Daming. Anyway, Emperor Hongzhi didn’t plan to go back early at all when he came out this time, so he had to take a good look at it. Play enough.

It's so rare!
As an emperor, he lived in fear when he was a child, grew up in fear, and was always worried about being murdered by Concubine Wan Gui. Later, the Queen Mother Zhou brought him to him, and he was always on guard, so that he could grow up smoothly. adult.

When he was young, he became the emperor early, but at that time, the Ming Empire had internal and external troubles, and the internal affairs were tossed about by Zhu Qizhen, the "God of War" of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Hongzhi's father, Emperor Chenghua, was also an emperor controlled by women since he was a child. It is said that there is nothing to do, but it will make the Ming Dynasty tormented enough.

It left a mess for Emperor Hongzhi, and it took more than ten years to clean it up. The Tatars outside, the Jurchens in Liaodong, the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast, and the capricious chieftains in the southwest.

The combination of these things made Emperor Hongzhi feel lazy and wanted to do something. The treasury was empty, and the key was that he was afraid of going the same way as his father, and the ministers tried their best to say yes.

Everything caused Emperor Hongzhi to be firmly imprisoned in the Forbidden City, and he didn't even go out of the capital a few times. It was only after the continuous reform and development of Ming Dynasty that he gradually became stronger, and only then did he have the current state. Ming Empire.

He, Emperor Hongzhi, was able to let go of everything in the Ming Empire and travel around the mountains and rivers, to see the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty, and to feel the vastness of the land.

Emperor Hongzhi knew very well that this might be the last long trip in his life, so he didn't plan to go back early, he just had to see and play as much as he wanted.

Sometimes Liu Jin is right, a person's life is too short, there is no need to waste your time on some things, sometimes you should think about yourself.

On Double Star Island, there are very few Ming people here. The two huge islands have less than 1 Ming people who have immigrated here. This is because Double Star Island can produce the famous black gold abalone, so some people are willing to do so. come here.

"This Twin Star Island is so beautiful, it's like a paradise, with blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and green water, it's refreshing!"

Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin rode horses for a very leisurely walk on the North Island of Shuangxing Island, admiring the scenery here.

I have to say that the scenery here is really beautiful, picturesque, and the hometown of long white clouds is absolutely well-deserved. The temperate marine climate endows everything here, and everything becomes extremely beautiful.

"Yeah, it's really beautiful, so beautiful that people can't help but want to put everything down and build a ranch here, raise cattle and sheep, ride horses, fish and hunt on horseback in their spare time."

Liu Jin also nodded solemnly.

Only by coming here in person can we understand why people in later generations always brag about New Zealand, so many people want to immigrate here.

Because the scenery here is indeed beautiful and the climate is very comfortable. Look at the blue sky and white clouds, the lush aquatic plants, and the dense virgin forests on the mountains in the distance, and look at the incredible number of fish in the river next to it.

It is really like a fairy tale kingdom in a dream.

Fortunately, this place now belongs to the Ming Empire, and it is the territory of the Ming Empire. The people of Ming Dynasty can come and settle here freely and enjoy everything here.

But it seems that the people of Daming in this period are not very willing to come here, because this place can really be said to be the corner of the sky and the cliff of the sea, and it is too far, too far away from the mainland of Daming.

If it weren't for the discovery of abalone here, it is estimated that no one would want to immigrate here. In this period, Daming people have too many, too many choices, and there are too many good places, and this place is just one of many good places.

"Haha, Liu Jin, you will still enjoy it as always."

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help laughing immediately.

For Liu Jin, Emperor Hongzhi trusted and assured him very much, because Liu Jin was a lazy person with no ambitions. If possible, it is estimated that Liu Jin would really like to bring his wife and children here to herd sheep and ride horses hunting or something.

"Your Majesty, a person's life is too short, the world is big and beautiful, and there are too many, too many places to see!"

"For example, this Double Star Island, which produces a delicious delicacy, must not be missed."

Liu Jin said with a smile.

"Extremely delicious?"

"what?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately regained his energy and asked quickly.

"Black Gold Abalone!"

Liu Jin said quickly.

"abalone?"

"The abalone tastes really good."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he smiled and said.

"The abalone here, Your Majesty, is completely different from the abalone produced in our Ming Dynasty. The abalone here and the abalone from the South African colony are the most famous abalone in the world. The most important thing is that it is big enough and the meat is extremely delicious."

"It's rare for Your Majesty to come to Shuangxing Island, so you must try it."

Liu Jin said quickly.

"Yes, then you must try it."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and nodded.

Liu Jin also hurriedly asked people to prepare barbecue tools, and then said: "Your Majesty, it is definitely not interesting to just eat it. What is really interesting is to go to the beach to find it and dig abalone by yourself. This is the most interesting thing."

"Alright, I'm here to play anyway, so I'll just go crazy with you."

After Hongzhi heard it, he laughed immediately, and after thinking about it, he planned to have a good time with Liu Jin.

Having made up his mind, Liu Jin quickly recruited a few local people from Double Star City to act as guides, and found a sea area where black gold abalone was produced.

At this time, it was winter in the northern hemisphere, and the weather was getting colder and colder. In the southern hemisphere, it was just the opposite. It happened to be summer and the weather was hot. Liu Jin took Emperor Hongzhi to the beach, put on big pants and started looking for abalone and the like.

"The sea water here is really clean. It's no wonder that future generations can get the reputation of the last piece of pure land. It's far away from the mainland, without any pollution. The environment is good and the climate is good. It's really a good place."

"In fact, they should have occupied this place in the first place, and used it as a place for the elderly."

While playing in the sea, Liu Jin also lamented that the sea here is so clear and clean.

Of course, in this era, basically the places are clean without any pollution, especially some islands in Southeast Asia are also extremely clean, like a pure land outside the world.

"Abalone~Abalone~"

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi shouted excitedly. He had a lot of abalones in the reef area by the sea.

When Liu Jin heard this, he hurried over and looked through the dense seaweed, kelp, etc. There were a large number of abalones densely arranged under the rocks by the sea.

These abalones are all very big, any one of them is the size of a palm.

"This is the black gold abalone, right?"

Emperor Hongzhi pried off a large abalone with a shovel, looked carefully and said, "Black gold abalone, this is really black and shiny."

"Your Majesty, this black gold abalone is said to be because of the many volcanoes on Shuangxing Island. The abalone has absorbed many minerals from the volcanoes, so this black film is formed on the surface."

"Haha, today we have something to eat. I didn't expect that there are so many abalones here, and the abalones are really big."

Liu Jin generally started to get busy, and kept getting palm-sized abalones off the rocks one by one, and soon filled the bucket full.

"Almost, almost, enough to eat, enough to eat."

Emperor Hongzhi quickly said: "This abalone is also an expensive item in our Ming Dynasty. I didn't expect it to be everywhere here, and it is so big."

"Your Majesty, many things are very scarce in our Ming Dynasty, but there may be a lot of them in places outside of Ming Dynasty."

"Like gold, the production of gold in Huangjinzhou is very high, and so is the abalone. There are a lot of abalone in Shuangxing Island, South Africa and other places."

"We Daming occupied these places, and we Daming people will have good food, and it will be much easier to eat these things."

Liu Jin walked towards the shore carrying a wooden bucket full of abalone.

Think about future generations, our nation is a foodie nation, but it has a large population and occupies a small territory. It loves to eat beef and mutton, but there is no vast pasture to graze cattle and sheep.

He likes to eat seafood and abalone, but it is only in the sea area of ​​the southeast coast, so that such a black gold abalone can be hundreds of dollars, or even thousands of dollars.

Ordinary people are simply reluctant to eat this thing, but now, if people in Daming want to eat abalone or something, they can afford it.

Because there are not only abalones raised by ourselves, but also large natural abalones from Shuangxing Island, South African Colony, Nanyang, Australia and other places. The output is large and the quality is good. The key is that the price is cheap.

The charcoal fire in the grill was burning, and the eunuchs were busy cleaning the abalones. Liu Jin took the barbecue tongs and started to grill the abalones.

Accompanied by the charcoal grilling and the sizzling sound, Emperor Hongzhi lay under a huge parasol, enjoying the rare leisure time with the sea breeze blowing.

It’s better to go out with Liu Jin to really relax. If you bring those pedantic civil servants out, you probably have to say that you pay attention to the image of the emperor. This man is wearing big pants and short sleeves, drinking coconut juice and eating delicious food. Abalone and cold abalone slices and so on, these little days are so pleasant and comfortable.

Liu Jin was busy while eating, and today he must eat abalone until he vomits, so as to make up for himself a lifetime ahead of time.

(End of this chapter)