Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1843, Golden Continent
In the west of South Golden Continent, in the southeast of the Pacific Ocean, three large ships sailed slowly on the sea. After more than ten days of sailing, Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin finally crossed the Pacific Ocean and arrived at the Golden Continent.

"Haha, hooked, hooked!"

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi's hearty laughter came from the deck, and he was struggling to pull a thick fishing line. When the young eunuchs and guards heard this, they also hurried forward to help.

As the fishing line was continuously pulled up, soon, a huge squid was pulled up by everyone.

"This squid is so big!"

Liu Jin couldn't help crying when he saw it.

Ordinary squid only weigh a few ounces, and the big ones are no more than a catty or two catties, but the deep-sea squid here are very large, and the ordinary ones weigh more than ten catties, and some super-large squids can even reach hundreds of catties. Hundred catties.

This is the famous Peruvian fishing ground in later generations. The most famous one is the giant squid. I don’t know how many fishing grounds come here to catch giant squid in later generations.

I finally passed through Peru once, so naturally I can’t forget this matter. Anyway, it’s very boring when I’m on the boat, and fishing can also pass the time.

So Liu Jin specially asked people to prepare some special squid fishing ropes and hooks.

Fishing big squid here is completely different from fishing. You don’t need a fishing rod, you just need a strong enough rope and a special hook. Hang the bait and throw it directly into the sea tens of meters deep. The squid will naturally Will be hooked.

"Haha, everyone can eat extra meals again, let me know and eat big squid at noon."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the big squid that was pulled up. The big red squid was very heavy, and the price of such a big squid was quite expensive in later generations.

But for the people on the boat now, they couldn't help but change their faces when they heard that there was a big squid for extra meal.

This big squid really has nothing to eat, it tastes so-so.

Of course, the main reason is that the cooks on board the ship don't know how to make this kind of squid at all, so the taste of the squid is very ordinary and not delicious.

But every time Emperor Hongzhi caught a big squid, he would be happy to give everyone extra meals, and everyone was about to vomit.

Fortunately, we have already arrived at South Golden Continent, and we are already very close to our destination, Yazhou City. Otherwise, if we eat this squid again, we will probably vomit when we see squid in the future.

"Your Majesty, the entire sea area is very rich in fishery products, but because this place is far away from our Ming Dynasty, there have been no fishing boats here for a long time."

"But in the future, this place will become one of the most important fishing grounds for our Daming people. The catch here is enough to easily feed a huge population of tens of millions."

Looking at the big squid in front of him, Liu Jin also introduced the importance of ocean fishing to Emperor Hongzhi.

In the past, people in Daming only knew how to plan food on the ground, and there was no marine fishing industry at all. Everyone liked to eat things on land, and they disliked seafood products very much.

The people at the seaside of Daming are considered the poorest people, because there is very little land to be cultivated by the seaside, and the ocean fishing is not good, so they have to ask for food.

But the ocean is actually a huge granary, and the seafood produced in the ocean can feed a large number of people.

The marine fishing industry developed in later generations, and the seafood caught every year is enough to feed a huge population of tens of millions.

This is still limited to his own sea area. If he can have the four best fishing grounds in the world like the current Ming Empire, it is estimated that he can support more people.

Zhoushan Fishing Ground, Beihai Fishing Ground, Peruvian Fishing Ground, Newfoundland Fishing Ground, the four major fishing grounds of later generations are all owned by Ming Dynasty, but at present, only Zhoushan Fishing Ground has been really developed.

The North Sea fishery and the Peruvian fishery are not fished at all. The Newfoundland fishery is also the current northern fishery, and it is only a small-scale fishing at present, and the fish are still used to make dried fish.

"Hmm~"

"Just one big squid like this is enough for dozens of people to have a full meal, and the food is still meat. Although the quality of the meat is a bit unpalatable, it is still meat."

"We are just fishing casually. If professional fishing boats come to fish, the output will be amazing. It can indeed feed a lot of people."

Emperor Hongzhi also nodded solemnly.

The world's great wonders.

In the past, I always focused on the grain output in the field. The grain output of the people of Daming was simply not enough to eat. The land was limited and the population was large. Even with intensive farming, the grain output of Daming was still limited.

But since Daming's continuous external expansion, all this has been constantly changing.

In the world other than Ming Dynasty, there are many good places. The black land in Liaodong is very fertile, the land is biased, and there is a lot of precipitation. The key is because of the high latitude, the winter is cold enough, there are few diseases and insect pests, and the output is more. The quality is good again.

There is also the catch in the sea, as seen here in Songhu, a boat of fish was caught and served on the dining table of thousands of households, not only providing food, but also meat, which made the physical fitness of the people of Ming Dynasty change. is getting better and better.

Therefore, Da Ming still needs to expand externally, and the tree moves the dead and the living. Da Ming is becoming stronger and stronger in the process of continuous external expansion.

In the sea area in front of me, in this invisible sea, there are countless schools of fish, just casual fishing, and the squid caught here can easily meet the food needs of many people.

Eating is too simple for the current Daming people.

Unlike before, the people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty worked hard all year round, and even eating a few full meals was a luxury.

"I used to read some things described in the newspaper, and I always couldn't believe it. Is there really a herd of bison in the tens of thousands on the Golden Island?"

"I've always been skeptical about how precious cattle are in our local Ming Dynasty, even more important than human life. There are actually huge herds of bison in the world outside of Ming Dynasty."

"At that time, I thought it must be fake. There are so many bison, why not domesticate them for farming?"

"Or you can simply hunt it and eat it."

"Now, I finally understand that there is a big difference between the outside world and our homeland of Daming, and everything is possible."

Emperor Hongzhi looked to the east, and he could vaguely see the long coastline, and finally reached the Golden Continent.

Regarding the Golden Continent, Emperor Hongzhi first heard Liu Jin mentioning the Golden Continent in Wangyue Tower, saying that there is gold everywhere in the Golden Continent.

Afterwards, with ship after ship of gold and silver transported back to Daming, he believed that the Golden Continent was full of gold.

Then I saw a lot of reports about the Golden Island from the newspapers. When the salmon migrated, the river was full of fish, so large that the river was silted up.

What is it that there are groups of bison in groups on the Great Plains of the Golden Continent, ranging from a few hundred to tens of thousands of bison.

What else is there about the ginseng from the northern border? They are everywhere, and each of them is a hundred-year-old ginseng. How is this possible?

You must know that although there is a lot of ginseng production in Liaodong, it is absolutely impossible to say that it is everywhere, and it is still full of century-old ginseng.

He had heard many, many rumors about the Golden Continent, and read too many, many reports from the newspapers.

A long time ago, Emperor Hongzhi had the idea of ​​going to the Golden Continent to see for himself.

He wanted to see the salmon migrating in Qianhe City, and the sight and appearance of countless salmon clogging the river. He also wanted to go to the prairie of the North Golden Continent to see the huge herd of bison galloping.

I also want to go to the gold mines and silver mines in Huangjinzhou to see how much gold there is in the gold-filled continent; I also want to go to the northern border to see if the ginseng and fishing grounds in the northern border are as good as the newspapers said. like that.

Now, I have finally arrived at the Golden Isle, and I have the opportunity to come to this magical land, to see the customs and customs here, and to see if it is really what the newspapers said.

"Yes, anything is possible."

"In fact, not only the Golden Continent has a huge herd of bison, but there is also a huge herd of bison on the African prairie. During the migration season, millions of bison, zebras, antelopes, etc. form a mighty migration. The army is extremely magnificent."

"All over the world, many places are sparsely populated and wild. Only our Ming Dynasty, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and other places have civilization."

Liu Jin looked at the coastline of Huangjinzhou, and also sighed.

I have been a human being in two lives, and it seems that this is the first time I have come here.

(End of this chapter)