Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2076, Europe 1
In the British Isles and Ireland, with the advent of cold winter, the entire island of Ireland seems to have entered purgatory.

The streets and alleys in Dublin are full of skinny people with dull eyes full of despair. They huddle in corners like walking corpses, staring at everything around them with hungry eyes, looking for everything that can be used to feed their stomachs. .

The weather was extremely cold in the winter of the previous year, and it was extremely dry last year. The land here has already been wiped out, but if it is only one year, you can always stick to it.

However, this year is another catastrophic year. Potatoes, the main crop in Ireland, suffered from a large-scale moldy disease. It is not yet the harvest season, and all the potatoes are moldy and rotten in the ground.

This is undoubtedly worse for Ireland, which has already suffered from drought for a year. Suddenly, the entire island of Ireland fell into boundless famine.

Originally, potatoes were not grown here in Ireland. Like other places in Europe, wheat was grown here.

However, since the successive defeats of England and Spain, England has faced huge war indemnities, so when Henry VII was in power, at all costs, he finally conquered Ireland and included it decades earlier than in history. map of England.

After ruling Ireland, the English did not regard the people here as their own people, because the Irish are mainly Celts, which are different from the Anglo-Saxons in terms of language, writing, race, and religion.

In order to plunder as much wealth as possible from the island of Ireland, the English nobles wantonly occupied land here to raise sheep and shear sheep.

The Ming Empire has a very strong demand for wool and cotton, and the prices have always been good. Wool is one of England's main exports to Ming.

A large amount of land was closed for pasture to raise sheep. In order to feed a larger population, England forced the Irish to grow higher-yielding potatoes.

So in just 20 years, this kind of crop from the Golden Continent brought to Europe by the Ming people became the staple food and main crop of the Irish.

Because potatoes are indeed more productive and easier to grow, the Irish are also willing to accept planting this new crop.

But no one expected that mildew and rot would appear this year. The potatoes were moldy and rotted when they were still in the ground, and almost all potatoes on the entire island of Ireland were wiped out.

This is definitely worse for the island of Ireland, which itself has experienced a year of catastrophe, and hunger is raging on the entire island.

In the invisible corner, some people use eggs or bread to lure children, and then eat them; It's nothing anymore.

The entire island of Ireland has turned into a purgatory on earth at this moment, with starvation everywhere, scenes of people eating each other, and bone-strewn scenes almost everywhere.

The English who ruled the island of Ireland did not intend to help here, because at this moment England was also facing a great famine and was unable to relieve the disaster at all, and Henry VIII did not regard the Irish as his own people at all. No relief here at all.

The city of Dublin at this time was similar to European cities in this period in Europe, dirty and smelly, and the residents in the city were all unkempt and sloppy.

Coupled with the ravages of hunger and cold, the whole city seemed dead and dead,
"Clang~clang~"

"There are Ming merchants who bought people at the port docks, and there are Daming merchants who bought people at the port docks."

"As long as you are willing to sell yourself to the people of Ming Dynasty, you can sell 50 pounds of grain!"

At this time, someone shouted in the city like beating gongs and drums.

When countless people heard the sound, they immediately swarmed towards the port as if they saw a life-saving straw.

Daming people, in their impression, Daming people represent wealth, nobility, and civilization.

Here is very close to Hong Kong, and many relatives and friends have managed to smuggle to Hong Kong. Where, even if you work illegally for a month, you can get two or three taels of silver, and you don’t have to worry about food and clothing. question.

It is said that the houses in Hong Kong are tall and beautiful, even at night they are brightly lit; it is said that there is gold everywhere in Hong Kong, people are extremely rich, wear expensive silk, eat porcelain, and drink tea with sugar ; It is said that people in Hong Kong are luxurious and feasting.

In short, regarding the people of Ming Dynasty and Hong Kong, in the impression of people here, they are all synonymous with wealth and nobility. It is said that there are at least seven or eight English servants serving in every family of Ming Dynasty there.

Now there is no food everywhere, and countless people have even taken huge risks to smuggle to Hong Kong, just to be able to eat enough in Hong Kong.

Here in the port area, there are several Ming merchant ships moored.

Here at the pier, there are heavily armed guards from the Daming Escort Bureau maintaining order. These men are carrying muskets in their hands, and the bayonets on the muskets are shining brightly. They are all strong and strong, wearing armor, and their eyes are cold. No matter how hungry people are, they have to honestly exhaust the team, waiting to betray themselves or betray their wives and children.

"Everyone lined up. If you don't line up, don't blame us if you get killed."

There are two dogs from England who wear the clothes of the Daming people. Like the Ming people, they have short hair and shaved beards. They are holding a tin horn and shouting hard. Whip.

The people who were beaten could only quickly and honestly go to the queue, and they didn't dare to resist at all. These English people are much more ruthless than the Ming people.

According to many Irish people who went to Hong Kong, the people of Daming are actually very kind to their servants and employees. They have extra meals for everything during the New Year and holidays, and even extra bonuses. Three meals a day are Let you eat whatever you want, rice, noodles, and occasionally meat.

The English don't treat the English like that, they don't treat the Irish as human beings at all.

Everyone looked at the team in front of them eagerly, looking forward to their turn sooner, to see some people selling their children and walking away happily carrying bags of food.

"Next!"

Here at the pier, a group of Englishmen are working hard. They are divided into more than ten groups, and each group has a special person carefully selecting the purchasers.

Those who are too old must not be wanted, they are of no value and cannot be sold, and those with disabilities are also not wanted. It is a waste of food, and it is of no use.

They want to pick out the best slaves for their masters, young, healthy, and women.

"My lord, buy my daughter."

An Irish man pulled his daughter to him. This little girl, who was only eleven or twelve years old, was full of fear of the unknown fate at this moment.

She didn't want to leave her parents, but she knew that if she continued to stay, she might be eaten by someone, because she saw her younger brother being taken away and eaten.

Being able to sell myself, not only can I exchange food for my parents and younger brothers in the family, but I can also go to the people of Daming and stop starving.

John carefully looked at the little girl in front of him. She had red hair and a fairly good appearance. Although she was thin, she would sell well as long as she raised her.

"Take the food and sign the deed of sale."

"Okay~"

Hearing John's words, the Irishman immediately nodded excitedly, and quickly put his fingerprints on the words he didn't know. From then on, this daughter has nothing to do with him.

He took a last look at his daughter, then silently picked up a bag of food and left here quickly. The wife and children at home were still waiting for the food to save their lives.

Only the little girl who was sold silently walked to the side of the crowd. Here, she received two steamed buns, and immediately became like the people around her, gobbling them like a starving ghost, just a few times. Just eat the two big steamed buns cleanly.

"Great!"

"I've heard that Daming people's steamed buns are delicious. It's true."

After the little girl finished eating, she couldn't help but look at the steaming steamed bun area beside her. Maybe she was hungry or maybe she had never eaten steamed buns before. She thought the steamed buns were very delicious.

After eating two steamed buns, I felt a warm and comfortable feeling in my stomach. Then I looked at the crowd, trying to find the trace of my father, but he had already disappeared.

"Go away, your wife is already in her forties, who wants it?"

At this time, John who was not far away yelled loudly at a man. The man in front of him wanted to sell his wife, but his wife was in her forties, but she looked like she was in her fifties or sixties. I don't like such slaves at all, and they can't be sold at all, and no one wants them.

However, this man was relentless and wanted to sell his wife. Soon, John, who lost his patience, nodded to the people around him, and a few strong men from England came over, and there were a bunch of whips serving him. , directly drove the two out.

"Tsk tsk, these Englishmen are really ruthless!"

On the deck of the big ship next to it, several Ming merchants were drinking tea leisurely and watching the scene in front of them. This time there was a great famine in Europe, which was undoubtedly a great opportunity for the slave merchants of Ming Dynasty.

In the past, a slave cost at least a dozen taels of silver to buy, but now it can be easily exchanged for only a few dozen catties of grain, which is simply a huge profit.

(End of this chapter)