Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 377, agreed

"Sugar?"

Everyone carefully looked at the white sugar in their hands, which was as white as snow and as fine as sand grains. This kind of sugar had never been seen before, and it was a new thing created by Liu Jin.

"Old Liu, can you make money with this thing?"

Zhu Houzhao licked his tongue, as if he was savoring the taste of the sugar.

"Of course~"

Liu Jin said very positively: "People usually eat this candy and think it seems very common and commonplace, but for ordinary people, this candy is very expensive."

"The cheapest sugar in the market now costs thousands of coins per catty. White sugar like the one in everyone's hands can even be sold for three or four taels of silver per catty."

"This place in Ryukyu has plenty of light and heat, which is very suitable for the growth of sugar cane. We just need to recruit some people to reclaim the land and plant rice and sugar cane. Rice does not need to be planted too much, mainly sugar cane, and then use sugar cane to grow Boiling sugar, I have a new sugar making process, which can greatly increase the sugar yield."

"At that time, boil the sucrose into this white sugar, and easily earn a million taels of silver a year. It's not difficult at all."

Hearing Liu Jin say that he earns a million taels of silver a year, everyone's eyes flickered slightly. Naturally, everyone believed Liu Jin's words very much. Everyone is able to make a fortune now, all relying on doing business with Liu Jin.

"It's not difficult to recruit people to develop Ryukyu and reclaim land to grow sugar cane."

"We have people in Ming Dynasty, and some people without land. As long as we promise them some benefits, provide them with money to settle down, etc., it is not difficult to recruit tens of thousands of people casually."

Zhang Mao thought for a while and said.

It was the middle of the Ming Dynasty at this time, land annexation was already serious, and there were too many landless farmers, so it was really not difficult to recruit people.

"But this Ryukyu is full of miasma, mosquitoes are rampant, and diseases that are easy to die when migrating to the past. If this problem is not solved, it will be difficult, very difficult to recruit people no matter how many benefits are given."

Then Zhang Mao also raised a very practical question.

This place of Baodao is obviously very close to Fujian, why don’t everyone go there?
The key point is that the miasma here is too severe, there are too many mosquitoes, malaria is rampant, and it is easy to be private. In addition, the barbarians on the island are extremely fierce. Even though everyone knows that the land here is fertile and sparsely populated, everyone still dare not go. Life matters.

"It's not difficult to solve this problem. Historically, the Lingnan area was full of miasma and mosquitoes, but now the Guangdong area will not make people turn pale."

"The two most important things are mosquito nets and mosquito coils. If you make good use of these two things, you will not be afraid of mosquitoes. In addition, in terms of various diseases, a very important reason is caused by drinking unboiled water. So if we organize people to immigrate there, We must encourage everyone to boil water to drink."

"There is also the disease of pendulum. On the Golden Island, there is a kind of book bark that is ground into powder, which can treat this disease very well. I have also explained that the fleet must find this kind of tree and bring the tree species. Introduce it back to our Daming."

In ancient times, malaria was commonly known as Dabaizi, because when it is clinically manifested, it is as cold as falling into an ice cave, and when it is hot, it seems to be scorched by fire.

This disease was very popular in ancient times, because ancient people lacked awareness of hygiene, and more importantly, ancient people did not have the habit of drinking boiled water, habitually drinking well water, drinking river water, etc., so not only malaria, but also various other diseases Diseases are also easy to breed.

"Golden Continent really has a medicine that can cure swaying?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Fu asked quickly.

He had a family member who died of malaria, so he knew that there was no cure for this disease, but he never thought that Liu Jin would know that the bark of trees on the Golden Island could cure this disease.

"You'll know when the fleet returns. It's not that the disease of swaying is really incurable."

Liu Jin smiled and said confidently.

"If miasma, mosquitoes, and various diseases can be solved, no one will have any problems developing Ryukyu. Count me in. You can't go wrong with the brat. If you lose money at that time, I will rely on you." gone."

Zhang Mao thought for a while and nodded.

"... Mr. Zhang, this is not very good, otherwise, you should not participate in the shares."

Liu Jin was speechless for a moment.

"Go, go, there is a chance to make a fortune, how could I not participate."

Zhang Mao smiled as if insisting on Liu Jin.

"Count me too~"

Xu Guangzuo, who had not spoken all the time, immediately followed up and said that no matter what his brother-in-law proposed, he had to support it, not to mention that he also felt that this business could be done.

Planting sugar cane and using sugar cane to make sugar is indeed a profitable business. Sugar is too expensive, and the market demand is particularly strong.

"Everyone has participated, there is no reason for me not to participate, so count me in."

Zhu Fu also said with a smile.

"OK~"

Liu Jin nodded happily, then looked at Zhu Houzhao, waiting for you, the major shareholder, to speak.

"I'll take half of it~"

Zhu Houzhao said very grandly, he is very rich now, and he has nowhere to spend the money.

Hearing that Zhu Houzhao was going to take half, everyone was not only not angry, but all of them smiled. What they want is that you come out and take the lead. If you take the lead, many things will be easier to handle.

This requires immigrants to go to Ryukyu. It is definitely not enough to rely on them to recruit. This matter has to be handled by the imperial court. A rotten tongue is not as influential as a piece of paper from the imperial court.

So, for this matter, Emperor Hongzhi and the crown prince have to be dragged into the water. It will be easier to operate at that time. Zhang Mao and the others made a memorial in the court hall, saying that there are too many people in a certain place, and there are many people and few lands. , as soon as there is a famine, what, what, and then the Ryukyu side is sparsely populated, and it is suggested that the court should emigrate or something.

Then Emperor Hongzhi granted permission, and the court sent a letter, and they could directly recruit landless farmers to go to Ryukyu to reclaim land and grow rice and sugar cane.

Of course, there will definitely be opposition from some people in the middle, but as long as there is a big tree like Emperor Hongzhi, and there is enough money to spread, it is not difficult to accomplish this.

"Great, if His Highness joins in, this matter will surely come true."

Liu Jin smiled happily.

"Stop talking about these nonsense, you have a lot of ideas, think of a way, how to destroy the pirates and pirates, I am angry when I think of these pirates and pirates, and dare to rob my Ming merchant ship, it is simply courting death."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin, didn't you come here just to lure me into the gang, and you are talking nonsense, his mind is full of suppressing pirates and Japanese pirates now, and he can't wait to command Daming's navy to go there now Gallop on the sea and wipe out Japanese pirates and pirates.

As for the matter of earning money, it is enough for Liu Jin to handle this matter, as long as he is there, and he can just wait for the money to be collected with peace of mind.

"This is really difficult~"

Liu Jin's eyes went dark, even if he was going to exterminate pirates and Japanese pirates, I wouldn't dare let you go, unless I didn't want to die.

(End of this chapter)