Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 661, God is a little unfair

There was a dense crowd of Kunlun slaves, all sitting on the ground, looking at Du Mingen, this person in front of them was completely different from anyone they had seen before.

"Dear guest, these slaves are the best slaves. Look at their teeth~ they are all very healthy, which means they are very healthy and very young."

"It's very cheap. A slave only needs one tael of silver. If you buy more, I can give you some female slaves or some small slaves."

Feisal picked up a slave, patted the strong body of the slave, and then squeezed his mouth open, revealing neat, white teeth.

Seeing that Du Mingen showed interest, he thought that Du Mingen wanted to buy these slaves, so he began to sell them hard.

"Look, these are female slaves. They all have big buttocks and big breasts. They will definitely not lose money if they are bought back. They are good no matter what they are used for."

"Your crew members will definitely be very lonely when sailing on the sea. It is also a good choice to buy some female slaves to stay on the road."

Listening to Feisal's introduction, Du Mingen and others shook their heads repeatedly.

Daming has always regarded white as beauty, and this dark Kunlun slave does not conform to the aesthetics of Daming people in any way, so it is absolutely unacceptable.

"One tael of silver per slave is very cheap. In the Beijing-Tianjin area, a grassland slave used to be sold for dozens of taels of silver."

"In the future, large-scale plantations will be built in the Nanyang region. These slaves may still be useful, but that is also a matter of the future."

Du Mingen stroked his chin and became thoughtful.

In this era, manpower is still very important.

In the era without large-scale mechanization, manpower is inseparable from all aspects. Many of the plantations of the major commercial firms in the Ming Dynasty in Nanyang hired natives to help plant them, because there were not many people from the Ming Dynasty who were willing to immigrate, and people from the Ming Dynasty went to sea. , Often the moon rings very high.

Many Daming people have been working for a while, and after a little familiarity with the environment, they will work alone, making money faster that way, and even if it is worse, they can reclaim the land by themselves. The reclaimed land belongs to themselves, and few people say they will give it to others. land.

Du Mingen looked at these female slaves again, and thought about his crew, even if he thought about women again, he didn't know what to do with them.

"Do you have any white female slaves here? If so, I will buy some."

After thinking about it, Du Mingen felt that since he had the opportunity, he should see if he could buy some white female slaves. Some Middle Eastern and Persian people are still very white, at least they can still meet the aesthetics of Ming people.

"White female slave?"

When Feisal heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "There are none here in Mogadishu, but here in Cairo, Egypt, there are many. You can buy as many as you want."

"Cairo, Egypt?"

When Du Mingen heard this, he shook his head slightly. He was planning to go south to explore the east coast of Africa. This time, he didn't plan to go to Egypt.

After finishing the deal with Feisal, Du Mingen continued to wander around Mogadishu.

Du Mingen felt that Mogadishu was similar to the Middle East and Persia, except that there were a large number of Kunlun slaves here. Other than that, there was not much difference.

A few days later, Du Mingen's fleet embarked on the forward voyage again after filling up food, fresh water, and some vegetables and fruits.

All the way along the east coast of Africa, the fleet is also constantly heading south.

To Du Mingen's surprise, as the fleet continued to head south, the people they met along the way became darker and darker. When they got to the end, the people they met were really as black as charcoal.

Compared with these Kunlun slaves, the Kunlun slaves here in Mogadishu look much whiter.

And there are huge differences in face shape, lips, nose bridge and so on.

The further south you go, the thicker the lips of Kunlun Nu, the more collapsed the bridge of the nose, and the uglier the shape of the face.

In addition, after leaving Mogadishu, Du Mingen did not encounter a decent city all the way to the south. Everywhere he went, almost all of them were in the very primitive tribal stage. Like sand, because of the arrival of Middle Easterners and Persians, some small cities were established here.

"It's time to go back~"

"Africa is really a backward place. The entire east coast of Africa, except for Mogadishu, doesn't even have a decent city, just a large and small tribe."

"However, this coastline is really a golden coastline. It is rich in ivory, diamonds, gold and silver, and there are countless Kunlun slave tribes, large and small."

"It will be very easy to occupy this place in the future. How many people are needed? A few hundred people are enough to easily occupy a colony here."

"It's just that these Kunlun slaves are very lazy, giving people the impression that they are very unwilling to make progress. Among all the places I have traveled, this is the most backward and primitive place."

"Although the descendants of Yin and Shang in Huangjinzhou are still in the primitive tribal stage, those descendants of Yin and Shang are extremely intelligent and tough. They are able to conquer and fight well, and they have established a huge empire here in Zhongjinzhou."

"But here in Africa, I haven't even discovered a decent country during this journey. It's really unbelievable!"

Du Mingen recorded the situation on the east coast of Africa in detail in his nautical diary.

"This place is very rich, the climate is pleasant, and the land is fertile. Such a piece of heaven-sent land, but these lazy Kunlun slaves are cheap, this is simply a waste of money!"

"My Ming people are hardworking and intelligent, but they can only survive in the land of China. God is so unfair."

After writing this, Du Mingen couldn't help sighing.

Only those who have actually traveled to sea and seen all parts of the world will know that Daming is not the center of the world, and the places outside of Daming are not all wild lands.

There are many places with better climate, more fertile land, and richer products than Ming Dynasty.

Coming to this fertile land of Africa, Du Mingen also saw its richness and fertility.

That's why Du Mingen felt such emotion.

On Daming's side, the people of Daming have almost developed and utilized the land to the extreme. As long as the land can be reclaimed, it has been reclaimed and planted with grain, vegetables and fruit trees.

But even so, the people at the bottom are still hungry, naked, exhausted, and their lives are not as comfortable as these lazy Kunlun slaves here.

This made Du Mingen feel that God is very unfair.

After Du Mingen's fleet arrived at the location of the later Kenya, Du Mingen felt that it was time to return. This time it has been out for a long time, and the voyage has gone far enough. The key point is that the crew members are also homesick, and it is time to go back.

Returning to the city always seemed very long. Along the way when they came, the fleet headed east, heading towards Daming.

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Daming capital.

Recently, Liu Jin is also very busy, very busy.

Because the taxation yamen and the city bureaus set up in various places in Ming Dynasty finally began to report the tax money and account books collected from various places to the capital.

There was no way, Daming was simply too big.

In the era when there were no planes, cars, telegraphs, or telephones, people basically relied on walking to make appearances, and basically shouted to send messages. The speed of information transmission was very slow.

Among other things, only the original two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, from Yunnan to the capital, even if there are official roads and fast horses, the speed is still very slow.

Not to mention today's Ming Dynasty, it is no longer limited to the two capitals and thirteen provinces in the traditional sense.

On the north side, on the Liaodong side, with the arrival of immigrants and the liberation of the Liaodong military households, great enthusiasm and motivation erupted here. A large number of people left the Liaodong capital to open up areas further north.

On the prairie, the prairie towns are still being built. The northernmost prairie castle has now been built to the northernmost part of the North Sea. It is said that many merchants go here to buy furs. There are a lot of mink here. The quality is very good again.

In the west, with the rise of Ming Dynasty on the grassland, the Oala tribes in the west are in constant panic, always worrying that Ming Dynasty will continue to expand westward this year.

On the east side, Yinshan County, as well as the leased Hyogo-no-tsu, there are city ship divisions here. In just one month, the tax silver received by the city ship divisions in these two places exceeded 100 million taels.

There are too many merchant ships traveling between Ming Dynasty and Wa Kingdom.

Especially since the Daming vassal state agreement was made at the end of last year, not only businessmen from Daming went to Wa Kingdom, but also businessmen from North Korea began to appear frequently in Wa Kingdom and Daming. It began to appear frequently in Ming Dynasty and North Korea.

With the frequent exchanges of ships and goods, the Shibo Department naturally received more and more money.

A little further south, on the Ryukyu Island, there are already more than a dozen cities built just now. Except for the first few cities that were expanded and built after the initial Ryukyu City, the other cities are all major commercial houses of the Ming Dynasty. built.

Now these places are also set up with prefectures and counties. The imperial court has appointed officials, and there are also tax offices. They have begun to collect taxes here. The sugar industry on the Ryukyu side is a huge profit industry. This tax is collected casually. In January, Ryukyu handed over hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Further south is the newly established Nanyang Province. There are large and small plantations here, and it is also the only place for commercial companies to go to and from Nanyang. tax silver.

The tax banks and data from all over the country also gathered here in the capital one after another, which made Liu Jin busy all over, and had to report to Emperor Hongzhi every day.

　Do you think it's a little unfair?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)