Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 928, The Little Days of the Planters
As usual, after selling the sugar cane, Zhao Ming was not in a hurry to return to his plantation.

Now that he is a plantation owner, he doesn't need to do anything by himself. There are more than [-] slaves under him who keep the house in good order, so he is slowly learning to enjoy life now.

Come to Danhe City, drink tea, read newspapers, chat with acquaintances, enjoy life, such days are considered days.

Habitually, I came to a teahouse named Tingfengge. The business of the teahouse was very good, and there were many people. Many people gathered here to drink tea, chat, read newspapers, or play chess and so on.

"You two go back first, and then pull over after filling the sugarcane."

Zhao Ming gave instructions to the two slaves, and then took Hussein into the tea house, and soon found some acquaintances, ordered a pot of tea and some snacks, and joined their chat.

"Have you read the latest Daming Morning Post?"

Sun Hongli held a newspaper in his hand and asked the people around him.

"Sun Xiucai, we are just you who know a few words, how can we understand newspapers?"

Zhao Ming said with a smile.

The people around me are all from the same hometown, and they all came from the same place, and then immigrated to Danhe City. This Sun Hongli used to be a scholar. He has studied for several years and knows a few words.

Originally, I didn't have much contact with farmers like Zhao Ming, but when the immigrants came to Nanyang, everyone was a fellow villager. When the fellow villagers met fellow villagers, they could still chat a little bit. After all, they were unfamiliar with the place in the beginning.

Up to now, everyone is a plantation owner, and their status is almost the same, so they are getting familiar with each other slowly.

"Yes, I forgot again."

"If you want me to tell you, it's time for you to learn some characters. It's good to know some characters."

Sun Hongli smiled, and then said: "The newspaper that came to our Danhe City today was several days ago, and it mentioned several important events."

"Hurry up and talk to the big guy, don't keep it up."

Zhao Ming looked at Sun Hongli and said anxiously.

"That's right, that's right~"

The people next to him also urged.

"The first thing is that the emperor has fully recovered after undergoing an operation to remove the intestinal carbuncle, and has returned to the court. At the same time, the emperor is also amnesty for the world. Except for the heinous crimes, everything else can be forgiven. The most serious thing is to be exiled to Australia. Go with the Golden Isle."

Sun Hongli picked up the newspaper with dignity and began to talk.

"Thank God, thank Lord Buddha~"

Hearing Sun Hongli's words, Zhao Ming immediately knelt down piously. The emperor's operation was successful and he fully recovered. This is definitely great news.

"Great!"

Others followed suit and applauded. Today's son is a sage, and he loves the people like a son, and is deeply loved by the people. In addition, the Ming Morning Post often publicizes the glorious image and great achievements of Emperor Hongzhi.

Naturally, he is like a god in the hearts of the common people. Not long ago, when they learned that Emperor Hongzhi was ill, many people were silently praying for Emperor Hongzhi.

For these people who immigrated to Nanyang, they are even more so.

People who immigrated to Nanyang basically lived a prosperous life.

When people like Zhao Ming came to Nanyang, Xianyu turned around and lived a good life as a plantation owner.

So everyone is very grateful for the policy of the imperial court, for today's emperor, and worried about the emperor's condition, and now they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hussein, remember it for me. When I go back next time, I will buy some firecrackers and fireworks, and then kill a pig at home, so I can have a good meal for everyone to celebrate."

After thinking for a while, Zhao Ming gave instructions to Hussein who was standing behind him.

"Yes, sir!"

Hussein nodded quickly, silently remembering Zhao Ming's words.

At the same time, he listened carefully to Sun Hongli's words and remembered what was said in the newspaper.

The emperor of Ming Dynasty was cured of his illness. I heard them talking about it before, saying that this kind of intestinal abscess is that the intestines in the stomach are rotten and broken.

This is an unbelievable thing for Hussein, because can a person still live after being disemboweled?

But now, the emperor of Daming has been cured. This is unbelievable. Daming's medical skills are really amazing.

"In addition to amnesty for the world, the Son of Heaven also announced the exemption of the personal tax and corvee. In addition, there will never be a tax increase. That is to say, in the future, we will have children at will. Corvée."

Sun Hongli picked up the newspaper again and continued.

"Don't you need to pay people's tax and corvee?"

When everyone heard this, they were slightly surprised. Personnel tax and corvee have existed since ancient times, but they did not expect to be exempted now.

"Emperor Shengming!"

"Holy Monarch!"

"Eternal Holy Monarch!"

The crowd soon followed suit with praise, the population tax and corvee were exempted, and there was no need to hide the population from now on, and they could report it openly.

"I have a bumper harvest of grain in various places in Ming Dynasty. It is said that the grain is enough for us Daming people to eat for five years."

"The best wheat in Liaodong can be sold for a tael of silver for five shi."

"I also know this. The rice here in Nanyang is not worth much anymore. You can buy several stones for a tael of silver."

"Fortunately, the price of sugar cane has not been reduced much, otherwise, we would not have made much money."

"The price of sugarcane has not been lowered because the demand for sucrose in Europe, the Middle East, and Tianzhu is very large. If this market is not opened, the price of sugarcane will definitely be reduced to the price of cabbage in terms of the current scale of sugarcane planting."

"I heard that there is something called rubber, and the price is very high now, does any of you know?"

"I've also heard that this rubber has many uses. There is only a small amount of rubber on the Golden Island. Some people have introduced it to Nanyang, but it is said that it takes seven or eight years for the rubber tree to be tapped."

"This time is too long."

"That's right, the time is too long, and we don't know how to take care of this rubber tree, so we dare not plant it."

"I heard that a business company has acquired a large piece of land to plant this rubber. When we have time, let's go and have a look."

"Okay, anyway, I'm tired of playing in Danhe City, and I wanted to go around a long time ago."

"..."

Zhao Ming, Sun Hongli and others chatted non-stop while reading the newspaper. Behind each of them stood a slave, who was the same as Hussein. be taller.

"I heard that a batch of slaves came recently, and the price is relatively cheap. You can buy an adult slave for only forty taels of silver. Have you ever visited the slave market?"

"I just went there in the morning. Isn't this the latest sugar cane collection? There are not enough slaves in the house, so I plan to buy some more."

"Those slaves are all from Tianzhu. They are very dark, ugly and short. I didn't buy them."

"However, I heard that there are slaves from Central Asia. Some time ago, the countries in the Western Regions did not invade our Daming River area. Our Daming Army counterattacked and swept through the Central Asian countries. They also captured a large number of slaves."

"Those slaves are all women and children, and all the good ones have been sent to the Beijing-Tianjin area. When it comes to our Nanyang side, the rest is ugly. Originally, I wanted to sell a beautiful female slave to warm the bed. Who I know it’s really hard to find good stuff these days.”

"I also went to the slave market. The goods that arrived recently are not good. The slaves in Tianzhu are basically sold by the Western United Trading Company, King Ning, and King Shu."

"The quantity is large, and the price is cheap. I heard that King Ning and King Shu made a lot of money by selling slaves. There are a lot of people in Tianzhu, no less than us in Ming Dynasty."

"I heard that a piece of cloth can be exchanged for a slave here in Tianzhu, and shipped to us in Nanyang. They also sold us forty taels of silver. It's a huge profit."

"Isn't that right? The Western United Firm occupies Ceylon Island, uses Ceylon Island as a base, seizes colonies everywhere in Tianzhu, sells slaves, and makes a lot of money from the slave trade alone. Now that the price of slaves has dropped, it is also Because there are too many slaves sold over.”

"Old Wang, if you want to buy a warm bed concubine, you have to say hello to those slave traders in advance. I heard that Tianzhu also has good goods here, the kind with fair skin and tall stature, but the price is definitely not cheap. of."

"Let's wait until this wave of sugar cane is sold out. Money is tight now. Anyway, there are already a few at home."

"Haha, Old Wang is only interested in you."

"I'm doing this for the sake of spreading my branches and leaves. As you all know, I'm the only seedling in my family. It's very difficult for us Daming women to marry one, and it's even more difficult to take a concubine. That's all I can do. There's no other way. Of course, it’s not okay to be black but not autumnal, you must sell fair skin.”

"Yes, yes, although she is much worse than our Daming women, at least her skin is fair."

"..."

Zhao Ming, Sun Hongli and the others were chatting very casually. Behind them, Hussein and the others were also listening carefully. They looked at each other and could see the helplessness in each other's eyes.

"Da Ming is so powerful that it even swept across the Central Asian countries. The Kazakh Khanate and the Timur Khanate were all defeated by Da Ming. This Da Ming occupies the area in the middle of the river and has contact with us Persia from land. My Persian Empire can Can you beat Daming?"

Hussein couldn't help worrying about his Persian Empire. Hussein, who was born as a businessman, traveled all over the world and knew the situation around Persia very well.

To the north of the Persian Empire is the Hezhong area. Now Da Ming has not only colonized Tianzhu by sea, but has even occupied the Hezhong area on land. The Persian Empire is about to come into direct contact with Daming.

Being bordered by a powerful empire like Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid it's more ominous than good.

(End of this chapter)