Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 532 The Weakness of Nanyang Slaves (Please Subscribe!)

"Xiao Chen, I went to the teahouse to listen to the news a few days ago, and I heard that Daming is going to attack Tianzhu. My family has a bumper harvest this year, so we can donate grain to Daming, without the imperial court spending money to buy it!"

The civil servant Xiao Chen quickly waved his hand and refused: "There is no need to donate food. The Ming government has never taken advantage of the common people. Also, the imperial court is planning to build a school in the town. Our families can send their children to study!"

"School?"

"read?"

"That's good, that's good. I've been illiterate all my life. I was thinking about sending my children to study, but I didn't expect the court to think about it. The emperor is holy!"

Li Daniu stood up in a dignified manner, and bowed respectfully in the direction of the north.

This is a heartfelt move, and it is also the true feeling of countless immigrants after immigrating to Nanyang.

When they came to Nanyang, they really lived a good life. With the head, even their children can go to school now, so there is no reason not to be grateful to the emperor.

Seeing his master's appearance, Lin Da also dismounted very respectfully, and stood aside, the emperor of Ming Dynasty is naturally a god-like existence in Nanyang, and he must be respectful at all times.

Lin Da on the side was also moved.

"Master Chen, can the children of our slaves read?"

he asked with great concern.

If his children can go to school, learn to speak Ming Dynasty official dialect, read and write, maybe they won't have to be slaves in the future.

Moreover, if the policy of Ming Dynasty to treat Nanyang slaves is looser in the future, they can still take civil servants and imperial examinations in the future, become an official, and completely realize the class transition!
"It's not impossible, there is a condition, that is, the annual slave rating must be excellent for two consecutive years before sending children to study."

Xiao Chen explained.

This policy is to stimulate the labor enthusiasm of Nanyang people, so that those Nanyang people who are obedient can get a better future, and those who are not obedient will be dragged into mining and used as cannon fodder.

"Daniu, I still have business to do first, so I'll take my leave first!"

After notifying Li Daniu, he also said to Li Daniu.

"Xiao Chen, you are busy with your work."

Li Daniu also smiled and returned the salute. The other party respected himself a foot, and he should also respect the other party. The status of Han immigrants in Nanyang is still quite high.

I am just an ordinary citizen, and the other party is a civil servant, and I am so respectful to myself. This is mainly because I am a Han immigrant.

After he left on horseback, Li Daniu also rode on horseback to inspect his manor.

"Everyone, work hard. When the food is harvested, I will give you a few days off so that you can have a good rest and rest."

"Thank you sir, thank you sir!"

When the slaves heard this, they immediately expressed their thanks.

Although they are slaves, in Nanyang, as long as they are willing to work honestly, generally speaking, Han slave owners will not treat them too badly. They can eat whatever they want, white rice, vegetables and radishes.

Occasionally there are sea fish to eat, chickens, ducks and geese raised in the plantation, etc., and they also have their share during the New Year and festivals.

Here in Nanyang, there may not be many other things, but there is still too much rice to eat. Every plantation will have a field for growing rice. Under three crops a year, there is more than enough rice.

As for clothes, shoes, etc., the price of cloth is getting lower and lower, and Nanyang is located in the tropics. In fact, it doesn’t take much cloth to make clothes.

So the life of these slaves is quite good, except that they are not free, other aspects are okay.

"Well, well done."

Li Daniu nodded in satisfaction. There are 35 slaves in his plantation, including [-] adult male slaves, [-] female slaves, and [-] young slaves.

The male slaves are mainly used to reclaim land and grow rice, while the female slaves are responsible for raising pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, planting vegetables, washing and cooking, etc. As for the six small slaves, they are used to herd cattle and horses for Li Daniu .

Li Daniu is very satisfied with riding a horse to quickly his own plantation and managing his slaves aloft.

Then he drove his horse to the house.

This year is the first year of immigration to Temasek. At first, I was uncomfortable here, but gradually I like the life here. Not only do I have my own fields, but the food is high-yield and tax-free.

He has already planned everything. After selling the ripe rice, he is going to take the slaves to build a bamboo-reinforced concrete house.

At present, urbanization is only carried out in big cities such as Yingtian, Suncheon, Guangzhou, and Dongning, and has not yet spread to Nanyang. Therefore, self-built houses are mainly used here.

It is rainy and humid here in Nanyang. Ordinary houses, whether they are wooden houses or brick houses, are very uncomfortable to live in. The houses made of bamboo reinforced concrete in the towns are comfortable to live in. They are also the most popular houses now.

"The price of rice has dropped again. It is more cost-effective to grow sugarcane. Next time, we will plant another [-] acres of sugarcane."

The matter of building a house is naturally a major event, and it is also something to be happy about, but Li Daniu is worried about the drop in rice prices.

This Nanyang rice is the best rice, but the price is lower every crop, and it can't be sold for much money now. For Li Daniu who is in urgent need of money, it is obviously more cost-effective to grow sugar cane .

Although I am willing to donate food to the Ming Dynasty, on the one hand, I am grateful, and on the other hand, it is also because the price of food is low now.

Li Daniu is thinking about the next planting, while Lin Da, a Malay who is working, is thinking about studying.

Master Li Daniu is kind-hearted. Last year, he was rated as excellent. This year is almost the end of the year. He has to work hard and strive for another excellent, so that his children can go to school.

Before that, he had never thought of working hard for the Han masters, but only wanted to dawdle.

Anyway, this is the way it is in this life, as a small slave, life is not bad, the Han master is also kind-hearted, and rarely embarrass him.

However, he has a weakness, he has been like this all his life, but Lin Da doesn't want his child to be a slave for the rest of his life.

In fact, if we implement comprehensive Sinicization, we should relax the conditions for them to study.

But now the indigenous population in Nanyang has declined sharply. After Da Ming carried out one or two clean-ups, immigrants from Da Ming accounted for more than [-]% of the population of Nanyang Province, and the number of slaves has decreased.

On the Nanyang side, plantations are the main model. There are a large number of plantations occupied by state-owned companies, as well as individual plantations of Ming immigrants.

So we can't let the aborigines Sinicize too quickly, otherwise there will be no cheap.
No, it's free labor.

(End of this chapter)