Xing'an nodded in approval. It seemed that Bai Minghe was still very strict in controlling these people.
Jin Jie continued: "However, every general in the fleet has the right to act cheaply. According to the grade, this can also be divided into size. For example, General Deng, who shares within three dou of rice at a time, will definitely be able to eliminate the accounts. Chen Ada only has the right to seven liters of rice."
"Where is the white-famous crane?" Xing'an asked again.
"Brother Bai ordered five dou of rice for himself, but I haven't heard of him using it. Every time he rewarded the generals at all levels, he rewarded his subordinates. There has never been a grand reward for the entire army. Even Lord Deng only rewarded each of the entire army with two ivory rays when he went north last time." After Jin Jie said that, he signaled the eunuch to go to the warehouse immediately.
Mango is not very easy to preserve. The white-famous crane uses a stupid method, which is an absolutely sealed wooden barrel.
When the barrel is finally sealed, some air is manually extracted to increase the storage time as much as possible.
Soon, there were a few mangoes, a pineapple and a papaya on the table in Xing'an.
"Uncle Xing, the medical officer has research. People who go to sea for a long time have scurvy. Eating dried vegetables is a way, and these are the ones. The best Siamese fruits taste very sweet. There is no good way to preserve and transport them at the moment, so Brother Bai said that he would give the palace a tribute again and again!"
Xing'an nodded slightly.
There is a little Bai Minghe who is not wrong. He dare not keep sending good things to the palace. If the palace mouth is eaten, if it cannot be offered any more, the unlucky ones will be the ones who are slaves.
A little eunuch quickly cut a few fruits.
After tasting Xing'an, I was very satisfied: "It's good, I'll send you a command to drive the boat. The road should be fast, and the family is in a hurry to see the Baiminghe."
The white-known crane in Luzon sat on the slide pole, chatting with Deng Hailong about his understanding of Luzon. The white-known crane has mentioned four times in a row a beautiful island called Long Beach. The sand there is snowy white, the sky is blue, and the sea is blue, which is extremely beautiful.
Deng Hailong was not interested in any beauty. He only cared about the soldiers in his hands who ate well and dressed warmly.
However, Qinghe looked yearning and wanted to see the beautiful scenery that Bai Minghe mentioned immediately.
Bai Minghe didn't want to go with Qinghe, just because he was afraid that if he would let himself write poems again, he would have to copy them from there.
On the first day of rest, a chief who came from the north of Luzon gave him a gift, a box of brown sticks, like some kind of grass stick. After a follower checked it, he thought there was no danger and handed it to the white crane.
The white-famous crane just smelled it and his eyes lit up immediately.
"Come on, bring a box of matches!"
Does the white-known crane recognize this thing? Many people's eyes are on the white-known crane, and even the chiefs of Luzon are the same. They do not believe that people from the Ming Dynasty will recognize this thing.
Baiminghe used a large match to roast it on the cigar that was thick with fingers. Then he lit this native purely handmade cigar with another match. Baiminghe didn't know what the real history was and when the cigar was produced, but this thing looked like a cigar.
After igniting, the white crane put it in his ear and listened to the burning sound.
"Very good, fresh." After saying that, he put it in his mouth and took a sip. Then he spitted nine cigarette rings very gorgeously. Then he took another sip and spitted the cigarette in front of himself. After feeling the taste, he praised: "Although it is different from what I imagined, it is a very pure thing. This is made of whole leaves and pure leaves."
The words of Bai Minghe were translated by Wang Yang to the chief. After listening, the chief gave a solemn gift to Bai Minghe.
Not to mention the people of the Ming Dynasty, even the Little Luzon people know this.
This is a small boat that floated from the east sea more than ten years ago. There was this cigar and some seeds on the boat. After more than ten years, their tribe successfully planted it and learned to roll cigars.
The white-named He pointed at the chief: "You are going to get rich."
The chief who was originally celebrating his tribute fell to the ground, and the words of Bai Minghe meant that he would become the top noble on the Little Luzon Island.
Baiminghe took another one for Deng Hailong, briefly talked about the characteristics of the cigar, and said to the chief: "A load of dried smoke smell, I will calculate ten stones of rice for you. For land of the same size, you will earn more than growing rice. You can exchange the goods you trade from me, so that your income will increase."
"Thank you, thank you, noble man from Daming!" This sentence is also a Chinese saying that the chief knows little.
Deng Hailong took a breath like Bai Minghe, feeling strange, and asked Bai Minghe: "What can this be done?"
"The soldiers from the north will like it." After explaining to Deng Hailong, Bai Minghe ordered the chief to go and pick up the tobacco leaves, and then rolled a very small tobacco roll on Deng Hailong's face: "This is not that explosive, you should be able to adapt. But good leaves must be used to roll this, and the scraps are only small."
"You can also make some wooden pipes and put them in and light them. There are certainly some disadvantages in this thing. If you suck too much, it will hurt your lungs. However, on the battlefield, people who may not even be able to save their lives will still care about these. Taking this will cause a short-term excitement and relieve fatigue."
"Excited?" Deng Hailong asked Bai Minghe to explain the word.
Bai Minghe thought for a while: "Another way to explain it, it is that the two armies are fighting and the enemy is powerful. It is normal for people to be afraid, but when people are excited, such as drinking, they will be more courageous. No matter whether your enemy is strong or not, you can cut a few more swords first. Lord Deng should be able to understand that in many cases, the brave will win!"
"This is less expensive than wine?"
"I haven't calculated it, but the cost of wine is not low. Moreover, wine is not as good as this. Most importantly, this thing is the same as wine. Countless men will like this thing. To put it in an exaggerated way, I want as much as this thing as I want, plus 20% of the rolled ones as handicrafts."
Baiminghe needs this very much, even if you know that this thing is harmful.
"Since you have decided, you'll have it." Deng Hailong said in his heart that there was no need to influence the Baiming He's interest for this little thing.
It takes as much as you want, but the chief was uncomfortable. He only had a few chunks of inventory. If it were planted on a large scale, it would be a year later to start a big business, but it would always be a good thing.
On Luzon Island, there is as much rice as the Neihu Plain.
The chief in the north has decided to unite with all the chiefs of Luzon's North Island, all the places that are not suitable for growing rice, and planting large quantities of tobacco leaves. The Ming people have said that they will collect as much as they have. This thing will never rot in the field. The Ming people are rich and will not affect their reputation because of this small business.
Little Luzon, 100,000 acres of natural coconut forests in the south, makes Lu Qiyuan look like he sees a gold mine.
Standing on the hill, looking at the unmarked coconut forest, headed by the white crane, Hua Wuqi waited for someone to bite a cigar, with a smile on his face. There were many, I am afraid there are tens of millions of coconuts a year.
Baiming Hexin said, is it too much?
In Qiongdao, in later generations, there were only 640,000 coconut groves, which contained 240 million coconut fruits.
Even less than 5% of the global output. This coconut is still too small compared to the future demand of the Ming Dynasty.
"Wangyang, this coconut forest is ten times larger. I will spend one million taels of silver to help you build a factory in Manila to extract coconut oil and process coconut peripheral products, so that your income will increase several times. But now there are still too few coconuts, less than 100 million, too little, too little."
One hundred million coconut fruits, isn’t it just a mountain when piled up?
Wang Yang had hesitation on his face. How much manpower and material resources would be needed to increase the coconut forest tenfold.
Bai Minghe said again: "Or like this, I piled up a hundred stones of gold in the port. Are you afraid that I will regret it in the future?"
"No, I definitely don't dare." Wang Yang dared to have doubts and immediately discussed with several major chiefs. He immediately decided that the plan for a million acres of coconut forest in the southeast of Luzon should be immediately started. Bai Minghe also said that he could first support a deposit of 500 dan of silk as a deposit, only for coconut fruits.
"Continue south, let's go to Tal Lake and take a few days off."
There are other names for the name of Tar Lake, but Wang Yang quickly understood where Bai Minghe was going. In a half-day walk, they walked to Tar Lake.
The scenery there is beautiful, formed by a huge crater. There is a small island in the lake, the smallest volcano in the world, and there is a small lake with a diameter of more than 1,000 meters in the middle of the mountain, forming a unique natural landscape with mountains and lakes in the lake. In later generations, the white-famous crane wanted to go and see it, but there was no chance.
Now that I have come closer, it is a pity not to go and take a look.
This time, Bai Minghe did not get on the slide and just said he wanted to walk, because he could see that Deng Hailong had something to say to him.
"Xiaobai, I remember you mentioned mahjong, but why don't you mention a single word yet? It's not that my brother talks too much, but this is more important than the tobacco leaves and rice you mentioned."
When Deng Hailong spoke, there were all his people standing around him, not letting Luzon people get close.
The white-famous crane smiled and pulled off a large leaf on the side of the road to act as a means to block the sun.
"Mr. Deng, you know this kind of tree now!"
"I know, they say that the fruits of this kind of tree cannot be eaten, but they grow very fast. Even if you cut them from the roots, they will grow again in a few months. If you don't grow for ten or eight years, this tree will grow again as long as it doesn't dig its roots. In this little Luzon, there are more than weeds, and there are countless more."
Deng Hailong was stunned when he talked about this.
It is impossible for the white crane to mention this kind of tree without a reason. Could it be...
Chapter completed!