I have to say that Gao Baiyang is still very capable. This time when renting land, most of the fertile land was not open space.
Brocade is just a method of settlement, and all kinds of Tang Dynasty goods can be used as a method of settlement.
Gao Baiyang calculated an account for the local villagers. They grew their own rice, but they could not even eat a bushel of polished rice. All they ate were miscellaneous food.
The land was either rented or sold, and then farmed for the people of the Tang Dynasty to ensure that they had refined grain to eat every day.
Moreover, there is meat once every ten days, some snacks every month, and every year during the New Year, there are rewards.
Niu Jinda made a big deal out of it. When he arrived, there were already more than 200,000 acres of land planted with various crops, including 150,000 acres of sugar cane alone.
The sugar cane of this era cannot be compared with modern sugar cane, and the sugar yield rate is definitely not comparable.
The locals use two methods to grow sugarcane: root and node. The root is to cut and remove the root. Sometimes roots will grow on the nodes of sugarcane. This is the method of planting nodes. No matter how it is planted, no matter how high the survival rate is, originally
In order to sell the land at a good price, all the wasteland was planted.
And they were planted so densely that some of them would not survive.
When Li Yuanxing's ship was still nearly a hundred miles away, a huge fleet was seen on the seaside watchtower.
It has only been a month since Niu Jinda arrived here. During this period, he asked Wang Ba to send a ship to distribute some food. At present, he has not even built a decent yard on his site, and all the cement has been given priority to the dock.
Close to the coast, stop the boat and change to a smaller boat.
Li Yuanxing stood on the bow of the boat. He was still wearing the simplest thin white linen crew-neck shirt and simple straight pants on his legs, which were very thin. Li Yuanxing thought the craftsmanship of cotton cloth was simple, and now the fabric he woven
It's okay as underwear, but it's still not strong enough to wear outside.
So Li Yuanxing chose fine white linen, which had mature technology in Datang.
The raw material used is the finest fine linen soft fiber obtained from Wang Ba.
Niu Jinda and his close men formed an array on the shore. Half a step behind him stood two men wearing silk, whose style was somewhat different from that of the Tang Dynasty. Both of them were hunched over, as if they were listening to Niu Jinda's lecture.
Li Yuanxing smiled and signaled that there was no need to rush the boat, as long as it was more stable.
Niu Jinda was just lecturing. Even though he was an outsider, he had big fists, plenty of money, and many treasures. So Niu Jinda was upgraded to Uncle Niu. The local officials and the indigenous chiefs were naturally extremely respectful when they saw this Uncle Niu.
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"You two didn't seem very respectful in your eyes just now." Niu Jinda's tone was a bit harsh.
One of them boldly said: "Well, you said that the people on that boat are the big shots. But the big shots here don't dress like common people. They don't even have precious silk on them. No wonder we little people take it the wrong way!"
"Hmph!" Niu Jinda snorted coldly: "Be more respectful and stop talking nonsense!"
When Niu Jinda was lecturing with a cold face, the boat had already docked. The first boat to dock was not Li Yuanxing's boat, but Pei Xi's. The guards formed a formation, with bright armor and gleaming swords.
"The last general..." Niu Jinda hurriedly came up to greet him and performed the Tang military salute.
Li Yuanxing looked at himself, then at Niu Jinda and then smiled: "I had known I had to change my armor, so I could have been more casual." Li Yuanxing patted Niu Jinda gently and laughed: "General Niu is really not afraid of the heat.
It turned out to be a full set of military uniforms. I didn’t think it through well. The weather here is hot, so I should consider asking the Ministry of War to prepare some military uniforms for use here. Go and change them, don’t cause trouble due to the heat!"
Niu Jinda is also a cheerful person. Although he has received formal greetings, he is also more casual.
Immediately, he took off his military uniform and wore only a pair of large pants and a vest. He stood next to Li Yuanxing with a smile on his bare feet.
It seems that this big man is very easy-going.
There was some change in the eyes of the two locals.
The person in charge of the translation was also a local. He had done business with Datang before and could write and speak well. Seeing the two people's reactions, he came closer and said, "If you continue to have such contemptuous thoughts, I'm afraid your whole family will die."
Light."
The local official raised his hand and was about to hit him, but the translator smiled coldly and pointed to the stainless steel badge on his collar. It was given to him by Niu Jinda, and it represented Niu Jinda's subordinates. Although it was somewhat different from the others.
, but this translation feels like the waist is hard.
The local official really didn't dare to fight anymore.
The translator sneered again: "Have you ever heard of Goguryeo?"
The local clan chief had never heard of it, but this official had.
"That's the big shot with a mimi-smiling look on his face. The Goguryeo people were so crazy that this big shot destroyed their capital in one day. The next year, the generals of the Tang Dynasty wiped out Goguryeo. Let me tell you this,
I am truly kind-hearted. If I have a chance to go north in the future, I will go find out who the King Qin of the Tang Dynasty is."
"What's your identity?" they both asked at the same time.
"Below the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and above tens of millions of people, with a wave of the hand, a country can disappear forever. But on the other hand, those who obey can be extremely rich. The Jiyi people of Jeju, who were originally like savages, are now the poorest
I'm afraid it's only the two of you who get rich."
The local official did not doubt this.
The hatchets of the Tang Dynasty were already unacceptable to the local people. Such high-quality steel was used to make hatchets. The hatchets were much better than the weapons of the regular army here. This does not include the ones made of fine steel.
Pots, bowls, and cans and boxes. As for silk, people in the Tang Dynasty didn't care about silk at all. No one had a few pieces.
The two of them were in a daze, but Li Yuanxing and Niu Jinda had already walked over.
The translator quickly nodded and bowed to greet him. A clan leader and an official, however, reacted a step too slowly.
Li Yuanxing nodded kindly: "I have come from afar and heard that your country is very hospitable. General Niu and his subordinates have received great care here. I have some thoughts and will transport them from the ship behind at this time."
Come down, don’t refuse, these are some of my wishes for the local people!”
Li Yuanxing deliberately pronounced the word "local people" very seriously.
Li Yuanxing declined the invitation to hold a banquet. Li Yuanxing did not think there was anything particularly interesting about the banquet held by these people.
Just send a few official representatives to attend the banquet.
Walking in the sugar cane garden, the sugar cane here was originally planted by some locals earlier. Some of the sugar cane has matured out of season. Several locals have been cutting the sugar cane all day long and putting it in their backpacks.
Pei Xi took one section and held it in front of Li Yuanxing with both hands.
After Li Yuanxing took it, he asked for another short knife, whittled it and took a bite. It was sweet, but very rough. It felt uncomfortable when biting it in his mouth, like a mouth full of sugarcane bagasse.
But I was very happy in my heart.
Modern sugar cane is actually divided into two types. One is to bite and eat directly, which prefers the first-class fruit. The sugar cane that is difficult to enter the mouth but has a better sugar extraction effect is the sugar cane used for sugar production.
Li Yuanxing took a few bites and handed it to Niu Jinda.
Niu Jinda smiled: "Your Highness is unlucky. The sugar cane is delicious, but not as hard as the sugar cane." Li Yuanxing did not laugh, but said with a cold face: "You don't know how to squeeze out the sugar cane."
Separate these two types, and use the hard-to-nibble ones to squeeze sugar, and the delicious ones to be shipped to the Central Plains?"
Niu Jinda nodded repeatedly and just smiled sillyly.
Niu Jinda could pretend to be confused, but his subordinates could not. Someone immediately recorded this order and first distinguished the varieties of sugarcane.
Li Yuanxing approached Niu Jinda and said in a low voice: "Old Niu, talk to Ma Zhou tonight. He has a bad idea that will allow you to completely control this power without losing any blood!"
Niu Jinda's expression also changed, becoming a bit serious, and nodded vigorously: "Old Niu must work hard."
Li Yuanxing turned around and laughed: "Have you gone to get some rubber seeds from Feng An?"
"Old Feng is also a scumbag, so I won't talk to him. The Minister of War will naturally worry about the brothers. Although it is not easy for him, Old Feng, to breed hard, the asking price cannot be too shady."
These conversations are just gossip.
Cui Junsu, who was walking behind, followed up and asked seemingly casually: "Has the candy been produced here, General Niu?"
"Only coarse syrup." Niu Jinda answered truthfully: "No good lime mines have been found here, and there is no workshop built here, so there is only one sugar pressing house. All the syrup is barreled, and there are merchants in Huating to receive the goods."
"How many pounds?" Cui Junsu asked directly.
"It's almost 800 kilograms per acre. I heard from the businessmen that the syrup can produce about 600 kilograms of sugar per acre. So it's much less than the refined sugar cane."
Niu Jinda said that the fine seed was naturally grown by Feng An.
Feng An is on the border between Guangxi and Indochina, and the amount of snow sugar produced per acre is almost one ton.
Sugar cane, rubber, and rice had huge markets in Datang. Cui Junsu even considered the above and asked Datang to restrict the entry of sugar products into Datang, and only allowed those produced in Datang's own fiefdoms to be transported into Datang.
After Niu Jinda chatted with these dignitaries for a few words, he hurried to the camp by the sea.
Ma Zhou was directing the moving of goods. There were many foods from the Tang Dynasty, as well as cans, wine, candies, etc. The specialties were white linen, silk floss, and some bamboo household items.
"General Niu!" Ma Zhou was low-level and quickly put down what he was doing and came forward.
Niu Jinda lowered his voice: "I heard that you have a good plan!"
"This is not the responsibility of the lower official. It's just that the lower official is responsible for helping General Niu execute this plan to achieve..." Ma Zhou also planned to explain that he was only the executor, not the maker of the plan. Is Niu Jinda interested in hearing his gossip?
, and immediately said: "Stop talking nonsense, tell Lao Niu what to do."
"These things are the first step!" Ma Zhou pointed to the large pile of goods.
Niu Jinda was puzzled.
Ma Zhou continued to explain: "These, His Highness said, are to thank General Niu for the care he received here, and they are for the people here. These are all small things, which can be said to be used by every household. Pull these over, I don't know which little
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