Chapter 11: People who can use tools

Since Yunfu's army had cleared Guangzhou, trade in the city became extremely prosperous.

Why does this deformity occur?

It’s entirely because the heart that the merchants in Guangzhou have completely come to fruition.

Whether it is good or bad, when the result comes out, people will have corresponding countermeasures.

The merchants here find it strange that the officials from the Lantian imperial court regarded the land as a priority as a matter of life.

They are busy dividing the fields of wealthy families, and ignore the prosperous commercial activities in Guangzhou at all. As long as the merchants pay taxes, they will act like they are very talkative.

In fact, after no officials secretly extorted things, merchants actually paid much less taxes than before.

This made the merchants feel relieved.

Many merchants who occupy a lot of land even joked that when they were secretly gathering, Lantian Huangting was a local bun, who only knew the land and knew nothing about commerce.

To be honest, more than 90% of people eat commercial rice in a huge Guangzhou city, and as for farmland... that is a symbol.

Therefore, it is easy to implement land reform in Guangzhou. Many times, when dividing and distributing land, local officials can even see the slight sarcastic scent of those housekeepers on their faces.

After waiting for half a year, the merchants finally confirmed that the focus of Lantian imperial court's reform was on land, not on commerce, and even judging from the news conveyed by the Guangzhou government, Lantian imperial court had a supportive attitude towards business.

The Second Fleet of Lantian, which is responsible for blocking the sea, has recently completely relaxed the sea ban on merchants.

As a result, Guangzhou's commercial activities, which had been suppressed for a long time, exploded in an instant.

The world gradually settled down, the displaced war life gradually ended, people's lives gradually got on track, and demand for materials began to rise, especially spices and sugars that could not be sold before, which were the key points of all goods.

Although there are sugarcane in Fujian, Guangxi and Taiwan at this time, the output here is far from enough to supply the huge market of the Ming Dynasty. In just one Lantian County, the demand for sugar reached a terrifying 20 million kilograms.

Especially after Guanzhong people dilute sugar into solution, and then crystallize these sugar solutions into rock sugar through yellow mud cellars and cotton ropes, Guanzhong people have a greater demand for this sweeter and purer sugar product.

But the Lantian Royal Court planted countless sugarcane forests in the distant Malacca...

Palm oil, sugar cane forest, this is a cash crop specially developed by Han Xiufen in Malacca. Now, at least 60,000 Malacca natives are taking care of these crops in these estates.

Not only palm trees and sugar cane forests, Han Xiufen also followed Yun Zhao's instructions and specially placed an order with the Dutch adventurers, Portuguese adventurers, Britain, France and Spain four years ago, and obtained 200,000 seeds of "Tear Trees" native to the American jungle at the cost of heavy gold.

Now, these tear trees are ten feet tall, and in another three years, these tear trees will produce something called rubber.

Although Han Xiufen still didn't know what Yun Zhao wanted to do this thing, she didn't understand why Yun Zhao knew that there would be such a strange tree in the distant American cannibals.

And the growth location and appearance of this tree are vividly drawn, so that the explorers immediately found this strange thing after going deep into the jungle.

Moreover, from the secret letter Yun Zhao gave her, she could feel that Yun Zhao attached much more importance to this kind of tear tree than palm trees and sugarcane forests.

The person responsible for these three things is Liu Mingliang. He hates this job very much.

The biggest problem is the land reclamation!

Although it is summer all year round, the trees and vines cover the land he needs tightly, and it is difficult to burn it with a fire.

There is only a short month to use during the dry season in the year. If the wasteland burned out quickly is not dug out all the weeds and roots in the land, after a rain, the wasteland burned will be full of vitality again.

Therefore, in this environment, the land reclamation is entirely filled with human lives.

Han Xiufen didn't care much about how many people died. She just asked Liu Mingliang for palm trees, sugarcane forests, and tears forests. As for everything else, she didn't even have the interest in asking.

For this, Han Xiufen distributed all the black sailors at hand to Liu Mingliang. The dark-skinned sailor seemed to be more adaptable to the life of the jungle than those in Lantian's past. When they found that they could do whatever they wanted in this land... the darkest era in Malaya has arrived.

Since Han Xiufen's demand for palm trees, sugar cane forests and tear trees has no end, the demand for land reclamation and planting of these manors is also no end.

These black sailors, as well as the surrendered natives of Malacca, hunted the Malacca natives in the woods.

It is hard to say the consequences of a sturdy man and a woman who are left to sell money, but the elderly and children who are protected by strong labor are hard to say.

When the Malacca people within a radius of 500 miles were searched, the black sailors found that their profits were falling sharply, and they began to target people as dark as themselves.

Or, they targeted all animals walking on both feet.

As a result, there were many more white-skinned people and brown-skinned people in the manor.

Liu Mingliang, who was missing manpower, was about to go crazy, naturally came and did not hesitate to increase the price of slaves again and again to stimulate the black sailors and the Arab pirates' enthusiasm to plunder the population.

Now, even the British and the remaining Portuguese think this is a way to make a fortune. When they caught the population at sea, they no longer killed casually, but tied it up and sold it to Liu Mingliang.

At present, Liu Mingliang, even hardcore brothers like Liu Chuanli, are unwilling to communicate with him more. After all, as long as they are individuals, they will stay away from Liu Mingliang after seeing those slaves working in the plantation.

This made Liu Mingliang very sad...

He really wanted to escape from this shackles, but unfortunately, both Yun Zhao and Han Xiufen had a consistent heart for him.

When he came to Tiantang Island to report his work, Liu Mingliang, who was once tall and bright, disappeared, and he was extremely thin and dark.

A pair of eyes fell deeply into the sockets, and the eyeballs were slightly yellow, which was a pathological reaction.

"I can't hold on any longer."

Liu Mingliang curled his thin body in a huge rattan chair and talked to Han Xiufen in a nagging manner.

Han Xiufen poured Liu Mingliang a cup of tea: "Have it over again."

Liu Mingliang shook his head in pain and said, "What I am doing now is seriously inconsistent with the education I receive, and it is even a kind of regression."

Han Xiufen frowned and said, "Is it very serious?"

Liu Mingliang smiled bitterly and said, "A hundred people come in and fill in enough people. Two months later, I need another hundred people to maintain the scene."

Han Xiufen frowned and said, "How did these people die? The supply you give them is not bad."

Liu Mingliang shook his head and said, "It's mainly because of illness. With poisonous insects and leeches, people are very fragile in the jungle."

Han Xiufen nodded and said, "The environment in Malacca is too harsh. We need Java Island, where there are large plains."

Liu Mingliang bowed to Han Xiufen and said, "Can you replace me?"

Han Xiufen said: "If you don't go, you have to go Liu Chuanli."

Liu Mingliang said in pain: "It would be better for me to stay there than to let him go. It would be better to ruin the names of two people than to bear all the sins alone."

Han Xiufen said: "Your Majesty also knows that this matter is inappropriate, so we only limit a few of us to know about it. Therefore, there is no extra manpower to give you. However, you can cultivate some of your own manpower and gradually free yourself from this shackles."

Liu Mingliang looked at Han Xiufen and said, "It can only be an alien, right?"

Han Xiufen nodded and said, "Blacks, whites, Arabs and even Malacca natives can do it, but we cannot be Chinese."

When Liu Mingliang heard this, he let out a long sigh and said, "Okay, just agree, I don't need to pay attention to this matter."

Han Xiufen didn't say anything anymore, Liu Mingliang relaxed and soon he snored in the rattan chair.

It was a great relief for him to not have to live a ghoul-like life.

Many times, people need to deceive themselves to survive. When we hear tragedies coming from far away, our heads will often automatically fade these things, and finally lament a few times, hurt the things and continue to live our lives.

If these tragic things are witnessed by oneself or are done by oneself, then for a person who still has some conscience in his heart, it is a great disaster.

During dinner, Liu Mingliang met Leoni who came back from the sea. The first thing Leoni said when she saw Liu Mingliang was to ask him why he was not as good as the Dutch in robbing slaves. Just today, she met three slave ships on the route, filled with slaves from India.

After asking, I found out that these people were all property of the Dutch East India Company.

When Liu Mingliang heard Leoni say this, he immediately turned his begging eyes on Han Xiufen.

Han Xiufen put down the chopsticks in her hand and looked at Leoni and said, "Are you interested in this job?"

Leonie smiled and said, "At least you can do better than Liu Mingliang!"

After hearing this, Liu Mingliang burst into tears and choked and said to Han Xiufen: "I am not as good as Miss Reoni in this regard, and I can't even catch up with the slap of horses."

Han Xiufen frowned and looked at Leoni and said, "Have you ever seen a slave ship?"

Leonie laughed: “When I was six years old, I could tell what mooing tools were, what was a talking tool, and what was a talking tool.

I also saw the proverb "Recognize yourself" on the wall of the Apollo Temple in Greece.

In my opinion, Mr. Liu Mingliang's work is a dereliction of duty. He consumed too many slaves and gave them too many benefits. He didn't even know how to maximize the value of those who could talk.

Therefore, I suggest that I should replace Mr. Liu Mingliang to manage the palm forest, sugar cane forest, and tear wood that His Majesty is very fond of."

Liu Mingliang stretched out his trembling hands and wanted to hold Reoni's hands, but was arrogantly thrown away by Reoni. Liu Mingliang did not feel any humiliation, and even said sincerely to Han Xiufen: "I apologize. I will write a letter to Your Majesty and apologize to the Governor. I seriously agree that Captain Reoni will take over me, a useless person, to manage the three major crops that Your Majesty values."
Chapter completed!