"When we talk about the wilderness overseas, that's because the overseas population is sparsely populated compared to the Ming Dynasty. But it's precisely because of this that we can make a big difference." Han Du looked at everyone with a smile.
Seeing that everyone was waiting for his next words, he continued: "Based on the land given by the Marquis, we can grow food three times a year."
"Can these lands be harvested three times a year?" Tang He asked in a trembling voice, holding the land deed for 30,000 acres of land in his hand. If it can be harvested three times a year, wouldn't the land deed in his hand be equivalent to
Ninety thousand acres? Ninety thousand acres. If it were in Ming Dynasty, he would never dare to take it into his pocket.
Han Du nodded and said: "Yes, but using this land to grow food is a huge waste and you won't make much money. If you want to make a lot of money, you still have to grow sugar cane."
Then, Han Du told everyone what he had discussed with Marquis Shunshun.
Sugar cane can be used to refine sugar, so the price of sugar is naturally much higher than that of grain. Moreover, the demand for sugar in the Ming Dynasty was also huge. Many people lived their entire lives without having the opportunity to eat sugar several times. With the huge demand market in the Ming Dynasty,
Sugar can naturally bring huge benefits to everyone.
Thinking of this, everyone laughed together.
Only Xu Da was frowning.
When Tang He saw it, he said: "Brother, please stop frowning. This is not the land of the Ming Dynasty. Even if we take it, it will not harm the Ming Dynasty. Although your Duke of Wei's mansion is full of glory, how are you living?
Don’t we, old brothers, still know about the days?”
Although Xu Da ranks first among the heroes and enjoys great glory, except for his own food and Lao Zhu's reward, he has no other benefits. Although Xu Da often leads troops, he loves his soldiers like his own son.
He was not allowed to receive military pay at all. Therefore, the Duke of Wei's family had a great career, but their life was indeed not that good.
Tang He's Xin Guo Gong's Mansion was not doing well in other circumstances, but after cooperating with Han Du to open a restaurant, with this part of the income subsidy, it became much more comfortable and able to maintain the glory of the Guo Gong's Mansion.
Although Xu Da is cautious, he is not stupid. He clearly knows what can and cannot be done in front of the emperor. Things like occupying land overseas can be done.
Once, it was not that Xu Da didn't want to take the land, but he was thinking about another problem. He looked up at Han Du and said: "Thirty thousand acres of land requires at least three thousand people to cultivate it. Where can we find such land?"
How many people? We can’t drag the people of Ming Dynasty over, right?”
If he wanted to take overseas land in front of the emperor, Lao Zhu would definitely turn a blind eye and not care. But if three thousand Ming people were moved overseas, Lao Zhu would definitely not agree.
And no matter how much land there is, it will be of no benefit if no one cultivates it.
"As for the problem of people, the Marquis has already thought about it for everyone." Han Du continued: "The Marquis is now going around to arrest the local natives. When farming starts next spring, I'm afraid there will be enough
Manpower will be used to farm the land for everyone. Of course, it will not be easy for Marquis Shunshao to travel around. When the time comes, whether you choose to buy or rent, you can discuss it with Marquis Shunshao. At that time, as long as everyone takes care of the affairs of the house
Just send a few over to keep an eye on it."
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other. Since there is no problem, what else is there to say? Of course, just do it.
After the Duke of Ying, Fu Youde, was silent for a while, he suddenly said: "I am a rough man. I don't understand what you are doing. But I want to ask something."
"Please speak, Duke Ying."
"You mean, we don't need to bring people there, we can just use the natives captured by Marquis Sangfang?"
"Of course." Han Du smiled and nodded.
Ying Guogong smiled, sighed and said: "You have never done farm work. Han Du, I will teach you a lesson today. Farm work is not as simple as you think. Even in the Ming Dynasty, it was not easy to learn farm work."
A simple thing. It requires parents to teach them step by step from a young age. Only by doing this can one become a good farmer in the future. Those natives may not be able to learn it for several years. How do you expect them to farm? Think about it.
It’s so beautiful.”
When Han Du heard this, he pondered for a moment, and then smiled and said: "My father-in-law, what you said makes sense, but growing sugar cane is easier than growing food. And the reason why the people farmed intensively was because in the past, the land was limited, so they had to raise as much as possible.
Each acre of land produces food. But we don’t have this need, as long as the natives can grow the sugar cane and harvest it.”
Fu Youde was not as open-minded as Han Du. He shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm worried that the natives can't even grow sugar cane. At that time, what will you do?"
Han Du was well prepared for this and said, "You must have heard of the story of Queen Zetian training horses, right?"
Not only Fu Youde, but also everyone else present was shocked after hearing Han Du's words.
No one answered Han Du, so he said to himself: "The whip will make the natives obedient and let them grow sugar cane according to our methods. Even if there are a few who are disobedient, use a hammer to break their legs."
Serve as a warning to others. If they don't obey, kill them!"
The cold words chilled everyone present. However, the people in the room now were either the Duke or the Marquis, and there was no one who had not killed anyone.
They were just a little surprised by the murderous intent in Han Du's words. After all, Han Du was once a scholar and only served as a naval officer twice. Where did he get such murderous intent?
Han Du, on the other hand, did not feel that he had murderous intentions in his heart. He just regarded the natives as slaves. What are slaves? They are cattle, horses, and livestock. They are not human beings at all. Since slaves are not considered human beings, then Han Du
Naturally, there is no murderous intent.
If the Ming Dynasty wanted to embark on a great voyage, wanted capital to sprout, wanted to transform from an inefficient agricultural country into a highly productive industrial country, and start the industrial era, the participation and help of slaves was absolutely indispensable.
The beginning of the industrial age was built on the bones of slaves. Anyway, if these people are not dedicating themselves to the Ming Dynasty now, they will dedicate themselves to Western countries in the future. Since they are destined to dedicate themselves to others, why can't this master be
Ming dynasty?
Fortunately, everyone didn't care about the fate of the natives. Seeing Han Du's repeated assurances that someone would cultivate the land for them, they all nodded and agreed. They were convinced by Han Du and agreed to send stewards to Nanyang to manage their own land. " said
The reason why the overseas is so barbaric is that it is sparsely populated compared to the Ming Dynasty, but it is precisely because of this that we can make great achievements." Han Du looked at everyone with a smile.
Seeing that everyone was waiting for his next words, he continued: "Based on the land given by the Marquis, we can grow food three times a year."
"Can these lands be harvested three times a year?" Tang He asked in a trembling voice, holding the land deed for 30,000 acres of land in his hand. If it can be harvested three times a year, wouldn't the land deed in his hand be equivalent to
Ninety thousand acres? Ninety thousand acres. If it were in Ming Dynasty, he would never dare to take it into his pocket.
Han Du nodded and said: "Yes, but using this land to grow food is a huge waste and you won't make much money. If you want to make a lot of money, you still have to grow sugar cane."
Then, Han Du told everyone what he had discussed with Marquis Shunshun.
Sugar cane can be used to refine sugar, so the price of sugar is naturally much higher than that of grain. Moreover, the demand for sugar in the Ming Dynasty was also huge. Many people lived their entire lives without having the opportunity to eat sugar several times. With the huge demand market in the Ming Dynasty,
Sugar can naturally bring huge benefits to everyone.
Thinking of this, everyone laughed together.
Only Xu Da was frowning.
When Tang He saw it, he said: "Brother, please stop frowning. This is not the land of the Ming Dynasty. Even if we take it, it will not harm the Ming Dynasty. Although your Duke of Wei's mansion is full of glory, how are you living?
Don’t we, old brothers, still know about the days?”
Although Xu Da ranks first among the heroes and enjoys great glory, except for his own food and Lao Zhu's reward, he has no other benefits. Although Xu Da often leads troops, he loves his soldiers like his own son.
He was not allowed to receive military pay at all. Therefore, the Duke of Wei's family had a great career, but their life was indeed not that good.
Tang He's Xin Guo Gong's Mansion was not doing well in other circumstances, but after cooperating with Han Du to open a restaurant, with this part of the income subsidy, it became much more comfortable and able to maintain the glory of the Guo Gong's Mansion.
Although Xu Da is cautious, he is not stupid. He clearly knows what can and cannot be done in front of the emperor. Things like occupying land overseas can be done.
Once, it was not that Xu Da didn't want to take the land, but he was thinking about another problem. He looked up at Han Du and said: "Thirty thousand acres of land requires at least three thousand people to cultivate it. Where can we find such land?"
How many people? We can’t drag the people of Ming Dynasty over, right?”
If he wanted to take overseas land in front of the emperor, Lao Zhu would definitely turn a blind eye and not care. But if three thousand Ming people were moved overseas, Lao Zhu would definitely not agree.
And no matter how much land there is, it will be of no benefit if no one cultivates it.
"As for the problem of people, the Marquis has already thought about it for everyone." Han Du continued: "The Marquis is now going around to arrest the local natives. When farming starts next spring, I'm afraid there will be enough
Manpower will be used to farm the land for everyone. Of course, it will not be easy for Marquis Shunshao to travel around. When the time comes, whether you choose to buy or rent, you can discuss it with Marquis Shunshao. At that time, as long as everyone takes care of the affairs of the house
Just send a few over to keep an eye on it."
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other. Since there is no problem, what else is there to say? Of course, just do it.
After the Duke of Ying, Fu Youde, was silent for a while, he suddenly said: "I am a rough man. I don't understand what you are doing. But I want to ask something."
"Please speak, Duke Ying."
"You mean, we don't need to bring people there, we can just use the natives captured by Marquis Sangfang?"
"Of course." Han Du smiled and nodded.
Ying Guogong smiled, sighed and said: "You have never done farm work. Han Du, I will teach you a lesson today. Farm work is not as simple as you think. Even in the Ming Dynasty, it was not easy to learn farm work."
A simple thing. It requires parents to teach them step by step from a young age. Only by doing this can one become a good farmer in the future. Those natives may not be able to learn it for several years. How do you expect them to farm? Think about it.
It’s so beautiful.”
When Han Du heard this, he pondered for a moment, and then smiled and said: "My father-in-law, what you said makes sense, but growing sugar cane is easier than growing food. And the reason why the people farmed intensively was because in the past, the land was limited, so they had to raise as much as possible.
Each acre of land produces food. But we don’t have this need, as long as the natives can grow the sugar cane and harvest it.”
Fu Youde was not as open-minded as Han Du. He shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm worried that the natives can't even grow sugar cane. At that time, what will you do?"
Han Du was well prepared for this and said, "You must have heard of the story of Queen Zetian training horses, right?"
Not only Fu Youde, but also everyone else present was shocked after hearing Han Du's words.
No one answered Han Du, so he said to himself: "The whip will make the natives obedient and let them grow sugar cane according to our methods. Even if there are a few who are disobedient, use a hammer to break their legs."
Serve as a warning to others. If they don't obey, kill them!"
The cold words chilled everyone present. However, the people in the room now were either the Duke or the Marquis, and there was no one who had not killed anyone.
They were just a little surprised by the murderous intent in Han Du's words. After all, Han Du was once a scholar and only served as a naval officer twice. Where did he get such murderous intent?
Han Du, on the other hand, did not feel that he had murderous intentions in his heart. He just regarded the natives as slaves. What are slaves? They are cattle, horses, and livestock. They are not human beings at all. Since slaves are not considered human beings, then Han Du
Naturally, there is no murderous intent.
If the Ming Dynasty wanted to embark on a great voyage, wanted capital to sprout, wanted to transform from an inefficient agricultural country into a highly productive industrial country, and start the industrial era, the participation and help of slaves was absolutely indispensable.
The beginning of the industrial age was built on the bones of slaves. Anyway, if these people are not dedicating themselves to the Ming Dynasty now, they will dedicate themselves to Western countries in the future. Since they are destined to dedicate themselves to others, why can't this master be
Ming dynasty?
Fortunately, no one cared about the fate of the natives. Seeing Han Du's repeated assurances that someone would cultivate the land for them, they all nodded in agreement. They were convinced by Han Du and agreed to send stewards to Nanyang to manage their own land.