In Beijing Town, with the advent of cold winter, the originally lively and noisy Beijing Town gradually became colder. A large number of expedition teams left the north by boat and went to the warmer Penglai City to spend the winter.
The Northern Territory was just a small town that gradually developed due to the existence of the expedition team. When the expedition teams left in large numbers, the entire Northern Territory naturally became depressed.
Only after the spring of next year, when the weather gradually warms up, will the expedition team gradually return to the north and continue to explore this vast land in search of gold and silver.
However, generally by that time, the expedition team that came to the Northern Territory this year will probably not come again, because in the past two years, there have been at least hundreds of expedition teams, large and small, in the area around the Northern Territory.
, but no one has found anything valuable in the area around the northern border so far.
Perhaps the only thing that can attract people to the North is the fertile fields and dense virgin jungles here. The trees here are very tall and very suitable for building ships. However, the shipbuilding industry here in Golden Continent is not developed at present.
Those with shipbuilding capabilities are Penglai City and Qianhe City.
It is estimated that no one will come back here to invest in building a shipyard within ten to eight years. Although there are a lot of high-quality trees here, the population on the Golden Continent is sparse, and the demand for ships is naturally not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty. There are two shipyards here.
place is enough.
Li Lin, a small businessman, was bored and calculating this year's income. Seeing that the Chinese New Year was coming soon, it was time to calculate this year's income.
"It's really hard to do business in the north, and it will be even harder next year. Without gold and silver, the expedition team probably won't come."
“Will we continue to do business here next year?”
"The place is actually a good place. The land is fertile and the climate is humid. It's much better than here on the West Coast. If you just open up a field and sprinkle some wheat and corn on it, you'll have endless food. It's like a paradise. It's great for retirement.
very good."
Li Lin thought carefully in his mind.
Golden Continent is really too big. It is an extremely vast land. At present, the people of Ming Dynasty do not know enough about this land.
Most of the people of the Ming Dynasty lived in the coastal areas of the Golden Continent. Only the expedition team went deep into the complex areas of this land and roughly explored the conditions of this vast land.
There are two huge continents in Golden Continent connected by a long and narrow strip of land in the middle. The land of Northern Golden Continent is open and flat. In addition to the tall mountains in the west, there is an endless great plain in the middle. It is said that it can go all the way to the northernmost part of the continent.
Polar.
The South Golden Continent is also vast, but except for the vast grasslands and highlands in the far south, most of the other areas are extremely dense tropical rainforests. No one dares to go deep into this primitive tropical rainforest. It is too dangerous inside.
.
Generally speaking, Huanghuangzhou is a very good place, especially the Northern Huanghuangzhou. There is a lot of gold and silver, which has stimulated the birth of a large number of expedition teams.
The fertile, flat and open land is extremely suitable for the development of agriculture. Many plantations have been built on the vast land to the north of Penglai Bay (later known as the Gulf of Mexico). The food produced can not only supply the Ming people in the entire Golden Continent, but also
Moreover, there was a large amount of surplus food that could be used to support the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire.
On the west coast, the dried fish meat from Qianhe City has begun to be sold back to the Ming Dynasty. Every spring, countless red fish (also known as salmon) migrate from the ocean to the land. There are countless fish near Qianhe City.
The unclear rivers and streams are almost all crowded with this migratory red fish.
Therefore, an industry has gradually formed here in Qianhe City. Every spring, whenever the red fish migrate, the local Ming people will catch a large number of this fish, and then make it into dried pickled fish and preserve it.
The well-made dried pickled fish can be stored for a long time, which not only meets the needs of the Ming Dynasty people in Huanghuangzhou for meat, but has now become an important commodity of the Ming Dynasty in the Huanghuangzhou Rebate Fair.
Golden Bay Golden City is a city that grew up because of gold.
In addition to gold, this city also has another specialty, which is beef jerky.
Bison can be seen almost everywhere in the Northern Golden Continent, and their numbers are extremely large.
The Ming Dynasty people who came to Golden Continent once tried to tame these bison, but the effect has not been good. When they needed meat, they began to hunt these bison in large numbers.
Because bison are so large, it is often difficult to eat one bison, so they are made into beef jerky, which gradually forms an industrial chain and becomes a specialty here in Golden City. It is also a top product sold back to the Ming Dynasty.
This is a God-given land, full of gold and rich in products.
Every Ming Dynasty person who comes here for the first time will be deeply impressed by the richness here.
In the Ming Dynasty, fertile land was a very precious thing. In the past, a family with a few acres of land was considered a wealthy family, and the land was passed down from generation to generation.
But in Huangjinzhou, any piece of land here is extremely fertile and fertile. If you cultivate it casually, anything you plant can grow well.
In the Ming Dynasty, the gold and silver mines have been exhausted long ago, and they are only things that the government and the powerful can control. However, in the Golden Continent, there are gold and silver mines everywhere. They can be mined at will, and even ordinary people can own them.
Your own gold mine and silver mine.
In the Ming Dynasty, cattle were protected animals and meat was extremely luxurious. However, in the Golden Continent, there were wild buffaloes all over the place. There were no one knew how many there were. They could kill them at will and eat their meat at will. The rivers were full of fish and there was no way to finish them all.
It is truly a God-given land. Almost everyone who immigrated to Golden Continent does not want to leave here or return to the Ming Dynasty.
Here, there is wealth, freedom, and the noble status of Ming people. Every Ming person who comes here quickly falls in love with it.
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"Tap tap~ tap tap~"
Just as Li Lin was deep in thought, the sound of horse hooves came from outside.
"Is there any expedition team that hasn't come back at this time?"
Li Lin walked out curiously. It was already the twelfth lunar month of winter, and most of the expedition teams that had gone on expeditions had returned. Many of them had returned to Penglai City to celebrate the New Year.
"It's Chen Feng!"
Soon, Li Lin recognized him and immediately saw Chen Feng walking in the front.
At the same time, a pair of small eyes immediately scanned Chen Feng's expedition team. It could be seen that Chen Feng and his expedition team had suffered a lot outside. Everyone looked very tired, but their faces were filled with smiles, and they seemed to have a lot of energy.
reward.
Looking at the horses they were riding, everyone seemed to have bulging bags on their backs, which must have been their trophies, but they were contained and the contents could not be seen at all.
"It seems that Chen Feng should have gained something this time."
Li Lin's little eyes shone brightly, he immediately closed the door of his shop and hurried to find Chen Feng.
"Chen Feng, have you gained anything?"
"Forget it. This year's work has been in vain. I haven't caught anything."
"If you do well, getting rich still depends on luck."
"Yes, yes, you haven't returned to Penglai City yet?"
"I'll be back in two days."
"Chen Feng, are you back?"
"came back?"
"Are you getting rich?"
"I want it too~"
Chen Feng led his expedition team back to Beijing Town. As soon as they entered the town, everyone who saw Chen Feng and the others coming back would come up and ask questions.
They all have curiosity, and sometimes, some of the information revealed by these expeditions can make people rich overnight.
For example, if an expedition team discovers gold in a certain place, it is very likely that there is gold in the surrounding area, which will immediately attract a large number of expedition teams.
There are too many things like this.
So every time an expedition team comes back, everyone will ask about it with concern.
But generally speaking, experienced expedition teams will keep their team members secret. Even if they make discoveries, they are usually tight-lipped and will not be disclosed easily.
Naturally, Chen Feng was also the same. He issued a hush-hush order to his team members early on, and naturally all the members of the expedition team also remained silent.
Everyone understands that this is a matter of personal interest.
Chen Feng returned to his residence very smoothly. Before he could take a breath, Li Lin came to his door.
"Chen Feng, are you back?"
Li Lin came to Chen Feng's residence, looked at Chen Feng carefully again, and then asked with a smile.
"Back~"
Chen Feng nodded.
"Did you get rich?"
Li Lin asked softly.
"If I make a lot of money, I don't know how I will survive this year."
Chen Feng immediately shook his head and said.
"Can you fool me?"
"Who am I? As soon as you come back, I know that you must have gotten rich. Look at the smiles on your faces."
"Tell me quietly and I promise not to tell anyone else."
Li Lin looked unbelieving, and then said in a lower voice.
"Old Li, I really didn't lie to you. This time I went out, not to mention gold and silver, but I didn't even catch a shadow."
"However, it was not without harvest. We found several ginseng plants."
Chen Feng looked at Li Lin and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This Li Lin is really amazing. Just by looking at him, he knew that everyone had gained something.
"Ginseng?"
"Hurry up, take it out and show it to me. This is a good thing. The price of old ginseng is as good as gold."
When Li Lin heard this, he immediately rubbed his hands excitedly. He was a businessman, so of course he knew the value of ginseng.
Ginseng was very valuable in the Ming Dynasty, and it was naturally even more valuable in the Golden Continent. There were many wealthy people in the Golden Continent, and the demand for precious Chinese medicinal materials was also great, but they all needed to be shipped from the Ming Dynasty, so the price was natural
not cheap.
"Okay~"
Chen Feng took out a pack of ginseng wrapped in red cloth and two large ginseng plants from his pocket.
Li Lin quickly took it and looked at it carefully, very carefully. He couldn't help but get excited while looking at it.
“It’s really ginseng!”
"There is actually ginseng in this Golden Continent, and looking at the lines of these two ginseng plants, it seems that these are century-old ginsengs. They are a good thing that has a price but is not available in the market."
Li Lin sighed while watching, and then said in a very regretful tone: "Oh, you people are so rude. You mine ginseng without knowing anything, and you even damaged its beards. It's really
What a pity, what a pity!”
"If the roots are well preserved, this century-old ginseng can be sold for thousands of taels of silver!"