"There is nothing we can do about this. Compared to the west coast, the east coast of Golden Continent is really too barren. We haven't found a few gold or silver mines yet. Naturally, it is difficult to attract people to settle on the east coast.
of."
"If it weren't for the fact that this place is relatively close to Europe, I'm afraid Penglai City wouldn't be able to develop so fast."
When Du Li heard Li Zheng's words, he couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Actually, apart from the gold and silver mines, the east coast of the Golden Continent is more suitable for immigration."
"The climate here is humid, the rainfall is abundant, the land is fertile, and the platform is open. To the north of Penglai Bay is an endless plain and a long river."
"With such superior conditions, to be honest, even if 10 million or 20 million people immigrate again, it will not be too many and we can easily accommodate them."
"There is also the South Golden Island. In addition to the huge tropical rainforest, the vast southern plateau is also fertile. There are some of the best pastures in the world in the far south. These are all suitable for immigrants."
"It's just that now everyone comes to the Golden Continent for gold and silver, so now the West Coast is developing better."
"What you said makes sense. If the West Coast wants to develop, it still needs things like gold and silver to attract people to immigrate here."
"The mahogany in the Southern Golden Continent is a good thing, but it is far less attractive than gold and silver."
Li Zheng smiled and nodded.
The two of them kept chatting over the map of Golden Continent.
While the two were chatting about the development and planning of Golden Continent, someone hurriedly walked in.
"Sir, good news, good news~"
"What good news?"
When Li Zheng heard this, he thought for a while and said, "Has another big gold mine been discovered somewhere?"
"Sir, it is not a gold mine, but it is no worse than a gold mine."
"News came from Beijing Town that an expedition team discovered a large amount of ginseng in the North, including many extremely valuable century-old ginseng."
"And today here in Penglai City, someone sold more than 30,000 ginseng plants at Daming Ocean Trading Company at one time, including thousands of century-old ginseng plants alone."
The visitor said hurriedly.
"Northern Territory?"
"Ginseng?"
"Centennial ginseng?"
"More than 30,000 plants?"
When Li Zheng and Du Li heard this, their eyes widened slightly, and then they quickly found the northernmost place on the east coast on the map.
"it's here!"
Dudley pointed to a point on the map and said.
"So many ginsengs were discovered at once, which means there should be a lot of ginseng here in the north."
"Ginseng is a valuable Chinese medicinal material. Maybe it can become another flagship product of our Golden Continent."
Li Zheng looked at the location on the map and said with bright eyes.
"Haha, in our Ming Dynasty, ginseng is now only produced by Liaodong and North Korea, and because of the huge market demand, the price of ginseng is constantly rising."
"I didn't expect that ginseng could be found in Huangjinzhou. Now we finally have a product on the East Coast."
…
Penglai City, as the New Year is approaching, the expedition teams that have explored various parts of the Golden Continent have basically returned to Penglai City to prepare for the New Year.
The expedition team walked on the vast land of Golden Continent, pursuing wealth and enjoying the fun of exploration.
With their return, the entire Penglai City was filled with their presence in teahouses, restaurants, brothels, and so on.
Penglai Tower is one of the most famous restaurants in Penglai City. At this moment, the business of the entire Penglai Tower is extremely hot. It covers an extremely large area and has five floors of Penglai City. It is crowded with gluttonous customers.
These guests are basically explorers. They brag to each other about their wonderful adventures while drinking and eating meat.
"You don't know, the gold mine we discovered this year is called a gold mine~"
"Gold nuggets as big as fists can be seen everywhere. Each of us carried hundreds of kilograms on our backs. Gold sands as big as beans cover the entire river bed. You won't know how much there is if you just fish them out."
"You third master, I really made it this time."
A man from the Third Master stood up and boasted to the people around him. The people around him knew he was bragging, but they listened with interest.
Stories of explorers and stories of getting rich overnight will never fade in this land. Every year, many people get rich overnight because of the discovery of gold and silver mines.
Regardless of whether they are adventurers or not, everyone likes to hear people talk about these things, and people like Mr. San also like to brag about their adventure stories. Almost every day, people tell their own adventure stories in Penglai Tower.
Almost all the explorers from Penglai City have gathered here, especially at the end of the year, there are even more people.
"boast?"
"Do I need to brag?"
"When I came back this time, I took in five concubines at once, and also bought seven European women. I also plan to build a large manor, and then I will buy some slaves. When I am not exploring in the future, I will
Be a landlord and rich man at home."
"It's just you, can you bear it?"
"Tch, I can't stand it. You're joking. You don't care who I am. I have more than a dozen children. Do you think I can stand it?"
"I heard that European women are very smelly, so you can do it."
"The smell is a bit strong, but just wash it with soap. The key is that this European woman has fair skin, a big butt, and is easy to give birth to."
Inside the restaurant, many explorers were constantly bragging to each other.
At this time, someone hurriedly came to the restaurant and shouted loudly: "Breaking news, big news~"
"An expedition team discovered ginseng here in Beijing Town. Just today, an expedition team sold tens of thousands of ginseng plants at Daming Ocean Trading House for more than 200,000 taels of silver.
Maybe it’s always been that price)~”
"What?"
"true or false?"
"What is ginseng?"
"Where is the North?"
"More than two hundred thousand taels of silver?"
After hearing this person's words, the whole Penglai Tower was about to explode.
A large number of explorers quickly gathered around the people, and you and I started asking questions.
"I know as much as I can, so hurry up and get the news."
"I heard that an expedition team is already preparing supplies and manpower to head to the northern border. If it's too late, they won't be able to catch anything."
The visitor was surrounded by many explorers and quickly added again.
After hearing his words, the explorers who had gathered in Penglai Tower to drink and brag immediately turned into birds and beasts and dispersed, and each began to look for people to find out the information.
Soon, the entire Penglai City knew the news.
In Beijing Town, the northernmost town on the east coast, an expedition team discovered a large amount of ginseng. Ginseng is a precious Chinese medicinal material. One ginseng plant can be sold for several taels of silver.
Judging from the information currently known, there seems to be a large amount of ginseng here in the north. The expedition sold more than 30,000 ginseng plants at one time and received more than 200,000 taels of silver at one time.
More than two hundred thousand taels of silver, this is an extremely huge number.
Even though there are many rich people in Penglai City and many explorers are wealthy, obtaining such a huge number at once still detonated the entire Penglai City.
In the entire Penglai City, from the managers and businessmen of the trading companies to the ordinary people, almost everyone is discussing ginseng and the northern border.
Just like when a large gold or silver mine was discovered somewhere in the past, it became the focus and center of everyone's discussion almost instantly.
In a city where explorers live, the hottest topic is naturally this kind of overnight wealth.
There are too many explorers here, and there are too many people with dreams of getting rich overnight. They have traveled thousands of miles to come here in pursuit of wealth.
Every time there is news, it will trigger everyone's hot topics and attract countless people to participate.
At the same time, amidst the constant discussions among everyone, the explorers of Penglai City had already begun to take action. A large number of explorers hurriedly said goodbye to their families, and took the northward ships with their team members to leave Penglai City.
Head to the North to find wealth.
Exploration is something that often yields nothing.
Therefore, many expedition teams still have a hard time even during the Chinese New Year. They can only drink wine and listen to the constant bragging of people like Mr. San.
At the same time, I also pay close attention to all the useful information, hoping to learn some useful things from others, so that I can have more goals when I explore next year, and maybe I can succeed in one fell swoop.
Now that they heard the news about ginseng in the Northern Territory, these expedition teams naturally hurriedly embarked on the road of treasure hunting again. Before the end of the year, they hurriedly went out again, hoping to reach the Northern Territory first and find wealth.
Expedition teams gathered here in Penglai City. Horses, food, weapons, and equipment were continuously transported to the dock. Then several expedition teams chartered a boat together and hurriedly left Penglai City.
In addition to a large number of expedition teams, there are also many businessmen who serve the expedition teams, and they are like sharks that have smelled the smell of blood.
We began to quickly mobilize supplies and hurriedly sent people to Beijing Town, preparing to make a good profit here in Beijing next year.
Some large trading houses even sent personnel to the northern border and set up offices in the northern border.
Needless to say, the value of ginseng is natural. If ginseng is abundant in the north, these trading houses will naturally not be able to miss such a deal.
In particular, it is said that there are a lot of century-old ginseng here in the north. These century-old ginseng is very valuable. If you transport it back to the Ming Dynasty, you can make a lot of money. Businessmen and firms are naturally not willing to let go of this good opportunity to make money.
Suddenly, the entire Penglai City became restless again, and the northern border welcomed a large number of explorers in the cold wind.