Penglai City in Huanghuangzhou, with the arrival of a new day, the largest city in Huanghuangzhou began to become noisy again. The ships moored in the harbor raised their sails, preparing to go to sea in the wind, or go south to the Southern Huanghuangzhou to transport the rainforest.
The redwoods of the Amazon Rainforest or the cattle, sheep, horses and wool of the Southern Golden Continent (Pampas).
There are also ships going north, and there are ships transporting grain along the Sibi River in the middle of the Northern Golden Continent, constantly transporting grain from the Great Plains to Penglai City.
There are also ships heading to the north, transporting ginseng and fish catches from the north. The natural fisheries here in the north have extremely amazing yields, and the catches are extremely cheap. A large amount of them are sold back to the Ming Dynasty or sold to European and West African colonies.
On the vassal side.
Excellent salmon, cod, and eel are produced in huge quantities, and the meat is extremely delicious and nutritious.
As the largest city in Golden Continent and also the central city, Penglai City gathers the products of the entire Golden Continent, and at the same time, it is at the node of east-west trade.
On the one hand, a steady stream of goods from the Ming Dynasty arrived here, and on the other hand, a large number of goods from Europe and the Middle East were transported here and gathered here, creating the prosperity and liveliness of Penglai City.
In just a dozen years, the population of this city built on vacant land has exceeded one million, making it the largest, most prosperous and lively city in this new continent.
Here, you can see the well-dressed people of the Ming Dynasty, who are cheering each other out. You can also see the descendants of the Yin Shang who are simply dressed in simple clothes, even just using a piece of cloth to cover their shame. You can also see the depressed people who came from Europe.
European slaves, you can even see Kunlun slaves coming from West Africa.
In this magical land, various miracles are performed every day.
There are down-and-out explorers who spend all their money to organize expeditions to find gold. In the end, they may be so poor that they can only go back to the Great Plains (North American plains) to cultivate thousands of acres of land at home and live in the countryside with dozens of wives and concubines.
People's poor life.
It is also possible that when everything was exhausted, someone got lucky and discovered a big gold mine, and then became rich overnight, adding a new story to the adventure legend of Golden Continent.
Almost all the people from the Ming Dynasty who came here came here to pursue wealth. Explorer is the most fascinating profession here. Countless teenagers have practiced horseback riding, archery and guns since they were young, in order to be able to do it when they grow up.
Become a great explorer like your father.
In this land, people are extremely adventurous and they travel to every corner of the continent in search of things that can make them rich overnight.
As for the land and fame that have always been valued in the Ming Dynasty, there is no big market here.
Because there is really too much land here, too much.
On both sides of the Sibi River, the vast plains are almost infinitely vast, extending from Penglai Bay to the cold zone in the north. The vast plains stretch as far as the eye can see. The land is extremely flat and open, and very fertile.
As long as the people of the Ming Dynasty can cultivate land here at will, any amount of land you cultivate belongs to your private land. You can cultivate it as you like. Even the Ming government has no interest in collecting your grain, because grain is simply not available here.
It is worthless.
You can just find a piece of land and plant wheat seeds, corn seeds, sweet potatoes, etc., and you don't need to manage anything at all, and you can get a good harvest.
The food output here may be greater than that in Liaodong and Hezhong. However, the population of Huanghuangzhou is less than 10 million, and most of them are children, so they simply cannot consume so much food.
Therefore, the brewing industry is also extremely prosperous here, and the fine wine produced in Huangjinzhou is sold well in Europe.
There is so much land that no one wants it, and no one wants to cultivate it. What everyone likes to do is go on adventures. If you find gold and silver, you can get rich overnight. Who will work hard to cultivate the land?
As for fame, it has always been tied to land, and being an official is tied to it. No one wants the land, so the value of fame has shrunk by half. Furthermore, children in Golden Continent generally go to new-style schools, and traditional private schools have no market here.
Not big, after all, scholars seem to be careless, shaking their heads, which is always contrary to the spirit of explorers.
In addition, the children here in Huangjinzhou are basically of mixed race. The father is from the Ming Dynasty and the mother is a descendant of the Yin Shang or a female slave from Europe.
This descendant of the Yin Shang Dynasty has strong folk customs. Only Europeans are bandits. In addition, his father has an explorer spirit and a sailing spirit. Under such an environment, people from Golden Continent are more willing to choose to study in new-style schools.
Because the things learned in new schools are more useful and comprehensive, including astronomy, geography, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, etc., no matter what, they are very practical.
But the traditional Confucian stuff is not practical at all. After reading the Four Books and Five Classics, you can’t even count, you can’t tell the difference between east, west, and north, and you don’t know whether it’s poisonous or not. How can you explore? You’re still reading nonsense.
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With the sunshine, Penglai City becomes lively and noisy.
There are groups of children going to school, busy adults, and products that are constantly opening on the streets.
"Sell newspapers~ sell newspapers~"
"Da Ming Daily, the Crown Princess gave birth to a son yesterday. The Emperor was delighted and canonized him as the eldest grandson of the Ming Emperor!"
"Huanghuangzhou Newspaper, the Chief Envoy of Northern Huanghuangzhou was transferred to the Western Regions as Chief Envoy, and the Chief Envoy of Luzon, Chen Youliang, will become the new Chief Envoy of Northern Huanghuangzhou."
"Recently, an epidemic broke out again in the Inca Empire. The chief envoy of the Southern Golden Continent announced the blockade and control of the area where the Inca Empire is located. Except for food transportation, no one is allowed to enter or leave at will."
"The Penglai City Cement Plant officially started production yesterday. It is expected that the annual cement output will exceed 1 million barrels, which is expected to completely solve the cement shortage problem in Huangjinzhou."
"The expedition team has brought good news again. An explorer has discovered a large gold mine in the South Golden Continent, and Tianjin Ocean Trading Company has won a large sum of money!"
"A slave rebellion broke out in the Changyun Gold Mine, and the army has gone to suppress the rebellion."
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Like other cities in the Ming Dynasty, there are young people selling newspapers riding bicycles on the streets and constantly shouting, attracting a large number of people to come and buy newspapers.
Here in Huangjinzhou, there is even a locally published Huangjinzhou Newspaper, which reports local news related to Huangjinzhou.
The new day is busy, the city is noisy and bustling, everything is constantly moving.
There are many high-rise buildings on East Street where the commercial banks of Penglai City gather. Each high-rise building is a commercial bank. Many powerful commercial banks from all over the Ming Dynasty at home and abroad are gathered here.
Tianjin Ocean Trading Company, Sihai Trading Company, Sangong Trading Company, Zhang Brothers Trading Company, Ming Dynasty First Bank, Ningguo Trading Company, Chu Kingdom Trading Company, Western United Trading Company, South Africa Trading Company, Japanese Shimazu Trading Company, Korean Lee Trading Company, etc.
Any trading house that appears here is a famous super large trading house in the Ming Dynasty. Of course, these are also the most important branches of these large trading houses in the Golden Continent, responsible for the entire commerce and trade of the Golden Continent.
Accompanied by a burst of crackling firecrackers, gongs, drums and noise, a brand new five-story building here on East Street unveiled its plaque.
"Da Ming Petroleum Commercial Bank Huangjinzhou Branch!"
The people passing by all around looked at it, and they were suddenly confused.
"Oil Company?"
"What is oil?"
"What is the use of this oil, and what is the background of this oil company?"
Everyone was confused for a while, and what was different from other trading houses was that after the opening of this oil trading company, it did not have any interaction with other trading companies, and it seemed to go its own way.
Originally, those who do business and buy and sell naturally have to have more contacts with other firms and merchants, so that they can do business easily. However, this oil firm of yours is enigmatic and cold.
This makes many people confused.
But look at the decoration of the Petroleum Trading Company building. It is very majestic and luxurious. It is obviously more powerful and wealthy than ordinary trading houses.
It's just that everyone still doesn't understand what kind of oil this oil is, and what it can be used for. After all, the signboard is Oil Trading Company, which must be related to this oil.
In the oil trading house, Wen Yong, who had just arrived in Golden Continent from the Ming Dynasty not long ago, was standing by the window, looking at the prosperity and excitement of Penglai Bay Port Terminal in front of him.
"Will this oil really be of any use?"
"There is also oil that is rarely available even in the Ming Dynasty. Will there be a lot of it in this Golden Continent?"
Wen Yongzheng thought carefully in his mind. He graduated from Daming Institute of Technology majoring in geography. This time he was also appointed as the president of the Jinzhou branch of Daming Petroleum Company. He brought a large amount of money and came to Huangjinzhou to race the horse race.
Earthly.
He had studied the newly emerging oil in detail and always felt that this oil might not be of much use. The key is that the current oil production is very small and it is very difficult to find. It is definitely not easy to find oil.
Only professional people like them and luck can find oil. Of course, the premise is that there is oil under the land.