On a sea area north of Australia, three large ships are slowly sailing towards the southeastern coast of Australia.
On the deck of one of the ships, Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin were leisurely enjoying the beautiful scenery.
The sky is blue, blue, and the water is very clear. You can clearly see the coral groups and fish schools under the sea. The colorful corals are colorful and all kinds of fish, group after group. When you sit on the boat and watch, it's like
In the world of fairy tales, people can't help but imagine the ocean kingdom under the sea.
“There are so many fish and corals here!”
Emperor Hongzhi looked at everything in front of him with great interest and felt that it was very fresh. Along the way, he saw many kinds of seas. The sea in the north of Australia was so magical.
"Your Majesty, the average depth of the sea north of Australia is very low, only a dozen meters, and there are many corals and islands. In addition, the ocean currents flowing through this area bring rich nutrients, so it has created the northern part of Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef.”
Liu Jin smiled and explained to Emperor Hongzhi that Australia is actually a very barren continent. There is very little land suitable for human survival. There are only some places on the southeastern coast that are suitable for human survival.
Most other places are desert areas, which are simply not suitable for human survival. The population in Australia has always been very small. Even though the Ming Dynasty continued to encourage immigrants to Australia, the total number of immigrants in Australia until now
It has just exceeded one million.
This time after Emperor Hongzhi came out, it seemed that he had no intention of going back early. After visiting Nanyang, he actually wanted to come to Australia. He also planned to go to Golden Continent and circle around the Pacific Ocean before going back.
There was nothing I could do. If the emperor just said a word, the ministers would have their legs broken. I could only follow Emperor Hongzhi and wander around outside. What a pity, I have two beautiful wives at home.
"I see, the world is so big, it's really amazing."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded and sighed after hearing this.
Along the way, Emperor Hongzhi gained a lot of experience. He read all the customs, landscapes, poems and paintings of various places, which made Emperor Hongzhi gain a lot.
In the past, I was always in the palace and could only understand everything about the outside world through newspapers. Now I can finally go out and take a look in person. There are some things that can only be understood and felt more deeply by seeing them in person.
Just like everything in front of me, if I didn't see it myself, how could I believe that there would be such a beautiful sea area.
Three large ships were moving slowly. These three ships were chartered by people in advance. On board were the vehicles and supplies for Emperor Hongzhi's trip, as well as to prepare for any accidents at sea.
After several days of sailing, the three large ships successfully arrived at Suzaku City, the capital of southeastern Australia. The three large ships were moored in the port and began maintenance to prepare for their next voyage.
As for Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin, they got into the car and went directly to Zhuque City.
Although Zhuque City is the capital of Australia, it is not large in scale, with a population of less than 200,000. And unlike the traditional cities of the Ming Dynasty, this Zhuque City is a typical new type of city, which does not even have city walls.
However, everything is planned very neatly, and the roads are very spacious. It’s just that you can rarely see a large number of cars, bicycles, motorcycles, etc. on the roads like other places in Daming. Most of them are four-wheeled ones.
Carriage and horseback riding.
This place is far away from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty and has a small population. Therefore, it has always been a forgotten place. The exchange of business and information is not smooth, but it has the flavor of a paradise.
Liu Jin carefully observed the pedestrians on the road and could clearly see that the pedestrians here were both grassland people and Han people. There seemed to be no barriers between them and they got along very harmoniously.
From time to time, you can see herdsmen driving large numbers of cattle and sheep to slaughtering factories next to the road. The strong smell of blood comes with the wind, making people sick to smell it.
Australia produces too many cattle and sheep.
After more than ten years of grazing, Australia has become one of the most important pastures in the Ming Dynasty and one of the most important meat warehouses in the Ming Dynasty.
The Northern Grassland Province of the Ming Dynasty, Central Asia Province, Australia and the South Golden Continent Prairie, these four places are the meat warehouses of the Ming Dynasty. They are the places where the most cattle and sheep are grazed in the Ming Dynasty, and the places where the most cattle, sheep and horses are produced.
Different from the three places of Northern Grassland Province, Central Asia Province and Hezhong Province, they are close to the mainland of Ming Dynasty and have special trains for transportation. Therefore, most of the cattle and sheep produced in these three places are mainly fresh cattle and sheep.
Use trains to transport them to the Beijing-Tianjin area, Jiangnan area, and the Ming Dynasty for sale.
The advantage of selling this way is that the price can be higher and the sales volume is better. Beef and mutton are naturally better when eaten fresh. The taste of dried meat is naturally much worse.
Australia and the South Golden Continent prairie are different here. Far away from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, there is no way to deliver fresh cattle and sheep to the dining tables of the local Ming Dynasty people.
However, the output of cattle, sheep and horses here has been increasing year after year, so we can't keep them forever.
There is no other way. In Australia and South Golden Island, beef and mutton are processed into jerky and then sold.
Making dried meat has the advantages of dried meat. One is that it can be stored for a longer period of time, and the other is that it is easy to transport.
Of course, the price of dried meat is not as good as that of fresh beef and mutton, and the sales volume is not very good. It is mainly bought by seagoing ships, and sailors buy it most.
When sailing on the sea, it is natural to carry a lot of various tasks on your back. Beef jerky and mutton jerky are naturally indispensable items.
As for the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty, they just used these dried meats as snacks for their children. After all, they are beef and mutton. Eating meat is good for the body. Of course, the key is that it is cheap.
"What a strong smell of blood!"
Emperor Hongzhi frowned.
"Your Majesty, this should be a local beef and mutton processing factory, a factory specially used to process beef and mutton into dried meat, dried meat, etc."
Liu Jin looked at the beef and mutton processing factories on both sides of the road and said.
"Yeah, let's go and have a look."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately became interested. It smells bad, but he still needs to see what he needs to see, and he still needs to understand what he needs to understand.
Under the order of Emperor Hongzhi, the convoy quickly drove towards a large processing factory. The arrival of dozens of cars and several large trucks also made the factory director Li Dahai ecstatic. After learning the news
, I also thought it was a big customer who wanted to buy the dried meat from my factory, so I hurriedly came out.
Li Dahai was one of the first people to immigrate to Australia. He was a Han Chinese. He later immigrated to the Prairie Province and married a prairie widow. Later, he immigrated to Australia.
In Australia for more than ten years, from the earliest days of grazing cattle and sheep, planting wheat, corn, sweet potatoes, etc., after accumulating some wealth, coupled with the rapid increase in the number of cattle and sheep in Australia at that time, they could not be sold.
.
He came up with the idea of processing beef and mutton into jerky, so he founded the Great Sea Beef and Mutton Processing Factory, which specialized in purchasing beef and mutton from the surrounding herdsmen, then processed it into jerky, and finally sold it back to the mainland of Ming Dynasty or
It's the rest of the world to go to.
After years of development, the processing plant has become larger and larger, and a large number of machines have been introduced, allowing semi-mechanized processing and slaughtering.
It employs more than 100 workers and can slaughter and process more than 5,000 cattle and sheep every day. Dahai brand beef and mutton jerky, dried meat, and meat sausages are also quite famous.
"My dear Li Dahai, this is my son Li Batu. Welcome to visit our processing factory!"
Li Dahai and his son Li Batu welcomed the arrival of Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin with a smile on his face.
Li Batu is not his biological son, but the son left behind by his wife's ex-husband from the grassland and his other daughter Qiqige.
According to the customs of the grassland people, even if the child is the child of his ex-wife and ex-husband, he must treat it as his own. Of course, Batu also followed the tradition of the Ming people and changed his surname to Li.
When he immigrated here, Li Batu was still a naughty boy. Now he has a family and a business and has become a man. He is currently helping his father Li Dahai run this processing factory.
"welcome!"
Li Batu is wearing Ming Dynasty clothes. If he didn't look like a typical grassland person, you wouldn't believe that he is a grassland person.
"My surname is Liu, and this is Master Zhu. We, the master, would like to visit your factory. Is it convenient?"
Liu Jin introduced himself and Emperor Hongzhi with a smile, and also stated his purpose.
“Convenient, convenient~”
"Everyone who comes here is a guest, so why is there any inconvenience?"
Li Dahai smiled and nodded repeatedly. The background and style of the two people in front of him were really not simple. They had more than a dozen cars, each of which cost several thousand taels of silver. There were also several trucks and dozens of accompanying servants.
, each one looks like a strictly trained soldier.
There is always someone waiting for you anytime and anywhere. There is no doubt that this person is a noble person.
If this is taken care of well, maybe a big order will be placed, enough for your factory to live a prosperous life.
Li Dahai and Li Batu enthusiastically brought Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin into their factory, introducing them in detail as they walked.
"My factory has a history of more than ten years. It was started in the 16th year of Hongzhi. After more than ten years of development, the current scale is quite good."
"The entire factory has two cattle and sheep slaughtering lines, which can slaughter and process more than 5,000 cattle and sheep every day. At the same time, our product lines are also increasing, including beef jerky, mutton jerky, beef cubes, mutton cubes, beef and mutton jerky, beef and mutton