The climate here is Mediterranean, with warm winters and cool summers, and the weather is very good.
It is winter at this time, with bright sunshine, clear skies, and blue sea and blue sky. It is considered the most comfortable season of the year here.
Golden Bay, later the location of San Francisco, was named after the numerous gold mines discovered here.
Another theory is that when Taiping Hou Du Mingen led his fleet to arrive here, it happened to be one afternoon. The sun shone on the Golden Bay in front of him, as if it was covered with a layer of golden sand, so it was named Golden Bay.
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Golden Bay is an excellent natural harbor. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, forming an excellent haven. At the same time, the water in the harbor is deep, making it an excellent natural port.
Thanks to the surrounding gold and silver, this place has become the second largest city in the Golden Continent after Penglai City. More than a million people come here to prospect for gold every year.
Some people get rich overnight here, and some people fall into poverty here. There are too many legendary stories here, and the most touching ones are naturally those related to gold.
However, with the increasing number of immigrants and the increasing number of people here, Golden Bay is slowly undergoing more and more changes.
A large number of people settled here, opened up farmland around it, raised cattle and sheep, settled here, and enjoyed the fertile land and excellent climate.
Although gold and silver are still the main themes here, more and more people are slowly starting to engage in other industries.
Liu Jin and Emperor Hongzhi stood on the deck and looked at the Golden Bay in front of them.
It was the first time for both of us to come here. San Francisco, which was famous in later generations, is now just an ordinary Golden Bay in the Ming Dynasty.
The harbor in front of us is not busy, there are not many moored ships, and the city near the harbor does not seem very big or lively.
It is still unclear whether it can develop into a big city.
However, the scenery here is indeed very good.
"Is this Golden Bay?"
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the Golden Bay in front of him, feeling slightly disappointed.
He has heard a lot about Golden Bay. He has been in this Golden Continent for more than two months. Daming has heard about Golden Bay countless times.
Countless people have described it as a place full of gold, full of countless opportunities, and one can become rich overnight if one has some bad luck.
But looking at the Golden Bay in front of me, it is far less prosperous and lively than Penglai City. Many of the houses look very low, which seems to be very different from the image in my mind.
"Your Majesty, this is indeed Golden Bay."
"It is said that when Du Mingen came here, it was in the evening, and the sun shone on the beach of Golden Bay, making it look like it was paved with a layer of golden sand, so it was named Golden Bay.
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"The Ming Dynasty people who immigrated here later did find a lot of gold in the surrounding area, so more and more people flocked here to look for gold and mine gold."
"Slowly, today's Golden Bay was formed."
Liu Jin nodded solemnly and replied.
In fact, the place with the largest production of gold and silver in the entire Golden Continent was the Central American region in later generations, that is, Mexico and Central American countries.
These places belong to the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company. Others cannot enter these places to mine gold and silver. In addition, the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire are also the largest gold and silver mining areas.
However, the gold and silver mined in these two places also belong to Tianjin Ocean Trading House. The gold and silver used for annual sacrifices do not end up entering the Ming Dynasty treasury, but into the pockets of Tianjin Ocean Trading House.
Except for these places, private exploration and mining of gold and silver are allowed in other places, but their scale and output are naturally far from comparable to that of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company.
Tianjin Ocean Trading Company is the largest mine owner in Golden Continent and owns the largest number of gold and silver mines. The amount of gold and silver it can receive every year just by collecting tributes is astronomical.
But this is what Tianjin Ocean Trading Company deserves.
Because the first fleet to arrive at Golden Continent was led by Du Mingen, and everything was organized by Tianjin Ocean Trading Company with money and effort. Naturally, when there are benefits, Tianjin Ocean Trading Company will take the lion's share.
In later generations, Mexico was the country with the largest silver production and reserves in the world, and the area where the Inca Empire and the Aztec Kingdom were located was also a famous gold-producing area in later generations.
This place is occupied by Tianjin Ocean Trading House, which can bring huge profits to the shareholders behind it every year.
The shareholders behind this are the current emperor, the prince, the chief minister of the cabinet Liu Jin, the military officers and nobles in the court, etc.
Everyone is very aware of this, so even though Tianjin Ocean Trading House occupies such huge interests, no one dares to make irresponsible remarks.
The three large ships on which Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin were riding slowly docked at the port dock of Golden Bay, which immediately attracted a lot of people's attention.
"I don't know if that big trading company or a big family actually drove three large oil tankers over. Could this be the discovery of some huge gold mine?"
"It's hard to say. Three large ships like these are very expensive, and most people really can't afford them."
"Isn't that right? This is the latest large internal combustion engine ship. It is a large ship that can only be produced by our own Tianjin Shipyard in the Ming Dynasty. It is said that each one costs hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. It travels very fast on the sea and burns.
It’s all gasoline, there’s no need to burn coal.”
"Well, this is not the same as a car."
"Just like cars, they burn oil, so they are strong and fast. Boats are also very big. Look at this boat. The boats built here at Qianhekou are not even as big as this one."
"It is said that you can cross the Pacific and return to Daming in half a month on this boat."
"Really or not, is it that fast?"
"I can still lie to you. The number of large oil tankers like this is very rare in the Ming Dynasty. I only found out about it by reading the newspaper."
"I don't know who was so generous as to bring three large ships over. Could it be that they really discovered some big gold mine?"
"Maybe it's possible. I heard that there are many new mining machines now, such as big trucks, excavators, bulldozers, etc., which can mine gold very quickly. Maybe these things are transported here to mine gold.
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"What other big gold mines can we find now?"
"Who says it can't be done? Last year, didn't someone say that a large amount of gold was discovered in the cold area north of Sanhekou? They are all preparing to mine it this summer."
"The place north of Sanhekou?"
"Everywhere is already in the Arctic Circle. It's freezing cold. Only the devil would go back to a place like that to dig for gold. Don't let yourself freeze to death if you don't find the gold by then."
"As long as there is gold, there will definitely be people there. If it's cold, it won't be so cold in the summer."
"I've also heard about this. I heard that Baldy Li and the others discovered it, and now they're all clamoring to invite people to make a fortune together."
"Bald Li? Can you believe what he says?"
"He used to say that gold was found somewhere in the Great Lakes. It turned out that it was all nonsense. He has been to many places, but there were very few people who actually discovered gold. Otherwise, he would have made it long ago.
, why do you need to brag everywhere?"
"That's true. Places like Sanhekou are too cold. In winter, everyone moves south."
"It must be cold. Just like Yuxi, the dimension is too high. It will be freezing in winter, but it is a nice place in summer."
Everyone looked at the three large ships moored on the pier and talked about it. It was still winter, and it was the most leisurely time of the year in Golden Bay.
Both explorers and gold and silver mining have stopped. Everyone is enjoying the rare leisure time at home. A large number of melon-eating people with nothing to do have gathered here at the port terminal, chatting with each other and discussing the new year.
Where to make a fortune.
Soon, as the ship stabilized, Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin also happily disembarked, preparing to anchor at Golden Bay for a few days, repair themselves, and then set off across the Pacific Ocean back to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty.
Nowadays, there are many routes between Huangjin Continent and the mainland of Ming Dynasty. There is the traditional northern route, which follows the route Du Mingen took when he arrived at Huangjin Continent.
The advantage of this route is that everyone is already familiar with it, and there are many immigration points along the way that you can make up for. The disadvantage is that it is quite dangerous in winter because there are ice floes in the Arctic Circle, so special attention and caution are required.
The southern route is the route from Australia and Double Star Island to Southern Golden Continent. This route is now more common because it is safer and can also directly go to Eastern Golden Continent, Europe and Africa.
The middle line is a route that is gradually becoming popular now, and is the route that later took Hawaii Island across the Pacific Ocean.
The advantage of this route is that it is short and goes directly across the Pacific Ocean without detours, but the disadvantage is that except for Hawaii Island, which can supply Danshui, there are no islands or land in the middle that can supply supplies.
So if you are not well prepared and not fast enough, it is best not to take this route. Once there is no fresh water on the boat, the situation will be very bad. You can survive for several days without food, and you can even survive for three days without water.
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In the past, ships from the Ming Dynasty did not dare to take this route, but later with the emergence of steamships, this route was slowly developed, and more and more ships chose this faster route.
Travel to and from Huanghuangzhou and the mainland of Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jin and his party would naturally take this route when returning to the Ming Dynasty.
