Chapter 2200, different vassal states, different vassal kings
In the Kingdom of Liang in the west of the Black Earth Province in Eastern Europe, King Zhu Zaiji of Liang was riding a horse with his entourage to inspect his Kingdom of Liang. For Zhu Zaiji, who had lived in a prosperous place like the capital since childhood, he was not good at basics, but was very good at it.
He can drive and owns several Mercedes-Benz cars.
It's just that in a desolate place like Liang Country, the roads are all dirt roads and extremely muddy. Cars are useless. It's not as comfortable and fast as riding a horse.
"It's really too backward. There isn't even a decent cement road. I don't know what the court was thinking at the time, but they didn't even build a cement road. Every immigrant town in Black Earth Province has long been connected by cement roads.
But here, there aren’t even cement roads.”
Zhu Zaiji couldn't help but complain when he looked at the muddy road in front of him.
Only after I came here did I realize how backward this place is.
It felt like I had suddenly fallen from a civilized world to a primitive and backward world. There were no high-rise buildings, no spacious concrete roads, and no roaring machinery.
There were no electric lights, no telephones, no ball fields, no racetracks, no theaters, muddy roads and unimaginable poverty.
Of course, this is beyond imagination, but far beyond the poverty imagined by Zhu Zaiji.
In Zhu Zaiji's understanding, people in the Ming Dynasty, even those at the lowest level, can live in decent houses and wear decent clothes. However, here, the people here are much poorer than the people in the Han Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty.
The house is very ordinary, and the clothes are not fashionable and good-looking.
"The prince's place is incomparable to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the people here are basically local indigenous Slavs. There are very few Han people here, so this place has always been ignored."
"But for the local Slavs, their lives have undergone earth-shaking changes compared to before. Not only can they have enough food and clothing, but they can also build more comfortable houses as long as they work hard.
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"You must know that in the past, all these Slavs were serfs. Not only did they not have their own property, but they and their families were the property of the slave owners."
Beside Zhu Zaiji, Yin Zhengyang, the newly appointed Prime Minister of the Liang Kingdom who was newly appointed by Zhu Zaiji, said with a smile.
Yin Zhengyang is Zhu Zaiji's uncle, a native of Ryazan Mansion, and a Slav. He knows the situation in Black Soil Province best. He will serve as the prime minister to assist Zhu Zaiji in establishing the framework of the Liang Kingdom, so that Zhu Zaiji can have an easier time.
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Zhu Zaitan also had a person who knew the situation in the Black Earth Province assisting Zhu Zaitan and building the framework of Zhu Zaitan's vassal state.
"Hey, it's very difficult to develop here."
"I need resources but not resources, I need people but not people. Along the way, I have seen that a lot of land is barren, but it is good land. In fact, it can be reclaimed and cultivated."
Zhu Zaiji said in a deep tone.
"Your Majesty, the Black Earth Province is vast and sparsely populated. This is not only true here in Liang Kingdom, but also in other places. Most of the land is actually uncultivated."
"The people here in Liang Kingdom are all local Slavs. They don't have money to buy expensive farming machinery. They can't cultivate much land with traditional farming methods."
"If the Liang Kingdom wants to develop, I think the first thing to do is to focus on agriculture and reclaim a lot of land. Although the price of food is a little cheaper, as long as there is food and you can eat and drink, other things will be fine.
Take your time."
Although it was his own province, Yin Zhengyang still treated each other as a monarch and his ministers. After all, Zhu Zaiji was the prince of the Ming Empire, and this status lies here.
Because Yin Zhengyang is the son of the Grand Duke of Ryazan, he was raised as the successor of the principality in the past. In terms of aspects, the two people still have many similarities, but the principality of Ryazan will never be restored.
"Um."
"If we want to reclaim the entire arable land of Liang Kingdom, how much agricultural machinery will we need?"
Zhu Zaiji nodded and thought about it and asked.
"At least, we have to buy hundreds of large cultivators to barely get enough. During the autumn harvest, we also need to buy a large number of harvesters."
"If you just grow food, the investment of this amount of money is indispensable, but the price of food is very low. We still need to develop animal husbandry to produce more output. For example, the price of wool has always been stable, here in Black Earth Province
There are many people who raise sheep. To develop animal husbandry, we cannot learn from the nomadic peoples. Instead, we must learn from the animal husbandry in Central Asia and the river. The most efficient way is to breed mainly in captivity, plant pasture, and mix breeding.
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"I see. While you can still catch up, uncle, hurry up and place an order to buy a cultivator to reclaim land and build pastures in time for this year's farming season."
"yes!"
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There is an island near the equator in the South Ocean. When two ships slowly moored at the simple pier of the island, Youwang Zhu Zaitao couldn't help but curse his mother.
"What the hell is this place? I want to go back to the capital. I want to go back to the capital. I don't want to be a vassal king."
Zhu Zaitao was about to cry. The island in front of him was his vassal country Youguo. It was a pretty good island, a tropical island.
The scenery here is very good, with blue sky and white clouds, clear water and green mountains, and the beach here is very clean. You can see a lot of crabs, shells and the like on the soft beach.
The coconut tree is very tall, with huge coconuts on it.
This place is obviously a good place for vacation, but now it is his own vassal state, a place where no one can shit. King You feels like he has been exiled to the end of the world.
"My lord, you have arrived at your own fiefdom and your own vassal state!"
Seeing Zhu Zaitao crying for his father and mother and clamoring to go back, his uncle Chen Yuan couldn't help but remind him loudly.
"Uncle, uncle~"
"I don't want to stay in such a ghost place. Let's go back to the capital. Let's go back to the capital."
Zhu Zaitao almost started crying. What the hell is this place? There are not many houses or many people on the entire island.
Looking at the simple wharf and the small town in front of me, and looking at the people in the town, I can tell that Chen Yuan came to make arrangements in advance and purchased thousands of slaves from the slave trading house to make up the number.
In addition, there are hundreds of Han Chinese. These are the immigrants that the Chen family has worked hard to attract from the Chen family's hometown. It is really miserable.
"Zhu Zaigao, you must know that you are now the enfeoffed king of the Ming Dynasty. You are no longer the prince who has no worries about food and clothing in the capital. From now on, you have to take care of everything in your own vassal."
Chen Yuan said with some hatred that iron cannot become steel.
Being able to establish one's own vassal state is something that countless people dream of.
How many big families in the Ming Dynasty want to establish their own colonies overseas, but it is not easy. As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, when you grow up, you can directly obtain a large piece of land to build a vassal state, and
You still need a few million taels of silver as a starting capital, so what's there to be dissatisfied about?
This place is not as prosperous as the capital city, but this is its own vassal state and a place where it has the final say.
Chen Yuan had carefully surveyed it beforehand. The territory of Youguo included the big island in front of him and dozens of surrounding small islands.
Because there are few people here, more land is given to them. The area of this island is about the size of seven or eight counties. It is definitely a big island.
Coupled with the dozens of small islands around it, this area is already very large.
It is also located in the equatorial region. Whether it is used to grow rubber, sugar cane or spices, it is very poor. It requires investment in a short period of time, but the future income is still very good.
You must know that in Nanyang, countless big families want to have an island of their own as a place for family inheritance. Such a large island is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and only princes like them can enfeoff it.
When the enfeoffment arrived.
Are you still not satisfied? Are you still clamoring to return to the capital?
What can you do when you return to the capital?
Eat, drink and have fun all day long like a pig, or will you be imprisoned in a small house in the future?
I really don’t know what is good or bad, this is the best place to stay.
"But?"
"But it's so desolate here."
Zhu Zaigao looked at everything in front of him, and he really couldn't accept it.
"There's nothing wrong with that."
"Everything is difficult at the beginning, but step by step, you will be the king here, and your children and grandchildren will be the kings here. Only by running this place well can this place slowly become prosperous."
Chen Yuan took the lead and walked down. At the same time, he also ordered people to unload the cargo, salutes, etc. from the ship.
Seeing that all this seemed to be impossible to change, Zhu Zaitao could only reluctantly set foot on the land of Youguo.
"The area of Youguo is still very large, and the conditions here are good. When the time comes to plant more rubber, spices, etc., the future profits will still be good."
"When we have money, we will gradually build better and better places in Youguo. If the capital has it, we can also slowly build it here."
Chen Yuan pointed to the island in front of him and said.
I just regret that I am not the prince of the Ming Dynasty and cannot own an island like this. Otherwise, I will be so happy that I can't sleep.
The price of rubber is very expensive now. All the rubber plantation owners have become rich, but if you want to grow rubber, you must own land in Nanyang. This land is very expensive, and not everyone can get it.
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"Rubber and spice?"
"Uncle, please go make arrangements. I'll look around first."
Youwang Zhu Zaitao is not in the mood to care about rubber, spices, etc. Now he just wants to be alone, look at the desolate island in front of him, and then think about the prosperous and lively world of the capital. The gap is really too big.
Thinking that he would have to live here for the rest of his life, he almost started crying.
