As we get further and further away from Golden Bay, we encounter fewer and fewer people along the way. Gradually, only the exploration team led by Zheng Hong can be seen walking in the wilderness.
“What a beautiful place~”
Walking, walking, he came to a mountain top. Zheng Hong took out his telescope and looked around.
Blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and green water, the soaring eagles chirping in the sky from time to time; the deer in the vast wilderness forage carefree; the huge brown bears and their cubs rest leisurely.
Looking up, this is a paradise that is as clean as a virgin.
Everything here is beautiful, there are no crowds, everything is breathtakingly beautiful and amazing.
In Daming, there are not many such beautiful places anymore.
"Maybe it would be good to settle here in the future."
Suddenly, such an idea popped into Zheng Hong's mind.
This made Zheng Hong couldn't help but feel excited. Why did he suddenly have such an idea?
Maybe it’s the vast and fertile wilderness here, maybe it’s the deserted, paradise-like environment here, or it’s the gold that makes people crazy here...
Or maybe it's because my ship has no way to return to Daming, and I will stay here for the next few years. My heart keeps trying to persuade myself to fall in love with this vast land.
Zheng Hong shook his head slightly, and then while everyone was resting, he took out a pen and paper and began to write down everything in front of him.
This is a beautiful land, and just as the propaganda says, it is full of gold, gold that makes people fascinated.
But when you actually come here, you will find that what you have here is not just gold, it also has many, many things that are more precious than gold.
This vast and fertile land is ownerless, and you can own as much as you can cultivate.
The huge herd of deer is beyond imagination. Here you can easily hunt enough meat in the wilderness.
From here to the west, there is a very, very vast land. I learned from some Yin Shang tribes that going all the way west, after climbing over the tall mountains, there is an extremely wide plain.
Everything here is as beautiful and charming as a paradise, making people want to live here forever.
"Let's go, let's go, continue to look for gold~"
After resting for a while, Zheng Hong continued to lead his team members to the distance.
"What do you think of this Golden Continent?"
The days of searching for gold are always so boring, and the boss Zheng Hong can't help but chat with his men.
“It’s big, beautiful, and has a lot of land~”
A man named Cao Yi replied that he was a fellow villager of Zheng Hong, an eighteen-year-old young man.
"There's a lot of gold, and a lot of people have found gold."
Zheng Dashan from the Zheng Hong clan also smiled and replied.
"Everything is good, but it's too far away from Ming Dynasty."
Some people also followed suit.
Hearing what this man said, Zheng Hong smiled and said, "What do you think if this place was turned into the Ming Dynasty?"
"That would be perfect~"
"But how is this possible? This is the Golden Continent, thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty."
Cao Yi smiled and replied.
"How is it impossible?"
"As long as we Ming people are present, it will be Ming Dynasty."
"In the future, there will be more and more people here, and this place will slowly become the Ming Dynasty."
Zheng Hong said with great certainty.
"Then I won't go back. I will write a letter to my family when I come back and bring my wife and children over. I will settle here from now on."
Cao Yi couldn't help but said immediately.
"Why would you want to settle here?"
Zheng Hong asked curiously.
"It's so nice here. You need food, land, and lots of things to do. As long as you work hard, your life will be easy."
"It's not working well at home. I don't have an acre of land at home. I grow wheat for the landlord's family every year, but I can't have a full meal all year round."
"If the whole family comes here and cultivates land near Golden Bay, they can easily own hundreds or even thousands of acres of land."
"If you plant wheat, your whole family will have more than enough to eat."
Cao Yi thought for a while and replied.
In fact, it's not just Cao Yi who thinks so. Except for the rich bosses, shopkeepers, captains and the like, most of the people who come to Golden Continent this time are actually poor people.
Because they are poor, they come out to make a living. Otherwise, who would be willing to risk life and death and travel thousands of miles to come to this Golden Continent?
Isn’t this all about money?
A trip to Golden Continent, not to mention anything else, the moonlight alone is very impressive, not to mention that if gold is dug, they will also be rewarded.
Everyone comes here for the dream of gold and getting rich.
"Listening to what you said, I also think this Golden Continent is pretty good."
Zheng Dashan thought about it and nodded repeatedly.
"Haha, if my wife, children, and parents are here, it would actually be quite nice here."
"Yeah, it's pretty good~"
"I heard that the imperial court issued a decree saying that as long as they immigrated to Golden Continent, they would be rewarded with thousands of acres of land. This family immigrated and started to have thousands of acres of land."
"When the time comes, dozens of acres of land will be reclaimed, and the rest can be used to raise cattle, sheep and horses~"
Cao Yi and Zheng Dashan took the lead, and others followed suit.
I have been coming to this Golden Continent for a while, and everyone is homesick. However, after careful comparison, I immediately felt that this Golden Continent is actually quite good.
"It's a pity that I didn't bring some cows and horses with me~"
Speaking of cattle, sheep and horses, Zheng Hong couldn't help but his eyes lit up and he sighed slightly.
If there are a few horses, then there is no need to work hard to walk on the feet.
Tianjin Ocean Trading Company brought a lot of cattle, sheep, and horses here, so the people of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company explored very quickly, and they were often able to discover gold mines.
Walking, chatting, and looking for gold.
"Look~"
“So many cows~”
"What a big herd~"
Suddenly, a team member couldn't help shouting excitedly, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and saw hundreds of cows gathering at the riverside to drink water in a valley, living very leisurely.
"Why so awesome?"
"The cattle of the Yin Shang tribe?"
Seeing such a huge herd of cattle, Zheng Hong couldn't help but widen his eyes.
In the Ming Dynasty, cattle had a very high status and were a symbol of wealth as well as an important labor force.
Owning a cow is the dream of countless farmers.
In front of me, there was a herd of several hundred cows.
"No people from the Yin Shang tribe have been found. Are these bison?"
Zheng Hong kept searching with his telescope, but could not find the descendants of the Yin Shang Dynasty. He couldn't help but make bold speculations.
“There is beef to eat~”
Someone immediately couldn't help shouting excitedly.
Beef has been a top-quality meat since ancient times and cannot be eaten casually.
"Get rich~Get rich~"
"How awesome~"
Some people rushed towards the valley excitedly.
These team members from the bottom have too deep feelings for cows.
In the Ming Dynasty, a cow is very expensive, more expensive than a human life. This is no lie.
Three taels of silver is enough to marry a wife, but if you buy a cow, you need several taels of silver.
Cattle were extremely precious in the Ming Dynasty, but in this vast Golden Continent, there are such a large number of them, and they are all wild.
"Haha, these bison~"
Zheng Hong couldn't help but laugh at such a huge herd.
Moreover, these cattle are very large in size. Not to mention anything else, they are very good just for making flesh.
But for the people of Ming Dynasty, cattle are not used for eating, they are used for plowing the land.
"If these bison could be tamed and used for farming, how huge a land would there be?"
Zheng Hong couldn't help but think about it in his mind.
There are many bison here, and the land here is ownerless. Taken together, there will be endless fields and endless food.
Zheng Hong couldn't help but lead his team members and rushed down into the valley, and soon arrived at the river.
These bison are not afraid of people, they also look at Zheng Hong and others curiously.
"Tsk tsk, these cows are all good~"
"This head is really big and must be very powerful~"
“And with this thick hair, you don’t have to worry about winter~”
Zheng Hong observed these bison carefully, nodding his head as he looked at them. These bison were good, big and powerful, and they were most suitable for plowing the land.
"They are all great~"
Cao Yi also couldn't help but shout excitedly.
Born in a rural area, he longed to have a cow since he was a child. Because his family farmed the land for the landlord and had no cattle, he had to rely on people to plow the land every time, which was very tiring.
Looking at the bison in front of him, his eyes lit up.
"Gold~gold~"
At this time, someone else couldn't help shouting excitedly.
Hearing Jin Zi's voice, Zheng Hong suddenly became excited and looked over quickly.
I saw a clerk holding a stone in his hand. The stone could be clearly seen, and there was a golden light in it.
"It's really gold!"
Zheng Hong couldn't help but ran over excitedly.
I took the stone and looked at it carefully. It was indeed gold, a piece of gold nugget mixed in the stone.
"Haha~"
"Finally gold was discovered~Finally gold was discovered~"
Zheng Hong couldn't help shouting excitedly. All his investment finally paid off.
"If bison can be domesticated into domestic cattle, it will be much easier to cultivate land in the future if we have more cattle."
As for Cao Yi, at this moment, all his attention was on this huge group of bison, and his mind was thinking about how to tame these bison.
