Chapter 927, the small days of the plantation owners
As usual, after selling the sugar cane, Zhao Ming was not in a hurry to return to his plantation.
He is now a plantation owner and does not need to do anything himself. There are more than thirty slaves below, who keep the house in order, so he is now slowly learning to enjoy life.
Come to Danhe City, drink tea, read newspapers, chat with acquaintances, and enjoy life. Such days are considered days.
I habitually came to a teahouse called Tingfeng Pavilion. The business of the teahouse was very good and there were many people. Many people gathered here to drink tea, chat, read newspapers, or play chess.
"You two go back first, fill it with sugar cane, and then pull it over here."
Zhao Ming ordered the two slaves, and then led Hussein into the teahouse. He soon found a few acquaintances, ordered a pot of tea and some snacks, and joined in their chat.
"Have you read the latest Tomorrow Morning News?"
Sun Hongli held a newspaper in his hand and asked the people around him.
"Sun Xiucai, you only know a few words among us, how can we understand the newspaper?"
Zhao Ming smiled and said.
The people around me are all from the same hometown, and they all came from the same place, and then immigrated to Danhe City. This Sun Hongli used to be a scholar. He had studied for several years and knew a few words.
Originally, we had little contact with farmers like Zhao Ming, but when immigrants came to Nanyang, we were fellow villagers. When these fellow villagers met fellow villagers, they could still chat with each other for a while. After all, they were unfamiliar with the place at first.
Now, everyone is a plantation owner, and their status is almost the same, so they are gradually becoming familiar with each other.
"Yes, I forgot again."
"Let me tell you, it's time for you to learn it and know some of the words."
Sun Hongli smiled, and then said: "The newspaper that came to our Danhe City today was a few days ago, and it mentioned several major events."
"Hurry up and tell the big guys, don't be so pretentious."
Zhao Ming looked at Sun Hongli and said anxiously.
"That's right, that's right~"
The people next to me also urged him.
"The first thing is that after the emperor underwent surgery to remove the intestinal abscess, he has fully recovered and returned to the court. At the same time, the emperor also gave a general amnesty to the world. Except for heinous crimes, all other crimes can be pardoned. The most serious thing is to be exiled to Australia.
Go to Golden Island."
Sun Hongli picked up the newspaper in a dignified manner and began to talk.
"Thank God, thank Lord Buddha~"
After hearing Sun Hongli's words, Zhao Ming immediately knelt down devoutly. The emperor's surgery was successful and he fully recovered. This is absolutely great news.
"Very good!"
Others also followed suit and applauded. Today's emperor is a wise man and loves the people like a son, so he is deeply loved by the people. In addition, the Ming Dynasty Morning Post often promotes the glorious image and great achievements of Emperor Hongzhi.
Naturally, he is like a god in the hearts of the people. Not long ago, when they learned that Emperor Hongzhi was ill, many people were silently praying for Emperor Hongzhi.
This is even more true for those who immigrated to Southeast Asia.
People who immigrated to Nanyang basically lived a prosperous life.
People like Zhao Ming came to Nanyang and made a fortune and lived a good life like a plantation owner.
Therefore, everyone is very grateful for the imperial court's policies and the Emperor. They are also worried about the Emperor's condition. Now they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"Hussein, remember this for me. When you go back later, buy some firecrackers and fireworks. Then kill a pig at home and give everyone a nice meal to celebrate."
Zhao Ming thought about it and gave instructions to Hussein who was standing behind him.
"Yes, sir!"
Hussein nodded quickly and silently remembered Zhao Ming's words.
At the same time, he listened carefully to Sun Hongli's words and remembered what was said in the newspaper.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty actually cured his illness. I heard them talk about it before, saying that this kind of intestinal carbuncle is the rotten and broken intestines in the stomach. It can only be cured by disemboweling the stomach and cutting out the rotten intestines.
This was completely unbelievable to Hussein, because a person could still be alive after being disemboweled?
But now, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty actually cured the disease. This is simply unbelievable. The medical skills of the Ming Dynasty are really amazing.
"In addition to amnesty for the world, the emperor also announced that the capitation tax and corvee will be exempted. In addition, taxes will never be increased. In other words, in the future, we can have children at will. No matter how many children we have, we will not have to pay the capitation tax or serve.
It’s hard work.”
Sun Hongli picked up the newspaper again and continued.
"No more paying taxes and doing corvee service?"
When everyone heard this, they were slightly surprised. The capitation tax and corvee had been around since ancient times, but they didn't expect that they were exempted now.
"The Son of Heaven and the Holy Ming!"
"Holy Lord!"
"The Eternal Saint King!"
Everyone soon started to praise again. The head tax and corvee were waived. From now on, there was no need to hide the population anymore and they could report it openly.
"There is a bumper harvest of food in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that the food is enough for us Ming people to eat for five years."
"The best wheat here in Liaodong can only be sold for one tael of silver for five dan."
"I also know this. The rice here in Nanyang is not valuable anymore. One tael of silver can buy several stones."
"Fortunately, the price of sugar cane has not dropped much, otherwise, we would have no money to make."
"The price of sugarcane has not been reduced because the demand for cane sugar in Europe, the Middle East, and Tianzhu is very large. If this market had not been opened, the current sugarcane planting scale would have definitely dropped to the price of cabbage."
"I heard that there is something called rubber. The price is very high now. Do any of you know about it?"
"I've heard about it too. It's said that rubber has many uses. Only a small amount of rubber is found here in Golden Island. Some people introduced it to Southeast Asia, but it's said that it takes seven or eight years for this rubber tree to be planted before tapping can begin."
"This is too long."
"No, it takes too long, and we don't know how to take care of the rubber trees, so we don't dare to plant them."
"I heard that a trading company has allocated a large area of land to grow this rubber. When we have time, let's go and take a look."
"Okay, I'm tired of playing in Danhe City anyway, and I've long wanted to walk around."
“…”
Zhao Ming, Sun Hongli and others were chatting non-stop while reading the newspaper. Behind each of them stood a slave. They were all the same as Hussein. They were housekeepers and slaves, but their status was higher than that of ordinary slaves.
Be higher.
"I heard that a new batch of slaves has arrived recently. The price is relatively cheap. You can buy an adult slave for only forty taels of silver. Have you ever gone to the slave market to see it?"
"I just went there this morning. We have been harvesting sugar cane recently. We don't have enough slaves at home, so I plan to buy a few more."
"Those slaves are all from Tianzhu. They are all very dark, ugly, and short. I didn't buy them."
"However, I heard that there are slaves from Central Asia. Some time ago, the countries in the Western Regions not only invaded our Daming River area, but our Ming Dynasty army counterattacked, swept through the Central Asian countries, and also captured a large number of slaves."
"Those slaves are all women and children, and the good ones have all been sent to the Beijing-Tianjin area. The rest are ugly to us in Nanyang. Originally, I thought of selling a beautiful female slave to warm the bed, but who
I know it’s really hard to find good stuff nowadays.”
"I also went to the slave market to look at it. The goods that have arrived recently are not good. The slaves in Tianzhu are basically sold by the Western United Trading Company, King Ning, and King Shu."
"The quantity is large and the price is cheap. I heard that King Ning and King Shu also made a lot of money from selling slaves. There are many people in Tianzhu, no less than our people in Ming Dynasty."
"I heard someone said that you can exchange a piece of cloth for a slave here in Tianzhu and transport it to us in Nanyang. They also sold us forty taels of silver. It's really a huge profit."
"Isn't it? That Western United Trading Company occupies Ceylon Island, uses Ceylon Island as its base, grabs colonies everywhere in Tianzhu, and sells slaves. It makes a lot of money just from the slave trade. Now the price of slaves has dropped, too.
Because there are too many slaves sold here."
"Old Wang, if you want to buy a bed-heating concubine, you must say hello to the slave traders in advance. I heard that Tianzhu also has good products, fair-skinned and tall, but the price is definitely not cheap.
of."
"Let's wait until this wave of sugar cane is sold. Money is tight now, and we already have a few at home anyway."
"Haha, Lao Wang, you are the only one who is good at this."
"I am doing this just to spread my branches. As you know, I am the only child in the family. It is difficult for us Ming women to marry one. It is even more difficult to take in concubines. This is the only way we can do it. There is no other way. Those
Naturally, those with dark skin will not work, they must be sold with white skin."
"Yes, yes, although they are much worse than us Ming women, at least their skin is white."
"..."
Zhao Ming, Sun Hongli and others chatted very casually. Behind them, Hussein and others listened carefully. They looked at each other and could see the helplessness in each other's eyes.
"The Ming Dynasty was so powerful that it even swept through all the Central Asian countries. The Kazakh Khanate and Timur Khanate were defeated by the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty occupies the area in the middle of the river and is in contact with our Persia on land. Our Persian Empire can
Can you defeat the Ming Dynasty?"
Hussein couldn't help but worry about his Persian empire. Hussein, who was a businessman, traveled all over the country and knew the situation around Persia very well.
To the north of the Persian Empire is the Hezhong area. Now the Ming Dynasty not only colonized Tianzhu on the sea, but also occupied the Hezhong area on land. The Persian Empire is about to come into direct contact with the Ming Dynasty.
Bordering a powerful empire like the Ming Dynasty would probably be a disaster.
