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    "Ryukyu?"

    Everyone looked at where Liu Jin was pointing and said in unison.

    At this time, Treasure Island was not called Treasure Island. Historically, Treasure Island was called "Daoyi" during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, the world was divided into Kyushu, and Treasure Island was included in Yangzhou. However, at that time, it seemed that here  It is still a land of barbarians. The word "barbarian" is enough to explain it.

    In the pre-Qin period, it was also called Yingzhou. After the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Han Dynasty, it was also called Dongying. In the Three Kingdoms, it was also called "Yizhou". From the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, it was changed to Liuqiu. From the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty,  In the mid-term, it was changed to Ryukyu.

    So at this time, Zhang Mao, Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Fu, Xu Guangzuo and others could speak Ryukyu.

    In fact, Baodao has many names, such as 'Dongfan', 'Chicken Coop', 'Dawan', 'Da Yuan', 'Tai Yuan', etc. Only during the Wanli period, Baodao's terrain was like a curved bow.  , the floating sea is like a platform, hence the name "Taiwan Bay".

    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s Ryukyu.¡±

    Liu Jin smiled and nodded, then pointed to the map and said: "Look, everyone, the location of Ryukyu is very critical. It goes to North Korea and Japan, and can go to Luzon in Nanyang. It can also go to Australia. At the same time, it can  It is the throat of the southeastern coast, and its geographical location is very important.¡±

    There is no doubt about the location of Treasure Island. In this era, it is still mainly land, so it is not prominent. However, once we enter the age of navigation, the location of Treasure Island will suddenly become prominent.

    Everyone listened to Liu Jin's words, looked at it carefully, analyzed it again, and nodded immediately.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t realize that Ryukyu was so important before, but now it seems that Ryukyu is indeed crucial.¡±

    Zhang Mao touched his beard and said.

    In this era, the Ming Dynasty did not pay much attention to Ryukyu at all. There are many reasons for this.

    One is that Ryukyu in this era has not yet been developed. The real developers of Treasure Island were Zheng Chenggong and his descendants. When they moved to Treasure Island, they brought tens of thousands of people with them. It was these tens of thousands of people who started the development of Treasure Island.  development.

    Because it has not been developed, the treasure island in this era is actually a barbarian land. The description in the book is that miasma is everywhere and the barbarians are not educated.

    There were very, very few Han people on Treasure Island. Even in the early Ming Dynasty, the imperial court organized people to move the Han people on Ryukyu to Zhangzhou and Putian, which was regarded as abandoning this place.

    The other is that Baodao and Shenzhou face each other across the sea. It is extremely inconvenient to travel. In addition, Japanese pirates and pirates started to appear in the late Yuan Dynasty. The Ming court also felt that developing this place was a thankless task.

    ¡°Furthermore, the weather here is hot, miasma, and mosquitoes are abundant, which can easily breed various diseases. It is difficult for the Han people who migrated to adapt to the environment here. Moreover, the conditions here are difficult, and few people are willing to migrate there.

    The most frightening thing among them is mosquitoes. Mosquitoes not only bite people, they can also bring malaria. Before the cinchona tree was discovered, there was no cure for malaria.

    Malaria was conquered by humans only after Europeans discovered the cinchona tree from South America and ground the bark of the cinchona tree into powder to treat malaria.

    "In the future, if we want to go south to Nanyang and Australia, we will definitely not avoid Ryukyu. In addition, we must use Ryukyu as a base to eliminate Japanese pirates and pirates on the southeast coast."

    ¡°It is imperative to develop Ryukyu!¡±

    Liu Jin said decisively.

    "Liu Jin, as far as I know, there are very few Han people in Ryukyu. It is full of miasma and the barbarians are very barbaric. It is not easy to develop this place."

    "And we are here to make money, not to lose money. If we really want to have bases, there are many bases in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, and they have their own foundations, especially Quanzhou, which used to be one of Zheng He's voyages to the West.  The key point is that there is no need to bother developing Ryukyu.¡±

    Zhu Fu, Duke of Chengguo, thought for a while and said.

    In his opinion, there is no need to develop Ryukyu, because Fujian is very close to Ryukyu, just separated by a river, and Fujian itself has a very good foundation.

    "Of course there is money to be made from developing Ryukyu. How can I, Liu Jin, do a losing business?"

    Liu Jin smiled and said.

    Hearing Liu Jin's words, everyone's eyes lit up slightly. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was really the case. Liu Jin had never lost money in his business.

    "Although here in Ryukyuin the mouth, but the price is still very expensive.

    The Ming Dynasty was pretty good here, because bees have been domesticated to produce honey for a long time, plus sucrose. Although this sugar is expensive, it is not too much. However, in Europe of this era, sugar is definitely only available to the truly top princes.  Only nobles can afford it, and the food they eat is worth as much as gold, which is definitely not a joke.

    In the Ming Dynasty, even if the sugar production is okay, the price of a pound of sugar, even the worst sugar, is thousands of yuan. Good quality sugar, even a pound of sugar, costs several taels of silver.  The price can be said to be extremely expensive.

    "In an era when you could marry a wife with only three taels of silver, ordinary people would not be willing to eat such expensive candy. It was a luxury item that only those with money could afford."  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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