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Chapter 746, A good day for plantation owners

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    In Danhe City in the north of Nanyang Province, Li Maolin, the magistrate of Danhe City, rode a horse to a plantation.

    This plantation is very large. When you look at it, you feel like you can't see the edges. They are all tall and dense sugar cane forests. Soon, these sugar cane harvests will be bumper again.

    Li Maolin is also estimating how much sugar cane Danhe County under his jurisdiction can produce this year. Luzon is more suitable for growing sugar cane and rice than Ryukyu. All plantation owners generally choose to split the sugar cane in half.

    Half of the land is planted with sugar cane and half with rice.

    Sugar cane can be sold for money, rice can be used to feed one's own slaves, and the excess can be sold.

    Thanks to the unique geographical conditions here, both rice and sugar cane can be matured for more than a year. The output is very large and the quality is very good. Taking advantage of the increasingly convenient sea transportation, large quantities are sold throughout the Ming Dynasty.

    "It used to be said that places outside the Ming Dynasty were barbarian lands full of miasma. Only after I came to Nanyang did I realize that this place is simply paradise."

    Riding on a horse, walking on a small cement road, this cement road was built by the plantation owners here at their own expense. It is not wide and not paved thickly. It is mainly to facilitate the transportation of sugar cane and rice.

    ?? In Nanyang, there is very heavy rainfall. If cement roads are not built, the roads will be very muddy, which is not conducive to traffic.

    Li Maolin, who is already in his fifties, sighed while watching.

    Before coming to Nanyang, he, like most people in the Ming Dynasty, felt that the Ming Dynasty was the best. The world outside the Ming Dynasty was a barbarian land, full of miasma, and it was not a place for people to live at all.

    When he actually came to Nanyang as an official, and stayed here for a long time, he knew that Nanyang was much better than the Ming Dynasty in all aspects.

    The land here is fertile, with abundant rainfall and abundant light and heat. It is very suitable for planting rice and sugar cane. It can be harvested three times a year and seven times in two years, and the yield is extremely high.

    It is very warm here all year round. Even winter is almost the same as summer, so there is no need to worry about the cold.

    In a place like this, it¡¯s like heaven.

    When he was in the Ming Dynasty, he saw too much hunger and poverty. Many poor families worked hard all year round and could not even have a full meal.

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    This is definitely not a lie, but something that really existed in the Ming Dynasty.

    But here in Nanyang, everyone has enough to eat. Even the slaves of the plantation owners can eat three meals a day, including white rice and fried sea fish. These days are very different.  .

    He thought about this question carefully.

    Why are the hard-working people of the Ming Dynasty always unable to have enough to eat or wear warm clothes?

    Now it seems that the main reason is the geographical conditions. The geographical conditions here in Nanyang are so good. With three crops a year and seven crops every two years, the output is really too large.

    Even if a small area is used to grow rice, there is still not enough food to eat in Nanyang, and a large amount of food is shipped to various places in the Ming Dynasty for sale.

    "Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Only by going out for more walks and reading more can you truly gain knowledge."

    Li Maolin couldn't help but sigh.

    After seeing the richness and fertility of Nanyang, he often wrote letters back to his hometown, asking the folks in his hometown to immigrate to Nanyang.

    There are a large number of people who immigrated to Nanyang from his hometown in Danhe City under his jurisdiction. The person he wants to visit this time is a good friend of his.

    "Old Qin, Old Qin~"

    Having just arrived at his friend's plantation, Li Maolin couldn't help but roar. From a distance, he could see a dozen slaves tearing sugar cane leaves in the plantation.

    "Haha, Lao Li~"

    Soon, someone heard Li Maolin¡¯s voice and walked out of the sugar cane forest. This man¡¯s name was Qin Yan, he was over fifty years old and he was a scholar.

    Li Maolin and Li Maolin were classmates in the past, and they had been taking the imperial examination for their whole lives. Although Li Maolin passed the imperial examination, he never became a Jinshi and had no official position.

    At the end of last year, the court needed a large number of officials. He happened to catch up with this wave of welfare, so he came to Nanyang and became the county magistrate of Danhe City.

    Because Qin Yan received Li Maolin¡¯s letter, he moved his family to Nanyang.nbsp; "It doesn't matter if it goes slower. If it rises too much, I won't buy it."

    Qin Yan thought for a while and shook his head slightly. His thoughts were still a bit old-fashioned. He always felt that loans and borrowing money were not a good thing. Think about the loan sharks in his hometown. The interest rate is compounded. If you bring one or two silver, you may end up paying back dozens of dollars.  Both are unclear.

    Therefore, his principle has always been to avoid debt if he can avoid it. Even if the bank's interest rate is low, he will not think about taking out a loan unless it is a last resort.

    "You came to me for something, right?"

    After thinking about it, Qin Yan said to Li Maolin again.

    "Yes, it is definitely a good thing for you."

    "The triennial imperial examination is about to begin. The imperial court has also issued a decree. Our Nanyang Province is also going to hold a provincial examination, and there are many places available."

    "You are a scholar, one of the rare scholars here. I think you have a great chance this time, so I want to come over and invite you to take part in this provincial examination." (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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