Ryukyu City, Liu Yuan accompanied Emperor Hongzhi on a stroll through the streets of Ryukyu City.
After all, this is the second time I have come to Ryukyu Castle. The last time I came here was when I led an army to sweep through the Southeast Asian countries. When I returned to Beijing, I passed by Ryukyu Castle and stopped here briefly.
I still vaguely remember that Ryukyu City was not that big at that time, just the size of a small county town. However, Ryukyu City today is already very large, with a vague aura of a big city.
There are many people on the road, which is very prosperous and busy. There are many shops on both sides of the street, and the variety of goods is dazzling.
"This Ryukyu Castle is really quite big."
¡°This is actually a city that was developed and built in just over ten years.¡±
Emperor Hongzhi looked at everything in front of him with great interest.
Regarding the treasure island of Ryukyu, Emperor Hongzhi didn¡¯t pay much attention to it in the past, because before the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, it was still a deserted land, sparsely populated, plagued by miasma, and a place infested by barbarians.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty did not even set up any county government or state capital here. However, as Liu Jin took the lead in ordering people to build Ryukyu City here, he began to develop a plantation economy here in Ryukyu, relying on the considerable profits from cane sugar. As well as the fertile land and unique natural climate conditions of the treasure island Ryukyu, millions of people immigrated here.
In just a dozen years, the treasure island of Ryukyu has undergone earth-shaking changes.
From the original barren land, a place full of miasma, and a place infested by barbarians, it has become an area with such a large population, rapid economic growth, and developed plantation economy, shipbuilding industry, and agriculture.
Because of its unique natural conditions, even in winter, the temperature here rarely drops below zero. In the southern region, the temperature is very high even throughout the year. Therefore, the treasure island of Ryukyu is now not only the Ming Dynasty's The sugar warehouse was also the vegetable and fruit warehouse of the Ming Dynasty.
Every autumn and winter, cargo ships departing from Ryukyu, loaded with a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits, head to the Beijing-Tianjin area of ??the Ming Dynasty.
Unlike the vegetables grown in greenhouses, the vegetables and fruits of Baodao Ryukyu are famous for their high quality. They are very popular in the Beijing-Tianjin area and are the favorites of the rich and powerful.
"Your Majesty, Ryukyu Castle's permanent population now exceeds 500,000, and the proportion of children in Ryukyu Castle is extremely high, with more than half of the population being children."
"When these children grow up, the population of Ryukyu Castle will grow rapidly."
Liu Jin quickly said with a smile.
"That's right~"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately laughed happily.
In this era, fertility is extremely important. Someone has everything. This is believed from top to bottom.
"Let's go out and take a look around. I feel that every city in Ming Dynasty is similar."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at it for a while and immediately felt that it was not interesting. The cities in the Ming Dynasty were all similar, especially these emerging cities. There was almost no big difference in planning or architectural style, etc.
I got in the car and walked outside Ryukyu City. After leaving the city limits, I saw endless sugar cane fields.
"Stop~stop~"
Emperor Hongzhi shouted quickly, and the car quickly pulled over and stopped.
Emperor Hongzhi looked curiously at the endless and huge sugar cane fields in front of him.
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Emperor Hongzhi had never seen sugar cane before, so he didn't recognize the sugar cane right in front of him.
"Your Majesty, this is sugar cane, and sucrose is made from this sugar cane."
Liu Jin quickly replied.
"Is this sugar cane?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, his eyes widened slightly. He had eaten a lot of sucrose. This was the first time he saw sugar cane look like this. 强牺 miaoshuyuan.com 读牺
"Bring up a sugar cane."
Liu Jin ordered the guards around him. Soon, a piece of sugar cane was delivered to Liu Jin's hand. Liu Jin ordered people to cut it into several sections, peel off the skin, wash it, and handed one to Emperor Hongzhi and said: " Your Majesty, try this sugar cane. This Ryukyu sugar cane is the sweetest and has the highest content."
"This sugar cane juice is refreshing and quenches thirst. It is also very good, but it takes a bit of teeth to bite."
Liu Jin said as hehead.
He was originally from Quanzhou, Fujian Province. They were the first people to come to Ryukyu Castle and participated in the construction of Ryukyu Castle. It has been here for more than ten years.
From the beginning of doing things for the sugar industry of Ryukyu, after a large area of ??land, he started planting sugar cane by himself, and then he began to try to plant vegetables and fruits after the price of sugarcane fell.
The income is quite good. When there were no greenhouse vegetables in the past, the prices of vegetables and fruits here in Ryukyu were higher, and the income was even better.
Calculating this, the family can earn thousands of taels of silver from growing vegetables and fruits a year. The income is quite good, and they live a very prosperous life.
"Do you still have your own labels on your vegetables?"
Liu Jin also kept watching, and asked curiously when he saw the label of Ryukyu vegetables on the basket.
"Of course it must be posted."
¡°Nowadays, there are many places to grow vegetables and fruits, such as Qiongzhou, Jiaozhi, Xianglin, Nanyang and other places. However, the quality of these places is similar to that of Ryukyu, so they will pass it off as Ryukyu¡¯s vegetables and fruits. "
"In order to differentiate, we specially hired people to design and manufacture this label. Only the vegetables and fruits from our Ryukyu side can have such a label, and only by affixing this label can we sell at a reasonable price. .¡±
Yang Dalang nodded and replied matter-of-factly.
Control the big one and control the owl. "That's it~"
After Liu Jin heard this, he immediately understood that the competition is getting more and more intense now.