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Chapter 2097, Harvest Trouble

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    Dafeng Town, Black Earth Province.

    With the arrival of autumn, the slightest chill comes, and the whole land is extremely busy.

    On the endless flat open fields, the golden wheat waves are moving with the cold wind. Harvesters are walking among the wheat waves, harvesting the grain quickly.

    Carpenter Li, who is already elderly, is now gradually withdrawing from production. He sits on the roadside and looks at everything in front of him, recalling his life in his mind.

    Born in the mountains of the Qinling Mountains, I have been a mountain dweller since I was a child. Although I inherited a few acres of thin farmland from my ancestors, and although I worked hard and diligently all my life, I still didn't have enough food to eat.

    Especially when his sons gradually grew up and the half-grown sons devoured me to death, Carpenter Li's life was extremely difficult.

    It was not until later that his eldest son Li Da immigrated to Black Earth Province, and his family slowly lived a good life. His sons immigrated one after another, and finally Carpenter Li immigrated with him and moved to Black Earth Province.  here.

    ??Here in the Black Earth Province, Carpenter Li can truly live a good life.

    The land in our family is vast, and the food produced every year is so huge that sometimes it cannot be sold, so we can only raise livestock to consume part of the food.

    Here, hunger has long been forgotten by everyone. What everyone pays attention to is eating well, with a balanced mix of vegetables, fruits, and meat. Wheat is obviously produced to eat noodles, but many times they often buy rice to eat rice.

    My great-grandchildren are very picky eaters. They won't eat this or that. I want them to be like when I was a child in the mountains. When they had nothing to eat, it depends on whether you still eat.

    ¡°The current era is better!¡±

    Carpenter Li sighed and stood up slowly, wanting to help, but was quickly stopped by Li Da.

    "Dad, you can just sit next to me. You are already old, and you don't have to do things alone in the house."

    Li Da helped his father sit back down. Now Carpenter Li no longer drives the harvester, leaving it to his son to do it.

    ¡°We have grown a lot of wheat in our town this year, but I don¡¯t know if it will be sold well.¡±

    Carpenter Li sat down again and looked at the vast wilderness around him, the endless wheat fields, and the road extending to the end of the field of vision.

    "Don't worry, the price of wheat this year is still very good."

    ¡°Several provinces in the northern part of our Ming Dynasty suffered from severe drought, and almost all harvests were lost.¡±

    ¡°In addition, the Ottoman Empire, Persia, and Europe have also suffered from severe droughts, and their food production has dropped sharply. They all need a large amount of food. Now the food in our Black Earth Province is mainly exported to Europe.¡±

    ¡°Our flour mill has received another order from a trading company, so feel free to produce flour and we will receive as much as you can.¡±

    Li said with a big smile.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out of the mountains and now, Li Da also learned some cultural knowledge, recognized some words, and slowly began to develop the habit of reading newspapers.

    After many years, Li Da now knows how to keep up with current affairs and politics.

    "That's good, that's good."

    ¡°I never thought that one day there would be so much food that I would worry about not being able to sell it.¡±

    Carpenter Li nodded happily.

    In the minds of the older generation, food is a precious thing. They have always been worried about not having enough food and not having enough food. They never thought that one day there would be so much food that they could not even sell it.

    In the past two years, Ming Dynasty began to export grain to Europe on a large scale. In previous years, a large amount of grain in Black Earth Province could not be sold almost every year. It could only be ground into powder and used to feed pigs, cattle, sheep, and chickens.  Ducks and geese.

    When he first came here, Carpenter Li felt distressed about this for a while, because it was all high-quality food. He couldn't even eat it when he was in the mountains. Now it is used directly to feed livestock. What a pity, what a pity.  What a waste.

    ¡°In our Black Soil Province, there are still many, many lands that are not cultivated. The cultivated fields now are less than 10% of those here, and large areas of land are still endless grasslands.¡±

    "In the past two years, the price of grain has been stable and it can be sold. Otherwise, no one would be willing to grow grain. It would be better to grow grass and raise cattle and sheep."

    Li laughed and said.

    Only when you leave the mountains can you truly understand the prosperity and wealth outside. If you were still in the mountains, you would still be worried about having enough to eat. How could you be as wealthy as you are now?We merchants have also spotted the opportunity this time. We know that the food production in the Ottoman Empire, the Persian Empire, and Europe has been greatly reduced, and this food business will definitely make money.

    The nearest grain-producing area is the Black Earth Province, so many merchants come to the Black Earth Province to purchase grain and then transport it to the Ottoman Empire and Europe for sale.

    It¡¯s just that these businessmen don¡¯t understand the layout of the top management of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Empire wants to use food to control Europe, and even the whole world, and to include the whole world in the huge capitalist torrent of the Ming Empire.

    Let the whole world become the raw material supply and commodity dumping ground for the Ming Empire. Places like the Ottoman Empire, Persia, and Egypt are suitable for growing cotton, so they should not grow food. Instead, all cotton should be grown. In this way, the textile industry of the Ming Dynasty will be established.  raw materials.

    It would be best for them to raise more sheep and shear them, so that raw materials would be more abundant, and Ming's factories could operate at full capacity, and then a steady stream of cheap, fine cloth would be delivered to them.

    Businessmen are pursuing profits, so naturally they can play a big role in helping Ming Dynasty's food penetrate into the world.

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