Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 734 Three Treasures of Thousand Islands
Zheng Yuanxuan suddenly laughed a few times: "No, no. The old man heard that there is a new ethnic group in Wa Island. Some people began to call themselves the Sang people. Let's call them the Fusang people. It is estimated that this name will become an official document in a few years. The word used, Fusang, good name."

The willow trees mentioned by Zheng Yuanxuan know,
This is a group split from the Japanese people. They call themselves Fusang people, that is, the group that won the bronze medal, because they are the people who planted mulberry forests.

Cui Yuan also said: "There are records in the Southern Qi Dynasty, Dongyi Haiwai, Jieshi, and Fusang. There are also records in the Liang Dynasty, which is twenty thousand miles east of the Han Dynasty. But I don't think that the record in this book is the island, because the Japanese already existed in the Han Dynasty. According to records, there is the name of Xiematai, and the seal of the Han Dynasty bestowing on the Japanese slave king."

I don't know where Fusang is from. Some people say it's Mexico, while others say it's the country of Wa.

Anyway, it's an interesting coincidence.

"Then the next question is, who will plant sugar cane?" Cui Yuan asked a very important question.

"I don't know how to do it, but there are people from the Duke of Yue. The Duke of Yue arranged for people to verify the relevant classics, sort out many techniques of sugarcane planting, and find the cooperation of the Tong clan. The Tong clan has a history of planting for almost 200 years. , and some people will. In addition, because the former Sui Dynasty required a large amount of grain storage, sugarcane planting was greatly reduced."

Zheng Yuanxuan interjected at this time: "Tongren is already a member of the Tang Dynasty, which is credible. I remember that there are records in the history books. During the Three Kingdoms period, there were records of sugarcane planting in Jingzhou and Huizhou. At the end of Jin Dynasty, there were records about sugarcane in Zhangzhou."

As soon as Zheng Yuanxuan opened his mouth, people who had read similar books spoke one after another.

The history of sugarcane planting can indeed be traced back to prehistoric times, but in the former Sui Dynasty, the big official warehouses only cared about food, which greatly reduced many economic crops.

Arrange for people to look for them, and they will definitely find technical talents who understand sugarcane cultivation.

It was only ten years before the Sui Dynasty perished, and those sugarcane farmers should still be alive.

Wang Jun asked at this moment: "The previous Sui Dynasty once sent [-] families of migrants to seek refuge. The land is fertile, there is a lot of rain, the rivers are fast-flowing, and half of the island is full of thousand-year-old trees. Why did Prince-in-law Liu never choose Ask for more."

Ryukyu, Liuqiu.The syllables are similar but are two completely different places.

One is Okinawa of later generations, and the other is Bay Island.

"Liuqiu is an inseparable treasure island in my Datang overseas. Before there is a complete plan, it will remain the same for the time being. According to the investigation sent by Wenyue Pavilion, there are three types of people there. The first type is the five emperors of our Central Plains. There are people from time to time, they slash and burn, and they are not much better than savages, there are very few such people, I am afraid there are only a few thousand."

No one here really understands Liuqiu, only heard about it based on some records.

All I know is that there is a big island, a very big island.

Liu Mu continued: "The second category is that since the Qin Dynasty, many Shanyue people have gone there."

Shanyue is a general term, mainly referring to many ethnic minorities in the south of the Yangtze River. This term originated from the end of Han Dynasty.

"The third type of people is the Han people who fled the war, and two large official immigrations. One was in the Jin Dynasty and the other was in the Sui Dynasty. The population is quite large, with nearly [-] households. At that time, many natives were captured, and now these people live in the Quanzhou area."

"To solve the Liuqiu problem, look at the imperial court. Japanese people and monkeys are absolutely not allowed to get involved here."

Liu Mu's tone has never been so firm. Just hearing this tone, no one will mention Liu Qiu again. It seems that Liu Qiu has some special meaning to Liu Mu.

It's just a big island with not many people, and no one cares at this time.

In fact, Liuqiu Liumu has already got his hands on it. A seaport was built on the North Jilong Mountain of Liuqiu, and then people were sent to explore the road, and they found the four east islands of Liuqiu, which are the small islands of Miyako and Shiheng in later generations. .

For these four islands, Liumu plans to build docks, and at least two islands will be selected to build supply and transshipment docks.

Liu Mu didn't mention this plan to anyone other than Li Shimin, and it was as if Li Shimin hadn't heard of it. In Li Shimin's eyes, it was just a few palm-sized islands, and Liu Mu could do whatever he wanted.

However, at Liuqiu Island South Wharf, Liu Mu planned to let these aristocratic families pay for it.

"Elders, although Japanese people and monkeys are not allowed to get close to Liuqiu Island, we still need to send some people there to build a pier in the south of the island for supplies and transshipment."

"What about the benefits?"

"It's a thousand miles south of the island's south wharf by sea. According to our new sea boats, we can reach it in two days and one night. There are three treasures there, at least two of which we can reach out to, and there are now a large number of Japanese people are available."

When Liu Mu said this, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

No one paid attention to Liu Mu's sneer, and only asked, "Three treasures."

"How about the abaca in Lingnan? It's just an inferior product. The real super-grade abaca grows like grass and is inexhaustible in the place I mentioned. As long as there are enough people, a million stones of abaca can be finished every year. For weaving clothes, coarse hemp can be used to weave rope, and miscellaneous hemp can be used to weave sacks.”

Liu Mu picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly, then smiled: "Aren't you excited?"

"Wait..." Cui Yuan waved his hand to signal Liu Mu to stop talking, took out a beautiful small silver box, then took out a pill from the silver box and put it in his mouth, then signaled Liu Mu: "Just say this Treasure, just let my old guy's heart beat so fast, let this old man slow down, slow down."

Silk is a luxury.

Even low-grade miscellaneous silk products are light luxury items, which are not necessary items in the lives of ordinary people.

Right now, hemp is still the most popular clothing material. Datang's hemp has reached its limit, and it is impossible to grow hemp without growing grain. Fortunately, there is abaca from Lingnan to supplement, but the quantity is far from what is needed now.

Although the cost of white flannelette is lower than that of silk due to insufficient planting area and immature craftsmanship, it is far from being able to be used as daily clothing by ordinary civilians.At least there are fewer and fewer people wearing paper clothes right now, and Datang is still becoming richer.

So Ma, Datang's local market itself is a bottomless pit, and it's unknown how much can be filled right now.

There are also Wado and Silla markets.

All of this does not dare to count the demand for various goods in Lingnan that is like a whale.

Seeing Cui Yuan taking the medicine, Liu Mu laughed and said, "Grandpas, grandpas, whoever wants to take a Danshen in his mouth, hurry up." With a smile, Liu Mu shouted: "Hold the qin, and bring me the Three Treasures of Thousand Islands." .”

Baoqin pushed open the door from the outside, and then brought in a group of people carrying the table, and then several boxes were placed on the main hall.

After setting it up, Baoqin led the people back out, closed the door, and continued to guard the door.

Some people looked puzzled, not the Three Treasures, but why there are dozens of boxes here, which is weird.

(End of this chapter)