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Chapter 1517 Fruits from South America

"Is this the pineapple field?"

Xiao Xiu'er and Goya looked at the whole green and yellow field, and they couldn't see the edge at a glance.

This is the first time the two have seen such a crop, and it is such a large piece of land. More than a dozen farmers are picking pineapples in the pineapple field and putting them in baskets.

Although the pineapple was introduced earlier, it has not been planted on a large scale, and ordinary people rarely see this fruit from South America.

Even Yu Cheng, who has followed Chu Yun for so many years, has never seen such a thing. Such a large pineapple field is also very spectacular for him.

"Because ordinary people rarely touch this kind of thing, in order to avoid slow sales, our grain company has only 300 mu of pineapple fields." Ouyang Jie pointed to a large pineapple field quite proudly.

"300 mu is a lot." Yu Cheng said.

"I'm going to see what this fruit called a pineapple looks like!"

Goya excitedly reached out to pull out the ripe pineapples in the ground.

"Geya, this is someone else's farmland. How could you pick it without someone else's permission?" Xiao Xiuer hurriedly grabbed Goya.

"It doesn't matter, it's just that the pineapple has thorns. If Miss Goya reached out to grab it recklessly just now, she might be scratched by the thorns of the pineapple. Brother Li, bring two pairs of thicker gloves." Ouyang Jie went to the field to pick The pineapple farmer waved.

"Understood!" A farmer saw the shareholder's son bringing people to visit the pineapple field, and hurried over with coarse gloves, "You two girls, don't dislike the rough gloves, but this pineapple has thorns, and it is easy to be stabbed if you are not careful. "

Hearing this, Goya quickly put on the coarse gloves.

"When harvesting, you can use a knife to cut off the fruit stalk, and then pick the fruit carefully, and be careful not to be scratched by the dense leaves. The leaves have sharp teeth." The farmer reminded.

Goya has studied in the Army Lecture Hall for several years, and has even operated artillery. It is no problem to harvest pineapples. She picked several pineapples one after another.

Xiao Xiu'er couldn't hold back her curiosity, and tried to pick a pineapple by herself.

The appearance of this fruit made her feel very strange, it was not good-looking, and it made people wonder how to eat this fruit?

"If you want to taste this kind of fruit from the West, you need to cut it with a knife."

The farmer enthusiastically took out a small knife from a basin of salt water around him, raised the knife and dropped it, and soon revealed the light yellow flesh inside.

"Hiss... a bit sour..." Goya took a piece, and Liu Mei frowned slightly.

"There is salt water in the basin, which can reduce the sourness appropriately. Many captains will also buy this kind of fruit to supplement the necessary nutrition for the sailors when they pass by stupid port. If their sailors do not often eat some fresh fruits and vegetables at sea, it will be very It is easy to get sick." Ouyang Jie said.

Then Ouyang Jie took Xiao Xiuer, Goya, Yu Cheng and others to sugarcane fields and rice fields. The company actually owns [-] mu of rice fields, and the mountains and plains used to be covered with blue rice.

"This tens of thousands of acres of rice, if it can be harvested, there will be several million catties of grain. You really are a rich man." Goya said to Xiao Xiu'er.

It's just that her voice was not low, and there was no intention of covering it up. Ouyang Jie smiled wryly after hearing it: "Miss Goya misunderstood, this grain company is not owned by my father alone, but it was started by dozens of stupid Hong Kong pioneers. My father was not in the top of the dozens of people. The first group of people were the first batch of pioneers who were recruited to Yizhou by pirates. Because of their flexible minds, they were able to persuade others Farmers gathered farmland together and continued to open up wasteland to achieve the current scale."

"Mr. Ouyang, don't say that. Being able to manage a large farm of tens of thousands of acres is a talent in itself. It is no less a contribution to the country than obtaining fame. If Mr. Ouyang can continue to grow the company's farm, it may be better for the country and the people. It's a good thing." Xiao Xiu'er said.

Since Confucianism took over the mainstream, it has advocated self-cultivation, governing the country, regulating the family, and bringing peace to the world. It has become the pursuit of all scholars. If there is no fame, even the big landlords will feel inferior.

However, Xiao Xiuer, who lived in the Atayal tribe since she was a child and was influenced by Chu Yun, did not agree with such a concept. For example, in the grain company established by the farmers in stupid Hong Kong, they did not talk about the Four Books and Five Classics and the great principles with others, but It is engaged in production and trade, and the grain produced and exported by such a grain company is enough to feed ten thousand people.

Food is the paramount necessity of the people. If there is no food that really keeps people alive, who is in the mood to talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality.

Just from this point of view, there is not much difference between producing food that keeps ordinary people alive and Xiao Xiuer studying medicine to save people.

"Thank you Miss Xiao for your understanding. After all, I still can't learn new things. On the contrary, I feel that the land is more friendly... Yes, I don't know if Miss Xiao plans to come back to Yizhou this time to live here or to visit relatives?" Ouyang Jie asked expectantly. road.

"I came back with Goya to visit relatives. His father was the patriarch of the Atayal tribe. I used to be a priestess of the Atayal tribe. I am very concerned about whether they have integrated into the new civilization." Xiao Xiuer said.

"Atayal people, many of them have started to leave the mountains and forests. Some children go to private schools in towns to study, and some adults work in towns or plantations. They can also sell fur at the beginning, and then there are fewer and fewer wild beast furs. , the gold and silver earned by working in towns or plantations can be exchanged for food enough for their lives, and can also be exchanged for daily necessities in towns. The magistrates here also issue a subsidy to the tribes every year to obtain their land " Ouyang Jie has been in Bengang for a long time, and he knows the situation of some tribes living nearby, and he knows everything about it.

"It seems that the life of the tribe should be better than before." After seeing the prosperity of the capital, Goya knew that the mountain tribe he used to belong to was a backward village, and it was obvious that the government could obtain subsidies in the conflict with advanced civilization. extra care.

Especially after all the land was nationalized, the conflicts between immigrants and aborigines caused by the land were eased. The patriarch of the Atayal tribe was willing because his daughter went to the capital and the government offered subsidies to meet the survival of the tribe. Surrender the land.These liberated productive forces can also work in port towns to gain extra income.The productivity of a piece of land in the hands of backward and advanced civilizations is completely different.

(End of this chapter)