A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 468 Ryukyu Island
Wang Yun held a banquet, and then came two hundred noble families.During this period, Wang Yun conducted some research in Dalian and sailed a boat around the island.

The purpose is to check which areas of the island are suitable for building ports and which areas are flat and suitable for farming.Also calculate how much land is suitable for farming.

Wang Yun marked these places and drew them into an atlas.Because he has the wind flag in hand, Wang Yun can sense the general situation of the entire island through the wind. He can even predict the storms and knows clearly which places are prone to storms.

After drawing a simple drawing of Ryukyu, Wang Yun also marked the land suitable for farming and classified it according to the conditions of these places.Finally, a map of Ryukyu was drawn.

Wang Yun divided these lands and found those with the best farming conditions, the most convenient transportation, and those that could be used as ports or more important locations. Wang Yun did not intend to take out these lands, but wanted to keep them for his own development.

At the banquet, Wang Yun took out the compiled map and land atlas, and then prepared to bid secretly.

"You must already know that the imperial court discovered the Da Liuqiu Island. This island is vast in area, has a mild climate, and is suitable for farming. However, because it is difficult to relocate people and a large amount of manpower is needed to open up wasteland, the imperial court decided to release the use rights of these lands. Conduct an auction!" Gusu ordered someone to hang a map in the hall.

"The imperial court made rough calculations and found that there are many places suitable for farming on this island, especially for growing sugar cane. Therefore, the land was divided into many areas and put up for bidding. Anyone present can participate."

"Everyone sitting here is also a decent person. If the bidding is auctioned again and again, the highest bidder will get it, which will easily damage the harmony. Therefore, this time, His Highness the Third Prince is planning to conduct an auction in a secret auction. Next, I will auction these lands Take them out in batches. If you are interested, write down your quotation and an attendant will pick them up."

After a brief explanation of the rules, preparations were made for the auction.After other people in the hall heard that the auction was going to be held secretly, they thought for a moment and understood the court's plan, and they all secretly cursed the treachery in their hearts.

At this moment, Chao Cheng Gu Zhao stepped forward and asked: "Gusu, please be patient."

"What doubts does Uncle Chao Cheng have?" Gusu Ling asked with a smile.

"I just heard what Gusu Ling said, do I only have the right to use these lands once they are photographed?" Gu Zhao asked.

"Yes, there is only the right to use it. What is being auctioned this time is the right to use it for ten years!" As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings exploded, and many nobles and wealthy families talked about it.

"What? Only ten years of use rights?"

"Isn't the land auctioned? How did it become the right to use it?"

"Why did Ling Gusu deceive us? It's just the right to use, so what else is there to auction? Let's go!"

"Yes, let's go!"

Everyone was talking about it for a while, but no one wanted to get up and leave.

After Gusu Ling saw that everyone was making a fuss for a while, he slightly signaled to the attendants next to him. He only heard a bell ringing and the hall gradually became quiet.

"Everyone, although this time we are only auctioning the use rights, all the fields here can be planted with sugar cane. More importantly, His Royal Highness the Third Prince has requested an edict from Your Majesty that planting sugar cane on the land of Ryukyu Island is tax-free!" "Tax-free! This statement Seriously?" Uncle Huaiyin asked quickly.

Gusu Ling nodded slightly and said, "Of course it's true!"

You must know that the imperial court levied different taxes on non-food land such as sugar cane and mulberry. Ordinary farmland is only taxed one out of ten, while cash crops such as sugar cane are taxed three out of ten.

After all, sugar is expensive as a luxury product, so the court naturally imposes heavy taxes, and as the main raw material of sugar, sugar cane naturally does the same.Even for land reclamation, taxes must be paid.

Now that the imperial court was exempted from taxes, everyone immediately became excited.Even if the land only has five years of use rights and needs to be reclaimed by oneself, it can still make a lot of money in ten years.

After Gusu Ling saw that there was no objection, he directly signaled and asked his attendants to put out batches of fields for auction.This time, more than 20 acres of land were auctioned. More than 200 distinguished people were involved in the auction. It took almost an afternoon for all the land to be auctioned.

Wang Yun directly earned 50 imperial silver coins through this auction. Not only that, these nobles and powerful people will also contribute to clearing up these lands and planting sugar cane.

Wang Yun deliberately leased it for ten years. In the past ten years, your honor needs to send people and money to farm. Since farming is required, it is natural to build a small town. No matter how hard you make it, some basic roads and gathering areas still need to be repaired. It can be said that Wang Yun didn't spend a penny, so he asked the nobles of Daqian to help him develop Ryukyu with money, people and efforts.

What's more important is that if these nobles and powerful men want to go to Ryukyu Island, they can only take his ship.Nowadays, the Daqian court, including the people, has very few ships that can safely go to Da Liuqiu.

The naval ship construction methods that Wang Yun accepted were also in the hands of the royal family and would not be spread to the outside world at all.This also resulted in that, for at least a few decades, navigation and ship technology was only owned by the royal family.

Even if these nobles planted sugar cane, they could only rely on the royal family to transport it back.It can be said that since these nobles and powerful men attended this banquet, they have been plotted by the royal family.

However, even if they knew they were being plotted, these people were unwilling to give up the high profits. You must know that one pound of sugar in Luoyang can now be exchanged for at least one stone of grain.

The current price of food in the imperial court is not expensive. One stone of grain costs about one hundred and twenty yuan, and one stone of sugar costs at least one and a half imperial silver coins.Nowadays, the yield per mu of sugarcane in places suitable for growing sugarcane in the south is about 120 kilograms. After it is pressed into sugar, one stone can be produced, which is about [-] kilograms, or more.

During this period, Daqian's sugar-making technology was still very backward, and the boiled sugar was not solid, but thick sugar water.In fact, in real history, until the Tang and Song Dynasties, sucrose in China was liquid or semi-liquid, and there was very little solid sucrose.

Wang Yun gave these honorable men high profits because he wanted to use their strength to develop the Da Liuqiu Island. When the Da Liuqiu Island was almost developed, the role of these noble men was exhausted, and the court began to invest in the island. Immigration Office.

At the same time, after Wang Yun obtained 50 imperial silver coins, he immediately began to order the construction of more sea ships to transport supplies. At the same time, he purchased a large amount of supplies to prepare to build several ports and towns on Da Liuqiu Island.

The successful development of Ryukyu Island also gave the royal family full confidence in the development of Fuso.

(End of this chapter)