Datang first village

It has to be said that Gao Baiyang is still very capable. Most of the land leased this time is not vacant land. .

Brocade is just a way of settlement, and all kinds of goods from Datang can be a way of settlement.

Gao Baiyang made a calculation for the local villagers. They grow their own rice, a kind of rice that they can't even eat a bucket of polished rice, and all they eat are those miscellaneous foods.

The land is either rented or sold, and then cultivated by the people of the Tang Dynasty to ensure that there is fine grain to eat every day.

And there is meat every ten days, some snacks every month, and every year when the New Year comes, there are rewards.

Niu Jinda sticks to a not-so-small light. When he came, there were more than 20 mu of land planted with various crops, including 15 mu of sugarcane alone.

Sugar cane in this era cannot be compared with modern ones, and the sugar yield is definitely not comparable.

The local people grow sugarcane in two ways: the root and the joint. The root is to cut the root and move it. Sometimes roots will grow from the sugarcane joint. This is the method of planting the joint. In order to sell a good land price in the wasteland, he insisted on planting all of them.

And the extremely dense planting is afraid that some will not live long.

When Li Yuanxing's ship was still nearly a hundred miles away, a huge fleet of ships was seen from the watchtower by the sea.

It's only been a month since Niu Jin arrived here, during which time he asked Wang Ba to send a boat to distribute some grain. Right now, he hasn't even built a decent yard on his site, and all the cement is given priority to the dock.

Close to the coast, stop the boat, and change the boat.

Li Yuanxing stood at the bow of the boat, still wearing the simplest fine white linen round-neck shirt, and wearing simple straight-leg trousers, which were still very light.Li Yuanxing's idea of ​​the cotton cloth process is simple. Now the cloth weaves is okay for underwear, but it is not strong enough for outerwear.

So Li Yuanxing chose the fine white hemp whose technology was mature enough in Datang.

The raw material used is the best fine linen soft fiber obtained from Wang Ba.

Niu Jinda led his cronies to line up on the shore, and half a step behind him stood two men wearing silk, whose style was a bit different from that of Tang Dynasty. Both of them bowed their waists, as if they were listening to Niu Jinda's lecture.

Li Yuanxing smiled and signaled that the boat should not be in a hurry, just be steady.

Niu Jinda was lecturing, although he is an outsider, he has big fists, rich money, and lots of treasures.So Niu Jinda was promoted to become Uncle Niu. The local officials and the indigenous patriarchs were naturally extremely respectful when they saw this Uncle Niu.

"You two didn't seem very respectful in your eyes just now." Niu Jinda's tone was somewhat severe.

One of them boldly said: "Well, you said that the person on that boat is a big shot. But we big shots here don't dress like ordinary people. We don't even have expensive silk on them. No wonder we little people are mistaken!"

"Hmph!" Niu Jinda snorted coldly: "Be respectful and stop talking nonsense!"

When Niu Jinda spoke with a cold face, the boat had already docked, and it was not Li Yuanxing's boat that docked first, but Pei Xi's.The guards line up, their armor is bright, and their swords are shining.

"The last general..." Niu Jinda hurried up to greet him, and performed the Tang military salute.

Li Yuanxing looked at himself, then at Niu Jinda, and then smiled: "I knew I would change the armor, just be more casual." Li Yuanxing patted Niu Jinda lightly and laughed: "General Niu is really not afraid of heat, It turned out to be a full set of military uniforms. This king didn’t think carefully, the weather here is hot, you should consider asking the Ministry of War to prepare some military uniforms for this place. Go and change it, don’t cause problems due to the heat!”

Niu Jinda is also a hearty person, and he is more casual after meeting the ceremony formally.

Immediately, the military uniform was dragged away, and he was only wearing a pair of big pants and a vest, and stood beside Li Yuanxing with bare feet and a smile.

It seems that this big man is very easy-going.

There was some change in the eyes of the two locals.

The person in charge of the translation is also a local. He had done business with Datang before and could write and speak.Seeing the reaction of the two, he approached: "If you continue to be contemptuous like this, I'm afraid your whole family will die."

The local official raised his hand to hit him, but the interpreter smiled coldly and pointed to the stainless steel badge on his collar.It was given to him by Niu Jinda, representing Niu Jinda's subordinates.Although it is somewhat different from others, this translation feels hard on the waist.

The local official really didn't dare to continue the fight.

The translator sneered again: "Have you heard of Goguryeo?"

The local patriarch had never heard of it, but this official had.

"It's the big man with a smile and a friendly face. The Goguryeo people are too crazy, and their capital was destroyed by this big man in one day. In the second year, the generals of the Tang Dynasty wiped out Goguryeo. Let me tell you this , I am really kind. When I have the opportunity to go to the north in the future, I will go and find out who the King Qin of the Tang Dynasty is."

"What identity?" The two asked at the same time.

"Under the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, there are tens of millions of people. With a wave of his hand, a country can disappear forever. But on the other hand, those who are obedient can be extremely rich. The Jeju Jiyi people who used to be like savages are now the poorest I’m afraid that both of you will get rich.”

The local official did not doubt this.

The hatchets of the Tang people have already been unacceptable to the local people, but such a good steel is used to make hatchets.That hatchet is much better than the weapons of the regular army here.This is not counting the pots, bowls, and tins made of stainless steel.Besides silk, Tang people don't care about silk at all, and no one has a few.

The two were in a daze, but Li Yuanxing and Niu Jinda had already walked over.

The interpreter quickly nodded and bowed to meet him, one patriarch and one official, but his reaction was a step slower.

Li Yuanxing nodded kindly: "This king has come from afar, and I heard that your country is very hospitable, but General Niu and his subordinates have been greatly taken care of here. Come down, don’t refuse, this is some kindness from this king to the local people!”

Li Yuanxing deliberately pronounced the words of the local people very emphatically.

Li Yuanxing politely declined to hold a banquet, and Li Yuanxing didn't think there was anything particularly interesting about these people's banquets.

Just send a few official representatives to attend the banquet.

Walking in the sugarcane garden, this place was originally the sugarcane planted by some local people earlier, and some of them have matured in the wrong season. Several local people are cutting sugarcane every day, and then put them in the back basket.

Pei Xi took a section and held it in front of Li Yuanxing with both hands.

After Li Yuanxing took it, he asked for another short knife, sharpened it and took a bite.Very sweet, but very rough, it feels uncomfortable in the mouth, like bagasse stuffed in a mouthful.

But in my heart I am very happy.

Modern sugarcane is actually divided into two types, one is to eat it directly, and it is more inclined to the first-class fruit.The sugar cane that is difficult to eat but has a better sugar extraction effect is the sugar cane used for sugar production.

Li Yuanxing took two bites, then handed it to Niu Jinda.

However, Niu Jinda smiled: "Your Highness is out of luck. There are some delicious sugar cane, but not as much sugar as the hard one." Li Yuanxing didn't smile, but had a cold face: "You won't put Separate these two kinds, the tough ones are used to extract sugar, and the delicious ones are shipped to the Central Plains?"

Niu Jinda nodded again and again, just giggling silly.

Niu Jinda could pretend to be confused, but his subordinates couldn't. Someone immediately recorded this order, so let's distinguish the varieties of sugarcane first.

Li Yuanxing approached Niu Jinda, and lowered his voice: "Old Niu, you talk to Ma Zhou at night, he has a bad idea that allows you to completely control this force, without bloodshed!"

Niu Jinda's expression also changed, becoming a bit serious, and he nodded vigorously: "Old Niu must do things with his heart."

Li Yuanxing turned around and laughed: "Did you go get some rubber seeds from Feng An?"

"Old Feng is also a smuggler, so don't talk to him. The Marquis of the Ministry of War will naturally worry about the brothers. Although it is not easy for him, Old Feng, to breed hard, but the asking price should not be too dark."

These conversations are gossip.

Cui Junsu, who was walking behind, followed up, and asked casually, "Has General Niu delivered any candy?"

"Only coarse syrup." Niu Jinda replied truthfully: "There is no good lime mine found here, and there is no workshop built here, so there is only one sugar mill. All the syrup is barreled, and there are merchants in Huating to receive the goods."

"How many catties?" Cui Junsu asked directly.

"It's about 600 catties per mu. I heard from those businessmen that those syrups can produce more than [-] catties of snow sugar per mu. So it's much less sugar than refined sugar cane."

Niu Jinda said that the fine-bred ones were naturally grown by Feng An.

Feng An is at the border between Guangxi and the Indochina Peninsula, where almost one ton of snow sugar can be produced per mu.

Sugar cane, rubber, rice.These three products have a huge market in Datang. Cui Junsu even considered asking Datang to restrict sugar products from entering Datang, and only allow the products produced by Datang's own land to be transported to Datang.

After Niu Jinda chatted with these dignitaries for a few words, he hurried to the camp by the sea.

Ma Zhou was in charge of moving the goods. There were many foods from Datang on it, as well as canned food, wine, candy and so on.The special products are white linen, silk floss and some bamboo household items.

"General Niu!" Ma Zhou was low-level, and quickly put down his work and came up to him.

Niu Jinda lowered his voice: "I heard that you have a good plan!"

"This is not for the lower officials. It's just that the lower officials are responsible for helping General Niu implement this strategy to achieve..." Ma Zhou also planned to explain that he was only the executor, not the planner.Niu Jinda was interested in hearing his gossip, so he immediately said, "Don't talk nonsense, tell Lao Niu what to do."

"These things are the first step!" Ma Zhouzhou pointed to the huge pile of goods.

Niu Jinda was puzzled.

Ma Zhou continued to explain: "These, Your Highness said, are to thank General Niu for the care he received here, and they are for the people here. And these are all small things, which can be used by every household. I don't know who the little things are. What will happen to the officials and their patriarch?" (To be continued.)