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Chapter 540 Shipyard Town 3
"Definitely not, just give up!" The shopkeeper was still fiddling with the calculator in his hand and answered very concisely.

"Tsk, hey, I don't lack arms or legs. I have a good way of farming at home. If I don't have enough people, I can even bring my fellow villagers along with me. Planting trees is definitely not as difficult as cultivating rice. It's just a matter of waiting two more years. It’s the result.”

The perfunctory attitude made the theater troupe very dissatisfied with the guests. The last time we were in the private room, it was not ignored. The merchants from Quanzhou clearly said that planting trees in Annan was very profitable, and as long as the trees were planted alive, the navy would immediately give advance payment. It will be harvested in another five or six years, and there will be no worries about sales. There will be as much as the navy needs.

"If you want to live for a few more years, don't think about it. Annan is a smoky place in the summer all year round, where poisonous insects are raging and plagues are rampant. People in Guangdong and Fujian can stand it, so you and I can go there like this If you fall ill, you can't even see the saplings, and you have to die in a foreign country.

Besides, you only know how to make money by planting trees, but do you know what kind of trees you are planting? You're stupid. They are called rubber trees. They came from the other side of the sea. After they are planted, they not only have to be protected from waterlogging but also wind. They have to find a gentle slope and have a sunny side. Each tree has to be propped up with wooden sticks. After seven years, the rubber can be tapped and sold for money. .

Do you understand rubber tapping? If you say you don't know anything but plant trees, isn't this just a rush to death? Gum tapping involves making a wound in the bark of a tree to allow the sap in the trunk to flow out. It won't work if it's too deep or too shallow, it won't work if it's too hot and it won't rain.

Just do the math. How many people will it take to plant a hillside tree? How many people from your hometown can you produce? Can you live there for seven years? How nice it is to sing an opera honestly, have food and drink, and don't have to worry about anything. As long as the shipyard can't be destroyed and the shipyard can't be dismantled, there will always be people listening to the opera. "

The second shopkeeper finally figured it out. If he didn't speak clearly today, he wouldn't be able to keep quiet. He put down the calculator in his hand and gave a serious and detailed analysis of the prospects of planting trees in Annan to get rich.

To be honest, when he first heard that you could make a lot of money by planting trees, he felt as if you were carrying a little rabbit. However, after talking to several master craftsmen in the shipyard, including two members of the navy, his warm blood suddenly ran cold. Come down.

It is true to go to Annan to plant trees on land. As long as you bring enough money to Guangzhou to register with the Navy Yamen, you may be approved, and then you can go to Annan to select land for free on a navy sailing ship.

It is true that planting trees can make money. The two businessmen from Quanzhou came back from Annan. They have planted 200 acres of rubber trees in a place called Huazhou. Although it will take another five years to make money from tapping rubber, the navy has already Pre-order paid.

This time they came to Songjiang Shipyard to buy a boat with advance payment. In the past five years, they couldn't just watch the saplings grow, they had to find ways to make some money. It just so happened that the local natives were reclaiming wasteland to grow sugar cane, and the cut trees were piled together for no use. As long as they could hire someone to transport them to the seaside, don't take them casually for a penny.

A big tree that can be hugged by one or two people is of little use locally, but it can be sold for money by loading it on a boat and bringing it back. In order to haul more wood on each trip, Quanzhou businessmen also spent a lot of money and went to Songjiang Shipyard to order a particularly large sea-going ship to haul wood from Annan to Guangzhou, Quanzhou and other places.

However, after talking to the shipyard masters, especially the naval officers, who knew the inside story, the second shopkeeper of Guanhailou realized that the Quanzhou merchants did not tell the truth. No, it was not that they did not tell the truth, but they did not tell the whole story. They basically talked about the benefits, but kept silent about the difficulties.

If you want to plant trees or sugar cane in Annan's land, the Navy will not approve it if you only have money. In addition to the necessary start-up capital, there is another condition that is more important, and that is manpower.

The navy requires Ming businessmen who go to Annan to plant trees must first form a team of more than 50 people. In addition to knowing planting techniques and adapting to the local climate, the people in the team must also have their own ships, their own sailors, and their own of armed forces. That's right, it's an armed force. The minimum requirement is to be able to protect yourself. If you encounter a small group of natives, you must be able to win. Otherwise, all the people will be killed before the saplings grow into timber, and they will still make a shitty amount of money.

Then someone asked, isn’t the Navy responsible for safety when it fools people? How should I put it, Annan is different from the Ming Dynasty. The government can only control the people near the town, but it can't do anything further away.

The navy was in the same situation and could only respond to large-scale riots near Da Nang. Small-scale civil wars on weekdays had to be handled by Ming merchants themselves. However, one thing can be guaranteed, that is, it is not illegal to kill local natives on contracted land, and it is not illegal to capture them and use them as slaves.

"Ah, this is no longer the case. How can the Annan court agree to this?" After the second storekeeper explained it like this, the theater troupe finally understood why they couldn't go, but they still didn't let go completely and were still looking for logical inconsistencies. Reasonable attempts to retort.

"So what if you don't agree? If the Navy says that the land north of the county all the way to the shipyard is theirs, do you think the county magistrate and the government officials will stop it?" The second shopkeeper curled his lips and gave an example casually.

"...I really don't dare to stop this. Not to mention the officials in the county government, I guess the master of the government office doesn't dare to say anything. Hiss, but why do I always feel that something is wrong? Long live the navy to let the navy do such nonsense, is it possible? Aren’t you afraid of starting a war?”

The theater troupe was almost scratching its head when welcoming guests, but they still couldn't convince themselves that the Songjiang government officials dared to confront the navy head-on. However, what the navy did in Annan was obviously contrary to the position of the Celestial Kingdom, and put him into conflict again.

"Still fighting, in the eyes of the Navy, Annan is the grandson of Ming Dynasty. If the grandfather's family lacks anything, it is natural that he should take it from the grandson's family first. It is my grandfather's reasonableness to pay, and it cannot be said that he is wrong if he does not pay.

It is a great grace for the Lord Long Live to allow the people of Annan to claim the title of king. If you dare to say no, King Annan will become the chief envoy of Annan next year. Don't call yourself a minister and pay tribute, just become a minister and pay taxes! "

What does it mean to be red if you are close to vermillion, and black if you are close to ink? Just look at the second shopkeeper of Guanhailou. He had only been doing business in the shipyard town for a few years, and he had more contact with craftsmen and naval officers. Many of his views and ideas were unknowingly affected, and he took the unthinkable as a matter of course.

"That's true. Annan has been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty since Emperor Chengzu... Hey, is the shipyard closed? I'll go out and have a look. You, the shopkeeper, are also in high spirits. A big deal is coming!"

This time the theater troupe welcomed guests without any further objection. Although he had only been here for a short time, he could not bear the heavy color of the dye vat and was greatly affected. At this moment, faint human voices suddenly came from the street, so the chat ended immediately, the welcoming guests rushed out as if flying, and the shopkeeper also straightened his hat and walked out of the counter quickly, putting on a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)