Eternal Island.
"Do you know why this island is called Changsheng Island" Li Chao stood on the shore of Changsheng Island and asked Cui Jin.
"Brother-in-law, I heard that Qin Shi Huang wanted to get the elixir of life, and sent Xu Fu to lead five hundred boys and girls to the sea to find the elixir.
After searching for a long time at sea to no avail, he later got a message from an immortal, so he sent people to take more than ten pairs of boys and girls, took a boat to cut the waves, and found the island.
But see that the scenery of this island is almost the same as Penglai, Abbot, and Yingzhou three islands, and there are clear springs gushing out of the stream on the island, which are sweet and refreshing. ” The mountains are full of thorny jujubes, its taste is sour and sweet, eat it, awaken the wisdom and benefit the heart.
I also saw a large group of amusement animals in the sea, the body was a long foot, dark gray, fleshy and thorny, eating it, delicious and smooth.
After eating for a long time, it is not sick because its appearance is like Changbai Mountain ginseng, and its function is also similar to ginseng, so it is named "sea ginseng".
"So, a group of people took this island as their home, lived and multiplied, passed down from generation to generation, some people lived to be more than 100 years old, and then outsiders questioned, the people on the island only returned to live on Changsheng Island, so this island in the sea became Changsheng Island."
Li Chao nodded.
This is indeed the origin of the name of Changsheng Island, but it is unknown whether the people on the island were originally boys and girls under Xu Fu of the Qin Dynasty.
But the environment of Changsheng Island is very good, and the surrounding area is indeed rich in seafood, sea cucumbers and so on.
Even in later generations, Changsheng Island was an excellent breeding farm.
Circling around the island, you will get to this treasure place more and more.
Changxing Island has excellent port resources, and the coastline that can be used is more than 60 miles.
The water is deep, the waves are small, not silted, not frozen, of which the near-shore is seven zhang, and the deep-water shore is about one zhang and seven, and the port construction conditions are excellent, and the deep-water berth is built.
It is also very suitable for building shipyards.
After Li Chao looked around, he already planned to build a commercial port and a shipyard here.
The people of the island made a living from fishing, farming, and hunting.
Dock.
The Goguryeo islanders on the island are now all arrested and locked up in a prisoner camp on the docks, with more than 3,000 people.
The people of the island barely resisted, and they couldn't resist anything, and when this huge fleet landed, they thought that the Tang ships had come here to rely on supplies, and they were carrying all kinds of local products to sell.
"Another good bonus."
Cheng Yanjin said with a smile.
It is indeed a good harvest, in less than half a month, the fleet has gone to sea from Dengzhou, which has swept the Wuhu Islands, Shimajin, Qingniwa, Changsheng Island, and Changshan Islands.
In addition to those gains, the biggest gain is the loss of nearly 60,000 people.
The population of these places has almost not fallen into their hands.
Li Chao and Cheng Yanjin have the largest share in the fleet, and they can get a lot of each time.
Li Chao has a population of more than 10,000, and Cheng Yanjin has also divided a small 5,000.
A population of 5,000, even if it includes the elderly, weak, women and children, it is very remarkable.
Nowadays, there is a shortage of labor everywhere in Datang, and the price of slaves is rising steadily, 5,000 slaves, but money can't buy them.
"Do you need so many slaves, you don't need it, you can sell them to me, and I will definitely give you a high price."
Li Chao smiled at Cheng Jindao.
Cheng Yanjin directly refused.
"My Cheng family is also short of people, although my family's territory is not as much as yours, but it also has territory.
Moreover, now that the imperial court has opened up the frontier and expanded the territory, the land in the frontier is very cheap, and I have not bought less.
Sugarcane is grown in the southeast, tea is grown in the southwest, cotton is planted in the northwest, and cattle and sheep are raised.
Moreover, our Cheng family has also contracted a lot of mines, which requires the most manpower. ” Old Cheng chattered.
"I'm also short of people now, didn't you say that the imperial court will definitely strike the rent and mediocrity, implement the two tax laws, apportionment into the mu, and not suppress mergers.
I'm going to take the opportunity to buy some more land, and I'm going to need people then. ” If there are slaves, it is indeed more profitable to use the slaves to cultivate directly than to give the tenants a sharecrop.
Li Chao unabashedly despised Cheng Biting Jin.
"I said Uncle Cheng, why do you still have the eyes of an old man.
Looking at this era, although buying land to build a manor seems to be the safest way to invest money, it is actually the same as exchanging money for gold and burying it underground, which is the stupidest way to manage money. ” "Think about it, the imperial court does not suppress annexation, for what is, of course, because the development of industry and commerce can bring more tax revenue.
On the other hand, it is also because the population of the imperial court is large enough and the amount of land is also large, coupled with the increase in the number of acres of land reclaimed in recent years, and the intensive cultivation of fertilization and breeding, as well as the new type of plough and harrow and better agricultural tools, have greatly increased the yield per mu. ” The increase in the number of acres of fields, the improvement of the level of agriculture, and the increase in yield per mu have anything to do with Li Chao, of course, it is related, and it is an extremely important relationship.
If we want capitalism to sprout, or even to develop industry and commerce, the most basic one is to increase the energy of agricultural production and grain production, so that more peasants can be liberated.
Grow more food with fewer farmers to meet the food needs of those who are not agricultural producers.
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In this way, more farmers can leave the land and devote themselves to industrial and commercial manufacturing.
Otherwise, why during the Qin and Han dynasties, it was necessary to suppress business and emphasize agriculture because the agricultural productivity was low at that time, and a large number of people had to invest in agricultural production in order to meet the food needed by the society.
There are not enough people to cultivate, and there is not enough food to fill the stomachs of the people of the world, so there is no talk of industrial and commercial development.
Therefore, the basis of all this is the improvement of the level of agricultural production, the large population base, and the high grain output.
And since the current level of agricultural production has a good foundation and the number of fields is large, grain cultivation is not a good business.
When food is no longer a scarce commodity, then the output of land will be much more profitable.
In contrast, industry and commerce are flourishing today, especially in trade, and if you put money into it, you can get a very high profit.
This income may even be several times or even ten times that of investing in land for planting.
This is like the rapid rise in prices in later generations, and the money stored in the bank to eat interest, then it may not be able to catch up with the level of inflation.
Keeping money in the bank to eat interest is a very stupid way.
And housing prices are soaring, if you use the money to buy a house, even if it is to maintain value, it is definitely more cost-effective than saving in the bank.
It's the same now, it's stupid to invest money in buying land.
The land is not worth much now, the income from land output is less, and the cycle is too long to rely on the income of the land to recoup the investment of buying land.
"Although doing business is profitable, there is always a feeling of having no roots."
Lao Cheng said.
"That's why I said you're stupid.
You do business and make a lot of quick money, and then you can use this money to run your family's territory, and even buy new territory from the emperor.
Isn't it more cost-effective to buy territory than if you buy those fields?"
If you buy a piece of land, you are just a landlord, and you can't be exempted from taxes and reduce taxes, and the taxes have been increased under the new tax law.
But if you buy a territory, you are a lord, which is completely different from a landlord.
When you have money, you can do more things.
"Will Your Majesty still sell the territory, I sold so much last time, I feel that I won't sell it easily next time."
Cheng Yanjin's worries are also reasonable, the territory, how can the emperor sell it easily.
"Don't worry, once there will be twice."
Li Chao smiled, "You can think like this, this time the emperor can take out the Liaodong of the Goguryeo people to sell."
It is difficult to guarantee that the emperor will not sell the Southern Barbarians, the Northeast Wilderness, Taixi and other places beyond the reach of the imperial court next time. ” "This can also be sold," Cheng Yanjin exclaimed.
"What's not to do, the emperor sold those places that the whip can't reach and can't control to the heroes, which is not only a reward for the heroes, but also makes money.
Even the imperial court didn't have to go to these places in person, and then the lords could find their own ways to open up and seize those territories. ” The land was not recaptured, and the court sold it for money anyway, and rewarded the heroes.
If the land is taken away, the court does not spend money, but it adds new territory.
After all, according to the system, although the lords are the lords of the fiefdoms, the garrisons, civil affairs, taxes, etc. of the territory are all owned by the imperial court, and the biggest privilege of the lords is actually to enjoy taxes and own land.
But the garrison, administration, justice, and taxation of the territory are still in the hands of the imperial court.
Therefore, if the lords can really open up territory for the emperor, it will be too late for the emperor to be happy.
"I think it's so shameless."
Li Chao said with a smile, "It's not so much shamelessness as it is called Wudao."
Empty gloves white wolf, this is something that only the imperial court can do.
Of course, if you can really get the territory, even if you spend money to form mercenaries and take the land back, it is worth it. ” "Then according to what you say, the way out for us people in the future is to find a way to get more territory for our family," Cheng Yanjin asked.
"No, first of all, you have to have money, and in the future, the most profitable ones are no longer the landlords, but the ones who are engaged in industry and commerce, and industry and commerce, and industry and commerce are the most profitable in the future.
And after we have money, we will develop our territory, which is the direction of our development in the future. ” Li Chao described a new road to Cheng Yanjin in the future, a road that had never been seen in previous dynasties.
"Make money, be a lord," Cheng Yanjin shook his head, "Why do I always feel that something is not right." ” "Of course, it's not so simple, for example, in the future, the imperial court will definitely be more biased towards the imperial examination, and the family will definitely be greatly restricted in the future.
For example, we are the families of the nobles of the real lords, although we have a territory, but the impact on the current situation of the imperial court is definitely less, unless we also let our children and grandchildren study, and then participate in the imperial examination. ” "Well, in the future, the children of our nobles will also take the road of the imperial examination."
Li Chao nodded affirmatively, "In the future, the imperial examination will definitely be the mainstream, and only by taking the imperial examination can you go further, and those who rely on the shadow of the door will definitely only be non-mainstream." ” "I'm rubbing, how do I feel that what you said sounds so mysterious, the nobles of our dignified territories will be excluded from the power field of the Tang Dynasty in the future" "It's not like that, we have money and territory, if we can actively adapt to the new set, will our children still suffer in the imperial examination We have such a strong family backing, network resources, will our children be inferior to those who come out of the poor after they come out" Li Chao said very confidently, "You don't have to worry too much, as long as we follow the trend, we are still the ones who stand at the top."
Unless, you buck the trend. ” Cheng Yanjin was still surprised.
"I can't imagine that it will really develop into a day like that."
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