Liuqiu Port, the base camp of the Li family to run Liuqiu.
To Fan Lubing's surprise, it was actually very lively here, although it was not as good as Quanzhou Port, but there were many ships.
The harbor is dotted with white sails, and countless ships are moored.
At the port terminal, a large number of laborers are loading and unloading goods.
Near the pier, a tall castle stands.
The castle doesn't look too big, but it's strong enough.
In particular, the shape of this castle is strange, the city wall is not straight, but as uneven as a wave, some like the enemy horse, but not the same.
"These are the fleets of the Nankai Trading Company and the Treasure Island Trading Company, which has been bustling here since last year.
Shiploads of immigrants came from the Central Plains and never stopped.
In addition, cattle, horses, donkeys, mules, and various commodities have been brought in from outside the island.
It turned out that grain and other food had been transported from the Central Plains, and it was not until this year that the island began to be self-sufficient. ” Looking at so many ships, Fan Cheng couldn't help but be surprised, it seemed that the Li family was really spending a lot of money to run this island.
"Fortunately, now it's finally starting to make in."
Li Chao said with a smile.
There are many deer herds on the treasure island, and deer skin is a very good commodity, and it is extremely popular in the Central Plains and Dongying.
The Li family steward in charge of Liuqiu introduced to Li Chao and Fan Lubing with a smile, "In the last year alone, we have purchased 100,000 deer skins on the island, and in addition, we have grown rice ourselves and obtained 300,000 stone of rice.
In addition, last year, we also planted sugarcane, processed 20,000 stone of sugar, and we also planted ginger and cotton, and we also harvested a lot. ” Taiwan's fertile land, high temperature, high temperature, and abundant rainfall are extremely favorable for the development of agricultural planting.
The Li family steward has been here for more than a year, and he has become more and more fond of this place.
"Thirty thousand stone rice in one Chinese New Year's Eve, not bad."
Li Chao was very satisfied, but Gao Lubing was shocked. 300,000 stones, or rice, which means that at least 500,000 stones of rice are harvested.
"Is the yield per acre high here?"
he asked.
"High, very high, the yield per mu is at least three stones, and two crops.
You can even plant some rape and radish in winter.
The steward's words made Gao Lubing a little incredulous.
Three stones in one season, six stones in two seasons, and one more season can be planted in winter, this harvest is too high.
"There is plenty of rain here, so it's easier to plant, and you don't have to spend too much effort to build water conservancy facilities, just dig some ditches.
We have adopted intensive farming methods such as seed selection and seedling raising, fertilization and weeding, and also transported tens of thousands of ploughing cattle from the Central Plains, coupled with new agricultural tools to ensure the yield.
He smiled and said, "The Shanyi here also farm, but do you know how they grow it, slash-and-burn farming."
They planted the land directly and burned the wasteland, and after burning, they planted grain, and the means were extremely primitive, but the harvest was actually not bad. ” Speaking of this, he sighed again and again.
In his opinion, those people don't know how to farm at all, burn the wasteland, burn the grass with a fire, and then simply scatter the seeds, neither selecting seeds nor raising seedlings, let alone ploughing the ground.
After planting, there is no management, it is all dependent on the sky.
And they only grow one crop a year.
A piece of land is often planted for a year or two, and then it is burned down and planted again.
Slash-and-burn farming, burning wasteland and farming, these people also know that the ashes after burning are fertile.
Although their cultivation methods are quite backward, they have a lot of land, and they plant freely, plant widely and harvest little, but they also have a lot of harvest, and they also fish, hunt, and breed, and do not have to worry about eating and drinking.
"In this way, this is a fairy land on earth."
Gao Lubing exclaimed.
Before he came, he really thought that this was just a small island hanging overseas, and a group of uncivilized primitive Shanyi people on the island drank blood.
And now at this point, people can also hunt and breed, and also grow grain, the conditions here are still so good, the land is fertile, and the grain is abundant, their life is actually much better than that of the Central Plains.
"That's not to say, the land on the island is indeed fertile, but there are many Shanyi tribes here, and they are divided into many alliances according to blood.
As far as we know by now, there are at least a hundred different languages spoken on the island, and the various tribal confederations do not have a good relationship with each other, and they have the custom of hunting for heads.
There will be a period of time every year when the grass headhunter is headhunting, and these people are not purely headhunters because of grudges, there are various reasons for headhunting. ” "Headhunter in the Grass" "It's killing people and cutting off their heads."
The steward said very plainly.
"They may hunt for heads because of grudges, or they may hunt for heads in the mountains and forests, or they may simply hunt for adulthood, or even just for glory.
The Shanyi on the island attach great importance to glory, and also regard headhunting as a kind of glory, but also because of headhunting, the relationship between the tribes here is tense, and there will be mutual headhunting every year, and there are even frequent wars between tribes, resulting in countless casualties. ” Gao Lubing was a little unable to understand this behavior, did he hold on to it when he was full It's a good day, but it's like this "It's their tradition."
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Li Chao can understand.
On such a large, closed island, the culture is not enlightened, productivity is low, and the pressure on the tribe to survive is great.
In order to ensure the courage of the tribe and protect the clansmen, the tribes will often fight for hunting grounds, etc., and gradually, there is a headhunting custom, which is also a way to ensure the combat effectiveness of the tribe.
"Are these Shanyi going to attack us?"
Gao Lubing felt that this place was not so beautiful, and it turned out that there were also vicious mountains here.
The ship entered the port, the pallet was lowered, and Li Chao took the lead and walked off the ship.
Stepping on the dock, a group of people came to greet them, including the stewards of the Li family and the stewards of several major trading houses.
After greeting them, Li Chao went directly to the castle.
Liuqiu Fort is actually not very big, it is a castle that can accommodate a thousand people, there are many houses in it, the city wall is very high, this is a fortress, there is no fire dead end, and there is a high foundation, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Not far from the castle is the castle.
It is said to be a city, but it is actually a commercial market town, where there are many shops, many houses, and most of the workshops are concentrated here, and the warehouse area is also in this area.
Hospitals, schools, and even a Taoist temple, a Buddhist temple, and a Confucian temple.
Although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs.
The city is neatly planned, with two cross streets, and the entire city is planned into nine blocks.
The various functional areas are clustered together, and the city and the city walls are also included.
However, because the construction time was not long, the castle was still only an earth and stone wall, about a foot high, not strong, and there was no moat, only a moat that was neither wide nor deep enough.
"We are still strengthening and improving, and we plan to widen and strengthen the city wall in three years, and the moat will be dug wider and deeper."
Seeing Li Chao looking at the city wall and the ditch, the steward hurriedly said.
"In that case, the current city area will not be large enough, and I suggest that the existing city can be changed to an inner city at that time, and another city area can be built outside the current city wall, and the outer city area will also be built with a city wall."
The speed of development of Ryugu is very fast, and there is no conflict with the mountain Yi on the island at the moment, and it is a period of rapid development.
The Central Plains has a large population, and as long as Li Chaoken insists on those preferential immigration conditions, a large number of people will come.
After all, in the Central Plains, there are still many places that are densely populated, and there are also many places where the conditions are poor, and they are not suitable for farming, or where there are nine disasters in ten years.
Asking for such a treasure land, there must be people who are willing to come.
Of course, Li Chao guarded the treasure island, and he didn't plan to just farm the fields.
Growing food is just needed, but Li Chao plans to be able to meet the island's self-sufficiency is enough, and it is good to have more varieties.
You don't have to grow all of it, because the climatic conditions here are so good, of course, you should develop some cash crops, such as sugarcane and cotton.
Last year, Li Chao planted cotton in Longyoushuofang and other places, and the harvest was not bad.
With several machines designed by Li Chao, it is easy to remove seeds, and cotton is spun into cotton cloth.
In terms of cost, it is actually similar to growing hemp, but the price of cotton cloth is the price of silk, or even more expensive.
The muslin cloth that Li Kee put on the market last year became a high-end textile with a high price, and only those nobles, bureaucrats and wealthy businessmen consumed it.
Cotton cloth can be sold at this high price, one is because there was also a small amount of cotton cloth on the market in the past, mainly imported from the Western Regions, which was also expensive.
Second, cotton cloth is indeed much more comfortable than linen.
Li Chao believes that maybe in a few years, the price of cotton cloth will slowly decline, but at least in the past few years, before the output has risen, only the middle and high-end are still very marketable.
Cotton, cotton, quilts, this is rarely welcomed.
Especially in the north, cotton clothes are more comfortable than leather robes.
The climate of Treasure Island is very suitable for growing cotton.
Immigrants come for free and enjoy three years of free land and five and a half years of tax.
However, as long as Li Chao gives the immigrants excellent prospects, such as setting a purchase price contract first, and then letting the immigrants plant cotton and sugarcane, they have a guarantee, of course, they will not refuse, after all, it can be more profitable than growing food, who will refuse.
In addition to cultivation, the fishing industry on Treasure Island is also promising. whaling, whale oil processing, and fish product processing.
There are also mines on the island, timber.
Liuqiu's coal resources are excellent, and the reserves of gold, silver, copper and iron are not small.
For Li Chao, Liuqiu is an inexhaustible mountain of gold.
The upfront investment is larger, but the return is greater.
The Liuqiu Fort is heavily guarded, and ordinary people are forbidden to enter, and it is guarded by the Li family's Jiading team, which is said to be the Jiading team, but in fact, it is the guard force on Liuqiu Island at this time, and it is also armed.
This is a military fort.
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The really lively is still the Liuqiu City not far away, but Gao Lubing saw many people walking outside the city, leading horses and carts.
"Where are they going?"
"Today is the 10th day of the fourth month, and we have made an agreement with the nearby Shanyi village to go to the market every ten days.
The makeshift bazaar is located between a few villages, not far from our castle of Ryuqiu. ” "Do you want to trade with Shanyi, why don't you just let Shanyi come to Liuqiu City to trade?"
asked Gao Lubing.
The steward replied with a smile, "The Shanyi don't dare to come, besides, we don't feel too worried about letting the Shanyi enter the city now, let's take our time." ” t1706231537: