Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 34, Golden Continent
What is the concept of hundreds of millions of taels of silver? Now, the annual tax silver of the Ming Dynasty will not exceed 300 million taels.

Now, unlike later generations, there has not been a large-scale inflow of silver from the Americas, and silver is still very precious and valuable. It was not until the late Ming Dynasty, when the inflow of silver was concealed, that the large-scale inflow of silver began to really increase, gradually replacing copper coins. It has become the main currency, and copper coins are still the main currency.

As soon as the figure of hundreds of millions of taels of silver came out, it was like a super bomb, blowing everyone into a dizzy state, and then everyone shook their heads again and again, unable to believe Liu Jin's words.

"I know that you may not believe my words, but the world is so big and full of wonders. An Iwami Silver Mine is nothing. There are more fascinating places in the world than this Iwami Silver Mine."

"That's the Golden Continent~"

Liu Jin looked at the people around him, ignored everyone's doubts, but continued to draw on the white cloth with a brush.

"Everyone, please see that to the east of Wa Kingdom, this is a very vast ocean, which we can call the Pacific Ocean."

"If we want to reach the Golden Continent, we can go all the way north from the Wa Kingdom, and then sail eastward from the northernmost point of the continent where we are, and then reach the northern part of the Golden Continent."

Liu Jin drew a route on the map. According to the route of later generations, he went north from Japan, arrived at the Bering Strait, and then went east to Alaska.

"Golden Continent is a very vast continent. The area of ​​Golden Continent is very large. From the north to the south, the area is about dozens of times as large as our Ming Dynasty."

"This is a heaven-sent land. The land is very fertile. There are very vast plains in the central and eastern parts of the Golden Continent. You can just scatter some seeds and wait for the harvest."

"In addition to the fertile land, the Golden Continent, the Golden Continent, you can tell from the name that here in the Golden Continent, there is almost gold everywhere. The natives here... well, the barbarians of the Golden Continent, they are still very backward, and they don't even know how to iron. Smelting, they love gold very much, and built huge golden cities with gold, and the bricks inside are all cast with gold."

Liu Jin exaggeratedly described the wealth, vast land, and endless gold of the Golden Continent. At the same time, he also pointed out that the barbarians in the Golden Continent are very easy to conquer. As long as you go there, you can take the gold as you like.

On the entire second floor, everyone was deeply attracted by the Golden Continent depicted by Liu Jin, and all of them widened their eyes, unbelievable, and at the same time understood why Liu Jin said that the Iwami Silver Mine in Wa Kingdom was not considered What's the matter, compared with gold, silver is naturally nothing.

It is too exaggerated to build cities with gold all over the place, but after hearing Liu Jin's description, some people's eyes turned red, and they wished they could go to the Golden Continent now to snatch the golden cities one by one. Light.

"Is there such a place in the world?"

"Golden Continent is full of gold, how is this possible?"

The middle-aged man shook his head again and again, Liu Jin's words were too exaggerated, it was like a fairy tale, it sounded like listening to myths and legends passed down from ancient times, unreachable and very absurd.

"In addition to the gold everywhere in the Golden Continent and the vast and fertile land that is very good for farming, there are also a few treasures in the Golden Continent."

Liu Jin looked at the faces of the crowd and showed a satisfied smile. What he wanted was this effect. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, first draw a big cake for people. Maybe the butterfly effect will slowly cause a chain reaction, which is hard to say.

"How many more babies?"

When everyone heard this, they immediately became more energetic. They really wanted to know what kind of things there were in the Golden Continent, and they also really wanted to know what kind of bullshit Liu Jin could make.

"As I said earlier, this Golden Continent is a land bestowed by God, a place favored by God."

Liu Jin took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, then looked at the crowd and continued.

"The food crops of our Ming Dynasty are mainly rice in the south, and wheat, chestnut rice, and sorghum in the north. Does anyone know how many acres of rice, wheat, and chestnut rice are produced?"

"I'm in the business of grain trading. I know a little bit. In the south of Ming Dynasty, rice is the main crop. Rice can be planted twice a year. Early rice and late rice. The top-grade paddy field. The combined yield of early rice and late rice can be about 5 stones per mu. , if it is a medium paddy field, it will only have an yield of about 4 shi per mu, and it will be even less in the field.”

"Wheat in the north is also divided into winter wheat and spring wheat. The combined output is about 4 shi per acre a year. As for the yield of chestnut rice, it is about 2 shi per acre."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, a businessman stood up and replied.

"Thank you very much for this friend."

Liu Jin bowed his hands to thank the other party, and the other party returned the gift very politely.

"You may find it strange why I'm talking about our Daming's grain production. What does this grain have to do with the treasures of the Golden Continent."

Then Liu Jin continued to mention the Golden Isle again, and everyone looked at the area of ​​the Golden Isle drawn by Liu Jin on the white cloth again.

"The most precious wealth of the Golden Continent is not the vast and fertile land, nor the gold that can be seen everywhere. Its most precious wealth is the three crops of the Golden Continent."

"These three crops are corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes. The yield of rice and wheat in our Daming is only about four to five stones per mu, but the yield of these three crops in the Golden Continent can easily reach the mu It produces 20 shi, like potatoes and sweet potatoes, its output can even exceed 30 shi, 40 shi."

"Do you think such crops are the most precious wealth?"

Liu Jin threw out a blockbuster again, throwing out corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.

"Impossible~ How could there be such a high-yield crop in the world."

The businessman who just answered the question and the handsome middle-aged man stood up and said in unison.

"This is absolutely impossible~"

"Yeah, how could there be grains produced by dozens of stones per mu? This is still grain. Why have we never heard of it?"

"If it is possible to produce tens of stones per mu, there will be no hungry people in this world, everyone will be able to eat enough, and there will even be a lot of food left over."

After the other people were shocked, they all shook their heads. No one would believe the grain yield of dozens of stones per mu. You must know that although gold and land are precious, the most precious thing is grain, because people can live without it. Gold can also be without land, but it cannot live without food.

"If there are such food crops, then these three things are really more precious than gold!"

The middle-aged man soon seemed to realize his gaffe, and slowly returned to the chair, muttering in his mouth.

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