Ryukyu Castle.

After nearly a month of busyness, the sugarcane in the entire Ryukyu Castle has been harvested, and the whole Ryukyu Castle is filled with the aroma of cane sugar.

Li Yuanshan returned to Ryukyu City again, seeing that the New Year was coming soon, everyone was busy for a year, the sugarcane harvest was bumper, the sugar was sold, and the shareholders of Ryukyu City made a lot of money, as a qualified capitalist, Liu Jin knew that if he wanted the horses to run fast, he had to give the horses enough to eat.

So Li Yuanshan came to fulfill Liu Jin's promise this time - to give year-end bonuses to the employees of Ryukyu City.

On the huge open space of Ryukyu Castle, the employees of Ryukyu Castle gathered together, boxes and boxes of silver dollars with white flowers were carried out, and a person who read his name came to the stage one after another to receive his own year-end bonus.

Liu Jin is very generous, this time's year-end bonus, there are as few as five or six silver dollars, as for outstanding employees, who work hard, the year-end bonus can get more than a dozen silver dollars, and the highest even gets dozens of silver dollars.

Of course, these are the year-end bonuses of ordinary employees, as for the general person in charge of Ryukyu City like Li Yuanshan, his year-end bonus is very generous, Liu Jin waved his hand here, and directly gave Li Yuanshan a year-end bonus of more than 2,000 taels of silver.

Other management is also according to the level and position and so on have corresponding year-end bonuses, less than hundreds of taels of silver, a few hundred taels of silver is very common.

In addition to distributing the year-end bonus in the silver, in order to promote the development of Ryukyu here, Liu Jin also tried his best to come up with another way.

That's the reward land!

The land on this side of the Ryukyus didn't need a penny for Liu Jin at all, but Liu Jin brazenly took it out and rewarded it to his employees below.

Li Yuanshan, the chief manager, directly rewarded thousands of acres of land, amount, a piece of wasteland, and reclaimed it himself.

The other managers at all levels below also rewarded hundreds of acres of land, and Liu Jin was very generous in this regard, basically hundreds of acres of land.

Even everyone who works here in Ryukyu City, Liu Jin is very generous in rewarding land, any employee, at least dozens of acres of land, and those who work hard are rewarded with hundreds of acres of land.

Anyway, you don't need Liu Jin to waste a penny, just circle a piece of wasteland, reward it to you, and you go to reclaim it yourself.

Of course, Liu Jin didn't really reward him arbitrarily, all of the land that Liu Jin rewarded was land to be cultivated near Ryukyu Castle, and even cement roads had been repaired.

In addition to the fact that these lands have not been reclaimed, the transportation is very convenient, they are close to Ryukyu Castle, the safety is guaranteed, and more importantly, these people have been here in the Ryukyus, and they all know that the land in the Ryukyus is fertile, that there is abundant rain and sunshine, and that they obviously know the value of these lands.

Otherwise, if Liu Jin really rewarded a piece of wild land to these people, these people would not go to reclaim it, let alone be happy, but would feel that Liu Jin was playing tricks on them.

But these lands outside the Ryukyus are different, except for the lack of reclamation, all other aspects are very good, and if you reclaim it, it is definitely the best good land, whether it is used to grow rice or sugarcane, it is very good.

After sending out the silver and rewarding the land, seeing that the New Year is coming soon, according to tradition, Ryukyu City is also a holiday for everyone, and fully considering that everyone is far away from home, and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth, so Liu Jin also gave these employees of Ryukyu City a full 20-day vacation.

In twenty days, even these people who immigrated to Ryukyu City from Henan can return to their hometown of Henan and pretend to be forced.

Liu Jin gave them enough time to go home, gave them silver, and gave them land, naturally so that they could return to their hometown in style.

Each and every one of them can become a living propaganda trumpet, which in turn can attract more people to immigrate to the Ryukyus.

You must know that everyone has land, and it is dozens of acres of land casually, which is the root of life for people in this era, and it is something that has been passed down from generation to generation, and no one will easily give it up.

Therefore, Liu Jin also believes that after these people return to their hometowns, they will definitely bring more people out, and their land will be reclaimed, and they must not panic, they must plant something, which means that more people are needed.

If Ryukyu City came to recruit these people, the cost would be very high, but because the land was their own, and they came to Ryukyu by themselves, then naturally there was no need for Ryukyu Castle to be responsible.

Naturally, more and more people will come to the Ryukyus without having to bear any burden.

This is Liu Jin's plan.

The reason is also very simple, only when it is involved in one's own interests, people will have enough motivation.

……

Yang Dalang packed his package and prepared to return to Quanzhou, Fujian.

As the steward of Ryukyu City, although he is still a low-level steward, this year-end bonus is also a year-end bonus of more than two hundred taels of silver, plus the moon ringing that he got in almost a year, he earned almost three hundred taels of silver in less than a year, and all of them were saved, and one tael of silver was not moved.

Ryukyu Castle is full of food and shelter here, and there is no place to spend the silver, so all the silver is saved and put into the baggage, which is heavy.

In addition to the year-end bonus, Yang Dalang also received a reward of more than 100 acres of land, he has already gone to see it, the location is very good, just on the side of the road that has just been repaired, and the river, as long as it is reclaimed, it is definitely a first-class paddy field.

He has even planned that next year, he will plant more than a dozen acres of rice on his land, and the rest will be used to grow sugarcane.

Ryukyu Castle has already said that next year, all the sugarcane grown on everyone's own land will be purchased here in Ryukyu Castle, and the price is also quite good.

"I definitely can't do it alone, but when I go back, I will take my parents, my brothers and sisters, and when the time comes, I will build a house in the village planned outside Ryukyu Castle, reclaim the land, and settle here in the Ryukyus in the future."

Yang Dalang's mind has already planned next year's things.

"Da Lang, Da Lang, have you cleaned up?"

At this time, Yang Ergou's voice sounded, he was carrying a burden, his face was full of smiles, and he looked like he couldn't wait to return to his hometown immediately.

"Okay~Okay~"

Yang Dalang looked at the place where he had lived for nearly a year, and walked outside with his baggage.

"Go, go, if you don't leave, you won't be able to catch the boat back to Quanzhou~"

Yang Ergou said as he walked, looking very anxious.

Soon, the two came to the wharf, where large ships were moored at Hewan Wharf, and now there are regular ships going back and forth to Tianjin, Fujian, Suzhou and Hangzhou.

"Quanzhou~Quanzhou~"

Here in a big boat, someone kept shouting, Yang Dalang and Yang Ergou also hurriedly walked over, boarded the boat, and waited quietly.

There were still a lot of employees recruited from Quanzhou on the Ryukyu Castle side, so soon, the ship was full of people returning to Quanzhou, and at the same time, it was also full of goods and sailed towards Quanzhou.

Ryukyu and Fujian are very close to each other, so it doesn't take too long to take a boat ride at all, leaving in the morning, and by the afternoon, the ship has already arrived in Quanzhou.

"Haha, I haven't been back for months, and I can't wait."

Along the way, Yang Ergou seemed very excited and happy, and walked from Quanzhou to his hometown Dongmei Village.

But now it's different, the wind is blowing under your feet, walking fast, and there is no intention of resting at all.

In fact, Yang Dalang's mood at this moment is the same, the whole person seems very excited, he has been away from home for a few months, to be honest, he is really homesick.

When he was here in Ryukyu Castle, he missed his parents and his younger siblings for countless days and nights, and wanted to go back and see them.

Now, I'm finally going home, and it's definitely a mixed up now.

When they went, the two of them were dressed in tatters, they didn't even have shoes, and they were skinny, but now, both of them were wearing brand-new satin cotton clothes, and comfortable shoes under their feet, and they were also full of oily and new looks.

What is more important is this mental outlook.

When I went, he was a country boy who had never seen the world, he didn't understand anything, and he was very timid, but now he is a person who has seen the world, and Yang Dalang is even able to read and break words.

There are also newspapers sent from Tianjin in Ryukyu City, and through the newspapers, everyone can understand the changes in the outside world and know the current affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and the whole person has become more confident and knowledgeable.

It is not an exaggeration to describe the earth-shaking changes.

The two walked quickly, Dongmei Village was not too far from Quanzhou City, and gradually the familiar village slowly appeared in the field of vision of the two.

At the entrance of the village, you can already see some familiar figures, gathering together with each other, chatting in twos and threes.

"Everything hasn't changed, it's still exactly the same as before~"

Yang Dalang looked at the familiar appearance of the village, and the whole person felt very cordial.

"Yes, nothing has changed~"

Yang Ergou also sighed, since he was a child, he has never left Dongmei Village for more than three days, and he has never left the surrounding radius of fifty miles, but this time he went out, but he left for nearly a year at once, and he went to Ryukyu all at once.

Coming back again, the whole person is naturally indispensable to sigh.

At the entrance of Dongmei Village, many villagers gathered together, and Yang Dalang's father Yang Laogen and mother Huang were also among them, chatting with the people around them.

"Lao Gen, this is more than a month away from the New Year, when will your eldest man come back?"

Someone asked about Yang Laogen and said.

"I don't know, I don't know if I'll be able to come back."

Yang Laogen sighed and said, this eldest son has gone to Ryukyu, he must be worried, how is this Yang Dalang, and there is no news back now.

"I see, eighty percent of them can't come back, how close is Ryukyu to our Fujian, if there is any news, they would have come back a long time ago, maybe they were deceived into being pirates."

Yang Liang couldn't help but smile and said.

"I've also heard that there are pirates on the Ryukyu side, and I don't know if it's true or not."

"Probably not, it's all from the government, most of them are still busy doing things here in the Ryukyus, and when things are done, they will definitely come."

"Come back?"

"Thinking about it too much, how can it be close, at least it should be there to ask someone to bring a message or something, but there is no news so far."

The villagers discussed, the village is very small, and big things can be talked about for ten days and half a month, not to mention the matter of Yang Dalang and Yang Ergou going to Ryukyu.

They have been discussing this matter for more than half a year.

I have to mention it every three or five days, which makes Yang Laogen and Huang also very ugly, so far there is no news of Yang Dalang, and I am very worried in my heart, but there is nothing I can do but pray silently.

"Who are those two people?"

At this time, someone saw Yang Dalang and Yang Ergou who were walking towards this Dongmei Village.

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked over one by one.

"Dalang?"

Yang Laogen looked at it, and immediately wiped his eyes in disbelief, the person who came over was very different from the Da Lang in his memory, although he looked very similar on the outside, but he was a little afraid to recognize it.

This is his own son?

How good clothes and shoes to wear, the key is that he still has his hair, his face is ruddy, and he can't see the shadow of Yang Dalang before, if he wants to say that he is the son in the city, he believes it, and he definitely can't believe that this is his son.

"Haha~We're back~"

Yang Ergou hurriedly ran over, shouting excitedly as he ran.

"Two dogs?"

When the villagers heard this, they looked at it carefully, and they were all in disbelief.

"Haha, it's me, I'm back with Da Lang~"

Yang Ergou shouted loudly, and soon came to the entrance of the village, looked at each other, and looked at Yang Ergou and Yang Dalang with wide eyes.

"It's really Ergouzi and Dalang~"

Yang Liang was dumbfounded, this is still Yang Dalang and Yang Ergou in his memory.

"Haha, of course it is, if it's fake."

Yang Ergou was full of smiles.

"Dad, Mother~"

Big Brother Yang recognized his father and mother at a glance, and came to their side and shouted.

"Okay~Okay, just come back~"

Yang Laogen and Huang looked at their son carefully, and couldn't help but nod excitedly and said.

"Ergouzi, Yang Dalang, how did you become like this?"

Yang Liang looked at Yang Dalang, and then at Yang Ergou, the whole person was dumbfounded, this is still the little friend he is familiar with?