Chapter 35, Liu Jin is nonsense
On the second floor of the Moon Tower, more and more people gathered at this time, the table was already full, and many people who came from behind could only stand, and the shopkeeper of the restaurant was also among them.
Everyone was deeply attracted by the golden continent depicted by Liu Jin, the vast, fertile land, full of gold, the city built with gold, and the grain that yielded dozens of stones per mu.
While being attracted, everyone's eyes were full of disbelief, because this was really beyond everyone's cognition, and they always felt that Liu Jin was bragging and nonsense.
"Of the three crops, potatoes are very hardy, more hardy than wheat, and they can even be grown on the Siberian plains north of Tatar and Warat."
"Sweet potatoes and corn are very drought tolerant, they don't need good fields to grow at all, they can be grown in places where there is not much water, and we don't have any problems in the south and north of the Ming Dynasty."
Liu Jin looked at everyone, smiled and continued.
"Next, let's talk about Siam and south of Annam, these areas are the South Seas, Zheng He visited these areas when he went to the West, and many countries in these regions have come to pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty."
"There is not much land in the South Seas, all of them are islands, but these places are also very fertile, unlike the areas north of Tatar and Warat."
"The further you go south, the higher the temperature, the more precipitation, in these areas of the South Seas, where the four seasons are like summer, and the end of the year is very hot, here the rice can be harvested three times a year, and because the land is fertile, the precipitation is abundant, and the sunshine is sufficient, the rice yield here can exceed ten stones."
"In addition to the fertile land, these areas of the South Seas are also home to valuable spices, patches and patches of rosewood, and a variety of fruits that will not be broken all year round."
"The barbarians here are very lazy, because they only need to scatter the seeds on the ground to have endless food, and there are endless fruits on the roadside and in the mountains and forests all year round, and they don't need to work as hard as our people in the Ming Dynasty."
Liu Jin turned his direction to the south and continued to paint on the white cloth, saying as he painted.
"The South Seas sail southeast from Luzon to a huge continent that we might call Australia."
"The Australian continent is also extremely rich in resources, there are a lot of gold, silver, copper, iron ore, and in the southeast of the Australian continent, the land here is as fertile as the land of the Golden Continent, and it is also very flat and open, and it is an endless plain."
"The barbarians here are the same as the barbarians in the Golden Continent, they are also very backward, they can't even build iron tools, and they still use things made of stone."
Liu Jin's words are full of endless temptation, it seems that as long as our Ming people pass over, this Australia can immediately take this place for themselves, and have the endless land and rich resources here.
Liu Jin said slowly, the people on the second floor of the entire Moon Tower also listened quietly, after the shock of the Golden Continent, everyone seemed to have become accustomed to it, purely listening to Liu Jin here nonsense and bragging.
"Next, let's look further to the west, to the west, this is Tianzhu, but also a heaven-sent land, the land here is very fertile, almost all the land can be used to cultivate food, there is an island in the southeast of Tianzhu, Ceylon Island, Ceylon Island is rich in gems."
"The production of gems here is very large, and the quality of the gems is very high, and there are all kinds of gemstones, so it's like a gem island."
"This Tianzhu and Ceylon, everyone should know, Zheng He also went to this place when he went to the West, and the Buddhism that many people believe in also originated in Tianzhu, but now in Tianzhu, Buddhism has long been replaced by other religions, and only here on the island of Ceylon, Buddhism still has a very high status, and everyone believes in it."
"Nanyang, Tianzhu, Ceylon, integrate the Western Ocean, you must check it out after you go back."
When the middle-aged man heard this, a smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth, the Golden Continent, Australia and the like in front of him are too far away, and this Liu Jin sounds like he is talking nonsense.
However, he still knows more or less about the situation in Tianzhu, Ceylon, and Nanyang, especially with a large amount of information left by Zheng He from his trip to the West for production and examination.
"To the west of Tianzhu is Persia, Dashi, and the Ottoman Empire, and this place is relatively desert, many places are deserts, there is not much gold, silver, or anything, and there are no particularly noteworthy food crops."
"However, this area is the intersection of three continents, and its strategic location is very important, it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and there are many civilizations and powerful empires that have risen, weakened, and perished here, and the civilization and history are no worse than ours."
After saying this, Liu Jin began to draw the outlines of Europe and Africa on the white cloth.
"Further west, here is the European continent, here is the African continent, and there is a Mediterranean Sea in between."
"Let's talk about Europe first, the land here in Europe is also very fertile, the climate is similar to our northern Ming Dynasty, the civilization here is very strong, and the Mongols have hit Europe as far as they could."
"Europeans are very adventurous, and their artillery technology, shipbuilding skills are very good, astronomy, mathematics, painting, and many other aspects are already more advanced than us."
"Europeans are very fond of the silk and porcelain produced in our Ming Dynasty, and a silk woven in the south of the Yangtze River is only about one or two silver in our Ming Dynasty, but in Europe, it can be compared with gold of the same weight."
"The people in this region of Persia, Dashi, and the Ottoman Empire made a lot of money by selling silk and porcelain from our Ming side to Europe."
"In addition, Europeans don't like bathing, they think that bathing breeds diseases, so they all have a very strong smell on their bodies, so they are very fond of spices."
"If we could sell spices from the South Seas to Europe, they could be equated with gold, where spices are just weeds everywhere."
When it comes to Europe, Liu Jin is more about the people here, and the popularity of silk and porcelain here.
There were many businessmen at the scene, and after hearing Liu Jin's words, their eyes widened one by one, and then they began to redden, as if they were about to move.
"Let's talk about Africa, Africa is also a very vast and rich continent, Zheng He once went to the farthest west of the Western Ocean and also went here, to the northeast coast of Africa, and called this place the Wooden Bone Dushu."
"Africa is extremely rich in resources, gold, white clouds, ivory, diamonds, precious stones, etc., and the land here is also very fertile, with abundant precipitation and a very mild climate, which is very suitable for farming."
"But the barbarians here are very backward and very special, the barbarians here are black, the skin is very black, as black as charcoal, the Kunlun slaves in the Tang Dynasty are talking about blacks from Africa."
"Because the land in Africa is so fertile, like the Nanyang area, you can have endless food by just sowing a little seed, and there are always endless fruits and all kinds of fruits on the roadside and in the woods, so people here are very lazy."
"They haven't developed any civilization, they can't even smelt iron, they can't even build decent cities, they don't have their own language, they don't have their own writing, they don't have any inheritance, they are extremely backward."
Liu Jin finished talking about Africa in one go, and then hurriedly took a sip of tea, his throat was smoking, and then he swept around with his eyes, and everyone was shocked by the world depicted by Liu Jin, and they were all stunned, not knowing what they were thinking.