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Liu Jin's house, Liu Jin is worried about how to carry out the compulsory military service system here in Beizhili, and the Hongzhi Emperor and the cabinet have also agreed to carry out a pilot project here in Beizhili, and it is also the first military academy in the Ming Dynasty to be established here in Beizhili.

At present, this matter is almost the time to be disclosed to Quan Daming, and the British public Zhang Mao who is in charge of this matter also recommended Liu Jin to Emperor Hongzhi.

Therefore, Liu was promoted to an official, and was directly promoted from a six-grade Hanlin Academy to a counselor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Although the Governor's Office of the Five Armies claimed to be officers and soldiers in the past, it was actually controlled by the Ministry of War, and did not have any military power in its hands.

Now Emperor Hongzhi has taken back the military power, and for the time being, he has restructured the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, restored the military power that previously belonged to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and stripped the military power from the Ministry of War.

The trust of the British Duke Zhang Maoshen of Emperor Hongzhi, so he also became a real boss who held real power, and became the governor of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, no longer the British Duke who was only responsible for sacrifices before.

The position of Governor General is also newly established, and the former Governor's Office of the Five Armies is divided into a total of five prefectures in the front, middle and rear plus left and right.

But now, Emperor Hongzhi wants to reform the military system, so naturally he also restructured the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and set up two governors and deputy governors to lead the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

This position is almost equivalent to the country ~~defense~ministry~~ long in later generations, and the military department is completely stripped of military power, and there seems to be no sense of existence at present, although it is still ranked six, but the power has been greatly weakened, a bit similar to the previous five military governors.

As the governor of the Five Armed Forces, the British Duke Zhang Mao is currently responsible for the military reform, because even the importance of the military reform, so Zhang Mao also asked Emperor Hongzhi to ask Liu Jin for the past, and became the counselor of the Five Military Governors.

This counselor is also a newly established official position of Zhang Mao, and has no real power, which is equivalent to his secretary, and his main job is to assist Zhang Mao in carrying out military reform.

At the moment, the most important thing is to carry out the compulsory military service system and establish the first military school in the Ming Dynasty here in Beizhili, which are the top priorities at hand.

"Lao Zhang is really, I have an easy life here in the Hanlin Academy, and I can be promoted after a few years, but now I have a headache every day."

Thinking of the compulsory military service system and the establishment of the first military academy in the Ming Dynasty, Liu Jin had a headache.

There are a lot of things to be busy, you need to run around, this winter, it is still comfortable to work in the Hanlin Academy, and if you are in a good mood, you will go to Wang Shouren and Lun Wenxu in the afternoon to chat, and if you are in a bad mood, you will flirt at home and tease your two wives.

"If you want to implement the compulsory military service system, the most important thing is to get the household registration book first, only with this thing, can you accurately know how many soldiers of appropriate age there are in a certain area, and then allocate the number of conscripts according to the number of people in each region."

"This concealment of the population was a common thing in ancient times, and if you want everyone to take the initiative and actively serve in the military, you still have to have profits in the end."

"Exemption from conscription and taxes during military service, and a certain amount of monthly salaries, these are basic operations."

"The first military school in the Ming Dynasty, it is best to be able to recruit some people with a cultural foundation to enter it, but people with a cultural foundation in this era will definitely not go to the army."

"For those who read, everything is inferior, only reading is high, and for martial artists, it is quite contemptible."

"But it is impossible for this military school to recruit illiterate students, it is absolutely difficult to become an outstanding general if you are illiterate, and it is not a war year, there are wars again and again that let you grow up in actual combat."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin had another headache, and he was very annoyed.

"Brother Jin, Li Yuanshan from Ryukyu City is back and is here in the living room."

At this time, Erhu walked in and said.

"Li Yuanshan is back?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he thought about it and immediately said with a smile: "It seems that the sugarcane here in Ryukyu City is a bumper harvest, he should have come back with sugar this time, and after investing so much silver, it is finally time to harvest." ”

After speaking, Liu Jin also hurriedly walked towards the living room.

"Childe~"

In the living room, Li Yuanshan was waiting patiently, and when he saw Liu Jin coming, he also quickly got up and saluted.

"Exempt~"

Liu Jin waved his hand, and then asked eagerly, "How is it?" How much sugar will you be able to produce this year? ”

I don't blame Liu Jinjian for being in a hurry, this Ryukyu City has invested millions of taels of silver before and after, which is absolutely real money smashed into it, otherwise it is impossible to say that a city was built here in Ryukyu in less than a year, and tens of thousands of acres of land were reclaimed outside the city.

Tens of thousands of people were recruited from various places to build Ryukyu Castle, and the amount of cement used in the land was huge.

"Ryukyu is very suitable for the growth of sugarcane, with sufficient sunshine and abundant rain, and the growth of sugarcane is very good, and it is estimated that it will be able to produce about 30,000 catties of sugarcane this year."

"At present, the entire Ryukyu City is carrying out a harvest of sugarcane, and at the same time, it is also boiling cane sugar, this time, I also brought back the first batch of sugar produced here in Ryukyu City, so that you can taste it."

Li Yuanshan thought about it and began to report to Liu Jin, the sugarcane in Ryukyu City was really a bumper harvest, and the yield was quite gratifying.

"30,000 catties of sugarcane, that is, 300 million catties, according to the sugar content of 10%, can almost boil out 30 million catties of brown sugar."

When Liu Jin heard this, he quickly and simply calculated in his mind, the sugar content of ordinary sugarcane is more than 10%, and here it is simply calculated according to 10%, which can actually boil 30 million catties of sugar.

This is an extremely large number, you must know that the price of sugar in this era is very expensive, these 30 million catties of sugar, can be sold for tens of millions of silver casually.

This is still the most basic brown sugar, of course, if this brown sugar is boiled into white sugar, the price of white sugar will be higher, and a pound of sugar can be sold for several taels of silver.

However, this is due to the fact that the production of sugar is not high, and once the Ryukyu City is fully planted with sugarcane, the output of Daming sugar will skyrocket, and the price of this sugar will naturally not be as high as before.

Liu Jin plans to slowly bring down the price of sugar, so that it will slowly become a daily consumer product for the general public from a luxury product, and only when more people eat sugar, the sales of this sugar will be large.

"Childe's calculation is very accurate, judging from the current situation, this time it is indeed almost able to harvest 30 million catties of brown sugar, this output is too large, far beyond my estimate."

When Li Yuanshan heard Liu Jin's words, he also nodded with a smile.

The high output also means that the income of Ryukyu City is good, and if the income is good, he, the person in charge, will naturally be able to get more rewards.

30 million catties of sugar, even the most basic brown sugar, can be sold for almost 20 million taels of silver, this number is very huge, far beyond imagination.

You must know that at the beginning, when Li Yuanshan first went to the Ryukyu side, he still felt that planting sugarcane on the Ryukyu side might be a loss.

Now when you open it, not only will you not lose money, but you can also make a lot of money.

"Childe, with such a huge output, I'm afraid this sugar is not easy to sell~"

"And this is still this year, and next year the scale of sugarcane here in Ryukyu City will be even larger, and the sugarcane can be grown twice a year here in Ryukyu City, and then the output will be even greater."

"I'm afraid this candy won't be able to sell for a price."

After thinking about it, Li Yuanshan also expressed his worries, the output was too large.

It is beyond imagination, with an output of tens of millions of catties, such a huge output, and the price of this sugar is so expensive, it will not be able to sell it for a while.

"The yield is very good~"

"When the production is large, we can sell it at a lower price, and we can sell it to the Japanese and North Korea, and next year we will go to the South Seas, Luzon, and even South Asia and Arabia, and then our sugar can be sold all over the world."

"You know, this sugar is more expensive than gold in Europe."

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately smiled.

Are you still afraid of a large production?

In the past, a pound of brown sugar was sold for seven or eight hundred yuan a catty, and sometimes it was even sold for one or two pounds of silver, such an expensive price, only the really rich people could afford to eat, and ordinary people could not afford it at all.

Now that the output is large, I can sell it for 500 wen a catty, and if 500 wen a catty is still too expensive, I can sell it for 300 wen a catty, 200 wen a catty, or even 100 wen a catty, so that more people can consume this sugar.

If the market of the Ming Dynasty is saturated, it can also be sold out, such as the Japanese Kingdom, Korea, the South Seas, and the Western Regions, in this era, sugar is a luxury item in all regions of the world.

Daming is better here, the price is not too outrageous, in Europe, this sugar is really more expensive than gold, almost equivalent to gold, only the top elite can enjoy something.

"That son, how much does our sugar sell for a pound?"

"This brown sugar is currently sold for almost 800 wen a pound on the market, and as for white sugar, there is no one on the market."

When Li Yuanshan heard this, he immediately understood what Liu Jin meant, and after thinking about it, he also asked, he came to Liu Jin to report on the situation in Ryukyu City, and the other came to ask Liu Jin for instructions, how to sell this sugar and how much the price should be.

"This brown sugar we will position it as a primary product, and the price will be close to the people, as for white sugar, we will position it as a high-end product."

"Well, in terms of selling price, brown sugar is temporarily priced at 500 wen a catty, and as for white sugar, it is priced at 2 taels of silver per catty."

Liu Jin thought about it and replied.