The topic of slaves is an absolutely sensitive word.

Agricultural production is a difficult to profit high, but it is crucial, the degree of dependence on basic resources such as land resources, water resources and other vital elements is very high, and it requires a lot of financial support.

From the most upstream seeds, fertilizers, to picking, packaging, and selling, this industrial chain is long and the profit margin is low, after all, his consumers are basically the population multiplied by the consumption power, and the biggest problem is that a rich man with a property of 10 billion may not eat more than a poor ghost with a monthly salary of 3,000, not to mention that at that level of consumption, he basically will not touch China's food, and the clothes from head to toe must be imported from abroad, and the salt eaten must be taken back by the white people on a certain coastline.

For agricultural technology, the difficulty is also extremely high, and it requires more than just hard work, at least greenhouse technology is not something that high school students can master, and these trainings, at least for now, can only be carried out by elders.

Of course, as a huge farm system, Fan Zhengzheng's first thing to do was to use the wire sent down to build a paddock to show that this is his territory, which is not bad from the current point of view.

After that, the planting area and living area were selected, and Li Dakang would not break his promise, and gave priority to Fan Zhengzheng a lot of materials, and even the first batch of raw materials from a certain place in India also took advantage of this.

Afterwards, Li Dakang learned that for this "small business" with a total value of only tens of thousands of taels of silver, he really played an "international cooperation", and the originally sabre-rattling countries worked together in India to share profits, whether it was the infant Indian East India Company or the powerful Dutch East India Company, the Portuguese were not greedy for this tens of thousands of taels of silver, but they finally found a trade point for the Chinese.

For decades, these red-haired people have spent countless energy to study the characteristics of the Chinese market, helplessly, the Chinese demand for various external products is really not high, whether it is clothing, food, housing and transportation is useless, the Chinese in this era are still very traditional in the "jade worship" stage, for the gems and diamonds they plundered have no interest, clothes people have their own silk, except for some fresh spices in the South Seas, actually no interest!

From the beginning of the Age of Discovery, to 1840, China is a well-deserved silver black hole, although this black hole is a bit embarrassing, and it has not played its own financial characteristics, but at least it has a huge influence!

In the following 100 years, that is, from 1840 to 1949, China changed from a large country with silver reserves to a country with scarce precious metals, until the last few hundred tons of gold were plundered, and since then the country's economy can only rely on its own hands to crawl a little by little.

But now, China's export products are difficult for these foreigners to refuse, before the complete slaughter of India's rebellious princely lords, the British have not been able to turn India into their own tea and opium plantations, and the imitation technology of silk and porcelain was only in the "I Qing Dynasty" period, the peasants were slaughtered in Southeast Asia once every few decades, and the gentle rule of "my Qing Dynasty" resolutely chose to flee, and the silk and porcelain technology was completely outflowed.

China's papermaking technology enabled the white people to complete the Renaissance, and China's tea-growing technology enabled the British to complete the primitive accumulation of the Industrial Revolution.

And now, the Chinese masters are a little embarrassed, asking them how much is the price in Southeast Asia and Africa......

The triangular trade had not yet begun, but it was already the most normal business, and even the most civilized gentleman would not have any guilt in discussing it, for in fact a large number of merchants in Europe had made their fortunes on it, and a large number of kings and chieftains in Africa had made it their economic mainstay. It's not a big deal to die or something, the Romans did it a thousand years ago, and now the Ottomans are doing it too, so the elders are not asking too much at all, the only problem is that it is not cost-effective from a cost point of view.

Of course, where did Fan Zhengzheng know the twists and turns behind it, and he couldn't think of the mystery behind the business of those terrible red-haired ghosts, he only knew that his brothers-in-law spent a thousand taels of silver for these black guys, how much was that, Fan Zhengzheng had no idea, but he definitely knew that it was a huge amount of money.

Thomas was all the way from Macau to Hung Kai, and finally completed the final settlement, this time his luck was good, those who looked thin and sick only died a tenth of the time, which is not bad, of course, it also has to do with the small transportation distance.

Open the Chinese market.

As soon as you hear this word, you can make any businessman howl like a child in every cell, this is a large country with a population of tens of millions or even more than 100 million, even if the hem of each person's shirt is an inch long, it is enough for these businessmen to break their legs, and the merchants of this period are naturally not able to open any textile factories, but to take the export rights of Indian homespun cloth in their hands to earn the highest profits, of course, the largest trading point in the East Asian continent, China, is disdainful of this.

It's actually quite simple, although Indians look strange, if you look closely at their geographical location, it is easy to see clearly.

Surrounded by a closed geography of high mountains, large plains, and arable land comparable to that of China, and then hot enough to bake eggs, their diet and hygiene habits were subservient to this reality, which was natural in the eyes of later generations, but not surprising in that area.

Because of the geographical distance, so the contact with other peoples is actually so little that it is outrageous, not to mention anything else, it is obviously the nation that invented Arabic numerals, it should be called Indian numerals, but because of geography, it is called Arabic numerals, and people who know it still have to complain for them.

However, this nation is also full of disasters and difficulties, and his own lack of courage is also one of the main reasons, and now, it is Fan Zhengzheng who has to choose his biggest asset in the next few years.

That's right, half from India, half from Southeast Asia, these intimate to amazing businessmen, after roughly assuming the amount of China's possible imports in the future, as well as their profits, are all jumping excitedly, there is really such a good thing, who can do other business, you can run from Batavia to Hong Kong twice a month, and a fleet earns 10,000 taels of silver at a time, what a fortune it should be.

Therefore, Thomas, who worked hard to learn official language, really flattered Fan Zhengzheng in every way.

"Dear Sir, I strongly recommend that you use the Shudras from Surat, they are docile and obedient, and they are very good at working on the plantations, and of course, they are also good from Southeast Asia, and they are very young and strong, and your plantations can be used well."

In order to prove it to Fan Zhengzheng, he also opened the teeth of a blackened guy and showed him it.

In this era, there was no bone age density test, and there was almost no ethnographic research, so looking at teeth became an inevitable knowledge for traffickers.

Of course, Fan Zhengzheng was almost stunned, although he was also born in the north, but in the end, he was born in the orderly north, and his living standard has risen sharply in the past two years, the ghost knows what the two elders surnamed Wang think, the two brothers share a woman together, fortunately, it is just a mistress, and a few dissatisfied elders gritted their teeth and passed, but it is definitely not an example.

However, Fan Zhengzheng's living standard is definitely not low, the toothpaste is the latest, the watch is mechanical, and even a pair of sunglasses are prepared, so naturally it is a little unable to withstand the wind and rain.

Fortunately, there is also Thomas to help, Fan Zhengzheng selected a hundred plantation "laborers" from India and Southeast Asia, Thomas is considerate, and also provides a soldering iron imprint service, which is to be reported to the government, if he runs away and is taken in by others, that person is obliged to return to Fan Zhengzheng, of course, you can also get some benefits, after all, everyone is likely to escape.

There are other services, which are also very intimate, and Fan Zhengzheng's family is also equipped with single-shot muskets, each of them is given ten rounds of ammunition, and the escort begins to return to the plantation.

Naturally, the project started.

First of all, housing, in Vietnam, for the time being, do not consider reinforced concrete, brick and tile houses, but this kind of standard double-storey bamboo house, as long as the house is large enough, enough ventilation, but also cool enough.

And in order to guard against snakes, insects, rats and ants, it is natural to use countless pillars to separate the bamboo house from the ground after sprinkling medicine everywhere, at least at a distance.

Because of the large area, the house can also be very bright, and the whole living place is built on a large rock layer, at least there is no rain problem.

These laborers are divided into ten groups, they do not need to learn any language, they only need to listen to simple orders to work, "work", "rest" and "eat" are very simple, in order to prolong the life of them, they are still enough to cherish enough.

Ten groups cut down trees, burned bushes, and built houses, and here they found the flaws of this model, the low level, all of whom were generally uninformed and timid, and the bold ones rebelled long ago and were hacked to death.

Fan Zhengzheng was still watching dryly at first, but later found that it was not possible, so he led ten laborers to work together to open up the wasteland, using machetes, cutting vines, using axes, cutting smaller wood, using saws, sawing off larger trees, and often before cutting wood, send people to go up the trees, tie ropes, cut to a certain extent, and try to pull down the trees.

In the process, he had blisters on his hands, and the intensity of labor was very high, and on the first day, everyone's hands were so tired that they couldn't lift them, but he remembered something, but he gritted his teeth, and continued to struggle with pain the next day.

How many generations of peasant men are not familiar at first, but if you are more busy, your body will be able to withstand it, and the lard brought from the imperial capital with rice is the best supplementary food in the world.

Although there are more than 100 plantations in Vietnam at the same time, and those men who have nothing to work hard are actually not inefficient, and everyone sells wood together, resulting in a drop in the selling price, but after Li Dakang personally inquired, the income is still enough to support the expenses of these people, and there is even a surplus.

According to the requirements of the farm to diversify its operation and hedge risks, sugar cane is the first to be selected, followed by coffee and bananas.

There is no need to take any Japanese-style so-called precision agriculture, anyway, the land is large and fertile enough, and it does not need to cost a lot of money to reclaim the raw land like in the north, so thirty laborers continued to clear the trees, fifty people did a good job of planting, and ten people began to breed, in fact, it was to raise ducks and eat all kinds of insects, and ten people were busy with sundries, and the farm finally began to look decent, at least Li Dakang also nodded and said decent.

Of course, it is impossible to do without giving.

After the death of the fifth Indian Shudra, something was wrong at night.

For these laborers, Fan Zhengzheng still cherishes, he has enough to eat, and he has a rest time every day, before he came, someone specially told him that the time of a person's labor should not be exceeded, and the sun is too high to rest, and in order to prevent epidemics, he has also eaten some anthelmintic drugs or something.

But it still can't stand the death.

The dwellings of the Nanyang laborers were carefully designed, and they were all spaced apart, and even each group was mixed between Indian and Nanyang people, in order to prevent the two sides from being connected in series, and the bamboo huts were separated from each other, and at night they were locked so that no one could get out.

But there are always surprises.

Fan Zhengzheng finished a day's work, a lot of work, need these people from the north to also participate, fortunately there are fewer and less, and the income from the sale of wood is enough to support this year's expenses, the next is to start production, however, a laborer will cost ten taels of silver, that is to say, there is no return to the capital, the balance sheet is missing a very important property, is depressed, I heard a noise outside.

"There's a running away, go get someone!"

Big night, I don't know what happened, Fan Zhengzheng didn't dare to rush out of the bedroom directly, but shivered, last night several uncles seemed to drink wine and eat side dishes, and after a day, the local rice wine was still cheap, enough for them to eat.

However, he seemed to think of something, and before leaving, his sister seemed to appear, told him something, and stuffed him with this thing.

A revolver.

Finally, I rushed out, but it was chaotic, I don't know what to say.

However, some people shoot into the sky, in order to prevent the situation of force reversal, so the guns given to these people are all single-shot design, and each person carries a maximum of ten bullets, which is already enough force, after all, what they have to deal with is just a black skin that works all day long.

"What's going on?"

"The bamboo was dug up."

(End of chapter)