In the Age of Discovery, every country that broke into the "New World" from the "Old World" inevitably had its own characteristics when facing the "New World", such as the Spaniards and the Portuguese, who were colonizers and militarized. Everywhere they conquered the natives, they had to build strongholds and spread their religion, and the gold and silver mines were an appendage in the process.

As for the Dutch and the British, they would choose good ports along the coast or islands, and take advantage of them to build their own strongholds and set up port batteries. They then trade with the natives and build up their own strength, eventually expanding inland and eventually establishing colonies based on strongholds.

And unlike them, compared to strangers, the countries of Nanyang are familiar with the Ming Dynasty, and even the suzerainty of many countries, and the Ming Dynasty has repeatedly reaffirmed its suzerainty to the princely states. The Ming Dynasty's colonial method was to expand in the South Seas with the help of suzerainty, in addition to the coastal strongholds obtained through lending, purchase, etc., and nearby immigrants. One of the most important ways of doing business was the colonial farms run by immigrants.

How were those farms set up?

In the past few years, many of them have been exiled to the South Seas, and many of them have been pessimistic at first, waiting for the situation to change. Especially the families of those officials who came out of the Manchu Qing Dynasty fantasized that one day, they would be able to return to the Central Plains.

However, after witnessing the desolation of the penal colony and the fertility of the land, some of these gentry-born officials began to try to buy land and establish farms in Nanyang. At the beginning, the scale was not large, and even the money for buying land was often sent by their relatives in the Manchu Dynasty in Beijing. Even the war did not stop the two sides from connecting economically.

Although in the end, they did not see the Zhongxing of the Great Qing Kingdom, they still had to continue to stay in Nanyang and never return to Jiangnan. However, in addition to being disappointed, they found that the farms they invested in were no longer the desolation they had at the beginning, but pastoral fields that were not much different from Jiangnan.

Knowing that there was no hope of returning home, some of them increased their investment and bought large quantities of land. In the beginning, rice was mainly cultivated, and later cash crops such as sugarcane were planted. Most of the farmers who work on the farms are locals.

The climate and geography of Nanyang are suitable for the growth of rice, and they have brought advanced planting technology, so that a wild Champa and Hekou began to become new granaries, and the grain and sugar produced are exported to at least Jiangnan and other places. The rich benefits are all things that people who wanted to return to Jiangnan did not expect.

Corresponding to the development of agriculture is a shortage of labor. After all, the landless local people were not enough to meet the needs of the farms. The number of exiles from the original was extremely limited, and there were not a few ordinary people who were willing to come here to work as cattle and horses.

There was almost no doubt that they had chosen the slaves that were prevalent in the local area, and the labor gap was filled by slaves obtained from all over the South Seas. Slaves even became the mainstay of the farm economy. And the slave trade was even the backbone of the trade of the various strongholds.

After all, according to the "Da Ming Law", it is illegal to sell people and keep slaves. However, the law did not stipulate that slaves could not be traded outside the country, and there were slaves in those places, and there were various slave codes to protect the interests of slave owners, and the Ming Dynasty was now just following the local customs.

But now, for the merchants and farm owners of Nanyang, their good life is facing challenges, and it is precisely because of this that Lu An, as a merchant, will rush to Zhongdu to try to figure out the meaning of the imperial court. However, after coming to Zhongdu, he found that the Lu family, which was famous in Jiangnan because of its champion, has long been forgotten.

Lü An's uncle was the champion of Shunzhi for four years, Lu Gong, whose family was in Changzhou, and naturally was inevitably exiled overseas, first to Taiwan, and later to Nantianmen. Years of exile did not make the Lu family silent, and even he bought a boat four years ago with 2,000 taels of silver from his uncle from the capital, and then bought slaves from Sulu and shipped them to Nantianmen and other places to sell.

In just four years, he has accumulated hundreds of thousands of family businesses, and Hexian bought a large piece of land and built the Lu family's manor, with tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and hundreds of slaves. Even his uncle, who had died in the Northeast two years ago, was exiled to the Northeast.

However, after several tosses, Lu An still found his former classmate Zhao Yuming, who is now working in the Ministry of Rites, although he is only the head of Liupin, but he still got some news through him.

"So, the imperial court is bound to be sealed in Nanyang?"

Facing the news brought by his friend, Lu An's heart chuckled.

"It's not Nanyang, it's Yidi, this Nanyang is just the beginning, in the future, my Ming clan will definitely be very prosperous. It's just a South Sea, how can it be enough for the royal fiefdom? ”

As an official of the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Yuming is naturally very clear about this, that is, this year, His Majesty has accepted three new concubines, and three sons and two daughters have been born. Counting it, Your Majesty already has ten princes, won't he want to seal the nine kingdoms in the future?

"Since it is so, since it is so, Your Majesty has been an emperor through the ages, God has a preference, and naturally there are many heirs."

Whether it is true or false, even in Nanyang, Lu An also knows that when the Ming royal family arrives here, it can be regarded as prosperous again. In the history of nearly 300 years of the Ming Dynasty, there were a total of eighty-three princes with titles. Among them, there were sixty-three princes who were actually feuded, and by the time Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, there were only twenty-nine princes with fiefs left. This was sealed by more than ten generations of emperors, in contrast, Emperor Gao alone crowned twenty-five sons as vassal kings.

"Then, then these feudal countries, yes, do they also use "Ming Law"?"

This is what Lu An is most concerned about, how many princes will the Ming royal family have in the future, how many sons His Majesty has, he doesn't care, what does he only care about? It's whether there will be "Ming Law" there.

"Brother Lu is worried that if the "Ming Law" is implemented, the Lu family's business will not be able to continue!"

Although he is in the central capital, Zhao Yuming has also learned some about the Lu family through the Colonial Department of the Ministry of Governors in the past few days, who would have thought that the Lu family, who was exiled by the raid back then, has now become a well-known family in Nanyang again. However, the business done by the Lu family is really not on the table, and it is even contemptible.

"Shangde, my brother was also forced to make a living, so I had to make this decision, and besides, although Nanyang is now full of manors, but there are few immigrants, if there are no slaves to cultivate for us, how can we have the current rice and grain output?"

Slave trade is always not a glorious thing, and it may be fair and honest in Nanyang, but that is the local custom, and the people of Da Ming are often ashamed of it, so naturally they will not be on the stage. When facing his friends, Lu An also felt inferior.

"According to local conditions, the customs of various places and places, if Brother Lu Yuyi still abides by the rules of my Han land, but he is inferior, the court has already made a conclusion about this, and he will follow the customs of the villagers, after all, I am a guest there, and naturally a guest is a guest."

Like the vast majority of scholars, Zhao Yuming has never been a rigid person, and he is also quite flexible, it is unacceptable for Han people to be slaves, but to use native people as slaves, naturally there is no need to mind, not to mention that those slaves already exist, and now they are just servitudes.

"Will countries ...... in the future?"

This time, Lu An was straightforward about his problem.

"Will the Ming Law be enforced, so that we can release the slaves in the village, and prohibit us from continuing to trade in various places?"

In fact, when he came, Lu An had already figured it out, if the feudal domains implemented the "Ming Law", he could only let it go, but he would try his best to protect the slaves in the manor, after all, without those slaves, who would cultivate the tens of thousands of acres of fertile land? The manor is the foundation of the Lu family, as for trafficking...... You can also do other business.

"Although the countries are self-reliant, they are also the feudal states of my Ming Dynasty to build their countries, so they should naturally implement the "Ming Law"!"

Zhao Yuming's answer made Lu An's heart tighten again, is there no hope? Just when he was in a tight mood, Zhao Yuming said again.

"However, when he entered Nanyang, His Majesty already had a decree to follow the customs of the country, not to be strict with Han etiquette, to rule the Han with the Han Dynasty, to rule the land by the soil, and the way of naturalization, not to be forced, so that there is now a long-term peace and stability in all parts of the Nanyang, think about it, even if the country is sealed in Yidi, the local customs of the countries will not be greatly changed!"

Zhao Yuming's words made Lu An nod in agreement.

"Your Majesty is really the holy monarch of my Ming Dynasty, if it weren't for these sixteen words, how could there be today's Nanyang."

This is by no means a verbal compliment, in Nanyang Lu An naturally knows that Nanyang has special local customs, slaves are only one of them, and there are other customs that are contrary to the Ming Dynasty, if you make it change the Han customs without authorization, it will only cause chaos in the local area, so Your Majesty will deliberately ask the governors of all places not to change the customs easily, but to guide and educate, so it is the Han and the land.

"However, I am worried about my brother, and I am worried about ......"

Staring at Zhao Shiming, Lu An sighed.

"This clan went out of Zhenyi, just to suppress the barbarians and pacify the people, that is, to make them belong to Huaxia and be educated by my Huaxia, in case, in case they forcibly carry out the education, I am afraid that it will cause chaos, when the time comes, some of the Lu family's family business is small, and I Daming enlightened the barbarians to think that the great cause of Zhuxia will be ruined, it is big!"

After these serious words came out, Zhao Shiming just smiled slightly.

"Therefore, it is not important on the side of the imperial court, it is the countries that are important! Brother Lu, don't you think, are you in the wrong place now? ”

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