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Ying Tianfu City, next to the Xiaguan Wharf, a small Cantonese tea restaurant on the second floor, in the elegant seat. Bai Enming and his cousin Guerjia. ingots, as well as former colleagues Aixin Jueluo. Su Shun sat opposite each other. Three bowls of tea are steaming, and a few delicious snacks are smelling tempting.

However, the three people present neither drank tea nor ate. Sushun and Guerjia. Yuan Bao looked at Bai Enming with a puzzled face, but Bai Enming sighed and explained.

"Brother, I really tried my best, even the Russian fleet was invited, but what was the result? I actually let Little Japan clean up in Osaka Bay! What is it? It's providence! The sky is helping Daming, what else can we do? So my brother's I have been discouraged, I don't want to do it anymore, I want to live the rest of my life in peace. Of course, the brothers will not work hard for the Zhu family, and they will never do anything that is sorry for the Qing Dynasty and the emperor......"

Bai Enming first showed his intentions, and then began to explain why he came to Tianfu to tell Su Shun and Guerjia in 1510. Ingots. However, the two of them were still skeptical, and Su Shun sneered: "Enming, what kind of ranch do you say you want to run in Yingtian?" It's not so foolish, this is Jiangnan! Are there any grazing in Gangnam? Do you think I don't know what's going on with herding? ”

Bai Enming took a sip of the bowl of tea, and smiled bitterly: "Of course, this place in Jiangnan is not suitable for grazing, and there is not much grassland. Therefore, cattle and sheep are fed with feed and pasture. However, there is still some money, and now the prices of milk, beef, cream, and cowhide are very high. Even soybean meal is cost-effective to feed cattle ......"

"Soybean meal?"

"It's what is left after soybean pomace oil. Now there is a lot of soybean production in the Northeast. After these soybeans are transported to Jiangnan, they are first used as residual oil, and the remaining soybean meal is used to feed livestock...... By the way, the war horses used by the cavalry of the Ming army are also fed with a mixture of soybean meal and pasture. ”

Bai Enming didn't know much about animal husbandry, but his Polish wife, Anna. Maria's family used to raise cattle and sheep, and she knew how to raise large livestock. According to Anna. Maria's plan was to hire people to grow pasture on 2,000 acres of pasture, build barns and warehouses, and buy cows, sheep and beef cattle from India and New Australia. I also want to buy it with male and female children. After buying, they are mated with male cows, rams and beef cattle with local Chinese cattle and sheep to give birth......

Listening to Bai Enming's words, Su Shun knew that the other party was not lying, sighed, was silent, and listened quietly like this. After a while, he seemed to remember something again, and suddenly interjected: "Enming, as far as I know, the benefits of grazing should not be as good as farming, can it be that raising these cattle and sheep from the West in Jiangnan now can be more than farming?" ”

Bai Enming was stunned when he heard this question. Then I remembered that Yixin's territory is now a nomadic area, and maybe Su Shun also wants to find some ways to increase the income of grazing, right? He nodded at first. He shook his head and said: "The income of raising these high-quality breeds of cattle and sheep is indeed higher, but it is also a little difficult to surpass farming. However, not all of this land income belongs to the landlords, and the general market in Jiangnan is that the gentry have half or six or four gentry, and the tenants often resist rent and do not pay, which is very troublesome. For example, if the brother's 2,000 acres of land are to be recruited, at least 150 families, each family of five or six people, that is, 800 mouths have to rely on these 2,000 acres of land for food, and in addition, they have to raise a housekeeper, a dozen or so families to collect rent, and the rest is for me and the government. If you switch to raising cattle and sheep, thirty or forty people are enough. Do you think this ranch has a head? ”

Su Shun calculated in his heart, it seemed to be like this. Bai Enming added: "Now there are landlords in Guangzhou and Shanghai who have recovered land to rebuild pastures. Ying Tian's brothers here eat soup, but it won't be long before more people do this. ”

Su Shun raised his eyebrows, as if he had thought of something: "How can you see it?" Could it be that milk, beef and mutton are easy to sell? ”

Bai Enming shook his head: "Milk and beef and mutton are very easy to sell, and there are also cowhide and wool that can also be sold for money!" ”

"Wool?"

Bai Enming said: "Wool can be used to weave cloth, and now the military uniforms of the Ming army are made of woolen wool, so they look very vigorous." There are also people who use wool to make wool into sweaters and necks, which are extremely warm. It is in great demand in the West, and it has gradually become popular in Guangdong, and many people here in Jiangnan buy it. ”

Su Shun sneered: "This land is full of sheep, what should the tenants do?" Can't starve to death? ”

"It's always difficult for tenants here in Jiangnan." Bai Enming shook his head and said, "In fact, even if the landlords don't quit, it will be difficult for them to sustain themselves." Because there are many Western-style textile factories in Guangzhou and Shanghai. ”

"What does a Western-style textile mill have to do with tenants?" Su Shun didn't quite understand.

Guerjia on the side. Yuan Bao explained with a smile: "The sixth master should have heard of male cultivators and female weavers, right? In addition to cultivating the fields, the income of the farmers here in Jiangnan is weaving. ”

Bai Enming also said: "Yes, there are many machine households in the south of the Yangtze River that hire workers to produce silk and cotton cloth, and during the Daoguang period, there are more than 30,000 looms in Jiangning alone, more than 50,000 male and female workers, and the products are marketed in all directions. However, at that time, there was Jiangnan Three Weaving set up by the imperial court to control these machine owners and machine workers, so as not to let them do too much and spoil the livelihood of ordinary farmers. Therefore, the cotton cloth and silk produced by the Jiangnan machine households are all of the highest quality, and they are all sold to the middle and upper families, and the ordinary people still use the native cloth in the countryside, which are all produced by the spinning and weaving of peasant women in the south of the Yangtze River. Emperor Zhu Ming didn't care about this, he introduced the new textile machine of England when he was in Guangdong, and replaced manpower with a waterwheel and a steam engine, and the cloth produced was good and cheap. In just a few years, the machine households in Foshan, Guangdong Province were converted into textile factories, and the spinning and weaving business of Guangdong peasant women was robbed. I think it won't be long before the situation is the same here in Jiangnan. ”

Su Shun was already ecstatic in his heart, male farming and female weaving have been an old rule for thousands of years, and farmers all over the world live like this. Without the female weaver, would it be possible to sustain the life of a small farmer by relying on male farming? If the small farmers all over the world can't sustain themselves, don't make a fuss in the world!

Gualca. Yuan Bao also thought of the same question, frowned and asked, "Is there still stability in Guangdong?" ”

"It's safe." Bai Enming looked at the two people in front of him, and said with a wry smile, "If there was no Borneo, no Nanyang, no America to go to, and no industry and commerce, Guangdong would probably have been in chaos a long time ago." But now there are poor people in Guangdong who have not starved to death, as long as they are willing to do it, no matter how bad it is, they will sell piglets to go to Nanyang to the United States, and it is bitter, but they can still make money.

Moreover, the local cows, ghosts, snakes and gods in Guangdong have made more profits from it, and it is a huge profit to traffic piglets to Nanyang and the United States, and it is also a sure profit to plant spices and sugarcane in Nanyang, and to develop minerals is also a sure profit, and it is also possible to make a fortune by opening a store and a factory in Nanyang...... No matter how bad it is, you can make a fortune by going to Nanyang to mix underworld and gamble and prostitute, who still has the heart to rebel and make trouble? So the most peaceful place in China is Guangdong Province! ”

Sushun and Guerjia. Yuan Bao was a little stunned when he heard this. Guangdong Province should have been plagued by Zhu Jishi for the longest time, and it was originally the most chaotic place in the Qing Dynasty, but now it is prosperous again, why is it too peaceful?

"The problem is in Nanyang!" Su Shun thought for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion, "Zhu Shun's actions are all disasters to the country and the people, but it is right to possess the rich land of Borneo!" I heard that Zhu Wei's Grand Duchy of Lanfang is both large in Guangdong, and the climate is humid, the land is fertile, and the products are rich. The people in Guangdong who couldn't survive all went to Borneo, so naturally there was no rebellion. If I was also expanding in Nanyang in the Qing Dynasty, how could I have the disaster of the current country! However, now that Zhu Wei has intensified his evil administration in Jiangnan, the Central Plains, and Sichuan, and will soon be angry and resentful, I don't believe that he has a way to get all the poor peasants in the world who can't survive overseas! (To be continued......)