A Panyu common man also gave a salute: "Yu Zunjun, the two of us are indeed from Panyu, specializing in selling our Panyu specialty bananas, but in the past the northernmost only arrived in Shanyin, this time I came because Jiankang is my capital of the Great Jin, and the prosperity should be more than Shanyin and Panyu, so I came to see it with the purpose of giving it a try." ”

As he was talking, the common man confessed his guilt, and said: "Xiaomin said that it was wrong, the previous brother's statement was generally true, but Xiaomin and others, whether in Panyu or Shanyin, collected gold and silver coins and full five baht coins every time, but they didn't expect Jiankang to be the capital of the city, and actually used cloth and iron money, let's also inquire, this is indeed the truth of Jiankang, not that brother Tai deliberately deceived each other, but Xiaomin did not dare to make trouble unreasonably in a different place, he really received cloth and iron money, and no one wanted to take back Panyu, Please understand our suffering! ”

Liu Yu and Liu Muzhi's faces were a little solemn, as if they realized something, and after glancing at each other, Liu Muzhi asked, "Can you two bring gold and silver coins and full five baht coins?" Can you show it to the old man? ”

The Panyu citizen hesitated slightly, then took out three coins and handed them over.

One of the three coins was shining with gold, one was shining with silver, and the other was the standard five-baht coin, which, unlike the five-baht coin, had no drilled holes, and had a sailboat sailing through rough waves on one side and a sword and shield on the other.

Liu Muzhi put it in his hand, the weight was quite solid, and then handed it to Liu Yu, Liu Yu also checked it, and after returning it, he asked, "What is the meaning of the pattern on the gold and silver coins?" ”

The Panyu man carefully put away the coins and looked at Liu Yu again. Although Liu Yu was dressed ordinarily, he was obviously not an ordinary person who could shoot away with the right servant of the court, so he did not dare to be slow, and said respectfully: "Hui Zunjun, the sailboat sailing in the waves is a symbol of the determination to move forward without fear of difficulties and dangers, and the sword and shield are to warn the people that only with their own strong force can they ensure the hard-won peace and tranquility." ”

Liu Yu nodded noncommittally. Then he asked, "How many of you have come?" When did it come? How did you come to Health? ”

This time, a different person gave a salute and said, "Return to the honorable monarch." There were more than 40 people in our group, all of whom came by sea boat, and they went out in September this year, and first went to Shanyin, Shangyu, Yuyao and other important cities in Zhejiang. About 70% of the bananas were sold. Later, I don't know how many people summed it up. I thought that I would come to Jiankang to see if I could sell the bananas, and maybe the price could be a little higher, so I set off from San'in at the beginning of the month. Jiankang, who just arrived yesterday, immediately dispersed, the others should still be in the city at this time, right? ”

"Oh?" Liu Yu said: "You have a lot of bananas, how many can you hold in a boat?" Do bananas grow in the field or do you grow your own? By the way, I think you two are also ordinary people, is this ship your own? Where do ordinary people have the ability to buy sea vessels? ”

The man before took it and said with gratitude: "A few years ago, Nanhai Taishou Fuya disposed of a batch of sea ships at a low price, and I heard that it was the former Guangzhou Thorn Shiwei General who instructed Nanhai Taishou to sell them to us ordinary people for business, and we decided to buy one with a total of hundreds of people in the whole village.

Although General Wei sold the boat very cheaply, only about 20% of the market price, but the place in Guangzhou is poor, and it would be good for ordinary people to maintain food and clothing, and the money collected by the whole village was less than half of the price of the boat, and there was originally a plan to give up, but it was not only our village that could not afford to buy a boat, because of the large number of people, it gradually spread to the top, and after Nanhai Fuya learned about the situation, after asking General Wei for instructions, it was decided to give interest-free loans to people like us for a period of five years, as long as the purpose is declared, you can applySo, the hundreds of people in the village made up half of it themselves, and the other half was temporarily paid by the government, so they bought the boat.

This boat is 20 zhang long and 4 zhang wide, in addition to personnel, food and fresh water, it can hold 400,000 catties of bananas at a time, of course, it is impossible to receive so many bananas in the field, this is planted by our whole village. ”

Liu Yu was moved, and then asked, "What is the price of bananas?" How much money can I make on a run? Can you grow bananas without growing food? ”

It was still the person before, and nodded vigorously: "Zunjun, it's not that we don't grow food, but the arable land in Guangzhou is too small, we have hundreds of people in the village, and the arable land is only more than 1,000 acres.

In view of this, General Wei guided our redundant Dingkou to develop side businesses, such as planting bananas, gubei, mulberry hemp, sugarcane and other non-food crops, after consultation with our whole village, we chose bananas, bananas are two years old, the first banana is harvested in eight to eleven months, and then harvested every six months, so it can be harvested three times in two years, and bananas as long as the appropriate method is adopted, After harvesting, it can be stored for months, but most importantly, there are some small hills near our village, which are suitable for growing bananas, although not suitable.

Zunjun, you just asked about the price of bananas, we don't dare to hide from you, banana production is very large, but from Panyu nearly 10,000 miles to Jiankang, the consumption of which far exceeds the value of the banana itself, so the price is not cheap, you see, this basket is full of about 100 catties, the price is five gold coins, we run a trip if the bananas are all sold, should be able to sell more than 20,000 gold coins, but this is obviously impossible, because there will definitely be rotten on the way, the actual hand is about 17,000 gold coins, and then deduct the costs, All he earned was 5,000 gold coins, and he had to repay the loan of Nanhai Taishou Mansion in installments, and in the end, it would not exceed 3,000 gold coins. ”

Three thousand gold coins? Liu Yu and the others couldn't help but exchange a shocked look, this is a lot! But listening to the tone of this Panyu people, it was not enough, Liu Muzhi couldn't help but ask: "How many people are in your village?" Is your income high or low in Panyu? How to exchange gold and silver coins with 5 baht? What is the price of rice in Panyu? ”

Liu Muzhi asked a lot of questions in one breath, this person thought for a while, folded his hands and said: "Our village includes men, women and children with a total of two hundred and thirty-three dings, our income is naturally incomparable with the nobles who do big business, but it is considered medium among the common people, of course, this is also the money we dare to go to sea to earn money, Shanyin merchants have to buy bananas in Panyu, that does not need to run around, but the price is very cheap, and the money earned is about the same as planting rice."

As for gold and silver coins, one gold coin is exchanged for five silver coins, and each gold coin is worth 1,000 baht, while the price of rice in Panyu is about 200 yuan per stone of rice, on the contrary, sorghum rice, millet and corn are much more expensive, 800 yuan, 600 yuan and 500 yuan per stone, respectively. ”

Liu Yu exchanged an incredulous look with the people around him, the whole village has two hundred and thirty-three dings, divided equally according to three thousand gold coins, each person can drop thirteen gold coins, which is 13,000 baht, which is equivalent to the money earned by running out to sell bananas, and each person can buy sixty-five stones of rice, what is this concept?

One stone of rice can be eaten by an adult for half a month, sixty-five stones can be eaten for thirty-two and a half months, and the income from selling bananas once is almost enough to eat for three years, if it is not bragging, this money is too easy to make, right?

What's more, it is impossible for this village to grow all bananas, they still have more than 1,000 acres of arable land, and women always have to weave some cloth in their spare time, right?

This kind of income level is a well-off family in Jiankang, but it can only be regarded as medium among the common people of Panyu, so aren't the people of Panyu living in paradise?

"Humph!" Liu Jingxuan snorted coldly: "It's pure nonsense, according to what you said before, the land in Guangzhou is barren, the rice yield is bound to be scarce, and the quantity is naturally high, so how can it be so low?" ”

The man said unhurriedly: "This venerable monarch doesn't know that the rice produced in Guangzhou is indeed not enough for the locals to eat, and the nearby Xiangzhou, Guizhou, and southern Zhejiang are all mountainous areas, and they are not suitable for rice cultivation, but the land in Jiaozhou is fertile, especially in the fertile area of Longbian!"

Originally, Jiaozhou was chaotic, and the Jin people and the indigenous slang people attacked and killed each other, so that all industries were abolished, and the people were not able to make a living, but a few years ago, General Wei cleared the Jiaozhou slang people along the way when he returned from the conquest of Linyi, so that the Jiaozhou slang people were either killed or driven to the mountains, and now Jiaozhou has been moved by the gentle Guangzhou slang people to fill in, and there are nearly a million people one after another, they cultivate grain with the local Jin people in Jiaozhou on the fertile land of Jiaozhou, and Jiaozhou has a vast area, sufficient water and heat, and rice can be harvested three times a year. I heard that hundreds of thousands of hectares of land have been newly opened up, and the small people who produce rice every year dare not imagine how much, but they have only vaguely heard that the barn near the dragon weaving can hold nearly 100,000 rice grains.

What's more, it is very convenient to travel to and from Guangzhou by Jiaozhou, and you can go to sea by boat for a few days, so most of the rice on the market in Panyu is produced in Jiaozhou, and some of them are from small countries such as Shenzhi, Heluo, Funan, etc., because the tax levied on the grain by Guangzhou City is very low, so foreign rice and various native products are also imported in large quantities, so the price of rice on the market in Panyu is very cheap, in Panyu, as long as you are not too lazy, at least you will not starve to death, and people who are really in difficulty will have the most basic life relief from Nanhai Taishoufuya. ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Yu and others couldn't help but show a look of shock, and they couldn't hide their envy, no one could have expected that the chicken-like Jiaoguang Erzhou turned into treasure in the hands of Wei Feng, Guangzhou's wealth was rolling, Jiaozhou became a granary, and it was simply a paradise on earth!

Liu Yu asked with a calm face: "I heard that Panyu trade is prosperous and tens of thousands of gold is coming in every day, how much do you know about this?" ”

The man shook his head: "Please forgive the king, the people are just an ordinary people, and they can't touch these, but the prosperity of trade is indeed true, on the Panyu wharf, there are hundreds of foreign ships that keep loading and unloading goods all year round, mainly from Eastern Rome, Sasansan, and body poison" (to be continued......

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