"The population of the entire Ryukyus is about 200,000, and if you remove those tenants and landlords, as well as those natives who do not farm and fish for a living, there are probably about 100,000 people who need to buy grain! If those landlords mobilize tenants to buy, it will increase by 70,000 or 80,000 people, but this is unlikely, tenants are not stupid, they can do it by mobilizing some tenants to buy, and it is difficult to mobilize all tenants to buy! ”

And because of the price reduction, the four families have not received much sugar cane at the moment. The sugar they make can't be bought by Fujian maritime merchants from Naha Port! The only way to sell them is to the port of Yuntian in the north, where some merchants from Shimazu will come to trade, if the adults completely cut them off, it is not enough to blockade the port of Naha, you also need to send ships to blockade the port of Yuntian! ”

"Now that the adults have real evidence in hand, they will definitely make these four families pay the price for what they have done, even if it is put in the Ryukyu court, the rest of the officials have nothing to say! After all, the diplomatic relations between Ryukyu and Eastern Qin are a first-class event! ”

After learning that the grain from Eastern Qin had arrived, Zheng Bin finished his family's affairs a little later and rushed to the Ryukyu Sugar Factory.

He was specially allowed to participate in the meeting of the sugar factory, and when he received this honor, he immediately told everything he knew at the meeting.

Ah Ku and the others all looked at him with a smile, and Zheng Bin's heart was furious.

He licked his face again and said with a smile: "My lords, at this moment, it is to transport the grain down, so that the rest of the places know that there is grain in Dongqin, in that case, these people will definitely send the sugarcane to the sugar factory for processing!"

Ah Ku looked at Zhang Sheng and said, "Are you done?"

Zhang Sheng nodded: "According to the calculation of 100,000 people, our food can last for twenty days!" In twenty days, the king should still send food! However, as the letter said, let us find a place to exchange sugar for food, this is an excellent way! ”

"How?"

Zhang Sheng took a pen and paper to circulate to them: "Look, even if we feed all the people of the Ryukyus, in fact, our transportation capacity can also be done, and last month we launched a barge and a Long March-class, I think only one Long March-class and one barge can be used to supply food to the Ryukyus!"

"My idea is that in the future, I will bring grain from outside and bring sugar out of Ryukyu, so that rice will no longer grow on the land of Ryukyu! In this way, we can get the maximum benefit and ...... It will be more reliable! ”

Ah Ku glanced at Zheng Bin, and Zheng Bin immediately looked up at the roof, as if there was something eye-catching on the roof.

"Are you saying that the grain brought in will be used to replace the grain produced in the Ryukyus, and the Ryukyuan people will be planted with sugarcane step by step?" Ah Ku asked.

"That's right!"

"But where are you going to exchange sugar for food? Our food in Dongqin has always been not sold out. Song February asked.

Ashin waved his hand and said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, you can collect the sugar in the past few days and transport it to North Korea or Shandong, or even Japan, you should be able to exchange it for food!"

Zhao Chenglin agreed: "If it is feasible, then let's start it immediately and transport sugar for food!" Simply, this time the sugar problem in Ryukyu has been completely solved, our blockade cannot be stopped, and we have to write to inform the king that he should send two more ships to block Yuntian Port! ”

Ah Ku nodded: "As long as the sugar of the rest of the wealthy families in the Ryukyus cannot be sold, they must hand over the sugarcane to us, and these four families now have a handle in our hands, so let's divide and co-opt and find a suitable scapegoat to pay for this incident!"

"Lord Zheng, which one do you think is suitable to be a scapegoat?"

Zheng Bin came back to his senses, thought for a while and said: "It stands to reason that the Ryukyu brown sugar business is respected by the Ma family, but if you want to find a scapegoat, the Jin family is the most suitable!"

"Why?" Song February, curious.

"Because Jin Cishan has just been dismissed, the Jin family has lost an arm in the court, and if you attack the Jin family at this time, the rest of the people will be willing to step on it! After all, the Jin family has a lot of land, and once the Jin family collapses, anyone can eat meat! And if you lose the source of sugar, the Jin family will be lonely!

These four families are all in this way, so at this moment, they are probably afraid of Dong Qin's death! But if only one Jin family is singled out, these three families will immediately compromise, but they are not willing to break the net again!

is the so-called dead friend, not dead poor way. It's not hard for them to figure out this! Zheng Bin said respectfully, he was really scared, who knew that the people of Dongqin were so ruthless, and even if they brought so much grain, they also brought a large shipload of copper coins.

Ah Ku smiled and said approvingly: "Lord Zheng is worthy of being well versed in Ryukyu officialdom!" That's a great idea, so let's do it! Let's take the Jin family. ”

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Ten days later, the grain supply from the Ryukyu Sugar Factory was still stable.

The first batch of grain that was shipped out of the sugar also arrived on Kume Island, and this batch of grain came from North Korea.

The price of sugar in North Koreans is even higher than that of the Ming Dynasty, and the powerful landlords in the country are very happy to exchange grain for sugar.

Seeing the truckloads of grain being continuously transported into the Ryukyu Sugar Factory, all the people of the Ryukyus were relieved.

Ah Ku even directly opened a money and grain shop, selling grain while opening the service of copper coin exchange.

Whether it is selling grain or exchanging money, compared with those landlords and wealthy families, Dongqin is simply a living bodhisattva.

The rumors that the people of the Eastern Qin Dynasty were fair, reasonable, had a lot of money and food, were strong men, and were soft and feminine began to spread spontaneously among the people.

As the grain was sent to various places for sale, more and more people came to the sugar factory to make sugar.

The people of the Ryukyus are not stupid, this sugar factory can make more sugar, they can exchange it for cheap grain, they can get more silver, and they will naturally not follow the landlords and wealthy families.

The scale in their hearts is that if they do not harm their own interests, they will have a sense of right and wrong.

As for the previous farce, they will not admit that they have done wrong, it is more of a strange opinion, since the matter was provoked by the Dongqin people after they came, the Dongqin people are naturally responsible, you solve it well, and do things fairly, we will naturally say a few more good words.

Looking at the black smoke of the chimney day and night, watching the snow-white sugar being made continuously, watching the sugarcane trucks come in.

The leadership team of the sugar factory showed a satisfied smile, these days they have been eating and closing, people are tired and anxious and thin, and now the dust has finally settled!

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Shuri Castle, the residence of the Ma family.

It was still that courtyard, and the four brown sugar business owners gathered together again.

The atmosphere was very wrong, because Zheng Bin was already sitting next to Ma Xianli for some reason.

After the three heads of the family sat down, their faces couldn't hide their loneliness, they didn't understand why Dongqin was able to turn the tables.

At the beginning, they blamed the Zheng family for this incident, thinking that if there was no Zheng family, it should be more than that.

But later I learned that the people of the Ryukyu Sugar Factory were getting some grain from the Zheng family, and they were actually purchasing grain at a high price in the Ryukyus.

This allowed them to hold on for a while, and this kind of courage made them sigh secretly.

After the grain from Dongqin was brought in, they thought they could hold it up at first, but more and more grain was transported.

What's even worse is the copper money of Dongqin, which is a boatload after boat, in just ten days, that kind of good money with good quality, so that they can't hold it.

Not only that, but the blockade of the port is the most vicious hand of the Eastern Qin people.

Not only were several of them affected, but the rest of the Ryukyu clan was also distressed, and they wished to slap the four of them to death.

Ma Xianli sat and drank a few sips of tea, glanced at the three of them, and arched his hand towards Zheng Bin and said: "Lord Zheng was sent by the Eastern Qin people to mediate in the middle, and the Eastern Qin people said that harmony makes money, mutual benefit can be a win-win situation, as long as we send sugarcane to their sugar factory, we are guaranteed to make more money!" It's just that each of our families has to sell 3,000 acres of land to the people of Dongqin! ”

"This matter ......"

"Listen to me first!" Ma Xianli said calmly: "The people of Dongqin also said that the business of copper coins can also be discussed, and in the future, we will supply copper materials in exchange for copper coins!" However, if you want to do this business, you also need to sell 2,000 acres of land to the people of Dongqin, and the price of the land, they will buy it at the price of the harvest year. As long as we nod, Dongqin's iron pot and summer cloth business can also continue! ”

"Our Ma family has recognized it, and the three of you will look at it!"

"Dongqin Sugar Factory, it is said that it can produce more than 30% of the sugar, if it is handed over to them, I think it is extremely cost-effective, and our Jin family will also respond!" Jin Heyuan immediately responded.

Ma Xianli stretched out his hand to interrupt: "The Eastern Qin people also said that the Eastern Qin expatriates who were killed in this incident were killed and one wounded, and the Ryukyu Kingdom must give an explanation, and the Jin family needs to take full responsibility before they withdraw the fleet and stop the blockade!"

Hum - The other two families present were shocked, and Jin Heyuan's face turned extremely pale.

"You...... You guys...... Want to sell my Jin family? ”

"Ahem, my Shi family should go down, admit the gamble and admit defeat!"

"That's it, the situation is stronger than people, and those who know the times are handsome! My Mao family admitted! ”

Jin Heyuan's face was like ashes, and he got up and scolded angrily: "You and other traitors and villains, do you want the Jin family to carry the next thing together?" I really thought that the people of the Eastern Qin Dynasty would raise their noble hands, and I really thought that the people of the Eastern Qin Dynasty would not rush to kill ......"

In Jin Heyuan's angry scolding, Ma Xianli drank tea lightly, and Zheng Bin was extremely happy in his heart, adding five acres of land to each family, this is all a kickback from his Zheng family!

He was shouting in his heart, long live the monarch of the Eastern Qin Kingdom!

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