Chapter 42: The Uncrowned King
The earth, one of the eight planets of the solar system, has a radius of 6,378 kilometers at the equator, 6,356 kilometers at the poles, and a total area of about 510 million square kilometers.
And it is precisely because of this beautiful planet inhabited by nearly 6.5 billion people that has such a geological distribution, so since ancient times, the ancestors of the earthlings have been divided into fishing and hunting, gathering and survival, and farming and animal husbandry survival.
For example, the indigenous state of Polynia in the Hawaiian Islands of Mizhou, the federation of rock tree tribes established by the indigenous people of Oria, and the country of the rising sun on the island island of Himaru in Asia are all among the best island states.
In addition to these giant island civilizations, which are often tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of square kilometers, a small number of inconspicuous islands near the mainland have also produced their own unique cultures by chance, such as the ill-fated Shenluo Island, which is located off the coast of the East Asian continent.
This small island, which covers an area of less than 2,000 square kilometers, was formed 1.2 million years ago by a massive deep-sea volcanic activity, and was born entirely of basalt, volcanic undercurrents and volcaniclastic rocks formed by volcanic activity.
Fortunately, with the passage of time, relying on the mild climate and unusually abundant precipitation, the shadow of living things gradually appeared on the barren island, and then multiplied and developed for millions of years, and the skillful hands of nature actually transformed it into a densely vegetated and vibrant island, and it was at this time that the island began to have traces of human beings.
According to ancient legends, the first to land on this island were three immortals and three princesses of the East China Sea Bilang Kingdom who carried cows, horses, and grain seeds in wooden boats, and they united to establish a village, became the original owners of the island, and slowly established their own country, 'Shenluo'.
In ancient times, many small states and small countries sounded like a country and civilization, but in fact, the population and strength were not even comparable to a village or town in modern society, and the 'Shenluo' whose residents lived by fishing and hunting was such a country.
Hundreds of years later, when it was discovered by Goguryeo, a large country established on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, the crown prince was first taken hostage and pressed into the capital of Goguryeo, and the whole country was reduced to a horse farm and herded horses for the Goguryeo people;
Subsequently, he was deprived of the opportunity to be a herdsman of the country, and the name of the country was abolished and it was set up as Shenna County (City) of Goguryeo, thus beginning the strange millennium of changes on the island.
During the Goguryeo period, 'Shenna' was a county;
After Goguryeo was destroyed by the Mongol Yuan, it became a small horse husbandry;
The Mongol Yuan was overthrown by the Zhu Ming Dynasty, which was established by the Chinese, and after the Shenluo Muma Mansion surrendered to the new masters of the Han Dynasty Peninsula, it became a county;
Later, when the "Himaru" destroyed the "Korean Dynasty", they were the first to occupy Shenla Island, and the generals in order to show their great exploits to the ignorant people, and then "Shenla" was changed from a county to a county, and finally it was promoted to "Dao" (province), which is really a thousand years of laughter;
In modern times, Himaru relied on Western civilization and large-scale industrial reform to rise strongly, coveted China, the source of Asian civilization, and brazenly provoked and launched a 'war of aggression against China', and after the final defeat, it lost all the territory it had fought for a hundred years, leaving only the three islands on the mainland;
The old government of China, which had defeated Himaru, did not end well, and soon after, it was seized by the Red Regime and driven to a remote location, leaving only Wondae Island and the Korean Peninsula in its hands.
However, although the old Chinese government was defeated, after all, it still had the demeanor of a great country, and no matter how down-and-out it was, it did not overly pretend to be wrong, and it could not do the ugly thing of upgrading the places in the small territory, turning counties into cities, cities into provinces, covering their ears and stealing bells, and demonstrating their national strength.
Under these circumstances, the tiny island of Shenluo was restored to its rightful place and was once again reduced to a ranch, and the number of inhabitants on the island, which had been set up as a "naval war base" by Nichimaru at the end of the war, was less than 10,000.
Moreover, at the time of the recovery, the desperate Himaru defenders were bewitched by the emperor's so-called '100 million jade fragments', and the island was full of mines, so that the few thousand remaining destitute islanders also fled one after another in two or three years, and the entire island was completely deserted.
At this time, due to the decline of national strength, the old Chinese government, which was slow to build even the fundamental points on land, naturally had no time to take care of the abandonment of a small island.
It was not until the leader of the Republic of China, Zhongzheng Gong, saw that the Red Regime had reclaimed the land of western China by establishing a 'big farm', which brought about an increase in national strength, and flexibly allowed private individuals to purchase wasteland for reclamation, and all those exceeding 100,000 mu were equivalent to 'soldiers granting land' were exempt from tax, that Shenluo Island came into people's attention again.
The reason is that a mysterious industrialist who is said to have Chinese nationality and has made a fortune digging for oil in Mizhou bought it all at a price of 10 meters per mu of land.
Such a price seems to be unbelievable and cheap today, but in the sixties of the last century, ten meters of yuan was exchanged for huàn yuan, which was already a few months' wages for ordinary workers in the Republic of China, and it was much more difficult to open up islands than to reclaim land on the mainland, and Shenluo Island was full of mines, so it was very reasonable to give such a price...
From waiting for boarding at the gate to getting on the plane and taking off the flight, Zhang Muzi has been patiently listening to Charles, telling the history of Shenluo Island in unusually fluent Chinese, and when he heard that the island was bought by a Mizhou industrialist, he finally couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Charles, listen to what you mean, my grandfather is the so-called Mizhou industrialist, right?"
"Yes, Mr. Zhang. Charles asked with a smile.
"Mr. Charles, you are so much older than me, just call me Muzi," Zhang Muzi, who left his parents, seemed to have grown up a lot, and said very politely: "But who would believe that my grandfather is a big foreign entrepreneur."
What's more, if ten meters of land is one acre, a total of four hundred and fifty thousand acres will be more than four million meters, how can he have so much money?"
"I call you Muzi, please call me Charles directly," Charles smiled at Zhang Muzi, and then showed sincere admiration, and even said with some admiration: "Muzi, I don't know what kind of talent looks like a big business owner in your eyes, but in my memory, the smartest and wisest industrialist and religious person I have met is your grandfather."
After getting Silla Island, when everyone thought that it would be difficult to recruit people to reclaim the dangerous desert island, and that very lucrative conditions would be required, he set his sights on a very special group of people, that is, the mixed race of the Nitimaru and the Korean people who had retreated back to Japan.
These children, who had been exiled and defeated conquerors, had just grown up, because the wounds of the war had not yet fully dissipated, and they were discriminated against in society, often verbally abused and even beaten for no reason, and no one would give them a chance to work.
So your grandfather recruited enough men from among these poor people, who were afflicted physically and mentally, but who had nowhere to hide, at a very cheap salary, and brought them to the island, while arming their will with the religion which their ancestors had inaugurated;
On the one hand, it has been difficult to turn the barren island of Shenluo into a beautiful 'paradise'.
As for where your grandfather got the first pot of gold to buy Shenluo Island, that's not something I can know.
In addition, the acre and the acre are two completely different units of area, and the 'Shenluo' is 456,000 per acre, and in the case of acre, it is 2,767,500 mu. ”
"Wow, 2.76 million mu of land is worth more than 27 million meters, 27 million meters 50 or 60 years ago," Zhang Muzi, who was too far away from the war years, was not moved by Charles's vivid language, and exclaimed in the wrong place: "If you hadn't bought the island, you bought Microsoft stock...
Well, there shouldn't have been Microsoft at that time, so I would have bought shares of other big companies, and I might be the richest man in the world..."
Seeing Zhang Muzi's eyes wide open and muttering to himself daydreaming, Charles shook his head and interrupted with a smile: "Dear boss, do you know that after more than fifty years of reproduction, there are now more than 15,000 people working for you on Shenluo Island, and more than 90% of these people, along with their families, are believers in the 'Xingtian Palace'.
Isn't it enough that your grandfather didn't leave the stocks that made you the richest man in the world, but he left you an island where you are almost the 'uncrowned king', and that the island brings you no less annual cash income than any super-rich person on the planet?"
"Yes, there are more than 10,000 people working for me," Zhang Muzi stammered dumbfounded when he heard this, "Charles, my head is a little messy
I remember learning in social studies that modern farms have long been mechanized, so how can so many people be used?"
"Didn't I tell you, Muzi, in addition to agriculture and animal husbandry, your farm also has many industries such as fishing docks and homestay operations, and raising 'Korean cattle' is different from ordinary farm grazing, but it requires a lot of manpower. Charles explained with a smile.
Zhang Muzi was stunned for a moment, took a deep breath, leaned his waist on the back of the plane seat as if he had suddenly relaxed, and was silent for a while with a strange expression and whispered: "My head is not chaotic now, but is starting to be confused, Charles."
A few days ago, I was a high school student who dreamed of having a 'biological assistant' that would help the company, and I was 'desperately' prepared for the joint entrance examination to be admitted to a better university, but now I have...
Uh, some things are not so easy to explain, but this qiē is amazing!"