California is worthy of being one of the most pleasant states in the United States in the future, obviously it is winter, but Liu Yifeng, who got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, did not feel cold at all.

"Is this the Mediterranean climate?"

"What sea climate?"

Liu Yifeng turned around and found that it was Zheng Zhilong.

From his neat hair, it can be seen that he has not slept yet, ancient men had to loosen their buns when they slept, of course, Liu Yifeng did not have this trouble, his current hair may be quite long in later generations, but it is still an eye-catching short hair here, so he always wears a hat when facing outsiders.

"Haven't slept yet?"

"Well, some can't sleep."

Liu Yifeng looked up at the sky, the moon had just passed its highest point, which means that it was now around 1-2 o'clock.

"Something?"

"There's something I want to talk to you about."

Zheng Zhilong did have insomnia, but he saw Liu Yifeng deliberately chasing after he got up, everyone was too busy during the day, busy panning for gold in the water, busy taking turns on duty, busy cutting trees to build wooden sheds, busy hunting and fishing to improve food, so he never had time to talk to Liu Yifeng alone.

"Lao Zheng, what do you want to talk about?"

"Liu Yifeng, what are you going to do with this batch of gold?"

This question is something that Liu Yifeng has also been thinking about.

It is impossible to sell, Dongshan Prefecture is not a local area, and there is no strong force that is not afraid of the imperial court to dare to collect gold, so the gold can only be handed over to the Maritime Safety Bureau if it is to be disposed of.

But when it was handed over to the Maritime Safety Administration, Liu Yifeng felt that the current amount was not enough.

"To be honest, I didn't think it through."

Seeing that something important was discussed, Liu Yifeng's drowsiness disappeared, so he simply found a sleeping wood and sat on it.

"Lao Zheng, what do you say the Maritime Bureau will give us after we hand over the gold and the method of panning for gold?"

Zheng Zhilong shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either, with speculation in his tone: "A separate courtyard? ”

Dongshan Prefecture is engaged in land finance, which is something that they all know.

"That's too stingy."

"And what do you want?"

"A privilege."

"What privilege?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, but we have proved that there is a large amount of gold in the waters near Jinshan City, and if we hand over this information, we should be able to exchange privileges."

In fact, Liu Yifeng thought about it, and the privilege he wanted to exchange for was a privilege that allowed them to find a place to build a city by themselves. He even chose the location of the city, which was the famous Los Angeles.

The geography of Los Angeles is very good, although it is located in the southernmost part of California, but the temperature is no different from the whole of California, dry and mild temperatures with little rain, sufficient sunshine throughout the year and a developed water system, so that the plains around Los Angeles are all good farmland. In later generations, there were many farms around Los Angeles, and all kinds of vegetables and fruits grew well even without chemical fertilizers.

In fact, the best location for him to build a city is San Francisco, which is now Jinshan City. Kanayama Castle is located next to the Central Valley, which is the best farmstead. Later California agriculture provided 10% of the country's grain with less than 4% of the country's arable land, with the Central Valley contributing greatly.

In the future, Jinshan City will slowly become the economic center of Dongshan Prefecture because of the existence of a gold mine. The grain in Jinshan City can indeed supply Jinshan City, but Liu Yifeng believes that the grain grown by himself in the plains around Jinshan City will replace that in Jinshan City at a very fast speed.

He also had an ambition in his heart, that is, to trade grain with the Indians of the south for gold. He knew very well that gold was really everywhere in North America. Exchanging cheap grain for gold is too lucrative.

In the history of North America, there are many records of Indians exchanging gold with Europa colonists because gold was of no value in the eyes of the Native Americans.

For tens of thousands of years in the Americas, natural crustal movements caused large amounts of gold to pour into the surface of the earth in various ways, as was the case in Asia and Europe. The difference is that human beings in Eurasia have evolved civilizations, and gold has slowly become a precious metal in human civilization in various ways.

Once a thing starts to be valuable, it slowly becomes scarce. The gold on the surface of the Eurasian continent has been swept away by human beings for thousands of years, while the Americas have not had this sweeping process.

Although some Native American civilizations also collect gold and use it as metal, in general, Native Americans regard gold as earth and stone, and pick it up and play with those who are interested, and throw it away if they are not interested. That's why a large number of Indians came into contact with the early settlers and exchanged gold for cloth, iron and small handicrafts that they considered valuable.

However, these later colonists, with the greatest greed, completed the sweep of the gold on the surface of the Americas in just one hundred years, helping the Native Americans to make up for this lesson.

"Liu Yifeng, we can't keep digging for gold, what do you want to do after that? Continuing to shop? ”

Liu Yifeng heard the meaning of Zheng Zhilong's words, and asked directly: "Lao Zheng, do you have something you want to do?" ”

Zheng Zhilong was silent for a while and said, "Yes, I want to buy a boat, I want to be a captain!" ”

Liu Yifeng praised sincerely: "Ambitious! ”

Can you not have ambition? Now in the Ming Dynasty, there are more people who want to be captains, but few have achieved it. The reason is that the shopkeeper who owns a boat is essentially no different from the shopkeeper who owns a piece of land in Fifty City and opens a trading house.

Boats are expensive, and how many people have sold their entire wealth to buy a boat. For these people, he has no home, the ship is his home, and he has no merchant shop, the ship is his shop.

"Liu Yifeng, let's go together, you are the shopkeeper, and I will be your captain!"

This is what Zheng Zhilong wants to talk to Liu Yifeng alone, his financial resources are not enough to support him to get a boat, but he is inexplicably confident in Liu Yifeng, he thinks that Liu Yifeng will be able to earn a boat of money sooner or later. He hoped that Liu Yifeng could buy a boat, so that his dream could come true, even if he really wanted to work for Liu Yifeng at that time, he would gladly accept it.

"How about buying a boat and running a business?"

Liu Yifeng thought about it and felt that after the city was established, he really needed a boat. But in his mind, the priority of buying a boat was not high, he looked at Zheng Zhilong, looked at him staring at himself with blazing eyes, couldn't bear to discourage his enthusiasm, and said: "Lao Zheng, it's not clear what benefits these gold can bring, it's too early to say this." ”

Zheng Zhilong was a little disappointed that Liu Yifeng didn't promise him immediately, but he also knew that what Liu Yifeng said was right, and it was not clear what reward the Maritime Safety Bureau would give them, and it was probably not even enough to buy a boat.

"Whether we want to buy a ship or not, in short, we need to dig up more gold, at least to prove to the Maritime Safety Bureau, our gold panning method is no less than Zhang Xianzhong's gold ore vein, so as to complete your dream."

He patted Zheng Zhilong on the shoulder and said, "Go to bed early, tomorrow we will go back to Jinshan City, we need to buy some supplies, and we also need to hire more people." ”

(This is the content of the second volume, I sent it wrong, I can't change it, I will just read it)