Liuqiugang, the Li family in Bashang operates Liuqiu's base camp.

To Fan Lubing's surprise, it was actually very lively. Although it was not as good as Quanzhou Port, there were many ships. There were white sails in the port, and countless ships were moored. A large number of laborers were loading and unloading goods at the port terminal.

Near the pier, there is a tall castle standing. The castle does not look big, but is strong enough. Especially the shape of this castle is strange. The walls are not straight, but are as uneven as waves, and are somewhat like horse-faced by an enemy platform, but not very similar.

"These are the fleets of the Nanhai Trading Company and Baodao Trading Company. From last year to now, it has been very lively. The immigrants from the Central Plains have never stopped. Moreover, cattle, horse, donkey and mule, and various commodities have been transported from outside the island. It turns out that grain and other things have been transported from the Central Plains, and it was not until this year that the island self-sufficiency began."

Seeing so many ships, Fan Luxing was also surprised. It seems that the Li family in Bashang operated this island really cost a lot.

"Fortunately, I finally started to have an input now." Li said with a smile.

There are many deer herds on the treasure island, and deer skin is a very good product and is very popular in the Central Plains and Japan.

The manager of the Li family who was in charge of Liuqiu smiled and introduced to Li and Fan Lubing, "On the last year alone, we had purchased 100,000 deer skins on the island, and also planted rice ourselves and obtained 300,000 stones of rice. In addition, last year, we also planted sugarcane and processed 20,000 stones of sugar sugar. In addition, we also planted ginger, cotton, etc., and we also gained a lot."

Taiwan has fertile land, high temperatures, high temperatures and abundant rainfall, which is extremely beneficial for agricultural planting. Manager Li has been here for more than a year and has become more and more fond of it.

"300,000 stone of rice a year, not bad." Li was very satisfied, while Gao Lubing was shocked.

Three hundred thousand stones are still rice, which means at least 500 thousand stones of rice harvest.

"Is the yield here high?" he asked.

"It's high, very high, the yield per mu is at least three stones, and it's two ripe. You can even plant some rapeseed, radish, etc. in winter." Gao Lubing couldn't believe what the manager said. Three stones a season, two seasons are not six stones, but in winter, you can plant other seasons. The harvest is too high.

"The rain is abundant here, and planting is relatively worry-free. There is no need to spend too much effort to repair water conservancy facilities. It is enough to dig some ditches. We use intensive cultivation methods such as seedling cultivation, fertilization and weeding. We also transported tens of thousands of oxen from the Central Plains, and the new agricultural tools transported from the shipments ensure the yield." He smiled and said, "The Shanyi here also farms, but do you know how they plant it, slashing and fire. They farm directly and burn the wasteland. After burning, the methods are extremely primitive, but the harvest is actually pretty good."

Speaking of this, he sighed repeatedly.

In his opinion, those people could not farm at all, burned the wasteland, burned the grass with a torch, and then sowed the seeds simply, without selecting seeds, not to mention deep cultivation and turning over the land. After planting, there was no management, and it all depended on the weather. Moreover, they only planted one season a year.

A piece of land is often planted for a year or two, and then it will burn a piece of wasteland and plant a piece of land.

These people also know that the ashes after burning wasteland are fertile.

Although their farming methods are quite backward, they have a lot of land, they plant them casually, and they have a lot of harvests, but they also have fishing, hunting, and breeding, so they don’t have to worry about eating and drinking.

"So, this place is simply a fairy land on earth." Gao Lubing exclaimed. Before coming, he really thought that this place was just a small island hanging from overseas. There were a group of uncivilized primitive mountain barbarians who were eating raw meat and drinking blood. Now, at this point, people can also hunt and breed and grow grain. The conditions here are so good, the land is fertile and the food is abundant, and their lives are much better than those in the Central Plains.

"It's not like that. The land on the island is indeed fertile, but there are many Shanyi tribes here, and they are divided into many alliances according to their blood ties. As far as we know now, there are at least hundreds of different languages ​​on the island, and the relationship between the tribal alliances is not good. They have the custom of hunting the heads. Every year, there are some time to hunt the heads, and these people hunt the heads simply because of hatred, and there are various reasons for hunting the heads."

"Heaven's headhunting?"

"It's just killing people and cutting their heads." The manager said calmly. "They may hunt for headhunting because of hatred, or because of fighting for headhunting in the mountains, or just because of adult headhunting, or even just for glory. The Shanyi on the island attaches great importance to glory and regards headhunting as a kind of glory. However, because of headhunting, the relationship between the tribes here is tense. There are headhunting events every year, and there are often wars between tribes, resulting in countless casualties."

Gao Lubing couldn't understand this behavior. Are you full and full?

Good days, but should I hunt for a headhunter like this?

"This is their tradition." Li could understand. On such a relatively closed island, the culture is not open and the productivity is low, and the pressure on the tribe to survive is also great. In order to ensure bravery and protect the tribe, tribes often fight for hunting grounds and other battles. Gradually, the custom of headhunting is formed, which is also a way to ensure the combat effectiveness of the tribe.

"Then will these Shanyi come to attack us?"

Gao Lubing felt that this place was not so beautiful, and it turned out that there were also ferocious Shanyi here.

The ship entered the port, put down the pallet, and Li took the lead in getting off the boat. He stepped on the dock, and a group of people came to greet him, including the managers of the Li family and the managers of several major commercial banks.

Having said hello to them, Li went straight to the castle.

The Liuqiu Castle is actually not big. It is a castle that can accommodate thousands of people. It has many houses and the walls are very high. It is a bastion with no firepower and a high foundation, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Not far from the Liuqiu Castle is Liuqiu City.

It is said to be a city, but it is actually a commercial town with many shops and many private houses. Most of the workshops are concentrated here, and the warehouse area is also here.

The hospital, the school, and even built a Taoist temple and a Buddhist temple, as well as a Confucius Temple.

Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs.

The city is planned in a neat manner, with two cross streets, and the entire urban area is planned into nine pieces. Each functional area is concentrated together, and the city also has a city wall.

However, because the construction time was not long, the castle was just a wall of earth and stone, about meter high, not strong, and there was no moat. There was only a moat that was not wide or deep enough.

"We are still strengthening and improving it. We plan to widen, high and reinforce the city wall within three years, and the moat will be dug wider and deeper." The manager said quickly when he saw Li looking at the city wall and trenches.

"In that case, the current urban area will not be big enough. I suggest that the existing ones can be changed to an inner city by then, and another urban area outside the current city wall will be built to the outer city area, and the outer city wall will also be added."

Liuqiu's expansion was very fast, and there was no conflict with the island's mountain and Yi, which was the fast development period. There was a large population in the Central Plains. As long as Li Ken insisted on the preferential immigration conditions, a large number of people would come. After all, in the Central Plains, there were many places with dense populations, and many places with poor conditions, which were not suitable for farming, or nine disasters in ten years.

If Liu asked for such a treasure land, someone would definitely be willing to come.

Of course, Li guarded the treasure island and did not intend to farm just for farming.

Growing grain is a necessity, but it is enough to meet the island's self-sufficiency plan, just a little bit more. It is not necessary to grow all grains. The climate here is so good, so of course, some cash crops should be developed, such as planting sugarcane and cotton.

Last year, Li planted cotton in Longyou Shuofang and other places, and the harvest was pretty good. With the several machines designed by Li, the seed removal became easy and the cotton was woven into cotton cloth.

In terms of cost, it is actually similar to planting hemp, but the price of cotton cloth is the price of silk, and it is even more expensive. The fine cotton cloth that Li Ji launched last year became a high-end textile product with high prices, and only those noble, bureaucrats and wealthy businessmen can afford it.

The high price of cotton cloth is because in the past there were a small amount of cotton cloth on the market, mainly from the Western Regions, and the price is also high. Secondly, cotton cloth is indeed much more comfortable than linen cloth.

Li believes that perhaps in a few years, the price of cotton cloth will slowly drop, but at least in the past few years, before the production has risen, it will only be mid-to-high-end, and there is still a very marketable market.

Cotton cloth, cotton coats, and quilts are rarely welcome. Especially in the north, cotton coats are more comfortable than leather robes.

The climate of Baodao is very suitable for growing cotton.

Immigrants come to divide the land for free, and enjoy three-year free and five-and-a-half-year tax discount. However, as long as Li gives the immigrants excellent prospects, such as first signing a purchase price contract, and then letting the immigrants grow cotton and sugarcane, they have guarantees, and of course they will not refuse. After all, the income can be higher than growing grain, so who would refuse?

In addition to planting, Baodao's fishery is also promising, whaling, whale oil processing, and fish product processing. There are also mines and wood on the island.

Liuqiu's coal mine resources are excellent, and the reserves of gold, silver, copper and iron are not small.

For Li, Liu Qiu is a gold mountain that he can't dig. He has a larger investment in the early stage, but the returns are greater.

The guards of the Liuqiu Fort are strictly guarded, and most people are forbidden to enter. The Li family’s servant team is guarded by the Li family’s servant team. It is said to be the servant team. In fact, the guard forces on the Liuqiu Island are also armed at this time.

This is a military fort.

The real bustling thing is Liuqiu City not far away, but Gao Lubing saw many people walking out of the city, leading horses and carts, and was very lively.

"Where are they going?"

"Today is the tenth day of April. We have made an agreement with the nearby Shanyi Village to go to the market every ten days. The temporary market is located between several villages and is not far from our Liuqiu City."

"Do you trade with Shanyi? Why don't you just let Shanyi come to Liuqiucheng to trade?" Gao Lubing asked.
Chapter completed!