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    Chapter 252 Sugar Cane Plantation

    The Maotong tribe in the southwest of Keelung Port has more than 3,000 people and more than 1,000 warriors. They make a living by hunting.

    The Huansi tribe in the west of Keelung Port has more than 5,000 tribesmen and more than 1,000 warriors. They make a living by half farming and half hunting.

    The Musen tribe in the southeast corner of Keelung Port has more than 3,000 tribesmen and more than 1,000 warriors. They make a living by fishing and hunting.

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    Li Min holds a piece of information in his hand. On the third day after he returned to Keelung, the tribes who participated in the attack on Keelung finally investigated clearly, and now it is all recorded on this piece of paper in his hand.  Li Min counted carefully and found that there were eight tribes in total, with a total population of more than 30,000, and more than 10,000 warriors. However, the warriors here refer to all the adult men of these tribes.  , although there are many people, their combat effectiveness is extremely poor.

    "Yan Bei, what do you think should be done with these tribes?" Li Min circulated the information in his hand around the hall, and after everyone had read it, he asked.  Not only Yan Bei, Lu Qing, Cui Wei and others from the Qi Palace attended this meeting, but also Li Ke, Li Yun, Cui Yu, Wang Kuang and others.

    "Brother Six, what else can we do? Let's just order all the troops to attack them directly, and then kill them all. Only in this way can we get rid of the bad breath in our chests!" Before Yan Bei could say anything.  , Li Zhen next to her said first.  He only remembered what Li Min reminded him before about being cruel to foreigners. As for using his brain before speaking and doing things, he obviously hadn't understood it yet.

    "The King of Yue is right. We have already controlled the periphery of Liuqiu. Conflicts will inevitably arise among the natives inside the island in the future, so it is better to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys. We should first take action on these eight tribes and retaliate with cruel means, and then  Spread this news among the natives and let them know our methods, so as to suppress others first!" Yan Bei also agreed with Li Zhen's suggestion, and it made some sense.

    "Rokuro, there are more than 30,000 people here. If we kill them all, wouldn't it seem that we are too cruel? Moreover, this method seems simple and effective, and it also deters the natives on the island, but in this way, it will also  A seed of hatred is planted in the hearts of the natives. If something changes in the future, it will be a big trouble!" Li Ke read too many sages and sages, and was somewhat resistant to the instinct of slaughter, and he later  The analysis is also very reasonable. In the long run, massacre is indeed not a good idea.

    Hearing two completely different opinions, Li Min thought carefully in his heart. Although he also felt that the massacre was inappropriate, would it appear that he was too weak and could be bullied if he did not kill?  Thinking of this, Li Min suddenly felt a little undecided.  At the same time, I also regretted sending Wang An out to do things. Otherwise, if he were here, he would definitely be able to come up with a better idea for me.

    "Your Highness, I have an idea. Is it feasible?" At this moment, Cui Yu, who had been whispering to Wang Kuang, suddenly stood up and saluted Li Min.  Li Ke and Li Yun are Li Min's brothers, so it's okay to express their opinions on such an occasion, but they are guests, and it does seem a bit abrupt to suddenly stand up and express their opinions.

    "Oh? Brother Cui, what is your opinion? Please tell me quickly!" Li Min did not regard Cui Yu as an outsider, and he did feel a little undecided, so he immediately asked eagerly after hearing Cui Yu's words.

    "Haha, actually this is also the result of discussing this matter with Brother Wang just now." Cui Yu said, pointing to Wang Kuang next to him, and Wang Kuang smiled and saluted Li Min, and then heard Cui Yu speak again.  He said, "This time His Highness invited Brother Wang and I, as well as various noble families in Chang'an, to come here. In fact, the main purpose is to let everyone enclose land on Liuqiu Island, plant sugar cane on a large scale, and then use sugar cane as raw material to produce sucrose.  But now there is an old question, which your Highness must have guessed."

    "Short of people!" After hearing Cui Yu's words, Li Min immediately shouted in accordance with his words, and at the same time he understood the meaning of the other party's words.

    Li Min came to Liuqiu this time, but he brought a lot of people with him. These people were mainly people in Chang'an City who had the same interests as Li Min, such as various wealthy upstarts, major businessmen, and people like Cui Yu and Wang Kuang.  and the Lu clan members who were deceived by Li Min.  The reason why they willingly followed Li Min to a place like Liuqiu was naturally not because they had no motive. Most of them came for the money on Liuqiu Island. To be precise, they came for the sugar cane on Liuqiu Island.  Come.

    After Li Min sent Lu Qing back to Liuqiu, he asked him to vigorously promote the cultivation of sugar cane, and then squeeze the sugar cane juice to boil sugar. As for the white sugar purification technology, he used the technology from Tianzhu at first, and later Li Min  I also thought of the ancient method of drenching sugar with yellow mud and water, and let the craftsmen experiment for a long time. Later, they finally came up with a technology that can produce white sugar on a large scale.

      Once these white-as-snow cane sugars came on the market, they were immediately sought after by countless nobles. Although the cost was not high, the price of white sugar on the market was extremely high.  And after learning that Li Min made the sugar, all the people who could get in touch with Li Min came together. After all, they all knew that with Li Min's character, he would never eat alone.

    ??????????? The business vision of these people who came to us was indeed good, the sugar industry was a cornucopia of wealth, and Li Min really didn¡¯t want to go it alone, so he asked them to prepare capable manpower and follow him to Liuqiu.  After arriving in Liuqiu, these people immediately surveyed the island in large boats like cats that smelled fishy smell, hoping to seize the most fertile land and the most suitable place for growing sugar cane.

    The reason Cui Yu and Wang Kuang didn't go was because Li Min had already been near Keelung and helped them set aside two huge pieces of land for sugar cane plantations, so they didn't have to work as hard as others.  It is also worth mentioning that Wang An also set off by boat with those people. Of course, he was not going to seize the land, but had other important things to attend to.

    If you want to start a sugar cane plantation, land is only one of the most basic conditions. There is also the problem of manpower to solve. Those who followed Li Min are the capable people of various forces in Chang'an. Naturally, these people will not go to the fields to plant sugar cane themselves. After all,  They are all management talents, not front-line workers.

    There are only a few Han people on Liuqiu Island, and if you hire Han people, you need to pay wages. The cost is too high, so these black-hearted plantation owners invariably turned their attention to the local natives.

    The natives on Liuqiu Island are actually divided into two parts. One part is more friendly to the Han people. From the Han people, they learned to cultivate the land, and more advanced fishing tools, etc. These advanced production methods have changed the  Their lifestyle changed from hunting to settling, and they generally lived close to the gathering places of the Han people. They usually used the things they produced to exchange with the Han people, which was the predecessor of the later Shufan.

    Opposite to the cooked ones are the raw ones who live in the deep mountains and old forests. Due to various reasons, these raw ones have less contact with the Han people and still retain their original hunting life. Although their numbers are relatively small, their folk customs are strong.  , both men and women can become murderous warriors, and they often view foreign Han people with hostility. Some tribes even have the custom of headhunting, and the Han people on the island are the targets of their headhunting. Because of this, Liuqiu  Almost all the Han people on the island live together in groups. Although there are endless internal fights, they still stand on the same side when facing these conflicts.

    The positions of raw and cooked fan are not static. Take cooked fan as an example. When the productivity of these native people who accepted Han civilization increased, the population also increased rapidly. However, after the population increased, the resources they originally occupied  It is not enough to feed the extra population. When they want to increase their own resources with their population advantage, they will find that all the good resources have been taken up by the Han people around them, which makes them dissatisfied.  There are also some disputes between Shufan and the Han people. However, Liuqiu Island is still sparsely populated, so this conflict is not prominent. Generally speaking, the relationship between Shufan and the Han people is good.

    The plantation owners brought by Li Min first turned their attention to the well-connected ripers. Compared with the Han people, these ripers were cheaper. After all, the population of these ripers was growing too fast and it was difficult for the tribe to feed them.  It was already very strenuous, and without them it would reduce the pressure on the tribe, so almost all the leaders were very willing.

    Of course, these leaders are also very smart. They will not hand over people for free. Instead, they will make an agreement with the plantation growers, that is, people can be given to them, and food and accommodation must be included. In addition, these  Their wages are only one-third of those of the Han people, but this one-third is not given to the natives who work, but all of it is given to these tribal leaders.

    When Cui Yu and other plantation owners discussed the request of these leaders, they felt that the price was okay, so they agreed. Anyway, they only paid for the people. As for where the money was used by the leaders, it was not them.  I can manage it.

    Although the practice of hiring mature workers has solved some of the workers' problems, the gap is still huge. For this reason, some people want to create the idea of ????raw workers. However, the raw workers in Taiwan are not easy to deal with. In the deep mountains and forests where they live, if they are organized  If the slave catching team captured them, they would take a huge risk. Some people even calculated their accounts and found that instead of catching slaves on the island, it would be better to take a sea ship to Java to transport the Kunlun slaves. After all, sea ships are now fast and stable.  , as long as there is no storm, there is generally no danger, and the cost is even lower.  As for the pirates, Lu Qing and the others were originally the overlords of this area. Now that they have taken refuge with Li Min, almost no pirates in the mainland and Java waters dare to attack the tiger anymore.??.

    Among the eight native tribes that Li Min besieged Keelung, most of them were raw tribesmen, and two were mature tribesmen who had serious conflicts with the Han people.  The reason why Cui Yu stood up was to remind Li Min that instead of killing them all, it would be better to capture them and send them to the plantation to work as laborers.
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