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Text Chapter 688 Ma¡¯s Plantation (Part 1)

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    "Drive~drive~" a crisp girl's voice came, and then a tall bay-red horse ran past on the road. Two bright girls on the horse left a string of laughter like silver bells.  ¡èThis website URL: sp;¡è

    "You two girls, slow down, or you will no longer be allowed to ride a horse from tomorrow on!" Marin rode on a black horse and shouted angrily while chasing him. There were piles of horses behind the butt of his horse.  Got big and small bags of stuff.

    "I know, Third Brother is really annoying!" Ma Xiaoyu, who was in charge of controlling the bay horse, also shouted angrily. At the same time, he held the reins with both hands, slowing down the horse underneath him.  And sitting in front of Ma Xiaoyu was Thea, who came from America.  Thea's father, Sam, was finally persuaded by Marin and agreed to join the Ma family's plantation as a glorious overseer. Thea's mother was responsible for cooking for the overseers and slaves, and Thea herself naturally followed.

    Now Thea is wearing a light blue long Han-style dress. She looks similar to an ordinary Han girl, except that her skin is slightly darker and her lips are plumper, giving her a more exotic look.

    Since moving to the Ma family plantation, Ma Xiaoyu finally had a playmate of the same age, and soon became good friends with Thea who talked about everything.  Xiaoyu has an active personality and usually likes riding horses. Now that she has Thea as a friend, she naturally wants to take her along with her.

    But this was the first time for Thea to see an animal like a horse, because in her hometown in the Americas, horses have long been extinct, and when she heard Xiaoyu let herself ride on the horse, she was even more frightened and backed away, regardless of  No matter what Xiaoyu said, she didn't dare to step forward. In the end, Xiaoyu rode a horse for a few laps in front of her, which convinced Cai Xia.  It turns out that the monster named horse in front of me can really be ridden.

    Speaking of which, when Thea was in the tribe, she and her friends would often go up mountains, climb trees, go fishing in rivers, and her body was very flexible and strong. However, when it came to horseback riding, she obviously had no talent. She learned it well from Xiaoyu.  It took me a long time to learn it, and I even fell off my horse once.

    But this did not bother the clever Xiaoyu. She finally decided that they would ride on the same horse in the future.  In this way, with Xiaoyu supporting Thea on the horse, there is no need to worry about her falling again. Thea also very much agrees with Xiaoyu's method. This can be regarded as a small agreement between the two girls.

    The weather is nice today, and Ma Xiaoyu and Thea originally planned to have a picnic.  But it happened that Ma Lin went out to Coconut City to buy vegetable seeds. As a result, the two girls pestered Ma Lin to go. In the end, Ma Lin had no choice but to take them into the city, but he ended up buying seeds twice.  Instead, the two girls bought a bunch of snacks and clothes and put them all on his horse.  Only then did the opening scene appear.

    After being scolded by her brother, Ma Xiaoyu did not dare to be naughty anymore, so she just sat on the horse and chatted with Thea.  Although Thea had stayed in Coconut City for a few days, it was her first time to go shopping today.  Therefore, they seemed particularly excited. The two girls chatted non-stop, which made the boring road a little more lively.

    The Ma family¡¯s plantation is five miles south of Yecheng. You can get there in a short while on horseback.  It is quite close. Some other plantations are generally ten miles away from Coconut City.  Some are even as far away as thirty miles away.

    Speaking of which, before the plague broke out in Java, the Javanese were quite hostile to the Han people. Later, due to the plague, the natives of Java were very rare, but occasionally there were still some wandering natives who were hostile to Coconut City.  If some harm is caused, they naturally dare not attack a city like Coconut City, so the plantations outside the city are naturally their best targets. The farther the plantation is from the city, the greater the risk.

    But correspondingly, since people dare to open plantations so far away from the city, they usually have corresponding force. Therefore, unless there are special circumstances, it is rare for the plantation industry to be conquered by the natives.

    The Ma family's plantation is right on the edge of the city, so it is very safe. This is why Ma Lin dared to take the two girls to Coconut City alone. They rode through a small forest and soon found a huge plantation.  Just appear in front of them.

    The Ma family's plantation is the largest plantation in the entire Coconut City, with thousands of slaves and tens of thousands of acres of land. In this plantation, three crops are mainly grown. The first is the newly planted  Rubber trees, because they are too young, have not produced yet.

    Another type of drink is coffee. This new drink was introduced from the people of Da Shi, and it quickly became popular among the upper class nobles of Da Qi and Tang Dynasty. The coffee they originally needed was imported from Da Shi, but the Ma family  However, he boldly introduced the planting of coffee trees, and now they have successfully planted them. However, coffee trees also take three years to bear fruit, so like rubber trees, they have no output for the time being.

    The last one is the Ma family¡¯s main source of income now, and it also needs slaves.The most abundant plant is sugar cane, and the Ma family not only grows sugar cane, but also uses sugar cane to make wine. They even registered a trademark for this sugar cane wine, which has become the Ma family's iconic product.  In addition, the Ma family also grows a lot of vegetables, mainly to supply the needs of Coconut City and as a supplement to the family's income. This time he went to the city to buy some seeds of tomatoes native to America and try planting them.

    The gate of the Ma family plantation is very simple, it can even be said that there is no gate at all. The Ma family has planted coconut trees on the entire border of the plantation. However, the planting time was too short, so it looks short. I guess  It will take at least another four to five years to grow into a tall coconut tree.  The so-called gate of the plantation is actually a ten-meter-wide gap between two transplanted tall coconut trees. When entering, there is a flat cement road that leads to the gate of Ma's Manor in the center of the plantation.

    Although the Ma family's plantation is very close to Coconut City and generally does not encounter any danger, just in case, the Ma family built a fortress-like Ma Manor in the center of the plantation.  The outer walls were strong enough to withstand ordinary attacks, and were surrounded by turrets that were patrolled every night, as was common practice on Javanese plantations.

    After the Ma brothers and sisters entered the plantation, they did not take the cement road. Instead, they turned their horses' heads and ran towards the manor along the grassland next to them. This was mainly because the cement road was too hard. If they rode on this kind of road, the iron horseshoe would scratch them.  It's so fast that it may even hurt the horse's hoof.  The brothers and sisters' horses are all BMWs brought from the Western Regions. It is said that they have the blood of BMWs. The two of them have always cherished them, so they usually pay special attention to some small details.

    Just as the three of them were riding through a mature sugar cane forest, they happened to see a group of hundreds of slaves harvesting sugar cane quickly with machetes in their hands under the supervision of several overseers.  Thea happened to see her father, now Sam, one of the overseers, chatting with another overseer.

    Seeing her father, Thea looked very happy. She immediately asked Ma Xiaoyu to stop, then jumped off the horse and ran to Marin's side. She took out a beautiful glass bottle from the bag behind him, which contained a light green liquid.  Liquid, this is the insect repellent water Thea bought in Coconut City today.

    For Americans like Thea, everything is good in Java, except that the weather is too hot and there are many mosquitoes. Sam is supervising the work outside and is covered in mosquito bites almost every day when he comes home. The careful Thea has long asked Ma Xiaoyu  After asking around, she learned that after applying this kind of insect repellent water on her body, she would not have to worry about mosquito bites, so after entering the city, she was the first to buy a few bottles of insect repellent water.

    Sam also saw his daughter at this time, and immediately greeted him with a loving smile. He was very satisfied with his current life. The job of overseer was very easy. He just followed the slaves every day and watched them not to be lazy. In addition,  Even every few days, their supervisors have to act as guards. They go on duty in the corner tower at night, and there is nothing else to do. Moreover, the plantation also provides food and accommodation. This kind of life is something he would never have imagined when he was in America.  .

    Thea handed the insect repellent water to her father, and then helped him apply it on his face, neck and other exposed skin. Then she said goodbye to Sam and rode back to Ma's Manor with Ma Xiaoyu.

    After returning to the manor where they lived, Ma Lin helped them deliver the things they bought to the yard where Ma Xiaoyu lived, because in the entire manor, only Thea and Ma Xiaoyu were the same age, and the two girls got along very well, plus Ma  Xiaoyu is a little scared to live alone, so most of the time, Thea will stay with Ma Xiaoyu.

    The two girls first sorted the things they bought, and then joked for a while. Finally, Thea took the things she bought for her parents out of the yard, and then came to a row of yards on the north side of the manor, where the overseer  Thea's parents naturally live here where they live, but the sun has just set now. They are probably all eating in the dining hall, so there is no one at home at all.

    Thea put her things at home and then went to the dining hall, just in time for dinner. This dining hall was very large. Except for the Ma family, most people in the plantation ate here. And if you look carefully,  If you observe, you will find a very interesting thing, that is, in the dining hall, the overseer and the slaves were chatting and laughing, and some even sat down to eat together. They were not at all as antagonistic as people thought.

    In fact, at the beginning, the life of slaves was still very miserable. For example, in the original sugar cane plantations in Taiwan, the slaves worked under the whips of supervisors. If they were not careful, they would be beaten or even killed.  Beat to death.

    But later, as Li Min's territory expanded, slaves were needed everywhere, so the price of slaves also increased. The death of one was a big loss, so the people who owned slaves had to make changes.  Although the management is still very strict, in terms of life, it has been improved to a level similar to that of ordinary people.
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