Chapter 365: Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Corn, New World (1)
When we talk about the Age of Exploration, we usually only think of India.
Well, the Age of Exploration itself ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) was about going to India to trade spices, or rather, to do kinpai, so it’s not wrong to think that way.
In fact, the real money was made by developing the West Indies and South America, developing silver and gold mines, and trading in specialty products.
Not to mention South American grains and vegetables like potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and pumpkins.
‘Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn are gods.’
“I thought it was just an empty land that I could make my own if I planted a flag on it in the worst case scenario... but who would have thought it would produce valuable specialty products?”
I’m also glad that there are indigenous people.
If there are no people living there, it means that there is a high probability that it is an area where people cannot live...
If there are people living there, it means that I can develop it and make it my colony, or my land.
Even if people can live there, if there are no local specialties unique to the land, it’s not easy to attract people and make a profit.
There are even local specialties that can make money, so we have to develop them, right?
[I can only have a very basic conversation with the natives, so I couldn’t find out much about the tribe’s politics, society, or surrounding circumstances. According to Gaviole, who can speak the language, there are several cities around here, and it seems like there are kings.]