Much of it was used in the productionofsugar, which was steadily evolving from being a scarce luxury to a daily necessity.
土地的大部分被用于生产糖料，这导致了糖由一种奢侈品变成了一种日常品。
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By the sixteenth century, the oversea Chinese also introduced the art of sugarcane planting and productionofsugar to countries such as Philippines and Java.