Daqin Fusu: It is difficult to start the battle

Chapter 185 Logging
Wei Ben cupped his hands on the horse and said: "Return to Your Majesty, each household has been granted [-] mu of farmland and [-] mu of mulberry forest. They have all been prepared. We just need to wait for the rice to be planted and the mulberry seedlings to be planted."

"Furthermore, under Tian Dian's instruction, every household planted in the courtyard of their home, in addition to planting elm and mulberry trees, they also planted a hundred scallions [xiè], fifty scallions, and a bed of leeks. Some of the well-to-do families, There are also pigs and chickens.”

"Well, not bad, you've done a good job!" Fusu smiled and nodded, encouraging him.

It is not surprising that a Gaoliang boy with a prominent background like Wei Ben can complete the work of granting land. What is difficult is that he can pay attention to the scale of trees and vegetables planted in the homes of ordinary households under the rule.

Mulberry trees are naturally used to raise silkworms, while elm trees are used to eat elm money and prepare for shortages. As for scallions, they are the scallions of later generations, which were common vegetables in this period.

Wei Ben cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the compliment, but this is mainly due to Tian Dian Lou Jing's contribution, I dare not plunder the beauty!"

"Lou Jing?" Fusu frowned slightly, he remembered the name, he seemed to be a talented scholar from Jibei County, why didn't he stay in the talented scholar's hall, and went to Xialing County to do Tiandian?

Could it be the same name...Fu Su turned his head and asked, "Where is he now?"

Wei Ben straightened up and looked around, but he didn't find Lou Jing, so he clasped his fists and said, "I'm going to find him now!"

After Fusu nodded in agreement, Wei Ben turned his horse and ran towards the county government.

"It's just a fighting food official, does His Majesty want to take the time to summon him?" Li Shang asked curiously.

"Food is the most important thing for the people, and that Tian Dian is obviously good at it, so what's the matter if I see it?" Fu Su said with a smile, "Besides, I never stick to one pattern in employing people!"

Thinking of what happened to his brother, Li Shang nodded approvingly, his face full of awe.

Fu Su glanced at him sideways, and said to himself that it's a pity that the popular style of writing at this time is Fu, and compared to Li Shiqi, Li Shang's cultural level is a bit lower, otherwise he might have made a song "Reporting to the King on the Golden Stage" Meaning, carry the jade dragon to die for the king' and other poems.

But what he didn't tell Li Shang was that if this Lou Jing was Bi Lou Jing, then he was not just a petty official.

The Lou Jing in Fusu's memory was Liu Jing, the Marquis of Jianxin in the later Han Dynasty.

Because he once insisted that Luoyang should not be built in Chen's capital, but should be in Guanzhong, so a certain pavilion chief took advantage of him and changed his surname to the same as his own.

Later, Lou Jing advised a certain pavilion chief not to attack the Xiongnu rashly, but the certain pavilion chief refused to listen, so he was blocked in Baideng Mountain. After Chen Ping relieved the siege of Baideng, Lou Jing became the passerby of two thousand households in Shiyi. Hou.

Then it is suggested to make peace with the Xiongnu, and move more than [-] descendants of the six countries and powerful clans to Guanzhong.

In general, this person is still a bit capable.

It's just that when Fusu arrived at the sawing site on horseback, Wei Ben hadn't found Lou Jing yet, but it didn't matter, as long as he didn't leave this place, he would see him sooner or later.

Fusu got down from Wuzhen, surrounded by a large group of soldiers, and went to the place where heavy objects fell to the ground from time to time in the distance.

"See Your Majesty!" Gong Shugui came from a distance and bowed his hands.

"What's the purpose of the General Master's residence here?" Fusu asked curiously, he came here to see how the actual effect of those two-person big saws is, and if it is feasible, he will make more and promote it to the world.

In Fusu's view, the reason why the development of the Jiangnan and Lingnan regions took place after the Tang and Song dynasties is that
One is because the weather is hot and humid. After all, the temperature in the Guanzhong area is similar to the Shuzhong Plain in later generations, so the temperature in other areas further south is naturally higher.

"Historical Records. Huo Zhi Lie Biography" records that "the south of the Yangtze River is damp, and the husband died young". The land in the Jing and Yang areas of later generations was called Tu Ni in this period, and it was not a fertile land.

But this is not the main reason, more important tools are not easy to use.

For example, using an ax to cut down a forest that has grown for hundreds of thousands of years is a matter of considerable manpower and material resources. It can be said that the development of every piece of farmland is at the cost of the blood, sweat and bones of the ancestors!

The low humidity in the south of the Yangtze River is also closely related to the natural conditions of low terrain and abundant precipitation.

Although the rainy climate cannot be changed by humans, the terrain can be modified through human wisdom and labor, so that the humid environment can be improved.

For example, through the construction of irrigation and drainage projects for farmland, the scattered and excess water will be gathered and discharged, so that those low-lying water-logged places will become rich and fertile fields.

The plains and hills covered with virgin forests need to be quickly transformed into villages and towns suitable for human survival through relatively advanced hacksaws.

After all, it would be too wasteful to set it on fire!

There is another reason why there is a saying that "the south of the Yangtze River is damp, and the husband dies early", and that is the issue of the right to speak.

Before traveling to the south, most of the scholar-bureaucrats who had the right to speak were from the north. In addition, it is true that they are prone to diseases in a humid and hot environment for a long time, so it is not surprising to have the above statement.

After the Tang and Song Dynasties, scholars in the south gradually gained the right to speak. While describing the natural scenery of the south in their own articles and poems, they also corrected people's views on the south.

So, if you don’t occupy the high ground of public opinion, it will be occupied by others, and the one who suffers will be yourself after all.

Hearing Fusu's question, Gongshugui smiled and said, "I came here to plan the road."

"Road? Isn't that the eunuch Meng Tian's responsibility? When did the General Zuo Shaofu get involved?" Fusu became more suspicious.

Gongshugui replied: "A few days ago, the vernier theodolite ordered by your majesty has been successfully trial-produced. Today, the snow has passed and the sky is sunny. It is just a matter of re-planning the roads in the Guanzhong area with the eunuch."

Fusu nodded, and asked with a smile: "Meng Tian is also nearby? Just in time, let him also come and see my new big saw!"

After a while, Meng Tian rode over from a distance, bowed to Fusu, and followed him up the mountain.

"One two, one two..."

In the logging area, under the command of the team leader, two thin but strong Yue people chanted slogans and pulled a two-meter-long hacksaw from left to right.

In front of them is a big tree with a diameter of more than two feet.

Accompanied by the slogan, there are flying sawdust and a hacksaw that goes deep into the tree trunk.

"It's so fast!" Meng Tian stared at the scene in front of him dumbfounded.

"No wonder Your Majesty often says that if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools!" Gong Shugui echoed, and blew a wave of rainbow farts: "Your Majesty is really a god-man who can come up with such an ingenious thing!"

Flatterer... Meng Tian looked at Gong Shugui contemptuously, then cupped his hands and said, "However, I thought that even Lu Ban, Mo Di and the underground would be nothing more than that!"

(End of this chapter)