Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 381 Development of Guangzhou

At this moment, Guangzhou is sunny and sunny. Since Cheng Zhijie put down the barbarian rebellion, agricultural schools and medical houses have begun to take root in Guangzhou.

Perhaps because the living environment here is much harsher than that in the north, the agricultural colleges teach the common people to cultivate the fields, and the doctors in the clinics treat diseases and save lives, which makes them easier to be accepted by the local people.

Even after years of hard work, it has formed its own unique status.

At this moment, if you look outside Guangzhou, the most common crops in Guangzhou are three kinds of crops.

One is sugarcane, one is black tea, and the other is naturally rice.

Yes, Guangzhou already has rice on a certain scale, even Champa rice.

At the beginning, Master Yuan Ke obtained the Champa rice from Chenla. He tried to plant it in Guangzhou, and he could have two harvests a year. It's not impossible.

Even so, the appearance of this kind of thing surprised Yuan Keshi.

Before leaving Guangzhou, I brought the seeds to Gaoling Academy, and I am still cultivating them in the academy, and I want to try to plant them in the north.

There are some results, but Li Tai feels that wheat can still support the rising population, so this thing is now more of an experimental planting, and it is more suitable for cultivation in the northern region if it is transformed and cultivated.

At the same time, the seeds are also accumulated. After all, Master Yuan Ke brought back only a few seeds, and it will take time to cultivate them on a large scale.

At this moment, a young man is working hard in the field. Because of the climate, even if it is the Chinese New Year season, a wave of rice can still be harvested.

Although Guangzhou is considered three crops a year, it cannot be said that there is too much food to eat.

Because they still have to trade with the southern barbarians, although the barbarians have gradually sinicized, they have begun to live a life of half farming and half hunting.

But as long as they are not fully Sinicized, their farming techniques are probably just sowing seeds, depending on how well the sky eats.

Of course, perhaps it is precisely because of their rough farming techniques that these southern barbarians have gradually become mature barbarians.

They understand and speak Chinese, and even have the habit of farming, but they still nest in various intermountain basins.

"Sixth Young Master, it's really hard for you today!" A calm but still young voice sounded.

"Wang Jingxian, don't be polite, today is just a exercise!" Feng Zhidai said with a smile at the moment,
"And you asked me to come over to harvest the rice. To be honest, watching these rice harvested by yourself, it feels like a good harvest!"

"It's good that the sixth son can get used to it!" Wang Zhifang said with a smile when he heard Feng Zhidai's words, "I have already brought casual clothes for the sixth son, and after taking a bath in the academy, we will have a special tea made by our school together!"

"I can't miss it!" Feng Zhidai looked at Wang Zhifang and said, "The best thing about your school is the hot water that is always prepared. To be honest, even my mansion may not be able to prepare so much."

Wang Zhifang said: "This is more or less thanks to the blessing of King Wei, who surveyed a small coal mine in Qingyuan.

King Wei brought many craftsmen among the students and teachers sent in the last few batches, and built a small coal kiln locally.

This coal kiln is too small to supply the whole of Guangzhou, but it is more than enough to supply a family of agricultural colleges with coal! "

Hearing this, Feng Zhidai could also feel the pride in Wang Zhifang's words.

To be honest, even though the productivity of the Pearl River Delta was relatively backward in ancient times, it still developed very well here.

This state is very different from Guangzhou. Datang and other states in Lingnan Road come here only after they have been demoted officials.

But only in Guangzhou, that is, only officials who are promoted will be sent here. From here, we can see the importance of Guangzhou.

Of course, for Li Tai, he naturally looked down on Guangzhou's production, and Li Tai even despised Guangzhou's poor productivity.

But Li Tai knows very well that if Goguryeo is killed in the future, and China's population savings are sufficient, and they want to fully develop Southeast Asia, and even develop marine interests, then Guangzhou is the most important fulcrum of the entire plan!

Therefore, whether it is a letter or other policies, as long as Li Tai thinks that the Agricultural Institute in Guangzhou can be promoted, it will be implemented immediately.

Of course, because of the distance and various reasons, it is usually only handled together when students are sent to agricultural colleges every year.

After all, the cost of going to Guangzhou for just one or two people every time is too high, and it is easy for people to disappear on the road.

If there is not even one person to inform, to put it more seriously, the deep mountains and old forests have been taken away by wolves so that no one will know.

Therefore, every time we send students to Guangzhou, it is better to carry out group activities along the way.

Taking a step back, even if there are various unacceptable adverse reactions, with more people around, at least not all of them will lie down, and it will be much faster to recover if someone takes care of them.

Soon, Feng Zhidai sat in the courtyard with Wang Zhifang to enjoy the tranquility after bathing and changing.

In front of the two of them were black tea with a strong aroma, sucrose as an ingredient, and simple carrot cake.

Feng Zhidai said while eating tea, "It's almost Chinese New Year, is there anything missing in the academy.

If so, Wang Jingxian, you don't have to be polite, let me know, and I will definitely prepare for you. "

"Thank you here on behalf of the teachers and students of the college, but you know the situation of the agricultural college. There is really no shortage of things, and even the barbarians will send a lot of things every year during the Chinese New Year!" Wang Zhifang said,

"To be honest, except for the two seasons of spring and autumn, it is really hot and rainy, otherwise this place is a good place to retire."

Feng Zhidai looked at Wang Zhifang's calm and self-satisfied posture, but didn't say anything more.

Because in terms of daily necessities, there is really no shortage of agricultural colleges here. Perhaps to some extent, the whole of Guangzhou is becoming more and more dependent on agricultural colleges.

Relying on the teachers of agricultural colleges to impart knowledge to the local people, relying on the farming methods spread by the students of agricultural colleges, relying on the medical walks that came out of the medical houses, and rescued the wounded across thousands of mountains and rivers regardless of ethnicity.

Many tribes, either for next year's cultivation, or to thank the doctors for their help, will take out the best of their harvest this year and send them to agricultural colleges from thousands of miles at the end of each year.

In order to hope that next year, the agricultural college will not forget itself, or not forget its own tribe.

And needless to say, only the solar term calendar left by Master Yuan Ke is the most suitable for Guangzhou in this era, and it is regarded as a farming treasure by the local farming people. After all, the climate in Guangzhou is almost the same as that in the south of Guangzhou. totally different.

And with its own farming solar terms, Guangzhou's farming can be regarded as having a foundation for intensive farming.

For the agricultural students in Guangzhou, the most unbearable thing here is neither the thumb-sized mosquitoes nor the fist-sized flying cockroaches, nor the unbearable hot and humid climate, but homesickness.

Especially every Chinese New Year, every teacher or student will feel unparalleled homesickness.

All students who come to Guangzhou must stay for three years.

You can go home after three years. Of course, those who are willing to stay will naturally receive great preferential treatment.

If others don't talk about it, just look at Wang Zhifang, a young man in his early thirties who became the dean of an agricultural college because he was the one who chose to stay in Guangzhou.

Basically, three years will become a hurdle. The number of students who come every year has gradually increased to 1000, but whenever they want to go back, 90 of them will choose to go home. There are really too few people who choose to stay in Guangzhou .

After all, no matter how well he develops here in Guangzhou, he still has to go home after all.

Those who came out of the agricultural college, no matter which system under Li Tai's management they went to after returning home, they were all the talents they were rushing for.

After Feng Zhidai and Wang Zhifang finished their refreshments, Feng Zhidai took his leave and returned to Feng's residence.

At this time, Feng Zhidai went to the study for the first time to see Feng An, who had thinning white hair.

"You're back?" Feng An's tone was no longer full of confidence, but it was still calm and reassuring.

"Meet my father!" Feng Zhidai looked at Feng An but obediently stood up, waiting for Feng An's lecture.

"How are you getting along with Wang Zhifang?" Feng An asked Feng Zhidai as if casually.

Feng Zhidai knew very well that his father attached great importance to agricultural colleges.

I was originally the sixth son of the Feng family, so it was impossible for me to do such a job as harvesting rice.

It was Feng An who asked him to make friends with Wang Zhifang, so when he was working in the agricultural college, he would occasionally help him.

"It's still the same, agricultural colleges are full of homesickness!" Feng Zhidai replied to Feng An,

"By next year, I'm afraid there will be a large number of people returning to the north again! I'm used to this kind of thing, and they come and go every year!"

Feng An was silent for a while when he heard Feng Zhidai's words, but he asserted:
"This king of Wei has far-reaching plans after all. I am afraid that it will not be easy to pass on my position as King of Lingnan!"

"Father?!" Feng Zhidai was a little dazed when he heard Feng An's words.

To be honest, my Feng family is far away from the emperor in Lingnan Road. As long as the Feng family doesn't take the initiative to hand over power, even the Tang Dynasty can come and beat my Feng family!

Feng Zhidai was a bit puzzled, and even Feng Zhidai felt that his life had become better and better over the years.

Before Feng An went to Chang'an, although his family was a toubob in Lingnan Road, he was thinking about the consumption of the emperor's golden hoe.

However, with the return to the Tang Dynasty, the business flow between the two sides, especially after the arrival of the agricultural college, it can be clearly felt that the whole of Guangzhou has entered a kind of rapid development.

But Feng Zhidai never expected that his father would be so emotional when his Feng family was in full swing!

Feng An looked at Feng Zhidai's confusion and unwillingness, and said calmly:

"Ever since the rebellion of the Southern Barbarians, although it was somewhat my push to avoid being detained by the Saint.

But there are two things I didn't expect. One is that the soldiers from the imperial court came so quickly. It took only a year for Cheng Zhijie to go from chaos to order, and he calmed down the entire Lingnan Road.

As for the other one, I didn't expect it to be King Wei! "

"King Wei?" Feng Zhidai asked with some incomprehension when he heard Feng An's words,

"King Wei was still a child back then, so what is this man's amazing move? How could he surprise you, Aye!"

"Zhitong..." Feng An said with a wry smile, "This so-called Zhitong has laid out Guangzhou in such a calm manner.

Without making a fuss, he has captured the hearts and minds of the people in Guangzhou with the configuration of agricultural colleges, agricultural colleges, and medical buildings!

In the future, as long as the imperial court sends a person from the agricultural school faction, the land of Guangzhou will have no secrets for him! "

Hearing this, Feng Zhidai couldn't help but stand up and said, "If so, father, you actually want me to approach the agricultural college, and you should eradicate the agricultural college from Lingnan Road as soon as possible!"

"Stupid!" Feng An couldn't help but patted Feng Zhidai on the head and said, "Aside from fighting, killing, killing, what else do you know.

I don't even look at King Wei, who was only ten years old and laid out his plans calmly, and captured Guangzhou without bloodshed.

At the beginning, he saw the opportunity of making troubles in Nanban, so he put the agricultural institute in, and then he promised me to make a lot of money, whether it was sugar produced from sugarcane or tea, it was King Wei who let me participate in it.

If we turn our backs, whether we can stop Datang or not, these two basic industries of our Feng Mansion may be cut off.

Besides selling to the north, who else can we sell these to, how many people are you going to cut off their livelihoods!
At the same time, as long as I want to increase these two industries, then I have to tolerate the expansion of agricultural colleges to our Guangzhou.

This is not only because this is the representative of King Wei in Guangzhou, but also because the agricultural technology of the agricultural college is the key to these two industries.

That's how the Agricultural Institute is tied up with our Feng Mansion. "

"Since so many years ago, has the king of Wei planned to such a degree?!" Feng Zhidai was a little unbelievable.

"It's not as good as Laozi's and Laozi's, and it's a bit worse than my son's son!" Feng An looked at Feng Zhidai and said helplessly:
"Even if you and your brothers add up, as long as you have half of King Wei's calculations and can make people willing to drill, then Lingnan King may be able to pass on to another generation.

But don't think about it now, build a good relationship with the agricultural school, if there is something to say about the crown prince's enthronement in the future, maybe the agricultural school can be brought over.

But if the king of Wei wants to ascend the throne, he will honestly guard those two ways of making money and become a local rich man! "

"Aye, don't you think too highly of King Wei? The distance between Guangzhou and Tang Dynasty is more than a thousand miles. As long as we don't rebel and just follow the pattern, it is impossible for the imperial court to send heavy troops to encircle us.

No matter how far-sighted the King of Wei is, how could he still come and beat us from thousands of miles away! "Feng Zhidai didn't understand it!

At that moment a servant came to the door and cried out,

"Duke, Duke! It's a very big ship, and it's a navy fleet. I don't know if it's going to attack Guangzhou!"

"What!" Feng An's face changed, and despite his age, he was not afraid, and said, "Take me to see it!"

(End of this chapter)