Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 66: The Ultimate Luxury in Wood

Seeing that Ning Chun was about to go down, Li Yuanji quickly stopped him.

"Dahe, please stay. Why are you in such a hurry? I have something else for you to do. Now that Xuan Ce is not here, Dahe has to shoulder the burden."

Li Yuanji was also helpless. Ning Chun had become completely decisive and efficient now. It was also because he had been trained to be efficient with too many things to do. It could be said that Ning Chun was probably the busiest person.

Ning Chun turned and looked at Li Yuanji, immediately confused.

"My king, what else is there?"

Ning Chun is really busy. Although the power Li Yuanji has given him is great, which can be said to be greater than the power Li Yuanji has given to the royal officials, he is also really tired. This makes him happy and uncomfortable at the same time. He can be happy and sad at the same time. Now all he wants in his mind is to finish the work quickly and do it well.

Li Yuanji also laughed immediately.

"Don't worry, Dahe. This is not difficult. When you go down, prepare a place and surround it with wooden boards. Remember to cover the roof. I have found some oxen. When your cowshed is ready, we will put them in there and feed them.

The main focus from now on will definitely be on land reclamation. Having oxen will save a lot of trouble, so this matter cannot be neglected. After you have made arrangements, you can arrange spring ploughing and land reclamation in other places."

Ning Chun's face was full of surprise. Oxen are very scarce here nowadays.

"Your Majesty, this is great. The curved plow you invented, combined with oxen, will help to reclaim wasteland much faster. We are short of oxen now. Don't worry, I will arrange this right away and build the cowshed for feeding the oxen."

Ning Chun went out after he finished speaking. Li Yuanji did not call him again and turned his gaze to Feng Zhixun.

"Zhijun, how are the fishing and coastal defense going?"

Hearing Li Yuanji's voice, Feng Zhixun stopped laughing and said, "My lord, fishing can now proceed normally even without me, and no trace of pirates has been found.

In addition, I have already started working on the dock and port that the king ordered to be built, but it may be a little early for completion."

Li Yuanji smiled and said, "We can take our time with the port and dock matters. I called you here this time because I have other things to do for you.

After you go down, you should make some preparations and go to Yazhou. Spring plowing is approaching, and if conditions permit, you can plant three crops of rice in Yazhou. Don't miss it.

After you go there, you must start the spring ploughing in Yazhou, Danzhou, Zhenzhou, and Wan'anzhou, and you must also start the reclamation of wasteland. You heard what I just said, the reclamation of wasteland cannot stop, especially where there is the potential to grow three harvests of rice. "

After hearing this, Feng Zhixun agreed immediately.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I will go down and prepare in a moment. We will set out for Yazhou today. We will plant the farmland in each state and open up new farmland!"

Li Yuanji nodded, then took out two more pieces of paper and gave them to Feng Zhiqian.

"When you go to Yazhou, in addition to clearing wasteland and farming, there is one more thing you need to do. You have seen the pictures on the blueprint. These are two kinds of wood, red sandalwood and huanghuali wood. When you go there, find these two kinds of trees, cut down some and ship them back.

Remember, no one else is allowed to cut down these two types of wood, they must be well cared for!"

The two kinds of wood that Li Yuanji was thinking about were rosewood and huanghuali.

Among the woods used to make furniture, rosewood ranks first and huanghuali wood ranks second. There is actually not much rosewood in China because it mainly grows in the tropics, with slightly more in Hainan, followed by Guangxi and Guangdong, where there are also small amounts of rosewood.

In Lingnan and Jiaozhou, there are also red sandalwood, but the quantity is small. This thing is commonly found in Southeast Asia, and its origin is in India. India has the most red sandalwood. Huanghuali wood is mainly found in Hainan, which is now Yazhou. If it had not been cut down too hard during the Qing Dynasty, there would still be a large amount of original Huanghuali wood.

Both rosewood and huanghuali wood are luxury goods among woods. Rosewood is often in short supply, while huanghuali wood has not been developed yet. It was not widely used until the Ming Dynasty and became the wood used in the palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Li Yuanji was very envious of huanghuali wood and red sandalwood. Even in the palace, red sandalwood was rare. He wanted to make all the furniture in his home with red sandalwood or huanghuali wood.

Luxury goods that others can't even use are very common in his place.
Feng Zhiqian looked at the rosewood and huanghuali wood marked on Li Yuanji's drawing. He knew that rosewood was very precious. He had never thought that there would be rosewood here. He was even more amazed at Li Yuanji's knowledge of this place.

Although he didn't know why Li Yuanji knew it, it didn't stop him from admiring him.

As for yellow pear wood, it had not yet been used in this period. It was only gradually used in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, but it was almost always used for beds and tables, and it was not called yellow pear wood, but palm wood.

In addition to those places in Yazhou, there are also a small number of yellow pear trees in Jiaozhou, but the most are in Yazhou.

What Li Yuanji was thinking about was that no matter whether it was rosewood or yellow pear wood, besides being able to make furniture himself, the most important thing was that he could sell it. Although furniture could be imitated, what about rosewood and yellow pear wood?
Now that the origins of these two woods are in his hands, how can anyone else want to get them? That's wishful thinking, unless you send someone to India to bring back these woods like Xuanzang did when he went to India to seek Buddhist scriptures.

Otherwise, if you want it, you can only buy it from him, and the price will definitely not be low. This thing is mainly used in high-end games and is only sold to rich people.

Feng Zhixun then carefully put away the two drawings.

"Don't worry, my king. I will go to Yazhou and other places to arrange the spring plowing and reclamation. I will find the red sandalwood and huanghuali wood as soon as possible, send troops to protect them, and then cut them down and transport them back!"

Li Yuanji's face was full of smiles. With these woods, he had one more business and it would surely develop faster.

"Okay, I'll leave this to you. Go ahead."

While Li Yuanji was making the arrangements, Feng Ang, who was on the other side of the boat, brought Feng Sanguan to him.

"Uncle, I am your nephew, you can't kill me. I didn't do anything. I didn't participate in the assassination of the king. Uncle, you have to believe me."

Feng Ang looked at Feng Sanguan in front of him with an expressionless face, and finally sighed.

"Sanguan, you have been doing many evil things on a daily basis. Don't you know how much complaints the common people and the people under your rule have against you?

The king asked me to make arrangements for you, so I had no choice but to give you a ride. It was because your father not only rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, but also tried to kill the king, and he even listened to others and tried to kill the king.

Don't worry, it won't hurt you."

At Feng Ang's signal, Feng Sanguan was taken out. The desperate Feng Sanguan kept cursing Feng Ang, but soon the voice stopped.

The people around Feng Ang said at this time: "Master, do we need to send the head to the king?"

Feng Ang shook his head.

"No need, you don't need to tell the king about this. And remember, from now on, in Lingnan, the king is the boss. Lingnan can only have the king's voice. Anyone else can only be under the king!

You need to adjust your thoughts and attitude in time and don't make it difficult for me."

(End of this chapter)