Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 133 Planting Rice
Things went much smoother than expected, Jiaozhi really had too much food to eat, if the people here were not too lazy, Sun Xiangfu felt that they could be the richest people in this period.

In two days, seven or eight thousand stones of grain were stuffed into the cabin. In addition, there were some white medicines, and dozens of large earth mounds were placed on the deck, and each earth mound had a small agarwood tree As for the saplings, as for the golden nan and red sandalwood, Sun Xiangfu was not rare to get them. After all, in the Tang Dynasty of this period, similar things were not difficult to find.

What made Mr. Xi most happy were the two small elephants, which were not as big as a buffalo. One was dark-skinned. Sun Xiangfu named him Xiao Hei. It was a female elephant. He named him Xiao Ye. In order to deceive the two little elephants away, Bamu thought of many ways. Finally, he got ten bolts of silk and two jars of good wine from Sun Xiangfu.

Before leaving, Sun Xiangfu made an agreement with Bamu that within ten days at most, he would send the fleet over to trade their timber, food, herbs and the like, and would bring them silk, gold and silver ornaments, and even ironware. Help him, a small tribe driven to the seaside, grow up in Cochin, as long as the two sides maintain a stable trade relationship.

"I think cochin people are so stupid."

This is a sentence that Xi Junmai often says recently.

They only exchanged dozens of bolts of silk, some wine, and a small amount of gold and silver ornaments in exchange for a whole boatload of things. In Datang, no one did business like this.

"It's not that they are stupid, it's just that their values ​​are different from ours. The things we want are everywhere in their place and are worthless, but the things we give them are things that they can't produce here.

I heard that there is a spice island in the sea further south. There are more spices on the island than grain here. They are spices. In Chang’an, the price of a catty is hundreds of yuan, but if you give them To exchange spices, one boat can be exchanged for ten boats.

There are also some places that are rich in a kind of shiny stone, which is the hardest stone in the world. It is said that it can exist forever, and its value is much higher than that of gold and silver. Big, as long as you give them food, they will give you as much as they have.

It is this sea that restricts those people, but our ship has broken the restriction of the sea, so all these advantages will be taken by us. Now, you know the value of the happiness! "

Even though Xi Junmai, who has been with Sun Xiangfu for more than half a year, is used to his unconstrained style when he speaks, but when he heard Sun Xiangfu's descriptions, he couldn't help but get excited. It turns out that wealth can come so easily. Back then, I It was a shame to agree to serve as Sun Xiangfu's bodyguard just for the monthly salary of two pennies.

"I've made up my mind. From now on, when playing mahjong, I'm determined to play Yitongyipao. If I don't have money, I'll take a trip to the sea..."

"Look at your prospects. After you go back, take out the people who came over from Shentuyong for a few trips. We will build a fleet capable of long-distance sailing in the south. We will use them as the skeleton and recruit some more People from Lingnan, even Cochin people are fine, I will let Chang’an Shipyard continue to manufacture ships like the Happiness, and the weapons and equipment are all on par with the guards, I don’t intend to let the emperor know about this.”

"Do you have the intention of rebellion?" Xi Junmai asked with a stiff expression.

"No, it's just to leave a way out for myself. If I offend the emperor that day and he wants to kill me, I must have a place to escape!" Sun Xiangfu shook his head calmly.

Xi Junmai heard it clearly, he knew that Sun Xiangfu had always been afraid of death, and it was okay to have one more means to save his life, after all, being with you is like being with a tiger!

"You tell me such a big secret, how much money do you plan to pay me for keeping quiet?"

"Money, when the fleet is established, how much do you want? The treasure house of my accountant will be open to you in the future." Sun Xiangfu said indifferently.

"Then it's settled, but I'm not as good as Zhao Long in terms of training people. You should leave this matter to him. As for me, it's better to stay by your side, because I'm afraid of being bored!" Xi Jun Mai said with a smile.

"Okay, Zhao Long will be the head coach of our guards from now on, but our training base can't be placed under the watchful eyes of Duke Yue." Sun Xingfu also agreed with Xi Junmai's statement, nodded and said.

"Where is it placed? You won't tell me it's Chang'an!"

"Chang'an has three hundred guards. How about this Yazhou?" Sun Xiangfu pointed to the huge island at the end of his line of sight, which was covered with coconut groves.

At this time, Yazhou is also under the jurisdiction of Feng An, the general manager of Lingnan Road, but the population density here is even rarer than that in the inland area. There are probably only ten thousand people in total. Moreover, they are all barbarian forces in the form of tribes. There is a government office here, but it doesn't have any real power. It belongs to the place of exile. In a year or two, there may not be a memorial to be sent to Chang'an. Even the nearby Lingnan Road Governor's Mansion rarely manages this big island. Things that happened.

Sun Xiangfu valued Lingnan, and naturally also valued Yazhou. The climate here is also suitable for growing various crops, and it can build larger and better seaports. Using this as a starting point, the distance to the Southeast Asian countries will be much closer .

"A lot of coconuts, it should be a good place."

This is Xi Junmai's intuitive impression of Yazhou. Sun Xiangfu smiled when he heard this, but he remembered the coconut candy that he would like to eat more in later generations. Perhaps, let the craftsmen study and study it, and it can be made now.

A day later, the Happiness docked at the Guangzhou Bay Wharf again. Feng An personally went to the wharf to see what Sun Xiangfu brought back from Jiaozhi, but he smiled. There are many elephants in the west of Lingnan. If he wants it, send an order and someone will send it over.

As for the agarwood tree, there are also many in the south of the Five Ridges. You must know that the courts and dignitaries in ancient times had the habit of using incense. Where did such a large amount of incense come from?Lingnan is one of the main production areas. There is an agarwood forest less than a hundred miles outside of Guangzhou. After learning the news, Sun Xiangfu asked Feng An to assign this agarwood forest to himself, and brought him with him. All the agarwood trees that came back were transplanted.

Time has entered June, and the sun in Lingnan tends to crack people's skin every minute. However, the first batch of people who tested the drug in the patient camp are more and more normal. Li Chunfeng and The two Xuanzang asserted that the disease of the first batch of testers could be eradicated within a month, which made the faces of the patients with pot belly in the patient camp smile with joy.

However, Sun Xiangfu did not stay in the patient camp. The Champa rice seeds he had selected had all soaked in water and germinated, and more than 5 mu of land had been flattened. After drying, it was all muddy soup, which basically reached the best state Sun Xiangfu wanted. Taking advantage of the low sun in the morning, he led the residents on the peninsula to start planting seeds.

The residents on the peninsula are not complicated, except for the more than 300 strong men who decided to run the boat with the escort team, and the [-] Lingnan aboriginal households selected by Sun Xiangfu from the labor of Kaitian. The peninsula is much larger than Xingfu Village, and these The aborigines' requirements for houses are also very simple, so they have settled down for the time being.

The history of farming in Lingnan is also very long. Most farmers know how to grow rice, but the planting method Sun Xiangfu taught them today is a bit unique. It is a throwing method that can grow seedlings without bending over.

This is a lake and marsh area, and no one has ever cultivated it. The fertile fields in Guanzhong cannot be compared to the fertile fields. Therefore, Sun Xiangfu has no worries about the fertility at all, and let the big guys randomly scatter the tiny seedlings in all corners of the field. That's it, even if the planting is denser, it is not afraid, but it can promote the spread of pollen.

Farmers are very willing to accept this kind of labor without bending over. Over a thousand young and strong, plus many half-grown children, it took only two mornings and evenings to scatter all the seedlings in the field. However, the rice seeds that Sun Xiangfu picked out can be worth five thousand shi, not only here in Baiyun Lake, Feng An's former fields, and the fields of many tribes near Guangzhou.

Calculated according to the amount of seeds, about one catty of rice seeds can plant one mu of land. Sun Xiangfu can sow 60 mu of rice with five thousand stones of rice for breeding. Of course, not all of these 60 mu of rice fields are built like Sun Xiangfu This field is so good, some are even thrown directly on the wet land with streams and streams, but even so, its output is enough for the people of Lingnan to eat with open stomachs for several years.

Of course, throwing away the seedlings does not mean that there is nothing to do. It is very necessary to control the water in the rice fields reasonably. Ditch, where the ditch is next to Baiyun Lake, there are pedal waterwheels. The waterwheels are usually placed in the pergola on the field ridge. Tread water into the ditch.

Champa rice does not require a lot of water, it only needs to keep the soil moist. Although the sun in June in the south is very poisonous, adding some water to the seedling field in two or three days is enough to keep the seedlings growing quickly.

After only two water treads, the farmers knew roughly the demand for the rice. Sun Xiangfu did not need to organize it. When the time came, they would go to the lake to tread water by themselves. The children even regarded this as a kind of entertainment. .

At the same time, the construction of the peninsula has never stopped, the cement slope protection around the island has also been built, and many hydrophilic platforms have been built in all directions to extend into the lake. In addition to the original lychee, longan and yellow bark and other fruit trees on the island, The redundant plants have been shoveled down, some places have been planted with fruits and vegetables, and in larger places, rows of brick and tile houses have already started to be built. Anyway, after Feng An sent these labors to Sun Xiangfu, he didn't say anything. Time to take it back.

The southern coast likes typhoons from time to time. In the past, the aborigines used to build sheds and build them after they collapsed. Sun Xiangfu felt that they should be built more solidly to prevent them from collapsing. Therefore, the bricks here are very large. If they were not made of stone It took a lot of work, and Sun Xiangfu really wanted to imitate the houses built in the Chaoshan area of ​​later generations and build walls with large stones, so that they would not collapse for several generations.

(End of this chapter)