Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 334 Shanyang Forced Labor Camp
In addition to blueberries, European sweet cherries will also be bred. This is a simple crop that is similar to peach trees. Sun Xiangfu only needs to dictate, and the children of the farm can complete it. The altitude, temperature, and northern land required for the growth of cherry trees Most places are suitable. Sun Xiangfu asked everyone to breed tens of thousands of saplings at one time. At that time, all the saplings in Shanyang City and even the banks of the Sanggan River outside the city will be planted. the welfare of the people.

Of course, Hu Shang not only helped him get some fruit tree seeds, but after that, Sun Xiangfu would choose some impoverished counties in Datang that are suitable for planting such fruit trees, and export seedlings, which can be regarded as a disguised form of benefiting farmers, especially It is the fourth part of the Northeast's new surrender. The cherries are planted there, and the output is quite considerable, but the growth cycle of the cherry trees is longer, and it will take at least four or five years before the economic benefits can be seen.

As for onions, there is almost no technical content in planting this thing. Sun Xiangfu dictated it to those experienced farmers, and they can take the seeds to plant in the newly developed fields by themselves. It is estimated that it will be fully popularized in one or two years. Beef and mutton are eaten a lot, and they are fried with onions. They are delicious home-cooked dishes. This high-yielding and nutritious vegetable is expected to appear on people's tables frequently in the future.

After nervously arranging the farming work, the emperor's team to Mobei to visit the people is finally about to set off. This time, they are basically old men, and the ministers who can't afford to ride a long distance also stay in Shanyang. The whole team is really The march was fast, a team of more than 6 riders traveled more than 100 miles on the first day, and arrived at a construction site between Shanyang and Dingxiang City.

"Zhengming, where is this?"

"Uh, Shanyang Forced Labor Camp."

"Reeducation through labor?"

Seeing that Li Shimin was a little confused when he heard this unfamiliar vocabulary, Sun Xiangfu hurriedly explained, "It's the place where I deal with the prisoners in the Northland. Have you forgotten that Cui Zheng, Lu Li and others had a big fight with the Wang family before?" The family soldiers who participated in the fighting were all arranged here, plus those who were sent over after recovering from their injuries, there are more than ten thousand!"

"There are also some criminals who commit crimes in Shanyang. As long as they are not capital crimes, the ministers have all been punished here. Since it is only a department dominated by seventh-rank officials and small officials, the ministers have the power to appoint and revoke on the spot, so there is no charge You report."

Li Shimin gave Sun Xiangfu the power to govern the Northland as a full-fledged governor. He can appoint, establish, or revoke officials and departments below the fifth rank. From a county, you only need to mention it to Li Shimin.

Hearing Sun Xiangfu's explanation, Li Shimin became interested. Since he will hold a scientific examination in Chang'an in the second half of the year, he doesn't want to touch the family's nerves too much. Things get messed up, or it may evolve into a model where several of them divide the cake and continue to divide the power of the court.

Therefore, he chose to remain silent about the internal strife and war among the several big families, or to delay the resolution. Unexpectedly, all the soldiers from the aristocratic families who participated in the fight were successfully detained by Sun Xiangfu, and, it seems, It seems to be engaged in some large-scale construction.

"Those aristocratic families are willing to let their own soldiers do labor for you here?" Li Shimin pointed with a horsewhip to those reform-through-labor prisoners who seemed to have no plans to call it quits at dusk.

"Hehe, that's because I have a way to make them willingly leave these family soldiers to serve hard labor! Your Majesty, please look at those little saplings on the hillside."

Sun Xiang pointed to the distance, Li Shimin stretched out his hand, and Wang Deyong handed over a telescope. Soon, Li Shimin saw the oak saplings that had grown branches and leaves on the distant hillside through the telescope, and asked, " Is this the kind of oak tree you mentioned that can be used as the base of Hericium erinaceus?”

Sun Xiangfu nodded and replied, "Yes, I told them that whoever plants more oak trees on the uncultivable slopes of the grassland will be able to plant more Hericium erinaceus in the future, so they Not only did I not find the ministers to return these family soldiers, but some families even wanted to send more family soldiers to the ministers, because they wanted to learn the technique of planting oak trees."

Li Shimin understood what he said, and said with a smile, "This plan is very clever. Can these oak trees really grow Hericium erinaceus?"

Sun Xiangfu nodded again and replied, "Of course, the Hericium erinaceus you ate at my house was planted by me using rotten oak trees as the substrate, and these oak trees can not only be used as the substrate for cultivating Hericium erinaceus , and has a lot of economic value. Its leaves are comparable to the mulberry leaves in our Central Plains. They are good things for raising silkworms. Dozens of times, even hundreds of times."

"Dozens of times, hundreds of times?" Li Shimin's heart skipped a beat. No wonder Sun Xiangfu had been telling him before that silk could no longer be used as currency. Due to the double impact of cotton cloth and the huge increase in its own production, its value, I'm afraid there will be a big gap.

"You know, I never talk big about agricultural output." Seeing Li Shimin's unbelievable look, Sun Xiangfu said confidently again.

When his tens of millions of acres of oak forest planting plan is completed, Datang can raise as many silkworms as he wants, tens or hundreds of times, which is his most conservative estimate, unless the people of Datang at that time are unwilling to serve those silkworms. Silkworm baby, otherwise, you can get as much as you really want.

Hearing Sun Xiangfu's words, Li Shimin Turkic felt a little light. He seemed to have seen the rise of an invincible power, because this country could completely solve the food and clothing problems of all the people.

If Sun Xiangfu knew what he was thinking at the moment, he would definitely despise him.

Food and clothing are only the most basic issues of human existence, okay? Can we pursue something higher?

"Are they building a house for themselves?" Li Shimin asked after drifting away for a long time.

"That's right! People in the labor camp have to participate in labor every day. However, I am a little surprised that I have to work at such a late hour. Why don't we camp here today and see how they are doing later. "

Li Shimin nodded when he heard the words, and immediately, Wang Deyong conveyed the news of the camp to the generals leading the guards, and immediately, the whole team stopped and got busy.

Sun Xiangfu asked Zhang Ke to go to the construction site of the labor camp to say hello, and immediately, his brother-in-law Yu Fang led a group of his subordinates and rushed over to the resting place of Li Shimin, Sun Xiangfu and others.

"Yu Fang, Director of Chen Shanyang Forced Labor Camp, I pay my respects to Your Majesty, Chief Governor, and generals."

"Yu Fang, you are not yet 15 years old! You have come out to work. Does your father not let you study at home?"

Li Shimin waved his hand to signal Yu Fang to excuse himself, and said.

"Your Majesty, my father thinks that I'm not a scholar, so I asked my brother-in-law to go out to practice and learn some real skills." When he said this, Yu Fang's waist was straightened, as if he really What a great thing you have done, young man!After doing something, it is natural to show off.

Li Shimin was dumbfounded when he heard the words. Is the Yu family so lenient and indulgent towards this generation?

However, Li Shimin is the emperor, so he wouldn't show any emotions in front of Yu Fang, so he pointed to the bustling construction site and asked, "Then tell me, it's dusk now, why don't these prisoners eat and rest, but why don't they eat and rest?" Still working?"

Yu Fang seemed to have expected that Li Shimin would ask such a question, and replied, "Your Majesty, it's hot in summer, so I changed the working hours of these prisoners to two hours in the morning and two hours before and after dusk. They work under the scorching sun, and they have rested for a long time during the day, so they are so motivated at this time."

Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded, then waved his finger and pointed towards the construction site, "The allocation is reasonable, so why did you build this prison, oh, labor camp, so big?"

Yu Fang replied without thinking, "Because we want to produce for profit! There are more than 1 inmates in the labor camp, and they are all young and strong laborers. They are not only responsible for planting the 30 mu of land around them, There are more than [-] cattle and sheep to be fed, otherwise, what would they eat?"

Hearing what he said, Li Shimin looked at Sun Xiangfu again, thinking that it should be his idea to use prisoners to farm and graze for profit.

At this time, Sun Xiangfu had to come out and explain, saying, "Your Majesty, the minister's policy in Shanyang is not to waste manpower, and to benefit every department as much as possible, so that it can last for a long time, even the army must Kind of army farms to support themselves, not to mention prisoners, by the way, these labor reform prisoners were betrayed and punished here, mainly for the purpose of labor reform and ideological education, I want to see, these days, under Yu Fang's discipline, they have There's no progress."

When Sun Xiangfu said this, a smug smile suddenly appeared on Yu Fang's face, and he said, "The governor wants to see it, and you can see it after work is over after dark."

Yu Fang's family education is not bad, he knew that when he called Sun Xiang in front of the emperor, he was referring to an official position. Seeing his smug look, Sun Xiangfu immediately gave him a serious look. But there are not so many excuses to help him explain to the emperor.

Xia Ye's tents are very simple. The main purpose of the tents is to keep out mosquitoes. After a while, the camp of the army is set up, and many soldiers start to cook. At this time, it is dark.

Li Shimin and Sun Xiangfu did not go to the construction site to see the prisoners. After eating, they just found a high slope and used binoculars to watch the construction site where the torches were lit.

After a while, all the prisoners were seen sitting together in the open space, and then, Yu Fang's figure appeared among them.

"Wu Ying'er, come and see, what is that kid talking about?"

Sun Xiangfu has no time to study lip language by himself. Over there, there is a servant holding a telescope, talking to Li Shimin incessantly. Here, Sun Xiangfu is naturally waiting for Wu Yinger to pass it on to him. .

"Great Governor, Yu Fang said, now is the time for you to reflect on yourself for the third time today. Think about your past. Are you loyal to the emperor? Are you filial to your parents? Are you kind to the weak? Are you kind to your children and descendants?" , Have you fulfilled your duty of nurturing and teaching?..."

Sun Xiangfu was absolutely stunned when he heard the words, but Yu Fang actually found out the way of ideological education, and he used his half-baked Confucian knowledge.

Li Shimin, who was not far away, also looked dumbfounded, stroking his beard, probably in his eyes, this Yu Fang is also considered a wonderful person!

(End of this chapter)