Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 685 Counting the Harvest
The situation of the samurai really shocked Sun Xiangfu. Didn't he die this year in history?

Now, he is very sure that Samurai Xun has high blood pressure, because in later generations, Sun Xiangfu's grandparents all had high blood pressure, and sometimes they forgot to take antihypertensive drugs, and this symptom would often occur, and the heartbeat would fluctuate. Very fast, fortunately he didn't really fall just now, otherwise, if he fell, he might not be able to get up again.

"Slow down, slow down, it's not as exaggerated as I said..."

As soon as Sun Xiangfu supported the warrior Xun, he motioned for Zhang Ke to help him, helped him to the stool he was sitting on when he registered just now, asked him to sit down and rest slowly, and asked someone to call the medical officer over.

"Don't worry, this is an old problem of mine, and it happens from time to time, and it will be fine after a short rest." After resting for a while, the warrior Xun felt that his body was not so uncomfortable, so he comforted everyone.

As the chairman of the overseas exploration and investment company, he was one of the biggest beneficiaries after the introduction of these new species. At this time, he fell ill, which spoiled everyone's happiness.

"You can't be careless about physical matters." Seeing that the warrior Xun didn't take it seriously, Sun Xiangfu knew that he didn't know the severity of the disease. It ranged from a stroke to hemiplegia, and if it was severe, he might see the King of Hades at any time. Time can't continue to scare him, so he said it more tactfully.

In later generations, high blood pressure is a very common disease among the elderly in our country. Sun Xiangfu’s grandparents all have such a disease. In addition to taking antihypertensive drugs, they often use Prunella vulgaris, chrysanthemum, kudzu root, Cassia seeds and other traditional Chinese medicines are boiled in chicken soup and ribs soup, which has a certain effect of dispelling wind and lowering blood pressure.

After the medical officer came, the direction of diagnosis was exactly the same as Sun Xiangfu's conclusion. Stroke and hemiplegia are not uncommon in this era. Sun Simiao has a whole set of treatment plan, which is to use Prunella vulgaris and other herbs that have the effect of dispelling wind and lowering blood pressure. Traditional Chinese medicine, prepared decoctions, generally, can play a certain role if the patient keeps taking the medicine.

Seeing the Mayan porters carrying things off the boat one after another, Sun Xiangfu thought of some instructions from the doctor when he accompanied his grandparents to the doctor for an examination, pointed to the corn they brought up and said, "Nah, nah, It is good for your body to eat more of these coarse grain crops, this crop, called corn, is the same as the potatoes before, with high starch content, and it is also a high-yielding and delicious crop that can be used as a staple food."

The daily diet of hypertensive patients is suitable for eating complex carbohydrates. The intake of fat should be limited, and they should not drink strong tea, eat spicy, high-calorie food. The sea fish produced in this coastal area is very suitable for warriors to eat. In later generations, Japanese people eat sea fish almost as a staple food. Therefore, the control of high blood pressure in their country is much stronger than that in our country, and the elderly generally live much longer.

Because sea fish contains unsaturated fatty acids, which can oxidize cholesterol, reduce plasma cholesterol levels, inhibit thrombosis, and prevent stroke. Fish oil is one of the main drugs for later generations of antihypertensive drugs, because fish oil is a vascular scavenger, and the best, It belongs to deep sea cod liver oil, which is also one of the main components of high-quality antihypertensive drugs.

Thinking of this, Sun Xiangfu ordered Zhang Ke and the others to buy more deep-sea fish in the market, and let the fishermen use long nets to catch the deep-sea fish and feed them back to the warriors to extract fish oil and cod liver oil.

"Teacher, if this deep-sea fish is also the main medicine for curing diseases, then I have a lot of Lingnan sea fish, can I make it into an industry?" After Ke's confession, he suddenly had an idea.

"It's a good idea. Besides, look at what this is, sisal." Sun Xiangfu pointed to the framed sisal seeds that had just been lifted off the boat.

"What happened to sisal?" Li Tai asked, looking at the big plant that he had never seen before.

"The ropes and fishing nets made of sisal are very tough and resistant to salt and alkali corrosion. After this crop comes out, even if we make a large fishing net to catch deep-sea fish, we don't have to worry about it being as easy as the previous hemp rope net. rotting and broken, and with such a large net that can be used all year round, our fishing efficiency may be many times higher."

"Well, yes, we got fishing nets made of sisal hemp locally, and they haven't rotted after being used on the boat for several months." Zhao He answered in a timely manner.

"If that's the case, we in Lingnan will have to grow some of these crops." Li Tai said with some joy when he heard this.

Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "Of course it needs to be planted. This is just one of its small effects. I have selected several sunny hillsides before. In the future, I will select more locations to plant. Crops, even if it is planted on millions of acres, it is not too much."

Coarse grain crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn can greatly relieve the pressure of people in the Tang Dynasty who are getting fatter and fatter. The current society that regards fat as beauty is unhealthy from a scientific point of view. There will be more diseases.

As it happens, sisal can promote the progress of the coastal fishery, catch more sea fish, refine fish oil, or cod liver oil, and make it into cheaper antihypertensive drugs, which can relieve a lot of pressure on the sick people and the government's finances. This industry, of course, is do it.

"In this way, the old man can live for a few more years." The warrior Xun listened to the conversation between the two, and said with relief.

Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "I will ask Shanyang Pharmaceutical Factory to develop a Chinese patent medicine that can lower blood pressure as soon as possible, so that you can take it conveniently. However, you have to walk slowly when you are usually active. Wrestling, within one meter of the side, it is better to be guarded by two responsive people."

High blood pressure, most afraid of wrestling, after Sun Xiangfu explained this, the entourage of the warrior Xun listened to his heart, and at this time, Feng An, who was also not young, did not escape Sun Xiangfu's advice, because high blood pressure is Most of the elderly will suffer from diseases. Feng Zhichen, Feng Zhiyu and others heard this, and immediately stood beside Feng An.

"Okay, okay, old man, I have not eaten sea fish for nothing these years, you two, don't be nervous, old man likes to hear Zhengming talk about the role of these new species, hurry up, this, what is it, strange good-looking."

Several tomato plants were carried down in clay pots. Seeing that the fruits were turning red, Sun Xiangfu picked one off, wiped it on his body, took a bite, chewed, and said, "This crop, I named it Tomato, it’s sweet and sour, it can be eaten as a fruit or a vegetable, it’s very refreshing.”

Sun Xiangfu is not a very hungry foodie. He took a bite so anxiously because he missed the taste that later generations can enjoy. Seeing him eating directly, Feng An's hands were not slow. On one plant, I picked the biggest one and picked it off. I also wiped it on my clothes, and opened my mouth to bite.

"Well, it's really, tender and juicy, sweet and sour, very delicious." Seeing Feng An's eating, Li Tai couldn't help but nodded, and stepped forward to pick one, and then, Feng Zhiyu, Feng Zhiyu... ·
Under the leadership of Sun Xiangfu, these top officials gnawed tomatoes on the pier in a very unimpressive manner.

"Well, pick one for the old man and try it."

The samurai Xun who was resting on the stool watched everyone eating vigorously, and said something weakly. However, at this time, everyone realized that the fruits of the few tomato plants that had been lifted from the boat had been picked.

"Uh, no way, let's eat up all the seeds!" Zhang Ke, who was the last one to get the tomato and hadn't finished eating it yet, scratched his scalp and said.

"Haha, of course not. The food you eat is actually planted by me on the boat, and there are also seeds on other boats. I have already saved the seeds." Zhao He smiled proudly.

"Then hurry up and pick one up for Wu Shangshu from another ship." Sun Xiangfu patted the back of his head and said.

Suddenly, everyone on the pier burst into laughter.

After eating the tomatoes, the counting and harvesting continued. As long as Sun Xiangfu knew about each crop, he would tell everyone about it. He would also classify the crops suitable for planting on the northern grasslands, such as sunflowers, and transport them to the north later. Hand it over to Sun Deshou for cultivation and planting.

Although there are many types brought back, there are few that he does not know. In later generations, all kinds of economically valuable crops have been studied by human beings, but because most of the crops in this era have not been as scientific as later generations. The variants are still somewhat different in form. Understanding these things is the next job for Sun Xiangfu and the children of the farm. The workload may be huge, because Zhao He almost thinks that he can use them as seeds for crops They brought back all of them, there were nearly a hundred kinds, and fruits accounted for twenty or thirty kinds.

"Is this a cat, or a leopard?" After the seeds were finally counted, it was the turn of the cages containing animals to go ashore. Seeing some wild animals in the cages that were bigger than the bobcats in Lingnan, Feng An asked with interest.

Sun Xiangfu was not too sure, so he looked at Zhao Long and Zhao He who were on the side.

"This is a leopard cub, about half a year old. Their parents are not much smaller than our tigers. Their fur is very beautiful, but they killed one of our brothers, and they were rounded up and killed by us later. After growing up, we discovered this litter of little guys. They were as big as two palms at the time, but now they have grown up several times. They are not honest in the cage. Can't trap them."

"Jaguar? This is a terrific beast." Sun Xiangfu exclaimed as he looked at the guys whose spots were already forming.

The jaguar has the swiftness of a leopard, the size and strength of a tiger, and is very sensitive in vision, smell, and hearing. It is known as the all-around champion and has a very strong hunting ability. or poached to extinction, and during this period, as the top layer of the American continent's biological chain, its number should still be relatively large.

"Are there leopards that are as big as tigers? Then we have to keep a pair in Lingnan. We have a lot of people who know how to tame animals. If we can train some obedient ones to hunt, it will be more effective with half the effort."

In the tropical rain forest area, the land is vast and sparsely populated, which may lead to the situation that there are more wild animals than people. The current territory of Lingnan Road includes the four and a half provinces in the south of the later generations, plus Vietnam, Thailand, the entire territory of Cambodia, and Laos and Myanmar. A part of the area is more than twice as large as it was in history, but the total population is only 150 million. Whether it is crops or residents, they are often harmed or threatened by wild animals. Just report it to the yamen of the General Manager Feng An every year Yes, there are hundreds of thousands of cases of death due to wild beast attacks, not to mention those that have not been reported.

As far as the existing ecological environment is concerned, the number of carnivores living in this area may be more than that of humans, because this land is too large, and most of it belongs to the dense original deep forest area.

Humans, on the other hand, live concentratedly in some sparsely distributed cities. Less than one-tenth of the territory has been developed, and more than [-]% of the territory has been developed. It is a paradise for wild beasts.

Therefore, under the Lingnan rule, even in the current environment where there is no need to worry about food and clothing, it is necessary to organize large-scale hunting operations every year to drive wild animals to areas far away from human life. Before Sun Xiangfu did not introduce rice seeds, There are many tribes among them who specialize in hunting for a living, and animal taming is also one of their main survival skills.

"Hehe, there seem to be eight of these leopards! Just send a pair to Chang'an, and leave the remaining six here! They may prefer the tropical rainforest climate in the south, but the half-year-old leopard It's not so easy to tame, and when their cubs come down, maybe it's more suitable for training, but it will take two or three years." Sun Xiangfu laughed.

The jaguar does not grow into shape until it is one and a half years old, and it starts to hunt alone. After two or three years old, it will start to estrus, and transporting them to Chang'an is nothing more than adding a rare species for everyone to watch. Only after being tamed in Lingnan can it play a practical role, because its size and ferocity are only slightly weaker than tigers, but its reproductive ability is much stronger than tigers.

Previously, there were many tame tigers here in Lingnan, but it was always difficult to expand their breeding scale, because all tiger species in Southeast Asia, including the South China tiger, usually have only two or three cubs per litter. It is possible to give birth to four cubs, which is basically the same as twins in life, and the chances are not high.

But the jaguar is different. It can have up to fourteen cubs in one litter, usually six to eight or more, which is more than three times the reproductive capacity of a tiger.

Moreover, its hunting enthusiasm is higher than that of tigers, but its food intake is slightly smaller than that of tigers. From deserts to rainforests, from plains to plateaus, it can survive no matter where it goes, so it will be recognized in later generations. Call it the most successful hunter, and the most perfect carnivore.

Lingnan got the best breed of leopards. Once domesticated and scaled up, the flood of wild animals in the jurisdiction can be better controlled.

However, these little leopards were not as hot-eyed as those big guys who would play next.

Anaconda, the largest snake in the world.

On a springboard, more than a dozen people were divided into two rows, carrying a large long cage and walking down slowly. It’s not that the long cage looks good, but it’s impossible to use this long cage. !If it is rolled up and the weight is concentrated in one lump, the cage will not be easy to lift, because this anaconda is more than eight meters long and weighs more than 400 kilograms. I can't lift it.

(End of this chapter)