Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 693 Going to Yunnan

In March and April, many crops can be planted in the Shannan Road area, and the spring plowing in the northern land has also begun to be busy. When they have planted all the seeds allocated, whether it is good or bad, we will wait and see the results. As long as these The seeds are not acclimatized to the soil and water, and can germinate normally. At the level of agricultural students or agricultural students, they can basically guarantee their survival and obtain a certain harvest.

Sun Xiangfu's work is the busiest among the three planting areas. He doesn't have to worry about the few field crops with strong adaptability, but many special crops need to be selected according to local conditions and open up wasteland for planting.

"The weather here is really too hot. Teacher, take a break first and drink some mung bean soup!" Li Tai, who was sweating profusely, handed a bowl of iced mung bean soup to Sun Xiangfu. Recently, he followed Sun Xiangfu to participate in the During the busy season, Hei has lost some weight.

It is much more difficult than Sun Xiangfu imagined to open up a plantation in the mountains and forests of Lingnan. Not to mention the hot climate, the inexhaustible killing of mosquitoes, rats and ants, just the beasts that come out from time to time to attack people, it takes I often organize people to hunt and kill. The key is that these things are endless. After killing one group, another group will come again, forcing Sun Xiangfu to amplify his moves. After delineating the area, he will set fire to the ground.

However, when setting fire in the primeval deep forest, one must be very careful. He needs to personally check the locations of the fire zones cleared by all his subordinates to eliminate danger. Some places are not safe. When checking, he still has to I will do it myself and strengthen the trimming.

"Everything is not easy to do, especially agricultural work. If we are doing it piece by piece like we are doing now, it will take several years to open up all the plantations. We have to find a way and find another way."

Sun Xiangfu dropped the shovel for digging the soil, took the mung bean soup handed over by Li Tai, and drank it down. In the hot weather of Lingnan, if you don't replenish the cooling drinks in time, you will easily pass out due to heat stroke.

"The main reason is that we don't have enough manpower. If we mobilize 200 million people to work together like we did when we built the embankment in Shannan Road, it will be fast." Li Tai used a spoon to give Sun from the vat of mung bean soup. Fill the bowl of enjoyment with mung bean soup.

"There are many industries in Lingnan, and the people have their own things to do. If they have to put down their things and come to help us, the price will be too high. I have been thinking these days, maybe , I should go to Yunnan." When it was time for the second bowl, Sun Xiangfu stopped drinking so vigorously, and said while sipping.

Li Tai asked a little puzzled, "Why are you going to Yunnan?"

Sun Xiangfu replied, "The weather over there is like spring all year round. The crops that can be grown here can also be grown there. Moreover, a large number of terraced fields have been opened there this year. In fact, there are many crops. We can grow them." Putting the plantation on their side, if you count it, the manpower there is much more abundant than that in Lingnan."

Now in Yunnan, the roads are not easy to walk, and there is a shortage of food. It is necessary to introduce high-yield crops there earlier and teach the local people to plant them. But there are more than 200 million people.

"Didn't you send a lot of agricultural students there before? Send someone to deliver some seeds, and then tell them the growth habits of these crops, and let them plant them themselves, wouldn't it be enough?" In Li Tai's words, some I don't want Sun Xiangfu to leave Lingnan.

"These new crops are the children of the agricultural school, and they have never seen them before, let alone those agricultural students. Therefore, I still have to go and have a look. Here, after the sisal and rubber trees are planted, I will plant the second primary school. Just put it here and take care of it. Although he usually doesn't talk much, his planting level and comprehension are still very high. As for other crops, they are not urgently needed. We can take our time. Anyway, I will go to Yunnan to make overall arrangements. Come back in a few days." After finishing the mung bean soup, Sun Xiangfu put down the bowl and said.

The weather in Yunnan, especially in the south, is very suitable for planting many crops. Basically, there is no need to catch up with any season. For rubber trees, it may be better to plant them on the coast of Cochin, where the weather is hotter. Anyway, the seeds have If there are many, try planting in several places, the effect may be better.

"Then, I will inform the staff to prepare the fast boat. You have to come back quickly. Here, after the land to be developed is burned and the surrounding beasts are driven away, we will start building houses. The 'fortress' you mentioned The design of the multi-style multi-farming and living integrated farm is very complicated, so it is better for you to come and watch in person.”

The so-called fortress-style multi-planting and living integrated farm is designed by Sun Xiangfu according to the current special environment in Lingnan, drawing on the enclosures and watchtowers of later generations in Lingnan. It is convenient for everyone to plant and breed, and can ensure everyone's living and living A safe and comfortable large-scale civil engineering building.

After it is completed, dozens to hundreds of households can be concentrated in the village as a unit. The design of the enclosure and watchtowers makes it difficult to break through once the gate is closed, even if bandits and bandits want to come in. Talk about those poisonous snakes and beasts.

In fact, similar buildings originally began in the Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties. However, Sun Xiangfu added many modern ideas into it, making it safer to exist in the deep mountains and old forests, and at the same time more convenient for production.

First of all, his location must be good, not only in the middle of the farmland, with convenient access to water and a wide view, but also to exclude the possibility of being impacted by flash floods or mudslides.

Secondly, all the entrances and exits, even when they are open during the day, adopt a labyrinth-like convoluted entrance and exit. Even if a beast wants to come in during the day when the gate is not closed, it is easy to be trapped in this uniquely designed door opening. , This is some architectural art of watchtowers.

It also has many special features of watchtowers. For example, the ceiling on the first floor will be very high, and it can be used to raise chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep and other poultry and livestock. It only needs to lead a water into the sand filter pool at the corner of the enclosure. The clean water is filtered from the sand into the yard, which can not only be used for drinking by chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep and livestock, but also be used to clean the living quarters of these poultry and livestock. As long as the cleaning is frequent, there is a space with a height of up to five meters, and the interior is basically open and ventilated. Generally, there is not much smell. After all, the scale of breeding here is not very large, it is just for the people living in the enclosure to eat or use it when farming.

The sewage from cleaning up the livestock barn on the first floor, as well as the excrement of those cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, will flow directly into the super large septic tank dug before along a drainage channel with high and low design, and be used as manure. The sewage system on the upper floor is also For those connected to septic tanks, Lingnan has long been able to make flushing pits, toilets, ceramic pipes and other sewage and sewage systems, and press wells can be installed to directly press the water upstairs for everyone to use.

Moreover, people do not live on the second floor, but on the third floor, because the second floor is a farm tool or grain warehouse.

From the first floor to the second floor, it is not a staircase, but a large slope that can be passed by carts. The weather in Lingnan is humid, especially when it is southerly. Store it on the ground as it will get moldy very quickly.

Even if it is on the second floor, it must be placed on a wooden shelf, with a moisture-proof lime bag under the shelf, and then two or three layers of hay mats are used to prevent moisture.

The third floor is where people live. The roof is covered with thick tiles, and large windows are opened on both sides inside and outside. Not only is it cool and ventilated, it will not be affected by the smell of the poultry and livestock houses on the first floor, and it is also drier. If you live in such a place for a long time, People will be healthier.Moreover, after the place is higher, there will be fewer mosquitoes, and it will be easier to kill mosquitoes.

At that time, you only need to sit at home, and you will be able to look down on the fields around the enclosure. If someone or a beast wants to approach, you can see it from a distance, and you can also compare the colors, heights, etc. , Seeing whether the crops are growing well or not, it can be described as an excellent field-view house.

In the middle of the enclosure is a large circular drying field, as well as a leisure and sports area. Usually, some solar pots are placed to heat drinking water, dry firewood, etc., and they are used to dry crops when the farming season is busy. Such a building Speaking of it, it can basically provide most of the living needs of all the residents living here, and equipped with certain weapons to hunt and kill beasts, it will be appropriate.

This kind of centralized living can also allow them to hunt and farm together, and the degree of danger is much lower. It is much safer and more comfortable than the many houses that used to live outside the city and used scattered wood to build houses. The cleanliness is not at the same level at all, it has almost reached the best level in this era, in the environment of Lingnan, except for living in Dacheng.

After all, those who live in the city are doing business and working for a living, and in this society, it is impossible for all people to do business and work. Agricultural production is the basic guarantee for everyone's survival.

After the prototype of the first plantation basically came out, Sun Xiangfu took some seeds and boarded a boat to Jiaozhi. These buildings can keep the people in Lingnan area safe and stable for a long time. The truth, I explained it to Li Tai.

In the future, it will bloom all over Lingnan Road like the paddy fields in Shannan Road, and gradually develop this land into a good place for human beings to live in, stable output, and safe and comfortable for the people.

At present, the ships manufactured by Lingnan Shipyard cannot travel more than [-] miles a day in good sea conditions. They are not called fast ships, because the routes leading to Jiaozhi County and Rinan County are between their frequent exchanges. Now, it has become more and more scientific. Therefore, the voyage of less than two thousand miles, sailing day and night, will arrive in three days. According to the maps of later generations, the fleet only starts from Guangzhou Bay, passes through the coast of Guangxi, and arrives in Vietnam. Halong Bay landed only.

Sun Xiangfu did not directly take an elephant to Yunnan, because the area he landed in is almost the most suitable area for planting trees in Asia. The rubber trees, snake mulberries, and cocoa trees brought back by the fleet from South America were later named Brazil. All kinds of nut trees can be planted here, but because of limited manpower, Sun Xiangfu just surveyed some good sites along the way, so he had to let it go. When he returns, he can send some people from Shelong to do it here. develop.

Walking through the primitive deep forest, even if there is an elephant to travel, it is still very painful, until the middle of April, when Li Chengqian boarded a boat from Weinan and headed south with a delegation from the Western Regions who owed a huge debt to Datang. , Sun Xiangfu arrived in Dali City, the seat of Yunnan County.

Here, it is not a holy place for travel appointments for later generations. In fact, it is much worse than Lingnan, which has been developed rapidly in recent years, because although the people here are not inferior to Lingnan in terms of Sinicization, they do not have as many industries as Lingnan. , not as frequent as Lingnan has communicated with the outside world in the past few years, and their economic strength does not allow them to spend money to hire people to teach Chinese, production knowledge, and universal medical security like Feng An. Even Dali City, Shelong has been tossing for two or three years, and it is only a rough construction, and it is still far from being completed!
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