Looking for the shore of the Si River on the victorious day,

The boundless scene is new.

I can easily know the east wind side,

There are always spring in all kinds of flowers.

Zhengliang and his party strolled between the rural mountain roads. Along the way, the ground was covered with green grass sprouting buds and wild flowers in the mountains. A little further away were some trees. These trees were tender and green, and they began to turn green, with green leaves and flower buds on the branches. Some birds were singing happily on their branches, jumping around and playing.

"Lord, look there." At this time, a cheerful voice from Donggo Heiji came from beside him. Masayoro immediately felt strange when he heard this. What surprised this mature and steadfast old man so much? So he looked in the direction pointed by Donggo Heiji.

I saw rows of trees planted neatly on a mountain not far away. These trees should be from the same kind of trees. And looking at the traces of being plowed on the mountain, it is obvious that these trees are a crop of local farmers. But what kind of plants are these?

"Cotton, lord, these are cotton trees." Dongxiang Heiji reminded him with a look of his words.

"Oh! By the way, it's cotton." Zhengliang finally saw it at this time. No wonder he always felt that this tree was a little familiar. After realizing the role of cotton on the territorial industry and people's lives, Zhengliang spent a lot of money to continuously introduce cotton seeds and seedlings from the Sanhe area of ​​Wako and the Ming Dynasty. After nearly seven years of promotion, cotton planting has become a kind of economic crop in Feiqian Kingdom, Zhuhou Kingdom and Feiqian Kingdom. Whenever the cotton harvests

In the season, the Luo family's internal affairs cabinet will send special people to various parts of the territory to purchase these cotton. Since cotton is a strategic material, it can only be sold to the Luo family's internal affairs cabinet for the time being. And because the purchase price of the internal affairs cabinet is relatively high, the land you plant does not need to be too fertile (of course, the fertile land, the better. But people make a living by food, and fertile fields naturally give priority to growing grain). Without affecting their grain planting, many leaders are willing to take the initiative to plant them.

Of course, in order to increase the planting area, the Interior Government also specially organized some slaves to be responsible for the cultivation of cotton in some mountainous areas. Now, dozens of cotton trees have been formed in Feiqian Kingdom, Zhuhou Kingdom and Feihou Kingdom. Whenever these woods are in full bloom, it will become a beautiful landscape in the local area that attracts people to stop and enjoy.

Along the next journey, Zhengliang discovered small forests composed of saplings such as lychee trees, camphor trees, iron chestnut trees, pine trees, fir trees, nanmu trees, etc.

These small forests were planted in some mountainous areas that could not be reclaimed for cultivation. Zhengliang even saw many leaders transporting water from nearby mountains to water these saplings.

Under the introduction of Heiji Togo, Masayoro remembered what happened. It turned out that all this was caused by a decision he made several years ago.

It is obvious that these trees are different from the cotton planted on deliberately cultivated mountains that I saw before. These trees cannot be called economic plants for the time being. They were specially ordered to be planted by Zhengliang for the purpose of future resource reserves for shipbuilding materials in the territory.

These saplings are important tree materials for making ships. Now they are planted. After more than ten years, many trees can be cut down as shipbuilding materials. It is precisely for this consideration that Zhengliang asked people to collect a large number of such tree seeds in Japan, and even entrusted Ming merchants to transport the seeds of relevant trees from Ming to the territory of the Luo family for planting.

The method of encouraging the democracy to actively plant these trees is also very simple. The contracting method is adopted, and some mountainous lands belonging to Daming (provided by the Law Family Law. All the mountains, forests, trees, minerals, rivers and other resources in the territory belong to the Luo Family Family) are contracted to some local residents, and then the seeds or saplings of various trees are distributed to these residents. The recipient is then responsible for planting these trees until the trees grow to one person tall, and the contract is over, and the Interior Government will pay the agreed remuneration to the residents based on the growth of these saplings.

It is very easy for the people to take care of these saplings. After the saplings sprout and grow, they come regularly to water and remove weedings to ensure that the trees grow naturally. Of course, the faster these saplings grow into saplings that are one person tall, the shorter the time for the people to receive the reward. Therefore, in order to complete the task of this mountain as soon as possible to obtain the planting task of another mountain, they often take care of these saplings very seriously, and even apply some fertilizer to them to make them grow quickly.

In fact, many retainers were extremely puzzled by the order of the Lord Zhengliang to suddenly plant those seemingly useless tree species. However, they knew that Zhengliang's purpose was to reserve resources for the future development of the territory, and to protect the environment on the other hand.

Although most parts of Japan are forested areas, and the local productivity level is not high, resulting in a lot of forests and trees. However, with the continuous development of the territory, a large number of forests have been reclaimed as fields, and some forests have been cut down as firewood and ash fertilizer needed for the daily life of the people. In addition, Japan is a region that is earthquake-prone, Masayoshi is really worried that a landslide will occur accidentally. At that time, not only will the lives of the people be threatened, but even the fields and crops that have been reclaimed at the foot of the mountains will be buried. Planting these reserved trees in places where the forests have been cut down will protect the local environment and avoid the losses of the territory.

"Sir, Maeda Village is ahead." At this time, a farmer who was temporarily sent to the head of the town to lead the way ran over carefully to report the report.

"So it's here!" When Zhengliang saw this village, he couldn't help but say to himself.

As soon as he saw the ridge behind the village, Masara recalled the origin of this village. There was a checkpoint on the ridge behind the village that directly blocked the connection between the Anyue Mountain Castle and the Yiliwanli Plain. The one who occupied it was a small Masada family who was a retainer of the Yiliwan family. Later, this wealthy family perished in the conflict between the Hodo family, Matsuura family and the Luo family. Even the village where the wealthy family was originally located was burned down. After occupying the Iwanliwan plain area, Masarara ordered the village that had lost its home to be moved here in order to appease the local people as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, seven or eight years have passed. The village has grown into a village of hundreds of people.
Chapter completed!