Feng An couldn't tell you the specific changes, but he felt that with His Highness's series of policies, the people around Gaozhou became more energetic, and the people became more energetic, whether they were farming or in other aspects. higher motivation.
The main reason is that the income of the people is much higher. Now because of the reforms in Luzon Island, Xianglinyi and other places, the people in the entire Lingnan Province are not short of work, so the income of the people is high. The income of the people is high, which has a great impact on all aspects The demand increased, and their lives became better, regardless of the changes in the city and the people.
"How many rubber trees have been planted so far?" Li Ke asked again.
"Currently, we have selected many hills for planting in Lingnan Road. Currently, about 10,000 acres of saplings have grown into saplings. In addition, a total of 50,000 acres of rubber trees were planted last year and this year. They are all priority-selected mountain forests." Feng Ang said seriously.
"This number is not enough, the scale needs to be expanded." Li Ke said.
"How much will it be expanded to?" Feng An was stunned for a moment.
"Expand to an area of 30 million acres." Li Ke shook his head and said, "It can be planted on a large scale on Luzon Island and the islands on the west side of Luzon Island. In the future, it can also be planted in Zhenwa and other places. "
Having said this, Li Ke saw Dang Renhong over there and simply waved to him. Dang Renhong was paying attention here and walked directly in this direction when he saw Li Ke's movements.
After thinking about it, Li Ke simply said: "Mr. Geng, take a look at where the other governors of Lingnan Road are and ask them to come over, just in time to talk about this matter."
"Yes." Feng An hurriedly said hello, stood up and went to find someone.
It just so happened that Li Ke saw Li Daozong and Su Dingfang coming back not far away and talking to Su Dingfang.
Li Ke quickly stood up and walked over to say hello to Li Daozong. This was his future father-in-law, so of course he had to fawn over him.
"Your Highness." Li Daozong saluted Li Ke first, and Li Ke also hurriedly saluted Li Daozong, "Come and sit with us for a while."
Li Ke's title made Li Daozong dumbfounded. Although it was said that good things would happen between Li Ke and Li Yan, to be honest, Li Daozong did not expect that Li Ke would treat him with such respect. This was different from the His Highness he imagined, but he was surprised. Yu, of course, is also a little pleased.
"Don't you want to talk about something over there?"
"Today is just chatting." Li Ke smiled.
"Then let's go together." Li Daozong looked at Su Dingfang and said.
Su Dingfang glanced at Li Ke, and Li Ke nodded to him, and then Su Dingfang followed.
When Li Ke and the others returned to the table, Feng Ang came over with Li Xinzhi, Li Junnan, Li Guangdu, Chen Zhilue, Yang Shilue, Ning Changzhen, Feng Shihui, Deng Wenjin, Ning Daoming and others.
Except for Qiu He who has not come because of his age, almost all the governors from various states in Lingnan Province have come.
"Everyone, sit down. Today is just for chatting. You're welcome, just squeeze in." Li Ke said with a smile.
When Li Ke said this, everyone laughed. This table can accommodate ten people. Naturally, the number of people now exceeds ten, but it doesn't matter. Everyone just pulled a few chairs from the side and sat here. down.
"Let me introduce to you first. This is Li Daozong, the general who conquered the west this time, the governor of Qinghai Road, and also my future father-in-law." Li Ke first introduced Li Daozong to them.
They have probably heard of it, but they have definitely never seen it.
Li Daozong was a little dumbfounded, as Li Ke introduced him like this...especially the future father-in-law, which was really rare.
Naturally, everyone smiled and saluted Li Daozong, especially expressing their envy to Li Daozong. However, the envy they expressed was not because Li Yan was going to marry Li Ke, but because they envied Li Yan for being so capable and talented, serving as a third-rank official of the Tang Dynasty!
Although everyone knows what is going on, everyone likes to hear this. Talent is one thing, but it must also be because of His Highness King Qin. If an ordinary woman among the people has Li Yan's talent, there is no King Qin. Your Highness, can you come up to be a third-grade official?
How can it be! Especially at this age.
After introducing Su Dingfang to them, Li Ke continued the topic: "I just talked with Geng Guogong. Regarding the issue of planting rubber, the part of Lingnan Road near the South China Sea is suitable for planting rubber trees, and there are also experts who have told me how to plant rubber trees. You guys, I won’t go into details.”
"What is the current rubber planting area on Lingnan Road?"
"The seeds His Highness has provided us can plant about 150,000 acres. So far, we have planted about 100,000 acres. The survival rate is very high, basically more than 99%. But other planting methods, because the seedlings are still small, There is no way to take these measures." Dang Renhong said.
"Well, my idea is that in the future, suitable planting unknowns will be selected and mainly provided to those mountain people. What do you think?" Li Ke looked at them and asked.
As soon as Li Ke's words came out, they knew that His Highness wanted to win the hearts and minds of the mountain people. In fact, His Highness has almost done so now. Almost 90% of all the mountain people within the entire Lingnan Road do not reject contact with the Han people. While they do not reject it, it can be said that His Highness's influence among them is increasing with time.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Li Ke now goes to Lingnan Road or even further west to raise his arms and shout among the mountain people, there will be no problem in gathering at least one to two million mountain people!
"Yes, planting in mountainous areas can kill two birds with one stone. It does not occupy cultivated land and will not destroy the mountain forests. It can also bring income to these mountain people." Feng Ang spoke directly.
"Then in the future, we will continue to expand the rubber planting area." Li Ke said, the demand for rubber will be huge in the future, and it can be said that all walks of life need rubber.
And now that Datang is ahead of everyone, Li Ke doesn't mind developing the rubber industry in Datang. In later generations, the global rubber planting area was close to 230 million acres, almost all of which was concentrated in Asia.
In fact, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan and other places in China in later generations are very suitable for growing rubber.
There are also a large number of mountainous areas in these places, and there must be many mountainous areas suitable for rubber planting. In Datang, rubber planting can be linked to the mountain people, increasing the mountain people's income, and winning over the mountain people's hearts.
"Your Highness, how much can it be expanded to?" Yang Shilue asked a question that Feng An had just asked.
"At least 100 million acres! So you should plant as soon as possible. But one thing is that we do not lack suitable mountainous areas, so we should mainly plant in mountainous areas suitable for transportation. This is also a national strategic task." Li Ke said.
The current Tang Dynasty is different from the country of later generations. When large-scale rubber planting began in later generations, the industry needed to be formed quickly, and the national demand was huge, so state-owned enterprises were planting the rubber, and the places chosen were relatively good.
However, Datang currently does not need so much rubber. It is just preparing for a rainy day. Then it can choose some mountainous areas with relatively poor transportation locations, which will not occupy cultivated land and can also increase the income of the mountain people who have joined Datang.
In the future, as the demand for the rubber industry continues to rise, transportation in these places will naturally be built. Then the connection between these places and Datang will be deepened, and they will no longer be able to sever ties with Datang.
Rubber is an industry, it can also be a poverty alleviation project, and it can also be an important measure for Datang to rule these mountainous places.
Because there are not enough interests, it is difficult to go deep into these places and strengthen their connections with the outside world! But now, the rubber products in the early stage are all used by wealthy families. Anyway, they make more money, and they will not have any objection if they are charged dozens of times more profits.
Their money just goes to develop the place.
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