"Prefect Yu, are there official fruit trees in the mountains around Luoyang County?"
Seeing that the other party was finally willing to persuade the rich to participate, Zhu Biao asked another question.
"Back to Your Highness, there are some, but the fruits cannot be sold at a high price. No one is dedicated to tending them. The trees are surrounded by weeds and thorns."
Yu Yongzhong thought for a while before answering, and then nodded, indicating that it was indeed not very good.
After speaking, he looked at the dried fruits on the table: "Your Highnesses, do you want to eat fruit? There are pears, oranges, grapes, and persimmons at the moment."
"We know that we have ordered people to buy it. Planting fruit trees on the hills just mentioned is called ditch area utilization, that is, ditch area economy.
Since you can grow fruit trees, you can also grow other things. This is called the understory economy. Half a step away from the fruit trees, you can grow wheat and soybeans.
Planting under the forest is no problem. Breeding under the forest is also possible naturally. Generally, chickens are raised, and the chickens can eat the weeds and insects under the forest.
For people without land, they can have an extra piece of land to plant and raise things.
The government needs to do something first to let the people see that it can be done, even if it is profitable to grow vegetables and sell them.
The government first selected fruit trees and other forests in various terrains to grow different crops and raise chickens and pigs.
After estimating how much money you can earn, and then asking people if they are willing to rent, it actually doesn’t matter whether they charge money or not.
We are worried that someone will maliciously apply for land enclosures and then not plant and breed, leaving resources idle. "
Zhu Biao issued an order, and the Yamen of Luoyang County and the Yamen of Henan Prefecture sent people to do the work.
Yu Yongzhong was fascinated by what he heard, and then turned to frown: "I listen to His Highness the Crown Prince's instructions."
Zhu Xi said from the side: "The money you make belongs to you, the court does not want it, and my brother and I look down upon it.
Guarding so many official mountains and forests, you actually live such a hard life, what a miserable life! "
"His Royal Highness King Qin is right. We don't know how to adapt. We will arrange manpower when we get back."
As expected, Yu Yongzhong had nothing to worry about. He thought that if he had to hand over what he earned from working, the government servants would be lazy.
If you keep it yourself, it's not a problem. The official land needs to be tenanted to the common people, and no one in the official forest cares about it.
Those wild fruits were picked and eaten by people who lived nearby, and some people who went up the mountain to collect firewood ate two to quench their thirst.
The people are unwilling to go to the mountains to farm and raise things. Poisonous snakes and wild beasts are harmful to people.
If the officials want people to pass by, they will clean it up first, and then people will take over.
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"Okay, this big rabbit, let's put it in the shed first and pick it up when we come back."
On the mountain, a hunter picked up a rabbit and happily placed it in a newly repaired shed, which was actually a wooden house.
The hunters guide the direction, the officers and soldiers are responsible for clearing dangers, and the craftsmen help build the hunter's cabin.
Hunters will build their own shacks, store things in them, and live in them when they are too late to return from hunting.
Other hunters will also borrow it temporarily when they come over. According to the rules, you can return what you use and how much you use.
Usually more is returned, so there is never less stuff in the hunter's safe house. If there is less stuff, you can see the mark, which means who has come but hasn't returned home to deliver stuff.
As long as the shed built by the hunter himself can be used, it will be made from local materials.
Then make a stove with mud and stones, put in a pottery basin, a pot, rice and salt, and when you are rich, put medicine to repel snakes and insects and medicine to heal wounds.
Occasionally I would pick herbs and put them in when I saw them, and smoke some wild animal meat. It would be a good shack.
Now the craftsmen bring tools to help carry things, choose a good tree as the center, and saw down the surrounding small trees to build the house.
By the way, a ladder can be built so that the top of the hut can be pushed from the inside out, making it easier for hunters to climb up and observe the situation.
There are observation openings around the house that can be opened.
If a pack of wolves refuse to leave, the hunter can go out through the opening above and climb the tree, where he can shoot the wolves.
The surrounding small trees are cut down to broaden the view and the house is easy to discover.
Team after team went all the way to clean up wild animals and birds, built the house, and placed things in and around it.
We don't plan to come back tonight, so we'll stay outdoors because it's not cold.
Let's move on tomorrow and push deeper, and do the same on the third day.
Then the team that started out behind to bring things caught up with them. The chasing team didn't have to clean up the beasts or stop building houses, so they were faster.
After catching up, the army in front rested, and the army behind took over for another two days.
This provides space for forest farming and planting at the back.
When the time comes, animals will fill the vacancies, and hunters take over the job of cleaning up for the people, keeping the animals at a distance of a day.
"With these houses, hunting will be easy in the future! The family is very nervous when entering Cishan.
We hunters also don’t get a good rest. The shacks are far away from each other. Sometimes when we get injured, we feel like we are going to die on the road just thinking about the distance.
Now I am not afraid anymore. The house is big, comfortable and close. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Qin have given me good things.
The woodcutter who goes up to the mountain to collect firewood can also use the house close to that side! Convenient for everyone. "
A hunter on a road looked at another newly built house, touched the door, and grinned after speaking.
"Master Liu, will the woodcutter also eat together?" A craftsman next to him asked, thinking about the rules of the hunter.
"They bring their own food and use a stove. They don't worry if they don't bring it. They just eat. They will replenish a lot of firewood.
When it comes to building a house, you have to be really good at it. You can surround a big tree and make it watertight.
There is a small ditch next to it, and you can fight in the house. It feels like you can live here! Ha ha ha ha……"
The hunter surnamed Liu became happier the more he talked about it, and the craftsmen arranged many small items for him.
For example, there is a place for hanging meat, a couch for sleeping, a strong bolted window, a small lookout, and two stoves.
The prince and the King of Qin sent rice with husks, plus rice and wheat without husks, in three clay pots with lids on them to prevent rats from eating them.
A lot of salt and medicine were also given, and three fire sickles were prepared. This is the house where we live.
There is no fear of being stolen here, and people will not go so far into the mountains.
Usually it’s just other hunters and woodcutters, and it’s too late for everyone to take care of it! How could it be bad?
"We can't live in the mountains, and we don't have the ability to hunt. When we go back, let's talk to the village chief and ask him to help you get some cheap ironware. The price of iron is very low in Yingtianfu now."
The craftsman thought that the hunters needed knives and arrows, which were expensive locally, so he was going to ask the village chief for help. He believed that the village chief had a way.
"Which one is longer?" Orion obviously didn't know the situation.
"Zhu Lichang of Xiaqiu Village is named Yichang and is rich. That village is now called Prince Village. It's amazing!" the craftsman introduced.
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"Prefect Yu, in addition, the money of wealthy households must be paid out, or they should be willing to circulate their money.
I will stay in Luoyang for seven to eight days. You can find out the situation of the wealthy households. Then we will cooperate with them to make money.
It's not because they ask for money, nor is it to defraud them of money, otherwise I would just go to Xiaqiu Village to do it. "
Zhu Biao followed what was written on the paper and ordered Yu Yongzhong to do other things.
First thing in the morning, the water leaked upstairs in the middle of the night. The farmer found a basin to catch it, then wiped the floor, and then went to find the upstairs again at dawn.
(End of chapter)
