The first step of the plan to rely on the mountain to support the mountain has been established, but there is no need to rush for the time being. Everything will be done beforehand, otherwise it will be ruined. When mining coal, you must first find the mine - even if Gao pragmatically knows where it is, he will still have to do it. Send someone to look for it, right?
Then you have to manufacture or purchase equipment, recruit or recruit manpower, etc. Anyway, there are a lot of things that need to be done first. It is not as simple as knowing that there is a mine here and starting mining directly tomorrow. Even if all the preparations here go well, I'm afraid it will take half a year before construction can start. What's more, he plans to do several things at the same time, which may take even more time.
But there are still other ideas that can be used to rely on the mountain to eat the mountain. If it is true that in future generations, with so many mountain forests, part of them can be opened up to plant cash crops. For example, fruit forests are a very good choice. In this area of western Beijing, apples, pears, walnuts, cherries, etc. are all suitable for planting. As for the future sales place, the idea is naturally to rely on and eat in the capital.
The advantage of planting fruit trees is that you don’t need to spend too much physical labor after planting. Most of the time, strong rural women and even half-year-old children can take care of a fruit grove. But there are also troubles, that is, it takes a long time to select seeds and seedlings and for the fruit trees to grow and mature.
Again, Gao Pragmatic doesn't have the energy or financial resources to bother with this matter at the moment, and the results are too slow in terms of time, so it can't be regarded as a long-term plan.
Do you have any long-term plans? There are also.
This area is very pragmatic. As far as I can see along the way, there are many eucalyptus and oak trees. These two kinds of trees are natural resources that can be well utilized - most of the sixty to seventy-mile radius of his Sanshen Garden annex is mountainous forest. What is the use of just that little field? How could it be his style not to make use of such a huge mountain forest? Especially now that he is still starting up, and the environment is in the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to think too much about environmental protection. Besides, it is not used for large-scale charcoal burning. In fact, it will not cut down too much.
There is a story about the Zhe tree. It tells that during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dongfang Shuo took out the yarrow used for divination and made predictions in a serious manner according to the principles of Zhouyi. At that time, it was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's entertainment time. He was playing a game called "shooting" with his courtiers.
"Shoot" means guessing, and "cover" means covering. Putting an object in a container to cover it, and people guessing what is hidden in the container through divination, was once very popular in the Han Dynasty court, and it was both elegant and elegant. You can also bet on the jackpot.
This time, all the ministers failed to guess the topic given by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Dongfang Shuo read the divination and said: "I thought that the dragon had no horns, and said it was a snake with legs. It has staggered veins and good luck on the wall." , is it a lizard?" It turned out that the hidden object was indeed a gecko. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty high-fived him for his good deeds and gave him ten pieces of silk. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty became interested and asked questions one after another. Dongfang Shuo guessed correctly one by one and received many rewards.
Some of the onlookers next to me were red-eyed. Guo Sheren suddenly stood up and said that he was willing to compete with Dongfang Shuo. If he lost, he would be willing to get a beating. As a result, Guo Sheren was defeated and the court was beaten.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked about the secret of victory, Dongfang Shuo said, I once divined for the shooting, and the result was "Zhe". The hexagram said: "There is a tree in Nanshan, named Zhe. It is a good workman, and it can be shot. The shot will be successful." Favor is like hiding a rabbit. We are poor, so why not thank you early." Zhe is pronounced as "this". The material of the zhe tree can be used to make a good bow, so it is called "can shoot". The word "she" is also a pun, alluding to shooting. cover. The hexagram "cover the rabbit" is in the shape of hunting rabbits, which is exactly what Guo Sheren looked like when he was beaten. After hearing this, Emperor Wu slapped his legs and laughed, and Dongfang Shuo's reputation as "Da Zhan She Fu" spread from then on.
Regardless of whether the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Dongfang Shuo was fabricated by later generations, the wood of the Zhejiang tree is indeed suitable for making bows, and the name of "good archery" has existed since the pre-Qin period. Legend has it that the branches of the zhe tree are long and tough, and the magpies gather on the branches. When they are about to fly away, the branches rebound, causing the magpies to wail. The bow made of such branches is fast and powerful, and is called "Wuhao". bow".
At present, there are many mulberry trees in the mountains and forests attached to Sanshen Garden. If we hire some good craftsmen to teach the wood-hunting techniques, and cultivate a group of wood-hunting talents among the servants, servants, and even tenant farmers, wouldn't we be able to make money by selling cypress trees for making bows? During the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, wars had almost never stopped. As long as we could provide suitable bow-making cypress wood in batches, we were worried that we would not be able to make this money with our background?
Let’s talk about oak trees. In a broad sense, oak trees are also called oak trees or oak trees (there is a narrow distinction, but in fact the difference is very small and can be ignored). Many people may not be familiar with the oak tree, but anyone who knows a little bit about the history of European navigation should have heard of the oak tree.
When it comes to the Age of Discovery in Europe, the Royal Navy of the British Empire cannot be avoided. The British designated the oak as the "national tree" and called it the "Royal Oak". The old military song of the British Navy is even called "Heart of Oak".
Why are oak trees so important to Britain? Because battleships before the ironclad era were all made of wood, oak was the best material for shipbuilding. The reason why the top-quality wood must be made from oak trees that are more than 100 years old is to make the oak wood used in building warships have greater strength and higher hardness.
The most representative one is the British "Victory", which is made of oak trees that are more than 100 years old. These oak trees must be aged for 14 years after being harvested before they can be used to build warships. The purpose of aging treatment is to ensure that the oak does not crack or deform, and has dimensional stability. A total of 5,000 such oak trees were used in the ship, and the entire construction process took 19 years.
Another battleship, Bellerophon (not the later Bellerophon-class dreadnought), was a battleship equipped with 74 guns. During the construction process, a total of at least 3,000 80-120-year-old oak trees were consumed. . Construction of the ship began in 1782 and took four years to complete. A total of 150,000 to 175,000 cubic meters of wood was consumed.
But in fact, the role of oak trees is not only in shipbuilding. This tree is actually a treasure. The leaves of this tree can be used to raise silkworms. The wood itself is strong and resistant to corrosion. In addition to shipbuilding, it is also widely used in construction. It can also be processed to make furniture and burn charcoal.
Because acorns contain more starch, they can be used to make acorn wine, alcohol, starch, rubber oil, etc., and can also be used as feed. Tannins extracted from oak bark, leaves, shells and acorns are necessary materials for the tanning industry, printing and dyeing industry and fishery. The cortex of cork is thicker and can be used as industrial cork material. Oak can also be used to cultivate a variety of edible fungi such as fungus, shiitake mushrooms and amyloplasma.
Gao Qingjing will definitely do shipbuilding in the future, but it's still early and he doesn't have the strength. The functions of some other oak trees are also temporarily too late to be developed and utilized for similar reasons.
However, since oak trees can also be used to create furniture, isn't that a good way to make use of them right now?
A bald guy can make money by cutting down trees, but I can't make money by cutting down trees as a pragmatic person? Not only can I cut down trees, I can also gather carpenters together to set up a furniture factory!
