These leaders are not stupid, they clearly know that capturing raw products in exchange for supplies is just an emergency way to make money. If you want the tribe to have a long-term development, you can only solve the food problem by large-scale cultivation. That's why they're so eager.

Liu Pei said: "It's not that you can't grow food in mountainous areas, but the cost is too high, and you have to build terraces. And flat land planting is already a difficult thing for you, let alone terraced fields! ”

Taibacha said, "The marshal is right. We also grow crops on a regular basis, but that's just natural. I can't get much at all! So it depends on the handsome's approach! ”

Liu Pei nodded and said, "Since it is a mountainous area, it is difficult to grow crops, but we can plant trees!" ”

When everyone heard Liu Pei's words, they were deflated. What can you do by planting trees? Do you eat the fruit? and the fruit was not full.

Liu Pei smiled, and knew what they were thinking by looking at their expressions. Liu Pei said: "The tree I'm talking about is not an ordinary tree. It's cinchona and rubber trees! ”

Several leaders looked at each other suspiciously, and asked, "Dashuai, what kind of tree is this cinchona tree and rubber tree?" Can their fruit be eaten as food? ”

Liu Pei said seriously: "The fruits of these two trees must not be eaten as food, but they are more expensive than grain. Let's put it this way, there are people in your lords who are often afflicted with the disease of swinging. It's the kind of disease that people sweat desperately when they're cold for a while, hot for a while! ”

One of the tribal chiefs said, "That's right. If you get this disease, it is equivalent to being targeted by the plague god and you will not be able to live! We all threw these people into the mountains and left them to fend for themselves. ”

Liu Pei waved his hand vigorously and said, "But you should also have heard that my person had this disease and was cured, right?" That cinchona tree is the medicine for this disease! ”

"Boom" suddenly, several leaders immediately asked Liu Pei in a gossip, is this thing true? I don't even want the face of a little header!

Liu Pei waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet and said, "I can guarantee that this matter is true!" This tree can only be planted in hot and humid weather. We're just right here

。 When the tree is planted, its roots, bark, and seeds, I will buy it at a high price! When the time comes, you can exchange food directly with me. And if there is such a tree, you will not have to be afraid of this disease in the future! ”

Taibacha waved his hand to stop the other leaders from speaking, and said, "Dashuai, what kind of tree is the rubber tree you are talking about?" ”

"Rubber trees are also a tree species that lives in hotter climates. The sap of this tree is able to coagulate. The juice that solidifies is called rubber. This kind of stuff works very well for me. I will buy all the rubber you produce, and you can exchange it for all kinds of materials! ”

Speaking of rubber, China also suffered a lot back then. Before the liberation, some Chinese businessmen had introduced rubber saplings from India, but they could not survive at all. By 1948, overseas Chinese brought 20,000 Indian rubber trees from Nanyang and established a rubber plantation in Xishuangbanna. By 1953, there were 89 rubber trees left in the entire rubber plantation!

Coincidentally, China's industrial construction at that time required a large amount of natural rubber. So China also tried its best at that time. A variety of plants, including Soviet rubber grass, large-leaved staghorn vine, etc., have been tried. In the end, because of the small amount of rubber produced and the poor quality, it was completely abandoned by the state.

Finally, after years of selection and searching, it was finally determined that the clover tree in Brazil is the most suitable for the Chinese environment. It is especially suitable for the tropical north and the temperature is relatively low. It can be regarded as a link to the domestic demand for rubber. Now that Liu Pei has won Taiwan, he has just begun to cultivate and plant.

Not to mention that Liu Pei's next step is to prepare to enter the steam age, and the amount of rubber needed will be a large amount. The wheels of the rubber-tyred cart he needs now alone need a large amount of rubber, and the demand for this kind of rubber-tyred cart with large volume and fast speed is extremely high! Not to mention the raincoats, galoshes and other things that Liu Pei is going to prepare for the soldiers in the future!

This is also one of the reasons why Liu Pei is in a hurry to seize Taiwan. Now the trees are planted, and the Academy of Sciences is doing research at home. When the Academy of Sciences comes up with the technology, the rubber tree will grow up and can be tapped!

After Liu Pei's explanation, several leaders became excited! To him

For them, growing food requires people to take care of it every day. But planting trees is different! Just planting trees, even the women of the tribe can participate in it. As long as the men cut down the excess trees on the hillside and plant the vacated space. As for the warriors, they can usually help, and if they have nothing to do, they can catch Shengfan, what a beautiful life!

Several tribal leaders were excited, and asked Liu Pei about the planting method of the trees, when they could start planting, and other questions. Liu Pei gave a detailed answer. He also generously said that he could support them with a batch of food for free before the trees grew up, and the insufficient part had to be obtained by capturing the shengban, and at the same time, they could also hire their warriors as overseers to guard the working shengfan.

Moreover, Liu Pei will also send teachers to teach them Chinese and Chinese characters. After learning Chinese characters, you can become an official under Liu Pei. Doctors can also be stationed in their villages to help them heal and recuperate. This condition they simply can't refuse! After all, illness doesn't matter if you're a head person or not, it's the fairest!

Liu Pei's series of big cakes smashed down, and these leaders were smashed! They recklessly agreed to all of Liu Pei's conditions, and said that they could also attract more tribes to plant trees and arrest Shengfan. They also said that even if the Shengfan tribe was gone, there were still many tribes with whom we had grudges, and they could lead the army to attack them.

Subsequently, Liu Pei and several leaders made a bloody alliance and recognized this alliance. Not long after the alliance between the two sides was formed, Liu Pei sent a large number of supplies, saplings, and tree species. After receiving sufficient supplies, the tribal leaders used all their resources to arrange for each other.

The older, well-known Leader is responsible for co-opting other tribes to form a coalition. The young and daring leader led the coalition army to war. The rest of the leaders led the tribesmen to open up the wasteland and cultivate the land under the guidance of the peasants sent by Liu Pei. The others became overseers, supervising the slaves to open the mountains and plant trees.

Liu Pei transferred a group of teaching gentlemen. These teachers will be responsible for organizing several large boarding schools. For a small amount of money, the children of the tribe can study, eat and live in the school.