Jiguo Lou Sang, will be a temple.

When the thistle king comes in person, there must be a reason.

In mid-spring February, in the "greenhouse experimental field", the wheat ears are golden and fragrant.

The word "experiment" comes from Wang Chong's "On Heng and Encountering the Tiger": "There are many other categories, and they are comparable in their actions, and they are slightly compared to determine the experiment." "The thistle king gave it a new meaning. Every time before the promotion of new skills, it must be made by the temple and experimentally demonstrated. Name: Experimental Field.

When the craftsmen dug out the sediment and accompanied the officials, they all exclaimed.

"Dare to ask the lord, it's all sandy soil!" The excitement of Geng Yong, the right minister, was beyond words.

"Yes, yes." Liu Bei bowed his head slightly.

Geng Yong asked again: "The lord wants to polder...... Desert? "The polder system of the thistle country is well-known in the world.

"There is no need to rush in the desert." Liu Bei said with a smile: "First for the polders in the Western Regions." ”

"Ministers, I would like to hear more about it." Shang Zhen ordered Zheng Xuanchang to ask for advice, but was held up by Liu Bei's hands.

"Gentlemen, do you still remember 'Mao Sui Zhifu'." Liu Bei asked with a smile.

"I remember." Cui Jun, the left minister, replied: "Mao Sui recommended himself, and the soldiers were meritorious, and the king of Zhao named him a counselor, and he was named Quliang." Although this place is fertile soil, it is low-lying because of its terrain. The floods and other rivers often flooded, and the people lived in poverty. Mao Sui first built a river embankment and forced the water to divert to the north. He also ordered the people and the 'red clay' to smear the riverbed five feet thick, leaving no gaps. Since then, there is no danger of bursting the water, and the river is unimpeded, pouring for thousands of miles. ”

Liu Bei said with a smile: "The reason why sandy soil can store water is because it is full of red glue and mud under three feet. The cement is exposed to the sun and does not need to be roasted, and it will harden like pottery. It is equivalent to putting this piece of sand field into a huge pottery bowl. Then the fertilizer water is introduced to the ridge of the field, and the drip bamboo pipe buried under the sand field is connected to continuously moisturize. When exposed to the sun, the water vapor rises spontaneously, and there is no shortage of water, so the grain sprouts. ”

After speaking. Liu Bei also ordered the craftsman to take a piece of drilled bamboo tube and show it to everyone.

It is completely different from the leaky pot used by people to keep time. This bamboo tube, with an open hole like a flute, is arranged in the center of the waist. As long as the water level crosses the waistline, it can drip at four o'clock.

"Could it be that the lord wants to transport red cement from Jizhou to the Western Regions." Right Prime Minister Geng Yongyan pointed out that the price is expensive.

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Definitely." Resembling clay, everywhere. It is the mud at the bottom of the river, and it can also be dried at the bottom. Just order the craftsman to go out of the city to search, and it can be transported nearby. ”

Sima Hui smiled and asked: "First look at the leather tent greenhouse, and then look at the sandy soil farming." The lord wants to be the Great Wall army? ”

"Yes, yes." Liu Bei broke his mind: "The desert is a big trouble after all. The Great Wall built by the former Han Dynasty was mostly damaged. Desperate to rebuild, set up a dock fort, and let the soldiers raise themselves. Then. Slowly advancing, building cities and canals, and farming deserts. ”

Regardless of whether it can be achieved or not. My lord's ambition is unmatched.

As far as Liu Bei knows, he only needs to deal with evaporation and leakage, and farming in the sand. The branch canal is crossed, and the cement is at the bottom; Fertilizer drip irrigation, greenhouse shading. It should be feasible. It is only necessary to continue to farm for several years, continuously improve the soil, and wait for the windbreak trees to grow and the water-based cycle microclimate to form. Continue to farm, and get twice the result with half the effort.

"Let's start with the Western Regions." Liu Bei made the final decision.

There is no shortage of water in the Western Regions. It is only because of the violent evaporation on the surface that it is difficult to survive. In the former Han Dynasty, the Western Regions were protected by the government and built underground water conservancy projects in a targeted manner. It was called "well canal". The captain who pierces the canal is responsible for this. "The Han sent Xin Wuxian, a general of the Qiang Break, to Dunhuang with 15,000 soldiers. The messengers were sent according to the schedule, passing through the west of the Houjing of Beiba, and wanted to open the canal and turn the valley. Later generations noted that "Bei Hou Jing" said: "Dajing six, through the canal."

Later generations called it "qanats". It is a special irrigation system with a very clever structure. It consists of four parts: a shaft, a culvert, an open channel and a dam. Its construction principle: in the undercurrent of the high mountain snow water, find its water source, and lay vertical shafts of different depths at intervals; Then, according to the terrain, a culvert was built at the bottom of the well to communicate with each well and divert water to the downstream. The outlet of the underground channel, which is connected to the surface channel, diverts groundwater to the surface to irrigate the mulberry field. In this way, the leakage of surface sand can be avoided, and the evaporation of water vapor transported over long distances can be prevented.

The shogunate was established from Liu Bei's Central and Western Regions. The two Fucheng, on the basis of their predecessors, strictly follow the construction specifications and construction skills of Jiguo. Carry forward the wells and canals of the Western Regions. Diversion culvert pipes are all made of hard ceramic pipes. It is not enough to bring water into the city, and it is necessary to share the profits of each household. A shaft was dug in the front yard to lead out, and a water tower was built to store water. Drainage boiler room. Heat up as appropriate and distribute throughout the home. After the rain and sewage are diverted, the fertilizer water is discharged outside the city through sewage pipes to nourish the farmland. And so on and so forth.

The Western Regions is rich in carboniferous reserves and convenient for mining. Smelting and heating are all useful. The state-run city technique of Ji has benefited 55 countries in the Western Regions and various oasis cities. However, like the stars and the moon, there is a large desert in the center, and it is a pity to abandon it. So the king of this Ji thought: along the waterway Zhijin, try to try Tuntian. If the river canal is compared to the vein. In the middle of this hegemony in the Western Regions, the huge quicksand and withered leaves can wither the leaves in spring. Let's see if the thistle king can have a rejuvenation technique.

Everyone followed the thistle king and saw it one by one. All kinds of fields, and so on. There are also hollow bricks, built into a high and a low, front and rear windproof walls, the top of the bamboo shed, laying leather film. It is not only windproof, sandproof, light and warm, but also can block water vapor evaporation. Similar to the simple greenhouses of later generations.

All kinds of farming techniques that directly point to the Western Regions are eye-opening.

There are no less than dozens of transparent leather films alone. It shows that the intentions are good.

"Film, curtain." Zheng Xuan sighed: "This thing was mostly used in the Chinese medicine garden of the Chinese People's Hospital. Today we know that it is of great use. ”

"Last year, a total of one million live sheep were sold into various departments of the grassland. They are all old sheep for many years, and they can't cut their wool. Sheepskin is mostly made into leather, and sheep intestines are used for coupon banknote sealing. Fresh meat is eaten, cured into wax meat, refined into oil, and bone meal is also used as concentrate feed. Geng Yong, the right minister, said with a smile: "A sheepskin, two steps (about 1 square meter)." One acre is needed, but 460 sheets. ”

He made an order to Su Bo, but corrected: "Four hundred is enough." ”

"Why?" Zheng Xuan asked.

Su Bo replied: "The diaphragm needs to be tightened so that it can transmit light. Therefore, under stretching, one acre of field, 400 sheets is enough. ”

"I see." Everyone nodded happily.

"One year's revolution can cover 2,500 acres." Zuo Xiang Cui Jun smiled: "This is just sheepskin." Add dolphin, cattle and other skins, the annual leather film, 30,000 acres. ”

"There are so many." Everyone was amazed.

The above plan made Chen Yi laugh suddenly: "Do you know that there are more than 300 cities in my country, and how much is the dolphin (pig) eaten in one day?" ”

"I don't know." This is under the jurisdiction of the Planning Department, and no one else can know about it.

"Ten thousand." Seeing that everyone was shocked, Chen Yi smiled and said, "You need to know." Chinese people eat porpoise, far less than cattle and sheep. ”

It is said that in the later "Tokyo Menghualu", tens of thousands of pigs will be eaten in Bianliang City alone. There are more than 300 cities in Jiguo, 9 million mouths, and they can't eat the people of Bianliang City.

10,000 pigs in the eclipse. In terms of years, you can get leather, 18,250 acres. If we compare it with Bianliang in later generations, there will be a solar eclipse of 100,000 heads. In terms of years, you can get leather, 182,500 acres. It doesn't need to be so much. Pigs, cattle, sheep, the sum of which can make 100,000 acres of film per year. The Thistle King was satisfied.

This matter is easy to hear. There are 50,000 in Jiguo, 25,000 in Longyou, and 25,000 in Duhufu. In less than two years, it can be realized.

Shang Zhen ordered Zheng Xuan, and couldn't help reciting the famous article of Xunzi's "Persuasion": "The soil becomes a mountain, and the wind and rain are prosperous; The water becomes an abyss, and the dragon is born; Accumulate goodness into virtue, and the gods are self-satisfied, and the sacred heart is prepared. Therefore, if you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach thousands of miles; If you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become rivers and seas. Qi Ji jumps, can't take ten steps; Ten horses, the merit is relentless. ”

The thistle king farms and is really strong.