Chapter 880: Lack of Women

"Hehe, hehehe......" Su You was happy and stupid: "I didn't expect to buy one get one free...... It's easy to write......"

Su You asked the ambassadors of various countries to sign so many documents before, which was a reason for his full preparation for this military operation - at present, the imperial court is still very sensitive to the border ministers who provoke at the border, and the measures are also very severe.

This time, it's okay, it turns out that this thing is still produced here, and the taste is still so high, where does this make sense?

After a while, Su Hui ran over, and when he saw such a high-grade tin ingot, he was immediately happy: "Heavenly God, how do you say this......"

In the hands of the pirates, the tin skin can only be hammered into a rough rice bowl kettle, but when it falls into the hands of Shu craftsmen, the utensils made should be called works of art.

The military expenses of this army can be filled by this pile of tin!

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Su You showed the enthusiasm of the master of the Great Song Dynasty, and sent the envoys over Penang, and then said goodbye to them reluctantly.

Penang is another time and place, at the western end of the Malukat Strait, where the terrain is flat and suitable for rice cultivation.

And the water source here is also very pure, there used to be some villages, but nearly a hundred years of war have devastated this place for thousands of miles, and it has been covered with primeval forests again.

After leaving a Meishan-type schooner here and letting a geological expedition team of fifty people explore and investigate here, Su You returned with the fleet and countless trophies.

Before leaving, he told Wei Shou'an, who stayed behind, to drag those broken ships to the shore for waste use, and soon this place will become another port and mining town, so many shipwrecks don't scare the guests.

When the sowing season came, he also had to go to Meizhou to send warmth, and by the way, he inspected the planting of floating rice.

When the ship arrived in Meizhou, Shen Kuo and Jia Kang came to greet him, and Shen Kuo's complexion had a tendency to move closer to Jia Kang.

More than 30,000 people eat, drink and Lazar, he has to worry about it, and it can be seen that Shen Kuo is very tired, but his eyes are shining with joy.

In the imperial court, Shen Kuo often couldn't find his sense of existence, and he didn't know why he was easily abandoned by the bigwigs who took refuge.

But here, the eldest and his second, there is not so much intrigue, just bury yourself in construction, and you can see continuous achievements every day.

The original 3,000 acres of polders are surrounded by six more fields, and here are more than 20,000 acres of land.

There are still six pieces of land between more than 20,000 acres, which are native swamps, and now they have become floating rice paddy fields.

By next year, these six swamps will be completely turned into polders, and more periphery, eight polders under construction have been planned, and the swamps that have not had time to be cooked in the middle will once again become new floating rice planting areas, using such a cascade development model, the land area of Meizhou will quickly expand to nearly 40,000 mu, and the arable area will reach 60,000 mu.

Coupled with some scattered heights in the surrounding area that adopt the same development method, the overall arable area is about 100,000 mu.

Compared with the 40,000 square kilometers of Jiulongjiang Impact Plain, this place is simply a small sesame seed on a large watermelon, but Su You believes that with the attraction of gems, spices and famous trees from the upstream Zhenla country, it will soon be able to prosper here.

Nowadays, it is possible to moor large ships like the Taishan, and the application of cement and explosives has made the construction progress of the project very fast.

The funniest thing is that the silly black technology of Junchuan rake was used here by Shen Kuo, and it actually became an artifact of ditching and piling mud, among the 30,000 people, less than 10,000 were responsible for developing the fields, and the others were more in logging, fishing, quarrying, construction, as well as salt making, oil boiling, and food processing.

When he came to sit down in the state office, Shen Kuo's first sentence was: "There is a shortage of women." ”

Su You squirted out a mouthful of tea: "How long has it been since I started thinking about this?" Looks like you've had a full meal? ”

Shen Kuo said: "The rice is naturally full, there are fish every day, the first batch of pigs are also slaughtered, and there are ducks and chickens, so I finally don't get troubled by snakes and crocodiles." ”

Su You said: "Wait a little longer, this most severe test has not yet passed, the rainy season is coming, the medicine must be prepared, it must be moisture-proof, and the raft must be enough, in short, the land and property can be lost again, and we can't afford to lose people." ”

Jia said: "We have been staring at the upper reaches of the Great Lake every day, and this year it seems that the situation is not bad. ”

Su You said: "There are also typhoons, and there are occasional strong winds passing through here, and the wind is blowing ......."

After speaking, he saw that Jia Jian and Shen Kuo both looked at him with strange eyes, and couldn't help asking, "What?" Am I wrong? ”

Shen Kuo was embarrassed: "Shaobao, you are from Shu, and I and Gong Jia are both ...... of Liangzhejiang Road"

The implication is that Lao Tzu and the Zhejiang natives need you, a Sichuan person, to teach us what a typhoon is?

Geographical discrimination is not allowed. Su You had no choice but to touch his nose: "Hehehe, in short, the preparations are done, how is Meizhou running now?" ”

Speaking of this, Shen Kuo was very proud: "According to Shaobao's instructions, we opened a field in Punong, and the merchants who traded with Zhenla, we charged a fee of thirty taxes and one fee. ”

After speaking, he said in a low voice: "But we also have our own industry, mainly wine, soy sauce, vinegar, so what...... Curry, and fish sauce with oyster sauce. ”

Of course, the bulk of the income is to trade the things obtained from the transaction to the maritime merchants, and the profits here are great."

"Another part of the income comes from the supply of supplies to the seagoing ships, the largest of which is sugar, then wine, and all kinds of canned food, luncheon meat, ham sausage."

"Canned fruits in sugar water are the most popular, meat and maritime merchants are picky, but canned fruits are said by everyone, and candied fruit merchants also like it, they all buy it as medicine, saying that it can prevent and treat seafarers' diseases."

Su You nodded: "There is a storage in charge, it seems that there is no need to worry, let's go to Gong Jia, let's go and see the polder?" ”

Jia Yan took a raincoat and a hat to Su You: "Bring this, it will rain in this place." ”

Changed into short clothes, one was the second product of the dynasty, one was a Zhizhou, and one Sinong Sicheng became three farmers, and the three of them came to a stone dock behind the state government and got on a bamboo raft.

There were a few bamboo benches on the bamboo raft, everyone sat down, and a chief of the official was a little bit, and the bamboo raft slid out along the pond, and the speed was not slow.

Su You smiled: "Okay, it's convenient and fast according to local conditions." ”

On the high ground on both sides of Hengtang, sugarcane, acacia, jackfruit and citrus longan are planted...... Then there is the banana forest.

The banana forest was unexpected by Su You: "In the middle of the store, old Jia, what are you doing planting so many banana forests?" Feed the elephants? ”

Shen Kuo was a little surprised: "Is there anything else Shaobao doesn't know?" ”

Su You said: "That's right, people are not born to know, and there are more things I don't recognize!" That's not a plantain? ”

Shen Kuo replied: "It is abaca, similar to plantain, but the meat is inedible, and the natives take its inner layer and comb it into filament, which can be made into durable muslin without spinning." ”

Su You patted his thigh: "Banana cloth, Wei'er and I have made a few pieces, it is really comfortable, it turns out that it is not a plantain?" ”

Shen Kuo said: "No. This thing has a high yield, and the leaves can be cut after one year of planting, and it can be harvested for ten years. ”

"In addition to the inner stem, which can weave cloth, the outer stem is thicker and older, but it is extremely strong, soft, buoyant, and resistant to seawater erosion. It can be used as boat cables, sail lines, fishing lines, ropes, fishing nets, burlap, sails. ”

"The remaining waste fibers can be made into extremely thick and tough paper, which can be sewn into bags with banana threads, which can hold 20 catties of cement and rice, and they will not be damaged if they are handled extensively."

Su You remembered one thing: "Glue the konjac glue film on the inside, this is the best waterproof cement bag!" ”

Shen Kuo smiled: "I thought of going to one place, that's exactly the case!" In the future, Meizhou will become a big port to provide supplies for sea ships, and these things are all things that should be used. ”

Su You's rare old face flushed: "Pay attention to learning everywhere, pay attention to it if you don't save it, I have been wearing this banana cloth clothes for almost a year, and I didn't expect that abaga is so useful." ”

Shen Kuo said: "Don't blame Shaobao, the local people are not good at material nature, and they can't work, where is my Song people so capable?" Only we can make fine linen from the rough outer banana stalks through acid and alkali treatment. ”

"With their craftsmanship, the degumming and defleshing are not up to par, and the rough ropes made are not even as good as the bamboo cables."

Also, when it comes to playing with fiber, flower growers are indeed experts, others are poor with hemp leaves, but flower growers still hold their fiber weaving.

Su You couldn't help but smile and said: "With this, the materials needed for the shipbuilding industry in the South China Sea are completely complete." ”

The raft passed through some rice fields on slightly higher ground, and it was just after March, and the rice in the fields began to hang their ears.

Su You looked comfortable: "Our Meizhou is so unreasonable......

Jia Yan smiled behind him: "So Cunzhong said that the men here lack women!" ”