Although the area of this experimental field is not very large, fortunately, the terrain is quite flat, and there is hardly the slightest terrain undulation, which looks like the evolution of the sandbar from the impact of sediment a long time ago.

The vicissitudes of the sea, the big river in the past should be the road, and now there is only one small river here, Li An and let people dig irrigation canals, citing the water source in the small river.

These ditches are horizontal and vertical, and this small piece of land is evenly divided into sixteen small squares, each small square is six acres of land, and sixteen squares are ninety-six acres of land, and it is almost a hundred acres.

The width of the ridge is very small, and it can only accommodate one person to walk normally.

In addition, the irrigation ditches are arranged parallel to the path, and on the side of each irrigation ditch is a path, which can be used by two horses in parallel, and normal agricultural vehicles can pass smoothly, which is also to facilitate the transportation of agricultural products during the harvest in the future.

There are many soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, but Li An's purpose in this experimental field is to show the local people, so digging ditches and paving roads, these trivial work, all let the local people do it, of course, they are not in vain, all the people who come to work can get a certain amount of wages, and at the same time, they can also have a full meal at the construction site, no matter how you calculate it, you will not lose.

For the wealthier locals, this job may not be very attractive, but for the very poor, it is a very worthwhile job.

With the first batch of people leading wages, Datang's reputation was recognized, and soon many people from different places came to help with the work.

Of course, people who are too far away will not come, they are all people who are dozens of miles away, and they are idle and idle, since there is good food and wages, why don't they come.

When digging the ditch, they found that the digging tools of the Tang Dynasty were much more advanced than theirs, and it was very labor-saving to dig up the soil, and the route set was also very reasonable.

After the ditch is dug, it is natural to cultivate the land and plant, because the number of acres in the field is relatively large, so a variety of different crops can be planted.

Ang Lee's plan is very simple, since there are ninety-six acres of land, he will plant ninety-six kinds of crops to experiment with which crops are suitable for the growth of the climate here.

Before planting, you need to cultivate land, as long as the land is cultivated, you can get a relatively high yield, if the cultivated land is not good enough, then the yield will be much lower than expected.

Some of the local people are farmers, but they don't know what ploughing is, and they use very lame tools to dig a pit in the ground and scatter some seeds indiscriminately, and it's no wonder that the yield of the land can't keep up, so that not many people are willing to be farmers.

As for the oxen and horses in their hands, most of them were used to carry goods, not to plough the land, and besides, the hooves of oxen and horses could not plough the land, they did not invent the plow, and they could not use the oxen and horses.

And the plough brought by Datang, moreover, is the Quyuan plough first developed by Li An, an advanced plough that can easily plow the land with only one ox.

It is not very difficult to operate the Quyuan plow, even the local people who lack farming genes can learn how to use the Quyuan plow in one day, and turn over the 96 acres of land well.

There are many kinds of local crops, and Datang has brought even more seeds, as well as many seeds from the Americas and Australia, which can be planted locally to see if they can germinate and survive, and then to see how well the yield and disease resistance are.

Sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, sorghum, wheat, rice, yams, peanuts, tomatoes, peppers and other crops must all be planted and planted.

Among them, some crops can be planted directly by sowing seeds, such as wheat and the like, but there are also some crops that cannot be planted in this way and need to be planted, such as corn.

It is easy to sow seeds directly, and the planted crops are planted in the corner of an acre of land, and then transplanted and planted after germination and growth.

The effect of planting crops is very slow, not planting today, tomorrow can grow crops, the need to wait for a very long time, but for the long-term, it is necessary to develop planting, otherwise, all rely on fishing and hunting, the source of food is too unreliable, and vitamins mainly come from vegetable plants, animals and fish can not supplement these needs.

Among all the crops planted, the fastest effect should be the cabbage, the growth cycle of this plant is very short, it can be eaten in the mouth quickly, and it can be served on the table in twenty days at the earliest, and Ang Lee needs to stay in the subcontinent for no less than a month, so Ang Lee may be able to eat the newly planted cabbage.

The sweet potato seedlings have been cultivated a long time ago, they were cultivated on Ang Lee's boat, and now they have been contributed, and I believe that in a few months, they will be able to produce huge sweet potatoes.

The local people, who are relatively unknowledgeable, have never seen so many seeds, they are just responsible for the work, but they do not know what crops these seeds represent.

Li An also did not let his subordinates explain these crops, as long as these crops grow, these local people will naturally know, and through such experimental field activities, the local people have understood the importance of agriculture, and realized that the agricultural level of Datang is far beyond their level.

"Li Shilang, you see, in just a few days, this large field has been planted, and in a few months, this place will have a different look."

The subordinates looked at the ninety-six acres of land excitedly and said excitedly.

Li An nodded and said: "That's right, this experimental field, under the guidance of the local people and Datang officials, has done a very good job, and after a few months, for example, it will produce results, but we can't wait for that day, two months at most!" We must continue to move westward, and far away Africa awaits us? ”

"Yes! There are so many places to go along the way, but if you come back, you may be able to catch the harvest here. ”

The subordinate answered.

Li An nodded very approvingly, looked at the forest in the distance, and said: "There are many oceans and forests in the Lion Country, so there are many fish and prey in the sea, which is why they like fishing and hunting, but the output of fishing and hunting will never be comparable to planting and animal husbandry, and if the population increases in the future, it may not be able to live, so the development of planting and breeding is a must, when these people learn to farm and breed, they will give up many of their ancestors' lifestyles, so as to completely admire the Tang Dynasty." and turn yourself into a part of the Tang Dynasty. ”

The Tang Dynasty takes the Chinese nation as the main nation, but the biggest reason why the Chinese nation can become the main nation is because the Chinese nation is inclusive and can continue to absorb the surrounding ethnic minorities, so as to form a more powerful force, such as the royal family of the Tang Dynasty, which has a certain Xianbei blood, and cannot become a pure Chinese nation, in addition, there are many nobles in the Tang Dynasty, all of whom have a certain minority blood, but after the integration, they have all become the Chinese nation, and they have long forgotten the living habits of their original nation.

Since the ethnic minorities close to Datang can be integrated, and the ethnic groups far overseas can also be gradually integrated, as long as Datang can bring them enough benefits, they will not refuse to integrate into Datang.

Cultivating breeding is a habit, many habits need to be cultivated, so that the local people yearn for the Tang culture, first of all, let them learn what the people of the Tang Dynasty do.

The experimental field has already begun, and the next step is to engage in some breeding, and teach some local people to understand breeding techniques, so that they do not have to go to the forest to hunt.

The local people will also breed some animals, but the number is very scarce, the management is also very unscientific, and the output cannot keep up, resulting in too much cost and no high commercial value.

And because there is too little farming, the price of meat remains high, and many of the poorest people can rely on the fish in the sea to fill their stomachs.

The taste of meat and fish is different, always eating fish, people will get tired, and occasionally eating some meat will make people feel very pleasant.

Hunting for meat is much more difficult than fishing for fish, especially in the lion country near the ocean, fishing and picking up small fish at low tide are always the most reliable way to obtain food, which leads to the price of prey is also relatively high, and the meat of wild animals is more expensive than that of domestic animals.

In order to make meat accessible to the poor, Ang Lee believes that it is necessary to immediately carry out local farming activities and carry out a large-scale farming plan with the help of the abundant plant resources in the local area.

Li An casually inspected and found that the local forest is very dense, with a lot of shrubs and grasses, and it is a good place with very rich natural resources.

What animal is the fastest to breed, the most can make ordinary poor people eat meat as soon as possible, naturally rabbits, the reproduction rate of this animal is very shocking, it is simply perverted.

A rabbit litter can produce more than a dozen rabbits, and, after a month, you can have a litter of cubs, the reproduction speed is super fast, and the rabbits can be bred when they grow to half a year old, and the reproduction speed is incomparable to pigs and sheep and other animals.

As long as there is enough food, the reproduction of rabbits can increase geometrically, especially after the base becomes larger in the later stage, the speed of reproduction is terrifying.

If you accidentally let the rabbit live on the grassland without natural enemies, it will be a complete incident, or a few years, the grassland will be completely occupied by rabbits, a large number of rabbit holes will completely occupy the grassland, standing in the distance at a glance, dense rabbits are like ants in the ant nest, many are countless.

In Ang Lee's memory, there were no natural enemies that ate rabbits on the Australian grasslands, but rabbits were brought to Australia by careless humans and accidentally let go.

Originally, it was just a rabbit that ran away, and no humans would be surprised, but many years later, they were dumbfounded, these rabbits that ran away completely changed the landform of a large area of Australia, and the rabbits all over the mountains and fields caused a lot of holes in the very beautiful grassland.

Many gentlemen originally liked to ride horses on the grassland, but their noble horses would always fall into the rabbit hole, thus breaking the legs of the horses, so that the most noble horses were also abolished, which made the gentlemen very annoyed, and had to use the weapons invented by humans to deal with these nasty rabbits.

The strafing of machine guns is not a joke, a burst can kill a large number of rabbits, many people hold machine guns everywhere to kill too many rabbits, and indeed kill a lot of rabbits, but the breeding ability of hares is too strong, the speed of killing is far from keeping up with the speed of rabbit breeding, the result is that the more and more you kill, you can never finish killing, and in the end there is really no way, so you have to use the very unkind ultimate weapon, poison, sprinkle poison on the grass, so that many rabbits are poisoned, This has slowed down the rabbit disaster to a certain extent.

Of course, the reason why there is a rabbit disaster in Australia, the super reproductive ability of rabbits is only one of the reasons, and the grassland in Australia is very fat, rabbits can find enough food, in addition, Australian rabbits have no natural enemies, there is no corresponding natural enemy animals to control its number, which eventually led to the tragedy.

Not to mention rabbits, even goats with very average reproductive ability, in Australia, because of the surge in numbers, destroying the ecological balance, and having to use sniper shooting to control the population.

The Tang fleet led by Li An had the largest number of supply ships, including food and water supply ships, ship power fuel supply ships, and of course, some supply ships for living creatures, such as chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits and other animals.

After all, in this era, food can be stored for a long time, but meat is more difficult to preserve, and the best way to preserve it is to keep the animal alive and make it when it needs to be slaughtered, so that the meat quality is the most delicious.

In order to maintain the life of these living creatures, all the supply ships that stocked these living creatures stocked up on a large amount of corresponding food, such as feed for chickens, ducks and geese, pig feed, hay for rabbits, etc.

Even if they hoard a large number of living animals, they can only satisfy the enjoyment of Li An and other high-ranking officials, ordinary soldiers can only eat food, unless they enter the port, ordinary soldiers can go ashore to eat fresh meat, therefore, ordinary soldiers hate to wander at sea for a long time, they like to enter the port very much, so that they can eat meat in a chic manner.

"How many rabbits do we have?"

Ang Lee asked with concern.

"Li Shilang, there are the most rabbits, it is estimated that there are two thousand, and there are at least one thousand female rabbits."

The subordinate answered truthfully.