Chapter 854: The Garden

At the end of February in Guanzhong, the laborers in the winter wheat planting area were already idle, and they were successively gathered in various workshops or construction sites to work.

This kind of manpower mobilization naturally caused the Wei people to worry, and these laborers were armed with government soldiers, and they could not be underestimated or careless.

At this time when the shallow grass flooded the horse's hooves, Tian Xin and Jiang Wei patrolled along the south bank of the Wei River, and their entourage was no more than ten horses.

More than ten horses are not for escort, but for the transmission of information.

At this time, the spring cold has not subsided, and it can be seen that there are children grazing sheep on the large wasteland of rotation, or a small number of chickens and ducks.

These boys are just playing on the sidelines, only to be wary of outsiders, and to avoid getting lost.

On the periphery of the wasteland, the men and women of the Li Society planted willow branches on the edge of the ridges after they were busy with spring ploughing.

After three consecutive years of development, the shrubs and messy forests that have grown arbitrarily in Guanzhong for 30 years have been cleared to a certain extent.

Residential areas, fields, near roads, or near water sources have been cut down for wood, either as building timber or as winter fuel.

The only thing that restricts the consumption of hot water for urban residents is fuel, and the more mature and large the commercial cities of the plains, the more they lack fuel in winter.

The difficulty of fuel extraction and transportation is an important reason why it is difficult to form a metropolis north of the Yellow River.

Guanzhong has been deserted for 30 years, and the shady forests have solved the most important fuel problem for the development of towns and villages, and nutritious non-staple food can also be obtained through jungle hunting.

In Guanzhong, where axes are widely spread, the necessary resources for survival can also be obtained in the process of developing forests, and the current problem is the balance between forests and residents' lives.

In the past three years, one-fifth of the trees have been cut down, and the trees can be replanted...... It is a tradition that has been around since ancient times to set aside a piece of land in one's own field as a forest land, and there are also forest lands for the collective of the community.

Forest resources are inseparable from life, as long as the people still have the mind of long-term life and development, they will naturally manage the small forest land at home.

But this kind of forest land does not provide much fuel, and is more like a building material that grows steadily in the ground, waiting to be used in an emergency; It was either used to build a new homestead, or sold for money.

The development of forests in the Qin-Han Dynasty requires permits, and the felling of trees is planned, and even firewood is limited.

The only way for people to get cheap and stable trees is to set aside some of the inferior land in the fields to plant trees.

This forest cannot be used as a stable fuel; The forest land, which is replanted by the township community and the Li community, cannot provide fuel that can meet the needs of local residents.

Unless there is a Black Forest as large as Northern Europe and North Germany...... But there is no one in Guanzhong, so the trees that have grown in Guanzhong over the years can still support seven to ten years.

After all, it is a natural forest with low shrubs and new trees, not the kind of old forest with towering giant trees, so it looks like the area is large, and the amount of fuel that can be effectively obtained is not as much as expected.

A healthy and warm life requires the environment as the cost.

The entire Guanzhong officials and civilians have already enjoyed a comfortable life brought by sufficient fuel, and it is absolutely impossible for them to voluntarily give up their living standards...... It's not just about enjoyment, it's about health and life.

Therefore, the promotion of environmental protection, forest consolidation, water and soil, and the promotion of influence for thousands of years is useless.

The people don't want to drink raw water anymore, they don't want to keep out the cold in winter, and whoever doesn't let them live a warm day, they will naturally not make you feel better. ok essay network

Fortunately, the forests that grew in these troubled times were concentrated near familiar land, houses, and roads, which were conducive to mining, and would not involve deeper and denser old forests in the mountains and fields before they were cut down.

This is also a necessary part of the steady recovery of productivity in Guanzhong, and now Tian Xin needs to accurately understand the forest resources in Guanzhong.

The development of the two Han Dynasty is gradually shrinking, so the current water and soil problems are not a problem.

The real destruction of the water and soil in Guanzhong should be like the Tang Dynasty, and the prosperity of Guanlong in Kaiyuan and Zhenguan is based on the fact that countless forests have been cut down and opened up for fields.

Jiang Wei didn't know where Tian Xin's worries were, so he just traveled together to inspect local civil affairs and people's livelihood.

After all, the issues that Tian Xin is concerned about are too unbelievable and unfounded for today's people.

Tian Xin personally inspected the circle, only to find that he was indeed a little worried.

The area around Chang'an City and Shanglin Yuan is a mature area; In the past 30 years, the scope and density of barren forests are incomparable with those of other counties and townships in Guanzhong, which is reflected in the small number of new forests; Since Beifu entered the customs, it has been developing around Chang'an and Shanglinyuan, and the main feature is rapid fuel consumption.

At this moment, in remote counties and townships, the fuel consumed by the government and the people cannot even keep up with the speed of forest growth.

In addition, the consumption of new forest land in the Chang'an and Shanglinyuan areas is relatively fast, and the range of human activity is forced back to the forest belt at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When the forests near Chang'an are exhausted, special manpower must be allocated to collect firewood, or burn charcoal and transport it to the city and workshop area...... This demand should be terrifying.

Rather than this, it is better to put coal mining on the plan as soon as possible.

After coal mines and iron ore solve the problems of transportation cost and efficiency, they can produce a large amount of steel; Cheap and low-cost steel can also lay railways, further reducing transportation costs.

So there needs to be a transition in between, and the wooden rails are barely up to the task.

At the same time, many, many more ...... are needed Slaves, without slaves to make the transition, with the current technology of coal mining, it is too wasteful to die of high-quality technical personnel.

But the nearest slaves, namely the Western Xianbei and some of the Central Xianbei, have already gone to the Western Regions, riding on the saddle of Gaoqiao and carrying a spear to abuse the cities and tribes of the Western Regions. If the leaders of the Western Xianbei do not make a foolish mistake, plunder the human and material resources of the Western Regions, and take a short rest to prepare for the path, they will take new herds of cattle and sheep, slaves, and servants to conquer the more distant land of Taixi.

Therefore, there are no slaves in the northwest who can be reformed, and Sima Yi in the northeast runs faster, and when his own forces arrive in the area of Zhuo County, it is estimated that Sima Yi will go to sea by boat to kill demons.

After going around, there were only two sources of slaves, and one organized the naturalized Ripe Qiang to counterattack the Raw Qiang; The Qiang people tolerate the cold climate, and now the wool and animal herds have great economic benefits, which is enough to use the mature Qiang to control the raw Qiang, and go to the plateau to do things against the situation of the Qiang people's eastward migration.

Or let go of the restrictions and give enough motivation to let the Qiang people cross the roof of the world to catch the indigenous people who have been extremely comfortable for generations to dig coal in Shanxi, thousands of miles away?

This is definitely not good, such a fat place in the southern continent, the Qiang people are allowed to see the flowers after they pass, how happy it is to be the king and hegemonic there, there is no need to work hard to catch slaves and sell them in Guanzhong.

It's not that you can't control the Qiang people, but the Southern Continent is too easy to bully, how many Qiang people go, and there is no way back to ensure that the meat buns beat the dogs.

Therefore, it can only rely on the slave fishing industry in Lingnan.

In this way, the north and the south can complete the closed loop in regional specialties, and each has a place to use and rely on the other.

During a seemingly normal spring outing, Tian Xin tightened the ropes of the Han servants, and it was not the time to let them out, let alone let them contaminate the Southern Continent.

With such a good garden in the Southern Continent, how good is it for my son to practice?