In terms of shares, it is also necessary to openly recruit some local people, in fact, it is not a matter that can be determined all at once, with Feng An's 20 million yuan, plus Sun Xiangfu and Li Tai brought more than 3 million yuan to lay the foundation, and the conditions for opening up a number of high-end planting research parks in the southern region are basically there.

The future scope of these plantations is not ordinarily large, there are dozens or hundreds of varieties alone, and the investment is naturally huge, Sun Xiangfu hopes that more people and more funds will participate.

For example, rubber trees, you need to find the whole mountain forest to plant, and you need to wait for more than six years to gradually start to take rubber, as for the return, it depends on whether Datang has made progress in industry, whether it needs to be used, and during this period, you need to chase organic fertilizer two to three times a year, in the place where the water is insufficient, every three to five days, you have to water once, and you also need to do some work to remove vines and pruning, the labor cost required is very huge, not profitable in other aspects, to help support it, but I am afraid that it will not work.

The most important thing is that rubber trees are poisonous plants, seeds and leaves, are poisonous, once eaten by people or livestock, vomiting, abdominal pain, dizziness, weakness, convulsions, coma, shock, need a great degree of safety management, as far away from the area where people live to plant.

And crops like sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, peanuts, peppers, tomatoes, etc., its planting and promotion may be easier, but with the current market of Datang, it is estimated that after eating a handful of fresh at the beginning, it will enter a very meager profit model, after all, these crop seeds are sold to all ordinary people, and the high price is meaningless.

After dinner, Sun Xiangfu and Feng Ang went to his office, here, there is a more detailed map of the Lingnan region, Sun Xiangfu according to the growth environment of some tropical rainforest crops, said some places, Feng Ang really gave him a lot of recommendations, if you can find a natural and suitable place, it will save a lot of follow-up management costs, so, after the two made an appointment for a trip, they went back to their rooms to rest.

After all, Sun Xiangfu still doesn't know how many crops Zhao Long and they brought back, and most of the ordinary crops can be planted in the ripe fields that have been opened, and near Guangzhou City, Feng Ang can open up some fields for Sun Xiangfu to plant at any time, so what Sun Xiangfu has to do is to survey some areas suitable for development into plantations.

It can't be too far away from the city, because the staff needs to be stationed all year round to study, there are many living materials, and entertainment needs, and it can't be too close to the densely populated areas of the city, affected by too many external factors, and it is easy to have problems, the characteristics of Lingnan are large, barren mountains and wild mountains everywhere, almost every state and county around the county, there are similar places, Sun Xiangfu also just took this opportunity to promote the development of some wild areas in Lingnan.

In the early morning of the next day, after breakfast, Sun Xiangfu and others set off with Feng An, first to go to Baiyun Lake to have a look, to organize the recruitment of manpower to implement the matter, the planting of new crops is easy to take care of, and a lot of relatively novel technology is required, which requires all manpower to know how to listen, even speak Chinese, and have a certain ability to communicate.

Such people were not easy to find in Lingnan in the past, but with Feng An's efforts for so many years, it is no longer so difficult, as long as the publicity is in place, a few days later, when the new overseas species really land, many people should be recruited.

"Master Sun, I didn't expect that the early rice in Lingnan could be harvested in March." Li Tai, who came to Lingnan for the first time and also had some experience in rice planting, sighed a little after seeing the large rice fields around the Baiyun Lake Peninsula that were about to be harvested.

Sun Xiangfu also looked at the growth of those rice, which was not bad, and said with a smile, "The Lingnan coast, when it is the coldest time, is slightly higher than the temperature in the early spring of Shannan Province, and the Champa rice they planted is the shortest growth cycle among all rice varieties. ”

When Sun Xiangfu first introduced rice seeds, he planted a yield of ten stone three per mu of wet weight, and dried it into dry rice, about nine stones, and later the intensive cultivation field planted by the people, the yield per mu was about seven stones, and the yield per mu was relatively rough, and the yield per mu could reach more than five stones.

But people here are three harvests a year, according to the intensive cultivation of the field, the total output of one mu of land in a year, that is, twenty stone upwards, is not less than the output of two crops of rice fields in the area of Shannan Province.

It's just that, with the current intelligence and cultivation level of the people here, as well as the mountainous geographical environment, it is not suitable for the large-scale development of intensive cultivated fields, otherwise, if the three-cropping fields in Lingnan are two or three hundred million mu, Sun Xiangfu really does not need to engage in any fields in Shannan Province for the time being, and what hybrid rice to study.

The people who grew up in the relatively primitive and backward tribes, the intellectual level grows up, it takes a long process, their next generation, with cultural education, will be much better, Sun Xiangfu entered the streets of the peninsula, immediately caused a sensation, those old farmers who planted rice, but still recognize him.

Moreover, his house, decorated with mahogany and rosewood, was like a temple on the peninsula, and had always been protected and cared for by all, and with the quality of those woods, even after a thousand years, it would not necessarily decay, let alone a few years.

"Seeing the eager expressions of these local people, Tai today knows the significance of planting rice over the years."

"Not only to know the meaning, but also to know how to cherish these hard-won achievements." Sun Xiangfu interrupted Li Tai, who was in the midst of his exclamation, and motioned to him to thank the people for their spontaneous welcome.

Back then, Sun Xiangfu brought them rice seeds, and they didn't use their hard-working hands to repay Sun Xiangfu, or this country, a lot of grain!

In Lingnan, there are fruits to eat all year round, this season is rich in pipa, star fruit, bayberry, a group of people only Sun Xiangfu himself thinks it is a luxury mansion to sit down, there are villagers will wash all kinds of fruits to them, according to the past, Sun Xiangfu is their main family, but now, they are actually homesteaders, Sun Xiangfu has already assigned more than 50,000 acres of experimental land allocated to him by Feng Ang at the beginning, allocated to them.

The groups living on the peninsula are not only the hundreds of aborigines who farmed for him at the beginning, but the families of those who accepted Zhao Long's recruitment and eventually became seafarers, also live here, and the two groups of people together have more than 4,000 households, among which there are many young and strong, so this place has become a relatively large market town around Guangzhou City, and Sun Xiangfu recruits the managers of various plantations from among them, which has the most foundation.

After explaining the intention of the mayor appointed by Feng Ang and some old people in charge, the young people on the peninsula all converged on Sun Xiangfu's house, not only men, but also women, of course, the men were gathered by Sun Xiangfu, but the women were gathered by Ah Yue, her father Ah Shan is a relatively high status person on the island, and under Feng Ang, he is responsible for managing the supply of fresh fruits from Lingnan to Chang'an, also to get her job done.

"First of all, I want to tell you the good news, go overseas to explore the New World, collect one of the new species, and come back in a few days, many of you will be able to reunite with your families soon." Sun Xiangfu and Feng Ang ate some fruits, and after drinking tea, they came out to announce to everyone.

Hearing this, the ranks of the people, suddenly erupted in a burst of cheers, they people, but know the danger of going to sea, many families, have experienced life and death, and even the scene of white-haired people sending black-haired people, this kind of long-term voyage of one or two years, to be able to return safely, is really a very happy thing.

Of course, Sun Xiangfu didn't know, in fact, this was also bad news for a small number of families, because Zhao Long's fleet had about 300 people and would never come back.

Sun Xiangfu waited for everyone's cheers to die down, and then said, "Moreover, I have good news for you, I have come back here to lead you to plant the new crops they brought back from overseas, and in the future, we will have more high-yield crops like Champa rice that can be planted for everyone to eat." ”

His words once again aroused the cheers of the people.

Champa rice, to solve the Lingnan people's food problem, and let them achieve wealth, if those new crops, not as good as Champong rice, Sun Xiangfu will not be able to come back to lead everyone to plant, which is equivalent to that is, next, everyone to the road to richer, one step further.

"Hehe, don't be in a hurry to be happy, I know that your families have fields, orchards, and crews at home who go to sea to get high salaries and dividends, and their family foundations are very thick, so I have good news to tell you, take these family funds out, invest in these new crop planting industries, and be shareholders, so that you will have a steady stream of dividend income in the future."

The families of the crew members who have paid dividends in some shipping industries all the year round naturally know what shareholders mean, so this round of cheers is even louder than before, because they have always felt that all their own income is this kind of dividend, which comes the most effortlessly.

After telling these good news, then next, it's time to talk about practical things, a meal, Sun Xiangfu recruited two thousand young people from the residents of the peninsula, and then, these people will go to Guangzhou City, as well as the state cities around Guangzhou, recruit a round of manpower, and then go to the Lingnan Provincial Governor's Mansion to receive the allocated ploughing cattle and farm tools, and in the process of these preparations, Sun Xiangfu will also delineate some suitable places.

What was it like when Baiyun Lake was first developed, those experienced old farmers still remember that in the past few years, they have done such things in the local area, when they were slack, they can be described as experienced, with the current conditions in all aspects, compared with the past, I don't know how many times easier, so Sun Xiangfu will be the task they need to complete, after the agricultural students brought to him to co-ordinate, he himself, only the task of choosing a place is left.

That night, everyone spent the night on the Baiyun Lake Peninsula, drinking and chatting, not mentioning, early the next morning, Sun Xiangfu and Feng Ang father and son and a cadre of guards set off, Ah Yue, also took hundreds of young women she selected, back to the city, she has her task, and, want to take advantage of Sun Xiangfu is here, ask him to give more advice.

The planting of ordinary crops, in fact, there is no coincidence, in the case of weather and environmental adaptation, the main thing depends on whether the water source is close enough, whether the land is fertile and flat, of course, fruit tree things, you need to investigate the soil properties, suitable soil, planted fruit trees, grow well, and the fruit is sweet, these things in the later generations, only need a soil tester, can be solved, however, in this era, it is all up to Sun Xiangfu to rely on smelling, seeing, tasting and some soil experience to judge.

After all, in recent years, the Lingnan fleet has been running very diligently to the islands of Southeast Asia and India, and many fruit species have been introduced, but the local people have not mastered the scientific planting methods.

For example, jackfruit, the heaviest fruit in the world, is a fruit tree suitable for planting in the Lingnan area, at intervals with fruit trees such as longan, lychee, yellow bark, and plantain.

There are also lotus fog, mangosteen, durian, lucuma, rambutan, passion fruit and some other fruits produced in Central and South Asia, as well as West Asian islands, seeds can be found in the city of Guangzhou, and can be planted along the coast of Lingnan Road, Sun Xiangfu planting technology of these fruits, although not proficient, but the basic growth principles are understood, if they can be planted smoothly, so that there is a large amount of local output, then, so that more people can eat them at a relatively low price.

In Sun Xiangfu's view, it would be best if people could think of eating fruits and forming a fruit culture as soon as they came to Lingnan, just like later generations went to Thailand.