Just after the big battle with the so-called Dragon King of the South China Sea, several people around him were injured, Xu Mochen ordered all to cultivate and suspend all actions.

Taking advantage of this gap, he and Tang Derun followed Fang Minghang's brothers and sisters to the rubber plantation.

Strictly speaking, this is a naturally occurring rubber plantation.

In this era, rubber trees had no value to agricultural civilization, so no one planted them and did not cut them down.

This is only here in Danzhou in the south, leaving a small part.

"Your Majesty," Fang Minghang reported, "Actually, rubber trees are not native to the country, I heard from the nearby villagers that they were merchants from foreign countries who planted a few at random in the early years. ap.

Later, the ancestors of the villagers also cultivated some of them, but this thing found that it was useless, so it was so barren here."

Now it's what it looks like now.

Xu Mochen looked over, the forest was not small, enough for initial use.

But he comes from the 21st century and clearly knows that in the future, there will be a great demand for rubber.

Therefore, the promotion of rubber planting must be put on the agenda sooner or later.

Here, if Gu Jinge intervened, using immortal techniques could indeed quickly achieve the result of increasing the growth rate.

But it will also leave Gu Jinge's magic seal in the rubber tree, which is not conducive to cutting with immortal cultivators.

If the human race is allowed to plant and harvest natural rubber liquid, the first thing to solve is the problem of food and clothing for those engaged in this industry.

Relying on ideals and slogans, no one will sell your life to you, even if you are the emperor.

This goes back to the fundamentals, a change in the structure of agrarian society.

And the root of this change lies in the high realization of agriculture.

In this way, there will be a surplus of social labor to invest in other fields.

Then, after the gradual development of multiple fields, the demand and exchange between each other are generated, that is, new transactions are born.

Only in this way can we promote the stable development of the great cadres.

Otherwise, Xu Mochen forced a group of people to start planting rubber trees, even if they were provided with food, drink, and wages, but the items they produced had no social and economic value except for Xu Mochen's own use, which was ultimately equivalent to saying that the state would pay for it.

Small-scale experiments are fine, but if you want to scale them out on a large scale, this model is absolutely undesirable.

Although Xu Mochen is a son of heaven and pays attention to high speed and effectiveness, he is not a reckless person.

In the end, priority should be given to the research and development of hybrid rice.

When there is more food and there is surplus, there is energy to do other things.

What's more, the grain of the great cadres is not only for the common people.

If the household registration statistics of the common people are in progress, it is only a matter of time before the total population is estimated.

But what about the immortal cultivators, Xu Mochen had no way of knowing, and how many immortal cultivators were also staring at the food of the human race.

It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice.

Xu Mochen didn't say this, as an emperor, some of the pressure has to be borne by himself.

Xu Mochen was still very satisfied with this rubber forest, and finally "bought" this place in the name of the government.

The reason why I bought it is to take into account the current acceptance of the people, after all, Danzhou in the south has just experienced a catastrophe.

After the matter was dealt with, Xu Mochen returned to the Taishou Mansion.

In the southern part of Danzhou, the news from other places has stabilized the whole situation.

This made Xu Mochen breathe a sigh of relief.

The injured immortal cultivators, except for Gu Jinge, also recovered one after another.

An Zerui looked resentful: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen thinks that there must be a masked man behind this matter.

He intercepted and killed the Water Demon Clan that we were going to take to the Ink Alliance, and his intention was already obvious."

Xu Mochen pondered for a while and looked at Luo Xuanzhi, "What do you think?"

Luo Xuan knew that this time was also a great loss of vitality, his face turned pale, and he stepped forward to salute: "Your Majesty, now Danzhou in the south is separated from Daqian

No, the disadvantage of the impossibility of information exchange is obvious, but it is not without its benefits."

This is the first time I heard that Xu Mochen became interested: "Tell me about Aiqing's opinion."

"Xia Guan heard that Lord An once said that one of the purposes of His Majesty's coming here is to find the regeneration flower," Luo Xuanzhi weighed the wording, "This regeneration flower, Xia Guan has heard of, it is said to be located at the junction of the mortal world and the underworld.

The Netherworld is actually the sphere of influence of the Cloud Upper Realm, which is different from the mortal world, and those who are idle immortal cultivators are not allowed to enter.

If you want to go, you need to go through some means."

Xu Mochen immediately understood that this was the restriction of the Cloud Realm on mortal immortal cultivators: "That is something like breaking through the level and breaking the formation."

Luo Xuanzhi respectfully said, "Your Majesty Shengming.

Once this is opened, it will inevitably alarm the Cloud Upper Realm and the mortal world, but now the southern Danzhou is completely shielded......

Xu Mochen smiled, "That's a good thing for me."

"The lower official is just making a statement, and the details are up to Your Majesty to decide," Luo Xuanzhi kept smiling, "But these are only heard by the lower officials, and they are not sure of the truth."

"Aiqing just has this heart," Xu Mochen waved his hand, "You and Lord An still have injuries on their bodies, it's better to recuperate for a few more days."

Luo Xuanzhi was overjoyed: "Your Majesty thanks for your care."

Watching him withdraw, Xu Mochen turned to the topic.

is also an immortal cultivator, he actually doesn't have much trust in the courtiers, even if An Zerui has already surrendered.

He always remembered that once the fundamental interests of immortal cultivators were touched, they would not hesitate to stab you in the back.

That's a lot of troops.

"Zisu," Xu Mochen commanded, "You also heard what Luo Xuanzhi said just now, it involves the Netherworld, I think it is most appropriate for you to secretly investigate."

Zi Su understood: "Your Majesty, rest assured, it is a matter of the princess, and the slave and maid will definitely go all out.

Since Danzhou in the south is one of the four major ferries in Huangquan, there should be a special entrance, and the slaves and maids should go out first."

This little girl's attitude towards herself has been much better recently, Xu Mochen nodded: "Be careful of the masked man, once you encounter it, flee immediately."

Shiso commanded.

"Back to our original intention, the cultivation of hybrid rice," Xu Mochen took the information handed over by Shen Zhining, "Extrapolating backwards from the conclusion, we need to find varieties with non-developed stamens."

This is where the difficulty lies, they are immortal cultivators, but they are not the kind of existence that pinched their fingers and knew what was going on.

It can only be discerned by divine discernment.

But here in Danzhou in the south, there is a lot of farmland, and it takes time to find it piece by piece.

"Your Majesty," Shen Zhining pleaded, "the concubine and Cuizhu are a group to search the northern region with the Wanquan River as the boundary."

"Then I and Tang Aiqing are a group to search the farmland in the south," Xu Mochen clapped, "No matter how difficult it is, this step must be carried out."

Gu Jinge raised his head: "Xu Mochen, I also want to join your team."

Hearing this, Xu Mochen hesitated a little.