A week later

Wu Erbao's wheat has been returned to the warehouse, more than 50 large haystacks have been erected by the corral, the wheat field is filled with black smoke, and the smell of freshly burned straw is blowing in the face, making the air a haze.

The burned orange roots are deeply turned and sun-dried, and the burned plant ash is mixed with the soil, and then watered and fermented by rainwater to provide rich nutrients in the next season.

After 10 days of ploughing the land, it is best to get some silt from the river and sprinkle it into the ground to increase fertility, and after raking and leveling, you can plant the next season of winter wheat.

Paradise Island is a place with abundant freshwater resources.

Paradise Island (New Guinea) covers an area of about 786,000 square kilometers, with a length of about 2,400 kilometers from east to west, and a maximum width of 655 kilometers from north to south, with a total of 818,000 square kilometers including the coastal annex islands.

The terrain of the whole island is high in the middle and low on the sides, and the central mountain range stretches for more than 2,200 kilometers in the middle of Paradise Island, and most of the mountains and plateaus are above 4,000 meters above sea level, making it the highest island in the world.

These majestic mountains are covered with snow all year round, also known as the "Snow Mountain Range", and the highest peak is Jaya Peak (formerly known as Carstens Peak) with an altitude of 4,884 (formerly 5,029 meters), making it the highest point in Oceania.

The climate of the island is basically tropical, with temperatures of 22 degrees Celsius during the day and more than 10 degrees Celsius at night on the mountainous plateaus, and highs of 30 degrees Celsius during the day in the lowlands, with abundant precipitation throughout the year, and in some areas of the southern slopes of the Central Mountains, annual rainfall reaches 7,600 mm.

Xindonggang and Chang'an are not so exaggerated, they are areas with less rainfall, with an average of 1016~1200 mm throughout the year, which is equivalent to the two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

In addition, these two places are close to the coastline, belong to the oceanic tropical climate, throughout the year, the average temperature is between 22~26 degrees, the sunshine is sufficient, and the precipitation is abundant, which is suitable for the development of agriculture in three seasons a year.

New Xi'an and the Yixing Town to Baxing Town, which have been opened up this year, are basically developed along the coastal area of the Great Plains in the northern part of the Central Mountains, where the forests are relatively sparse, the climatic conditions are good, and the development difficulty is low.

If you go deep into the southern forest zone, the annual rainfall will suddenly increase to more than 2,560 mm, and in some areas it will reach the level of 4,000 mm of annual rainfall.

It is precisely because of the abundant rainfall on Paradise Island that there are many streams here, and there are more than 10 world-class rivers, and there are three large rivers near New Xi'an, namely the Mamberamo River, the Sepik River, the Lamu River, and the Markham River farther away.

The Mamberamo River is just east of Jiuxing Town, and the Chinese immigrants call it the "Abor River", Wu Erbao has never been there, and I heard that it is a mighty river, and the other side cannot be seen at a glance.

When the railway was built there, it made a bend, turned south in an "L" shape, and then reclaimed the ten-star town, eleven-star town, twelve-star town and fifteen-star town along the riverside, and these six new towns were all on the edge of the "Abor River".

Wu Erbao heard from the people above that he wanted to build a big river city on the east side of the river as a key project in the second phase of the development of Paradise Island. A new city will also be built on the Donggang side to accommodate the overcrowd.

That's what others said, but Wu Erbao just heard it like this, and he didn't take it to heart at all.

This kind of big thing is considered by a small person like him, and he is now planning his leisure time, driving his beloved walk-behind tractor to the village below to help people open up the wasteland!

Wu Erbao's farm has the help of a tractor to open up the wasteland very quickly, and the wheat seedlings were planted early, but there are still many people in the village below who can only work hard with their own strength, and so far only more than 10 acres of land have been cleared, and planting some grain and vegetables is almost enough for their own food.

For example, Brother Lei, the 60 acres of land he was allocated had hundreds of big trees, dense bushes, and many large and small stones in the land, and the difficulty of clearing the land was 10 times higher.

After the collective burning, more than 10 acres of land have been opened up so far.

these months

Brother Lei fought hard day and night to cut down all the big trees and cut off the branches, and there was still a lot of work to help him in the next step, so Wu Erbao drove the walk-behind tractor.

When I look to the earth, oh my God!

The village where Lei Ge is located is a concentration of shacks, in an open field on the side of the mountain, there are mountains of big trees as far as the eye can see, this pile of more or less, I am afraid that there are not 150 or 60 piles of wood, it is estimated that each family has cut down a lot of big trees.

It is quite difficult to develop such land, and it is not easy to reclaim it.

After the big tree is cut down, there are still roots, and it is estimated that they can only be left in the ground for the time being, and they will be dug out one by one in the future.

Digging the roots of a tree is a manual task, and five or six people can only dig out one large root for a day, which is not in a hurry, and will have to be cleaned up slowly in the next few years.

Fortunately, it doesn't delay planting crops, just avoid it.

In the village, you can vaguely see the lime blocks on the ground, and the homesteads of each family are marked with small wooden stakes, and the place of each house is quite large, but most of them are a large pile of wood and two or three shacks, which looks very simple.

A few families in the village started to build houses, but most of them went to work in the fields.

Many families have raised cattle, sheep and piglets, as well as a lot of chickens, ducks and poultry, but the number is not large.

It can be seen that the progress of development here is much slower than that of the town.

Wu Erbao drove a walk-behind tractor to the village, and immediately someone came up to ask, and after a while, there were more than a dozen people around him, mainly to rent his walk-behind tractor to open up the wasteland, there were more than a dozen cows in the village, and there were also a few walk-behind tractors, but it was not enough to grab, and they couldn't rent it if they wanted to.

"I'm sorry for the old guys, I'm here to help Brother Lei, we have been working in a wasteland team for more than a year, and we are all close brothers, and I will help you next time I have the opportunity."

"Oh, look for Aray, he went down to the ground, you go along this road, you can see a small river for more than two miles, turn along the road, and you will be there not far away."

"Thanks, I'll go."

Wu Erbao thanked the enthusiastic villagers, drove the walk-behind tractor all the way over, and sure enough, he found Brother Lei who was busy working in the field, and there was a sturdy man beside him who was helping.

This person Wu Erbao knows, his name is Xie Dachuan, and he is also a guy in the original wasteland development team, and the relationship is not bad on weekdays, so I think it was Brother Lei who called over to help.

The sound of the tractor's "toot" was very loud, and Lei Ge and Xie Dachuan saw it coming up from a long distance, both of them were gray-faced, but their faces were full of red light and their spirits were very high.

"Brother Erbao, I can look forward to you, come and sit down and drink some water." Brother Lei enthusiastically pulled Wu Erbao to sit on the ridge, scooped out a scoop of water from the bucket and handed it over, and said slightly apologetically; "I haven't finished it here yet, the conditions are simple, and there is nothing to entertain, but this water is boiled cold boiled water, although it is safe to drink."

"Brother Lei, are you still seeing me, when have our brothers been particular about their work?" Wu Erbao also took the water scoop unceremoniously, raised his head and finished it in one go.

The tractor drove seventeen or eighteen kilometers along the way, and the road was uneven, and there were potholes and mud ponds everywhere, which could choke him enough.

"Erbao, or you" excellent laborer " are popular, I went to the town a while ago, just took a detour to see your farm, obedient is really amazing, the wheat waves are rolling, the cattle and sheep are full of circles, but I am envious, I knew that we also worked hard in the wasteland team. Xie Dachuan said enviously.

Wu Erbao replied with a smile; "It's not enough than the top, it's more than the bottom. You didn't go to see the farm of the "Pillar Master", good fellow! There are three rows of 12 large granaries, all of which are 6 meters high, and the two-storey wooden building with high ridges and eaves has been completed, and it is atmospheric and beautiful, and the door is a whitewashed wooden fence, I am afraid that there must be more than 300 meters long, horse-drawn carriages, ox carts, and tractors are all available, so it is called a manor. ”

"The "Zhu Ye" you said has carried a gun with the emperor, right? ”

"yes, how else do you talk about people's cows? There is a wife in the main house and three white-skinned ghost wives in the house, and there are several sons and daughters, and the life is comfortable and bubbling! ”

"That's really incomparable, our village chief is the person who has carried a gun with the emperor, and there is also a wife in the main house, and a white-skinned ghost woman, I heard that the woman who was brought back from Europe has all the blue eyes."

"Tut-tut......"

The three of them chatted for a while, Wu Erbao looked at Brother Lei's land, couldn't help frowning, and said; "Brother Lei, it's been almost 5 months since this land was cleared, and you haven't sorted out this land yet, but you have a lot of work?"

As far as he could see, there were still more than a dozen scorched black trees lying in the ground, and more than a dozen stacks of the left stacks of the cut branches were piled up, and most of the ground was still scorched black, which was the trace left by the burning of the wasteland.

On the other side, about a dozen acres of land have been planted with crops, and some radishes, Chinese cabbage and beans have been planted on a small piece of land on the edge, which is about the appearance of a few points of land, and it is estimated that they are kept for their own family to eat.

Speaking from the heart, the growth of this wheat is not good, which means that the land is not deep enough, the raking is not good, maybe there are still a lot of large and small stones and shrub roots left in the ground, of course, the growth is not good.

Looking at the land, there is still a lot of work to be done.

Hearing Wu Erbao say this, Brother Lei also smiled bitterly, and after he looked at Xie Dachuan beside him, he sighed and said;

"Brother Erbao, don't say it, who told us to get this piece of land, it's convenient to irrigate not far from the river, just spend more effort to tidy it up, and it will be a good field in the future."

I can't compare with you, the effort I saved in the wasteland team is now all doubled into this field.

This piece of land is okay with other things, but there are many large and small stones that make people's scalp tingle, and the roots of the bushes, I and Okawa are going to vomit, but the mountainside land is like this, and it is no worse than your land if you do it.

Let's not talk about anything else, I don't have any money for you for the rent of agricultural machinery for the time being, and let me slow down, Brother Lei owes you this time. ”

"Brother Lei, what are you talking about, I, Wu Erbao, didn't come here for this, don't worry, I have brought the plowshare and the rake, and I will transport all the branches in your field back later, and the big trees will be sawed and dragged back, and we will start plowing." Wu Erbao waved his hand happily, he was already very experienced in doing it for so long, and pointed to the land and said;

"You have 50 acres of land, and I can plow it all over in about two days, as long as the soil is turned deep, it will be much easier to dry it below.

Replace the rake head, how many stones and roots are raked out for you, if it doesn't work, rake it twice, and then find some silt by the river to turn it into it together, and it will work for planting crops.

My walk-behind tractor can withstand ten strong laborers, and it won't take a week to finish all of your land, and you don't have to worry, this work is wrapped up in me. ”

The fields that have just been reclaimed are all raw land, and the initial yield is not high, so it must be slowly cultivated into high-yield mature land.

The three people present are all masters of farming, which goes without saying.

But Wu Erbao's righteousness really moved Brother Lei, and with tears shining in his eyes, he held Wu Erbao's hand tightly and said; "Okay, just do what Brother Erbao says, don't say anything else, Brother Lei remembers it in his heart."

"Don't see the outside, let's get to work."

"Okay."

With Wu Erbao's walk-behind tractor joining in, the efficiency of the work was sharply accelerated, and the tractor went back and forth more than 10 times in one afternoon, clearing the branches and big trees in the field, and did not stop until the night was low.

In the evening, Lei Ge killed a chicken, stewed the chicken with radishes grown in his own field, stewed a large pot full, and then fried another dish with eggs and peppers, and the three of them sat on the edge of the shack, drinking and chatting with a large bowl of bulk liquor.

Talking about the hard days of the past and imagining the beautiful future, the more I talked, the more excited I became, and I couldn't help but burst into tears, and the three of them cried and laughed happily.

Early in the morning of the second day, when the roosters crowed, the sky was still dark, and all the people in the village got up one after another.

Chinese immigrants have a deep love for the land in their bones, are industrious and willing to work, and any difficulties are just idle in front of them.

This promising field will soon be transformed into a vast expanse of fertile fields, with ditches, smoke and beautiful villages.

The development of Wuxing Town is the epitome of the second round of large-scale development boom on the entire paradise island, and this round of in-depth development will continue for many years as more and more Chinese immigrants arrive.

The Tang Kingdom has learned a lot of valuable experience in the development of Paradise Island in a series of activities, which can be used in the development of other areas in the mainland and overseas provinces.

In particular, the overseas province of Panama in Central America is now another hot spot for the kingdom's pioneering development, attracting more and more Chinese immigrants to settle and multiply here.

Panama was the terminus of the newly opened Central Pacific migration route, where Chinese immigrants transiting through Paradise Island (New Guinea) arrived, and some continued north after a short break to the Tang Kingdom itself.

Others stayed here and integrated into the local community, and dozens of new towns were built along the Barama Railway.

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