Chapter 145: Reclamation of Mountains and Forests
In less than three days, more than 70 people from Beigang Village moved to the village.
Now the most important thing in Xiaolongkan is the bricks and wood to build a house, and there are also manpower, and a few people can build a yard after two or three days.
Gu Lan didn't let them live separately for the time being, but built a building similar to the courtyard house in the previous life, so that the people of Beigang Village could live in it, so as not to make them feel lonely and insecure after moving in.
Some people say that the people of Xiaolongkan are too stupid, let the people of Beigang Village move to their own village, and they have to build houses and give land, and they don't know how much money they will waste.
In fact, Gu Lan got much more than she paid.
First, there are enough people to make tofu, and second, there is land where sugar cane can be grown.
Xiaolongkan is backed by the mountains, and the mountain forest resources are very rich, but because of the long-standing beasts, the people here have always looked away from the mountains and forests, except for the foot of the mountain to cut firewood, or experienced hunters dare to go into the mountains to hunt, other people have been ordered not to enter the mountains for the rest of their lives.
Gu Lan also transformed the mountain forest here, wanting to change the mountain closest to the village into a mountain belonging to the village, where fruits can be grown, or some secret crops, just like the sugar cane that is about to be planted in Beigang.
The hunting team in the village has been hunting, because it is spring, it is best not to kill wild beasts indiscriminately, so many times, they will only drive away when they see wild beasts, except for some wild boars and bears that are rushing to find death, they really can't do it, and other wild beasts such as tigers are threatened and rushed to other mountains.
Although the beast is powerful, talent is the length of all things, especially Gu Lan has researched a new weapon, the bull horn crossbow, this kind of bow and crossbow uses iron arrows, as long as the shot is not missed within a hundred steps, even wild boars can be hunted, and the lethality can be called terrifying.
It's just that the production process is more complicated, and the village is in a hurry, and five horned crossbows have been made for such a long time, and most people in the village don't know that these bows and crossbows are managed by Uncle Ming.
Helian Mountain is a mountain that stretches for thousands of miles, this mountain leaning on Xiaolongkan has no name, Gu Lan named it, it is called Wanglongpo, there is a valley on the mountain, the temperature here is suitable, there is a waterfall, even if the weather is hot outside, it is very cool here, and the people in the village have found many fruits here.
Gu Lan also went to see it in person, and found that there were loquats, wild grapes, bayberry, not to mention that there were large bamboo forests here, which just gave birth to bamboo shoots, and Gu Lan asked someone to dig the bamboo shoots back.
The environment in the mountains and forests is suitable, the birds are singing slowly, although there are still large beasts, but under the deterrence of the village hunting team, those beasts who have suffered losses also acquiesce that this is the territory of human beings, except for those small pheasants and roe deer and other small animals, it is very safe here.
For a long time, because of the disunity of the people in the village, this mountain was left vacant and it was impossible to come in and explore, but since Gu Lan came, integrating the resources in the village, they were able to divide special people to open up this peach blossom paradise that no one had ever set foot in.
The people of the village were naturally very happy, and the conquest of the mountains and forests meant that the food on their tables was more abundant.
Gu Lan had picked bamboo shoots in her previous life, found the tips of bamboo shoots covered with dead leaves in the bamboo forest, used a hoe to gouge away the excess floating soil, and slowly dug out the bamboo shoots, all of which were bigger than the thighs of adult men.
It just so happened that the private school was closed today, and under the protection of the hunting team, the dolls in the private school almost poured out of the nest, and some women in the village also came with tools.
The noisy voices of people have also made this quiet mountain forest gradually lively.
Under Gu Lan's teaching, Liang Er quickly mastered the skills of finding bamboo shoots, only to see him lift the long shirt, stuff it into his belt, and jump around in the uneven bamboo forest with agility, and find a bamboo shoot with sharp eyes, and open the bamboo leaves, sure enough.
He exclaimed excitedly, "Here, sister! There's a big bamboo shoot here! ”
Gu Lan took Zhu'er to do coolies, Zhu'er's strength became stronger and stronger, and the hoe that only adults could pick up was like a plastic toy in his hand, and he aimed at it accurately, almost pointing at where to hit it, Gu Lan and Zhu'er were responsible for picking it up.
Every time Zhu'er dug out one, Zhu'er, who was sitting in the bamboo basket, clapped her hands happily and shouted, "Brother! Brother! ”
Gu Lan was also in this kind of busyness, and she was sweating finely, and the hair on her sideburns was wet.
It's not that there are no bamboo shoots in the village, but unfortunately there are many people and few bamboos, and the bamboo shoots that grow are not enough to eat.
What's more, this kind of edible bamboo shoots and bamboos are relatively thick, also known as rigid bamboo, and the bamboo shoots in the village are all grown from fine bamboo, even if they can be eaten, they can't eat more.
There are not a few pioneers like Liang Er who are looking for bamboo shoots, and every child, regardless of gender, is enthusiastic.
When the village private school first started recruiting students, most people thought that girls did not need to go to the private school, they only had to dig wild vegetables at home, take care of their younger siblings, and do housework.
But Gu Lan tried her best to resist public opinion and insisted that girls could also read and write.
Some people say that girls will marry in other villages in the future anyway, so what's the use of letting them read so many books?
Some people also said that girls should not be exposed to some secret methods in the village, in case they marry elsewhere in the future, it will affect the development of their village.
Gu Lan scoffed at these views, and she directly slapped the table to conclude that the children in the village, whether male or female, were the future of Xiaolongkan.
No matter which household in the village, as long as it is a person from Xiaolongkan, as long as she can contribute to Xiaolongkan, even if she can't contribute, she Gu Lan will not abandon anyone if she is dedicated to the village.
Even if you want to marry elsewhere in the future, what is it? With these skills, they can support themselves and live a better life.
The existence of Xiaolongkan is to make everyone's life better, but if only they live well, everyone else is bitter, what is the meaning of this day?
Everyone listened to it and wanted to refute it, but they didn't know where to refute it, at this time there was not such a deep-rooted patriarchal idea, although they have always been patriarchal, but why this happened, no one can say a reasonable theoretical support.
Gu Lan understood that in the era of lack of labor in ancient times, raising a man might be able to work in the field at the age of eight or nine, and being able to work in the field meant that it was more likely to be able to fill his stomach with one more laborer.
However, this patriarchal situation is also very easy to crack, and that is the development of productive forces.
As long as Xiaolongkan is rich enough, everyone can eat and drink without worrying, and there will definitely be no deep-rooted patriarchal thinking.
And this is what Gu Lan wants.