Shen Jianbao didn't know why Lu Fang asked this, and nodded with some doubts, "That's the case."
Fighting is never easy unless you plan to be surprised from the beginning.
And with the power of the Chongqing imperial court, there is obviously no need to use surprise methods to deal with them in the Xishan Yechuan. It will only be as safe as possible.
Because, with their status as Lu Liang and Lu Fang, they absolutely cannot be allowed to continue to live in this world.
Lu Fang turned to look at Lu Liang and said: "I may not be able to help with other matters, but I can solve this food issue. As long as you give me all the people in the village who know how to farm, I can cultivate enough land in this place."
Just the fields.”
Lu Liang didn't think much and nodded quickly with a smile, "Okay!"
He naturally trusts Lu Fang very much now.
Ever since Lu Fang came to his senses when Liang Dong soaked him in a pig cage, he has never let him down as his elder brother.
Collection of poems, Qingxi brewing, passing the examination, passing the exam, suppressing the bandits, and then taking Liang Siqi home and repelling Liang Shi, all these can be called miraculous.
Now let alone solving the food problem, even if Lu Fang said that he could turn everyone in the village into masters, Lu Liang might not think it was impossible.
After all, there is an "old god" standing behind Lu Fang!
But Shen Jianbao, Shan Tai, Su Yu and others were puzzled.
They don't know about the new gadgets Lu Fang is working on in Ningyuan County.
Shan Tai couldn't help but said: "Although there is a lot of wasteland around this village, most of it is barren and not suitable for growing crops. I wonder how His Highness plans to solve the food problem?"
He has been presiding over the life of the village all these years. If it were possible to grow rice and other crops, he would have arranged for people to do it long ago, and he would not have to work hard and spend a lot of money to get them from outside grain merchants until now.
Come in to buy food.
"The existing crops in Dayu are indeed not suitable for planting, but some crops can still be grown."
Lu Fang winked at Shan Tai, but he was playing it off.
Of course, the main reason is that I don’t want to put in the effort to explain to Shan Tai and the others what potatoes are.
Shan Tai still frowned and said: "But even if there are suitable crops, it will be difficult to harvest anything in a short period of time..."
Lu Fang only said: "Just give me your hands."
After speaking, he patted his chest and promised, "Anyway, I will definitely have enough food rations by then."
The maturity period of potatoes is not as long as that of rice and corn. Especially early-maturing varieties of potatoes can be harvested in less than two months.
Seeing him like this, Shan Tai and others looked at Lu Liang and had no choice but to suppress the deep doubts in their hearts.
Then a lot of expectations arose.
Lu Fang has already given them surprises, and who knows, he can also give them other surprises.
If enough food could be grown in places like Xishan Yechuan, the significance would be more than just ensuring the food rations for the brothers in the village and the rebels who might come to defect.
In this place where productivity is extremely backward, food is more important than money.
If you have money, you may not have room to spend it.
And if there is food, there will definitely be people willing to sacrifice their lives.
Maybe by then we can recruit troops from those tribes, or even recruit those tribes to serve His Highness the Fourth Prince.
If we can recruit all the tribes in the Xishan Yechuan, it will be a considerable force. At least with the military strength of the Dayu Imperial Court in Chengdu County, don't think they can be wiped out easily.
Because of Lu Fang's solemn vow, everyone seemed to feel much more relaxed after the meeting ended.
Shan Tai trotted in a hurry and went to gather people for Lu Fang.
Lu Fang was waiting outside the meeting hall.
Not long after, dozens or hundreds of men from the village gathered towards the meeting hall.
Liu Pengtao is also here.
He walked directly in front of Lu Fang, put the hoe on his shoulder, first saluted Lu Fang, and then asked: "I wonder what kind of land your highness wants to cultivate?"
He is most familiar with the terrain around these mountain villages.
Lu Fangdao: "It's not too particular. It just doesn't have to be all rocks. A flatter place is better."
Potatoes are a crop that has relatively low soil requirements. It is best to have soft soil and sufficient moisture. Potatoes will grow faster if the soil is fluffy.
The output is also higher.
But you can still plant in other soils. You just need to put some extra thought into the planting methods.
Lu Fang and Liu Pengtao had walked around the village before and knew that there would be no problem growing potatoes in this place. Otherwise, they would not have promised in front of Lu Liang and the others.
Liu Pengtao wanted to find a smoother place just for reclamation and to make it more convenient for planting.
With the hate value search engine around, although Lu Fang couldn't come up with anything high-tech, there was still no problem in updating the farm tools of this era.
It is better to come up with some new things casually than to just rely on hoes.
It's just that this is not something that should be urgent right now.
After all, it is still unknown whether we can survive this crisis. No matter how many things we tinker with now, they may all turn into ashes by then.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, there are many places like this."
When Liu Pengtao heard what Lu Fang said, he immediately smiled.
"Your Highness, are these people enough?"
When the front of the meeting hall was crowded with people, Shan Tai also ran over, panting, "We still have manpower, but we just don't have enough hoes."
"Enough is enough."
Lu Fang said, then raised his hand and waved, "Brothers, follow me to open up wasteland!"
It feels like I had the same illusion as when I was training.
But this also made the men in the village who had never interacted with him suddenly feel that the prince was amiable and approachable.
Immediately, a dark crowd followed Liu Pengtao and Lu Fang and walked outside the village.
Shan Tai and others looked at their backs outside the meeting hall, with expectations in their eyes.
Then he quickly left the meeting hall.
Although Lu Fang has made great efforts to ensure the source of food, they still have many things to do.
Surveying and mapping is just one of them.
In addition, you must prepare enough weapons.
Right now, the weapons currently in the village are simply not enough to distribute to everyone. And in a place like this, the only way to get weapons is from those tribes.
And that is not an easy thing.
Most of those tribes are closed and stubborn, and are very resistant to interacting with outsiders. Even if they interact with each other, they will never sell weapons easily.
Because there is competition between them, maybe by selling weapons, you will strengthen your opponents.