Chapter 39: Backing the mountain and eating the mountain (Part 2)
The first step of the plan to rely on the mountain to support the mountain has been established, but there is no need to worry for the time being. Everything is done beforehand, otherwise it will be ruined. When mining coal, you must first find the mine - even if Gao pragmatically knows where it is, he will still have to do it.
Shouldn't we send someone to find him?
Then we have to manufacture or purchase equipment, recruit or recruit manpower, etc. Anyway, there are a lot of things that need to be done first. It is not as simple as knowing that there is a mine here and starting mining directly tomorrow. Even if the preparations here go well, I'm afraid
It will take half a year before work can start. Besides, he plans to do several things at the same time, so it may take even more time.
But there are still other ideas that can be used to rely on the mountains. If it is true in future generations, with so many mountain forests, part of them can be opened up to plant cash crops. For example, fruit forests are a very good choice. In this area of western Beijing, apples, pears,
Walnuts, cherries, etc. are all suitable for planting. As for the future sales place, the idea is naturally to rely on the capital city and eat the capital city.
The advantage of planting fruit trees is that you don’t have to spend too much physical labor after planting. Most of the time, rural women and even half-year-old children can take care of a large fruit forest. But there are also troubles, that is, the selection of seedlings and fruit trees.
It takes a long time to grow and mature.
Again, Gao Pragmatic doesn't have the energy or financial resources to bother with this matter at the moment, and the results are too slow in terms of time, so it can't be considered as a long-term plan.
Do you have any long-term plans? Yes.
This area is very pragmatic. As I saw along the way this time, there are many eucalyptus and oak trees. These two kinds of trees are natural resources that can be well utilized - the area surrounding his Sanshen Garden is sixty or seventy miles in diameter.
Most of them are mountainous forests. What's the use of just a few fields? How can it be his style if he doesn't use such a large mountainous forest? Especially now that he is still starting up, and the environment is in the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to go
Over-consideration of environmental protection. Besides, it is not used for large-scale charcoal burning. In fact, it will not be cut down too much.
There is a story about the Zhe tree. It tells that during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dongfang Shuo took out the yarrow used for divination, made divinations according to the principles of Zhouyi, and made calculations in a serious way. This was during the entertainment time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He
I was playing a game called "shooting" with my courtiers.
"Shoot" means guessing, and "cover" means covering. Putting an object in a container to cover it, and people guessing what is hidden in the container through divination, was once very popular in the Han Dynasty court, and it was both elegant and elegant.
You can also bet on the jackpot.
This time, all the ministers failed to guess the question given by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Dongfang Shuo read the divination hexagram and said: "I thought the dragon had no horns, and said it was a snake with legs. It has staggered veins and good luck on the wall."
"Whether it's a gecko or a lizard." It turned out that the hidden object was indeed a gecko. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty high-fived him and gave him ten pieces of silk. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty got interested and asked questions one after another. Dongfang Shuo guessed them one by one and won a lot.
Reward.
Some of the spectators next to him were red-eyed. Guo Sheren suddenly stood up and said that he was willing to compete with Dongfang Shuo. If he lost, he would be willing to get a beating. As a result, Guo Sheren lost and was beaten by the court.
Got a fight.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked about the secret of victory, Dongfang Shuo said, "I once divined for shooting, and the result was "Zhe". The hexagram said: "There is a tree in Nanshan, named Zhe. It is a good working material, and it can be shot.
Favor is like covering up a rabbit. The house is poor, so why not thank it early." "Zhe" is pronounced as "this". The wood of the Zhe tree can be used to make a good bow, so it is called "can shoot". The word "she" is a pun, alluding to shooting.
Fu. The hexagram "covering rabbits" is in the shape of hunting rabbits, which is exactly what Guo Sheren looked like when he was beaten. After hearing this, Emperor Wu clapped his legs and laughed, and Dongfang Shuo's name of "Da Zhan She Fu" spread from then on.
Regardless of whether the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Dongfang Shuo was fabricated by later generations, the wood of the Zhejiang tree is indeed suitable for making bows, and the name "good at shooting" has been around since the pre-Qin Dynasty. According to legend, the branches of Zhejiang trees are long and tough, and magpies gather in them.
When the branch is about to fly away, the branch rebounds, causing the black magpie to wail. The bow made of such a branch is fast and powerful, and is called "Wuhao Bow".
At present, there are many mulberry trees in the mountains and forests attached to Sanshen Garden. If we hire some good craftsmen to teach the wood-hunting techniques, and cultivate a group of wood-hunting talents among the servants, servants, and even tenant farmers, wouldn't we be able to make money by selling cypress trees for making bows?
During the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, there were almost no interruptions in wars. As long as we can provide suitable bow-making wood in batches, relying on our own background, are we afraid that we will not be able to make this money?
Let’s talk about the oak tree. In a broad sense, the oak tree is also called an oak tree or an oak tree (there is a narrow distinction, but in fact the difference is very small and can be ignored). Many people may not be familiar with the oak tree, but when it comes to the oak tree - know a little about Europe
Anyone with a history of great navigation should have heard of it.
Speaking of the Age of Discovery in Europe, one cannot avoid the Royal Navy of the British Empire. The British designated the oak tree as the "national tree" and called it "Royal Oak". The old military song of the British Navy is even called "Heart of Oak"
.
Why is oak so important to Britain? Because warships before the ironclad era were all made of wood, oak is the best material for shipbuilding. The reason why the top-grade wood must use oak that is more than 100 years old is to make the oak used in building warships more durable.
Great strength and higher hardness.
The most representative one is the British "Victory", which is made from oak trees that are more than 100 years old. These oak trees must undergo 14 years of aging treatment after being harvested before they can be used to build warships. The purpose of aging treatment is to
This ensures that the oak will not crack, deform, and have dimensional stability. A total of 5,000 such oak trees were used in the ship, and the entire construction process took 19 years.
Another battleship, the Bellerophon (not the later Bellerophon-class dreadnought), was a battleship equipped with 74 guns. During the construction process, a total of at least 3,000 80-120-year-old oak trees were consumed.
.The construction of the ship began in 1782 and took four years to complete. A total of 150,000 to 175,000 cubic meters of wood was consumed.
But in fact, the role of oak trees is not only in shipbuilding. This tree is actually full of treasures. The leaves of this tree can be used to raise silkworms. The wood itself is strong and resistant to corrosion. In addition to shipbuilding, it is also widely used in construction.
It can also be used to make furniture and burn charcoal.
Because acorns contain more starch, they can be used to make oak wine, alcohol, starch, rubber oil, etc., and can also be used as feed. Tannins extracted from oak bark, leaves, shells, and acorns are used in the tanning industry.
A necessary material in the printing and dyeing industry and fishery. The cork has a thicker cortex and can be used as industrial cork material. Oak can also be used to cultivate a variety of edible fungi such as agaric, shiitake mushrooms and amyloplasma.
Shipbuilding is something that Gao Pragmatic will definitely do in the future, but it is still too early and he does not have the strength. For similar reasons, there is no time to develop and utilize other functions of oak trees.
However, since oak trees can also be used to make furniture, isn't that a good way to make use of them right now?
A bald man can make money by cutting down trees, but I can't make money by cutting down trees. I can not only cut down trees, but I can also gather carpenters to set up a furniture factory!