By the way, with Xu Xiake here, he studied karst landforms earlier than in Europe, and with Jinni Pavilion and Deng Yuhan as witnesses, the Balkans can no longer be called "karst" in the future.
Deng Yuhan heard that both of them had seen this kind of landform, so he quickly came over to ask.
Xu Xiake was still in the early stages of his wandering, and he didn't have much summary yet. When he was about to introduce it from his experience, Wang Hongyu coughed slightly and started to introduce it first:
"Ahem... This kind of landform is a landform formed by limestone and other rocks that are impacted, eroded and deposited by water flow. As the name suggests, it is called karst landform, or Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan-Guangxi landform."
Isn’t that what you called me just now?
Xu Xiake and Deng Yuhan's doubts only stayed for a moment before they were attracted by the content introduced by Wang Hongyu.
"Karst landform is caused by the impact and melting of rocks by water, and the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan-Guangxi landform is called because this landform is more common in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guangxi during the Ming Dynasty."
"That's right..." Xu Xiake also understood this from experience, and now he immediately began to record the origin of this landform in detail.
He also went close to the karst landforms to observe carefully, and even looked for caves to crawl into.
With the help of Wang Hongyu, we obtained a sample that was being washed away and took the washed-out rock as a comparison for further study.
After Xu Xiake's observation, he analyzed that there are probably many sinkholes here. The surface water and groundwater in the entire forest area are washed away and gathered in the limestone. Through the sinkholes, they enter the underground rivers. After several twists and turns, they wind up at the source of the river and spurt out, forming waterfalls and streams.
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The washed-out terrain is karst landform, or what Wang Hongyu just called "Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guangxi landforms."
Deng Yuhan kept exclaiming: "It's a miraculous craftsmanship! A miraculous craftsmanship!"
As a scientist, his curiosity has always been very strong. Although he is over 40 years old, he is still as excited as a teenager when it comes to loving novel things.
"The plants in this terrain are very different from the plants in the mountains and forests not far away!" As a botanist and medical scientist, he painted frantically with joy. Before he could paint, he asked his servants to collect samples.
"careful!"
Zhou Yijie, the guide and others warned loudly, and everyone saw a mottled yellow figure flash past, leave the stone forest in an instant, and disappeared into the forest on the other side.
"The South China tiger...of course cannot hurt so many of us. I hope we can do a good job of research at this time! Leave more content for future generations."
Wang Hongyu knew that there were no South China tigers in the wild in later generations, but there were still many in the late Ming Dynasty. Future scientific researchers must be careful.
Although Jin Nige is a master of linguistics, he was so surprised that he could not describe it in words when he saw so many scenery.
In terms of animals, there were some creatures that were not found in Europe just now, especially the tiger, which was different from the species he had heard about. It seemed to be slightly smaller but faster.
He glanced at Deng Yuhan, who also said he had never seen him before.
"Guys, we have a long journey this time, so we need to collect fewer samples, because there are many exciting things to come. Don't worry, I will also establish a scientific research station affiliated with the school in the future. Please contribute."
"good!"
Wang Hongyu's tone was calm and gentle, and he led everyone to the edge of Shennongjia, just to convince them further. It has just begun, and the effect is very good~
Make directions and marks on the map, take a short break and continue following the guide.
Finally, deep in the karst landscape, I saw a stone village built among stones.
After the guide said hello, dozens of men, women, and children came out of the village and knelt down to welcome him and his party: "General, we are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty. We are willing to provide supplies and pay taxes..."
Wang Hongyu said hurriedly: "Don't kneel down, everyone. The government failed to do what it should do before and cannot satisfy everyone. Now, the general must satisfy everyone before he dares to include everyone under the government to collect taxes."
I personally helped the uncle and aunt who took the lead, lamenting that no one dared to do such a thing at this time~
This small village actually occasionally does some trade with the outside world, but mostly relies on its own cultivation in the mountains.
Behind this karst landform, they cultivated a small terraced field. Together with the fruits and game in the mountains and forests, and the aquatic products in the streams and rivers, they could feed these dozens of people.
From time to time, he traded some mountain goods for salt and lived a life that could barely survive.
Of course it's not a paradise, but it can still be maintained.
If they wanted to defect to the government, they would have to leave the mountains. They might not be allocated good fields and tools, but they would lose the goods from the mountains, so they lived in seclusion and did not leave the mountains.
Wang Hongyu asked General Judge Lei Ming to testify, and he had two development options.
First, it was promised that we only need to provide guides to lead the way. In the future, there will be schools for those who have the opportunity to study, and there will also be industries, mines, and inspections that you can participate in. There is no need to be forced to move out of this place in the mountains, but the land must be cleared and taxes paid. As for the head tax,
and miscellaneous taxes are exempted for three years.
Secondly, if you become part of the construction of a military camp, you may change your residence as needed, and some people may follow the army to open mountains and build roads. However, the treatment will be very good, not to mention no taxes, and wages will be provided if basic food is provided.
This means that it is directly counted as building a military camp. In this way, there is no need to measure the land and collect taxes, and there is no troublesome poll tax. You still need to perform the task of building a military camp.
In other words, even if you lose a certain degree of "freedom", gaining a status recognized by the court is better than being a refugee.
Moreover, after hearing about the treatment of Jianshe Juntun, these people hiding in the mountains simply couldn't believe it.
"Choose two! Choose two!"
Being able to be directly recruited into the Construction Army Corps was actually luckier than others, because they were needed as guides and contributions, so they were directly approved to join.
Other people are not yet open to join freely.
Some soldiers who joined the construction of military camps from refugees directly explained in person the changes in their lives in more than a month. The words made people burst into tears of gratitude, and the people in the village were so excited that they shed tears.
If you can live a good life and work hard, you can get good treatment. Everyone wants to work hard for Ming Dynasty ~
The people in Shizhai were officially included in the construction of the army camp, and they also introduced the surrounding situation.
Along the outskirts of Shennongjia, to Zhuxi, and on the edge of Zhushan, there are also some villages, both Han and Miao, each with their own specialties.
Wang Hongyu planned to include them in the construction military garrisons and be responsible for exploring roads and searching for mineral deposits. As for the current problem of grain production, they were supported by the construction army garrisons in Zhushan County and Zhuxi County, so they could not starve.
This liberates them all at once.
Wang Hongyu arranged for his eldest brother's nephew Zhou Gui to take several members of the Zhou family and three guides to implement the matter and survey the resources. If there are individual villages that are too remote and have few resources, they plan to remove them and merge them.
In this way, villages and towns can be built together to develop industries.