Chapter 490 Drought-tolerant plants and raw materials
The residence of the guardian envoy Li Siye was also particularly lively today. In order to encourage people to plant trees to expand the oasis area, he took all the family servants in the mansion and the soldiers guarding the mansion, and took tools to set out in a mighty manner to the east end of Shule Town.
Carry out tree planting activities.
Tulum Moraine Desert is located at the east end of Shule Town, nearly 80 miles away from the city. There is also a large area of Gobi Desert. Even if there is no sand, plants cannot grow on the Gobi Desert. It is usually composed of saline-alkali soil and bare rock.
If you want to maintain and expand the oasis, you must start from the edge of the Gobi Desert.
The advantage of leading by example is that the residents of Shule can see their determination. I, Li Siye, do not just shout slogans and post notices. This matter must be carried out unswervingly. His behavior inspired Pei Guoliang, the governor of Shule. This governor Pei
He also rushed to the Gobi Desert with his family and servants, as well as officials at all levels from the Shule Dudu Mansion, the Tang army that had just returned from the Tuntian District, and many people from the fifteen prefectures of Shule.
There are two types of trees that are suitable for planting and have high survival rates. They are common tree species near the Shule Desert, namely the Haloxylon ammodendron tree and the salix tree. These two trees are definitely the most suitable for sand fixation. The Haloxylon ammodendron tree has a well-developed root system and can
It can reach depths of tens of meters underground. It is very easy to reproduce. Bury the seeds in the sand and irrigate them with an appropriate amount of clean water. They will sprout and take root within a few hours. As long as the seedlings are not eaten by animals, they do not need to be irrigated anymore.
With human care, it can grow into a low bush.
The Salix tree is also quite drought-resistant, and its root system is also very developed. One Salix tree can hold sand within a radius of ten feet. Its propagation is also very simple, and it can survive by just cuttings.
The closest water source to the edge of the oasis was a water well thirteen miles away. Li Siye personally carried a wooden bucket to fetch water, and then rushed back to water it.
To the vast Gobi, a bucket of water is like a drop of water in a hot dry pot. It will evaporate in a short time when poured on the ground, but it is enough for these two drought-tolerant plants.
If there is plastic wrap covering the surface of the sand, it can prevent evaporation, but in this case, they can only choose to quickly cover it with floating sand.
There was a lot of wind and sand in the Gobi Desert. In order to prevent the sand from filling their buns, Twelve Niang and Meier had to wrap their heads with silk cloth. One layer and two layers were useless, and at least six layers were needed. In order to shield their faces from the sun
She is black, and uses red gauze to cover her face. When she is disguised like this, she no longer looks like a graceful lady from the Central Plains. Instead, she has a strong Western style. If she adds some decorations on her nose, it will look more like her.
Clothing is primarily practical. Although some fancy clothes are not in line with aesthetics, they have their reasons for existing.
Dai Wang changed into a white smock and wore a thin mask made of bronze on his face. He still made the people of Shule feel scared and unwilling to approach him. Even Li Mei'er, not knowing why, was afraid to pay attention to this man with curiosity.
, but Twelve Niangs should be used to the world, and are not curious about weird people who cover their faces like this.
Dai Liulang approached Li Siye and murmured in a low voice: "I saw your notice at the city gate. If the trees around Shule Town are rare and precious, and we are not allowed to cut down the trees, we can't rely solely on farmland wheat straw and highland barley poles."
Not much paper can be produced. Before I came to Qixi, I didn't even consider this."
Li Siye shook his head and smiled, pointing to a field of green and lush plants behind him. They were low but fluffy, and their branches were elastic and tenacious. Under the blowing of the desert monsoon wind, they quickly stooped down and then stood up again.
"This kind of tree is called Salix. I can allocate dozens of hectares of Salix for you to use as raw materials. This kind of stuff is everywhere in Shule. Isn't it enough for you to make paper?"
"Aren't you not allowed to cut down trees?" Dai Wang raised his hand in surprise and pinched the branches and asked: "You just posted a notice in Shule Prefecture that you are not allowed to destroy tree branches. How can I take the lead in violating it? This is not created for your decree.
Is it an obstacle?"
Li Siye laughed heartily after hearing this, stretched out his hand to caress the branches of Salix and said: "This kind of plant needs to keep cutting off its branches to grow, and the longer it grows, the more prosperous it is, so as long as you cut off its roots, it will grow again quickly.
New branches. This is its metabolism, no, it should be a way to get rid of the old and create new ones. But if it is left to grow for six or seven years, the branches will soon dry up, and its root system will eventually die.
The best way to keep it alive is to continuously cut off its protruding parts, so that its lifespan can extend to seventy or eighty years."
Dai Liulang should be surprised, although nothing could be seen from his face, and then he was overjoyed. This plant really complemented his paper mill. He only needed to prune it every few months and remove the dry willow branches.
As papermaking materials, there is no need to worry about raw materials.
"I'll get you a few hectares of dry sand and use it all for planting this. You don't have to worry about not having enough."
Pei Guoliang came to him with a shovel and said curiously: "It is said that the Shule Kingdom had a tradition of planting trees before the Han Dynasty. It was only after the Shule Kingdom was occupied by the Kucha people that the tradition of planting trees was abolished.
Articles. To this day, people no longer continue the habits of their ancestors. I didn’t expect General Li to know this. This is a revival of old rituals, which really moved me."
Li Siye just laughed, wasn't this a collision, but he didn't want to express any opinion.
"By the way," he suddenly thought of something and turned to ask Pei Guoliang: "How did the various prefectures in Shule deal with prisoners in the past?"
"Nothing but beheading and hanging."
“What about those whose sins do not lead to death?”
"Of course we drove them to the ice and snow of Congling, west of Qingling, to graze sheep."
"What a waste of resources!" Li Siye said with regret: "From today on, all the prisoners who are not worthy of death will be rushed to the edge of the Tulum Moraine Desert to plant trees."
"Of course you can, it's just a matter of one sentence. It's just that those who rush to Congling will be sentenced to prison terms according to the seriousness of their crimes. Congling City and the post station will not take them in. But when planting trees in the desert, we are afraid of these prisoners
You are too lazy to work. If you have too many people to look after you, you will waste food." Pei Guoliang raised his head and thought.
"It's simple. According to the seriousness of the crime, the prisoners can be assigned a planting area, number of plants, etc. For minor crimes, two acres of land will be greened. For serious crimes, a five-mile radius will be greened. When will this change?
If they are green, how about we release them when they are free?"
"This is good!" Pei Guoliang praised sincerely: "This not only expands the oasis, but also improves the nature, and also achieves the purpose of punishment. When I return, I will issue a notice and register it in the regulations of Shule Dudu Mansion."
When night falls, branches have been planted on the Gobi. Although they are fragile in the wind, they can thrive as long as they extend their roots towards the ground.
General Li returned to Shule City with a huge crowd. He hoped to make planting trees in April every year a custom and pass it down. In this way, after a thousand years, the oasis where Shule is located can gradually expand to the Tulun Moraine Desert.
Hundreds or thousands of miles deep.
The team dispatched by Cang Cao of the Duhufu to transport salt and other supplies to Shule Town also arrived at Shule Town before dark. The captain responsible for escorting the supplies personally delivered a report of Kaiyuan Residence to him.
"Gao Duhu asked me to give you this thing."
"Okay, rest early."
He comforted the captain and others to stay at the city post, and he quickly returned to the study in the inner courtyard of the mansion, lit the oil lamp with a fire stick, and unfolded the newspaper under the lamp. This excitement was like the first
Buying a smartphone for the first time makes me cry when I think about it too much. The only books he can read in his hand are "The Art of War", "The Chronicles of the Clan" and a few basic Confucian books. After having been in contact with ancient Chinese for a long time, he doesn't find it obscure or difficult to understand.
, but it’s still boring. Sometimes the information you come into contact with in a whole month is not as much as you can get by turning on your phone for an hour.
For example, the Kaiyuan Di newspaper, which he now regards as his family, only has more than a thousand words in total, and there is not much content that interests him. For example, Henan Yin Pei Fudun defeated a pirate named Wu Lingguang, and He Zhizhang was exposed at home.
After his death, Wang Zhongsi made another military exploit. Another eye-catching message appeared in his sight. An Lushan, the military governor of Fanyang, succeeded Pei Kuan and concurrently served as the military governor of Pinglu.
The entire land of Youyan fell into the hands of An Lushan. Li Siye instantly felt a sense of urgency. This sense of urgency was like two weeks before the college entrance examination, but he had not reviewed any homework in mathematics, physics and chemistry.
It's breathtaking. The other party is already the governor of two towns, but he is still engaged in so-called small construction in a corner of Anxi.
Time waits for no one. If we don’t catch up, when will we wait?