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    Rice in the south and wheat in the north, this is an inherent traditional farming pattern for thousands of years. The big river (i.e. the Yellow River) is the Yangtze River in ancient times, and the river is the Yellow River. There are four rivers, rivers, Huaihe and Jiji. At the same time, some people also call the Yellow River  North of the China River, rice cultivation is very rare, while south of the river, wheat cultivation is extremely rare.  This is mainly because compared to rice, wheat has higher cold tolerance. For example, winter wheat is sown in autumn and winter and harvested in April or May of the next year, during which time it takes a long winter.

    To be honest, Wang Kuang really didn¡¯t know what to pay attention to when cultivating wheat, because he had never seen what wheat looked like when he was a child. It was only after he went to Changchun to study that he knew it looked like this.  Not to mention farming methods.  This is why over the years, Wang Kuang has been promoting new farming methods based on rice. As for wheat, Wang Kuang really has no way to do it. He doesn¡¯t know it in the first place. In other words, Wang Kuang is  When it comes to wheat cultivation, we are on the same starting line as current farmers.

    But now, Li Ke is asking for help. This prince, who only knew how to be dissolute before, has begged Wang Kuang for the first time because of the people under his rule. Wang Kuang can't just sit back and do nothing, and if he doesn't let  The people of Hebei also kept up with the pace of other parts of the Tang Dynasty. It was fine in a short period of time, but in the long run, regional discrimination caused by the different levels of affluence of the regions will inevitably form. When this discriminatory factor slowly takes root in the hearts of the people,  It will be too late to eliminate it and it will take a lot of effort.

    "To be honest, I have never grown wheat, and I can't do anything about wheat." Wang Kuang sighed. In fact, he should have thought of organizing a fleet to sail around the world. He should have found corn and potatoes from the American continent earlier. Hebei people  The earlier you go, the more choices you will have.  But Rome was not built in a day. Before you have a certain influence, do you want to sail?  Maybe as soon as it is proposed, it will be rejected by the big guys.  People have the inertia of unconsciously maintaining their own authority. If they are rejected the first time, they will mention it a second time, even if they have realized the benefits of going to sea.  Or not? Otherwise, wouldn¡¯t you just admit that you were wrong before?

    "Is there no other way?" Li Ke came excitedly, thinking that he would get good results from Wang Kuang. Unexpectedly, Wang Kuang said these words, which really poured cold water on his head and made him freeze.  His teeth chattered.  At this time, I really felt cold, so I quickly called to the serving girl on the side: "Hurry up and get a fur robe for someone."

    Li Ke is an in-law of the Wang family, and everyone in the Wang family knows this. Therefore, when Li Ke said this, without Wang Kuang nodding, the maid hurriedly went in and got a fox fur cloak and put it on him. Only then did Li Ke  I feel much better, and I no longer dare to fan the feather fan.  Instead, he called his entourage in, handed it to him and asked him to keep it.

    "Huh? Erlang, where did you get the fox cloak? Don't you really like this kind of thing, but you have such a warm treasure. You don't even wear it yourself, and when you look like that, you shrink into a ball."  Since Wang Kuang said there was nothing he could do, there really was nothing he could do. Li Ke knew that Wang Kuang had no need to lie to him, so he simply stopped thinking about it and discussed the origin of the fox skin with Wang Kuang.

    "This was given to him by a certain person. He refused to wear it. He said it was better to wear sheepskin, so he was surprised. They are both furs, but fox fur is obviously warmer." The person who spoke was Changsun Chong, and this guy was also very fast.  , not long after I went back, I ran over again.  Originally, the eldest son's family had no favorable impression of Li Ke, but after Li Ke and Wang Kuang got married, they became in-laws.  His temperament has changed a lot. He no longer talks about how domineering the Changsun family is all day long. Instead, he has learned to look at problems objectively and no longer mix his personal feelings into it. In addition, it is also because of the separation of Li Ke and Wang Kuang.  Closer to home, Empress Changsun also said a few good things about Concubine Yang in front of Li Shimin in recent years, and Concubine Yang's status in the palace has improved a lot; and the return of brothers Li Daoqian and Li Daoxiang to the royal family has made Concubine Yang and the Li family  They actually got married again, and Queen Changsun was much kinder to Li Ke, and she regarded him as her own child. In so many ways, the relationship between the Changsun family and Li Ke unexpectedly eased unknowingly, and Yue Yue  It means getting closer.

    "This is naturally different. Sheep are raised, while foxes are wild. Sheep eat grass and then are killed for meat. The fur is naturally used for clothing. But what about foxes? What do they eat? They eat rats and rabbits.  Waiting for little things, pikas and rabbits are digging holes in the grass, not only eating grass, but also grass roots! If everyone wears fox furs, there will be more and more hunters. One day, the foxes will be killed, and the rats will be killed.  When rabbits overrun the grassland, the grassland will be over, and the grass roots will be gone. Where can the grassland come from? In the past, Uighurs, barbarians, and Turks occupied the grassland. We can ignore it, but who is the owner of the grassland now?  ? This is our Datang, and that is our Datang¡¯s grassland. If we don¡¯t take care of it, future generations may not be able to eat mutton. The grassland will die, the sand will be exposed, the wind will blow, and the dust will fly. Think about the consequences." Wang  Kuang glared at Changsun Chong, if this guyHe was from the Wang family, and Wang Kuang had already punished him to graze sheep on the grassland for a few years.

    When Wang Kuang said this, Changsun Chong shrank his neck and said, "Damn it, if it is really so scary, I will never wear fox fur again, and I will also wear sheep fur and rabbit fur from now on."

    Wang Kuang's heart suddenly moved, and he turned to Li Ke and said: "Hey, I have an idea. Aren't there foxes in Hebei? King Wu took advantage of one of your men who was a hunter and hunted foxes to raise them! Then he sold the young foxes  Give it to farmers and teach them breeding methods. Although I don¡¯t know how to cultivate wheat, I can¡¯t help the people of Hebei in this regard. But, if you think about it, if you raise foxes, the foxes you raise will be like those born in the land.  With the difference, how much can a piece of fox skin cost?" Wang Kuang really didn't know the price of fox skin.

    "A fox fur that is not damaged and has a pure color can be sold for at least a hundred dollars. If it is caught in a good season and is hunted in winter without a trace of mottled colors, a fox tail alone can make hundreds of dollars, especially  Fiery red and pure white are the best. For fiery red, five or six hundred guan is not a problem. If it is pure white water, the most expensive one is up to 1,000 guan." After all, Changsun Chong knew this much better than Wang Kuang.  , he has a beautiful girl at home, and she has to think of ways to please Princess Changle every day. She must pay a lot of attention to these prices, and the price of fox skin is not a secret, just ask casually.

    "A white fox? Haha, I know where there are. There are many north of Goguryeo. It just so happens that after the Goguryeo people are disabled, people can go find them. If a family raises five or six white foxes, in a few years, all  Isn¡¯t the harvest more than farming? Not only foxes, but also minks and other animals with fine fur can be raised. Think about it, the whole world is so big, the entire Tang Dynasty, except Lingnan, the south of the Yangtze River and Qiong  Ya, build east, build south and build west, which place is not cold in winter? Furs are all used." Wang Kuang laughed, what about white fox? Others don't know where it is, but he knows that Arctic fox is not the only one in winter.  White?

    The entire Tang Dynasty now has a population of more than 30 million and more than 5 million households, and most of the families are in the rivers and river basins. These two river basins account for more than 60% and almost 70% of the population and families.  Hebei is bitterly cold, and the combined population of more than a dozen states is less than one million, with hundreds of thousands of households. Of these, southern Hebei accounts for half, and southern Hebei has already begun to grow rice, so in fact,  What needs to be solved is the population of 200,000 to 300,000 people in the northern part of Hebei, which is only 40,000 to 50,000 households.  Assuming that one household can produce two furs per year, that would be less than 100,000 furs per year, which is far from enough for consumption in the south.

    As for the two furs, even if the furs depreciate due to large-scale breeding, well, even if the furs depreciate by half, they still have an income of at least 100 yuan, which is comparable to an ordinary family in Jian'an. But you have to know how wealthy Jian'an is today.  That was the first in the Tang Dynasty.

    Breeding can be said to kill two birds with one stone. It not only solves the livelihood problem of the people, but also because the supply of fur has mostly increased, the income of fox hunting will be much lower and people will give up hunting wild foxes. How can ordinary hunters have such good archery skills?  Can it be done without damaging the fur?  If you want to get a complete hide, you have to fall into a trap, and foxes are cunning by nature, so how can they be so easily fooled?  Therefore, it is already a great skill for a hunter to hunt one or two foxes in a year. In addition, even if they are caught in a trap, the foxes will sometimes injure themselves to escape, and sometimes they will struggle and cause damage to their fur.  Damage, so most of the skins hunted are highly damaged and of low grade, and cannot be sold at a good price. If you can get a hundred skins, you will be grinning from ear to ear.

    The same is true for mink. Mink's skin is more expensive than fox fur, but mink is more cunning and harder to obtain. Similarly, mink mainly feeds on rodents such as rats and rabbits. If artificial intervention is not done, the entire northern continent will be destroyed.  The ecology of the Tang Dynasty will not be so severely damaged in the years to come. If there are more rats and rabbits, it will naturally stimulate the reproduction of foxes and martens, and the increase in the number of foxes and martens will reduce the number of rats and rabbits. They  There is always a dynamic balance between them.

    "I knew that Erlang must have a way. Although this fox and marten breeding method cannot be promoted immediately, it at least gives the people of Hebei hope and allows them to take a step forward. In this way, the people will be at ease, and the world will be stable. Dad  You can also feel more relaxed. Huh? Didn't you just leave Erlang's place before rushing? Why did you come back so quickly? When I entered Yizhengfang, I saw you disappearing in a flash, shouting  You didn't hear it, could there be something good?" Only then did Li Ke remember that there was a eldest grandson rushing there. He was too distracted just now and didn't notice that the eldest grandson rushed away and came back. Now Wang Kuang said there was a way,  His heart became alive again and he no longer felt cold. He shrugged his shoulders and took off his fox fur cloak. He then asked his entourage to bring him his feather fan and continued to show off!

    "By the way, where is Xiaoben? Why don't you see him?" Wang Kuang glanced at Li Ke, a little strange.

    "Oh? Him? He went to Silla, saying he was going to steal the bride."So I gave him a few months' leave and told him not to come back until he grabbed someone.  "Li Ke is an understatement. To be continued

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