Chapter 2221 Traveling to various countries
As the mission responsible for the inspection, Sima Fu could not have been staying in Yingdu for a long time. After two days of rest, he followed Xun Yun to inspect other cities.
In fact, there is nothing to do. Not long after the founding of Ying State, industry basically relied on imports from the Great Wei Dynasty. It is currently focusing on agriculture. Wherever it looks, there are tractors and excavators in some farmland.
This thing is not cheap from the Great Wei Dynasty, and maintenance is even more troublesome, but it is worth it no matter how much it costs. The terrain of Ying Kingdom is flat and is most suitable for this kind of mechanized farming. A tractor can support the workload of hundreds of people. It would be strange if Xun Yu didn't import it.
The five tractors, three excavators and a small truck imported were all private property of the Xun family, and the ones cultivated were naturally the private fields of the Xun family.
Sima Fu was not interested in tractors and other things. He mainly investigated the fertility of the land, the growth cycle of various crops and the yield per mu, and these were all reported.
What surprised him was that one of the twelve cities in Ying Kingdom was actually a pasture, which was surrounded by fences within a radius of dozens of miles, and grass seeds were scattered inside and allowed cattle, sheep, horses and other animals to gallop inside.
There are too few tractors in Ying Kingdom, and the cultivated land is still in the original way, and there is a huge demand for plowing oxen. In addition, transportation is also a problem. The Xun family has no money to build too many asphalt roads and can only rely on horses.
After wandering around Yingchuan for half a month, I finally arrived at Mucheng that day. As soon as I entered the Mucheng area, I saw a wall that was nearly two meters high and could not see at first sight. Xun Yun led his mission to run along the wall for dozens of miles before seeing a city gate that was not much better than the gate of an ordinary family. Two soldiers guarded the city gate, and saw that it was the prince Xun Yun and let him go directly.
After entering the city, I looked up and saw that except for the row of small courtyards on the right, there were no other buildings with weeds. Sima Fu was sharp-eyed and recognized more than a dozen familiar weeds such as alfalfa, plantain, dog tail, and gray pickled vegetables.
Xun Yun led them to walk and said, "When Ying Kingdom first came, there were wild forests and wild beasts. Cattle and sheep were thrown into the forest and became food for wild beasts in minutes. Free-range food was not possible. We just encircled a city directly, completely renovated the land in the city, sprinkled grass and planted trees to let the animals rush around in the city."
Sima Fu looked at the sheep in the distance and enjoyed the cool air under the locust trees and smiled and said, "It's a big deal to surround a city to serve as a livestock circle. How about this breeding method? Can it be promoted?"
Xun Yun replied: "Trees must be planted in the city to prevent soil erosion. At the beginning, the trees were eaten by cattle and sheep before they grew up. Later, we had to build walls to surround the trees, and then remove the walls after they grew to a certain level. The effect was pretty good. There were many people scattered in the city. Their daily work was to grazing. Many people had already learned to become veterinarians. In recent years, most of the oxen and war horses in Ying State came from here. Even Jin and Han State sent people here to learn experience. In fact, there was nothing to learn. Just throw the animals into the earthen walls. If you have the ability to build larger ones, you can build smaller ones. In addition, we have released a lot of animals to see how they survive in the wild. This is just a stopgap plan and you can't keep surrounding them."
Sima Fu continued to ask, "Where is water source, it won't work without water."
Xun Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, the city was built on the river. There were originally two, and we dug ditches and rebuilt two, which were enough for use in the city. Moreover, the number of animals in the city is strictly controlled, so that the upper limit of accommodation will be cleaned immediately."
The city is so big, and if there are too many animals, it can be eaten up. Who among the Xun family father and son? How could they do such a fishing thing when they are dry and fishing in the pond?
Sima Fu gave a thumbs up and sighed sincerely: "I learned it, I admire you."
Xun Yun said with a horse's belly, "Let's go, go somewhere else."
The delegation followed, galloping on horseback, as if galloping on the grassland, cattle, sheep, horses, rivers, trees, and scattered houses, and various scenery came into view.
The delegation galloped in the city for a whole day, and then arrived at a courtyard with three in and three out at dusk. This was the Mucheng County Government, where he met the county magistrate and his subordinates.
Sima Fu immediately checked the county government's documents and copied all the data summarized by the county government over the years.
After resting for a night, I rushed to Xiayi City to continue my investigation. Ying State has a limited population and unlimited territory. As long as I work hard, I can reclaim fertile land at will. Everyone starts with a hundred acres of acres. There is too much arable land and it is impossible to plant it. There is no need to cultivate it carefully. Except for a few acres, most of them are sown seeds and growing wildly. Despite this, every family still has a full warehouse.
In addition to grain, Yingguo also has many factories, mainly responsible for the production of wool materials. It is also very cold here in winter and cannot be resisted without wool materials.
The army is also essential. The entire Ying Kingdom has only seven thousand troops, three thousand defending Yingdu. The remaining ones are scattered in various counties, responsible for clearing out ferocious beasts in the territory so as not to come out and hurt people.
For now, wild beasts are the biggest enemy of Ying Kingdom.
Sima Fu took the delegation to visit for a whole month, traveled all corners of Ying Kingdom, and saw all the mountains and rivers of Ying Kingdom before setting off for Han Kingdom.
The Ying Kingdom is nearly 500 miles from the Han Kingdom. Fortunately, both countries have exchanges. In a few years, a road has been cleared, and the beasts on both sides of the road have been cleaned up, so the probability of being attacked is not high.
The best scenery is on the road, and Sima Fu is not very rushing. He walked for half a month before he arrived at Peicheng, the capital of Han.
Pei is the ancestral land of their Liu family. When you go to Caozhou, you must not forget your roots.
The Han Dynasty was founded late, but the population was large. When Liu Xie abdicated, he asked for a total of 300,000 people for his son, and the starting point was much higher than that of the other Three Kingdoms.
Today, the Han Dynasty has taken root around the Great Lakes, and it only needs to develop steadily.
When the mission arrived at the city, King Liu Xi of Han led all the civil and military officials out of the city to greet them and invited them into the palace. Princess Cao Jie of Han also came out to meet and inquire about the situation at home.
Just like in Ying State, Sima Fu traveled to every corner of the Han State, copied all the documents and materials before redirecting to Jin State.
Compared with Ying and Han countries, Jin was a bit down and out, with a population of only a few hundred thousand, and most of them were children under ten years old. However, King Cao Zhi of Jin was in a good mood.
Caozhou has unlimited development potential, and any difficulties are only temporary. It is only a matter of time before a weak country develops into a strong country. Compared to intrigue in the Korean War, life here is more comfortable.
After visiting Jin State, Sima Fu led a delegation back to Ying State and rushed to Lu State by boat.
Every time the ocean fleet comes, it will go to Lu. Guo Bing, the new fleet admiral, was originally Lu Sheng's deputy. He is extremely familiar with the routes between Ying and Lu. He arrived on the coast of Lu in just one month.
The coastal areas of Lu State are more developed than those of Ying State. You can see many large fishing boats sailing on the sea from afar. When the fleet arrived, there happened to be a large fishing boat more than ten meters long docked.
The captain of the fishing boat actually knew Guo Bing and enthusiastically invited them on the boat to see his spoils. When he got on the boat, he was stunned. He knew none of the fish in the cabin, and they were all surprisingly large.
But Guo Bing seemed to be used to it and asked with a smile: "Brother, how are you getting it?"
The captain was ten middle-aged in his early forties and laughed at him: "I ask you to be quite good. I caught a large sea turtle with a body length of more than one meter and released it."
Chapter completed!