Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Feng An can't say the specific changes, but I feel that with the series of policies of His Highness, the people around Gaozhou have become more energetic, and the people have vitality, whether they are farming or other aspects. a higher degree of positivity.

The main reason is that the income of the people has increased a lot. Now because of the reforms in Luzon Island, Xianglinyi and other places, the people in the entire Lingnan Road are not short of work, so the income of the people has increased, and the income of the people has increased. The higher the demand, the better their lives will be, regardless of the changes in the city and the people.

"How many rubber trees have been planted so far?" Li Ke asked again.

"At present, we have selected many hilltops for planting in Lingnan Road. At present, about [-] mu of saplings have grown into small saplings. In addition, last year, a total of [-] mu of rubber trees were planted this year, all of which are priority mountain forests." Feng Ang said seriously.

"This number is not enough, the scale needs to be expanded." Li Ke said.

"How much has it been expanded?" Feng An was taken aback for a moment.

"Let's expand to an area of ​​3000 million mu." Li Ke shook his head and said, "Large-scale planting can be done on Luzon Island and the islands on the west side of Luzon Island, and it can also be planted in real wax and other places in the future. "

Speaking of this, Li Ke saw Dang Renhong over there, and simply waved to him. Dang Renhong was paying attention to this side, and when he saw Li Ke's movements, he walked directly in this direction.

After thinking for a while, Li Ke simply said: "Mr. Geng, take a look at where the other governors of Lingnan Road are. Let them come over, just to talk about this matter."

"Yes." Feng An hurriedly said hello, stood up and went to find someone.

It happened that Li Ke saw Li Daozong and Su Dingfang who were talking to Su Dingfang not far away.

Li Ke hurriedly stood up and walked over to greet Li Daozong. This is his future father-in-law, so of course he had to curry favor with him.

"Your Highness." Li Daozong saluted Li Ke first, and Li Ke hurriedly saluted Li Daozong, "Come and sit with us for a while."

Li Daozong couldn't help but laugh at Li Ke's address. Although he said that Li Ke and Li Yan's good things would come true, to be honest, Li Daozong didn't expect Li Ke to treat him with such respect. Besides, there are naturally some gratifications.

"Aren't you going to talk about something?"

"Today is just chatting." Li Ke smiled.

"Then let's go together." Li Daozong looked at Su Dingfang and said.

Su Dingfang glanced at Li Ke, Li Ke nodded to him, and then Su Dingfang followed.

When the three of Li Ke returned to this table, Feng An brought Li Xizhi, Li Junnan, Li Guangdu, Chen Zhilue, Yang Shilue, Ning Changzhen, Feng Shihui, Deng Wenjin, Ning Daoming and others over.

Except for Qiu He who didn't come because of his age, almost all the governors from all the states in Lingnan Road came here.

"Everyone sit down, today is a chat, you are welcome, just squeeze." Li Ke said with a smile.

When Li Ke said this, everyone laughed along with him. It is just right for ten people to sit at this table. Naturally, there are more than ten people at this moment, but it doesn’t matter. Everyone simply pulled a few chairs from the side to sit here. down.

"Let me introduce to you first. This is the general who conquered the west this time, Li Daozong, the governor of Qinghai Province, and my future father-in-law." Li Ke first introduced Li Daozong to them.

They probably have heard of it, but they must have never seen it.

Li Daozong was a little dumbfounded, as Li Ke introduced him... especially the future father-in-law, which is really rare.

Naturally, everyone smiled and saluted Li Daozong, especially to express their envy to Li Daozong, but their envy was not because Li Yan wanted to marry Li Ke, but because they envied Li Yan for being so capable and talented as a third-rank official of the Tang Dynasty!

Although everyone knows what is going on, everyone loves to hear these words. Talent is certainly one aspect, but it must also be because of His Royal Highness King Qin. Your Highness, if you can come up, you will be a third-rank official?

How can it be!Especially at this age.

After introducing Su Dingfang to them, Li Ke continued the topic just now: "Just now I talked with Geng Guogong. Regarding the issue of planting rubber, the part of Lingnan Road close to the South China Sea is suitable for planting rubber trees, and about how to plant rubber trees. You guys, I won't go into details."

"What is the current rubber planting area on the entire Lingnan Road?"

"The seeds His Highness provided us can plant about 15 mu. So far we have planted about [-] mu, and the survival rate is very high, basically reaching more than [-]%. But other planting methods, because the seedlings are still young, there is no There is no way to take these measures." Dang Renhong said.

"Well, my idea is that in the future, we will select suitable planting unknowns and mainly provide them to the mountain people. What do you think?" Li Ke looked at them and asked.

As soon as Li Ke's words came out of their mouths, they knew that His Highness wanted to win the hearts of the mountain people. In fact, His Highness has almost won the hearts of the people.Almost [-]% of all the mountain people within the entire range of Lingnan Road do not reject contact with the Han people. At the same time, His Highness's influence among them can be said to be increasing with time.

It is no exaggeration to say that now Li Ke goes to Lingnan Road and even further west to raise his arms and shout out, and there is no problem in gathering at least 200 million mountain people!

"Yes, planting in mountainous areas can kill two birds with one stone. While not occupying cultivated land, it will not destroy the forests, and it can also bring income to these mountain people." Feng An said directly.

"Then in the future, we will continue to expand the planting area of ​​rubber." Li Ke said, the demand for rubber will be huge in the future, and it can be said that all walks of life need rubber.

But now that Datang is ahead of everyone, Li Ke doesn't mind developing the rubber industry in Datang.The global rubber planting area of ​​later generations is close to 2.3 million mu, almost all of which are concentrated in Asia.

In fact, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan and other places in China in later generations are very suitable for planting rubber.

And these places also have a large number of mountainous areas. There must be many mountainous areas suitable for rubber planting. In Datang, rubber planting can be linked with mountain people, increasing the income of mountain people and winning over the hearts of mountain people.

"Your Highness, by how much?" Yang Shilue asked a question that Feng An asked just now.

"At least 1 million mu! So you should plant as soon as possible, but there is one thing, we don't lack suitable mountainous areas, so we mainly plant in mountainous areas suitable for transportation. This is also a national strategic task." Li Ke said.

The current Datang is different from the later generations in China. When the later generations start to plant rubber on a large scale, they need to quickly form an industry, and the country’s demand is huge, so they are all planted by state-owned enterprises, and the selected places are also better.

However, Datang does not need so much rubber at present. It is just planning for a rainy day. Then it can choose some mountainous areas with relatively poor traffic locations, which does not occupy cultivated land, and can also increase the income of mountain people who are now joining Datang.

In the future, as the demand of the rubber industry continues to rise, the transportation in these places will naturally be built, and the connection between these places and Datang will deepen, and they will not be able to sever ties with Datang.

Rubber is an industry, it can also be a poverty alleviation project, and it can also be an important measure for Datang to rule these mountainous lands.

Because there are not enough interests, it is very difficult to go deep into these places and strengthen their connection with the outside world!But now, the rubber products in the early stage were used by powerful families. Anyway, they made a lot of money, and they would not have any objection to charging them dozens of times more profits.

Their money just happens to be used to develop the place.