Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 710

Taichang has been thinking about why the Amazon River Basin cannot be developed.

He discovered that it really didn't matter what dangerous, deadly animal was.

These actually do not require any high-tech means, as long as you think of a way, spend some time, and invest a little manpower, any danger can be solved.

If it is one or two people, holding a knife or something and running into the jungle for excitement, and acting for others, it is naturally dangerous.

If, like them, a fully equipped army of 10,000+ came over with all kinds of weapons and equipment, and seriously tried to find a way to solve the problem, this danger is really nothing.

As for why the environment here is not suitable for development, that is bullshit.

Just like the Yishun of later generations, most of the country's land is the desert Gobi where there is no grass, and there are almost no resources.

How bad is the environment?
People can not still develop into a developed country.

Many people would say that people became developed countries because they became rich.

What happened to the money?
Mite Qing's money is no less than theirs.

In the end, it was all given to the colonial bandits!
There is also Singapore in later generations, which also has a tropical rainforest climate, and has almost no resources, even insufficient fresh water resources, so it can still become a developed country.

Many people want to say again, it is because they control the main waterways that they can become a developed country.

What happened to the main waterway?
Panama also controls the main waterways. People are so poor that it is not a matter of having nothing to eat, but of being heavily in debt!
Therefore, whether a place can develop or not depends mainly not on the environment, nor on the resources, nor on the location.

Whether a place can develop or not depends on whether the power that dominates the world allows you to develop!

As for the others, they are all floating clouds.

The European colonial powers did not want the American Indian tribes to develop. They only wanted the people here to continue to be poor and backward, without any ability to resist, so as to facilitate their plundering, so later generations could not develop here.

It's different now, Da Ming is the master of this world, at least, at this time, Da Ming already has the ability to rule in America.

Therefore, as long as Daming helps, it will be too easy to develop here.

Taichang has already figured out that it will invest a lot of manpower and material resources here to develop the pharmaceutical industry and shipbuilding industry. In addition, it will use the unique conditions here to plant a large number of economic plants such as rare trees and spices and fruits.

Once these are developed, here is a cornucopia!

Of course, these are not to say that development can be developed, just like the shipbuilding industry, he still has to wait for special equipment and professionals from Daming.

As for all kinds of rare trees, spices and fruits, he had to wait for the people from the Ministry of Agriculture to come.

He has sent a decree to the mainland of Ming Dynasty and the North American continent, ordering Prince Zhu Youxiao and Governor Huang Daozhou to dispatch relevant officials to help.

However, even if the relevant officials rushed over from the North American continent, it would take at least a month.

At this moment, he seems to be able to start developing the pharmaceutical industry first.

Because the two main persons in charge of Daming Medicine are there, and the development of the pharmaceutical industry can start with the most basic materials and formulas, which do not require too much machinery and equipment.

So, what are the two directors of Daming Medicine doing now?

Opposite New Horse City, in a huge valley.

Brothers Li Shuchu and Li Shuben were sitting under a giant tree more than ten feet high with the visiting Taichang, drinking herbal tea and gently shaking the plantain fan, enjoying the rare comfort.

Taichang looked at the dense branches and leaves above, and then at the trunk that was seven or eight feet thick, and couldn't help asking: "Berke, what kind of tree is this that can grow so tall?"

Li Shuchu said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, this is a kind of yellow sandalwood tree. Both its root and bark can be used as medicine. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, stopping bleeding and reducing swelling."

Isn't Dalbergia huanghuali?
My God, such a big mahogany!
Taichang couldn't help being surprised and said: "Such a big huanghuali plant is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, right?"

Li Shuchu nodded slightly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, there is probably no such big rosewood in Nanyang, and its rarity can be imagined. If it is really chopped and shipped back, it can sell for at least a hundred thousand taels."

Well, don't cut it down, the two brothers seem to have settled their homes here.

The environment here is really good, not to mention mountains and water, the key is such a big tree.

The reason why Li Shuchu and Li Shuben asked people to build the stilted building on the hillside in the middle of the valley is probably because of the shade of the trees. Otherwise, it would be more convenient to build the stilted building at the entrance of the valley, because the wharf for the Spike warship was built there. Well, you can get on the boat when you go downstairs.

However, in terms of comfort, it is naturally the best under this big tree.

As the saying goes, it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, it is really cool here.

In fact, the climate of the tropical rainforest is not as hot as the legend.

At least the rainforests on this side of South America aren't unbearably hot.

The temperature at this moment should be about 27 octaves. Sitting under the shade of a tree and fanning a little, it feels quite cool.

Taichang also got to know the tribal chief here in detail. The temperature here is roughly half of the year. The hottest three or four months can be hotter than this, and there are several months that can even be cooler than this.

In other words, the hot weather is not the most unbearable place here.

The most unbearable thing here should be the rain.

It’s not the rainy season yet, and there will be a heavy rain every one or two days. According to the chief of the tribe here, when it really rains, it will rain heavily every day, and it will last for hundreds of days!

This should be beneficial to the growth of herbs, because the vegetation here is growing very well.

However, this kind of weather is extremely unfavorable for drying herbs.

Taichang looked at the terraced fields all over the valley, and asked again: "Zhong Ke, how many kinds of herbs have you found so far?"

Because the construction of Xinma City has not yet started, the production of medicines has to wait, so Taichang simply asked the two brothers to take advantage of this time to familiarize themselves with the herbs here, and try to identify all the herbs here before starting production. come out.

When Li Shu heard the words, he said with emotion: "There are so many kinds of herbs here that it is scary. I have already found thousands of herbs in Xinzhang. I thought there would be many repetitions after I came here. I found new ones. The number of varieties will not be as frequent as there.

I never thought that there are more herbal medicines here than there.

Adding the herbs transplanted from Xin Zhangguo now, there are almost two thousand kinds of herbs in this medicine garden.

Moreover, Weichen just wandered around in a radius of dozens of miles, and hasn't gone to other places yet. "

My God, two thousand kinds, this number is really scary, the point is, this is not over yet.

The dozens of miles around here are a drop in the bucket for the Amazon jungle.

It seems that there are at least five or six thousand kinds of herbs here.

OK!

Taichang then asked again: "Have you considered the issue of drying herbs, it seems that there is more rain here.

According to the chiefs of the nearby tribes, it is not the rainy season yet. In the afternoon season, it rains every day for more than 100 consecutive days.

In this case, how to dry the herbs, have you considered it? "

More than 100 days is nearly half a year.

If the herbal medicine cannot be dried for nearly half a year, the production of the medicine will be greatly affected.

Li Shuben nodded repeatedly and said: "Your Majesty, this humble minister has also understood it carefully.

In fact, the rainy season they say does not stop raining all day long, but stops for half a day in the second half of the day.

Generally, it does not rain during the hottest period from morning to noon, and it only rains heavily in the afternoon and evening.

In this way, as long as we think of a way, we can still dry the medicinal materials. "

Oh, it turns out that it is not all day long.

It seemed that he didn't understand it as well as others did.

Taichang couldn't help but said with a little embarrassment: "Uh, then have you thought of any way?"

Li Shuben pointed to the wooden house and balcony where they were, and introduced: "Your Majesty, I think that we can take advantage of the abundance of wood here to build more stilted buildings like this. The wooden houses above don't need to be decorated, just open more windows. That's it.

We close the windows when it rains, and open them when it doesn't rain, so that the medicinal herbs should be able to dry.

We can also make the wooden building bigger, as big as a factory building, and then install fans inside to keep blowing.

This is equivalent to adding the power of air-drying, and the medicinal materials should be dried in a few days. "

Want to build a stilted building?

Taichang couldn't help asking curiously: "Is it necessary to build a stilted building? Can't you just build a shed like a factory building? If you are afraid that the ground will get wet, you can add a wooden frame on the ground. This is much easier than building a stilted building."

Li Shuben shook his head, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this doesn't seem to work. I have already tried it. Within a foot of the ground, the humidity is relatively heavy. There will be no moisture on the table."

uh, humidity?

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help frowning and thinking.

He lives on a boat, and there are fans and ice cubes on board to cool him down, so he naturally doesn't feel the heat, nor does he feel any humidity.

It seems that this issue really needs to be carefully considered.

It's not the rainy season yet, the ground is so humid, if it's the rainy season, it's okay.

At that time, it will not be a problem of the medicinal materials not being dried in the sun, and people will not be able to bear it.

In the sweltering weather, the clothes on the body are still wet, not to mention heatstroke, and prickly heat is easy to develop on the body.

This is probably the reason why the people here don't like to wear clothes. If they get prickly heat all over their bodies, there is no cure for it.

It seems that all the houses have to be erected, not only for drying medicinal herbs, but also for living.

However, using logs as a shelf is a bit too wasteful, and it's not very strong.

If the concrete column is directly cast to make the shelf, it will be fast and reliable.

(End of this chapter)