Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 742 Herb Planting
How are herbs grown?
This mainly depends on the environment, and there are different planting methods in different environments.

If it is a plain area, it depends on the soil and water quality to grow what kind of herbs are suitable for the growth of what kind of herbs.

This is fairly simple, and there's not much to say.

Generally, no one will plant herbal medicines in plain areas and occupy good arable land.

Because most herbs have the property of grass, they can basically grow anywhere, not necessarily on the plains.

This tropical rainforest is actually very suitable for the growth of herbs. Basically, as long as the trees are not too dense to block the sunlight, ordinary herbs can survive in any place in the tropical rainforest, and they can basically grow. Grow quickly.

Hearing what Li Shuben said, A Suzu couldn't help being stunned.

Is it that simple to grow herbs?
He couldn't believe it: "As long as the trees are not too dense?"

How can it be so simple!
Li Shuben shook his head slightly and said: "This is just the foundation. If the trees are not too dense, it can only be said that this place is suitable for planting herbs, but different herbs will grow differently in different places and have different medicinal effects."

Oh, I see.

A Suzu thought for a while and asked again: "Then how can the trees not be too dense?"

Li Shuben said without hesitation: "Of course, we need to observe it on the spot. If there are knee-high or even waist-deep weeds under the tree, then don't ask, the sunlight in this place is just right for the growth of herbs.

If the bottom of the tree is full of fallen leaves and no weeds, then don't worry about it. This place is definitely not suitable for planting herbs. "

It turned out to be that simple!
A Suzu thought for a while, then pointed to the river bank not far away and said: "The weeds on the riverside are almost taller than people. Does that mean that the riverside is especially suitable for planting herbs?"

Well, there is some truth to this.

Li Shuben thought about it, and then explained in detail: "The riverside is indeed suitable for the growth of many herbs, but not all herbs are suitable for planting next to this kind of water source, and some herbs are not effective when planted by the riverside. Well, the roots are soaked to the point of being edematous, and the effect of the medicine is terrible."

A Suzu asked again: "Then which herbs are suitable for planting by the river?"

This is not to tell you, a lot!

Li Shuben said helplessly: "I won't introduce them to you one by one. You can go to the medicine garden to find out. Those herbs planted by the river are all."

Oh, so there are so many.

A Suzu thought about it carefully, and then asked: "Then how to distinguish which herb is planted where?"

Li Shuben still said without thinking: "There are three ways to do this.

The first one, the simplest one, if you find a piece of herb that grows quite well somewhere, that place must be suitable for planting this herb.

The second type requires a little experience. You have to be able to identify the types of herbs, such as mountain grass, fragrant grass, wet grass, vine grass, water grass, stone grass, liverwort, weeds, etc. After you know the types of these herbs, you need to find them The place suitable for planting a certain herb is relatively simple.

Because many grasses of the same type are not herbal medicines, but are more common than herbal medicines, you just need to see where the grasses of the same type grow more vigorously.

The third is the most troublesome, that is to try to plant different types of herbs in one place and observe their growth.

This method is generally not used unless there is no other method. "

This is a bit more complicated.

A Suzu savored it carefully for a long time, then nodded slowly and said: "The student understands."

Seeing that the boy didn't ask any more questions, Taichang said, "Zhongke, can we do this, first let the young and strong of the Juma tribe take your two thousand students to scatter here to look for them.

The two thousand students have also been studying in the medicine garden for a while, and they should have a general understanding of the existing herbs.

If they find a place where a certain herb grows vigorously, they can mark it directly on the map, and we can determine the planting point of the corresponding herb.

If they find a place overgrown with weeds and cannot tell what kind of herbs to plant, please go and have a look.

In this way, it is much faster to find the place where the herbal medicine is planted. 2000 people scattered to find it. It is estimated that a few days will be enough to search the jungle of the giant horse tribe.

And by that time, the uncertain places have been marked on the map, and you will probably be able to follow them along the waterway for a few days. "

Li Shuben heard the words, nodded slightly and said: "The emperor's method is very good, but in this way, we may miss a lot of new herbs.

After all, they are not yet able to identify new herbal medicines, and if Weichen doesn't go to see them in person, they won't recognize them even if they see them. "

Well, this is indeed a problem.

After all, it is possible to find thousands of new herbs in such a large area.

If Li Shuben was only allowed to go around the jungle for a few days under the guidance of those students, he would definitely miss a lot of new herbs.

Taichang thought for a while, and then he had an idea: "This is simple, you can ask them to dig up all the samples that may be herbs along the way while looking for the herb planting place, so that you can identify it, isn't that all right?
With 2000 people, even if most of them are not herbal medicines, it should be much faster than you looking for them alone, right? "

This method is indeed good.

Li Shuben couldn't help but nodded repeatedly and said: "The emperor is wise, yes, this is the way to do it, and we will do it like this in the future.

Weichen's script is not as sharp as theirs, and he can't find many places in a day, and Weichen doesn't have so much time to find new herbs.

They can run much faster than Wei Chen in the jungle, and let them search and dig more by themselves, and they can accumulate a certain amount of experience.

In this way, the speed of searching for herbs is estimated to be more than a hundred times faster

In the future, we only need to send them to the newly opened area for a few days. Not only can they find a place suitable for planting herbs, but they can also help Weichen bring back all the vegetation that may be herbs, so Weichen doesn’t have to search everywhere. . "

That's right, we can do this all the time!

Taichang nodded again and again and said: "Yes, we will do this in the future."

Everyone discussed for a while, and finally a mountain forest with ups and downs appeared in front of them.

A Suzu immediately pointed to the mountains and said excitedly: "Just here, the forest extends southward for about a hundred miles."

Seeing this, Li Shuben immediately picked up the binoculars and scanned.

To be honest, it is really not easy to find such a large forest in the Amazon jungle.

Because the terrain here is relatively flat, with an average altitude of less than 200 meters, if it is easier to find one or two small hills, it is quite difficult to find such a large forest.

As for why Li Shuben found such a mountain forest, it was mainly to breed herbs.

The herbs they want to grow are not just a few, but thousands of them. The planting amount of each type is tens of thousands or even millions. Moreover, the growing environments of various types of herbs are different. .

The original medicine garden certainly could not cultivate so many seedlings.
This breeding place probably needs a large area like Xinmacheng, and also needs many different environments.

If it is in a jungle, there will definitely not be too many environmental changes. After all, it is a jungle with a radius of tens of miles. The types of trees may be similar, and the environment cannot change too much.

In this way, many herbal medicines have no place to grow seedlings.

Therefore, we must find a mountain forest.

Because the mountains and forests vary in height, and there are shaded, sunny, and dark sides, many different environments can be formed, and basically all herbal seedlings can be cultivated.

This is also the reason why they always look for the valley as a medicine garden.

Of course, whether this place is suitable for cultivating seedlings will have to go down and have a look.

Soon, Li Shuben found a small hill with a relatively high mountain, and the trees on it were quite sparse, so he could go up to observe the surrounding environment with a telescope.

He immediately pointed to the river bank below the mountain and said, "Your Majesty, why don't we go ashore from there, and then climb up to the top of the mountain to have a look."

Taichang nodded without hesitation, then waved his hand and ordered the Spike Warship, which specially built a temporary dock, to find a suitable landing place.

After a while, the Spike warship with the gourd found a suitable place and began to build a temporary dock.

At this moment, this kind of Spike warship has been refitted, and there is more than one such warship.

The style of the temporary dock has also changed, no longer supported by an iron frame base, but two side by side.

Even Peng Bin designed hanging ladders similar to suspension bridges on both sides of the gourd.

In this way, people on both sides can help, and the speed of building a temporary dock is simply not too fast.

It didn't take long for a brand new temporary pier to be built.

Ma Xianglin, Qin Yiming, and Qin Gongming brothers immediately took dozens of guards on a Spike warship to the temporary pier, while Taichang took the others on another Spike warship and followed.

These three fierce generals and their personal guards all came out of the jungle, and the work of driving up the mountain was not too easy for them.

I saw a few people wielding their long spears proficiently and stabbing the waist-deep grass, and then a few people squatted down and waved black iron knives under the long spears. The speed visible to the naked eye extends to the top of the mountain.

Brothers Li Shuchu and Li Shuben followed Taichang. From time to time, they would pick up cut weeds or bushes and put them in front of their noses to smell them, or even stuck out their tongues to lick the cut.

Sometimes, they would sigh slightly and throw away the new herbs they picked up with some reluctance. However, they didn't stop, because the purpose of their coming this time was not to find new herbs, they just habitually picked up something like Just look at the herbal stuff.

In less than a quarter of an hour, everyone had already reached the top of the mountain.

At this time, Cao Huachun immediately ordered two masters to remove the bracket of the large telescope from their shoulders, find a relatively open place to insert it on the ground, and then put the telescope like a cannon barrel on it, and then opened the covers on both sides of the telescope. Then he stepped aside respectfully.

Li Shuben immediately stepped forward and scanned through the binoculars.

The trees on this mountain are sparse, and there are not many trees on the top of the mountain. There is no problem with a large telescope scanning the scenery more than ten miles to the south.

As for why there are few trees here, the reason is actually very simple.

Because the geology here is too loose, as long as the hillside is a little steeper, the trees will be uprooted by their own weight when they grow to a certain extent, and they will fall to the ground and die.

Li Shuben glanced around for a while, then raised his head and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, this is the place. Not only are the trees sparse, but there are also streams everywhere. It's really suitable for raising seedlings."

Taichang leaned over and glanced around, then nodded slightly and said: "Well, this place is really good."

Immediately afterwards, Li Shuben said impatiently: "Your Majesty, why don't you order someone to build a few wooden houses near the temporary pier, and I will move here in two days."

Why are you in such a hurry.

Taichang shook his head slightly and said: "It's not urgent, let's make a good plan first, and then send people to find a suitable place nearby to build a formal dock and city.

This is a special place for breeding, so you can't be careless. "

Uh, okay.

Li Shuben could only cup his hands helplessly and said, "I understand."

(End of this chapter)