"There is news from the Jiuyuan Governor's Mansion that the Wuyuan County Ironmaking Workshop plans to cut down the trees in the Yinshan Mountains and burn charcoal to make iron."

Secretary Zhang took the official document from the Governor's Office and handed it to Feng Duhu.

"Oh, finally enlightened?" Feng Duhu took it, glanced at it, and threw it on the eucalyptus.

"We are one year behind Pingcheng. We have used a lot more coke, but now we realize that we can still use charcoal to make iron?"

The right lady glanced at Feng Duhu with some annoyance:

"What weird words are you talking about? At least you have decided this matter. If you didn't remind them earlier, you are still in the mood to make sarcastic remarks."

Feng Duhu chuckled:

"How many years has it been? Do you expect me to carry them with me for the rest of my life?"

To be honest, with Feng Duhu's current reputation and status, he could retire immediately and stay at home with peace of mind.

The achievements he made in the first half of his life and the capital he saved were enough to last him a lifetime.

Not to mention that now his focus is on Ji Han's military and political affairs.

For him, the white glove of Xinghanhui has been kept for so many years, and it is the time to use it.

Instead of asking him to worry about teaching them how to do things.

When the right lady heard this, she laughed and said:

"That being said, it is true as A Lang said. Over the years, the big man has been using coke to make iron, and he is used to it."

"Suddenly there was no coal, and it was dark for a while. I was looking for coal instead of cutting down wood, burning charcoal, and making iron. It's understandable."

After saying that, he paused and looked at Feng Duhu again:

"Besides, after so many years of promoting the Han Dynasty, who doesn't know that Feng Hui's leader has never missed anything?"

"Since you asked people to look for coal there, no one would doubt that there would be coal mines there. Who would have thought that even after searching for so long, we couldn't find it."

It cannot be said that they have not been found, but they have found one or two small coal mines, but the quality of the coal is not very good.

It is enough for the local soldiers and civilians to boil water for heating, but it is not enough for making iron.

"Furthermore, the forests at the border fortress have always been used as checkpoints. They didn't get permission, so naturally they didn't dare to cut them down at will."

Don’t think that the ancients didn’t have the awareness to plant trees.

In fact, judging from historical data, there have been records of "Sui Ren" and "Feng Ren" since the Zhou Dynasty.

"Sui Ren" is the executor of border forest construction, and "Feng Ren" also has the responsibility of constructing and managing border forests.

During the Warring States Period, "Xunzi·Jiangguo" recorded that during the Warring States Period, there was a "fortress of pines and cypresses" in the border forest between Qin and Zhao.

After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he built the Great Wall for the security of the northern border.

At the same time, elm trees were planted along the Great Wall to form a green Great Wall, which was the first border forest in the history of our country.

"Book of Han·Biography of Han Anguo" states:

"Meng Tian invaded Hu for Qin and opened up thousands of miles of land. He used rivers as the base, piled stones as cities, and elm trees as barriers. The Huns did not dare to drink from the rivers."

After the Han Dynasty conquered the world, it repaired this border forest many times. It was called "Yuxi Stop" in history, also known as Yulin Stop.

"Historical Records: Biography of General Wei":

(Wei Qing) Then he settled the land of Henan to the west, pressed on the old fortress of Yuxi River, cut off Zi Ling, Liangbei River, attacked Pu Ni, broke Fuli, killed the weak and sharp soldiers, and ambushed the listeners for three thousand and seventy-one levels. He was sentenced to death.

Ugly, there are more than a hundred thousand horses and cattle and sheep to drive.

(The Hetao area was called Henan during the Qin and Han Dynasties)

Calling the forest a fortress shows that the status of this border forest was comparable to that of the Great Wall in the eyes of the Han Dynasty people.

Although the main purpose of Yulinsai is to prevent the barbarians from riding south at will.

But objectively, it also plays an important role in preventing wind and sand, conserving soil and water in the Hetao and northwest regions.

It is related to border defense, and at the same time, I have become well aware of the protective effect of forests on cultivated land in recent years.

Especially in Henan, where precipitation is scarce, the amount of food produced by the cultivated land determines the stability of the morale of the border troops and the people.

It makes sense that the iron smelting workshops in Wuyuan County did not dare to immediately consider felling wood and burning charcoal.

It is precisely because the forests in Henan are related to national defense that Feng Duhu has kept silent about the fuel for the iron smelting workshop in Wuyuan County.

Otherwise, given his status, if he takes the initiative to speak out about felling wood and burning charcoal, he will be scolded to death.

Even if you are not scolded to death, you will still be accused of being self-interested and disregarding the country's borders for personal gain and so on.

Fortunately, Liu Liang and Xu Xun did things fairly safely this time.

Along with the official documents, there was also Li Xu’s logging plan.

There is a detailed plan for the cutting and planting rotation of forest trees in Henan.

Without this planning document, this official document is just useless paper.

But with this plan, it’s hard to say whether there will be any objections, but it’s at least worth discussing.

Even though Li Xu is a female, her influence on agriculture is not small.

She is present in the terraced fields in Nanzhong, the double-cropping rice in Shuzhong, the bean sprouts in Longyou, the rotation of alfalfa and grain in Liangzhou, and the reclamation in Henan.

Although there is some invisible big hand pushing these things, she still has to rely on her to truly put the theory into practice.

Of course, Li Tong, who can accompany her everywhere without any regrets, also deserves some credit.

Now some people have started calling Mr. Li Xu "Master Xu".

The so-called everyone refers to women who made outstanding contributions in a certain field in the Han Dynasty.

To show respect, the world calls him "Master So-and-so".

"Where's the Chancellor's Desk? What's the term?"

Feng Duhu asked.

"What can the Chancellor say? Isn't this where I turn to ask for your opinion?"

Mrs. Right curled her lips, "Maybe they don't understand this plan at all."

Feng Duhu smiled:

"It's possible that you can't fully understand it, but to say that people can't understand it at all is to underestimate them."

Jiang Gongyan was a gentleman, magnanimous and magnanimous, but he did not like to compete with others for power.

If you don't understand something or something you can't grasp, you won't jump to conclusions easily, but take the initiative to ask.

You will not feel embarrassed because you feel that asking others is showing cowardice.

The prime minister may not have taken a fancy to him when he appointed him as Shangshu Ling.

"That's right. After all, it's a matter related to the frontier. Jiang Gongyan may want to ask you for a guarantee."

The right lady nodded and agreed.

Feng Duhu glanced at her but said nothing.

People who play politics have a bad heart, and Feng Duhu naturally understands that.

Of course, what the right lady said is not impossible.

Over the years, the Xinghan Society has built many workshops in various places, and also opened up pastures and farms.

The taxes paid every year are not a small amount.

Otherwise, where would Adou have the confidence to reduce taxes?

The significance of the iron smelting workshop in Wuyuan County, Bingzhou, is not only to supply ironware to the military and civilians of Bingzhou in the future, but also to consolidate the border fortress and educate the Hu people.

Especially when it comes to educating the Hu people, it is not just a verbal education, but a real education.

Have you not seen how much the Di people in Yinping, Wudu, the barbarians in Basi County, and the Qiang people in Liangzhou support the Han people now?

Therefore, it is a matter of choice between the workshop and the forests in Henan.

"Guarantee, just guarantee. The barbarians in the desert are not a threat now. The workshop just thinks there are not enough manpower. How can it be that the barbarians can't come over?"

Feng Duhu didn't care.

After all, it is about the Xinghan Society, and you still have to take responsibility.

And throughout the Three Kingdoms era, the surrounding barbarians were not a big problem.

They are all tools to improve the performance of various countries.

On the contrary, after the unification of Sima and Jin, the tool man actually turned into the master, which is strange.

"But it's best to set rules. In addition to replanting, you also need to set the price of the trees and collect some taxes such as car and boat traps."

Feng Duhu thought for a while and said, "After all, the mountains, lakes and seas all belong to the country, so it is appropriate to pay more taxes to the court."

Anyway, as long as the Wuyuan County workshop can be started, how much money can be made back.

It is important to obtain policy support.
To be continued...