Chapter 854 Princess Changning

Let’s not talk about the ‘exercise’ on the prairie, let’s just talk about the boundary between the Mongolian prairie and the Loess Plateau in Shanxi and Shaanxi.

A ‘team’ that is not very old is working hard.

This is a ‘noble’ team, because all the men and women in it are from Sungkyunkwan Public School. There are not only royal nobles, but also royal children.

For example, Chen Qingzhi, who is wielding a hoe now. She is the fifth princess of the emperor of the current dynasty. She is seventeen years old this year. She was officially conferred the title of Princess Changning five years ago. Because this little girl is notoriously naughty in the Chen Han royal family, the emperor gave her the title of Changning, and the intention is obvious.

“Dang!” Changning’s hoe hit a stone under the soil layer. Because Changning used too much force when swinging the hoe, the violent reaction force made her hands numb. Letting the hoe chop crookedly in the soil layer, Changning, a seventeen-year-old girl, suddenly raised her hands to cover her eyes and cried.

This year's 'summer camp' is so bad, it's even worse than going to the Boy's Camp. They actually came to Yulinkou, a place where no one lays eggs, to plant trees.

She was so tired every day that she didn't even have the energy to wash. And these days, Changning found that even if she covered herself tightly, her skin was tanned.

Woo, so wronged, so sad.

Changning, the playful little princess, no longer has the heart to play and play. She just wants to go back to her mother's back hall, put big icebergs all around, blow the cool wind, and eat ice cream comfortably.

Instead of drinking wind and eating sand in this sandy land called Maowusu.

It's a pity that this 'team' has rules. Although the team leader knows that Changning is of noble status, he still dares not give her any preferential treatment, otherwise the emperor will beat them.

The leader not far away looked up at Changning who was crying, and didn't see any injuries. In that case, there was no need for him to go forward. Girls, who can't stand hardships, will stop crying after a while.

The place where their "team" came to was Yulin in the northern border of Shaanxi. This land is an important location for sand control projects. The wind and sand are swallowing up the trees here bit by bit, but there are still natural juniper forests and thousand-year-old pine trees here - they are witnesses of the disappearance of lush forests in the eastern section of the border between Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia, and they are also the last defenders of the desert invasion to the south.

This land was still a forest grassland in the early Qing Dynasty, but it was only a hundred years, and the destruction had not been done.

Therefore, during the first phase of the sand control project, this was the key area. Now the desert drought-resistant plants and trees planted in the first phase of the project have grown up, and the effect has indeed been seen. The development of the second phase of the project is not only to consolidate the effect of the first phase, but also to move forward on the basis of the results of the first phase.

The thousands of square kilometers of sandy land between Shenmu, Yulin and Wushen Banner that have been desertified have been gradually restored to the green mountains and clear waters of a hundred years ago.

However, the "ultimate goal" cannot be achieved by one, two or three phases of sand control projects.

The large-scale westward migration of the Mongolians today is also a kind of protection for the Mongolian grasslands. Although the Han immigrants who have moved in will never stop, wind and sand control will always hang on the heads of each of them.

No matter where the land is, it cannot be over-developed or developed indiscriminately.

After the "Gaogui Team" came to Yulin, in addition to planting trees and grass, they also had an "amateur" task, which was to serve as teachers in primary schools and night schools.

These children, who were 17 or 18 years old, had enough knowledge and cultural level to serve as teachers in primary schools and night schools, just like high school students teaching primary schools in later generations. There was no problem with knowledge, because the knowledge taught in these places was the most basic.

In addition, they had to follow the real science and technology work team to arrange and organize farmers to learn the skills of raising chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, the skills of planting forage grass and alfalfa, and how to generate the greatest benefits. There are also basic methods and ways to protect soil and water, the harm of soil erosion, and so on.

This is not to ask these people to protect soil and water, but to ask them not to destroy soil and water.

Regardless of whether the attitude of the people is positive or not, the work team will spend the rest of the time working in addition to teaching, imparting agricultural knowledge, and helping the masses solve emergencies.

Changning has worked before. When she arrived at the boy camp, the princes and princesses were treated equally, and the preferential treatment would not be special in such a conspicuous place, but she had never experienced such heavy labor.

She was a little girl swinging a hoe, and blood blisters formed on her hands in one or two days. It was still painful to prick the blood blisters. No matter how much she "experienced workers and peasants", she couldn't let the princess' hands be worn out with calluses, right? Changning then got a few days of rest time to do some logistical work, and waited for the blood blisters on her hands to go down before she went back to "work".

But Changning didn't want to swing the hoe in her heart. She reported to the team leader and rejected the "unreasonable" one. Changning, who was on duty with a rage, swung the tool too hard, and ended up hitting a stone. The wound on Changning's hand that had healed was cracked, and a little blood flowed out. Changning was overwhelmed with grief and burst into tears.

The team leader couldn't come, but the "little friends" on the side knew about "friendship" and ran to comfort Changning. There were also people shouting and calling for the medical staff to bandage the wound, but in fact, a healed wound on Changning's palm had reopened.

After crying a few times, Changning put down the hand covering his eyes and continued to swing the hoe despite the dissuasion of the people around him. The friends around her were also called to work by the team leader. Soon, the sobbing disappeared. The grievance in Chang Ning's chest turned into a kind of grief and anger, and the grief and anger turned into a huge power. The seventeen-year-old girl swung her hoe desperately and started digging around on the ground.

Until the arm that raised the hoe high was grabbed by someone. Chang Ning turned around and saw that it was Grandma Wu, the life teacher of the team. Grandma Wu is an old woman in her fifties from Lushan. She had a son and a daughter in her early years, but both her sons and daughters died in the war. So she is all alone now. When Sungkyun Public School was first established, someone came to work as a life teacher, and she stayed there for twenty years.

Of course, Aunt Wu could tell that Chang Ning was sulking, and sighed, "Princess, please take a rest." This rule was set by your father himself. Anyone who violates this rule in the past few years will be punished. Everyone will suffer, and no one dares to make an exception.

Aunt Wu's warm words and kind expression calmed Chang Ning's grief and anger to a certain extent. However, when a member of the work team saw Aunt Wu comforting Chang Ning, she also shouted, "Your Highness, please don't be stubborn. Come on, take a good rest. It's not efficient for you to work like this."

When he heard that the team member was not concerned about his inner sorrow and anger, but about his work efficiency, Chang Ning suddenly wanted to clamp his neck with both hands, like a chicken, and shook the Lieutenant General with all his strength. This dumb idiot was strangled like a chicken.

But just think about this kind of thing. Chen Han's royal family, whether they are princes or princesses, do not have the right to kill people at will.

Chang Ning really wanted to scold this man, "If you can't speak, then don't speak. No one will treat you as a mute, right?"

But everyone was working, and in such an atmosphere, Changning felt that it would be silly to lose his temper like this. So she could only endure it, and as a result, the anger in her heart became even louder.

Aunt Wu also rolled her eyes at that person. Although the team member couldn't speak, she knew how to look at his face and knew that he was making people unhappy. Well, just leave on your own. Then Nanny Wu comforted her with some words. Perhaps because she had vented her emotions just now, her emotions were relieved, and Chang Ning was so angry that she wanted to expose God.

"Call it off! We'll start working tomorrow." The team leader shouted at the top of his voice.

Chang Ning looked up and saw that he didn't have much room left. He couldn't help but replied: "Captain, just work harder and finish it today."

"The problem is that we can't finish it today. There are still some aftermaths after the trees were planted here. Why do we have to do this until tomorrow afternoon." Chang Ning's eyes were still not accurate. Of course, the leader knew what the little girl's hidden meaning was. . "Let's not push ourselves too hard when it's time to relax. There is still enough time to complete the task. Everyone has a good rest after going back. We will be busy tomorrow."

Changning looked up at the sky, why were there no clouds at all?

This area of ​​Yulin is not short of water. On the way back, she was thinking about the introduction of the weather in Yulin. Not only Yulin and the sacred trees, but also the entire Mu Us Desert, it was all her own fault.

There is no shortage of rain in this place, which is different from a real desert area. The annual rainfall here can even reach 250-440 mm, concentrated from June to August every year. The rainfall during this period can account for 60-75% of the annual precipitation, especially in July. The inter-annual variability of precipitation is large, with rainy years being 2-4 times that of less rainy years. Droughts and floods often occur, with more droughts than floods.

It may be difficult to plant on this land, but as a forest grassland, as a pasture, it is absolutely no problem.

When Changning and his group just arrived in Yulin, they encountered a moderate rain. Therefore, the climate here is really not bad. But it is a pity that previous dynasties did not pay attention to the issue of protecting vegetation.

The little girl's family was sentimental, and they were so angry just now, thinking why God didn't rain, so they could just be lazy, but in the blink of an eye, it was a pity that they were here. Because she thought of the small village where she and others were stationed. The total population is not as large as their work team, only a hundred people.

There is no more than two acres of arable land per capita. The whole village used to make a living by grazing cattle for the Mongols and raising some sheep of their own. When the first phase of the desertification control project was launched a few years ago, a work team settled here. Those few years can be said to be the most comfortable time for this small village.

But after a few years of good sunshine, the village's 'economy' fell into trouble again. In addition to raising sheep, the people here could only make a little money by protecting the forest. The trees, sea buckthorn and other drought-tolerant plants planted during the first phase of the desertification control project have also provided some nourishment for their flocks.

After more than a year of decline, the small village finally experienced a major split, and more than half of the population moved to other places. Either still in Yulin Mansion, or already far away.

A village of two to three hundred people has now become a village of a hundred or ten people. But these remaining people rely on the work of forest protection, farming and raising sheep [the number of sheep per capita has increased, and the per capita cultivated land has also increased. With fewer people, have per capita resources increased?], life is really going on I can live with it, and it is much better than before.

However, the survival of villagers in small villages is not a problem, but education and medical care are still serious problems.

Chen Ming had already thought of this. He asked his medical elites to compile a Chen Han version of "The Barefoot Doctor's Handbook". It does not require so much in-depth medical knowledge, but only the diagnosis and treatment of the most basic common symptoms, such as diarrhea, lime squinting, poisoning - wild fruit poisoning, snake venom, or food poisoning, and some of the most basic detoxification Method. Another one is the common diseases in children, as well as the simple treatment of acute diseases. They don't need a "barefoot doctor" to solve them all, as long as they can temporarily alleviate the condition or prolong the patient's life.

Then there is the prevention of diseases, which means maintaining internal and external hygiene, as well as acupuncture and massage of traditional Chinese medicine, and some basic diet therapy, commonly used Chinese herbal medicine, and the rescue of trauma - fractures, gunshot wounds.

Chen Ming's requirements are not high, but this low level is too high for the current era.

His order has been issued for so many years, so many famous doctors have studied this 'problem' for so many years, and they have spent so many years, but they still haven't come up with a manual that convinces the compiler himself.

Not to mention the education in small villages.

There are not even enough schools and teachers in Yulin Prefecture, let alone here.

Changning looked down from the hillside and saw patches of gray houses standing in the sunset. The houses here were not tall and might have been blown away by the strong wind, but they were built quite solidly and were all of the first phase. It was built in the years after the desertification control project was launched.

Although the children's clothes were not new, and many of them still had patches sewn on their clothes, at least every child was dressed neatly and not in tatters. There were no dishes on the table, so they were obviously well fed.

Dogs are animals kept by many people here. Children and dogs are playing outside the door. The only clean and tidy water diversion canal is an underdrain that was built by the work team back then. They found a reservoir in a depression about 700 to 800 meters away from the small village, and then used water trucks to continuously send water into the water diversion canal. , has been sent to various reservoirs in the village.

The reason why the water diversion mode of culverts is used is to ensure that the drinking water is clean and tidy. You must know that it is windy here every day, and there are stretches of protective forest outside the village, and the leaves are falling in autumn. Moreover, there are some sheep raised in the village. It would not be good if they were wasted.

Just when Chen Ming's eyes were all focused on big things, he didn't know that his fifth daughter was looking forward to turning eighteen.

As long as she reaches the age of eighteen, she won't have to suffer and suffer once a year.

On the contrary, when she turns eighteen, she can go wherever she wants once a year. This 'wish' can be fulfilled until she is officially married.

So Chang Ning is looking forward to turning eighteen. Then she can go out and have fun every year.

She is going to the North Pole to see the world of ice and snow; she is going to Southeast Asia to see what a rain forest is;

She is also planning to go to Kunlun to find the Yuxu Palace of Yuanshi Tianzun. Buddhism was exterminated by Hinduism in its place of origin, which greatly reduced her inner awe for the Buddha. But if Famen Temple really unearths the Buddha's true relics, she must take a look...

As for marriage, in today's era, the noble daughter of that family gets married just after her 20th birthday. Are you crazy about wanting a man, or are you afraid that you won’t get married because you are too ugly?