- Outside the door

Jia Xu waited for Ma Qiang with a stack of telegrams, and when he saw Ma Qiang coming out, he said, "Ming Gong, there is news from all over the country except for locusts, please take a look at it." ”

Hearing the news that it was a locust, Ma Qiang immediately took it, looked at a few photos and said with a smile: "Yes, the work of burning the fields is going well, and the news that the inspection team and the brocade guards we are stationed in are the same, so it seems that next year's locust plague will be much better." ”

"Ming Gong, this is another separate telegram, it is a village in Licheng, organized the excavation of insect eggs, and it only took one day to dig up a coffin of insect eggs, which were identified as locust eggs."

"A coffin?"

What is this unit of measurement? Are the customs of Licheng so strange?

Ma Qiang took the telegram, looked at it for a while, and muttered, "In one day, more than 100 people, I dug a coffin, how many locust eggs must there be?"

"Although there will inevitably be a lot of sand and soil mixed in it, but its number will not be small, Ming Gong, a spotted leopard, this year's locusts have left a lot of banes!"

Jia Xu's words made Ma Qiang unable to be calm, of course he knew the reproductive ability of insects, this year's locusts have reached several more than one foot, if it doubles several times next year, he will have to stop harvesting.

You know, what he lacks most in his hands now is food.

After the 21st century, most of the Chinese people have forgotten what is called food shortage, and it seems that the rice in the supermarket cannot be bought.

But for thousands of years before the 21st century, food scarcity was the main theme of China.

Even if there is no shortage of food in one year, I don't know what the next year will be, so no one dares to waste rations, and therefore, most of the old people in later generations can fight with their children about pouring leftovers, no way, their generation is really hungry.

At this time, Qingzhou basically has no grain except for the plains, and next year according to Ma Qiang's plan, it will have to rely on trade with Xuzhou and other places.

"Wenhe, we have to make a two-handed plan." Ma Qiang walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "Is there any news from Zilong in Donglai?" ”

The Yellow Turban Army in Beihai quickly subsided with the surrender of Guan Hai, but the main forces of Donglai were pirates and sect thieves, which could not be easily pacified.

"When all parts of Donglai County saw our army marching in, they all died down, fearing that they would attract the attention of our army, and the pirates also temporarily retreated."

"What about the thieves?"

"The thief has naturally become a good citizen again, but whether he is a good citizen or not depends on the implementation of the decree."

In the annotation of Li Xian, the prince of Zhang Huai of the Tang Dynasty, it is believed that the thief is a clan, and it is a big clan that protects itself in troubled times.

But at the same time, there is also a kind of thief who is a thief, this thief is a thief, an ancient minority like the Shanyue people, who are active in Bashu Jingyang, and the thieves over there are often people.

At this time, what Ma Qiang said was naturally the previous thief, that is, the local Haoqiang clan who formed a village to protect themselves.

"If there is a problem with food next year, we will have to ask for food from the sea!"

The north of Qingzhou is the Bohai Sea, the south is the Yellow Sea, there are a large number of marine fish resources, in this difficult to go to sea, there is not enough preservation ability of the era, fresh seafood can not go out of the coastal towns at all, more in the form of dried fish sold to various places, even so, due to the difficulty of fishing, on the one hand is to use life to fish, on the other hand still can not afford to eat.

"Asking for food from the sea?" Jia Xu repeated it to make sure he heard it correctly.

"That's right! The sea is the origin of all life, the mother of all things, and now that we are short of food, we can only ask for it! ”

Ma Qiang walked a few steps after speaking, thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "Power Quanzhou!" Let Quanzhou immediately organize sea ship craftsmen to go to Le'an with all the warships to stand by.

Sending an electronic dragon, Ling Zilong led the army to clean up the surrounding area of Buqi County, and Lin Hai led the army to enter Laoshan.

Power generation Donglai County, pass on the Qingzhou Thorn History Order, and the county is not directly under the jurisdiction of the Qingzhou Thorn History Mansion, and it is renamed - Qingdao! ”

Jia Xu took a pencil and quickly recorded it on the paper, and said with a smile: "Is Ming Gong preparing to use the Quanzhou Navy to deal with pirates?" ”

Ma Qiang nodded and shook his head, and continued, "The Quanzhou Navy has never been in battle, it is not easy to deal with pirates, and if you want to ask for food from the sea, this ship will not be able to build for a while and a half, and you have to rely on this group of pirates." ”

"Xu is from Liangzhou, and he doesn't know much about this shipbuilding." Jia Xu was not afraid of losing face, and shook his head directly.

"In Quanzhou, I have actually been asking Zhang Sheng to try to build a sea ship, if it is a small boat, it can be built at any time, but if you want to build a big ship, you must use a yin dry giant wood, this kind of yin dry giant wood is not easy to find, but if you don't use a yin dry giant wood, it will not take long for the big ship to deform after entering the water, so it is called a hundred years navy."

"Centennial Navy??" Jia Xu tilted his head, muttering the words he had heard for the first time.

Ma Qiang nodded, in order to compete for maritime supremacy, the later generations of Britain promulgated the "Tree Planting Law" as early as 1501, encouraging the planting and protection of oak trees such as high-quality wood for shipbuilding, and even the military song of the Royal Navy is called "Oak Heart", and then after more than 100 years, with a large number of high-quality shipbuilding wood saved by the ancestors, it was possible to create a maritime hero that can rival the invincible armada, laying the foundation for the empire on which the sun never sets.

Britain's emphasis on wood is reflected in Canada, as a British colony, Canada planted a large number of trees in the 18th century in order to be used as a source of materials for the British fleet, but unfortunately, in the 19th century, ironclads were born, and Canadian wood can only be used for furniture.

Interestingly, although the material is no longer wood, but the modern precision components are not immediately usable, they have to be placed there to release the stress, this time, often also takes several years, of course, if you are really anxious to use, find a person with a small hammer in his hand, you can also use it.

"Ming Gong is right, the yin dry giant wood used for shipbuilding is best to be dried in the shade for more than ten years, to ensure that its interior is completely dry, otherwise within half a year, this ship will be scrapped!"

A person walked over and followed Ma Qiang's words, Ma Qiang saw that it was Guo Jia, and couldn't help laughing, "Fengxiao, are you familiar with these days?" I didn't expect you to know how to build a ship? ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "It's just that I have traveled in Jingzhou to learn some skins." ”

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