Is there anything wrong with this land? Qingcheng looked at Ma Qiang's heavy face and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"This kind of land is called saline-alkali land, and there is actually water in the soil, and plants grow by absorbing the water in the soil, but like this kind of saline-alkali land, because the salt content in the soil is too high, the soil will not only not release water for plants to drink, but will absorb water, and plants will not find water to drink in the land, and finally die alive." Ma Qiang glanced at the distance, and as far as his eye could see, there were few trees, which was an extremely rare situation in this era.

"Huh? Is there salt in the land? Doesn't that make a fortune? Qingcheng asked curiously.

"The salt in the saline-alkali land is not necessarily the sodium chloride we eat, but it may also be carbonate and sulfate, but you are not wrong, there are indeed places where salt lakes are formed by chance, and salt lakes can be used on the edge of salt lakes, by the way, Mr. Duan, you are from Liangzhou, I don't know if you know the salt lake?" Ma Qiang suddenly remembered the salt lake he had seen when he traveled to Qinghai before, and the scenery was quite beautiful.

Jia Xu stroked his beard and nodded, "Hedong Salt Lake, famous all over the world, Wei's got this profit and became very rich, as for my Liangzhou, I heard that there is a salt lake in Jincheng County, but it is the first time that Wen knows that such a place is called saline-alkali land." ”

Saying that, Jia Xu said with a smile, "This kind of land is called brine land in our side, but it has the same meaning as saline-alkali land." ”

Doesn't halogen mean salty, it really means the same thing.

"Ming Gong, Pingyuan County has sent someone to greet you, and you are in Shili Pavilion." Zhao Yun walked over and said with his fists clenched.

Ma Qiang clapped his hands and said, "Let's go, don't let others wait too much, everyone will set off when they have rested enough." ”

Ma Qiang returned to the car, Zhang Ning, who was reluctant to get out of the car, was reading a book, and Lin Zhi was asleep.

I don't know if it's Zhang Jiao's genetics or if he gave Zhang Ning some strange pills, Zhang Ning's memory is surprisingly good, although it can't reach the legendary memorization, but it can be said that he can memorize it after reading it twice.

Seeing Ma Qiang coming in, Duan Ying put down the scroll and said, "Ming Gong is on the side of the road, why is his face so bad?" ”

Ma Qiang opened the car window and pointed outside, saying, "Look, these fields are all saline-alkali land, oh, that is, brine land, how can such land be cultivated?" It is not easy for a million people in this plain to live on such a land. ”

Duan Ying said with a smile, "There is less land reclamation in Youzhou, there are not many such lands, in Jizhou, Ming Gong was busy with conquest, and he didn't pay attention to it, in fact, Jizhou also has a lot of thin brine land." ”

"Oh? I really didn't pay attention to this, I was basically in the barracks at the time, didn't anyone want to govern? ”

Duan Ying went on to say, "Naturally, there is, "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period" has a saying, the son can make my soil calm and bathe the soil, which is the method of governing the brine field, in the past, when Jia Rang governed the Yellow River, he also put forward that if there is a canal irrigation, the salt brine is wet, and the silt is filled with fertilizer. ”

Ma Qiang carefully understood, and then understood that this is all about washing the field with water to reduce the salt content of the field, this is a very correct way, although the ancient Chinese often emphasize experience and ignore theory, but it is not completely not to summarize the theory, necessarily the way to control saline-alkali land is the correct way to summarize from experience, even in later generations, many places also rely on this method to govern saline-alkali land.

I have to admire the wisdom of the Chinese sages.

But now that we know the right way, why is the field still like this?

As if knowing Ma Qiang's doubts, Duan Ying said, "Duke Ming, water conservancy is a big project, and the imperial court's military expenses can't be scraped up, where is the money to do this?" ”

On the contrary, water conservancy projects have always been national projects, and the government does not take the lead, and the people cannot do it if they want to.

The carriage and horses walked quickly, and Zhao Yun's voice came from outside.

"Ming Gong! A mile away, there are people and horses to welcome you! ”

Ma Qiang replied, "Let everyone prepare, don't lose etiquette!" ”

Ma Qiang got out of the carriage and came to his own car.

According to the system of the Han Dynasty, all officials' chariots and horses had certain standards, and if they violated this standard, they were in violation.

But Ma Qiang didn't like the official car driving in the Han Dynasty at all, in addition to not having a cover, he also had requirements for the posture of the official in the car, such as the hand to touch the car, the eyes to look at the place ten zhang away in front of him, sitting in the car can not cough loudly, nor can he point to things outside the car, and when he sees the old man, the official or something, he has to give a salute from time to time, otherwise it is rude.

It's annoying anyway!

But at the critical moment, no matter how annoying it is, you have to sit still, unless you can change the rules, you can't break the rules, at least, you can't violate them face-to-face.

A mile away, the two sides are facing each other.

The people in the carriage saw Ma Qiang's carriage coming, so they got off the carriage and saluted Ma Qiang, and said to the first person, "Liu Ping, the captain of the plain country, the marquis of the country, the Taicang order Yu Shou, the plain order Shen Ping, and the plain Cheng Huajing meet the prime minister of the country!" ”

Ma Qiang got out of the car and returned the salute, and the two sides had met.

Since the plain is a country, there is no county, only a country, but it is actually the same thing.

Since the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, the feudal kings of the Han Dynasty no longer have real power, and almost all of them exist like mascots, and can only collect the country's taxes according to the amount specified by the imperial court as a fortune.

But although it is a mascot, after all, it is a royal family, so Liu Shuo, as the king, will not take the initiative to meet Ma Qiang, and needs Ma Qiang to meet him.

What's more, Liu Shuo's status is so special, and he will not take the initiative to intervene in politics.

And under Ma Qiang, the first is Du Wei, Ma Qiang, as the Minister of State, is 2,000 stones, and Du Wei is more than 2,000 stones, second only to Ma Qiang.

Further down, there are no 2,000 stone people in a county, only a county or a country, which is 600 stones.

Since the plain is a big county, it is called the order, and the plain order is 600 stones, the county lieutenant is 400 stones, and the county is also 400 stones.

The Taicang Order is not in the administrative system, it is an official in charge of the granary, which is equivalent to the director of the Finance Bureau in later generations, after all, in ancient times, money is not as important as food!

Further down is a small official of two hundred stones, and he is not qualified to sign up for Ma Qiang to know him for the first time.

After greeting each other, they also observed each other.

Ma Qiang had just taken office, and he didn't want to be too ostentatious, so he only brought less than 500 people to the current team, of which there were only 300 Wuhuan cavalry, all wearing battle armor, standing on both sides, standing solemnly and silently, so that people could know that they were elite at a glance.

Ma Qiang, on the other hand, looked at their clothes and the appearance of the sergeants and attendants around them, and saw that most of these attendants were full of energy, while the sergeants had a lot of dishes on their faces, so he knew that Liu Ping, the captain, probably did not attach importance to military work.

The group entered the city, and Ma Qiang went to see Liu Shuo again.

Liu Shuo's appearance was a little fat, his face was pale, he walked vainly, and he looked like he was overly drunk, just like Duan Ying's previous judgment, he only talked about Fengyue and did not talk about state affairs.

Very mascot self-awareness!