Chapter Ninety-Seven: Famous All Over the World

"Xiaguan Zhao Luyu, Nanpi to Cangzhou, build a road for 40 miles, communicate with 12 villages and towns, dig ditches on both sides of the road, cultivate soil, plant trees, ......"

"Xiaguan Yan is bitter, Haixing to Cangzhou, 56 miles of roads, nine communication villages, two mountain towns, two cars are more than three feet wide, and the road carries 3,000 catties without moving......"

"Xiaguan Zhan Zengyu, Huanghua to Cangzhou, build a road for forty-eight miles......"

"When the official Qin, from Cangzhou to the three counties, the three lines were repaired for more than 20 miles......"

Xu Qing lay down as usual, Huang Shimei read the official document to him, Xiaoyue carried the water and fed him with foodies, and Xun Xueer held Xu Wen on the side to show Xu Qing. Listening to the official documents sent by the counties, Xu Qing was overjoyed when he heard it.

It is estimated that in less than five days, the standard highway from Cangzhou to the three counties will be completed. At that time, the time from Cangzhou to the counties will be shortened by at least one-fifth. It's mostly raining, and the vehicle won't get stuck in the mud.

The road was repaired, but the victims couldn't go back, and Xu Qing figured out something else.

There are two counties in Cangzhou near the sea, and there is a bad thing about the seaside, that is, the lack of arable land. There is a saying in Haixing County, five sand and four alkalis are divided into fields, that is to say, out of ten acres of land, only one acre of land is cultivated land, which shows that its cultivated land is barren. Huang Hua is slightly better, but only in Sanfentian not more.

You can grow things in sand, such as radishes, but you can't grow food. Not to mention saline-alkali land, it is simply a place where there is no grass at all.

However, saline land has an advantage over sandy land in that it is easier to improve. Moreover, although there are many saline-alkali lands in Haixing, most of them are only mild saline-alkali land, and it is easy to transform into cultivated land.

In ancient times, when it came to political achievements, in the final analysis, there were two most important things, one was people and the other was fields. If there are more people, there will be more food, more money, and more taxes, and then more political achievements. Although Xu Qing did not rely on his political achievements, he still wanted to leave some useful property for the land he had governed.

Most of the victims were farmers, and what they were best at was farming and working hard. Before, Xu Qing arranged for many victims to open up the wasteland, and now hundreds of acres of fertile land have also come out, and next year as soon as the green manure is stepped on, you can grow grain. Now to transform the sand, those farmers should know how to do the same.

In 30 days, 40,000 victims, even if it is one mu per person every ten days, there are nearly 100,000 acres of fertile land. Folded into silver, it is hundreds of thousands of taels! When the time comes, Xu Qing will rent out these lands, and their proceeds will be used to support the construction of the state school, the port, the commercial tax department, etc., and he is not afraid that these good policies will be abolished later.

Poor water condition is one of the fundamental reasons for the formation of saline-alkali land, so when improving saline-alkali land, we should give priority to improving soil, water and soil.

Generally speaking, the transformation of saline-alkali land should be carried out in several steps.

First of all, the salt in the soil should be washed off, the soil salt content should be reduced, and then the saline-tolerant plants should be planted to fertilize the soil.

In this step, Xu Qing thought of a way to dig a salt pond.

Digging a salt pond, as the name suggests, is to dig a pond in the saline-alkali land. The pond is dug in the middle of the saline field, and when it rains, salt from the soil seeps into the pond. The mud in the pond is cleaned regularly, and if the pond is dug densely, it only takes one rainy season to wash the soil of the shallow saline.

This kind of pond should be dug deep, and the excavated soil should not be left indiscriminately. The main thing is that the gains outweigh the losses, a person digging a pond for half a year, finally curing a piece of soil, but also to grow grain, and then harvest, it is not as fast as working part-time to earn money. If anyone does this, they are either stupid or bored and crazy.

But now it's different, Xu Qing has a lot of people in his hands who have the strength and no place to use it!

The mud dug up can be transported to the sand, rocky mountains, and left to be piled up. Anyway, the sand is close to the sea, and the salt that flows out again flows into the sea and will not come back. Those ponds can also grow some salt-tolerant aquatic products, and in a few years, this Cangzhou may become the Jiangnan of Hebei.

Some less serious saline-alkali land can even be directly transformed by digging deep into the land for cultivation, adding guest soil and then leveling the land, planting green manure and pasture, and returning straw to the field. Especially for pasture planting, this transformation of saline-alkali land is very fast. The grass is like a leek, cut a stubble, and then grow another stubble. Each time you cut it, you absorb a portion of the salt. The horses had to drink salt water every day to replenish the salt, and the grass they cut was just enough for the Cangzhou cavalry.

The problem is that Xu Qing can't move. It's not that he can't move, but every time Xu Qing wants to go out for a walk, he is pulled back by the four girls and pressed on the bed. Twelve hours a day, round-the-clock monitoring.

Xu Qing had to summon the mayors of Baxiang and ten miles to come over, and let them inspect the land on their behalf and demarcate saline-alkali land that was easy to transform. At the time of the meeting, the elders saw that Xu Qing was ill and did not dare to forget the country, lying on the bed and working for Cangzhou, they couldn't help but be moved, tears welled their eyes, and wanted to learn and implement the work spirit of Xu Da's assassination.

"Lord Xu, what can we get?"

"Poof...... Xu Qing didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood, sighed, and said in his heart that there are still very few good officials like me, he said: "Everyone is looking for a piece of saline-alkali land to transform, to have less salt, flat, enough water, more fertilizer, the transformation of saline-alkali land in your hometown priority contracting, not in your hometown, your township has half a rent, ten years in a row." ”

The lieutenants lowered their heads and calculated, and after a while, someone asked, "Lord Xu, there is no upper limit to this saline-alkali land?" ”

"There is no upper limit to the enclosure, but who can get as much as possible will be subject to the actual number of successful transformations in the end."

"I understand, there are hundreds of acres of land in my township, which are only regarded as repulsions, and they are usually inferior fields, and no one plants them, but the water in that place is good and the ground is flat, and it is a middle and upper field when it is transformed."

"I also understand, well, Lord Assassin, the villain retired first...... "An old elder said shrewdly, casually arching his hands and leaving in a hurry, just like rushing to the cafeteria.

The people behind hurriedly shouted: "Hey, hey, you old man, you look too indecent!" ”

also chased out.

Xu Qing shook his head, Huaxia farmers are the most realistic, they have things to do, and they are more energetic than anyone else. If a village can add a few hundred acres of land for nothing, it is simply a sudden rich. The government doesn't care about buying and selling land, but the black market will buy and sell, one acre of medium land is two to four taels, and three hundred acres is one thousand taels. How many households in a village, ten households have one guarantee, ten guarantees and one mile, that is one hundred, ten taels of silver per household, and three years of income!

And all this is just to check the condition of the land, draw a circle, and let the victims renovate. The wages of the victims of the disaster are still paid by the government! Suddenly, the people of Cangzhou had an idea that the disaster victims were too useful, not a burden, not a burden, but a hope to get rich! They even felt that the government paid the victims too little.

So, the people of Cangzhou spontaneously "public welfare" groups rose up one by one, and sent food and drink to the victims, although it was just a simple condolence, but it was this simple bowl of muddy wine and a white flour steamed cake, which made the victims suddenly feel that they were not under the fence, but that they were sad at home and lived in a relative's house for a while!

The passing vendors, the unannounced supervision and patrol history, saw the scene in Cangzhou, and they were all moved.

When the businessmen traveled south and north, when they mentioned Cangzhou, they all gave a thumbs up first, and then said: "Cangzhou people are all like this, righteous!" I am Cangzhou to receive goods, do not bargain, sell goods, and get a 20% discount! Lord Xu, Cangzhou Thorn History, the best official in the world! ”

He said: "The minister has lived for more than 60 years, and today he has seen the enlightenment of the prosperous era...... The people of Cangzhou are well-educated, live and work in peace and contentment, and treat others kindly...... It can be seen that it is related to the reception of disaster victims! This is all the merit of Cangzhou's assassination history...... The minister thinks that the court hears the Tao, and the night death can be carried out, and what the minister sees today has to be heard, and if there is a deviation, the minister can die. ”

The patrol history is not a flatterer, but also a relatively upright person recognized in the court, who has not said words of praise for several years, and this time he has made great praises, which can't help but cause an uproar in the court. Coupled with the news from travelers, tourists, merchants, and scholars who entered Chang'an one after another, a conclusion was drawn - Xu Qing built Cangzhou into a realm of ancient sages.

Li Yuan got a lot of information from his unique intelligence agency that others couldn't get, smiled knowingly, and said to himself: "Xu Qing, that kid, when will you be willing to use my holy decree?" ”

Yuan Tiangang next to him swept away the dust: "Your Majesty, Xu Qing's son is famous, and he can be recalled to Chang'an." ”

"Well, I'm afraid that he doesn't know how to be clumsy and will be hated." Li Yuan took out a copy of the pile of information and handed it to Yuan Tiangang: "Look at ......"

Yuan Tiangang took a look, even an old Taoist like him with a high level of cultivation couldn't help but be surprised, but he immediately calmed down and said: "The Holy Lord is wise, to see through the tricks in this letter." ”

"Hahaha......" Li Yuan laughed, retrieved the letter, lit it, and burned it.

It turned out that the letter read: "Xu Qing won the hearts of the people, built an army, and intended to rebel." "It's really a terrible word.

After a deep sigh, Li Yuan said, "Then let him come back before the spring exam next year, right?" ”

"Spring exam?"

"Yes, I want to open another imperial examination and plant another protégé seed for Xu Qing!"

An edict was sent from Chang'an, and unlike usual, the person who delivered the edict this time did not seem to be in a hurry to deliver it, but walked slowly.

Of course, that's all for later.

As for Xu Qing, he was busy sending people to tell those lieutenants that they were not allowed to fight, they were not allowed to embezzle land and property, and they were not allowed to take the opportunity to accept money.

I have to be busy taking care of my body and showing my male again. Wind. These days, he has been passive several times, although it is cool, but it is not "cool". There is one more thing that makes Xu Qing happy, that is, the semester of the first state school is over, and the students in Cangzhou ushered in the first final exam, which is what Xu Qing called the "quarterly exam".

During the quarterly exam, Xu Qing needs to come up with a question, read some excellent papers, and finally evaluate the score and give rewards.

What's the best topic? The students of the state school are all elementary school students, do they write "unforgettable day", or "my first time", or "my dad"?

No, it's better to write "Lord Xu in my mind"!