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On November 15, Guo Rongzhi proudly led his troops to triumphantly, and before leaving, he sent Xiang Xun, the envoy of Neike Province, to Shuofang to pacify. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The so-called pacification is, of course, to persuade the marshal to stabilize the local rule and at the same time be loyal to the court. Otherwise, Xiang Xun can also act cheaply and take special action.

And this year is almost over, on the first day of the first month of next year, the emperor will lead a hundred officials to sacrifice to the temple, and then go to the southern suburbs of Tokyo temple court to perform a routine sacrifice.

However, these have nothing to do with Zhang Yue, he sent away Guo Rong, Zhecongruan, Shi Yi and other more than 20,000 troops, and when he returned to Huining, Xiang Xun also took 500 horsemen to set off north, he had to rush to Shuofang to mourn Feng Jiye, and negotiate some details before returning to Tokyo, which can be regarded as exhausting.

As soon as more than 20,000 troops left the camp, the city of Huining was empty all of a sudden, and Huizhou was vast and sparsely populated, and there was a lot of waste waiting to be rebuilt, and it was almost the end of the year, and it was about to snow, so the time was very urgent, and Zhang Yue had to put up the shelves of the horse farm and the salt field.

According to Zhang Yue's idea, the south bank of the Yellow River north of Rouwolf Mountain and the Yellow River and Zuli River in Huining are mostly plains and hilly land, and people can migrate from the interior to cultivate land in the future. As for the east of Quwu Mountain and the north of Hechi, it is the grazing land of Liang's Qiang and Dang's Qiang, and both the horse farm and the salt farm can be located there.

The original plan to build a horse farm in Yanzhou was not approved, but now Huizhou can, just move over. It's just that cows and ploughing cattle can still be raised in Yanzhou, and apples are still grown in Yanzhou, but cotton should be harvested and can be cultivated in a large area near Huining next year.

Thinking of these things, Zhang Yue asked Yan Chengwang to lead a hundred cavalry to escort Feng Qianhou back to Yanzhou, and transferred Han Sheng, Li Duojin, Li Duoshou and others, as well as Zhang Quanxu, who could bring military rations and some preparatory materials for horse farms and salt farms to Huizhou for new construction.

The infantry under his command was stationed in various places, and there were three battalions of Xuan Chongwen in Huining City to guard, and he was responsible for building a new granary, as well as official offices and city defense fortifications.

Zhang Yue didn't care about anything, he only handed over the task, and then took two hundred relatives to ride to the river one hundred and twenty miles east of Huining. Han Zhiping and Shang Huaqing had already led the five battalions to the garrison a few days in advance, and established a military village in the north of Hechi.

The two rushed forward and dismounted to salute, Zhang Yue waved his hand and didn't bother to salute back, and said directly: "It's just Shen Shizhong, the sky is gloomy and there is no sun, it seems that the weather is about to change, don't rush to camp first, go to the saline land of the river pond to see." ”

"It's not pretty! It's a small dried sea, surrounded by alkaline soil, and the amount of salt is more in spring and summer. Dang's Qiang used to be nomadic in this vicinity, and every spring and summer they scraped salt and steamed brine, and the amount of salt produced was enough for Huizhou Sanqiang to use for themselves. Han Zhiping went to see it and introduced the situation.

"That's right! Has Dang Jinwu moved away? Zhang Yue thought about it and asked.

"Gone! As soon as he returned from Huining, Dang Jinwu summoned his people to relocate. Because there is a Tiandu River here, and the one in the north flows from the river pool to the water; The one in the south is under Tiandu Mountain, the intersection of the road and the north one, the confluence of the Weiru water in Xiaoguan, the water and grass on both sides of the river are abundant and beautiful, much better than the Liang's Qiang pasture west of Quwu Mountain, it is estimated that Dang Jinwu went there. ”

"That's the northeast of Hechi, no matter how abundant the water and grass are, it's also our horse farm, Dang's Qiang can only be in the southwest of Hechi, you immediately send someone to inform Dang Jinwu, you can't go north to Hechi." was almost exploited by Dang Jinwu, Zhang Yue shouted angrily.

"Good!" Han Zhiping turned around and ordered his own soldiers to be right, and led fifty horsemen to inform.

Zhang Yue walked more than ten miles to the southeast, and saw in the distance that it seemed to be a long river bay, white and vast among the withered yellow grass, which was conspicuous. The wind whistled and blew, bringing with it a salty taste.

After four or five miles, the prospect seemed to change again, and the dry black soil was covered with patches of white salt frost, which looked like after a light snowfall. Zhang Yue has seen this kind of saline-alkali land, it is not surprising, this is alkaline land, when it is soaked and neutralized by acidic rain in spring and summer, salt is naturally produced. In this way, if there is more rain, there will be less salt, and if there is less rain, there will be more salt.

The chemical composition of alkali is sodium carbonate, which can be used as chemical soda ash such as detergent; It can also be used to neutralize the sourness in fermented foods, which is edible alkali, called sodium bicarbonate, commonly known as baking soda; It is also possible to refine monosodium glutamate crystals, that is, monosodium glutamate, but the process is too complicated and there are no tools, so I am afraid that it will not be possible to get it out this year.

He dismounted and picked up a handful of salt cream and looked at it, the color was not very pure, with a faint yellow. Spit out the tip of the tongue and tasted it, sure enough, it was salty and astringent, this salt still needs to be boiled repeatedly, to remove the alkali in it, and some mineral impurities, before eating.

"Did the Qiang people use the method of burbing soil into salt to boil salt? Have you ever seen how they cook? Zhang Yue threw away the salt in his hand, clapped his hands and asked Han Zhiping.

"Didn't see it! When we came, Dang Jinwu was already gone, leaving only someone to greet us! ”

"This party Jin Wu thinks too much, and he hates it very much! We can't build a salt farm without manpower, and Liang Shiqiang will not go north until next spring, if we don't use Dang Shiqiang, the salt farm will not be built in the next year! Zhang Yue is very depressed, there are few barrens here, and it feels very uncomfortable for labor to be controlled by others.

"This ...... It is indeed a difficult problem, if you don't recall Dang Jinwu, you will use the Qiang people to boil salt to build a horse farm, and talk to Liang Benji again in the coming year. If this guy doesn't work, he can't give him fifty percent of the salt profit. Han Zhiping said.

"Of course, this Liang Benji is also a thief, but I have the final say in Huizhou affairs, don't even think about it, they Qiang people can be engaged in boiling salt, but I will arrange the sale of salt.

After a turn in the saline-alkali land of the river, led by Han Zhiping, Zhang Yue led the troops to the bank of the Tiandushui River ten miles northeast, where the temporary military village was established, and it looked like it had not yet been completed.

I don't know when the military city will be built, this military village is built wide and firm, close to the river bank, 300 steps long, can garrison 1,000 people. Zhang Yue made a round and felt very satisfied, so he stayed here temporarily.

The next day, Dang Jinwu came on horseback, and when he entered the big tent, he was very embarrassed to see Zhang Yue, and he smiled and saluted: "The head of the small tribe, Dang Jinwu, has seen General Zhang!" ”

"No need to be polite! Serve tea! Zhang Yue smiled, his attitude was very polite, and he called the soldiers for tea with a harmless look.

"I heard that General Zhang is going to requisition my people to build a salt farm and horse farm, this is not impossible, but can the salt produced be used as a reward?" Dang Jinwu carefully observed Zhang Yue's face and asked straight to the point.

"Yes! But now it's winter, there is no salt, and next spring and summer will be rewarded according to the production. You are also the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty now, and it is also appropriate for you to serve some forced labor without compensation, and the party patriarch must make it clear to the clansmen. In principle, I don't anticipate the affairs of your clan, and you can still stay at the foot of Tiandu Mountain for the time being, and wait for the beginning of spring next year for the Liang clan Qiang to go north, and then talk together, you understand, right? Zhang Yue said in an official tone, and what he said was incomprehensible.

Dang Jinwu naturally didn't figure it out, but he knew one thing, it seems that the situation in the pasture can be talked about again, but I really don't know if it's good or bad. (To be continued.) )