"Why do you think that?" Wang Qin asked with a smile.

"As soon as Liang Zhi died, Zhang Xuan took over the power of Beihai County, and in the morning he called the child and Zhao County Commander to participate in the discussion of county affairs, and it has been made clear that Wei Yun will temporarily lead the county affairs, let us assist."

"That's not bad! At least after Wei Yunqi withdrew, you were too guarded, why are you still so sad? ”

Wang Yunqian sighed and said: "The child is worried about the imperial court, sooner or later the imperial court will know that Liang Zhi is dead, and they will definitely send a new Taishou over, so the child will still have nothing, besides, Zhang Xuan is only Zhang Xutuo's general, the key is to see what Zhang Xutuo thinks?" ”

Wang Qin thought for a while and asked, "What else did Zhang Xuan do?" ”

"He just ordered to increase the middle and low-level officials in Beihai County by 30%, saying that the officials are too poor, and it is not easy to take care of the family and the people, and the officials are all grateful to Dade, and Liang Zhi was immediately forgotten by everyone."

"It seems that this person is not simple! As soon as the front foot reconciled with Liang Zhi, the back foot killed him, so no one would have thought that it was his hand, and he won over the middle and lower-level officials in time, even Zhang Xutuo did not have this kind of skill, and Wei Yunqi would actually be his staff. ”

Wang Qin is far more scheming than his son, he suddenly saw the crux of the problem, Zhang Xuan can use Wei Yunqi as a staff member, his background must not be simple.

Wang Qin thought for a while and said to his son: "I feel that Zhang Xuan will not be kneaded by others, he will never accept the new Taishou sent by the imperial court, so the greatest possibility is to support you as Taishou, this should be his real intention, the more you fully cooperate with him and carry out his orders, the more he will find a way to support you as Taishou, so you don't care what he does, you just carry out his orders, do you understand the meaning of being a father?" ”

"What if he fails?"

Wang Qin sneered, "He failed, what do you have to lose?" ”

Wang Yunqian suddenly realized. It was still the father who was clever, and one sentence relieved the melancholy in his heart, and he was grateful, "Thank you father for solving the child's doubts." ”

Wang Qin smiled again: "I still have a few old colleagues in the court. Although I can't speak anymore, but the news is very well-informed, let me help you inquire, what is the background of this Zhang Xuan? ”

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The so-called fame is not only for the enemy. Sometimes it is also to himself, for Bohai to guard Liang Zhi too much, although Zhang Xuan was eager to kill him with a knife before, but considering Liang Zhi's prestige in Beihai County and Liang Zhi's family background, Zhang Xuan finally chose to compromise and give up the right to Beihai County, and in exchange for 2,000 soldiers and the security of Beihai County.

But when Zhang Xuan knew the background of Liang Zhi's Bohai Society, he found a reason for himself to kill Liang Zhi, so he did not hesitate to start, although he also knew that killing Liang Zhi would have certain consequences. For example, he will have trouble at that level of the family.

However, many times he can't look ahead and backward, he can only consider the balance of interests, compared to offending the Qinghe Cui clan, Bohai will infiltrate Beihai County and have a greater adverse impact on him.

In the afternoon, Zhang Xuan and dozens of cavalry appeared along the Juyang River east of Yidu County, which is a large river running through Beihai County from north to south, originating in Daxian Mountain in Langya County and flowing north into the Bohai Sea, which is an important river in Beihai County.

Zhang Xuan stood on a low hill and looked out at the huge ocean river like a jade belt. The river has frozen, and in the distance you can still see more than a dozen tall waterwheels, standing on the shore like Ferris wheels of later generations.

But Jaang's attention is not on the Juyang River itself, but on the river's beaches. The riverbed of the Juyang River is about 20 zhang wide, and there are dozens of zhang wide soil slopes and grasslands on both sides, followed by nearly a mile wide woods, behind the woods are endless fields of fertile fields, covered by snow, and irrigation ditches lead to the Juyang River. Water is channeled into the ditch by a waterwheel.

"This meadow is good, I don't know how long it stretches?" Zhang Xuan pointed to the dirt slopes and grasses on both sides of the river, and asked with a smile, the county order, Zhao Shudao.

Zhao Shu thought for a while and said: "I walked through the Juyang River once along the river a few years ago, and I remember that there was a riverbank grassland from the upstream, and it was about two hundred miles long until the mouth of the sea. ”

"Do other rivers have meadows like this?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

"Some have river beaches, but some rivers don't, they are all rocky, but the largest river beach is Jishui, and there are river beaches as wide as a mile on both sides, and the river beach is full of wild grass, which is very spectacular."

Zhao Shu didn't understand why Zhang Xuan was interested in the river beach, so he asked in a low voice, "Is the general going to consider garrisoning troops by the river?" ”

Zhang Xuan didn't answer him, smiled and asked, "How wide is the coastal tidal flat?" ”

The north of Beihai County is the Bohai Sea, hence the name, Wang Shu was just stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "If the general wants to see the tidal flats, then don't consider the river beach, along the beach is more than ten miles wide, from Beihai County to Donglai County, you can have as much land as you want, but it is all saline-alkali land, you can't grow crops, and you can grow grass at most." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, and then explained to him: "Actually, when I look at the river beaches and beaches, I am thinking about planting pasture grass and making use of them, so that Beihai County will have the most livestock in the future, and it can be sold to all parts of the Central Plains, which will become a big income for Beihai County." ”

"That's a good idea!"

Zhao Shu was so excited that he clapped his fists, and hurriedly said: "In the past, there were people in Yidu County who planted grass and raised sheep on the river beach, but unfortunately Wang Bo attacked Beihai County and snatched all the sheep, and the sheep keepers were nowhere to be found. ”

Zhang Xuan was immediately interested, "Is the grass for raising sheep still there?" ”

"It should still be there, I've been to it before, it's Zhengzhuang ten miles away."

"Let's go! Look at it. ”

Zhang Xuan urged the horse to run down the hill, and the county ordered Zhao Shu and dozens of his retinue to follow him along the snow-covered river beach to gallop north.

A quarter of an hour later, a poplar forest appeared not far ahead, and Zhao Shu pointed to the poplar forest and shouted, "The poplar forest is Zhengzhuang over there." ”

In fact, there is no need to go to the poplar forest, Zhang Xuan has already found the grass on the river beach at this time, which is completely different from the previous weedy field, although it is winter, and the snow covers the river beach, but you can still see the grass from the patches of land that are not covered with snow.

Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, cleared a small patch of snow, revealing the green grass below that had not completely withered, Zhang Xuan recognized at a glance that this was an artificially planted grass, not an ordinary weed, at this time, his war horse stretched its neck and lowered its head to nibble on the green grass under the snow.

Zhang Xuan couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, if he couldn't get alfalfa, he would also have a replacement, he put up a curtain and looked into the distance, this grass was about ten miles long.

At this time, a soldier pointed to the opposite bank not far away and shouted: "General, there are sheep!" ”

Zhang Xuan also saw it, but an old man was about to leave with a dozen sheep, he also saw the cavalry here, and he was a little scared, Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "Go and bring the sheep herder, don't frighten him." ”

The cavalry urged the horses to gallop, and after a short time, they brought the old man who was herding the sheep over, and the old man was so frightened that he trembled all over, and he prostrated on the ground and kowtowed, "Master Jun, please let me go!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "This old man, I don't want your sheep, I just want to ask you, who planted this sheep meadow?" ”

When the old man heard that the other party didn't want his sheep, he was shocked for a while, and suddenly recognized the county order next to him, and hurriedly said: "Returning to the military master, returning to the county master, this grassland was planted by me and my brother, and my brother was killed by bandits two years ago, so I had to secretly raise a dozen sheep to make a living." ”

Zhang Xuan picked up a handful of grass and asked, "What kind of grass is this, can you raise horses?" ”

"This is a big nest vegetable, also known as wild peas, grass stems and leaves can raise horses, in fact, you can raise anything, sheep, cows, donkeys, pigs, rabbits can be raised."

Next to him, Zhao Shu patted his forehead and said: "It turns out that it is a wild pea, I remember, it is actually a medicine, there are many such wild peas in Donglai County, it is an emergency food during the famine, but I didn't expect it to be used as pasture." ”

Zhang Xuan knew that this kind of vetch was actually a seed, so he asked the old man with a smile: "Then you should still have a lot of this kind of vetch at home, right?" ”

The old man's face flushed, he lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything, and only after a while did he whisper: "There are a lot, all of them are my food, rely on it to survive!" ”

"So be it! How about I exchange wheat for you, a pound for a pound? ”

The old man trembled, and he raised his head in disbelief, "Master Jun is not joking!" ”

"I'm not joking, I need this kind of grass to raise horses, I don't rob you of your grain, I will exchange the grain with you, and I can also buy the sheep you raise at the market price to improve the food for my soldiers."

The old man couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart and said: "I have a lot of vetch, you can grow grass, not only my family, I know that other people's families also have it, if the general does not dislike it, I can help the general plant grass, and plant the entire river beach with big nest vegetables." ”

Not only Zhang Xuan is interested, but Zhao Shu is even more interested, if the river beach in Beihai County is planted with this kind of wild peas, even if it is a disaster year, people can have emergency food, not starve to death, and can also be used as pasture to raise livestock, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

He hurriedly said to Zhang Xuan: "General, leave this matter to me!" I gather the seeds, gather the manpower, and start planting them in the spring. ”

Zhang Xuan took the county order Zhao Shu out together, in fact, he wanted to hand over this matter to him, how could the army have the energy to plant grass, and leave it to the local government to do the best.

He nodded and smiled: "Actually, I don't mean just raising horses, but also raising cattle and sheep, I think this is a good way for Beihai County to recover, the key is to make a difference, to find the right direction, I will ask the county order for this matter, and when I get alfalfa seeds, and then plant them on a large scale along the beach, I believe that Beihai County will change in just a few years." ”

Zhao Shu sighed in his heart, Zhang Xuan is right, the key is to make a difference, to find the right direction, take advantage of the many river beaches and beaches in Beihai County, and make Beihai County a large animal husbandry county, this is indeed a good direction, he faintly feels that this Zhang Xuan is a young general who is very accomplished. (To be continued.) )