"Why is it not easy to grow crops in Qingzhou?"

It was the first time Yang Zhao had heard about Qingzhou's agriculture.

Li Ru said: "I once understood, it seems that the soil here is not good. ”

Soil?

Yang Zhao thought for a while, and suddenly remembered that this is the North China Plain, and in the geography class of later generations, the teacher seemed to have mentioned that in the North China Plain, there is some saline-alkali land, and the land is relatively barren, which is not very suitable for the cultivation and growth of crops.

Only some salinity-tolerant food crops can be grown, such as sorghum.

Yang Zhao finally understood why the crops in the fields outside the city were mostly sorghum, which was originally limited by the soil.

In ancient times, the technology of transforming the land was not very good, and there were no things such as fertilizers, so it all relied on the experience of the ancients to improve the soil as much as possible by using various methods, or to adapt to the situation of saline-alkali land.

The ancients generally treated saline-alkali land by ditching and draining salt, silting and pressing salt, and planting rice and washing salt.

Ditching and salt drainage are more common in the North Sea.

When Yang Zhao attacked the Yellow Turban, he could often see those ditches outside, and this method was simply to wash off the salt in the soil, which was recorded as early as the "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period".

Silting and pressing salt and planting rice and washing salt, I haven't seen it yet, and Yang Zhao doesn't know that at this time, in the north, it is not popular to grow rice, or whether it is suitable for planting rice.

It's just a way to treat saline-alkali land, but it definitely won't work.

Now there is no chemical fertilizer, and organic fertilizer does not know how to use, and the harvest of crops will be relatively low.

"The soil of Qingzhou is indeed not good."

Yang Zhao frowned slightly.

He began to doubt himself, in fact, he should not choose to start with Qingzhou, there are conditions to restrict agriculture, but in terms of saline-alkali land, it can still be managed, and said: "Let's go back to Wenhe to discuss what to do." ”

Back to the government office.

Jia Xu came quickly, and when he heard that he wanted to farm fields, but there were soil restrictions, he also frowned, and said after a while: "According to the original method of farming in Beihai, even if there is a large amount of tuntian, there will not be a lot of grain that can be harvested." ”

In ancient times, especially in troubled times, food was the most important.

Once a large-scale war begins, even if you have money, you can't buy food.

At that time, there will be inflation, food prices will be high, money will become less and less valuable, and food will not be able to be bought.

"I think the conscription can continue, and the food we have now can still support the conscription."

Yang Zhao is more dependent on troops, and the expenditure on military spending will not be reduced, and only when there are soldiers can there be a sense of security.

Now he and Zhen are cooperating for mutual benefit, even if the grain and grass are insufficient, there is Zhen's backing, which can support it for a period of time, and then treat the saline-alkali land as soon as possible to make up for the shortcomings of food.

Jia Xu agreed: "Soldiers must be recruited, if we do not recruit soldiers, it will be difficult for us to develop, and it will be difficult for us to cope with external pressure, but in terms of military spending, I think there is an aspect that needs to be adjusted." ”

Yang Zhao said: "Wenhe, please speak!" ”

Jia Xu said: "It's a matter of bereavement. ”

"The pension strategy formulated by the lord will consume a lot of military spending in the future."

Li Ru also wanted to adjust this point, and agreed with Jia Xu's proposal.

For the distribution of pensions for soldiers who died in battle and retired due to injuries, many princes will do it, but they only give it once, and forget it after giving, Yang Zhao's practice is to give it every year, and give it every year, more than others, including the imperial court.

In the past, in Liangxiang and Luoyang, I didn't think anything was good when there were few people.

Now that it is developing, there are more and more people, and they have to pay a pension every year, which is very much dragging them back.

"There are not many families receiving pensions now, and it is most appropriate to make appropriate adjustments and reduce the level of pensions."

Jia Xu continued: "In the future, the lord's troops will be more and more, and there will be more soldiers killed in battle, and the number of pensions will be very large. ”

Yang Zhao frowned.

Jia Xu's words can be understood.

For example, if you have been sponsoring a person and giving him 3,000 yuan every month, after giving it for a period of time, your funds are in difficulty, and you can't afford to give 3,000, so you can only give 1,000 and 5,000, or even don't give it, that person will not be grateful to you, but will resent you.

Jia Xu's statement is the same.

Yang Zhao didn't think so much about it at that time, he just wanted to win over the hearts of some people in Youzhou and make it easier to plot big things.

As development progresses, more and more problems will be exposed.

"What do you think should be done?"

Yang Zhao asked.

Li Ru suggested: "Like the princes of the world, give all the bereavement pensions at one time, and I would rather give more than every year." ”

His thoughts were the most straightforward.

Dong Zhuo's soldiers often do not receive pensions, and they have long been accustomed to this.

Jia Xu said: "I suggest that the bereavement pension be reduced, given less, and then set a time limit, for example, you can receive it within five years, and stop after five years, after all, soldiers fight to the death for us, die on the battlefield, or retire due to injury, we can't chill the hearts of our families, but also can establish benevolence and righteousness for the Lord and win the hearts of the people." ”

Yang Zhao thought for a while and said: "Do it according to Wenhe's standards, and I will write a letter to Liangxiang, Beihai County, and implement it directly." ”

They did not have many troops in the North Sea.

Most of them were taken from Kong Rong's hands.

In addition, the original Su guards, Zhuang Ding of Xujiazhuang, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao's surrendered soldiers, and even the Xiliang soldiers, the pensions of these soldiers were sent from Beihai.

Although there are many cross-state and cross-territory, those who can be contacted will be contacted as much as possible, and those who cannot be contacted will be forgotten.

The soldiers who were taken away from Youzhou in the past were still given bereavement pensions from Tian Chou's side.

"Good!"

Jia Xu and Li Ru nodded.

The matter of the bereavement is temporarily determined.

Jia Xu said again: "In terms of recruitment, Wen You and I will do it personally, but Beihai County, the number of troops that can be raised, I have calculated with Wen You, it is almost the number of soldiers we have now, if the lord has the support of the Zhen family, he can still raise it, and at most 10,000 people will be recruited." ”

"Ten thousand!"

Yang Zhao calculated, plus these 10,000 people, he could have more than 36,000 troops, and said: "Then recruit 10,000 people first, you will arrange it, as for the Tuntian side, ......"

Li Ru said: "The land can be managed first, and then the land can be tuned." ”

How to manage the land is another trouble.

Jia Xu and Li Ru have limited cognition.

After thinking about it for a while, they could think of some ancient methods, but they had limitations.

"In order to consume Qin's national strength and make it impossible to attack Korea, Korea sent Zheng Guo to Emperor Shi."

"The first emperor used Zheng Guo to dig ditches in Guanzhong and develop agriculture."

"Since then, Guanzhong has used the silt washed by the river to form silt fields and grow crops, and this method is still used in the Guanzhong and Sanhe areas today."

"The soil in Guanzhong is a bit similar to that in Qingzhou, and this method can be borrowed."

"But there are also a lot to consider, such as the flood season of the river, and the judgment of the rainy season."

"Our Beihai County is in the lower reaches, and there is a lot of soil washed down from the middle and upper reaches, but the people of Qingzhou don't seem to use it much."

Li Ru put forward his own opinions again.

What he said was the silt and pressure salt method.

Proper turbidity and siltation and improvement of saline-alkali land through silt irrigation will turn the harm into benefit, the salinity of the land will decrease, and the soil fertility will be improved.