After making sure that there were no other problems in Beihai County, Yang Zhao returned home.

Zhen Yan temporarily lived in the Yang family's compound, and as for He Hou and Liu Wei, Yang Zhao made other arrangements, prepared another house for them to live in, and arranged for many people to serve.

"Brother Yang, when will we get to the beach?"

Seeing that Yang Zhao was back, Zhen Yan asked first.

Salt production has stopped for so long, and he is worried that if it drags on any longer, when the time comes, the market will not adapt, and it will be difficult to sell at the previous high price.

Yang Zhao asked, "Brother Zhen is ready, right?" ”

Zhen Yan said: "All the craftsmen, all ready, when I was in Beihai, I tried to make salt using the method given by Brother Yang, and it can be made smoothly, and the craftsmen have experience." ”

"We'll go to the beach tomorrow."

Yang Zhao said.

After determining the time to restart salt production, Yang Zhao went to the inner courtyard again, accompanied Zhen Jiang and Dong Bai, and calmed them, the time had come to evening.

As the host, Yang Zhao ordered people to prepare a banquet and entertain Zhen Yan.

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Early the next morning.

Yang Zhao instructed Xu Chu to lead a hundred soldiers, still let Zhou Cang follow, help him carry his gun, and then take Zhen's people to the north together.

Starting from Yingling, passing through Jiaodong, crossing Weishui, walking for about two and a half days, everyone came to Xiami County.

In the north of Xiami, along the Weishui River to the south, there is the sea.

Yang Zhao and the others had already determined the location for making sea salt, making salt next to the mouth of Weishui, and then transporting the finished salt through Weishui to Wenshui, a tributary of Weishui, and finally returning to Yingling, and then relying on Zhen's channel to transport salt to all parts of the Han Dynasty.

The cost of using sea salt is lower than that of digging salt mountains, but there will be wind and waves on the sea, which need to be overcome and studied by Zhen, and he just lays out one by one and provides technology.

At this time, he will not interfere in the whole process of making and selling salt, and let Zhen Yan play freely, so as to maximize the benefits of their cooperation.

On the Yingling side, Li Ru and Jia Xu are in charge of internal affairs, and he can leave for a while with confidence.

The county magistrate under the secret learned that Yang Zhao was coming, and hurriedly walked outside the city gate to greet him.

After entering the city, they did not linger too long in the city, and let the county magistrate lead the way to the sea.

"Mingfu, go ahead for a while, and it's the sea." While leading the way, the prefectural order introduced the situation of the next secret.

Yang Zhao listened and nodded slightly.

However, along the riverbank to the north, you can see a lot of people farming along the way.

Especially near the Weishui estuary, the water here does not have much salt, and the soil washed down from the middle and upper reaches will silt up in these places, and the land fertility is relatively strong.

"How's the spring ploughing going?"

Yang Zhao saw the cultivated land outside the city and asked casually.

The county decree said: "Spring ploughing is carried out very well, the water conservancy project mentioned in the Ming government decree, digging silt, filling the land, as well as manure and quyuan plough, etc., have a great impact on the land in our Beihai County, and the soil has been improved very well, so there is now a grand occasion of spring ploughing." ”

What kind of water conservancy, manure, etc., when Yang Zhao left Beihai, he was only piloted in Yingling.

I didn't expect Jia Xu to move so fast, and they had already implemented it in the counties under their rule.

Judging from the current cultivation situation outside the city, the implementation is not bad, and it has not aroused the disgust of the people.

"I also arranged for the chief of the grain to lead the troops to patrol outside the city, and if there is any situation, it can be solved in time and not delay the spring ploughing." The prefectural order added.

He also wanted to call the grain overseer.

But people are not around, and they don't know where to go.

"You're doing a good job, but this piece of land is owned by the people of Lishu?"

Yang Zhao raised his hand and looked at the banks of the river and the fields near the delta at the mouth of the sea, where the land was relatively fertile.

After a simple observation, he found that where the land was fertile, there were more people cultivating the land, and their enthusiasm was high, but there seemed to be no smile on the faces of the people, as if the grain obtained from cultivating the land was not his own.

On the cultivated land, which is far from the river, the people look hard, but their faces are still full of smiles.

The situation of the former is completely different from that of the latter.

As a matter of common sense, I am happier when I have fertile arable land.

Judging from the current situation, could it be that he implemented Tuntian, what went wrong?

The county magistrate looked at it for a while, and was a little embarrassed: "These are all ...... The Zheng family's field. ”

"The Zheng family?" Yang Zhao heard these two words again, "The Zheng family in Yingling?" ”

He came to the vicinity of Xiami County, and he could still see the Zheng family's things.

It seems that Jia Xu and Li Ru are right, this Zheng family has a lot of power in Beihai County.

The county commander said helplessly: "Yes, in our Beihai County, most of the fertile fields are controlled by the Zheng family, and the Ming Mansion sees that the farmers on the riverbank are either tenant farmers of the Zheng family, or ordinary people who rent the Zheng family's fields." ”

He sighed and said, "Those people who rent, in addition to paying a large amount of grain as rent, also have to pay a part of the tax, and after a year of farming, there is not much left in their hands. ”

Yang Zhao said again: "You, the county commander, let the Zheng family annex the land?" ”

"I can't shake the Zheng family."

The county commander smiled bitterly: "They are in Beihai County, and they have a lot of power. ”

It can be seen that this prefectural order has done its best.

It's not that he doesn't want to take care of it, but he doesn't have the ability to manage it, as a county magistrate from a poor family, he can't shake a real family.

Zhen Yan on the side couldn't help but say: "A small family, what a big breath." ”

"But the Zheng family does have the confidence to do whatever they want in Beihai County."

Yang Zhao, as the Taishou of Beihai, was quite helpless.

The affairs of the Zheng family will be resolved after he returns from Xiami.

The county order said: "The Ming Mansion may not know that the Zheng family and Liu Mou, the King of Kang of Beihai Kingdom, have a very close relationship, they have mutual marriages, and with the support of the imperial family, I can't do anything forcibly." ”

Now the word royal prince is the cheapest.

A King Kang of the Beihai Kingdom would only make Yang Zhao a little surprised, but he didn't feel anything.

When the queen mother was in his hands, this Beihai country, also under his rule, took over as the Taishou at the same time, and the Beihai minister was also taken over by him.

Kangwang Liu is still not on the stage.

"Okay, I know about the Zheng family."

Yang Zhao put these down for the time being.

They walked to the beach by the sea again, looked at the nearby environment, and Yang Zhao asked, "What does Brother Zhen think of here?" ”

"It's good here, it should work."

Zhen Yan observed the terrain and location, and said with satisfaction: "This side is not suitable for farming, it will not destroy the cultivated land, and it is more convenient to take seawater, just here, but the wind and waves are a bit big, and in the rainy season and the wind and wave season, it may be more troublesome." ”

Especially in the summer.

The wind and waves are stronger here.

"When the wind and waves are strong, you can suspend salt production, as long as the prepared salt is transferred in advance." Yang Zhao said.

Zhen Yan nodded slightly and said, "That's right, I want all of this piece, no problem, right?" ”

He looked at the prefectural order.

Although the county order did not know what Yang Zhao was doing in the Lord, he immediately responded: "These are ownerless wastelands, close to the beach, and they can't grow crops, and the Zheng family can't look down on them." ”

"It's right here!"

Yang Zhao was sure, and Zhen Yan had no other opinions.