When a passerby becomes a princess

Although Lin Qiu is in charge of Liang Xi's homework now, it's actually not like modern schools, where the teacher lectures on the top and the students listen on the bottom. , Ask Lin Qiu if you don’t understand anything.

The next morning, Lin Qiu asked Liang Xi to read as usual, and took a car to check the land outside the city.

It is already the first ten days of March, and even in this northern Xinjiang, the thick ice and snow have begun to melt, and spring plowing will start in a few days.He has been hearing that the land in Beimo County does not produce food. Lin Qiu suspects that the land here is saline-alkali land, but it still needs to be checked to be sure.

The ice and snow have just melted and the land is wet. You can’t really tell just by looking at the land, but Lin Qiu found that the tree species here are basically Populus euphratica and red willow, which are suitable for growth in saline-alkali land. The fodder was almost all alfalfa, and it was basically confirmed that the land in Beimo County was indeed saline-alkali land.

There are many ways to control saline-alkali land. The most primitive way is to open salt canals, wash the land with water, and wash away the salt in the soil. At the same time, add green manure and organic fertilizer, and pay attention to moisturizing the soil.However, just as most of the saline-alkali land is in the dry north, Beimo County is not rich in water resources, and the soil is also seriously desertified. It is really difficult to wash the land with water.

After a whole morning, Lin Qiu came back and told Liang Xi about the situation.

Liang Xi said excitedly: "Is it possible to produce salt in saline-alkali land? If so, you can exchange salt for food."

The salt in Daliang Kingdom is basically transported from the eastern coastal area. Although there are salt wells, most of them are in the southwest area. The price of salt in northern Xinjiang is extremely expensive. Many people pick the secretion from Populus euphratica because they cannot afford salt. The slime comes down, and the pancakes are also salty, so as to supplement the salt.

Lin Qiu shook his head and said, "The salt in the saline-alkaline land cannot be extracted, and even if it is extracted, people cannot eat it."

Liang Xi was a little disappointed. Recently, he checked the financial situation of Beimo County in detail for the past ten years. In the past ten years, there was not a single year in which the grain tax could be paid.Because of the small population, there are very few business taxes.In addition, there are no valuable mineral resources here, and even the mining tax is pitifully low.

"I really wish there was a big gold mine under Beimo County." Liang Xi sighed.I never paid attention to gold, silver, money and silk before, but after becoming a county magistrate, I realized that I couldn't do anything without them.

When Lin Qiu went out some time ago, he saw that many school-age children could not read books, so he made a plan to open a school, but everything needed money to buy land, build a house, buy school aids and books, and hire a teacher.Liang Xi has money, and Lin Qiu has a lot of money, but running a school is not something that can be done overnight. If it is run by the government, both the strength of the teachers and the integrity will be much higher. The imperial court allocated funds, and the school could continue to operate.

But Beimo County is too poor, and there is no money at all.Seeing the disappointment in Lin Qiu's eyes, Liang Xi immediately wrote a letter, sent someone back to the capital, and asked his father for a sum of money, but it would take at least half a month for each return, plus Running a school is a very important matter, and it is uncertain how long it will be delayed in the court.

Lin Qiu smiled and said, "Although the saline-alkaline land does not produce salt and is not suitable for growing food, it doesn't mean that you can't grow things and make money."

Although there is only one river flowing through Beimo County, and it still passes through the most marginal area, but the area along the river is flat land, and canals can be dug to divert water to wash the land. If all the food in the vicinity is grown, it will be enough for the people of Beimo County.Since growing food in other areas is not enough, then grow other things, such as alfalfa.

The alfalfa grass used by herdsmen today is basically wild, and sheep raising is also a relatively primitive grazing nature. They drive dozens of sheep, graze here today, and change places tomorrow. Grass collected in autumn.Because there is no planning and there is no specially planted pasture, so the pasture is not collected enough in autumn, and the sheep often starve to death in winter.

After lunch, Liang Xi went to work in the county government office, and Lin Qiu wrote an article on how to rationalize raising sheep, and called the master book to publish it in the next issue of the newspaper.

Even though the master book is an official of the imperial court, he is also extremely poor, and the state's poor salary is naturally not high.He also raised more than a dozen sheep at home, usually driven out by his youngest son to graze, and two of them were killed and sold to supplement the household during festivals and improve food by the way.It’s just that raising sheep is risky. Last fall, his youngest son encountered a wolf while herding sheep, and almost lost his life.

Now, after reading the article, the sheep are kept in captivity and pasture is planted to feed them. This not only ensures the supply of forage, but also does not have to worry about danger when they go out to graze.

"I'm going to do the typesetting right now." The chief bookkeeper walked away holding the manuscript with excitement.

Lin Qiu looked at the sky, arranged the afternoon classes for Liang Xi, and then called in the officials in charge of the field affairs.

Digging canals, salt canals, washing the ground...these are all field officials who have never heard of them. Although he can be regarded as a fan of Lin Qiu (the most loyal reader of "Journey to the West"), when it comes to official business, He immediately became serious.

"May I ask the Crown Princess, is this method really feasible? I have read all the books about Tianshi, but I have never seen this method." The Tianshi official is a very serious and responsible person, and the manpower and material resources used to dig the canal Not small, if this method does not work, it will inevitably waste people and money, and spring plowing will be imminent. If spring plowing is affected by this, many people will go hungry.

Lin Qiu looked at him strangely, and said: "Of course this method is feasible, but the saline-alkali land needs long-term management. You can arrange people to dig ditches while ensuring that this year's spring plowing is guaranteed. Washing the land can also save some people from uncultivated land. land began."

Only then did the field officials understand and quickly agreed.

Lin Qiu added: "Also, it is best to change all the crops to reed millet and highland barley. These two crops are more resistant to salt and alkali."

The field official said with some headaches: "But this year's improved rice varieties have already been distributed."

Lin Qiu was taken aback, and asked, "Where do the good seeds come from every year?"

The field official said: "It's all distributed by the household department."

Lin Qiu nodded, feeling a little strange. Why did the Ministry of Household Affairs distribute fine rice seeds to Beimo County when they distributed the rice seeds? Didn't they send people to survey the land?

Waving his hand, Lin Qiu let him go down, sat there thinking for a while, and was about to find Liang Xi, when he saw him walking in with a smile on his face.

"Qiu'er, who do you see coming?"

Lin Qiu looked up, and saw a man in fluttering white clothes standing at the door.

"Mr. Wu." Lin Qiu stood up, performed a teacher-student salute, and glanced at a pillar outside the door, behind which a bright red corner of clothes was exposed.

It wasn't until they entered the house that the owner of the clothes corner turned out from behind the pillar.

In the past two months, except for meal times, someone would deliver meals to Second Sister Qiao, and everyone almost forgot about this person at other times.

At the beginning, she tried to come to Erjin's courtyard every day to "encounter" Liang Xi, but Liang Xi was very busy every day, spending most of his time in the county government office, even when he came back, Lin Qiu was by his side, Second Sister Qiao wanted to say There is no way to speak your own words.Later, she wanted to go to the county government office to look for Liang Xi, but who knew that she was kicked out by the government officials as soon as she entered, which made the people in the county government office say everything in private.

After a few times, Liang Xi thought about Qiao Shanbao and Tantou's entrustment, and said nothing, but the nuns were all furious, and found a time when no one was around, and pressed her into the flower pond in the backyard, mercilessly She drank the pool water and warned her not to leave the backyard.Although Second Sister Qiao had also learned some martial arts, how could she compare to the nuns who had followed Su Hongyi for more than ten years, so she had no choice but to stay in the backyard honestly.

She hoped that Liang Xi would find out at the beginning, but Liang Xi was occupied by political affairs and classes all his time, and he spent some time pestering Lin Qiu, so how could he remember the second sister Qiao.

After two months, although Second Sister Qiao hadn't given up on Liang Xi, she knew that it was useless to live in the backyard any longer.She heard that the women and children in the village are now working in the workshop, and today they came to bid farewell to Liang Xi, and wanted to move to the workshop, hoping to find some help for herself.

Before reaching the door, he saw Liang Xi bringing a man over, so he had to hide behind the pillar and take a peek. He was fascinated by the demeanor of the man in white.She had never seen such an elegant and handsome man, his eyes seemed to be mesmerizing, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was so fascinating that she lost three souls.

But there is no woman who does not love Qiao Langjun, especially the second sister Qiao.At the beginning, many men in the horse bandit village showed their love to her, but she didn't like those rough guys. Later, she was moved by Liang Xi, but she was still a little discouraged in the past two months. When she saw Wu Qingyu again, she was not only tempted, but also The whole soul was hooked away.

Returning to the backyard in a daze, Second Sister Qiao didn't even eat the dinner she brought. She just lay on the bed wrapped in a quilt and smirked foolishly. She waited until the dinner party in the front yard was almost over before getting up in a hurry. After dressing up, Slipped out the back door.

The guards watching the night saw her, but they all knew about Second Sister Qiao. She made a lot of noise a while ago. When she was kicked out of the county office by the yamen servants, she repeatedly claimed that she was Liang Xi's savior. Everyone in the county government knew that Liang Xi would take care of her "for a lifetime".

The guard yawned, then curled his lips, so what if he was a savior, he acted like this, and imagined that the prince would like her, it was a dream, with a wife as capable as the princess, how could the prince fall in love with such a woman.

Second Sister Qiao didn't know that she had been discovered, so she took a detour and ran to the intersection in front of the county government office. From a distance, she saw Liang Xi escorting Wu Qingyu out, and Wu Qingyu got into a carriage and ran for two After a block, seeing no pedestrians on the road, he bumped into the horse's head, and then fell down on the side of the street with an "oops".

"Stop the car." Wu Qingyu heard the voice in the car, and hurriedly yelled. When she got out of the car, she saw a woman lying on the side of the street. She got out of the carriage and helped Second Sister Qiao up, saying, "Girl, are you alright?"

Second Sister Qiao felt hot all over when he held her arm, and when she looked up to see Wu Qingyu's face, her body softened and she fainted from excitement.