The key is location!

What kind of location is the most suitable?

Three days later, a carriage came down from the west bank of Weihe River with more than a dozen horses, and the boundary of Jinghai County. After getting off the carriage, what came into Shi Yiwen's eyes was a large reed marsh, a reed marsh that stretched for hundreds of miles. And deep in the reed marsh, there was a large pond and mud. There were green reeds that were much taller than people. The reed marsh in front of him was so large that it was far beyond Shi Yiwen's imagination.

"There is no one who cultivates such a large area?"

Shi Yiwen looked at the range within his sight in confusion, and the endless reed marsh was everywhere.

"Young Master, look at this reed marsh, from Wei River to Jinghe. Jinghe is the Changlu Salt Site in Jinghe. Jinghebei is the reed marsh that stretches for hundreds of miles. From our east, it takes dozens of miles, or even hundreds of miles to reach the beach. As for why no one cultivates, young master, look..."

Kicking the land beneath his feet, Wu Cai said.

"This kind of land cannot be cultivated."

What kind of land?

Lower your head and you can clearly see the white salt stains that seep out of the ground, which is a typical coastal saline-alkali land.

Shi Yiwen thought to himself that in modern times, the coastal areas of Tianjin are also highly saline-alkali land, but through appropriate transformation, there are also many fertile land in the local area. The key is to transform it.

"In such a saline-alkali land, only reeds and weeds can be grown. Even trees are easily burned to death here, so naturally they cannot grow crops, but..."

Wu Cai looked back at Shi Yiwen who was thinking.

"The local people say that the place where the place is not irrigated, so it cannot be cultivated, but they don't know that the place where the place where the place where the place where the water is not irrigated is actually alkaline, and when it gets water, it will be moist. If we follow the method of managing the land along Fujian and Zhejiang coasts: irrigation through canals may not be cultivated into rice fields, but for northerners, such land must not be cultivated and will burn crops."

In this way, naturally no one will choose to reclaim such wasteland.

"Then give it a try!"

Staring at the reed marsh that stretched for hundreds of miles in front of him, Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

"We first cultivate a piece by the Wei River, and then expand outward little by little. After all, this place is so big, we will go step by step. If we make good use of it, these tens of millions of acres of coastal land will not only become a large granary in Beizhili, but also a large ranch."

Such a large area of ​​land was really too wasteful to leave him idle, especially when he thought of the upcoming Little Ice Age, Shi Yiwen naturally thought of the high grain prices in the north at that time.

"It is time to cultivate the good varieties in the space."

Not only should we cultivate the good things in the space, but we should also promote the fertilizer industry.

"Are the young master preparing for private cultivation or official cultivation?"

Looking at the young master, Wu Cai asked tentatively.

"Of course it's an official reclaim. Since I am the ward of the military farm department now, I'm looking for evidence for his profit. These tens of millions of acres of reed marsh cannot be abandoned like this. In a few years, I will definitely be able to reclaim this place into fertile land, but..."

After pondering for a moment, Shi Yiwen said again.

"This place is indeed far from the capital. If I sit here in the formation and reclaiming, it will definitely be inconvenient. I don't choose this person..."

But as soon as he turned his head to look at Wu Cai, he saw him wave his hands and say.

"Young Master, I definitely can't do it. I read these things from books."

"In the book? Are you saying that someone has always wanted to cultivate this place?"

Shi Yiwen asked hurriedly.

"If this is the case, wouldn't it be just right to use this person to settle here? Who is this person?"

"This man is called Xu Zhenming, and he is also an official in the court. However, the young master didn't know that although this man suggested promoting military farming in the north, many of his suggestions were really unbearable. For example, the court transferred Qi Shi and other southern soldiers from the southeast. He said that the people in the southeast have always been weak and cannot bear the defense of remote places. He also said that this would cause the soldiers to separate their flesh and blood, and waste food and wages, which would make the people in the southeast difficult, but would not have any substantial help to the court. Therefore, we should follow the craftsman.

In the shift system, military households should be responsible for military affairs and collect cash from them every year to recruit people who have been stable in remote areas for a long time to obtain the convenience of sufficient staff. He didn't think about what kind of military households are now poor, and he also collected cash from military households and asked them to pay for money to hire people. Isn't this a joke, nor is it afraid of stirring up mutiny? He even suggested that the implementation of military farming was to make the capital self-sufficiency and reduce the grain in the south of the Yangtze River. In other words, all his starting points were to reduce the burden on the people in the southeast..."

When talking about Xu Zhenming's suggestions, Wu Cai's words were ridiculed. In his opinion, these were obviously not realistic.

"Um……"

He nodded slightly. From the time he heard that he was going to collect cash from the military households, Shi Yiwen had already eliminated this person from his heart. He was robbing the rich and helping the poor, but he was robbing the poor and helping the rich. It was really not worth evaluating.

"There are always people who always think that good things can be bullied, and those who are poor can be bullied. "

Shaking his head, let alone using such a person, Shi Yiwen is ashamed to be with them.

"But, young master, if you really create a large area of ​​fertile land here in the future, maybe someone will really think that the grain can be cancelled."

Wu Cai's words made Shi Yiwen laugh,

"If this is true, it may not be a blessing for the people of the world, but you always think about things too simply. For the government, they have never thought of paying back the money they have finally taken out. Even if these coastal saline-alkali lands have been turned into fertile fields, and the grain in Jiangnan will not be cancelled. It is estimated that the grain collection will be changed to silver collection. At that time, it will be thankful that the people's burden will not increase!

This kind of thing has long been commonplace, just like the construction of a certain gorge in the electricity industry. Later, when the project was completed, I changed the word "two" and continued to collect water power. It was nothing more than a different name.

"This...is...is..."

Wu Cai sighed.

"The people are suffering, the people are suffering, the people are suffering, the people are suffering, the people are the most suffering in the world."

"This may be fate!"

Shi Yiwen sighed helplessly. Looking at the endless saline-alkali land in front of him, he didn't know what changes this field could bring to the Ming Dynasty, but at least it would always allow some people to get some land and food to make a living.

As for the Little Ice Age in the next few decades, what can I do?

Staring at the reed marsh, Shi Yiwenxin sighed and then said to herself in her heart.

"We must always hurry up on this breeding of good varieties and fertilizers."

After pondering for a while, Shi Yiwen thought of the potatoes sold in the space supermarket. Those potatoes are Dutch potatoes with a growth period of only more than 60 days. Perhaps... after the cotton is harvested, you can grow another season of potatoes.

But there are too few potatoes sold in the supermarket...
Chapter completed!