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Chapter 376 Ruo Ruxue

"Stole it?" Wang Hua looked at Lei Zhan with a strange expression.

This piece of jade is so small that it is almost impossible for people to notice it in your arms, so it took a while for someone to steal it?

"I remembered, it was those people."

"The group of people? Don't worry, speak slowly."

"When I was going to the toilet just now, I met a group of disaster victims. They begged from me. I didn't have any broken silver on me, so they surrounded me and fought with me. I couldn't beat them, so I entangled them a few times. , to escape."

The ministers in Bianzhou were very embarrassed to hear this. After all, the quality of the folk customs of a place has a great relationship with their education.First, people put out fires to loot property, and now this happened again.

Liu Shun coughed dryly and said, "Captain Lei, where did you meet and what did the victims look like?"

However, Wang Hua waved his hand and said: "The matter is over, and they came prepared. Searching and arresting now will not let us get what we want. Instead, it will alarm the victims, and the loss outweighs the gain."

Li Bao'er gave Lei Zhan a hard look, then looked at Wang Hua with regret and apology on his face.

Wang Hua said softly to her: "Princess, don't worry, I have other ways."

Turning his head again, he said, "This matter is over for the time being. I will send someone to notify you when I need you in the future. Everyone, we still put the disaster victims first. This is also my focus this time. Please go back."

The officials in Bianzhou are even more embarrassed. They may not be able to solve more complicated cases, but it does not mean that they are stupid.It was during lunch that Wang Hua handed the jade to Lei Zhan, not many people knew about it.Either there was something wrong with the guards standing nearby, or there was something wrong with Lei Zhan himself.This possibility is extremely small.Either there was something wrong with the officials accompanying him, and the news was revealed, which made someone send someone to pretend to be a disaster victim to beg and steal the jade from Lei Zhan.

Wang Hua told them to go back, is that what he meant?
They left one by one, but they were worried when they left.

Wang Hua said again: "Shangguan Zhaorong, princess, you should also go back and have a rest, or inspect the victims. Prince, and Zhang Jiuling, come with me."

Shangguan Xiaowan said: "Scholar Wang, don't you even believe me and the princess?"

Wang Hua spread his hands: "Zhaorong, that's not the case. Solving the case is only one of them, and the main thing is the victims. This is the top priority. What I said to the Bianzhou officials just now is not a lie. I want to go around with the prince. , and see if there is a way to teach disaster victims to fish. If we go forward together."

He pointed to the more than 100 guards behind him and shook his head.That's not all coming yet, otherwise there would be more guards.There are so many people crowded together, not to appease the victims, but to ostentatiously walk through the market, let alone seeing what Wang Hua wants to see.

Only then did Shangguan Xiaowan feel relieved, but she gave him a blank look, and there was some reproach in her eyes.

Shangguan Xiaowan contributed a lot to the trip to Huazhou.After the night talk that night, Li Bao'er cleared up his doubts, and Shangguan Xiaowan did not act excessively.So occasionally Shangguan Xiaowan made a nymphomaniac, but Li Gu'er was not angry either.

But in order to protect their safety, they still brought more than [-] guards along with them, only wearing civilian clothes, but carrying weapons.

First, I went to Fangshi for a while. Although it is smaller than Luoyang's Fangshi, because of the geographical location of Bianzhou, the business is very prosperous.But after Wang Hua turned around, there was still no clue.

Seeing his expression, Zhang Jiuling said worriedly, "Scholar Wang, what can you do?"

Wang Hua patted him on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Jiu, you have been here for so many days, have you come up with any solution?"

Seeing that he still called himself Xiaojiu regardless of Li Chongjun's presence, Zhang Jiuling was helpless.Although this brother-in-law has a good character, he is sometimes reckless and impulsive, and sometimes he is exhausted.

But this is not a joke, he said solemnly: "Scholar Wang, we are doing business, private is private, public is public, this sentence is also what you said. Unlike Huazhou, Bianzhou has a lower terrain and has Many places are depressions, and it takes longer to return home. There are also scattered disaster areas, which are more difficult to manage. It will soon enter autumn and winter."

In fact, Huazhou may not be higher than Bianzhou, which refers to the river bed.The riverbed in Bianzhou is deeper and lower at the same time. Against the background, Bianzhou appears to be low-lying.But it is true that the disaster in Bianzhou is more difficult to deal with than in Huazhou.

But Wang Hua listened, thoughtful.

He suddenly said, "Do you have a detailed map of Bianzhou?"

"Yes, in my inn." He couldn't compare to Wang Hua, and lived in the inn honestly.
A group of people followed Zhang Jiuling to the post station, and Zhang Jiuling took out the map of Bianzhou.Wang Hua looked at it for a while, rolled up the map, and said to them, "Let's go out of the city."

Going out of the city again, there are disaster victims outside the city, living in front of thatched huts.But these thatched huts are neatly built in rows, which is also an act of punishing Wanghua in Huazhou.The imperial court allocated some more supplies, so Zhang Jiazhen and Zhang Jiuling, with the cooperation of Bianzhou officials, built a neat and firm temporary disaster shelter.

Wang Hua found an old farmer with wrinkled faces and gray hair.Wang Hua asked him to find a rock to sit down and asked, "Old man, is this year Gui Geng?"
"Gui Geng dare not, I am sixty-two this year," the old farmer said with trepidation.

"Then your family has been living in Bianzhou?"

"It's always been there. My family is a good citizen, not a fleeing household."

"Even fleeing households is a human being. I'm not talking about this. I asked the old man, you have been living in Bianzhou, and you know the situation in Bianzhou well?"

"I don't understand. I just farm and don't know anything else." The old farmer became even more worried. He also heard about the three coffins and thought Wang Hua was asking about the case.

"What I'm asking is about the land. Why are there barren fields in many places in Bianzhou?" Wang Hua asked as he unfolded the map and pointed to the large open areas on the map.

"I know this, it's alkaline land."

"Thank you, old man," Wang Hua stood up and took Li Chongjun and Zhang Jiuling back to the city.

Li Chongjun asked curiously: "You went out of the city to ask this?"

"Exactly. Actually, I have the answer in my heart. I just want to confirm it. Prince, Xiaojiu, you should all read the "Hanshu". Xi, filled with silt and added fertilizer, so we planted grains of wheat and rice, five times higher fields and ten times lower fields, which shows that alkaline land has a long history. The situation in Bianzhou is better than that in Northwest China, but it is worse than that in other nearby prefectures. Harsh. In fact, this kind of alkaline land is saline-alkali land, and there are generally two reasons for its formation. The first is the climate, mostly in semi-arid and arid areas.”

"Arid and semi-arid areas?" Li Chongjun pointed to the endless shelters and asked, "Then where did the flood come from?"

"Prince, that's why I said that what you hear is not as good as what you see, but what you see may not be correct. Sometimes the eyes can also deceive people. What is the reason for the flood in Bianzhou? Such a long rainy season in the Yellow River area How many times has it happened? This is because the riverbed is high and the terrain in the polder is low. If the water is a little bigger, it will be prone to waterlogging. In fact, the main reason is the latter, which is different from the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River. So I am talking about the climate. Like This kind of alkaline land has formed not only in Bianzhou, but also in Guanzhou. I am not alarmist. If the people in Guanzhou continue to live in such a dense manner and cultivate a lot, the situation will be worse than that in Bianzhou after a few years. But I will temporarily No matter, I'm talking about Bianzhou alkaline land."

"In general, the Yellow River region has less precipitation, but unlike the north, summer is also hot and the evaporation is large. The water evaporates, but the salt dissolved in the water stays. This is just one aspect, and there is another reason, Geographical conditions. As I said just now, this salt comes from saline water sources, and the water flows to low places. Originally, because the river bed is high and the terrain of Bianzhou is low-lying, it is easy for the river to seep. And because of water shortage, everyone uses cultivated land It is easier to turn the original good land into saline-alkali land. This is also the reason why the alkaline land in Bianzhou is worse than other nearby states." As he spoke, he pointed to the map again, which was related to the situation of later generations. The difference is not big, mainly from Bianzhou to the east to Songzhou (Shangqiu), but it is not as serious as the later ones.

But the two still didn't hear it.They know that alkaline land exists not only in Henan Province, but also in Guanzhong, and there are more in the Western Regions.But what does this have to do with teaching disaster victims and fishing?
"You guys still remember that in the morning, after I chatted with that philanthropist named Zhou Yong, I went down the embankment, but was immediately stopped by Liu Shun, governor of Bianzhou."

Isn't it good intentions, but ulterior motives?Both of them thought blankly.

"In fact, the article is on this alkaline land. Because of the flood, many alkaline lands were flooded. First, a layer of silt was covered on the top, making the alkaline land a semi-alkali land. Second, the flood also diluted the alkaline land. Of course, this is even more bad news. We have no way to drain the flood water from the dike immediately, and most places evaporate naturally, because once the flood floods, the temporary silt fertilizes the soil, but it can make the soil permanent The soil is more alkaline."

This kind of explanation shocked the two people, even they had never heard of this kind of explanation.At the same time, it also overturned Zhou Yong's statement.

"Of course, this is a long process of accumulating over a month, and not a single flood has played a serious role. But what have you seen temporarily? That is, a large area of ​​alkaline land has changed from wasteland to arable land. However, because the silt is only A layer on the surface has been deposited, and the years for these alkaline lands to be reclaimed are not long, maybe ten or eight years, maybe three or five years. Therefore, it cannot be attributed to the imperial court. In order to make more food in the jurisdiction, these alkali Almost all the land is cultivated by the people for free. But what is the actual situation? Can the people be cultivated for free?”

Hearing this, both of them heard something.

A lot of articles can be made on this, and of course the proceeds go to Bianzhou officials.Therefore, Liu Shun was afraid that Wang Hua would realize this problem, so he subconsciously ran down the embankment and persuaded Wang Hua to come up.

But Zhang Jiuling asked: "But I still don't understand. You also said that the time for reclamation of these alkaline lands should not be too long. Even the imperial court has turned a deaf ear to these alkaline lands. Most of the semi-alkaline lands have their own rights." land. What can we do?"

"If you think like this, you are wrong. You have forgotten a kind of crop. Although the yield will be reduced on alkaline soil, it can still be harvested, especially after flooding. And alkaline soil is not incurable." In fact, the biggest cure is to take advantage of the fact that the desertification of the Yellow River is not serious now, from the upper reaches to Guanzhong, to reduce the people's reclamation and damage to vegetation.That's impossible. We must know that Guanzhong is currently the most densely populated place in the world.Move the people to Kuan Township?Will the court agree?On the contrary, in order to defend the safety of the capital, the people were moved to live in Guanzhong many times.

Therefore, Wang Hua talked about the method of treating the symptoms: "Alkali land is mainly formed by accumulated salt. Therefore, as long as the salt is removed, it will be restored to fertile land. I just mentioned the reason for the formation of alkaline land. It is due to the accumulation of water. Only the construction of water conservancy , so that the water in the soil flows. At the same time, the downward water flow in the soil is greater than the upward water flow, resulting in soil desalination. Also, people are encouraged to use fermented crop fertilizers, and use the acidity in the fermented fertilizers to directly improve the alkaline land.”

The latter one made the two people not quite understand.Wang Hua will not explain the pH value either.

"Of course, we are not cutting off the source of income for officials in Bianzhou. If Bianzhou becomes richer, they will be a little behind compared to political achievements. Also, if I say that we can turn alkaline land into fertile land, At least a batch of financial resources can be obtained, and then used to distribute the financial resources to the people to build water conservancy. This gives them a fishing route. Because of the construction of water conservancy, the alkaline land is further improved. These effects complement each other and form a virtuous circle. Also, because some places are low-lying, a few places exist in the form of swamps. With money and labor, they can be surrounded to form fertile land. This fertile land can also generate new sources of income. Although doing so in normal times is not worth the loss, Not even the cost of labor. But what are we doing now? Let the victims have a way to survive. If the money and materials are directly distributed to them, it will develop a kind of laziness."

Wang Hua did not say the last sentence, human beings have endless desires.If this kind of laziness is developed, it will be even more terrifying. In the future, if the court cannot satisfy them a little bit, it will easily accumulate into greater resentment.Therefore, to teach them how to fish is not to give them materials and money, but to let them have something to do and a salary to get.This is the best path to stability.

"I understand what you mean. In this way, the imperial court can get some taxes because of the acquisition of a large amount of fertile land. Also, you can ask the imperial court to allocate funds for the construction of water conservancy. The imperial court pays a fee, plus the newly acquired land, Or it can be handed over to the imperial court to appease the poor, or it can be manipulated to get a sum of money through "donation".It can also be used as a salary to recruit victims to participate in water conservancy and embankment projects, which is tantamount to helping the victims. "

"What the prince said is exactly what I mean."

But the three knew that this operation was good, but there were still many details, and the Bianzhou officials had to be persuaded to cooperate.Unless Wang Hua is like Huazhou again, shaking up the entire Bianzhou officialdom.But the Bianzhou officials were not at fault, so how dare Wang Hua play like Huazhou?No right!
The three of them walked back all the way, discussing this matter all the way.

But after entering the city, suddenly a monk stopped in front of them, came to Wang Hua and said, "This is Wang Hua's benefactor. Our abbot Huiyun has asked for a benefactor."

Wang Hua was stunned. Although his current official position was not considered the highest level in the Tang Dynasty, his influence was no longer inferior to that of some prime ministers.A monk said to invite him, did he invite him?
He turned his head to look at Zhang Jiuling, he had stayed in Bianzhou for many days, he must have heard of this awesome monk Huiyun.

Zhang Jiuling understood, and he said in Wang Hua's ear: "Huiyun is a famous monk. He came to Bianzhou from the south a few years ago and used the money raised to buy the garden of the former Sima Zheng Jing's residence in Xizhou, and he wanted to build it here. A monastery. But due to financial reasons, it has been delayed to start construction. Now only a small temple has been built. In order to fulfill his wish, Master Huiyun is still raising funds. But this master is proficient in Buddhist scriptures and the Dharma is far-reaching. He is very famous in Bianzhou."

"Oh," Wang Hua smiled slightly, no matter whether he builds a monastery or not, his courage is commendable.It's just that Wang Hua didn't remember that this temple was the origin of Xiangguo Temple, the national temple of the later Song Dynasty.

Wang Hua became interested, and of course he settled a concern and felt at ease, so he said to the little monk, "Little master will lead the way."

After walking for a while, I came to a small temple, which was very small and surrounded by empty gardens, so the scenery was very beautiful.

Wang Hua, led by the young monk, walked into the meditation room.But I saw a surprising scene, a middle-aged monk with an amiable appearance.But sitting in front of him was a young girl with a round face but a pointed chin, which made her face soft and beautiful immediately.There are bangs combed on the forehead, and a pair of big eyes below, very agile.Wearing a long purple dress, she looks even more delicate and compelling.

Seeing Wang Hua, the great monk stood up, bowed together and said, "I have seen Wang benefactor."

With a peaceful attitude and unyielding attitude, this also made Wang Hua feel good again.He also bowed and returned the salute.But the side eye also paid attention to this beautiful young girl, seeing him, the young girl's eyes were a little curious, but she was not like ordinary people who were at a loss because of his identity.

Wang Hua said, "What's the matter with the Great Master inviting me here?"

"It's like this, this benefactor Ruo Ruxue had a chat with this old monk today."

Ruo Ruxue?It's a strange name, but Ruo's surname is even more unpopular.

Wang Hua smiled at Ruo Ruxue, but Ruo Ruxue stuck out her tongue at her, looking very cute.

Huiyun continued: "Today she discussed Buddhism with the old monk, and asked the old monk why the Buddha promotes compassion, why there are so many rapes in the world, and they live in high positions. If we talk about retribution, why are the bad guys still in power and grandchildren return to them."

This is a good question. Wang Hua glanced at the girl again and thought, although it is a good question, why did the girl ask this question?Then he asked, "So how did the Archmage answer?"

(End of this chapter)