I came to this world to enlighten the gods

Chapter 108
After the meal, the group began to return to Nanhai County. Judging from the current integration situation of Longchuan County, it basically met expectations and provided valuable experience for future comprehensive development.

"Although barbarian slaves are obedient, they have to guard against them. The construction of village courage cannot be relaxed, especially the local auxiliary army system of county soldiers and county soldiers must be paid attention to."

Li Qing said in a leisurely tone that the traditional farming and warfare system would have to be changed after having these barbarian slaves. The strong laborers of each family were separated from labor, so they could naturally raise pure warriors.

Yan Zhengyi nodded and said: "My lord, the system of building auxiliary troops is really a stroke of genius. Anyone who reaches the age of 14 must go to the county barracks for four months of training every year, and select the elite to be incorporated into the county garrison. Whenever there is a vacancy in the main army, these preliminary trained The auxiliary soldiers of the prefectures and counties immediately added that they thought it would be too costly for the people, but it turned out that the lord had already prepared for it."

Although he is not familiar with military affairs, he still admires Li Qing's reform of the military system, and said with a smile: "With county garrisons suppressing them, these barbarian slaves will not have any problems. The only worry is that many people still have feelings for barbarian women. Doubts, no one who can be said to be a local woman will choose a barbarian woman."

This is indeed a problem. The people in the Central Plains have a deep sense of superiority towards the barbarians, and they don't want the barbarians to mess up their blood. The secular concept is the biggest problem that hinders the digestion of the barbarians.

It's not just the common people who think this way, I'm afraid many officials also think the same way. They all think that their blood is noble, and combining with the barbarians is an insult to their ancestors. Li Qing thinks that this knot should be untied as soon as possible.
Pointing to the nearby villages, he said: "When the ancient kings ruled the Central Plains for only a thousand miles, it grew stronger because of the development of culture and enlightened wisdom. It grew stronger by conquering and digesting the surrounding tribes. Our advantage is not in blood, but in culture. The sages said that when the barbarians enter the Central Plains, the Central Plains will stay, and this statement breaks the foundation of the expansion of the Central Plains."

Yan Zhengyi, Wang Zheng, Long Yingtai and others were thoughtful, and after careful consideration, this was indeed the case, but how to dispel the doubts in the hearts of the people?This kind of secular prejudice is not so easy to eliminate.

Li Qing continued: "The solution is very simple, it's just a matter of practice and effect."Seeing that everyone was still a little confused, I had to continue to say: "If the civil servants, generals, and squires whom the people admire in their hearts are all vying to marry a barbarian girl, what do you think they will think?"
This is the effect of guidance. Even the county magistrate takes a barbarian girl as a concubine. How dare you say that a barbarian girl has a low bloodline?
The eyes of the three people brightened, that was indeed the case, not only that, wounded soldiers who retired due to injuries could also send barbarian women as concubines, I believe those veterans would appreciate this good policy.

Yan Zhengyi suggested with a smile: "When it comes to doing good things, no one in Jiaozhou can compare to the lord. I think the lord should also consider accepting a few barbarian women as concubines. I will choose the most beautiful barbarian girl for the lord."

It was only after he followed for a long time that he dared to make fun of the lord. Wang Zheng and Long Yingtai smiled unconsciously.

Li Qing glared at Yan Zhengyi. With his status, how could he take concubines casually, not to mention how could he appreciate a vulgar girl.

Further forward is the Longchuan Salt Farm, which was the place where soldiers were secretly trained to exterminate the ghost soldiers. Now it is no longer desolate. Tens of thousands of salt workers are busy transporting firewood and burning the sea for salt.

Seeing this, Li Qing's heart moved, and he asked Wang Zheng: "Isn't it too labor-intensive to make salt in this way? The Longchuan Salt Field uses tens of thousands of salt, so how much labor will be wasted in the entire Jiaozhou Salt Field?"

Wang Zheng said with a smile: "Salt production has been like this since ancient times. Table salt is a necessity. No matter how expensive it is, some people buy it. It has been like this since ancient times, but now it is much easier to have barbarian slaves."

Li Qing recalled it carefully, and sure enough, Jiaozhou is a place where salt is produced, and the price of salt is not cheap, let alone the inland states. It would be good if the people could eat coarse salt, and most people could only eat local salt.

Soil salt is produced in saline-alkaline land. It tastes bitter and contains too many impurities. Eating too much is harmful to the body. The common people cannot eat high-priced salt, so they can only cook saline-alkali soil and filter the impurities to use it as table salt. The only advantage is that every household can use it Make it yourself, don't spend money to buy it.

It turns out that the world has not yet developed the method of drying salt?

Li Qing was stunned. This is indeed a road to improve the world's salt industry. It not only benefits the common people, but also a stable way to make money.

Immediately said: "I have a method of drying salt, which not only does not use firewood, but also produces more."

Seeing the disbelief on Wang Zheng's face, it's no wonder that the other party has been a salt merchant all his life, and he introduced with a smile: "You can dig a pool at the seaside and introduce seawater, let it evaporate naturally, and what will be left after the seawater dries is rough. Salt, coarse salt is then soaked in clean river water, the impurities are filtered out, and then dried to obtain fine salt.”

Li Qing tried his best to introduce them in words they could understand, secretly thanking the chemistry teacher in his previous life, the knowledge that he thought he would never use in his lifetime really came in handy.

"You can choose an area to experiment, and it won't be too late to promote it after seeing the results."

Wang Zheng was thoughtful, sea water would indeed evaporate under the sun, which is indeed the same as burning the sea to make salt, and it doesn't require much effort, just dig a few large ponds, if it works, the salt output will be high.

The more he thought about it, the hotter he became, and he even wanted to go to the salt immediately. He started with salt, so how could he bear it with such a method.

Seeing his expression, Li Qing smiled inwardly, and said, "You are just experimenting now, just Yan Zhengyi and Long Yingtai can walk with me."

Wang Zheng hurriedly said his goodbyes and left. The three of them smiled. If the method of drying the salt is really successful, they will no longer worry about military resources in a short time, and the pressure on Yan Zhengyi will be much less.

"Let's go blow the sea breeze." Li Qing was in a good mood.

A soldier came to stop him and said, "Just now, the Rangers discovered that there was a war on the seashore. After inquiring, it is the army of this town that is suppressing the barbarians. My lord, it is not easy to get close at this time, so as not to accidentally injure me."

Li Qing was surprised and said: "This is the seaside of Longchuan, how can there be barbarian tribes?"
Long Yingtai stepped forward and said: "My lord, I don't know. The barbarians don't just live in the mountains. One branch of the Shanyue people lives in the water. They build stilt houses in the shallow sea and make a living by fishing. There happened to be a village near Longchuan. Tribes, it’s just that they are xenophobic by nature and don’t like to communicate, and they don’t like Shanyue who often plunder the people, and we have always been in harmony with us, but I don’t know why Manqi will take the initiative to attack them.”

"Oh, then let the Lord see me after the war is over"

Li Qing instructed that he had long heard that Wu Yun used his Three Banners to catch barbarian slaves and made his eyes red. As long as the barbarians were good or evil, they would all be captured as slaves and handed over to civil servants in exchange for credit and rewards. This matter should be carefully considered just do.

While waiting, Li Qing communicated with Yan Zhengyi about the two divisions of Jiaozhou that were secretly planned recently. Jiaozhou is too big, as big as the three states of the Central Plains. In the past, the land was sparsely populated, and there were barbarian slaves first. It will inevitably lead to lower administrative efficiency.

Yesterday, Hou Yuanxun's battle report was received. Half of Yulin County had been recruited and surrendered. It was only a matter of time to occupy Yulin County, and it was time to consider the issue of administrative division.

(End of this chapter)