Each posthouse costs only 150,000 to 60,000 yuan in blue bricks, in addition to more than a thousand stones of white ash, and hundreds of stones of glutinous rice. The cost is astonishingly high. In comparison, the sentry forts built by the Salt and Iron Company in the salt area,

At best, it is a short and small bump on the earth.

After the posthouse was built, Lin Fu directly set up a camp based on the posthouse, appointed village officials, and recruited refugees to reclaim wasteland and grow vegetables and grain. In the name of the outside world, he wanted to recruit workers and supplies for the soldiers who built the embankment.

Provide food and vegetables and save money.

In this regard, Hu Dahai, the magistrate of Yandu County, only dared to go to Liu Tingzhou to complain; the officials of Jianling and Gaocheng counties simply pretended to be deaf and dumb.

The three counties of Gaocheng, Jianling, and Yandu themselves have a large amount of wasteland, wasteland, and wetlands and swamps that are difficult to cultivate. Since the sea dike is built on the side of the salt field, the salt field also has a large area of ​​land designated to defend the sea dike.

inside.

At that time, the salt production method mainly used the boiling method, so large areas of forage land were reserved in the salt area to provide the fodder required for boiling salt. The salt field area designated on the inside of the sea wall is actually a preserved forage land, pasture and salt field.

The household’s place of residence.

In addition to reclaiming wasteland in the three counties of Yandu, Jianling and Gaocheng, the settlement also occupied a considerable part of the forage land of the salt field.

The officials of the Salt Supervision Institute were even more distressed. If they dared to resist, the Huaidong Military Division would immediately be able to rely on seven forts to completely cut off the flow of illegal salt.

Compared with allowing the Huaidong Military Division to occupy some fodder land and completely cutting off private salt, the officials of the Salt Supervision Institute could not bear the loss.
Chapter completed!