When the sun went down, two large ships loaded with sea cargo returned to Qingdao Port.

Opening the fish bin, he saw countless sea fish, shrimps, and crabs flowing out of the fish bin. Ma Qiang even saw traces of two sharks.

The fishermen who had been recruited had been waiting on the shore for a long time. Looking at so many fish, the fishermen suddenly didn’t know what to do.

This fish is very easy to spoil. How can we eat so much of it? It won’t be wasted, right?

Waste... I haven't heard this word in a long time.

"Here comes the salt!!"

Jin Yun shouted loudly, followed by Lu Zhong and other directors of Qingzhou Salt Industry, and several large trucks of sea salt were pulled over.

"First sort the seafood, then remove the guts and scales from the edible fish, pickle them with salt, and send them to the cannery!" Ma Qiang looked around and shouted, "Where's Master Lin!"

"Here! Here!" Lin Zhen stretched out his hand and jumped up. He was not tall and was indeed a bit inconspicuous among a group of Shandong men.

In this era of food scarcity, salted fish is a good thing. I watched the fishermen classify various sea fish separately, then began to dissect and slaughter them, then randomly coated them with salt and threw them into the basket. When the basket was full, they were shipped to cans.

Weighing and counting at the factory booth.

These pickled fish will continue to be salted and dried in the cannery, made into salted fish, and finally packaged and sold.

Cans are ordinary wide-mouth earthenware jars. As for the sterilization method, they are also very simple. Place all the earthenware jars in a pot of boiling water and heat them for half an hour. After taking them out, cover them tightly with the matching lids, seal them with wax, and finally use a rope.

Due to the reinforcement, and the fact that salted fish is inherently non-perishable, Ma Qiang thinks it can be eaten even after a year or two.

Later generations thought that salted fish could easily cause cancer and was not a good thing. However, in the late Han Dynasty, salted fish was also called abalone. Coupled with the lack of salt, this was a high-quality delicacy that ordinary people could not eat.

When Diao Chan's tour team arrived in Qingdao and started performing for the navy and workers, Ma Qiang was also ready to go home.

In the blink of an eye, it has been almost two months since I came out.

The land clearing work in various places has come to an end. Bloody conflicts continued to occur during this period, but it also greatly trained the first batch of Pingyuan College students who came out of the school.

These students who have experienced Qingtian's baptism will become one of the most important forces in Ma Qiang's transformation of this era in the future.

——July of the second year of Chuping

In Qingzhou in July, the sun was scorching, and the cicadas were screaming hot on the trees. In Pingyuan City, the school bus of Pingyuan College stopped at the Governor's Mansion Station.

"It's so hot! Wow! Sister Qingcheng, why do you have popsicles to eat? Brother Xiaoma!! I want to eat popsicles too~"

As soon as Lin Zhi returned to the Governor's Mansion, he shouted for some popsicles. Bai Yan, who was hiding in the shade of the tree, lost all strength. He looked at the small pond on the side and thought about whether he should jump in and take a bath to cool off.

"Brother Xiao Ma is still at work. If you want the popsicles, go get them by yourself. It's in the laboratory in the backyard. Where is your sister Zhang Ning?" Qing Cheng held a popsicle in one hand and a newspaper in the other. He waved and pointed to the backyard, asking Lin Zhi to

Go get it yourself.

"She is still correcting the papers, I came back by myself."

Lin Zhi jumped around and found the test tube used to make popsicles, and took a lick. It was so cool!

"The Qingzhou Stock Exchange will open on July 15th? Is this stock exchange finally going to open?" Qingcheng sat on a chair, eating popsicles and reading the newspaper.

"No, we have been promoting it continuously for more than a month. I heard that powerful people from all over Qingzhou, as well as nobles from Xuzhou, Jizhou, and Yanzhou also come, and they all want to see what this stock exchange is used for."

"I heard from Brother Ma that this is a place where people can go crazy enough to jump off the building..."

"Qing Cheng, don't scare Lin Zhi!" Qing Ning walked over, holding a popsicle in one hand and a folding fan in the other. The weather was really hot.

"I just saw Duan Yu and Yang Chi walking in the backyard. Uncle Yang is not here, and it is difficult for my husband to come forward. I think this matter requires you and me to help them pierce this layer of paper."

"What? Are sister Duan Yu and Yang Chi together?" Lin Zhi asked with a gossipy look.

Qing Ning bit off the popsicle with a click, nodded and said, "It must be true. Duan Yu talks about Yang Chi the same way Qing Ning talks about her husband."

"Ah~~Sister Qing Ning, please stop talking!" Qing Cheng's face suddenly turned red. Although she had been married for a year, her face was still very thin.

The women in the room were gossiping, and Ma Qiang on the other side was having a meeting.

"Because we have been organizing people to fight locusts, various places have reported that this year's locust plague is much milder than expected. In addition, the price of salt has come down. People should be able to have some savings by the end of the year." Duan Ying is reporting the farming situation in various places to the public.

Ma Qiang reports.

As long as this year lasts, Qingzhou will be able to recover from the second Yellow Turban Rebellion.

In the past six months, Ma Qiang has been worried about the locust plague every day, and now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Ma Qiang smiled and said to everyone, "In the blink of an eye, half of this year has passed. Qingzhou has become increasingly stable, and the price of salt has dropped to ten yuan per liter. This is a political achievement. I am going to report it to the court and pay tribute to some utensils to show my gratitude to the emperor."

His loyalty also let Dong Zhuo know that I, Ma Qiang, have not forgotten the imperial court."

Duan Ying knew Ma Qiang's thoughts and responded, "Everyone has seen Ming Gong's achievements in governing Qingzhou. I think that the low position of the governor is not enough to show the merits of Ming Gong. All counties can jointly submit a letter and ask the emperor to appoint Ming Gong as the official."

State Shepherd!"

Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others looked at each other and smiled and expressed kindness.

Indeed, the position of governor is only 600 shi, and it is difficult to reward the officials below. For example, among the ranks of military generals, most of the generals are still at the level of military commander, which is really inconsistent with the current strength of Qingzhou.

"Ming Gong! Yuan Shao suddenly sent an urgent document!"

Huang Xu walked in at this time, holding a document in his hand and handed it to Ma Qiang.

Ma Qiang said oh, took it, opened it, and immediately laughed and said, "Interesting, interesting, Yuan Shao said that he heard that Qingzhou was happy recently, and sent a letter to congratulate him. He also said that he wanted to list me as the shepherd of Qingzhou and the general of Zhendong! He also said that he had been a long time

I'm not in Bohai. I heard that there are many talented people in our state, and I hope I can recommend someone. He will come and recommend him as the governor of Bohai. You can wait and see."

Everyone looked around and were about to speak when Huang Xu walked in again, still holding a document in his hand and said, "Ming Gong... Later general Yuan Shu also sent an urgent document!"

Ma Qiang frowned, feeling something was wrong.

"bring here!"

Ma Qiang opened Yuan Shu's document, read it, put it down again, and wondered, "What's going on with the Yuan brothers? Suddenly they all wanted to declare me as Qingzhou Mu, and Yuan Shu also added a right general to me.

He also said in the letter that he was planning to join forces with Tao Qian to launch a second protest against the leadership, and he hoped that I could also participate..."
Chapter completed!