Lè'ān

Le'an lies north of Qingzhou on the low plain approaching the Bohai coast. Its county gazetteers recorded not only the town, schools and fields, but also salt administration and the defence of the shore. The 1733 edition was compiled under the magistrate Li Fangying. Under the Qing, posts guarded the county town and the routes through the salt-producing country to the northeast, where officials sought to control the movement of salt.