Chapter 430 Salt Industry
There are many people like Yingcai who claim to be smart.
The people who came to apply for the election observed for a few days and saw that Yingcai gave the woman to the governor. Although the adult did not accept it, there was no other action afterwards.
Maybe Yingcai has no vision? The woman he gave is not young and beautiful enough?
So the people who came to Xuzhou to seek official positions all came over to see Lu Bocheng with a woman with a fat and thin air.
Lu Bocheng's head is as big as a fight.
He wanted to get angry at the person who came to report. But thinking that his wife was still pregnant, he was worried that he would disturb his kissed daughter.
The wife ignored him for several days, and those idiots didn't even wink, and even reported this kind of news to him.
What do you think of him!
His wife is pregnant, but is he short of people to serve?
The mother and girl in the mansion have bought a lot now. He lacks people to fetch water or cook and wash clothes!
He pulled the follower who came to report to a place where his wife could not see or hear, cursed him, and then ran to the mansion gate himself, carrying a few guards and scolded him.
Next time, he would put the person who brought the woman in, and then ran to report to him, and he would deduct their wages and punish them to go to mining.
No, the benefits of mining are very good now, and many people can’t get in with their relationship, so send them where to enjoy their happiness?
Then I will send them to the military camp to clean the stables and toilets.
Lu Bocheng had a breakup in the mansion, and no one dared to find him because of such a thing.
The person who was waiting to see him was still waiting for him. When he saw that he could not see Lord Lu, he heard some noises. He was so scared that he turned around and sent the woman he brought to him overnight.
When Lu Bocheng could not see him, these people came to Pei Shi and other Xuzhou officials.
It has made the officials in Xuzhou so busy that they are not touched. Have you ever been so sought after by others? It hurts and is happy.
From the beginning of the New Year to the post of the New Year, after the New Year, after several consecutive months, some people introduced me by acquaintances and those who came from the recommendations, the six states of Zhenhai suddenly filled the vacancies for candidates for officials at all levels.
Even the servants' offices may be filled in or replaced with a batch.
The Zhenhai officialdom has been in a fresh atmosphere since childhood.
Lu Bocheng finally got out of a bunch of miscellaneous things and focused on military affairs.
Big one breathed a sigh of relief.
He is still easy to do in the military. He is really a big deal about the civil servants' workplace.
He was a straight person and was used to talking in the army, but he couldn't hear the twists and turns in the workplace of civil servants, and there was something in his words.
Tight headache.
Now that everything is handled, he can breathe a sigh of relief.
The most vacancies for officials were Haizhou and Chuzhou.
A few years ago, Chuzhou killed Ji Jinghou and killed dozens of people. The large number of people who came here to recruit came to Chuzhou.
Because Chuzhou is now the main wallet of the 200,000 army, it should not be ignored. Lu Bocheng allocated a huge sum of money to rebuild and thicken the Chuzhou city walls, and sent heavy troops to guard them.
Many salt officials have also been set up in the salt farm affairs, each performing its own duties.
Throughout the dynasties, the salt industry has almost been an official business system, and it has always been prohibited to cook and sell salt privately.
Due to the huge profits in the salt industry, many people have taken risks and become private salt dealers. Every year, a group of private salt dealers are always detained in prisons in various prefectures.
But because of its huge profits, it has been repeatedly banned.
Su Qingma used some of the knowledge she had mastered to give some suggestions to Lu Bocheng and Xu Tang.
First, a salt transportation department was set up, which was equipped with salt officials and relevant personnel and numbers. The salt officials were responsible for organizing salt production and making salt in the civilians.
The Salt Transportation Department uniformly purchases finished salt and sells it in a unified manner.
The second is to give important rewards and improve the welfare benefits of salt workers.
Su Qingma thought, why did anyone in all dynasties take the risk of selling private salt?
It’s nothing more than that he has huge profits. He can lie down for three or five years, or even longer. With great temptation, people keep flying moths into the flames.
So why is there no human trafficking in modern society for profit?
The main reason is that the prices of salt industry in modern society are regulated by the state and are no longer specialized. In modern society, where transportation is convenient, salt is transported from other places on the same day, which is very convenient. The most important thing is that modern society has high productivity, high salt yield, and low profits.
Nowadays, it is not realistic to change the salt industry from a franchise to a private one. Once it is relaxed, it will be in chaos immediately. Maybe one or two gold coins may not be able to buy one or two salt.
Moreover, Lu Bocheng's 200,000 army now has to rely on the salt tax in Chuzhou to support the army.
Su Qingma can't solve the inconvenient transportation situation now.
Even if they are not short of iron in Xuzhou, they cannot get a train out. Besides, the current separatist governments in various places and governments cannot do anything if they have ideas.
That will only increase the salt yield.
If the output increases, the problem of difficulty in eating salt can be greatly improved. Moreover, if the output is high, the salt tax can be collected more.
Su Qingma asked Xiang Shang to stay in Yancheng for a month, and when she came back, she heard about the situation in Yancheng.
I realized it in my heart.
There are various salts, sea salt, well salt, rock salt, and lake salt nowadays. Sea salt accounts for more than half of the output.
The method of salt production in the sea salt is the method of boiling salt.
In the long river of history, the salt cooking method has been used.
The Ming Dynasty's "Tiangong Kaiwu" also records the method of getting sea salt: "Rice spreads widely on rainy days, wheat ash and reed spears are about inch on the ground, pressing them to make them even. When the dew rises in the Ming Dynasty, the salt underneath is thirsty, and the sun is clear. The ash and salt are swept up together and fry them."
Cooking salt is not simple. Just scoop up the sea water and put it in a large pot and cook it.
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First, on the night before, you should spread some loose things on the beach, which can be rice poles or thatch. When the fog rises at night, a white salt spray will be attached to these loose things. Then collect these things with salt spray and go back to make a torment, so that sea salt can be obtained.
The method of cooking salt is also called boiling salt and boiling waves.
It can be seen that in the Ming Dynasty, sea salt was boiled.
But in modern times, the salt boiling method is no longer used.
The salt drying method is more environmentally friendly and economical, more fuel-saving labor, lower costs, and greater output than the salt boiling method.
There are better ways to get more salt, why not?
Su Qingma naturally needs to use it. High yield means greater profits and abundant salt tax. While large profits also save manpower and labor, the money not only increases a lot, but why not change the salt method?
In ancient times, no matter which type of salt was obtained, it was necessary to burn firewood and boil salt. The salt workers were extremely hard. Moreover, salt workers were always considered a low-key career. During the Tang Dynasty, because they could not find enough salt workers, they were mostly punished with prisoners.
No one wants to do it. It shows how hard it is.
Su Qingniang recorded the salt drying method in detail and handed it over to Lu Bocheng and Xu Tang for a look. The two of them felt like they had a treasure.
Xu Tang turned around and told the salt farms in Yancheng to directly discard the salt boiling method and change it to the salt drying method.
At first, everyone was still half-believing and half-doing. The salt-boiling method was passed down from all dynasties, but this salt-drying method was unheard of.
If it fails, it will seriously affect the income of tens of thousands of salt workers.
But no one dared to object.
First, Lu Bocheng has a strong military power, and as long as he says it, he regards it as a standard. Can his own wife still harm him? Who should he believe if he doesn't believe in his wife's words?
Second, Xu Tang's methods are too tough, and now everyone in the Chuzhou officialdom dares not ignore him.
How many lives do you dare to go against the orders issued by the two big bosses?
Chapter completed!