Madam, She Has a Tender Heart - Chapter 430

Chapter 430 Salt Industry

There are many people like Ying Cai who claim to be smart.

The people who came to apply for the army observed for a few days and saw that the first bird responded to the wealth by giving a woman to the Jiedushi Master. Although the Master did not take it, there was no other action afterward.

 Perhaps Ying Cai has a poor vision? Isn’t the woman I sent you young and beautiful enough?

So those who came to Xuzhou to seek official positions brought fat and thin women to seek an audience with Lu Bocheng.

 Lü Bocheng’s head is as big as a bucket.

　　I want to get angry at the person who comes to report. But thinking that his wife was still pregnant, he was worried about disturbing his dear daughter.

The wife ignored him for several days, and those idiots didn’t even know how to look at her, and they still informed him of this kind of news.

 What did you think of him?

His wife is pregnant, but does he need someone to take care of him?

The housewife and girl have bought a bunch of them now. He lacks people to fetch water or cook and wash clothes!

He pulled the entourage who came to report to a place where the lady could not see or hear him, and cursed him. Then he ran to the door of the mansion in person, carrying a few guards and cursed him bloodyly.

Next time, if the men with women are allowed in and they run to report to him, he will deduct their wages and send them to dig as a punishment.

  No, the welfare benefits of mining are very good now, but many people still can’t get in because of their connections. How about sending them there to enjoy the benefits?

Then send them to the military camp to clean the stables and toilets.

Lu Bocheng had a fit in the house, and no one dared to come to him anymore because of such a thing.

The people who were waiting to see him outside saw that Mr. Lu was no longer in sight, and heard some rumors. They were so frightened that they turned around and sent the woman they brought out overnight.

Since Lu Bocheng could not see them, these people approached Pei Shi and other Xuzhou officials one after another.

　　It kept all the officials in Xuzhou busy. Have you ever been so popular? Pain and happiness.

　　Since the beginning of the year, the recruitment list has been put up, and after the year, after several months of operation, there were introductions from acquaintances, and self-recommendations. All the vacancies for officials at all levels in the six prefectures of Zhenhai were filled at once.

 Even the servants and servants either filled in the vacancies or replaced them.

 Zhenhai’s officialdom has taken on a new look from small to low level.

Lu Bocheng finally got rid of a bunch of miscellaneous things and focused on the affairs of the three armed forces.

 Heaved a big sigh of relief.

 He is still doing things in the army easily. He was really overwhelmed with matters in the civil service workplace.

He is a straightforward person, and he is used to saying the same thing in the military, so he cannot listen to the twists and turns in the civil service field and the hidden meaning in his words.

 Having a tight headache.

Now that everything is being taken care of, he can feel relieved.

 The largest number of official vacancies to be filled this time are Haizhou and Chuzhou.

 Years ago, Chuzhou killed chickens to honor monkeys and killed dozens of people. A large number of people recruited here were sent to Chuzhou.

Because Chuzhou is now the main money bag of the 200,000-strong army and cannot be ignored. Lu Bocheng allocated a huge sum of money and requested that the Chuzhou city wall be rebuilt and thickened, and heavy troops be sent to guard it.

 There are also a number of salt officials assigned to the salt farm to perform their respective duties.

 Throughout the dynasties, the salt industry was almost always government-run, and cooking and selling salt privately was always prohibited.

The huge profits from the salt industry have attracted many people to take risks and become private salt dealers. Every year, a group of salt smugglers are imprisoned in the prisons of various state capitals.

 However, due to its huge profits, it has been repeatedly banned.

Su Qingyu used some of the knowledge she had to make some suggestions to Lu Bocheng and Xu Tang.

 First of all, a salt transportation department was established, which contained salt officials and related personnel with varying numbers of people. The salt officials were responsible for organizing salt production and the production of salt by the people.

 The Salt Transportation Department is responsible for the unified purchase of finished salt and its unified sales.

 The second step is to provide generous rewards and improve the welfare benefits of salt workers. Su Qingyu thought, why have people in all dynasties taken risks and sold salt privately?

 It’s just that his profits are huge. If he works for one year, he can live for three to five years, or even longer. The temptation is great, and there will always be people attracted to it.

Then why no one in modern society sells salt for profit?

 The main reason is that the price of salt in modern society is controlled by the state and is no longer a monopoly. In addition, modern society has convenient transportation. In areas without salt, it is very convenient to transport salt from elsewhere and arrive on the same day. The most important thing is that the productivity level of modern society is high, the output of salt is high, and profits are thin.

It is unrealistic to change the salt industry from a monopoly to a private sector at the moment. As soon as it is released, it will probably be chaotic. One or two gold may not be able to buy one or two salt.

And now Lu Bocheng’s 200,000-strong army has to rely on Chuzhou’s salt tax to support the army.

 As for the inconvenient transportation situation, Su Qingyu cannot solve it now.

Even if there is no shortage of iron in Xuzhou, they still cannot get a train out. Besides, now that various local governments are divided, even if you have ideas, you can’t do anything.

 Then we can only increase the production of salt.

 As the output increases, the problem of difficulty in eating salt can be greatly improved. Moreover, the higher the output, the more salt tax can be collected.

Su Qingyu asked Xiang Shang to go to Yancheng in person for a month and listen to him talk about the situation in Yancheng when he came back.

 Then you have the idea in your mind.

 There are various types of salt nowadays, including sea salt, well salt, rock salt and lake salt. Sea salt accounts for more than half of production.

 At present, the method of making sea salt is boiling salt.

 Throughout history, the method of boiling salt has been used.

The Ming Dynasty’s “Tiangong Kaiwu” also records the method of obtaining sea salt: “On a rainy day, spread rice widely, spread wheatgrass ashes and reed spear ashes on the ground, and press them evenly. In the Ming Dynasty, when the dew rises, the The salt grass is blooming, the sun is clear, and the ashes and salt are swept up and fried. “

 Boiling salt is not as simple as scooping up seawater and putting it into a large pot to boil.

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 First of all, lay some loose things on the beach the night before, which can be rice straws or thatch. When the fog rises at night, a layer of white salt spray will be attached to these loose things. Then these things with salt spray are collected and boiled back, so that sea salt can be obtained.

 The method of boiling salt is also called boiling salt and boiling waves.

 It can be seen that until the Ming Dynasty, sea salt was still produced by boiling.

 But in modern times, the boiling salt method is no longer used but the sun salt method is used.

 The sun salt method is more environmentally friendly and economical than the boiled salt method, saves fuel and manpower, has lower costs, and has greater output.

 There is a better way to get more salt, why not?

Su Qingyu naturally wanted to use it. Higher output means greater profits and abundant salt taxes. The profits are huge, and it also saves manpower and labor. Not only is it a lot of money, but it also increases. Why not switch to the salt-drying method?

 In ancient times, no matter what kind of salt was produced, it was necessary to burn firewood to boil the salt, and the salt workers were extremely hard-working. And salt work has always been considered a lowly industry. In the Tang Dynasty, because there were not enough salt workers, they often used prisoners to fill them.

 No one wants to do it. You can see how hard it is.

Su Qingyu recorded the salt-drying method in detail and showed it to Lu Bocheng and Xu Tang. They felt like they had found a treasure.

Xu Tang turned around and ordered all salt farms in Yancheng to abandon the method of boiling salt and directly use the method of drying salt.

 At the beginning, everyone was still dubious. The method of boiling salt had been passed down from generation to generation, but this method of drying salt 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.

 Firstly, Lu Bocheng’s military strength is too strong. As long as his wife says it, he will take it as an example. Could his own wife still harm him? If you don’t believe the lady’s words, who should you believe?

 Second, Xu Tang’s methods were too tough, and now everyone in the Chuzhou officialdom dared not disobey him.

 How dare you disobey the orders given by the two big bosses? How many lives do you have to dare to go against the boss?

 The sun salt method was successfully implemented.

 (End of this chapter)