Chapter 215: Money and Silver

This is a serious matter, but I can't shirk it, but I didn't expect Feng Jingting to be so fast, and he collected a few big salt farms in a few days.

Guo Wenying nodded, "Okay, wait until I have time to go to the salt farm." ”

Xu Mao hurriedly said: "This matter is urgent, if you are free today, it is better to go with the old slave today." ”

Guo Wenying thought about it for a while and agreed, even if it was busy here, he didn't care about the past two days. She said, "You wait for me to change my clothes." ”

Xu Mao withdrew with a group of subordinates, Guo Wenying picked up a few clothes on the bed, seeing that it was summer, she felt hot in heavy clothes at this time, and she was sweating when she was working. There was a change of clothes, and she didn't have to wear them, the boatman's clothes were poor, and her skin was delicate and uncomfortable.

Changing into the new clothes, they are all piping embroidery, exquisite and good goods made by Seiko, she simply changed the middle clothes and obscene clothes in one go, and combed her hair again. When I was about to go out, I suddenly saw the box on the bed, and when I was curious about what it was, I took the key and opened the box.

Glancing inside, his face suddenly swollen red, and the box turned out to be a menstrual belt made of fine silk cotton and white cloth.

If it's anything else, she can still say no, but she really needs this, women are very troublesome every month, she didn't prepare when she came last month, and her pants were all over the place, and Zhang Xinfang saw her and thought she was injured, and she wanted to ask for a doctor.

She was so ashamed that she didn't dare to go out for several days, thinking that she would quietly ask someone to buy a piece of white cotton cloth and come back to make it herself, but she didn't expect him to even have this ready.

In the past, she was in the barracks, and she was in pain every month until this time, so she quietly went to Songcheng, bought white cloth, found some seamstresses, and prepared it for her, at least half a year. She didn't do a good job as a female worker, and the biggest headache every time was to find tailors, and when those tailors heard that they were going to do that, their eyes were strange when they looked at her.

This big box in front of you can last at least a few months, right?

Faintly moved in his heart, Feng Jingting was really interested in her. But thinking of what he did to him that day, he became angry again, and snorted, "Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief." ”

Thinking that Xu Mao was still waiting for her outside, he pressed the box under the pillow and pushed the door out.

After getting into the car, Xu Mao began to introduce her to the recent situation of the salt farm, although she was mentally prepared, but when she saw the salt farm with her own eyes, she was still a little surprised, how long has it been, and the abandoned salt farm has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Not only are there many more workers, but the entire salt farm has been renovated, and it looks like a big salt farm.

Xu Mao entered the palace at the age of seven, and began to serve Feng Jingting, who was already five years old, from the age of eighteen, and after Feng Jingting opened the palace at the age of seventeen, he has been the chief manager of the palace. Although he is a eunuch, he does have some ability, especially in financial management, and he is very talented. That's why Feng Jingting entrusted him with the matter of the salt farm.

He was extremely concerned about salt matters, and was afraid that the people under him would not be able to do things well and spoil the prince's affairs, so he took a few guards to inquire about the salt workers in person, and invited a few veterans of the salt farm.

Several veterans have been working in salt farms all their lives, and soon selected a group of shrewd and capable salt workers to come out and build several salt farms.

When Feng Jingting first arrived in Huainan, although his status was extremely noble, he wanted money or no money, and he had no one to do, even if he had a heart for the southeast, he was powerless to intervene. Suppressing bandits is his first step in interfering in politics, and the salt field is his first step in intervening in the economy, and the success or failure involves whether his plan to control Huainan can be implemented smoothly, so he attaches great importance to the salt field.

Since the construction of the salt factory, he has spent most of his day in the salt factory, and even comes to the salt factory every day to inspect it.

Nowadays, most of the methods used in salt farms are to boil sea salt in a salt stove.

The salt stove is generally made of soil mounds, the stove is round, the stove door is opened around it, the pot of frying salt is pressed on the frying utensils, and the firewood and grass are burned below, and there is a thin layer of crystals when the seawater is boiled. After ten days, as the water in the crystallization pond continues to decrease, it begins to slowly reveal little by little white salt grains, and after a few days, coarse salt can be produced, and then it is finely processed and re-steamed, and the fine salt is slowly produced.

At first, the workers dried and boiled the salt smoothly, but it didn't take long for new problems to arise. He only looks forward to producing salt to raise soldiers, so he wants to make quick money, and drying salt takes too long and is too slow, but if you use the method of boiling salt, although you can produce salt, the cost is to roll up, and the cost of firewood, grass and charcoal is added, and the price of salt will rise.

Especially now the salt industry in Southern Qi is mostly controlled by the third prince Feng Jinghui, who wants to sell salt, but there are too few channels and insufficient salt introduction, so he can't compete with the old salt farms elsewhere. It is simply impossible to ship in large quantities.

He lacks capital, and the price of salt is higher than others, even if he barely sells the salt, he can't make much money at all, so it is difficult to recover the cost, not to mention making a lot of money to raise soldiers.

Some time ago, he read a large number of classics, and brought the salt-making methods of all dynasties, trying to find a fast and money-saving method, but although there are many ways to produce salt, the fatal joint is still two words - "money and silver".

Most of this matter is in charge of Xu Mao, the prince is in a hurry, and Xu Mao is also exhausted for this matter. If it weren't for the fact that there was no way, I wouldn't have asked Guo Wenying for it. Everyone in the barracks knew that Guo Wenying had a lot of ideas, and nothing could bother her.

In fact, the reason why Feng Jingting was so embarrassed about selling salt was because most of the salt industry in Southern Qi was in the hands of the third prince Feng Jing'an, who occupied the household department and the Ministry of Industry, and all of these two departments were his people, and a large number of salt quotations were also in his hands. If the southern salt merchants want to attract salt, they have to tie up with the three highnesses.

And Feng Jingting opened these salt farms, in fact, he was grabbing food in Feng Jing'an's mouth, although this meat was small, but if the third brother didn't let his younger brother eat it, he wouldn't be able to swallow it. Therefore, it is impossible to sell salt in large quantities.

Feng Jingting was even more anxious because he knew this, and he had to think of a way to make money while not being able to directly confront Feng Jingan.

Xu Mao told all the causes and consequences, and when he saw that Guo Wenying had entered the salt field for a long time without speaking, he asked anxiously: "Lord Guo, what do you think should be done?"

Guo Wenying was looking down at the workers boiling salt, and when she heard Xu Mao's question, she couldn't help but smile bitterly, "The chief manager also looks down on Wen Ying too much, Wen Ying can't think of a way to save money and make quick money." ”

Xu Mao begged: "Good lord, you can give me an idea, you can't watch the prince unlucky." ”

Guo Wenying thought for a while, "There is no way to save money, but I have an idea to adjust the consumer group and beneficiary group." ”

Xu Mao stared, not understanding what she meant for a while.