Chapter 291: Divine Stick and Golden Finger
With the continuous display of Zhao Xing's golden fingers, giving priority to the development of industry and grabbing money is being promoted in the new Datang, but how can you forget the reason why you seized this land? That's the salt lake.
When Zhao Xing and Qin Mo and a group of local officials stood by the vast salt lake, they saw that because Dongguoli intercepted the water upstream, the huge salt lake began to appear in a situation of white salt flats. Zhao Xing proudly and proudly introduced to the ministers around him: "The pattern of salt in the world alone in Qi has changed, from now on, we will also have a share of the salt, no, it is a big bite." From then on, we began to plunder the world with salt with Qi State, and from then on, Datang stood up. ”
Qin Mo squatted down, pinched up a small piece of white and shiny table salt, and after gently putting it in his mouth and tasting it, the excitement on his face immediately turned into frustration: "My lord, this salt is bitter and cannot be eaten." ”
Bitter salt is poisonous, people will die if they eat it, even if the livestock on the grassland can't eat it, looking at such a huge salt lake blind, Qin Mo almost wanted to cry without tears.
Looking at Qin Mo, who was like a dead old man, Zhao Xing smiled slightly: "Don't be discouraged, have you forgotten, is there still a widow in this world?" ”
"Does the king have a knack for turning bitter salt into table salt?"
Zhao Xing smiled but did not speak, and on the carriage behind him, he lifted half a bag of soil.
At this point, Zhao Xing stomped his feet in a place along the way, "Dig, dig for me here." ”
As for what to dig, whatever, as long as there is a salary, the king will do whatever he asks. The hired man who is following now is very obedient.
Sweating like rain, everyone dug up the thick fertile loess, and they dug up a new kind of soil, the gray brath, which everyone looked useless and prepared to throw it aside and continue to dig down.
As a result, the king yelled: "Stop, this is it." Then he ordered the place to be marked, and the officials were to be there, and the immigrants were hired to continue digging this thing.
Not only are they excavated and dried, but they are also asked to grind the gray soil with a stone mill.
In the end, Zhao Xing cherished the half bag of soil samples in his luxurious carriage and brought them over.
Zhao Xing asked people to bring a large container, and then poured this half bag of soil into it, while teaching the students of the Baiji Palace who followed: "The name of this thing, I call him bentonite, not cooking, this can't be eaten." The biggest role of this thing is to bond and filter. The most amazing thing about him is that he doesn't filter residues, but flavors and toxins. ”
One student wondered, "The taste is intangible, can it also be filtered?" ”
Zhao Xing explained while tinkering: "In fact, this world is tangible except for the spirit, and the taste is the same, but it is smaller, and the small ones are not visible to the naked eye." ”
What the recognized scholar of the Hundred Techniques Palace said should be right. The students hurriedly took out the paper and wrote it down, and they must find a way to see what shape the smell was in the future.
Command a large bucket of water to be frought. Zhao Xing also specially asked Qin Mo and the students to taste it.
Salty and bitter.
Zhao Xing slowly poured the bucket of bitter and salty water into the bentonite clay that contained him, and the guards stirred it.
After the water settles and clears, it is poured out and poured on a large and clean bluestone.
The bluestone in the summer can bake eggs. After a short while, the water began to evaporate and dry, revealing a layer of white stuff.
Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Zhao Xing proudly invited everyone: "Come on, come on, please try it again." ”
It was still Qin Mo who nodded, pinched a small pinch of white crystals and tasted them in his mouth, squinted his eyes for a long time, and suddenly jumped up: "It's salt, really delicious salt." ”
All those who followed the tasting cheered: "Salt, we have salt." ”
A student trembled and respectfully asked, "Is this another miracle of the king?" ”
Zhao Xing decisively denied: "Wrong, this is science, this is the result of the science that all of you here are discussing." ”
The principle of filtration was briefly introduced, and no matter how deep it was, Zhao Xing didn't understand. The main thing is to talk about his goal of reclaiming salt pans in the future and using the salt drying method to develop salt lakes: "In this way, we don't have to spend huge manpower and firewood, grass and iron pots, we can obtain a steady stream of salt, and at the same time benefit the people of the world, hit the economy of Qi and weaken Qi country." At the same time, it also gets us a lot of money. ”
Facing the grand blueprint of the king, the vast salt lake in front of Qin Mo's eyes, under the illumination of the sun, was shining with golden light, which was the light of gold.
"Follow your lord, you have a future." This is the sentiment of all officials.
Just when everyone was lamenting that there was a way to make money with you, Zhao Xing waved his hands: "Come on, come on, it's not enough to follow the widow just to have a future, but also to have a way to make money." Now the widow has announced that this huge salt lake is not an exclusive industry of the country, and I will take half of it and distribute the investment and output of this salt lake to you, and all the officials of Datang will each share of it, everyone will invest, everyone will make a profit, so that everyone will have a great future and a lot of money. ”
The joint venture of the company is a way for Zhao Xing to put an end to state-owned corruption and lack of enthusiasm and give officials a decent and legal income. He is ready to do the same for all industries in Datang in the future.
Of course, it is also a solution to the start-up capital. His family is rich, but Zhao Xing is ready to use Datang in this way to unite all the people, so that all the people in Datang can become the real family of Datang.
As for the share of officials and the thinning of state-owned income, there is no need to worry, because in this era, the proportion of officials and ordinary people is quite small. This is an extensive society, and the government's inaction is the way to go.
With the official start of the relocation, batches of skilled workers began to relocate, batches of the most skilled peasants relocated, and finally, the Xingjun Mansion was revoked, and the three-foot-high Daijun was handed over to Zhao Guo, so that Zhao Yong and his courtiers could go happily and painfully in the face of Daijun, who was poorer than before.
When the last group of people from Daijun, under the leadership of Yin Qi and Xu Jie, crossed the Lou Fu territory belonging to the Tang Dynasty to the original Linhu, and now it is also the territory of the Tang Dynasty, they have already seen factories everywhere in front of them, chimneys are everywhere, and there is a miracle in the world.
Yin Qi and other old officials looked at this new and thriving country, and they all sighed: "Your Majesty, the real gods, no, the gods." ”
Zhao Xing was humble: "I still say the same thing, there is no immortal emperor in this world, everything depends on ourselves." ”
All of them looked at this modest god and part-time gentleman with a high mountain gaze, and fell into infinite intoxication.
Saying that the Divine Stick and the Divine Stick have arrived, in fact, it is said that it is the Divine Stick, no, exactly, to be exact, a group of warlocks.