The so-called salt drying method is to build a large number of salt pans on a flat beach, introduce seawater into the salt pans, and use sunlight and wind to evaporate and concentrate seawater to saturate it and further crystallize the salt, which is chemically called evaporation crystallization. Compared with the traditional boiling salt method, the drying salt method saves manpower and fuel because of the use of sunlight and wind power, the cost is much lower, and the yield is much higher.

So why has the salt drying method not been promoted, because the salt crystals left after evaporation by the salt drying method still contain a large number of impurities, which belong to coarse salt, which is harmful to the human body if eaten directly, and needs to be further purified to become refined salt, and because the production and sales of salt are strictly controlled by the government, the salt workers who make salt do not get benefits at all, and naturally they do not have the heart to promote the technological innovation of sea salt production, resulting in the salt drying method has not been vigorously promoted in this era.

Guo Zhiyuan served as the mayor's secretary before the crossing, and once participated in the technical transformation of a state-owned salt factory under the city, so he has a lot of understanding of the salt purification process.

In the next few days, Guo Zhiyuan took Xu Guangqi and others to inspect his territory, and when he found that there was land that could be used, he would stop and put forward his own idea, build a pearl farm here, build a sweet potato processing factory there, plant hundreds of acres of tea trees on this mountain, and plant hundreds of acres of sweet potatoes on that mountain...... Ideas to make money keep popping up, and now Guo Zhiyuan really has the feeling described in the lyrics of "The Story of Spring", drawing circles one by one, cities will rise in the future, and mountains of gold will miraculously gather!

At this time, Guo Zhiyuan can be regarded as experiencing the feeling of desperately climbing up to be a superior person, every word you say, every instruction you give will be recorded, and then more people will turn your words into reality, when you have enough power, moving mountains and seas is a matter of one sentence, Guo Zhiyuan doesn't want to be the kind of person who oppresses others, but he also has to admit that this feeling of controlling the fate of one party is really cool!

Xu Guangqi on the side was even more anxious, Guo Zhiyuan's plan is so grand, the gap in funds needed is even greater, without a few million taels of silver, such a big stall can't be spread out at all, although he also believes that Guo Zhiyuan's plans will definitely bring a steady stream of money to Dongfan in the future, but the key problem is still not solved, where does the start-up capital come from? !

But seeing Guo Zhiyuan's energetic appearance, Xu Guangqi was not too happy, he was so anxious that he kept scratching his head on the side, Guo Zhiyuan looked secretly funny, he knew what Xu Guangqi was worried about, about the start-up capital needed for the construction of Dongfan (Taiwan), he actually had a plan in his heart, so he smiled slightly and said: "Mr. Xu, are you still worried about the start-up capital needed for the construction of Dongfan (Taiwan)?" Sir, rest assured, it won't be long before someone will take the initiative to deliver money to us! ……”

"Someone took the initiative to send us silver?!" Xu Guangqi became more and more confused, he really couldn't think of anyone who would take the initiative to send money to the door, you must know that this is not a small amount, and there are very few people who can come up with such a large sum of money at one time in this era!

Fortunately, Guo Zhiyuan did not let Xu Guangqi wait too long, a few days later, Dongfan suddenly came to a few large ships, Guo Zhiyuan They had just occupied Dongfan not long ago, at this time Dongfan was far from stable, and there were pirate reconnaissance ships at sea from time to time, so Guo Zhiyuan asked the new army to be strictly vigilant, and the sudden appearance of several large ships made the guards like a great enemy, and Shen Junrong, who was in charge of guarding, immediately sent a few sea ships to intercept these large ships outside the dock under construction, and at the same time quickly sent someone to inform Guo Zhiyuan.

After receiving the guard's notice, Guo Zhiyuan laughed at Xu Guangqi on the side and said, "Mr. Xu, it should be the person who sent us the money here, let's go, let's go and greet us together!" ……”

Came to the dock, at this time the guards had lifted the alert, it turned out that there were more than a dozen seamen along the coast, Sun Chuan was also on the boat, and the few seagoing ships were also allowed to dock, Sun Chuan was walking down from the sea boat with more than a dozen people, some of these dozen people were close to the sixtieth year, and some were middle-aged, the only thing in common was that the eyes of these dozen people were very sharp, and they all had a fierce momentum. These sea merchants are all from the families of the extremely rich, and their subordinates at least control dozens or hundreds of sea ships, and support hundreds of sailors and family members.

Sun Chuan took the lead and walked to Guo Zhiyuan's side, and whispered: "My lord, I have invited you to people, but these are all masters who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, and it is more difficult to deduct silver from their pockets than to ascend to the sky......"

Guo Zhiyuan waved his hand and smiled slightly: "Don't worry, since they are here, even if it is an iron rooster, I will pluck out all my hair!" ......" said and greeted him with a big smile, and arched his hand: "Welcome, you are all distinguished guests of Dongfan Mansion, and this mansion extends a warm welcome to you on behalf of the Dongfan military and civilians......

Guo Zhiyuan, as the prefect of Dongfan, personally came to greet these sea merchants, which can be regarded as giving these sea merchants enough face, but these sea merchants have also seen big scenes, and there are court officials behind them as backers, so they are not flattered, they are just reserved to Guo Zhiyuan slightly bowed and bowed his hand and said that there is a prefect of Lao to greet him.

These maritime merchants came to Dongfan naturally because they had received the news that the imperial court had granted Dongfan to open the sea and ban sea trade, and with their keen sense of smell for many years of business, they naturally knew what it meant, so they were moved when they received the invitation from Guo Zhiyuan, the generation of Sun Chuan, and came to look for business opportunities, but along the way they saw the construction site that was still in the stage of laying the foundation, and they were a little drummed in their hearts.

Came to the prefect's yamen, the maritime merchants looked at the simple layout of the prefect's yamen and shook their heads secretly, they came to Dongfan not only because of the maritime trade business, but also for Guo Zhiyuan, the youngest prefect in Fujian, business people must first learn to stand in line, and the investment in people is the investment with the greatest returns, just like Lü Buwei's investment in King Xiangwang of Qinzhuang back then, it is a classic case of "strange goods can live", Lü Buwei also became the prime minister of Qin, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, Guo Zhiyuan became the prefect of Wupin so young, and he must have a bright future. Naturally, it is worth their bet on Guo Zhiyuan.

But seeing the humble prefect's yamen in front of them, they were a little shaken, I heard that Guo Zhiyuan and Fujian Governor Xu Xueju are not on the right path, shouldn't it be because they offended the governor and sent them here to open up the wasteland, right? Then they have to consider whether it is worth betting on Guo Zhiyuan!

(PS: It's been so long, I'm really sorry, a lot of things have happened during this time, I can't calm down at all to code words, and I don't have the shame to explain anything, what I can guarantee is that this book will not be a eunuch, even if all readers abandon reading because I update too slowly, I will insist on finishing this book.) ）