Chapter 601 Bitter Mouth

"Okay, then there will be Brother Lao Wangqing......"

Lin Xiao smiled at him, and then changed his words, "However, I heard...... The salt class in your village is more than 1,000 citations? ”

"Looking back, yes,"

As soon as Lin Xiao asked about this, the village chief Shi Xiude immediately put on a bitter gourd face, "It's 1,300 leads, 0266 catties." ”

"Oh, so many?"

Lin Xiao frowned and muttered, "That'...... Even if 2,000 catties of salt are produced every day, it is difficult to complete this number? ”

More than 1,300 citations, almost 200 tons.

This figure is half of the annual output of 100 tons just calculated.

"Isn't it?"

Shi Xiude shook his head with a sad face, "If the year is good, our old and young masters will work hard for more than two hundred days, and we can barely count ......."

"In case God doesn't appreciate the food, the rainy season is a little longer, alas......"

As he spoke, he let out a long sigh.

"More than two hundred days?"

Lin Xiao couldn't help but gasp, "...... hiss"

He knew that the salt boiling industry in this era was completely an industry that watched the sky and ate food.

Even in the year when the wind and rain are good, the cold and freezing winter is removed, and then the rain and fog are removed, the working days of a year are usually no more than half a year.

If you think about it, now that we have entered the Xiaoice River period, then ......

"Speaking of which,"

Lin Xiao deliberately looked serious, and said thoughtfully, "There are still more than half of the salt pans barren, wouldn't it be in vain to delay ......?"

"This ......"

Shi Xiude's face became a little uneasy.

I thought that this old man took the initiative to ask about the salt class because the new officials took office and came to observe the people's feelings, and for the sake of their initiative to cooperate with the boiling of salt, they wanted to help reduce the burden a little.

However, he vaguely felt that there was something wrong with this......

"Old village chief,"

Lin Xiao remained silent, "What if...... The rest of the salt pans have also been started, how many people are still missing? ”

"Looking back on the ......"

Shi Xiude's heart jumped, and he looked up at Lin Xiao, "When our village was at its most prosperous, there were nearly a thousand people in Yanding alone......

"So,"

Lin Xiao didn't dodge or dodge, and met his gaze, "At least five hundred strong laborers are missing?" ”

"This ......"

Shi Xiude frowned slightly, rolled his eyes, and replied, "The women in the village can also go to the fields." ”

Lin Xiao nodded, this answer was in his expectation.

In this saline land, rural women usually have to work with men in the fields, almost as strong laborers.

"Don't worry, I won't forcibly swallow your fields,"

After a moment's pause, he narrowed his eyes and began a showdown, "I can join the gang by manpower...... You are still the landlords, how about the salt that is boiled and divided in half? ”

"This ......"

"I'm only going out of five hundred,"

Lin Xiao pointed to the east, "The rest of the people went there to cultivate new salt pans on the barren beach outside the embankment. ”

"Forehead ......"

Shi Xiude was speechless for a while.

Outside the embankment? What do you think, so easy?

"Although it is a little difficult, we have the determination and the way to ......"

Lin Xiao smiled faintly, "So many fellows are back, you can't do nothing, you have to find a way to find a job to do, right?" ”

"Chief's ......"

"However, this is just meat on the nose, and you won't be able to eat it in your mouth for a while,"

Lin Xiaoyi's face was straight, "Now that Jiangnan is extremely short of salt, tens of millions of people are looking forward to it, but there is no salt to eat, what about you, you would rather leave the fields barren, this is not suitable, right?" ”

"This ......"

"The chief is trained that the little ones understand,"

Shi Xiuming saw that the atmosphere was not good, and hurriedly opened his mouth to play a round, "The little ones are also sensible, but this matter, let the little ones go back to the village and discuss with the villagers......

"Yes, yes, there are many people in the village, and it is difficult for the little people to support the big ......"

Shi Xiude immediately nodded in agreement.

"Okay, then early tomorrow morning, we will go into the village to deliver food, and then help with propaganda?"

Lin Xiao looked at Shi Xiuming, it seemed that because of the conversation during the day, this old man still had a better impression of him.

"Little people, listen to the chief."

As soon as he heard the mention of sending food, Shi Xiuming's eyes were eager.

To tell the truth, the people in the village can't live anymore, this temptation is too big, he doesn't think as much as Shi Xiude thinks, as soon as he enters the door, he is careful not to talk nonsense, for fear of chickens and eggs.

"My words count,"

Lin Xiao took advantage of the situation and distributed a reassuring pill, "As long as the new Yantian is completed, we will withdraw, and the Yantian is still yours." ”

"That's good, that's good."

Shi Xiude nodded again and again, feeling a little relieved.

"However, there are some things that I still have to explain to you,"

Lin Xiao waved his hand and said lightly, "I know all your difficulties, I know ......"

"Desperately working for a whole year, even if you are not calculated by Zhai Dahu and barely complete the heavy salt class, you can even get away with some of the rest and sell them to the salt lord privately......"

"However, according to the current selling price, I am afraid that the silver you will get will not exceed one thousand taels...... How many taels can be actually distributed to each household? ”

"So, don't blame the young people for running away...... With this income, how can you support your family? ”

“……”

The old village chief's cheeks trembled.

For so many years, the salt at the bottom has been exploited a lot, who can you talk to?

Now, this scar has been removed by the chief, how can it not arouse his grief?

Two faint tears were already swirling in his eyes......

"Do you know how much the thousands of migrant workers who have returned to their hometowns will be paid when our new salt factory is completed?"

Lin Xiao smiled, at this moment, it was time to show his strength, "None of them are landlords, but they are registered workers in the state-owned salt works, and their wages are ...... per person per month."

As he spoke, he held out two fingers.

"Two taels?"

"This ......"

The second elder of the Shi family looked at each other and was dumbfounded!

"It's just the base salary, and at the end of the year, maybe a bonus,"

Lin Xiao smiled faintly, "In the future, according to the length of service, the old workers can continue to rise." ”

Bitter heart, benevolence and righteousness, what choice to make, you decide for yourself!

"Alright, now, it's time for us to talk about saving people,"

On the table where the ammunition boxes were piled up, he spread out a newly drawn sketch of the surrounding area of the salt works, and beckoned Shi Wangqing to say, "Come and see, where is the general location of the Zhai family's compound?" ”

"Good ......"

Shi Wangqing was still depressed by Lin Xiao's words, and when she heard this, it suddenly turned cloudy and clear......

"It's not difficult to kill Zhai Dahu, and it's even more difficult to save people,"

After marking the lower position, Lin Xiao groaned and said, "However, once you destroy Zhai Dahu, you will tear your face with all the big households, you ...... Are you determined to fight them to the end? ”

"To be honest, our main force just took Yangzhou,"

He deliberately accentuated his tone, "Xinghua County, there are more rich people's villages, I'm afraid I don't have time to take care of it for a while......"

He felt that these people were used to it, and they needed to use the radical method.

"!"

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