"Okay, little friend, you did a good job!"

After meeting, after a few words, the group headed for the salt mine.

After learning that Han Cheng and Uncle Liu had already rested the road from Qingque Village to the salt mine yesterday and this morning, Li Jing couldn't help but praise loudly.

If the people under his rule are as dedicated as this little friend, what kind of things can't be done? What kind of problems can't be solved?

The group came to the salt mine and began to move various tools down from the car.

There are large clay pots, hammers, iron drills, clay pots, firewood, charcoal, fine linen cloth, and other things, all of which are needed to boil salt.

These are the lists that Han Cheng said yesterday, and after Li Jing went back, he asked people to hurry up and prepare them.

After all these tools were unloaded, the suitable site was chosen, and the stoves were set up, and some of them were smashed down with hammers and smashed into salt ore.

This is what Luo Shixin is the most successful to do.

Others carry water from the river in the distance, ready to filter the salt ore powder.

"Juncheng, we need to open a canal here to bring the water from the river over, otherwise it will be too slow to carry water from the river like this."

Wei Cheng looked at the dozen or so people from Qingque Village who were carrying water from the river, and spoke.

"Well, you do need to open a drain."

Li Jing also saw this situation, and even agreed.

"Also, if you start making salt, I'm afraid that the people of Qingque Village alone will not be enough, after all, this is a large-scale salt shortage, and a large amount of salt is urgently needed......

Li Jing looked at the men, women, and children in Qingque Village who were busy, thought for a while, and said.

"Well, it's really less, I want to start recruiting people from the surrounding areas after two days when these people are more proficient, so that these people in the village can bring those people, and it will be easier to get started."

Han Cheng answered, this was a step he had already thought of before.

"Recruitment? It is convenient to directly levy and issue labor, and those who are requisitioned are all strong people. ”

Wei Cheng, who was in charge of the matter with Han Cheng, answered on the side.

Moreover, there is another advantage of levying and paying labor, that is, you don't have to pay these laborers, you only need to take care of the food, which can further reduce the cost.

Conscription for hard labor?

Digging canals can be levied on labor, but salt production really can't be levied on labor.

Because salt production is a long-term matter, it cannot be solved in three or five days.

In the case of forced labor, it takes 20 days for adults and 10 days for middle-aged men, which is very unstable.

After a few days of adaptation, many people finally got used to everything here, and the speed of salt making went up to become an old worker, and the labor was over, and then a group of new people needed to be recruited again, re-adapted, and re-learned, which was very troublesome and surprisingly inefficient.

Compared with free labor, Han Cheng is more inclined to pay for recruitment, it is easy to train a group of skilled old workers, and the operation of the salt factory is more stable.

As for the money and food spent on recruiting workers, Han Cheng really didn't pay much attention to it.

On the one hand, because he came from later generations and was accustomed to working and giving money, he felt that it was a matter of course, and on the other hand, the extra salt produced by a group of skilled workers every day was more than enough to pay for these people's wages.

"Joining the army is good, there are indeed many benefits to conscription and forced labor, but the kid thinks it's better to use recruitment......

Han Cheng smiled and arched his hand at Wei Cheng, and after affirming Wei Cheng's proposal, he began to say his thoughts.

“…… At this time, it was a time when the people were in short supply, and most of the people were poor, and if they were recruited, they would be able to get some money and food, and improve their family life a little, so that it would not be too difficult. ”

After Han Cheng finished saying his thoughts, he added another sentence like this.

From Li Jing and Wei Cheng, who did not hesitate to confront the Wang family in order to stabilize the price of salt, we can see the attitude of these people towards ordinary people.

Special love for the people like a son may not be able to get it, but there are still people who care about the suffering of the people and don't want the people to suffer too much sin.

"Xiaoyou is right, the salt field is indeed more suitable for recruiting ......"

After hearing the reasons given by Han Cheng, as well as the pros and cons, Wei Cheng thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

If this series of things hadn't happened, Wei Cheng would basically not have taken it seriously for such a rural boy, let alone seriously thought about what he said.

But after this series of things happened, he had a new understanding of the young man in front of him, and came up with a magical salt-making method to solve their predicament, not to mention, in this process, the young man's words and deeds through Li Jing He also knew a lot, knowing that this was a young man and an old man.

In addition, Li Jing, the county leader, has always been a little friend of this person, so he had already put away his contempt before he came.

With this preconceived impression, everything is easy to say.

In the contact after coming over, Han Cheng's performance was also in line with his preconceived impression.

Therefore, for him, accepting Han Cheng's proposal and discarding his previous ideas did not have any ideological baggage.

After listening to Han Cheng's words, Li Jing also felt that the method of recruitment was more suitable for the salt field, and after hearing that Wei Cheng also agreed, he spoke out to determine it.

"Juncheng, I think there is still a courtyard to be built here......"

A few people looked here for a while, and after saying something that needed to be solved, Han Cheng spoke.

It is very necessary to build a courtyard, or a factory, here.

The salt farm is a long-term thing, and it will not end in three or five days, and it will not be possible to make do with it in the open air.

A courtyard had to be built, and houses had to be built in the courtyard to serve as storehouses for the salt that had been made and for storing tools.

At the same time, it is also necessary to build some staff dormitories, so that employees whose homes are far away from here can rest here and do not have to rush back and forth.

After all, there were no bicycles in this era, except for a few families with cows, horses and mules, the rest of the people really only relied on two legs to travel.

Places like canteens should also be built, so that so many people can eat here......

"Xiaoyou, this is just the beginning, boiling as much salt as possible is the top priority, at this time to build a courtyard house is only afraid of ...... And it's not too far from the summer harvest now......"

After listening to Han Cheng's thoughts, Li Jing spoke with some hesitation.

According to Han Cheng, this courtyard can't be built too small, and the houses inside are also indispensable, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources.

What Li Jing wants most now is salt, not these courtyard houses, and when he heard Han Cheng say this, he was naturally not very happy.