Of course, Chen Duzhu and others did not know that after the salt drying method was proved to be effective, Li Yi, Kong He, Fu Qian and others would certainly not have reservations, and more than 20 salt farms were opened up in a row for more than a month, using more than 3,000 salt workers.

Constantly leading brine, pushing and agitating crystallization, the average salt production per day is about 100 catties, and the daily output reaches more than 300,000 catties, excluding the time of building salt farms and initial salt ponds, the more than 10 million catties of salt in front of you are the total output of all salt farms in the near future.

At present, the salt storage is all successfully sold, and more than 200,000 guan can be obtained, and the total investment is less than 10,000 guan, and the monthly expenditure is less than 20,000 guan next month, counting the wages of workers, and the cost is quite low, and the income can be stable at more than 100,000 or 200,000 guan.

This is a windfall, in the period before the sale of cotton cloth, the embarrassment of only spending and no large income has been cracked.

Since then, Nan'anhou Mansion no longer eats, sits and eats empty mountains.

Although the group practice donation is tens of thousands of yuan a month, and the income of Nan'an Wharf is relatively stable, it is already grabbing food on other people's territory, although there was a tacit understanding at the beginning, Lin Douyao will help Nan'an Hou Mansion to keep this piece of foundation, this is the Budu when King Qi was dying.

However, relying on others to provide food, after all, it is not a long-term solution, Nan'an Foundation earns nearly one million a year, in fact, it is a lot, but the people of Houfu have no longer included the income of Nan'an Town into the long-term planning.

This is also human nature, grasp the palm of the hand to feel real, Nan'an Hou Mansion fierce generals like clouds, elite soldiers like rain, but always because of a town in Nan'an with the imperial court swords, people's hearts to the back, public opinion can be used as a tool, but can not really be used to rely on, if you act like this, I am afraid that in the future there will be no corpse.

At this time, people saw the salt lads stepping on the mountain, and realized that the salt mountain was solid and extended.

Some people were a little worried, followed Yanding around the salt mountain, and even took some salt to taste, two quarters of an hour later, everyone was really impressed, knowing that the salt mountain in front of them was true, not fake news released by the Nan'an Hou Mansion.

Look at the coastal salt pond again, as far as the eye can see, the large and small diversion pools and crystal pools rise and fall, stretching endlessly.

"Then I'll be relieved." Lin Yangxian smiled at Chen Zuocai and said: "There are still two Zhejiang, two lakes of princes and shopkeepers, all of whom have doubts here, and at this moment, the doubts are gone. ”

"The Hou Mansion has already arranged for a group of guests to come." Chen Zuocai also smiled: "If it weren't for you, these sacks of salt would have been prepared, and we would have done it on purpose, so don't blame you." ”

Everyone laughed, this is an obvious thing, if it is packed and stacked, although it must be spectacular, but how can it be as simple and spectacular as the white salt mountain in front of you?

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At dawn the next day, many people couldn't wait to come to see Yanshan again, and after watching, Li Yi and Kong He also rushed over, and everyone talked happily.

But Xu Zixian still didn't see it, and even Chen Duzhu was slightly dissatisfied this time, because this time he came not to retreat, but to be pragmatic, basically Chen Duzhu will represent the Changwen Marquis Mansion, as well as Wei Jiuzhen, Xu Yanda and others on behalf of their respective families, and those representatives of the big businessmen and princes from all over the country will also formally meet with Nan'an Hou, and everyone will discuss and agree to underwrite the segments, and this transaction can be done directly.

The status of the people who came from Nan'an Hou Mansion was not low, and many details such as discussing details, prices, packing, loading, and transportation to the port were of course to be discussed with Li Yi and Kong He.

These officials of the Nan'an Hou Mansion are quite talkative, meticulous, meticulous, and pragmatic, and they have no shelf when it comes to business matters, and they have never had the stinky problems of those Great Wei civil officials, they want money, but they always can't say it, they just want money, and they want to fake Qinggao, which is annoying.

And the Nan'an Hou Mansion is obviously different, it is obvious that the officials of the Hou Mansion take it as a pleasure to make money, and they don't think it's a shameful thing, and even they are calculating, and they don't give in when they talk about the price, which makes Chen Duzhu and others quite a headache when they talk.

This is very killing, but also quite embarrassing, such a negotiation, Chen Dujing and Xu Zixian of course can not participate, but what everyone hopes is to see Xu Zixian, many people have never seen, Nan'an Hou is heroic, young hero, famous, its military, political and economic way has been recognized by everyone, and now everyone wants to see Nan'an Hou, just want to appreciate the style in person.

Moreover, in terms of the actual situation of Great Wei, many major events still need to be recognized by the most honorable monarch before they can be completed. If this trip is good, and Nan Anhou is never seen, this trip will inevitably be a little overshadowed.

In the evening of the next day, Chen Zuocai hurriedly arrived again, and said to Chen Duzhu and others: "The prince and the marquis led the troops to practice, gathered from the side of Nan'an Creek, went to the pasture through the Tiger Leaping Creek, and then went to the northeast, deep into the mountains, and now they are about to return from the mountains. ”

Chen Duzhu already knew at this time that after several rearrangements on the island, a large number of 100 households were organized, and the natural villages were organized into 100 households, with hundreds of people per 100 households, and they were organized into various societies, farming, and land reclamation, all of which were led by officials, with 100 households, general flags, small flags, and garrison officers, agricultural officials, engineering officials, pastoral officers, veterinary officers, and other officials.

There are criminal officers, judges, and school officials in several hundred households, who are responsible for trials, punishments, and school affairs.

At present, there are more than 8,000 households on the island, all of whom are official households in Nan'an, although they are engaged in different jobs, such as some are soldiers, some are officials, some are farmers, some are workers, some are craftsmen, there are sailors, merchants, men, and many trades are mostly official households.

There should be thousands of people on the island who are hired workers, some of whom live for a short time, not long-term immigrants, and some of whom are not organized immigrants, who should not be able to meet the conditions, but who come on their own, and who can only be hired workers, and those who perform well can be converted into official households.

It is also a means to promote competition, so as not to make people slack off and look down on the status of official households.

In fact, due to many preferential treatments such as light taxation and light forced labor, the life of the officials on the island will soon improve, which will have a considerable degree of incentive for many latecomers.

The 300th household, judging from the name, should be the earliest 100 households to be formed, but Chen Duzhu doesn't quite understand why this 100 households seem to be in the outermost place.

"Of course I'm willing to wait." Chen Duzhu looked left and right, and said to Chen Zuocai: "I don't see the prince, we always have some regrets." ”

"That's good." Chen Zuocai said: "This trip is a bit difficult, please prepare more food and water." ”

Chen Duzhu and the others agreed, except for Lin Yangxian, who had a problem with his waist and couldn't ride mules and horses for a long time, everyone else prepared bean feed, water, and food, and set off with Chen Zuocai.

This time, the Hou Mansion gave a sentry cavalry to accompany him, and during the day, everyone saw the salt mountain more clearly, and felt more spectacular, and the weather was very good, although it was a little hot, but it was not unbearable.

The key is that it is not stuffy, walking on the road by the sea, the water and the sky are colorful, and the sea breeze is gentle, which makes people feel relaxed.

After walking more than ten miles from the salt field, passing through the original Huaxi Zhongzhai, people saw a large number of cotton fields.

The cotton is already very full, and it will bloom in a little more than a month, and then it will be like a large snowflake growing on the flat ground.

Many people talked about it, and a gentleman of Liangzhejiang Road said: "I have only seen such a large cotton field in Songjiang, and in other places, hundreds of acres of cotton fields are not small." ”

Now in front of everyone's eyes, there are courtyards of blue tiles and white walls everywhere, the large official road runs vertically and horizontally from east to west, north and south, although it is a rammed earth road, the cost is not high, but it is better than broad, and the maintenance is quite good, it looks smooth as a mirror, the sea on the left, the plain and the house on the right, the planning is also quite neat, the longitudinal and horizontal, endless, the large and small canals lead into it, people also see a large number of waterwheels along the way, up to more than ten zhang, look at it like the wonder in the picture, but it is quite clear to appear in front of people's eyes.

The villages are also separated by a certain distance, not far and not close, the roads in the villages are smooth and clean, and there are small streams and rivers passing through each village in front of or behind each village, and the women are washing their robes and pots in the clear stream, and the laughter is constantly coming.

Some of the big locust trees at the entrance of the village are full of white locust flowers, some people say that this is an old tree planted in the Taizu period, and the neighborhood has been barren for a long time, and now it has finally become a scene in the village.

People also saw a lot of water-driven mills, the water was constantly flowing, and the bearings were used to drive the beating, grinding the grain into flour, and some women were waiting in line in front of the mill, laughing and gossiping.

In the middle of several hundred villages, a large open space was cleared, and one saw a strange large courtyard, with five rows of houses lined up in a dozen or twenty rooms, and a large open space, surrounded by a wall.

"Is this a barracks?" Wei Jiuzhen said to Chen Zuocai: "But you haven't seen the government soldiers? ”

"Not a barracks." Chen Zuocai said with a smile: "The barracks are still on the left side of the front, on the side of the courtyard. This is the primary school, and there are more than a dozen or so households nearby, and hundreds of children will be enrolled here. ”

"Ah, I see!" Wei Jiuzhen was shocked: "My nephew Wei Yi once wrote to me and told me that the prince wanted to build a school here, so Guangjian School, students from six to twelve years old can enter the primary school, twelve to sixteen can enter the middle school, students, scholars, can come to the university hall to accept the teachings of Mr. Wu Weixiu?" ”

"Exactly." Chen Zuocai said: "This is the primary school hall in front of me, and there is another one, which is similar in scale to here, and there is a middle school hall." Mr. Wu's Eastern Domain University Hall is located in the north of the annex, where the scenery is beautiful, and there are more than 1,000 pear and peach trees around it, leading a stream into it, and now it is almost about to be built. ”

"Yes, yes." A Fujian gentry was quite happy and said with a smile: "There are academies elsewhere, especially Donglin Academy, Bailu Academy, etc., which are famous all over the world, and although my Fujian is prosperous in culture and education, the Great Wei Dynasty thinks that the first Jinshi is Jiangnan, the second is my Fujian, and the third is Jiangnan West Road!" There is no academy, it is really a shame for me to Fujian Road, now there is Mr. Wu presiding over the university hall, widely introducing famous scholars and students, and a large number of students are admitted for free, Nan'an Hou will be famous in the world by virtue of this matter. ”

Chen Zuocai just smiled when he heard this, Guangjian Primary and Secondary School, at least thousands of school-age children and teenagers are enrolled, meals are provided free of charge, and middle school students also have a certain amount of subsidies, and it is obviously not worth spending a lot of money just to make a reputation.

The university hall is mostly to be famous, that is, to give Xu Zi hope first.

In fact, Confucianism is not very suitable for this era, this is a change, open, and turbulent era.

"Elementary school can be free of meals?" Chen Duzhu was a little surprised, and even a little in awe, and said to Chen Zuocai: "The prince is really endowed with benevolence, which is unprecedented. ”

"Is this the rule of Datong?" Chen Zuocai said: "The prince said, the old have support, the young have learned, the voice of the neighbors should hear and help each other, the rich are not arrogant and overbearing, and the poor are not so bad that there is no place to stand. ”

"Good, great good." Chen Duzhu has nothing to say, the three kinds of schools in large, medium and small schools, which accommodate thousands of scholars, have to spend dozens of yuan on food every day, and they have to build school books, books, ink, paper and pens, and hire teachers, and the cost of a year must exceed 10,000 yuan. But after thinking about it, Jingshi and Jiangling, including those clan nobles and Wenluo merchants in Fuzhou Mansion, chased joy and laughter a year, and the money spent on prostitutes was afraid that there were more than 10,000 yuan, so they could be regarded as nobles in the party, and they were looked at differently by prostitutes.

Legend has it that Pu Shou feasted on guests, the most expensive meal cost more than one million dollars, in comparison, spending one or two thousand yuan a year, so that the reputation reached any angle of the Great Wei, how to say that the money is very worthwhile.

Along the way, I saw other courtyards, university halls, and military camps, and everyone was convinced.

The neatness of the planning and the complete facilities of the Eastern Domain are truly amazing and breathtaking.

In particular, hospitals, schools, solators, and isolation centers are places that people in Fujian have never heard of or seen.

The fact that Xu Zixian invited a famous doctor and established a hospital is even more novel.

Because they saw very much, and knew that the hospital included soldiers who had been injured in the recent battle with the natives of the high mountains, Chen Duzhu and others strongly asked to go to the hospital to have a look, and Chen Zuocai certainly would not object to this.