"This salt village will be renamed Haiyang Salt Farm, and you will continue to make salt here, naturalize as stove households, and manage them with the establishment of small flags, general flags, and 100 households. Those who have joined for less than a year are Xinding, and each person has five buckets of grain per month; Those who have worked for more than one year will be promoted to short-term workers, with five buckets and one liter per person per month; Those who have worked for more than two years will be promoted to long-term workers, with five buckets and two liters per person per month. In terms of rewards: those who are rated first-class every month can get an additional reward of five buckets of grain; Those with a second-class rating can get an additional reward of four buckets of food; If it is rated as inferior, the wages of a bucket of grain will be deducted. If it is rated inferior for three consecutive months, it will be dismissed~~" Song Youliang said solemnly: "All the salt you make belongs to the salt farm, if there is anything you want to carry, the military law will deal with it~ What else do you have to say?" ”

"It sounds good~~" Hearing this, the salters whispered, "I'm afraid that I will be in arrears~"

"I've heard of this Song Qianhu, and their family's food and salary are never in arrears~"

"Who's the supervisor?" Old man Chen asked

Song Youliang pointed with a horsewhip, "It's you, old man~~"

"Me?" Old man Chen was stunned

"Yes, it's you~~" Song Youliang nodded solemnly again

"Let Old Master Chen be supervised on the spot, and we are all convinced~~"

In February of the 11th year of Chongzhen, the Haiyang Salt Factory was successfully opened, and the sea salt produced was underwritten by five chambers of commerce such as Guyushan. The profits will be divided between Haiyang Thousand Households, Dashan Thousand Households and Rushanzhai Inspection Division. And the employees of the Hai Duong Thousand Households also have a new benefit, one salt per person per month.

In April of the ninth year of Chongzhen, there were still five months before the Qing army entered the fortress for the fourth time

"Oh, Song Qianhu is young, and he runs a poor and white Haiyang Qianhu with a good reputation, and he also helped his brother-in-law and uncle to make a fortune by the way~~~" Da Songwei commanded Song Guozheng to put his hands in his sleeves, and the thumb and index finger of his right hand touched the thick stack of gift slips hidden in his sleeves from time to time, and the face full of fat was filled with an amiable smile

At this time, everyone is in the back garden of the commanding envoy's mansion, which covers a wide area, in the spring, a tree in the courtyard is thick and shaded, a bay of flowing water, quite a bit of Jiangnan wicker green and yellow taste. It's just that now Shandong has been in drought for many years, and the trees in this courtyard have withered, the flowers have wilted, and the pond has dried up, leaving only a large patch of black and yellow fallen leaves

Song Guozheng is fifty-five years old this year, fat and strong, with a pair of triangular eyes revealing a little fierceness. The fat body filled a large chair. Song Guozheng has worked in this position of commander for nearly ten years, and he has made a lot of oil and water on weekdays, which can be compared with Song, Zhao, and Xia today, Song Guozheng feels that it is too easy for people to make money. If they don't honor themselves again, Song Guozheng will have the idea of giving them small shoes. However, Song Guozheng thought about it, and his Da Songwei had jurisdiction over Haiyang, Dashan and Rushan, and the heads of these three places were each other's in-laws, so it was difficult for him to start. Now that the three families have given a big gift, Song Guozheng is naturally satisfied.

"Song Qianhu, can you tell me how you make money and make profits?" Song Guozheng said it very bluntly

"The mark is here for this matter~" Song Youliang stepped forward and whispered in Song Guozheng's ears

"Huh? Seriously? The more Song Guozheng listened, the wider his eyes widened, "It's really so easy to earn?" ”

"Don't dare to deceive adults under the mark~" Song Youliang returned to his original position

"Then Song Qianhu, how much money do you have left~~ You can be paid by Weizhong first~" Song Guozheng touched his little chin

"Ten thousand taels~" Song Youliang stretched out a finger

"Ten thousand taels?" Song Guozheng was a little hesitant, as the saying goes, three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, but Da Songwei is too poor in this place, and he has been a commander for almost ten years, and he has only accumulated about 30,000 taels of silver. Song Guozheng was a little reluctant to pay 10,000 taels at a time, and Song Guozheng was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle

"Master~~" At that moment, a delicate voice came gracefully, it was Song Guozhengxinna's concubine Bo Shi, this woman is only twenty years old, in terms of appearance and figure, even if it is this year, it is very punctual. Bo walked over, Danfeng's charming eyes first swept Song Youliang's body a few times, seeing that Song Youliang was a little uncomfortable, and then twisted the soft and boneless water snake waist around Song Guozheng's arm, rubbing Song Guozheng's arm with plump twin peaks.

"Concubine Ai, what's wrong with you~" Song Guozheng began to pant when he saw Bo

"Master~~" Bo Zhao Song Guozheng's ears blew lightly, Song Guozheng trembled, "My lord, money locked in the box is always dead money, life does not bring death~~ Why bother guarding it~"

"But~10,000 taels~" Song Guozheng's face began to turn red

"Look at you~~" Bo said coquettishly: "If it is a loss-making transaction, Song Qianhu himself will lose everything first." How dare I come to see you~~ You will allow him~"

Song Guozheng finally couldn't stand the pillow wind, and said seriously: "This is also a good thing for the welfare of the local people, the official should benefit the party if he is an official, how much money can be recovered is a trivial matter, the important thing is that the people live a rich life, and the official will have a complete merit~~"

Song Youliang hurriedly bowed his head and said loudly: "The earnest teachings of the adults are like a big sound sweeping away the shadows, just like cutting through the clouds and seeing the blue sky, and more like Huang Zhongda Lu Zhen is deaf!" Under the benchmark, it is like drinking on the head, and it is enlightened. The heart of the adult who loves the people shines on the world, the rain and dew are born, and Ze is one side! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ (omitting a hundred words here) makes the mark extremely admirable~~"

"That Song commands people who are almost sixty, but the third aunt is too young and strong, and the age of eighteen legs to practice horizontally~ Can Commander Song stand it?" Coming out of the commander's mansion, Zhao Lianli smiled obscenely

"Then it doesn't matter what happens to us~~" Song Youliang smiled: "My aunt is still careful, the three Suzhou silk horses were really not given away in vain~~" In fact, Song Youliang did not lack the 10,000 taels of silver, it was just to pull the commander into the water

Xia Minghao also teased: "The third aunt can't cover the smell even if she wears a cotton jacket, Youliang, I see the third aunt looking at you~~uh~~?" Hahaha"

All three burst into laughter

In May of the 11th year of Chongzhen, the drought in Shandong intensified, the wells and mountain springs were all dried up, the yellow wind was made from time to time, and the sand flew all over the sky. Even if Fan Shunbao dug the irrigation canal in all directions, there was so little water flowing in the canal that even rats could drown. Even though the fields are now planted with high-yielding wheat, the wheat grows very slowly, and the ears are flat and shriveled. Even more deadly is the drought that accompanies it, as well as the overwhelming number of locusts.

The most harmful to our country is the East Asian locust. The common characteristics of the East Asian locust occurrence sites are: in terms of topography, most of them are relatively low-lying marginal parts of the plains, and they have a certain slope; Climatic aspects with pronounced summers; Alluvial soils. These are all things that Shandong has. Xu Guangqi pointed out in the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration": "The locusts born will be in the end of Daze, and they will also suddenly dry up, such as the south of You, Hebei, north of Chang and Huai, west of Qing and Yan, and east of Liang and Song. "Locusts breed in large numbers in drought years, and drought and locust plague are linked. Since the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637) in Shandong, locusts have appeared in various parts of the province. Drought and locust plagues have led to the failure of food harvests and the displacement of people, making it impossible to eradicate locust relief. So the locusts "gave birth to small worms, attached to the walls and entered the house, and their clothes were mothed", which was extremely rampant. "Yidu, Linzi, and Changle fly locusts to cover the sky." As a result, the locust plague was even worse the following year. Jiyang "locusts barrier sky", Yutai "locusts blazing". The locusts have eaten up all the crops and even all the plants. The rustling sound of countless locusts as they gnaw on crops is creepy to those who listen to it