Chapter 236: Changes Caused by Sea Salt and Grain
Deputy Captain Huang Zu then quickly compiled a set of "small sickle" techniques, the whole routine was jumping up and down, Zhang Guoan didn't even look at their practice, they had already fired two shots, and the enemy could still pounce, what a heroic act. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
…… Because it is necessary to concentrate on building a short firecracker, the mechanical parts of Zhang Guoan's hydraulic loom can only be put away first, and the carpenters can do it first.
However, it is gratifying that in the process of making the fire cap type short fire gun, the craftsmen realized the assembly line production method for the first time.
The reason is simple, the structure of the short fire gun is simple, plus they have worked together for a long time, and they slowly learn to cooperate.
The success of Director Hu Zhenbei has an exemplary role.
He's not the best at his craft, but he knows what he does, and he can do anything...... Moreover, he was one of the first craftsmen to make his home here.
Now there are craftsmen who have begun to start a family here, of course, there were originally married people, or unwilling people, Zhang Guoan does not force others, everything is voluntary.
Those who get married must have their own three brick houses, and Zhang Guoan only charges a small amount of rent, which is the same as the Great Song Dynasty for the people, and everyone accepts this form of resettlement.
The women of the Great Song Dynasty were the most popular among men, followed by the Goryeo women...... Japanese women are barely accepted, and indigenous women are not wanted!
Nana, the indigenous girl who had been pestering Huang Zu's deputy captain before, was later attracted by Shen Qianqian, and finally devoted herself to the world of the woman in the breeding and seedling breeding base.
Because they are of the same age, this attraction is far more attractive than seeking security from Huang Zu, and now she is really not afraid in the Badaohe area.
They were all dressed in the same way, and they communicated very smoothly, and in the end, it was the Great Song culture that completely conquered Nana.
Now, she may be the first indigenous woman in this time and space to be able to speak Lin'an's official dialect. He even calculates addition and subtraction and writes the characters of the Great Song Dynasty.
The spring of 1266 arrived as scheduled...... Except for the craftsmen and the members of the Liuqiu Guard, almost everyone was engaged in spring ploughing.
At this time, spring ploughing production is very important, and if this investment is completed again, the Badaohe area will begin to have its own savings.
Trade with the Great Song Dynasty, and even with Japan and Goryeo, gave impetus to the development of the Badaohe region.
Of course. Their products are indeed needed by others, and with the gradual production of the other two Haiyan salt pans, more and more sea salt is produced here, and in the mouth of maritime merchants, they may be more famous than the current salt capital Yangzhou City...... The impact was enormous, and many of the salt cooks in the large and small salt farms went bankrupt, and they could not sell it as cheaply as Liuqiu sea salt.
At this time, the phenomenon of salt households in the Great Song Dynasty selling salt privately was very prominent, especially the salt households in the southeast sea salt producing area were the most typical.
Although since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the government has enacted laws to strictly control the private frying and private selling of salt households. However, with the increasing monopoly and control of salt households over their fried salt products, the phenomenon of salt households' private frying and private selling has not only not been effectively controlled, but has become more prevalent.
Because the Great Song Dynasty was a monopoly operation, there were great profits from private salt, especially the poor households among them, who were not happy to serve the government and were too much to sell privately.
The reason why the illegal frying and stealing of salt in the Song Dynasty was also inseparable from the practical difficulties of the government in the control and management of the salt farms at that time, which was prominently manifested in the sea salt production areas of the southeast Zhulu.
Southeast Sea salt producing area. The salt works were scattered, and the government was limited to human and financial resources. It is impossible to allocate enough inspectors everywhere to be on guard at all times, which naturally gives salt farmers an opportunity to fry and sell privately.
Or the officials of the salt farm often deduct or embezzle the cost of salt frying of salt from salt households, which seriously affects the normal production of salt farmers and causes great dissatisfaction among salt farmers.
The officials of the salt works were worried that the salt farmers would go to the government to denounce them, so in exchange, they often turned a blind eye to the private frying and smuggling of salt households. Close one eye, do not strictly "bind", sit idly by and even indulge, and the amount of private salt generated by this is huge.
The private salt produced in the salt farms controlled by the government was the largest in the southeast sea salt producing area, and at the same time, in the vast territory of the Great Song Dynasty. Salt resources are also very abundant, there are quite a lot of salt brine land, the government can not completely monopolize and control, so the people's spontaneous private frying and private cooking is naturally inevitable, these fried salt or for private use by the people, but there are also a lot of people in the market.
According to the regulations of the Great Song Dynasty, anyone who distributes salt must obtain the corresponding legal certificates, and this is beyond the financial resources of the households, and the salt goods fried by the households can only be sold privately under the law.
Therefore, whether in the north or in the south, there are many phenomena of private frying and boiling of salt, and these salt goods are either sold privately by the households in the local area, or sold to illegal merchants, and then resold to various places.
Although the Great Song Dynasty had a heavy law prohibiting it, it had little effect, so it also lost a lot of tax revenue.
However, the large inflow of sea salt from Liuqiu Island made the Great Song Dynasty inadvertently make up for this tax shortcoming, because the source of goods is stable and the one-time supply is large, which is convenient for the control of the city.
Of course, there are still batches of smuggled salt that have been sneaked ashore from nowhere, but this is better than the previous situation where there was smuggled salt everywhere!
Previously, when Su Dongpo was a local official, he once pointed out: "The East China Sea is full of salt, and within the reach of the people, there is no one who gives up and does not fry, and frying does not sell privately." ”
But now, the accounts of the Great Song Dynasty are getting better and better, and even although Pingzhang Jia still doesn't know how the sea salt of Liuqiu Island is produced, he said proudly above the imperial court: "The sea salt of Liuqiu Island is far cheaper than fried salt, and everything is operated by the hands of the Si Bo Division, and the salt tax of the world is controlled by the imperial court......
Of course, there are also ministers who can't get used to his pride, and said: "The pain of frying salt is well known, and now this way of survival has been cut off by overseas sea salt, what can the people do?!" Aren't you afraid of the salt households?! ”
Pingzhang Jia didn't seem to think about it, and said: "Why don't you cross the sea and go to Liuqiu Island, the Great Song Dynasty can pay for this journey, if they learn to fry salt there, won't they earn more?" Do you have to stick to the salt pan to fry salt?! ”
At this time in the Great Song Dynasty, the behavior of state investment was relatively mature...... Previously, when it snowed, subsidies were given to city residents; It's raining, and so is it...... Every holiday, the state will also subsidize you if you pay a few days less rent for low-rent housing, or even if there is no lamp oil for the lanterns.
So, the minister was speechless for a while.
The household can take out this freight money, but they don't want to take it, and the account is easy to look good...... They set their sights on the money in the vault.
The refined salt exclusively operated by the inner library is now a famous city in the entire Great Song Dynasty, if any big restaurant dares not to call its dishes a special flow of refined salt...... That doesn't count at all.
When the other two salt farms began to produce sea salt, Zhang Guoan immediately put the processing of refined salt in the first place, so he did not want to compete with other sea salt at low prices.
Therefore, the output of refined salt increased, which naturally affected the income of the official treasury of the Great Song Dynasty.
The small life of the Great Song official family is better, and they often engage in some acts of kindness.
For example, at their spring ploughing ceremony, the official family of the Great Song Dynasty promised that corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes were three auspicious things, but if it was true, the seeds produced would be donated free of charge to those who cooperated with the "Public Land Law......
As a result, the tabloids led by the "Voice of the People" newspaper were suddenly full of praise...... When it came to Zhang Guoan's hands, he looked at it and wanted to vomit.
Now, the cooperation between the Great Song official family and his ministers is seamless.
Where did Zhang Guoan think that a small sea salt and grain seeds would cause so many things. (To be continued.) )