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In the end, Zhang Zhun said cautiously: "The workers we recruit are mainly relatives of the backbone of the escort team. Yang Zhiyuan, Hao Linyong, Li Jiaxi and other eight families each invited one first. The rest, you can do it yourself. Be honest and diligent. In terms of wages, it is tentatively set at 30 wen a day. You can set up a reward system, and if you do well, you can add some rewards. ”

The bundling of interests is always the most effective, and he wants to tie most of the people in Yangjiatun to the chain of interests in the production and sales of refined salt. Ideological education is a great weapon that can play a tremendous role, but the basic interests cannot be ignored. Only by taking a two-pronged approach can you get the best results, and others can give you their lives with all their hearts.

Yang Ruifeng naturally said that there was no problem, thought about it and said, "Will it be too little?" ”

He is also a good man, and he feels that the difference he earns is too big, so he wants to give more to the villagers.

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "It's almost, add it slowly in the future." ”

Thirty wen a day, equivalent to one tael of silver a month, is not bad for poor military households. You can't give too much at once, otherwise, your desire will be difficult to fill. If the starting point is set too high, it will not be easy to move forward in the future. Refined salt can now be sold for 155 wen per catty, which is extremely profitable, but with the increase in shipments, this price will definitely drop.

After discussing it, it was decided that Yang Kaide would come forward and invite a few villagers to help, mainly responsible for purchasing firewood, carrying private salt, etc., and each person's daily salary was also thirty Wen, equivalent to three catties of grain per day. In addition, two meals a day can be managed, so that one person's ration can be saved. With such a good thing, the villagers naturally flocked to it, and soon more than a dozen people gathered, and the backbone relatives of the escort team were among them.

Yang Ruifeng made a simple division of labor among the workers and sent them to Maojiatun to buy firewood. Among the nine tuns in Fushan, Maojiatun is the closest to Laoshan Mountain, and it is the most convenient to collect firewood. Whether it is dry firewood or charcoal, the stock is large. Every 100 catties of firewood costs only a dozen yuan, which is extremely cheap. More than a dozen villagers picked up two turns back and forth, and picked back a total of thousands of catties of firewood.

On March 18, the Yang family's coarse salt was purified and a large-scale production officially began.

Zhang Zhun chose an open space with relative reading power, first built fifteen large stoves with mud bricks, and then erected fifteen large iron pots. Fifteen cauldrons started at the same time, the heat was boiling, and the workers were busy. Each cauldron can purify about ten catties of refined salt every day, and after a busy day, Yang Ruifeng purified about one hundred and fifty catties of refined salt, which was packed in a basket.

In the evening, the four nephews of the Huang family's mother's family also arrived. The addition of these four new forces is mainly responsible for the purification at night and working all night. The profits of refined salt are so great that no one wants to pause, even if it is to work all night. All night, the fire in the stove was not extinguished. By the next morning, 300 catties of refined salt were freshly baked.

If these refined salts are to be sent to Jimo County, Zhang Zhun's escort team is naturally indispensable. Zhang Zhun immediately dispatched Yang Zhiyuan, Yang Qianqiang and Hao Linyong to lead 30 team members to escort the 300 catties of refined salt on the road. Thirty people escorted, almost. As for the fifty people who stayed in Yangjiatun, under the command of Zhang Zhun, it was enough to protect the safety of Yangjiatun.

Carrying three loads of salt to Jimo County, the speed will naturally not be very fast. It was not until the evening of the next day that Yang Ruifeng and others returned from Jimo County. This time, they did have a big catch. Last time, the salt merchant happily accepted all the refined salt, and the price was still 155 wen per catty. Three hundred catties of refined salt were sold for forty-six taels of silver.

Originally, the other party wanted to give broken silver, but Yang Ruifeng felt that the copper coin was heavy to pick up, which was more feeling, and at the same time it was easy to distribute, so he asked for half of the silver taels and half of the copper coins. More than 20,000 copper coins, packed in huge sacks, heavy, at least 1670 catties, ordinary people can't lift it at all.

"Yulin, you can assign it."

Yang Ruifeng handed the money into Zhang Zhun's hands.

The Yang family has never seen so much money, and they don't know how to spend it for a while. In their subconscious, this money is mainly Zhang Zhun's credit, and it is naturally the most appropriate to hand it over to him to distribute. Besides, Zhang Zhun is not an outsider.

Zhang Zhun unceremoniously assigned.

Labor is the first thing to pay, thirty dollars per person per day, and there is no arrears. The food expenses also have to be paid, and only when you are full can you have the strength to work. The cost of firewood is also to be paid. The rest of the money will be used to buy iron pots and expand reproduction. Every household in Yangjiatun has a cauldron for boiling sea salt, and Yang Ruifeng can buy it, and there is no need to go to Jimo County to buy it.

According to Zhang Zhun's design, fifty iron pots are the most basic production scale. In the future, with the increase in the purchase of private salt, more iron pots will be added. Fifty iron pots work all night, can purify about 1,000 catties of refined salt every day, after selling out, the money obtained is about 155 taels of silver, deducting the purchase of coarse salt, the purchase of firewood, the payment of labor and other expenses, the daily net profit, there are about 120 taels of silver.

In a month, it was a profit of three thousand six hundred taels of silver. In a year, it was more than 40,000 taels of silver. If more refined salt is purified, this profit will continue to increase. If the entire Yangjiatun is mobilized, it is not impossible for 150 cauldrons to start work at the same time. Of course, judging by the current situation, it is very difficult. The root cause is that there is not so much sea salt. In the entire Fushan Institute, the sea salt produced every day is only about 2,000 catties. This yield is difficult to increase, and the original salt boiling method is too low.

"Every month...... Three thousand six hundred taels of silver...... Is this true? ”

Yang Yinghan muttered to herself.

Except for Zhang Zhun, everyone in the Yang family couldn't believe this number.

They used to be so busy that they only earned a dozen yuan a day, and only three or four hundred yuan a month. But now, they can earn more than 3,000 taels of silver a month. This is silver, white silver, every two pieces of silver is equivalent to a thousand copper coins! For a while, everyone thought it was a dream.

More than three thousand taels of silver!

What's that concept?

One acre of the best paddy field is only sold for ten taels of silver!

A healthy young boy and girl, sold into slavery, the price is only twenty or thirty taels of silver!

Seeing the expressions of the Yang family, Zhang Zhun couldn't help but smile and said, "We are poor and afraid, and we have never seen money." I tell you, there are many rich people in the world! Some wealthy merchants, especially those in Jiangnan, earn millions of taels of silver every year. What is more than 3,000 taels of silver? There are many places where you need money. ”

Yang Ruifeng swallowed hard.

Millions of taels of silver!

It is true that the Yang family has never seen so much silver, and finally unanimously decided that all the money in the future will be handed over to Zhang Zhun to dispose of. Listening to Zhang Zhun's tone, it seemed that he didn't pay much attention to more than three thousand taels of silver, and the Yang family really didn't have such courage. Yang Ruifeng's first reaction after getting the silver was to dig a deep cellar and bury the silver.

Zhang Zhun was angry and funny, and had no choice but to take this important task down.

Money is for spending, not putting. If you have money, you must make full use of it and give full play to the role of every tael of silver.

However, he has more important things to do and doesn't have much time to manage every penny of money. For financial management, it can only provide a general idea and control the big picture. In terms of details, it still needs to be taken care of by others. He looked through the accounts every day, and he had a basic understanding.

Well, the first choice for bookkeeping is naturally Yang Yinghan. In his dealings with her, Zhang Zhun found that she actually knew some words. This is relatively rare among the poor female surnames of the Ming Dynasty. After asking, it turned out that he learned from the Huang family. Moreover, she also knows basic arithmetic, which is also taught by Huang.

Zhang Zhun had to look at the Huang family with admiration, it turned out that the most inconspicuous person in the family was the one with the highest level of education. In a military family, it is really rare to have a woman who can read and write and know arithmetic.

Yang Kaide smiled happily: "Xiaoya's mother went to school, and her family's family was fine at that time, but then she didn't have any money, so she didn't go to school." ”

Huang looked embarrassed, but hopeful. She used to do hard work, she didn't need to read at all, she didn't need to count, she thought that her life was over like this, but she didn't expect that she would have the opportunity to reverse her fate and have the opportunity to be the "boss's mother".

Zhang Zhun then handed over all the money to Yang Yinghan for safekeeping.

At the same time, in order to facilitate Yang Yinghan's bookkeeping, Zhang Zhun promoted the use of Arabic numerals and taught her four mixed operations. The simple ten numbers are much simpler than the plan, and Yang Yinghan quickly mastered it. Huang is old, and his comprehension ability is not so strong, so he uses an abacus to keep accounts. Mother and daughter can just check each other and find mistakes.

The profits from the sale of refined salt are, of course, first and foremost, used to expand production.

When the original site was used to build the large stove, Zhang Zhun reserved enough space for the expansion of production in the future. Now, Zhang Zhun has decided to do it in one step. With the joint efforts of everyone, 35 large stoves were built, 35 iron pots were added, and the output of refined salt was increased to 1,000 catties per day.

According to such a production efficiency, the backlog of 6,000 catties of private salt will soon be fully purified. Zhang Zhun was prepared for this. He has asked Yang Ruifeng to arrange competent people to go to various tuns in Fushan to buy all the backlog of private salt. In line with the principle of bundling interests, Zhang Zhun offered a price of 20 wen per catty of coarse salt, which was four times that of before, and he immediately absorbed all of this coarse salt.

The other tuns of the Fushan Institute, the private salt produced by no one also bought, the private salt of each household has a large backlog, is distressed, heard that Yangjiatun is actually willing to offer a price of 20 wen per catty, they are overjoyed, hurriedly pick the coarse salt to Yangjiatun. Yangjiatun is happy here, paying salt with one hand and money with the other, and never defaulting. For a time, the eyes of the entire Fushan Institute were focused on Yangjiatun.

No outsiders know what happened to Yangjiatun.

[Don't miss it when you pass by, ask for collections, ask for recommendations~~~~]

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