"Lord Huiyang, exactly!" Li Laoxiu hurriedly arched towards Yang Ming and said, "Every summer, the tide is the most likely to rise, and the water level will generally reach our calves, I don't know what other problems adults have?" ”

"Of course there's a problem!" Yang Ming smiled and explained to everyone: "We must understand one thing to build salt pans!" The so-called salt pan is actually a platform for drying sea salt, of course, this platform is not blindly flat, it must be a concave area with high ends and low middle. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In this way, the seawater can be poured in, and there is enough seawater in it to be evaporated by the sunlight to get enough sea salt! Therefore, we must master the highest point of the tide! ”

As soon as he said this, some people with flexible brains already understood it.

Yang Ming continued: "So the salt pan we build must consider these issues! For example, the rainy season, such as how to access seawater, such as the growth of tides..... These are all questions that we must consider! ”

"Look, that's the highest position of the tide in recent years!" As he spoke, Yang Ming pointed to the side in front of him, although the shallow marks on the sand were shallow, they were very obvious, about three feet high.

"Yes, it looks like this is the highest point!" Liu Yi touched his beard, nodded, it was not difficult to find the highest point of the tide, looked at it, and then asked Yang Ming: "Yang Ming, do you mean that the salt pan we built must be higher than this point?" But have you ever calculated, so that the Huidong coast does not know dozens of miles, and the cement needed is more than an astronomical amount? Even if the old man burns it every day, you don't know how many years it will take to build this salt pan! ”

Hearing Liu Yi's words, everyone else couldn't help but be gloomy.

As Liu Yi said, if the salt pan is really built according to the highest point of the tide, then the cement required is definitely an astronomical amount, and the salt pan needs to be raised by nearly two and a half feet, and such a long road also needs a certain width, which undoubtedly makes their mood that they just got excited fall into the trough in an instant.

Only some of the gentry, although in a somewhat gloomy mood, did not say anything.

Yang Ming knew that for officials, one term was three years, and they obviously couldn't wait for the completion of the construction of the entire salt pan before they would be transferred to other places as officials.

Such a thought was on the mind of almost every official present.

"Finish it together?" Yang Ming smiled, looked at Liu Yi, and then pointed to the endless beach and said, "Didn't Lord Liu think about disconnecting?" ”

He walked towards the front, pointed to the beach in front of him and said, "Repair, it must be finished!" However, we can build it section by section, firstly, it is convenient to introduce seawater, and secondly, the salt drying will not cause the water to evaporate slowly due to the long passage!

In my opinion, we will build in units of 100 meters, not only the construction period is short, according to my estimate, it can be completed in three days, even if it is only seven days for the cement to solidify in the salt pans!

What's more, as long as there is cement, we can also build at the same time, and we have the manpower, how much time can you save when you come and go? The most important thing is that we are 100 meters away from a salt pan, which can not help but achieve rapid construction and time-saving and short-term information, and can also play a certain role in the control of personnel and sea salt! ”

When it comes to the control of sea salt, this side involves the issue of salt.

The high salt tax in the Ming Dynasty is a feature, but this is not the key reason for the high salt fee, the biggest problem is that the people who sell salt must hold the salt quotation issued by the Ming government in order to survive.

During the Ming Dynasty, if you wanted to sell salt legally, merchants had to first obtain a "salt guide" from the government. Each quotation number, divided into two volumes, after the stamp, divided into two parts from the middle, the back roll to the merchant, called "introduction paper" - salt citation; The pre-roll stub is called the "lead root". Merchants used salt to bring salt to the salt field to support salt, and then went to the designated salt sales area to sell salt. From this point of view, the "salt citation" can be compared with the "grain stamps", "oil stamps", and "soap stamps" during China's planned economy period -- in the Ming Dynasty, salt led salt; Back then, the fathers used food stamps to buy food.

The monopoly of the salt industry is the monopoly operation of the state. This practice began in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Qi State, and the initiator was Guan Zhong, but by the Qin Dynasty and the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the salt monopoly was actually abolished. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to enhance the national strength to conquer the Xiongnu, so he adopted the advice of the great salt merchant Dong Guo Weiyang, and implemented the salt industry official sales system throughout the country from the fourth year of Yuanzhan (118 BC). In the 28 and 36 counties where salt is produced, salt officials (all of whom are served by the original salt merchants) are set up, and the government provides tools such as "prison basins" (pans for frying salt) to make salt, and the finished salt is purchased by the government at a fixed price, and officials are set up to sell it, and monopolistic sales are implemented.

In the sixth year of Zongbaoying of Tang Su (762), Liu Yan was reformed by Salt and Iron, and the production and retail were handed over to the merchants, and the government only controlled the wholesale link, that is, the government purchased the finished salt and wholesaled it to the merchants at a higher price and sent it to the merchants for retail in various places. After the Song Dynasty, the salt introduction system was gradually formed, that is, merchants spent money (or paid for other goods, such as the Ming Dynasty Kaizhong system, which was to send grain to the border in exchange for salt introduction) to buy salt (the monopoly certificate of salt) to the designated salt field to take salt, and transport it to the designated area for retail. This salt introduction system was not exactly the same at different times, but it was also used until the Qing Dynasty.

It can be said that it is these two reasons that make the price of salt remain high, and even some salt merchants mix sand and sell it in experiments.

Of course, this situation also has a lot to do with the experimental manufacturing industry at that time, because of the old salt production process, salt production area, weather and other reasons, almost the manufacture of salt is still in a fairly primitive stage.

Yang Ming's new manufacturing method of salt pans is obviously very advanced, only someone needs to introduce seawater into the salt pan, and then let him wind and water can get sea salt, such a method not only does not need to boil the method of a large amount of firewood, even people only need a small number of salt sweepers, the advantages of this method are undoubtedly very obvious when comparing the two.

Listening to Yang Mingyi's words, the eyes of other people, whether they were officials or gentry, became active.

As Yang Ming said, if you can't build a salt field, can't they build it in sections?

Not only can they cultivate at the same time, but they can also start to produce salt from the salt pans, and at the same time they get benefits, this great credit also falls on their heads, which undoubtedly makes each of them indescribably excited in their hearts.

"What Lord Yang said is very true! As long as we separate the Yantian manufacturers, we can even gather the young and strong people from other brother counties in Huizhou Prefecture to build together if the materials are sufficient! "The county order of Huidong County is undoubtedly the most urgent one, as the salt county appointed by Yang Ming, his credit is undoubtedly the biggest person except for Yang Ming and Liu Yi, so he will naturally get the most rewards in the future, so it is natural that he will start planning.

"Not bad!" This one is the county magistrate of Daya Bay, and when I saw that he was also eager to try, he said: "According to the lower officials, Lord Liu might as well build a few more cement kilns!" Xia Guan once heard in the newspaper that this cement manufacturing method is not difficult, but there are requirements for the firing process, since this cement was invented by Lord Yang, this method is naturally quite mature, and more construction is just for the construction of salt pans!

And in addition to the use of our Huizhou Mansion to build salt fields, we can also sell it to other places to build cities. ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little complacent.

The commander of Guangdong is actually the head of the entire Guangdong military attaché, under the military system of the Ming Dynasty, all command the envoy to directly control the soldiers and horses of a province, which is a dignified member of the three grades, even if the status of the military attache is not as good as that of a civilian official, but to be able to sit in this position is also regarded as a feudal official.

Moreover, the relationship between the DPRK and China is not simple to be placed in places like Guangdong and Fujian as commanders, Yang Ming did not expect that there would be such a relationship under his hands.

But...... After a little thought, he understood!

Presumably, this Lord Zhang is here to take credit!

As long as you work diligently under Yang Ming for a few years, it is almost needless to say that you can't think about a large amount of qualifications and credits.

It is precisely because he saw this opportunity that Master Chen put his nephew in this key position.

It's just that he didn't calculate it after a thousand calculations, Yang Ming's focus was not on the inland area, but on this coastal area, and it was also to make sea salt.

Of course, the blockade of news by the cabinet is a reason, otherwise it is very likely that this Huidong County Commander is this Lord Zhang.

However, Yang Ming was not estranged because he was a relational household, nor did he take more care of him because he was a relational household.

As long as he does practical things in a down-to-earth manner, as long as he can achieve the goal in his heart, it doesn't matter if he gets some credit. Of course, having said that, if it was someone above him, Yang Ming wouldn't mind taking him under the knife.

Although he came to Guangdong this time was not directly controlled by Jiajing last time, Yang Ming had a different privilege from other prefects, that is, he directly went to the cabinet or Jiajing.

This point is almost a public secret, and with the importance that the court attaches to him, ordinary people really can't do anything with him.

In addition to using his hands and feet to disgust people in other aspects, it can be said that Yang Ming is like an iron prefect, and no one moves.

"Well, it's not impossible!" Liu Yi was obviously also moved, if the cement can be fired in large quantities, on the one hand, it can not only meet the needs of the salt fields, but if it can also bring additional income, it can be regarded as a benefit to the party! After all, Guangdong is not a little poor, with this large income, at least the people in those inland areas should have a full meal!

Now that Liu Yi has opened his mouth, Yang Ming can't say anything more.

After all, he has handed over the cement matter to Liu Yi to deal with, although he feels that if he fires more, it may not be a good thing, but the current cement gap in the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly very large, and with the output of those cement kilns in the capital, I am afraid that even the needs of the wealthy nobles in the capital cannot be met, and it is simply impossible to use it for other construction.

So even if it is fired in large quantities in Huizhou, it should have no effect.

What he is afraid of is only those officials or gentry who follow the trend, as far as the Huizhou Mansion is concerned, at least under Liu Yi and his control, there can be planned firing, but it will not be so simple in other places.

In those places, in order to highlight political achievements and make money, Yang Ming can be sure that as long as those people are in a place where cement can be burned, it is even very likely that they will be desperate for mass production.

At that time, the cement in the whole of Guangdong will be flooded.

If it can't be exported to other provinces, then the damage caused can't be made up for by killing a few officials.

Of course, this is a bad thing, but the advantage is that if it can be built and transported in an organized way, Guangdong can even become a wealthy place that is not inferior to other places.

With this alone, satisfying the needs of the whole country has become a myth!

But now is not the time to think about so many things, with everyone's advice one by one, before you know it, the sun has begun to sink in the west, slowly setting on the other side of the sea, bringing patches of orange and red.

"Lord Yang, Yang... Lord Yang, fish, what a catch! ”......

Everyone was about to go back to the village to rest for a while, and then Li Lao Xiucai's voice rang out.

I saw this sixty-year-old man who was called a galloping! If Yang Ming hadn't known that method was feasible, he might have been frightened by this old man.

Seeing Li Laoxiu running towards everyone, everyone also walked towards him.

"Your Excellency! Students have no eyes! As soon as he arrived in front of Yang Ming, Li Laoxiucai cried and said, "The student has no eyes!" I thought that the adults were just casually making a way to fool the students and others, but after the experiment, I found that the method of the bamboo cage was actually more clever than going out to sea to cast a net, I don't know how many times! Not only is there no danger at all, but there are so many fish that even the students, who grew up by the sea, can't face it! ”

"How many catches?" The gentry, who thought he was also born by the sea, hurriedly asked.

"A total of nearly 500 catties of fish were harvested! Converted to an average bamboo cage, there are nearly 50 catties of catch! Li Laoxiu settled down, and pointed to many villagers who came with fish catches, and of course the two brothers of the Li family who went to sea were also inside.

A bamboo cage is a fifty pound of fish, which undoubtedly subverts their cognition!

You know, even three very experienced fishermen, even if they go out to sea to the deep sea area, and risk their lives to have so many catches! Because of the big fish, they have no choice but to use the way of casting nets to net some small fish, but ...... But with a few bamboo cages, throw them directly into the sea, and then tie the rope and lie on the boat to rest, and wait for a few hours to have so many catches, which.... It's like silver falling from the sky.

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