Chapter 698: Salt Mine
Back to the village!
Wu Li is telling everyone in the village about the matter!
"Great!"
"Thank you, Li Zhuangshi!"
"Li Zhuangshi not only saved us, but also helped us like this, we really can't repay this kindness!"
...
Everyone in the village did not have any opposition, but were very moved and excited.
What touched me was that Li Kuan had already saved them before, and now he is still helping them.
I'm excited that they all have a way to live!
See here!
"Don't be so grateful to me, I didn't help you in vain, you also have to work!" Li Kuan said with a smile.
The villagers listened, but they were still grateful to Li Kuan in their hearts.
Although they are not knowledgeable, they are not stupid!
Not to mention the previous life-saving grace, let's just talk about employment, no matter what business Li Kuan does, he can hire those younger and better people!
If you don't want to help them, why hire the whole village?
In addition to the young people, there are also many old people, disabled people, and children in the village, and these people have no ability to work!
Li Kuan even hired these people, obviously helping them!
Afterwards!
Li Kuan said to Wu Lizheng, "Village chief, you first count the population of each family, and then according to the population of each family, one person will first distribute a month's rations!" ”
"It's... Not good! ”
Wu Li was listening and muttered, "After all, we haven't done anything yet!" ”
"Yay, don't mind! Now that the families in the village do not have enough food rations, what if they don't distribute the rations first, and people starve to death? ”
Li Kuanzheng said, "Only if none of them starve to death, can someone help me do things!" ”
"It's... All right! Wu Lizheng agreed!
In fact, he also knew in his heart that Li Kuan was still helping them, otherwise how could there be a reason to pay first and then do things when hired?
But!
Considering that the village really needed food, he agreed!
You can't really starve to death, can you?
Soon!
Under Wu Lizheng's arrangement, every household in the village received enough food rations to support one month.
And this also reduced the amount of food Li Kuan bought.
"You have to find something to do quickly, otherwise you really can't afford to support them!" Li Kuan looked at the lack of food so much, and secretly thought in his heart.
Before, he exchanged Qiqi for a million dollars.
Then!
In addition to spending 10,000 yuan on household registration, it also cost 100,000 yuan to buy five large carriages.
Among them, the horse is worth 20,000 yuan, which is still the cheapest and most inferior horse, and the car is given away for free.
And it cost about 400,000 yuan to buy grain, a total of 510,000 yuan.
With the population of the village, the food that needs to be provided every month is about 200,000 yuan, that is to say, the rest of the food plus the remaining money can be provided for more than three months at most, and it will not work!
So!
He must start making money!
"It's just... What are you looking for to do well? Li Kuan thought secretly in his heart.
While everyone was receiving food, he counted it!
Now there are a total of one hundred and sixty-two people left in the village, excluding those who have a meagre or even non-existent labor force, such as the elderly, the disabled, and children, and those who can be used, the youth, the prime of life, and the men and women combined, a total of one hundred and eight!
Among them, the male number is forty, and the female number is sixty-eight!
Well, there are more women than men!
The main reason for this is because of the previous poor Qi!
When Qiqi invaded, the village also resisted, and it was all men who contributed at that time, so it was also men who were killed in the end.
This has also led to a situation where there are more children and fewer men in this village!
And these young adults are the real labor force!
Thinking about it, Li Kuan's eyes scanned the surroundings, looked at the surrounding mountains and forests, and gradually had an idea in his heart!
"As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, now since Qingshan Village is in the mountains and forests, let's find a backer to do a good job!" Li Kuan muttered, said hello to Wu Lizheng and the others, and left the village!
He's going to wander around and find a suitable path!
Wu Lizheng didn't say anything about this.
Li Kuan is a ruthless person who can kill Qiqi!
Wu Lizheng is not worried about his safety.
However, he still said a word, "The master is careful all the way!" ”
"Hmm!"
Li Kuan waved his hand, didn't say anything more, entered the mountain forest, and began to search.
Not to mention, there are really a lot of resources in this mountain forest!
What wild mushrooms, wild vegetables and the like, Li Kuan walked around and found a lot.
Just letting the village sell these wild goods is estimated to allow the people of the village to survive!
Of course!
It's just about surviving!
Then!
"Babble!"
Li Kuan suddenly heard the sound of small animals shuttling.
He looked closely, but he saw a baby goat flashing before his eyes!
"Generally speaking, animals will know more about the resources in the mountains and forests than people, and following them may have unexpected gains!" After such a thought flashed through Li Kuan's mind, he subconsciously followed!
Half a day later!
Following the little goat, he came to a hill.
I saw the little goat sticking out its tongue and licking the hill carefully.
Goats add to the mountain!?
Li Kuan looked at this scene, and then looked at Xiaoshan, who seemed to be a little familiar, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but murmur, "Wait, could this be..."
As he spoke, he reached out and touched the hill, then put his finger into his mouth.
Well, salty!
Suddenly, he determined that the hill in front of him was none other than a salt mine.
Moment!
He also has an idea of what to do with the business!
No matter what age it is, salt is a necessary item for people, and there will definitely be a market for selling it.
Especially in this era, the means of extracting salt are not high, and the salt on the market is not scarce, but there are indeed many people who are short of salt, and they want salt, take it out and sell it, and they will definitely make a lot of money!
Thinking about it, Li Kuan didn't stay long, turned around and walked towards Qingshan Village!
He's ready to start arranging for the salt mine to be mined!
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"Master, you're back!" After Wu Lizheng saw Li Kuan coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward and said.
"Hmm!"
After Li Kuan nodded, he said with a straight face, "I found a way to make money, and then you can arrange for the young people in the village to go with me!" ”
"What's the way!?" Wu Lizheng subconsciously asked.
Li Kuan told Wu Li Zhengyi about the salt mine!
Unexpectedly, Wu Lizheng was not happy and shocked.
He hurriedly said, "Lord, don't do it! The people in our village already knew about the place you mentioned, but it was only because the salt was poisonous and would kill people if you ate it, so we didn't mine it! ”
The words fell!
Li Kuan smiled!
He knew why those people would die if they ate salt!
Because the salt mine contains toxic substances, if there is no purification method, the salt is mixed with toxic substances, and people will definitely die if they eat it!
But he's different!
He'll be pure!
So, that's not a problem at all!
"You don't have to worry, I know it's poisonous, but I can go to poison and make the salt non-toxic, so let people rest assured that they can mine with me!" Li Kuanzheng said.
Hearing this, Wu Lizheng was obviously still a little unconvinced, and a little worried.
For thousands of years, their village has not tried to make salt non-poisonous, but they have all failed.
He didn't think that Li Kuan, who had just arrived, could do anything!
But Li Kuan was not only the head of all the people in their village, but also their savior, and he couldn't resist Li Kuan's order too much, so he agreed.
But!
He made up his mind that if the salt came out by then, he would be the first to try, and if it wasn't poisonous, it would be fine, but if it was poisonous, no matter what, he couldn't let the poisonous salt flow out of the village.