If Liu Haojia was still in the mood to ignore them in the past, but the matter of the salt field was too important, so he directly whipped everyone away.

By the time he arrived at the salt factory, the entire salt factory had already moved! Inside the salt pan, the salt workers are walking around the salt pan with a push board on their faces, pushing the salt particles condensed from the bottom of the water to the sides of the salt pan.

Then other salt workers collect these salt grains and put them in the drying field to dry. When the surface of the salt grains is completely dried, they are packed into sacks and transported to warehouses for storage.

Zhang Zhi saw Liu Haojia coming, so he grabbed a handful of dried salt from the drying field and ran over. Along the way, I kept grinding with the palm of my hand. When he walked in front of Liu Haojia, the salt grains between the two palms had already ground a lot of fine powder.

He stretched out his hand in front of Liu Haojia and said, "Master Hou, look, this is the salt we just came out!"

Liu Haojia stretched out his hand and picked up a small pinch of salt and put it in his mouth to taste it slowly, feeling that the saltiness was still relatively pure, and there was a hint of seafish and astringency, but it was much better than the salt on the market! And look at the color is close to modern table salt!

Still, he called the three old saltmen over for a tasting. The three old salt workers were originally working in the salt fields, but after being called over, they didn't dare to taste it directly in Zhang Zhi's palm, but grabbed a handful of salt and ground it in the palm of their hands, and after tasting it repeatedly, one person said, "Master Hou, this is definitely the best sea salt!" It's a lot better than the salt in the south!"

Then the three of them carefully commented on the difference between the salt produced by themselves and the salt in the south, and asked Liu Haojia to confirm that the salt produced by himself is indeed a very good quality. And these salts are dissolved and filtered, and after recrystallization, they produce table salt that is better than green salt! This kind of salt will definitely sell for a high price in the powerful and high-ranking households!

Liu Haojia saw that the three old salt workers were sure that the salt was of the highest quality, so he was completely relieved! He turned to Zhang Zhi and said, "Zhang Zhi, since the salt field has already produced salt, don't stop! You're going to have to try to produce more salt this year!"

Zhang Zhi said with a sad face: "But, Master Hou, it's not that the slaves and maids don't work hard, but it's about to enter winter, but I'm afraid that the yield of salt won't come up!" And in winter, salt workers are always soaking in the brine, and it's easy to have problems!"

Liu Haojia said, "What you say also makes sense. However, although the temperature is not high in winter, the brine is not easy to freeze, and it can still produce salt! And you're right, you have to do a good job of keeping the salt workers warm. In this way, for example, wouldn't it be better to equip everyone who goes down to the salt pan with tall clogs? You can figure out how to do the rest."

Zhang Zhi thought about it, so he naturally nodded and agreed. At this time, Liu Haojia continued: "Also, Ben Hou told you before that the most important thing as a manager is to be aware of it! And if you want to know what you know, you have to keep a record of everything! Things like what is the concentration of brine in which salt pan and how much salt can be produced! And if you want to understand, you have to explore the data, so you have to keep a record of the data!"

In this way, Liu Haojia gave Zhang Zhi another management lesson. And what Zhang Zhi said to Liu Haojia is like a treasure, and I can't wait to record it all in my heart!

In ancient China, many things were summed up by personal experience, which posed a threat to inheritance. If the master is not good at teaching his disciples, or simply dies early, maybe a craft will be lost! There have been many such things in history!

And Liu Haojia, a way to record various data in detail and find patterns from the data, is also the first time he has come into contact with it, and he feels that it is very reasonable. He also found the advantage of doing this: as long as there is a data record, even if there is no master to teach, as long as the craftsman does it according to the data, there is a high probability of making a finished product, and the quality is not bad!

However, what he didn't know was that this practice had already been promoted under the military factories under Liu Haojia's name! This is also the reason why other workshops are amazed at the high output and high quality of the factories under the Liansheng!

Liu Haojia turned around and left after inspecting the salt works, and when he turned around, he wrote a lot of letters and sent them. Now that winter is about to begin, it will be the most difficult time for the nine sides after the winter passes! At that time, the farmers in the border towns themselves were in a state of scarcity, and the grain and grass stored in the nine sides were on the edge of the cordon

It's time to go south and plunder, so at that time, the price of grain in the nine sides is better than gold!

And Liu Haojia's collaborators have been farming in Jiubian for a year, and although the output has not reached the peak, they have already hoarded a batch of grain in their hands. Now I am waiting for the beginning of spring to sell it to Jiubian in exchange for salt, so that Liu Haojia can tear a hole in the marketing of domestic salt!

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the end of the year! Taking stock of the biggest benefits this year, it is Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty!

The implementation of one of his compilation methods in various places has been very successful, and the entire Ming court has not only paid off all the arrears this year, but also has an unprecedented surplus! This made the court celebrate with each other, and everyone praised Shoufu for his extreme wisdom!

As for Emperor Wanli, he gave birth to a prince, and he celebrated the dynasty! The emperor has an heir, which means that God favors the Ming Dynasty and it will last for 10,000 years!

As for Liu Haojia, he is not idle! He formed the military academy of the Wu'an Army, expanded the ranks, expanded the navy and began to build a systematic military-industrial complex. The salt farm has also been established, ready to start with the salt administration! At the same time, the first batch of table salt was hoarded. But since it's winter, there isn't much salt coming out. But wait until spring to stock up on another batch, and it will be enough to walk on the nine sides!

As for Liu Guangyuan, it was a windfall year! These pirate-turned-maritime merchants are all evil! From the Wa Kingdom to the indigenous tribes of Southeast Asia, all of them have suffered from their poison! When there are not enough people, they will do business honestly, and when they have enough people, they will log in and rob!

They have a wide range of businesses, from cloth to people! In particular, the Wa Kingdom has become the main source of their hunting population! This is not to say that they have any deep hatred for the Japanese country, but those little monkeys in Southeast Asia are really lazy and stupid, and their health is still poor! It didn't take long to get it back, and he was either beaten to death by his master or died of illness, and he couldn't sell it at a price!

In short, all kinds of things happened this year, but the entire Ming Dynasty was not only very calm, but also thriving! It's just that it's not clear how much of this undercurrent is surging!