Ancient promotion routine

As the saying goes, when God closes one window, another window will open. The vicissitudes of life, the world is changing, and the crustal movement in the past made this place a mountain, but the bottom of the sea dries up, and the salt inside does not change. will disappear.

If there hadn't been so many years of wind and rain erosion, and the mountains here would not have been eroded by weathering, it would be much more difficult to dig the mountains to get salt, but now they have been blown to a flat top, and if they want to dig wells to dig salt, I'm afraid It is much more convenient and easier.

In his impression, Ye County in Pingdingshan, where they are standing now, is at the junction of the Huanghuai Plain and the remaining veins of Funiu Mountain, and there are more than 400 square meters of salt mine resources underground.

The salt mine resources here were discovered very late. In his memory, after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Petroleum Exploration Bureau of Henan Province came to Ye County to explore oil. Instead of finding oil, they found salt mines. Since then, The salt mine here in Henan was officially mined, and Ye County is also known as the rock salt capital of China.

That being the case, why doesn't he mine now?

In any dynasty in the feudal era, although salt looks ordinary, it is the lifeblood that determines the prosperity, life and death of a country.

The role of salt in this era is no less than that of oil in the industrial society in later generations.

Although the problem of food and clothing in this era can be solved through intensive cultivation and self-sufficiency, it is difficult for them to solve the human body's demand for salt through their own labor, and even to a certain extent, it can only be solved through purchase, and they sell it to various places with the country. like tea.

The imperial court connected isolated families together by controlling the trade of tea and salt.

Of course, salt has a greater use besides eating it at ordinary times, that is, keeping food fresh.

In this era without refrigerators, in order to keep food fresh, ordinary people can only pickle food with salt to prevent food from going moldy and rotting.

Dairy products in the north can also be made into cheese with salt and transported to the south, and the salted fish, meat, and ham can even be preserved for a year, which can be eaten by ordinary people for a long time, and it is also convenient for people who travel far away. people carry.

It was not only in the Wei Dynasty that the imperial court used salt to control the lifeline of the economy. Zhang Yanjin remembered that during the Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou once said that the need for commercial and industrial industries was the benefit of fish and salt. It can be seen that, from From ancient times to the present, feudal dynasties have attached great importance to salt.

That being the case, if a salt well is dug in Pingdingshan, wouldn't it be a qualitative leap for the economic development here?

Ever since what happened in the Peony Garden last time, Zhang Yanjin has seen that the emperor is afraid of him buying land, and he knows that even if he wants to buy it, the emperor will not sell it to him again.

Looking at the [-] hectares of land in Pingdingshan, he felt that the ground was full of gold.

Zhang Yanjin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "When you hear that there are minerals, you think that the ground is full of coal?"

Chen Su nodded his head as a matter of course and said, "Yes, what else?"

After all, he looked at Zhang Yanjin in a daze and said, "Could it be that the underground is not coal? Why do I think this mountain is similar to the one over there in Datong?"

Zhang Yanjin asked back: "Then why didn't you think there were coal mines down here at first?"

Chen Su chuckled and said nothing.

On the way back, Zhang Yanjin began to think about arranging for craftsmen to dig wells in Pingdingshan.He was sure that there was a salt field below, so he didn't worry about any danger.

Originally, the two of them were going directly back to the temporary government building, but they did not expect to meet Liu Taohua and the widow three walking back with their heads down and Liu Yueer following them.

He took a closer look, and found that Liu Yue'er's eyes were red and swollen, and she was choking, wiping the tears from her face as she walked.

Suspicious in Zhang Yanjin's heart, she looked at the three of Liu Taohua again, and found that all three of them had disheveled hair, dark and sad.

"Why are you staring at other women?" Chen Su felt strange seeing Zhang Yanjin staring at Liu Taohua and Liu Yue'er all the time. He laughed and teased, "Why, Mr. Minister has taken a fancy to her?"

Chen Su naturally knew that it was impossible for Zhang Yanjin to fall in love with Liu Taohua and the others, but after Zhang Yanjin and Li Rongniang got engaged, he discovered that Zhang Yanjin had never been to places like Furongfang, even if he took Zhang Yanjin there just to drink, Zhang Yanjin would also

Zhang Yanjin did not answer Chen Su's question, but walked directly in front of Liu Taohua and the others.

"What's the matter with you guys?" Zhang Yanjin asked. He calculated the time. This time happened to be the time when the workers got off work. In other words, the four of them should have just come out of the tea factory. If the four of them are in such a bad condition, then It must have encountered bad things in the tea factory.

Liu Taohua was taken aback for a moment. She had been walking with her head down just now, so she didn't notice Zhang Yanjin and Chen Su.

When meeting Zhang Yanjin's concerned gaze, there was a faint glimmer of water in her eyes.

But it was only for a moment, she bent slightly, and hastily saluted Zhang Yanjin: "Master Minister."

Liu Yue'er and the others hurriedly followed Liu Taohua to salute Zhang Yanjin, but they lowered their heads and remained silent about the question Zhang Yanjin just asked.

Chen Su also came over with Zhang Yanjin, but he didn't mean to talk to Liu Taohua and the others. In his opinion, Liu Taohua and the others came out to work as workers. Female red is the right way.

Zhang Yanjin is not good at comforting women, and she doesn't know how to deal with crying women.

He frowned slightly, and tried to put his voice as softly as possible: "What happened? Did someone bully you in the tea factory?"

The four of them still bowed their heads in silence, not daring to look directly at Zhang Yanjin.

Looking at their submissive looks, Zhang Yanjin felt angry and helpless.It can be said that it is angry and indisputable, and it is pitiful and sad.

He knew that the reason they didn't dare to look at him wasn't that they had done something unscrupulous and didn't dare to look at him directly, but that they, as women, felt that they were inferior to men, so they didn't dare to look at him. Looking down at their own toes.

In addition, they may be because he is the minister of the Ministry of Industry and Zhongzhou Mu, and he is an official who sounds big, so they are psychologically afraid of themselves.

In the feudal era, the system itself had great oppression on the common people.But for women, there is another layer of constraints from men and morality. It can be said that one after another is constantly pressing on their shoulders, depriving them of the freedom of their souls.

In the end, Liu Taohua raised her head, took a quick look at Zhang Yanjin, then lowered her head in panic and said, "Master Minister, we have thought about it, we may not be suitable to work in a tea factory..."

Her hand was pinching the hem of the blouse because of nervousness, and she hesitated for a while before she said: "We are too stupid, we can't move freely, in order not to delay the progress of the tea factory, we will not come."

"Didn't I say it? Let you hold your head up when you talk and walk, and you don't owe anyone anything, why are you so humble?"

Zhang Yanjin couldn't stand it any longer, he said in a low voice, "Did someone bully you at the tea factory today?"

Chen Su on the side looked at Zhang Yanjin dumbfounded. He never imagined that Zhang Yanjin would ask these women to walk with their heads up. In his opinion, it is very normal for these rural women to walk with their heads down. What are they like? Man, why do these women walk with their heads held high in front of them?

Without waiting for Liu Taohua and the others to say anything, Zhang Yanjin said decisively: "Don't go back in a hurry, go back to the tea factory with me first, I want to see what happened."

Just as he was talking, he turned his head and said to the boy who followed him, "Go back to the tea factory first, so that everyone should not leave in a hurry."

Liu Yue'er raised her head and glanced at Zhang Yanjin, tears poured out like a river breaking a bank, and wet her cheeks.

In fact, without Liu Taohua and Liu Yueer saying anything, Zhang Yanjin roughly guessed what happened.

Seeing that Liu Taohua and the others were flustered and wanted to refuse, he said directly: "You are workers in my tea factory. If something happens to you, I, the owner of the tea factory, can't sit idly by."

Liu Taohua's group were stunned for a moment, this was the first time someone said such things to them, the first time someone said they would be responsible for them, the first time someone didn't ignore their grievances, the first time Someone didn't make them endure...

Rao had already tasted all the hardships, and the three of Liu Taohua, who were extremely patient, couldn't help but have red eyes. Seeing Zhang Yanjin silent, there was surprise and hesitation in their eyes. Of course, there was a trace of anticipation in them.

Chen Su was very puzzled by Zhang Yanjin's words and actions, but there were other people around, and because of Zhang Yanjin's face, he stood aside and said nothing.

Out of curiosity, he followed Zhang Yanjin to the tea factory.

Soon, Zhang Yanjin brought Liu Taohua and Liu Yueer back to the tea factory.

Zhang Wuer, who was in charge of the tea factory, was paying the workers wages with the cashier when he heard the hurried boy tell him to leave the workers behind.

So when the servant said that Zhang Yanjin was coming back, he asked the workers to wait outside with their wages.