[Comprehensive Wear] It's hard to be a princess

What Liu Fu took out were the records about sun-dried salt technology found in the books of the past dynasties. In fact, the sun-dried salt method is not a rare thing. At least there are records of sun-dried salt in the geography of the Tang Dynasty. Later, after years of wars, the Song Dynasty failed to truly unify the Central Plains. At that time, because of serious land annexation, the Song Dynasty had to organize a large number of refugees who had lost their land into the Xiang Army. In addition, it was to provide more jobs to support them. With a larger population, the technology of drying salt, which requires relatively little manpower and material resources, will naturally not be valued. Pay attention to.Not to mention it later, in short, the technology of drying salt is often short-lived, or it has become the pre-frying salt method. First, the preliminary brine is obtained through the salt field, and then further processing is carried out.Even, because of the years of wars at the end of the Song Dynasty, the salt fields were abandoned, and later they returned to the more primitive method of frying salt.In any case, it consumes the manpower and material resources of the salt households, and the salt merchants do not have the motivation to improve their technology.

But the situation is different now. Salt and fertilizer are produced by those salt merchants and those on the upper level of the interest chain. The bottom salt households are being bullied by the current salt government. Compared with continuing to make salt I'm afraid they would rather sell themselves to the big family as slaves!Because in the eyes of those people, Yanhu is really not as good as a slave, it is completely a consumable.Therefore, liberating a group of salt households will not have any impact. After all, salt households are concentrated in the coastal area. There are many short-term and long-term workers on the coast. At least there is no need to worry about livelihood issues for decades.

Liu Fu told a few people about the record about sun-drying salt that he and Feng Yu compiled together, and then pointed to the simple blueprint drawn at the back and said: "The method of sun-drying salt is actually very simple. Incorporate seawater, stop it with dams, pour it into the salt pan and expose it to the sun, and finally get coarse salt. Water trucks, drums and other water lifting are actually very fast, which can also save a lot of labor and labor. Firewood, that is, at the beginning, it will take some effort to build the salt field, and it will also need maintenance later. However, in comparison, the cost will be reduced by at least [-]% or more. No matter how low the price of private salt is on the market, it will not It will be [-]% lower than the official salt when it was cheap!"

Zhang Anyuan looked at the blueprints, and then looked at the excerpted records in various ancient books. His expression was very puzzled. How could such a low-cost and simple method be lost so easily!On the other hand, Jia Amnesty has seen the benefits. If the salt law is really changed, those salt merchants will probably have to change it again. Even if the salt law is changed, the salt profit will not be so low even if it is a little lower. where to go.Although Jia She is a dandy, he has also been to Zhuangzi. Although Jia's food is relatively fatty, it is much lighter than that of Zhuanghu. , the more salty the food, like Jia’s side, at least there is no shortage of salt in the village, but the tenants below may not.Although Jia Amnesty is considered ignorant by many people, he can still understand the basic relationship between supply and demand. As long as the price of salt drops, people who couldn’t afford salt before can only buy less salt, so they will be willing to buy less salt. I bought more, so if I can get a foot in here, I will definitely make money!

Originally, Jia Amnesty didn't worry about money matters, but Mrs. Zhang told Jia Amnesty one thing a few days ago, that is, when Mrs. Shi was the housekeeper, she deliberately provided convenience for Jia Zheng and his wife. What kind of calligraphy and paintings to buy, and to treat guests to dinner, all take money from the public. Mrs. Zhang called people's attention. Jia Zheng alone spent at least 2 taels of silver in a year. The total income from running Zhuangzi's shop, Jia Zheng spent almost seventy-eight eighty-eight dollars alone, not to mention the normal expenses!Although the public has saved a lot of money, it can't afford such expenses.Jia Amnesty suspected that Mrs. Shi was in collusion with Jia Zheng, thinking that Jia Zheng would not be able to inherit the family property in the future, so now he could try his best to make money from the public, but Mrs. Shi was the elder, and his family was not separated. On the other hand, it’s still uncertain what Shi’s reaction will be. Therefore, Jia Amnesty can only find a reason to take money from the public. As much as Jia Zheng supports, he will at least pay this much. Although Shi is dissatisfied However, he was also afraid that Jia Amnesty would make things worse, so he could only pinch his nose.However, Jia Amnesty also knew that he would be the one who will suffer in the future after making this mess, so he has been thinking about whether he can add another source of income, and now he has started to think about it in his heart.

Tu Jingchen pondered for a while, then took the brochure, and said: "I dare not specialize in this matter, I have to tell my father!"

Emperor Qianyuan is actually not as good-tempered now as he was when he was young. He himself is a Taiping Emperor. Except for the few years when he first ascended the throne because of his unstable foundation, he kept a low profile for a few years. In fact, he has been living a very smooth life. Under such circumstances Of course, he didn't have much ambition, unless it threatened the imperial power, otherwise, Emperor Qianyuan had no motivation to change things that could change or not change.

Therefore, Tu Jingchen wrote a booklet and showed it to Emperor Qianyuan. Although Emperor Qianyuan thought it should be a good thing, he was afraid that it would cause changes in Jiangnan, so he hesitated.

Tu Jingchen was actually a little disappointed in his heart. As a son, under normal circumstances, he really regarded his father as a high mountain, and Emperor Qianyuan still had the status of emperor, so Tu Jingchen used to be really He felt that Emperor Qianyuan was all wise and powerful, but after all these years, Tu Jingchen had long realized that his father was actually a mortal, and because of his own identity, he had more problems than normal people.It's okay to be lustful and enjoy things, after all, they are all emperors, and now it is considered a prosperous age, forcing the emperor to be hard and simple is simply impossible!Tu Jingchen didn't think it was a problem, after all, most of the people he knew were similar in these two aspects.What Tu Jingchen cares about is that Emperor Qianyuan actually values ​​power and tactics more, and doesn't think about the benefits of this matter to the court. As long as it affects the imperial power, then no matter how good your suggestion is, it will not matter to him. adoption.In addition, over the years, Emperor Qianyuan has not been as decisive as he was back then, and he has begun to pursue posthumous fame.So, he became merciful!For example, regarding the salt administration, according to Tu Jingchen's thinking, if Zhen Yingjia was killed, he should at least teach Zhen Yingjia a lesson, and then cut off a group of officials, so as to scare the salt merchants and make them cooperate. As a result, Knowing that there are a lot of tricks here, Emperor Qianyuan turned his eyes and closed his eyes. Over the years, the salt tax lost by the salt administration has exceeded 2000 million taels. He said that with such a big deficit, even if people were not killed, at least dozens of companies would have to be copied. As a result, apart from getting rid of two small salt merchants who were obviously scapegoats on the charge of selling illegal salt, this It's just so messed up!

Now seeing that Emperor Qianyuan was noncommittal about this method of drying salt with obvious benefits, or that Emperor Qianyuan just wanted to procrastinate and wait for Tu Jingchen to do it himself, so Tu Jingchen hesitated, or He tentatively asked: "If Father thinks this is inappropriate, why don't you find a place to try it first?"

Emperor Qianyuan shook his head and said: "Governing a big country is like cooking small fish. Many salt merchants are involved in Jiangnan's salt policy. Although they are only merchants, if there is a disturbance, there will be chaos in Jiangnan. If you want to calm down at that time, you can't." It will take a lot of hands and feet! The imperial court is short of money now, so how can they go to war at will!"

When Tu Jingchen saw Emperor Qianyuan's words, he knew that at least he would not change his mind in the near future, and suddenly felt a little disappointed, but he still said earnestly on his face: "Father is far-sighted, but my son is too eager for quick success!"

Hearing what Tu Jingchen said, Emperor Qianyuan felt a little complacent. He waved his hand and said, "You are still young and energetic after all, when will you really be able to take charge of yourself!"

Tu Jingchen sighed even more in his heart. He was already in his early thirties, and the East Palace had added a few more children over the years. His eldest son would almost be old enough to discuss marriage in two years, and it turned out that he was with Emperor Qianyuan. , I am still young!

However, over the years, Tu Jingchen has done nothing else, but his patience has improved more and more. After all, there is a father above him who values ​​imperial power more and more, and a group of brothers below him are eyeing his position covetously. , I have to be picked on by those ministers with a magnifying glass, asking him to be a qualified prince in their eyes, no, is there any other way?Tu Jingchen can now understand what Yang Guang did back then. After all, he had to pretend to be himself from a young age until Yang Jian was about to die. As a result, he almost stumbled because of his negligence. Yang Jian died soon, but because of this, the unofficial history will say that he killed his father.Therefore, Tu Jingchen had to learn a lesson and not let Emperor Qianyuan feel dissatisfied with him, otherwise, as long as Emperor Qianyuan's dissatisfaction was let out, then I don't know how many people would jump up and attack him.

Therefore, Tu Jingchen said with a smile: "My son is still young, with my father at the helm, why should I be so anxious!"

"Don't worry, father is already over half a hundred years old, how many years can he help you?" Emperor Qianyuan scolded with a smile.

Tu Jingchen hurriedly said: "Father is still in the prime of life, and my son is careless. If you don't help me watch, Father, can you rest assured?"

Emperor Qianyuan listened to what Tu Jingchen said sincerely, and he felt ironic in his heart, and sighed: "You, you know how to hide from laziness, and you will bring my grandson to death later!"

Tu Jingchen deliberately put on an aggrieved look: "Father, what you said, my son is not as experienced as Father, you have rich experience, those brats have caused my son to suffer a lot, if you are willing to take over, Father, My son will send it all over to you!"

Emperor Qianyuan moved in his heart, but he waved his hand and said: "What nonsense, how patient I was with you at the beginning, why are you no longer treating your son now! Forget it, turn around and ask Xu'er to come to my side, lest you have a good time Your child has been misled by you!"