The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 102: Knowing Mistakes Can Change

Songjiang is an important salt-producing area in Ming Dynasty, so the price of salt is low, but ordinary people can’t buy such cheap salt, and most of the money is earned by merchants. Ding Yi and the others bought it in Dengzhou for 1.4 taels a load , Dengzhou salt miners only sell it to salt merchants for 3-4 yuan.

Ding Yi would be more satisfied if the wholesale price of salt could be sold for one tael, and after Chongzhen, the price of salt became more and more expensive.

"How big is our first salt field?"

"Is this what I want to ask my lord?" Zhou Deshui pointed to the scene.

They have two plans. One is to build a salt field of about [-] mu. According to the amount of seawater evaporated in summer, the amount of seawater evaporated every day is about [-] to [-] tons. Calculated according to the salt content of [-]%, it can be Get five to seven tons of crude sea salt.

After secondary processing, a little less refined salt can be obtained, which is about four to six tons in general.

The whole process takes about two days, that is, about six tons of refined salt can be obtained in two days.

The question now is, they want to know how big Master Ding plans to build this salt field?

Because of the size, matching brine pools, crystallization pools, and waterwheels are required.

Ding Yi immediately calculated on the spot.

Six tons of refined salt in two days, 12000 catties, 120 Dan. (Actually, a load in the Ming Dynasty weighed about 120 catties, so let’s calculate 100 catties for convenience.)
One tael per load, only 1 taels of silver in two days.

too little.

The salt fields must be enlarged.

"How many acres do you think my Shuangdao can do?" Ding Yi didn't say how big it was, and asked Zhou Deshui directly.

"If the single block is the largest, it will be slow to dry the seawater, and the bigger the slower, sometimes it will not dry for a few days."

"From our experience back then, [-] mu is the best, and we can barely dry it in one day."

Zhou Deshui said: "Adults think it's too small, so you can get a few more dollars and take it step by step."

"That's it. Before the Chinese New Year this year, get ten yuan and four hundred acres."

"Of order." Zhou Deshui said happily.

Ding Yi encouraged the workers on site and Zhou Deshui, assured him of his due benefits, and then left.

On the way back, he was already happily doing the calculations.

"For 2000 mu, every two days is 3 taels, and [-] taels a month. It's well developed." Thinking about it is very flattering.

Ruan Wenyan really didn't want to pour cold water on her, but after thinking about it, she still whispered a reminder.

Before she spoke, she looked back.

Zhao Dashan suddenly realized something, stopped quickly, and retreated with Zhang Jing and others.

"It seems that there is a need for help, let's call the handle." Zhao Dashan said with a silly smile.

Seinfeld had a strange look on his face, but he still followed.

"For four thousand acres, there will be 120 tons every two days, weighing more than 20 catties."

"Our largest Lushun is only 20 catties fully loaded."

"Hiss." Ding Yi's face was black for a moment.

He now has four boats in his hands, which are about 30 catties when fully loaded, and they will be sold every two days.

If you don't sell it, the house will be full of salt.

Damn it, Ding Yi turned around and found that Zhao Dashan and others were not there, so he almost made a fool of himself.

Ding Yi, who has always been wise enough to count everything, never thought of this problem.

But he quickly realized his mistake, and the manpower consumed by the four salt fields was astonishing.

"Go back and find Zhou Deshui. Before the end of the year, five salt fields will be enough." Ding Yi thought for a while: "You are right in reminding me, I was wrong, and I will change it soon."

"We are responsible for more than 4000 lives, and everyone depends on us."

Ding Yi said earnestly: "Wen Yan, if I say something wrong in the future, you must remind me in time."

"Knowing mistakes can be corrected, and doing good is great."

"If you don't get it right, you will make a big mistake."

Ruan Wenyan smiled happily, and said softly, "Brother Ding, I will."

She admired Ding Yi more and more. Knowing that she was wrong, she immediately corrected it. She was definitely not trying to save face like some big men.

Two days later, Ruan Wenyan took the Lushun out to Dengzhou. The task this time was to see if Lu Chao had harvested anything, and at the same time, he wanted to buy live animals such as cows, pigs, and chickens.

Ding Yi wrote her a lot of lists.

At the same time, Ding Yi took Ruan Siqing, Ningyuan and other three ships to Phi Island to meet Chen Jisheng.
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When Ding Yi set off for Phi Island, somewhere in the camp, several Liao people were gathering together.

Wu Dong, Zhu Daoer and Chang Xiaoniu from Phi Island.

The three of them are strong and strong men. They ate well and slept well in Shuangdao for the past two days, and their bodies have recovered a bit.

Seinfeld was standing in front of them. After looking at them one by one, there was no one else around, and he said loudly, "This is what you chose, don't think about turning back halfway."

Without further ado, Wu Dong knelt down: "As long as my son goes to school every day, Master Ding will take care of him in the future, and I will be happy to die in battle."

It turned out that he gave birth to another son in Pidao, and now he is arranged to go to school and provide food and accommodation.

The rest Zhu Daoer and Chang Xiaoniu said similar things one after another, all of them had family members in the camp.

"Go, let's go."

Song Fei didn't say much, and led the three of them out of the camp. When they arrived at the gate of the camp, they met two sergeants with swords and guns, and a group of six people left Shuangdao and headed north.

They didn't go from Lushunkou, but went along the shore towards Pig Island, and after passing the South Pass, they soon arrived at the Jinzhou territory.

At this time, Jinzhou was under the rule of Houjin. When the slave chieftains were there, Houjin moved to Jinzhou and Fuzhou, and the Liao people from Gaizhou went to Gaizhou.

Because Mao Wenlong always sent people over to rob, and he also followed their example of robbing people and things.

But Hou Jin found something was wrong again. After everyone moved to Gaizhou, no one was farming.

What to do with so many fertile fields in the three states?
Especially in the past two years, there has been a severe shortage of food and food prices have skyrocketed.

When they discovered Huadao, they made a fortune and robbed all the food stored by the Ming army, and lived a good life.

After eating, it didn't work anymore, so Fu sent Liao people back to each village to farm and pay food.

Moreover, due to the prosperity of the soldiers in the late Jin Dynasty, fewer and fewer Dongjiang soldiers dared to go out.

This time after Mao Wenlong's death, the Jinzhou Empress Jinbing was overjoyed, and there were fewer patrolling cavalry sent out in the past two days.

Song Fei and others walked cautiously along the way, all walking from the seaside, and finally arrived at Xiaowu Village at night.

Xiaowu Village is not big, there are only about 30 households, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and a few strong ones are for the summer harvest.

Wu Dong saw the lights in his home at a glance, and his mood was extremely complicated.

Back then, he went hunting with his father, and when he came back, he found his whole family had been killed. He fled, but his father would rather die than say that he would die in his hometown.

Now seeing the lights, hope is born again in my heart.

"Go, be careful." Sein Fei patted him on the shoulder, and everyone hid in the forest.

Wu Dong nodded and walked over cautiously.

But in time, there was a scream from inside, Seinfeld was shocked, and he was about to lead people to evacuate.

But soon Wu Dong came out and waved to them in the darkness.

Seinfeld was overjoyed and hurried to bring people there.

Wu Dong's father is actually not dead, and is now helping the Tartars.

Seeing Seinfeld bring so many people in, he was also shocked.

"Ming army?" His father said in horror.

"Hush, this is one of us." Wu Dong hurriedly said, "Have you forgotten how the Tartars killed my mother?"

Old Wutou cried and said, "Why are you still coming back, hurry up."

"I want to enter Jinzhou City." Wu Dong said in a deep voice.

"What?" Old Wu couldn't believe it.

"I see that there is food in the firewood house. You haven't paid the food yet. You will definitely be sent to Jinzhou City by then. I want to go in." Wu Dong gritted his teeth.

"You're crazy, you're courting death." Old Wu stomped his head.

Song Fei remained calm and said calmly: "Your old Wu's family still has a grandson in Lushun, and there is someone who will succeed him."

Old Wutou was so excited that he couldn't believe it.

After careful questioning, I found out that when Wu Dong went to Phi Island, he found another wife and gave birth to a son. But when Phi Island was famine, the woman gave the last food to Wu Dong and his son. up.

Old Wu's face was full of tears when he heard it, but at the same time, he was also happy in his heart that the Wu family had a descendant.

He thought for a while, then suddenly looked at Zhu Daoer: "Zhu Daoer, your brother is now the village head of our village, and he is responsible for escorting summer grain into Jinzhou."

Zhu Daoer was also overjoyed: "My brother is still alive? God help us."

While Song Fei was leading people to do things, Zhao Dashan, Yang Yong, and Ding Shitou were doing the same thing in another village.

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