The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 311 Conquering Mobei
In Yancheng County, somewhere on the seashore, as far as the eye can see, there are hundreds of people in a large water tank the height of one person, and a strong man is constantly carrying seawater into it.

At the top corner of each large vat, there is a wooden shelf covered with a layer of gauze. The strong man who carries the water pours the seawater from the gauze into the vat along the steps, and some sand, stone and weeds in the water will be wiped out Filter on gauze.

This is just the first step in the sun-dried salt process. The seawater will settle in the tank for a day, and then there will be a water outlet at the lower end of the tank. Workers will filter the settled seawater twice, and then the seawater inside Pour into a porcelain dish for crystallization.

If the sun is sunny, the time required for crystallization is only one to two days, but a porcelain plate with the size of a dustpan can produce two taels of salt each time, which is really pitiful.

Zhu Cihong also knew that if the water in the tank was exposed to the sun for a few more days to make the seawater thicker, the salt yield would definitely be much higher.

But after careful consideration, he still decided to maintain the efficiency of producing salt in two days. Although the output was pitifully small, he couldn't hold back and could expand the number of porcelain plates and water tanks infinitely.

Otherwise, the time will drag on for a long time, and if it rains halfway, all previous efforts will be wasted. As for building a grass shed, he never thought about it. At most, he would build a place for the workers to rest and drink water.

Whether it is a water tank or a salt plate, they are placed directly in the open air on the sandy ground that cannot be submerged by sea water, without any installation and protection measures, otherwise it would be more time-saving and labor-saving than boiling salt.

Although there are too many water tanks and discs, a large number of workers will be needed to carry and filter water, tossing back and forth, but it is only temporary. After he gets the rubber tube out, he will pump water directly at that time, which will definitely greatly reduce manpower. Improve efficiency.

After calculation, a large vat needs at least [-] salt pans, plus three people to operate it. In three days, about six catties of salt can be produced.

The efficiency is not as fast as cooking salt, but the salt produced by drying is fine salt. Although it cannot keep up with refined salt, it is much better than coarse salt produced by cooking.

One tank, thirty salt pans can produce six catties of salt in three days, it depends on God's face, ten thousand tanks, thirty thousand salt pans are only [-] catties, let Zhu Cihong know that it may not be realistic to just dry salt, after all It takes time to burn pots and porcelain plates, and it may not be possible to scale up without one or two years.

So for the time being, he can only cook salt while drying salt, and increase the scale of the porcelain firing factory. As for the tiles, he has postponed them indefinitely.

His plan is that in the coming summer, salt farmers will use porcelain plates and tanks to dry their salt, and in the other three seasons they will continue to boil salt.

The quality and taste of the dried salt is better, and it can be sold as refined salt and fine salt to big households, and the boiled salt can continue to be sold to ordinary people.

Until one day in the future, the scale of sun-dried salt is enough to meet the needs of everyone in Daming, and then boiled salt will be completely eliminated.

However, Zhu Cihong also knew that he could not just dry and cook salt in one place in Yancheng County, so when the porcelain firing factory got on the right track, it started to go south along the coastline, and then sent people to go north along the coastline, and finally settled in Shandong and Jiangnan provinces. , More than 50 places suitable for drying and boiling salt were selected, and then [-] salt factories were established, and the salt transportation department was also restructured.

Just when Zhu Cihong was vigorously developing the salt industry, the New Deal in the north was also launched vigorously under the auspices of Ma Shiying, and Huang Degong, who was far away from naturalization, also began to swear to the army, leading nearly 4 Han and Mongolian troops. He crossed the Yin Mountain and headed towards the more distant Mobei.

After more than half a year of preparation, the preparations for this conquest of Mobei can be said to be quite sufficient.

In addition to the chariot battalion, cavalry battalion, infantry battalion, and half of the logistics battalion firearms battalion brought to naturalization last year, another 1 cavalry were transferred from the Tumed Department, plus the original 1 full [-] people, and The two newly incorporated cavalry battalions of the Tuxietu Department also brought them, also with [-] people.

As for the return of tens of thousands of other ethnic groups and captives of the Tuxietu tribe, as well as a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, they have long been escorted to the Liaohe area.

So after the army went out, the entire Hetao area became uninhabited again. Although there were only [-] troops, the total number of horses was as many as [-] to [-]. As a result, the four-wheeled chariots of the Chariot Camp were all loaded with Food and various supplies.

After the army crossed the Yin Mountain, with the Tuxietu people leading the way, they were not afraid of getting lost at all. If they took the wrong road, they knew exactly where there was water and where it was suitable to rest. Similarly, the habitats of the other two tribes in Mobei also had nowhere to escape. shape.

After all, there are only a few places in Mobei that are suitable for the habitat of large tribes. As long as you are familiar with the terrain, there is no place to run, so Huang Degong chose to go straight to the habitat of the Chechen Khan tribe. After conquering the Chechen Ministry, we will clean up the Zasaktu Ministry.

The three major divisions in Mobei, the original Tuxietu division was located at the southern end, closest to the Yinshan Mountains, the Zhasaktu division was located at the east end, closest to the Horqin division, and the Chechen division was located at the northernmost end, closest to the North Sea.

Since the Tushetu tribe moved south, several conflicts broke out between the Chechen tribe and the Zasak tribe in order to seize the territory of the Tushetu tribe. For two, each side takes half.

Almost as soon as Huang Degong's army crossed the vast Gobi and entered the territory of the former Tuxietu tribe, it was noticed by the Chechen army.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the sweat tent of the Chechen Ministry is very depressing. Yatov, the Great Khan of the Chechen Ministry, and the heads of all the leaders have unprecedented solemnity on their faces, which is heavier than when the conflict with Zasaktu broke out last year. .

If it was just the Tuxietu tribe, their Chechen tribe would not be afraid at all, but judging from the situation of the warriors inquiring back, there are also a large number of Han Chinese mixed in. There are not only chariots but also artillery in the team, which adds up to at least 4 people.

Although their Chechen tribe is the most powerful of the three tribes in Mobei, with a population of more than 8, and as many as [-] sword-handling warriors, they can even pull out [-] warriors who can fight together.

But Yatov and all the leaders know that even if they use the strength of the whole family in Chechnya, they may not be opponents of the other party.

If all the people who came were Han Chinese, no matter how many people there were and how powerful they were, they didn't have to worry about it. They could completely drag down the opponent by relying on their unfamiliarity with the terrain.

But the opponent has more than 2 Mongolian cavalry, including a large number of people from the Tuxietu tribe. It is simply unrealistic to drag the opponent down. What's more, the opponent has made it clear that they are coming for their habitat. There is no place to hide, no place to run.

In the end, after some discussion, they decided to send people to the Zasak Department while they were negotiating, because only when the two departments work together can they have a chance of winning.

(End of this chapter)