At the end of Song Dynasty: I want to be the master of ZTE

Chapter 152 A few things at sea

There is an island on the sea east of Jiaozhou, Shandong Province. The rocks on it are all ocher color, so business travelers in the past named it Zhe Island.

Although it is small, no one has settled there, so it was chosen by Hu Feng as a trading location.

After being busy during the New Year, Wang Jiwu finally came to pick up the goods.

Seeing Wang Jiwu ashore, Hu Feng walked over quickly and said, "Brother, I'm looking forward to it."

"Brother, please wait for a long time." Wang Jiwu apologized and added: "It's not that I didn't keep my promise, but it's actually the imperial court's strict investigation, so it was delayed for a few days."

"It's good to be here." Hu Feng took Wang Jiwu to a simple pergola, took a jar of wine, slapped it away, and poured a bowl for Wang Jiwu.

Wang Jiwu couldn't wait to take a sip, tasted it for a long time, and said: "The wine seems to be even better than before?"

"It is indeed better." Hu Feng boasted, and then said: "Don't worry, brother, the price will not increase."

"Brother is righteous!" Wang Jiwu smiled openly, and asked his subordinates to bring wine and give money.

One thousand jars, one jar weighing ten kilograms, Hu Feng tearfully earned a thousand gu, pure profit, shipping fee included in the selling price.

Because Hu Feng stated in advance that all Wang Jiwu gave was cash, half silver and half copper coins.

Of course, these lowly things that are full of the smell of copper are not worth the trouble of the two of them. Hu Feng took out a jar of frosting sugar and asked: "Brother, this is a serious business, do you want to do it?"

Wang Jiwu looked at it, his eyes widened, and said: "Such pure candy... Thank you brother for your support."

Wang Jiwu gave a big salute.

The imperial court banned alcohol, but not sugar. And unlike salt, which was a monopoly, sugar was a commodity that could be bought and sold freely, and even after taxes were paid, there would be considerable profits.

No risk, high profits, what is this but support?
Hu Feng helped Wang Jiwu up and said: "My brothers, there is no reason for our separation."

Then, the two discussed the price of frosting sugar with great interest.

It's definitely more expensive than wine. That's the bottom line. As for how much more expensive it is, it depends on how true the relationship between the two brothers is.

Emotions are unreliable, interests are the key.

Because Hu Feng could bring benefits to Wang Jiwu, it didn't matter whether he was from the south or from Shandong, even if the other party might be the culprit in spreading the plague.

Drinks were served on the boat, money was delivered, and the two of them said goodbye hand in hand.

They boarded the ship one by one, one headed west, the other south, and disappeared into the horizon. Hu Feng gave the order and the ship sailed north.

Although the current situation is calm, out of intuition, he decided to go to Goryeo to avoid the limelight. Anyway, as the most loyal son of the Yuan Dynasty, Goryeo also recognized Zhongtong Baochao.

At this time, on Zhendong Road, Huang Zhen stood by the salt pond, looking at the white and bluish-yellow salt flowers, smiling like an old farmer.

The salt workers stood in the highest salt field and used wooden shovels to shovel the salt flowers into their cars.

Although it was uncomfortable in the salt field, the salt workers all had smiles of satisfaction. After harvesting one acre of salt field, they immediately took out a scale to measure it. One acre of salt field yielded three hundred kilograms of salt.

Next to him, Wu Cheng said: "Farmers still need seeds and fertilizers for farming. Growing salt in salt fields only requires labor, which is really cheap."

Huang Zhen said: "The method of drying salt has been around since ancient times, but there is no such harvest. Your Majesty taught me the technique, which is amazing."

"From now on, people no longer suffer from lack of salt." Wu Cheng said with emotion.

"It's just that Zhendong Road is isolated overseas and it's inconvenient to transport salt. I'm afraid I have to go to Fujian and Guangdong to promote this technique." Huang Zhen said.

The salt-drying method has always been around, but just digging a hole on the beach to store seawater for drying is inefficient and easily destroyed by tides and rainfall. Therefore, the salt-boiling method has always been popular.

The method that Zhao suggested was a multi-stepped salt field, choosing a place with little rain. The salt field was built at a high place, and water trucks were used to transport seawater brine. Even if the tide rose, the salt field would not be damaged at all.Of course, limited by the climate, there are not many salt-drying spots to choose from on Zhendong Road. It is more than self-sufficient and insufficient to become a pillar industry, so Huang Zhen is not worried about the outflow of technology.

Seeing that more than 100 acres of salt fields were harvested, the salt workers turned up the lower brine, and the two of them walked back.

On the way, it was still inevitable to discuss the benefits of terraced salt-drying method.

"Xiangli salt farmers need to find firewood, which costs a lot of money. The smoke and fire often hurt their eyes, and [-]% of the salt workers are blinded when they are [-] years old.

People who are exposed to salt are soaked in brine all day long, and their legs and feet are ulcerated and swollen, making them look less human-like and more rickety. None of them live a long life, which is really pitiful. "Wu Cheng sighed.

"Your Majesty's benevolent government, none of this exists." Huang Zhen said: "Now I only enter the water when collecting salt, and otherwise I am on the shore. It is really relaxed and does not hurt the body at all."

The two shameless men returned to the village holding the emperor's smelly feet.

In the school, the sound of reading aloud came from the school.

"When humans are born, their nature is good and their habits are similar..."

Everyone knows that the Three Character Classic for liberal arts enlightenment was written by Wang Yinglin, but the mathematics textbook was authorized by the emperor. It covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of Arabic numerals from 0 to 9 to simple equations. It is not as advanced as the nine chapters of arithmetic, but it is more suitable for enlightenment learning and is easy to use. .

After getting on the oxcart in the village and driving along, we could see waves of wheat rolling on both sides of the road, and many sugarcane seedlings swaying in the wind.

Most of the first immigrants were from Huaixi, so they grew wheat, while sugar cane was grown for sugar production and wine making. After all, wild sugar cane was definitely not enough.

Just when Huang Zhen returned to the city with joy, Ling Fangju, who was far away in Wenzhou, also went to sea with longing.

Ling Fangju touched the cold barrel, always thinking about taking a shot.

However, we haven't gone out to sea yet, and there are constant traffic of ships on the river, so it is definitely not suitable.

So far, only six guns have been cast, and for the sake of confidentiality, they have not been tested yet. This mission also has this task.

Instead of wasting gunpowder in empty space, it would be better to pour firepower on the heads of the South Vietnamese. Thinking that they would be the first to enjoy the emperor's caress, Chen and his son would definitely be grateful.

As for bombarding the Yuan army, it was impossible without three to two hundred cannons.

Again, with Yuan Ting's manpower and material resources, once you start making cannons, you will soon be able to get the joy of crushing.

After playing with it for a long time, Ling Fangju let go of the cannon and looked behind him.

Twenty boats are lined up on the river, carrying troops, and transport ships are gathering. It is expected that by the Chen Dynasty, there will be [-] sea-searching ships, or even more.

There was no way, the Chen Dynasty was far richer than Champa and would definitely need more ships.

On Jintian Island, Yu Rusi sat under a big tree, shaking his fan desperately, and said through gritted teeth: "Straight thieves, stupid as stupid as pigs, no, pigs can dig their noses into the ground, these bandits actually If you don't know how to turn over the ground, you will be so angry!"

"Don't be angry, manager. If you can't complete the task, we will kill them. Sooner or later, they will be tamed." Chen Yi said fiercely.

It was easy to occupy and easy to fight, but when it came to cultivating the fields, everyone was furious.

The natives are lazy and slippery, and are always unwilling to work. In China, one person can dig out an acre of land a day, and the natives can only dig out one cent, and the roots of the stones and trees have not been cleared away.

First, the whip was used to beat him to death. After a slight improvement, it was not enough, so he began to whip to death.

At this time, Xu Yang, who was standing next to him, said: "It's not enough to just kill. Why don't we tell them that those who open a field of [-] acres a day will be given the same food, those who open a field of [-] acres first will be given household registration, and those who open a field of [-] acres will be given slaves."

Xu Yang comes from the Xu family in Guangzhou and is one of the shareholders of Nanning Guoda.

Gold and copper mines are the source of wealth, but the most important thing at the moment is farming, which is the foundation of all industries. Since force alone is not enough, we have to try to use both kindness and power.

(End of this chapter)