Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 972 Construction of Southern Liaoning (Part [-])
No agriculture is unstable, so agriculture is the first thing that Gao Yushi has to deal with this time.

Corn is best understood, and in the future people will be inseparable from horse chews; tussah silkworms can also be said to increase the diversity of Liaodong's economy and create a new big source of income at the same time.

As for the fishing industry, why is it so valued by Gao Yushi?It's not just about catches, but more importantly, Gao Pragmatism hopes to cultivate a group of fishermen who are familiar with the ocean in the north, because fishermen themselves are the best source of soldiers for seamen.

The highly pragmatic Nanyang Fleet is not afraid of not being able to find sailors. Whether it is Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian or Zhejiang, there are a large number of people willing to go to sea, but in the north, this problem is much more serious.

Ships in the south and horses in the north, the southerners seldom have a fearful attitude towards ships, while there are many people in the north who hold a respectful attitude towards rivers, lakes and seas. Originally, this is just a different mentality caused by environmental influences. It doesn’t matter, but In the era of great voyages, it is so-called to be highly pragmatic and vigorously manage maritime trade.

Hebei, Shandong and other places have relatively good natural conditions and are not prone to military disasters in terms of geographical location. It is more troublesome to train a large number of fishermen and sailors there, but it is much more convenient in Liaodong, so it is highly pragmatic to engage in fishing. In fact, it is this that matters first.

Of course, in addition to this, the catch is also very useful. After all, fish is quite rich in protein, which is of great help in improving the physique of the people and guards in southern Liaoning. However, the utilization of catches is a matter that needs to be handled carefully.

Winter is easier to handle. Gao Yushi used to read miscellaneous books and learned a method, which is to make surimi first, and then seal and freeze it, so as to avoid rapid rot and deterioration. Although it is impossible to make vacuum cans these days, in Liaodong In winter, it can still guarantee a shelf life of several months.

The trouble lies in summer. It is very difficult to store food in summer in this era, especially for fish. If you want to preserve it, there is only one safest way: pickle and air-dry.

Air-drying is easy to say, there is plenty of sunshine in southern Liaoning, but there is a big problem in curing: it requires a lot of salt, but salt is very expensive.

Therefore, this involves a plan of Gao Pragmatism in the field of "industry".

This plan, mentioned earlier, is to open a saltworks.

Gao Wushi even talked about Zhu Yijun's shareholding before. Zhu Yijun's only prerequisite is that the salt market of the existing salt farm should not be affected, and Gao Wushi agreed.

At that time, Gao’s pragmatic idea was mainly to use the salt produced by the new Liaonan salt field for export. This is no problem now, and it can be done according to the plan. However, after he planned to come to Liaonan, he thought about it carefully and found that Other uses.

For example, marinating salted fish—not just fish, but all kinds of seafood, which can accomplish three things in one fell swoop:

One is that seafood will not be wasted and can be stored, whether it is used as military rations or distributed to ordinary people to survive a famine in case of occurrence.

The second is that in the case that the export market has not been fully opened, it will not lead to large-scale hoarding of salt produced in southern Liaoning.After all, although there is basically no shelf life for salt, hoarding a large amount of salt also requires management costs, including warehouses, personnel and other aspects, so it doesn't matter if you hoard a small amount, but hoarding a lot is a waste of money.

The third is that with a large amount of salt production here, Gao Yushi will have more confidence when talking to some people in the south.Today, some people in the south still dare to resist Jinghua's entry, both openly and secretly, because they have a great advantage in the salt industry.

The Changlu Salt Farm is certainly strong, but the salt production in the north in this era is still incomparable with that in the south. What's more, the Changlu Salt Farm is the property of my uncle's family after all. Although he is pragmatic and has a certain influence, he will never speak Jinghua keeps his promises like that, and sometimes this will cause certain problems.

Therefore, it is very important to own a salt field with a large output.

Liaodong, or Liaonan, has this prerequisite.The Liaodong Bay Salt Field is one of the four major salt fields of the Hong Dynasty, especially the Yingkou Salt Field, which is known as the "Hundred Miles of Silver Beach".

The name Yingkou appeared very late in the original history, but now Gao Yushi made it appear earlier - the God of Wealth built Yingkou Port here, and the imperial court didn't care why he named it that way, anyway, it is mentioned in various related documents. adopted directly.

But this place has a very long history of salt industry, almost 2000 years old: the Han Dynasty implemented the state monopoly policy of salt and iron, and Yingkou became the center of sea salt production and monopoly in Liaodong at that time.

At that time, the Han Dynasty court set up Yantieguan, stationed in Pingguo (the site of Hancheng in Wenquan Village, Xiongyue Town).This is the only institution responsible for salt and iron established by the central government in the Northeast during the Han Dynasty. At that time, the production of sea salt in Yingkou reached a new high in history.

The subsequent development will not be detailed one by one. In short, until the Ming Dynasty, Yingkou was famous for its sea salt production.

A long time ago, the Ming court forced the 25 Wei and two free prefectures in Liaodong to produce salt (the amount of salt produced was limited by the court). This system is obviously a bit stupid, so some Wei prefectures that are not near the seaside have been in Yingkou Hundreds of saltworks were set up in the area, and sea salt was produced by soldiers.

And Gaizhouwei itself is also the center of sea salt production in Liaodong (Yingkou belongs to Gaizhouwei). Theoretically—the focus is on theory—the annual production of salt is more than 200 million catties, accounting for 58.3% of the total output of Liaodong.

In the early years, the Liaodong Saltworks of the Ming Dynasty were even as famous as the Lianghuai Saltworks. The salt produced was transported by merchants to various places for marketing.At that time, there were three "passes" in the Yingkou area, namely, Liangfangbao Pass, which was governed in the south of Yingkou City in later generations; Lianyundao Pass, which was ruled in the west of Gaizhou City in later generations; Shimen Pass, which was ruled in the east Shimen Reservoir Site of Gaizhou City in later generations .These three gates are all related to sea salt transportation.

Since it is "in theory" and "in the early years", it means that it is all in the past.

why?Isn't this a good system?Adapt measures to local conditions, eat salt by the sea.

There is no problem with the train of thought, but the problem lies in the ownership of these salt farms—their superior is the Weisuo, and the next level is the Liaodong Capital Division, but the magic is that at the central level, it is under the management of the Shandong Qingli Division of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Oh shit, it's over. [I omitted it, because this question cannot be explained in [-] words, so friends who are interested should find papers or monographs by themselves. ]
In short, there are a lot of confused accounts involved here, such as the number of household registrations, transportation difficulties, low salt prices, and the escape of Yan Ding, etc. The result is that the salt production gradually decreases. The guards, feeding the guards, and finally... look at how the guards in Liaodong look like, and you will know how damaged the system is.

Zhu Yijun knew about this, so he agreed to Gao Wu's plan to open a new saltworks in Liaodong, and he even expressed his support for breaking out of the trap of guards and setting up commercial saltworks.

As for the emperor's participation in shares in person, Zhu Yijun said that he has no psychological burden—when the court needs money, doesn't it require me to pay from internal funds?Why are you courtiers able to do business, but I, the emperor, can't?I didn't see you donating money when the court wanted money!
As for being scolded, Zhu Yijun is also mentally prepared, and in fact, if he really wants to be scolded, Gao Pragmatic will probably be scolded more than him.

But on this issue, Gao Pragmatism is not afraid of being scolded-I am a practical sect, and it is a tradition to manage money for the country, and my number one scholar policy theory also wrote about this, and it is useless if you refuse to accept it.Besides, after the completion of the saltworks, there are many benefits. It is not just that the emperor and I make money. It can even be said that the emperor and I made some money in it. It is just a side benefit. Who really benefits , Think about it carefully.
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It's over, the industry is already "medium" after only writing a salt field, and the rest, even the merchants and soldiers have not been written, it seems that the top, middle, and bottom are not enough...

(End of this chapter)