Houmen's concubine

Ning Zhifu knew that Wang Tong'er had mentioned in front of the emperor that there was a way to increase the production of sea salt. Now that she heard her mention it, he not only agreed to go with her.

If Wang Tong'er doesn't mention it today, he will also find time to come to ask for advice, otherwise, if Haiyan failed to increase production, the emperor sent someone down to ask, and he would be guilty of dereliction of duty.

The increase in sea salt production is a good thing with no harm to the court and the people, and it is also a political achievement for myself.

"Thank you, Lord Ning." Wang Tong'er did not forget to bow to him.

"Cough! Master Qin, don't be polite to me." Zhifu Ning said as he went out to call for someone to prepare a carriage.

Unexpectedly, when the carriage rolled to the salt field by the sea, it had traveled for nearly an hour.

Wang Tong'er got out of the carriage and looked at the salt drying site by the sea from afar, quite shocked.

There are ancient helmet-shaped vessels for cooking sea salt described in the book, and hundreds of salt farmers working under the scorching sun.

As a modern person, I must know that the current drying method of sea salt is mainly the "salt field method".

This method needs to select flat seashore tidal flats to build salt pans in areas with high temperature and sufficient sunlight.Salt fields are generally divided into two parts: the evaporation pond and the crystallization pond.

When the spring tide arrives every month, the seawater is introduced into the evaporation pool of the salt pan, and when it is evaporated to a certain extent by the sun, it is then introduced into the crystallization pool and continues to be exposed to the sun. As time goes by, the seawater gradually becomes a saturated solution of table salt, and then Continued exposure will gradually precipitate salt crystals.The crystals at this point are coarse salt.

In ancient times, salt stoves, brine pools, brine pits, and brine storage pits were used to bring in seawater during high tides, and the output of boiling salt at one time could reach one thousand catties.The annual output of sea salt on the southern coast of the Bohai Sea can reach 50 jin, and the number of workers involved in salt production can reach 6000 to [-].

However, Qinzhou has such a large tidal flat that can boil and dry sea salt. Only 500 people work at a time, and each time the fire is used to cook salt, it only costs two to three hundred catties.

Therefore, so much salt is simply in short supply, and the price must be expensive.

The salt of this era is different from the fine-grained white iodized salt eaten by modern people. It is the kind of beige coarse-grained salt with a lot of impurities.

Wang Tonger took out her drawing of the modern salt pan from her pouch according to the natural laws of high tide and high tide, and added three words beside it: reservoir.

The magistrate came in person, and the two stewards in their 40s and [-]s rushed over immediately.

The two bowed to the prefect Ning and said, "I have seen prefect Ning."

Take them all to his office.

When Wang Tong'er arrived at their office, she immediately spread out the blueprints she had drawn on the desk, and said to Ning Zhifu and the two stewards: "Come and have a look, this is my method to increase the production of salt on the beach... "..."

The two stewards were surprised just now, why did the magistrate bring a handsome husband to the saltworks?

I'm still worried, don't tan such a thin-skinned and tender-skinned young man.

Unexpectedly, this fair and innocent young man didn't come here to play tricks, but came for Haiyan's business.

Regardless of whether it can really increase the production of sea salt, she is commendable just because she has this idea.

In their eyes, is there any literati, any son of a rich family who is willing to ask about whether Haiyan will increase production or not?

They themselves are too busy to recite poems and write poems, so how can they care about such mundane things as sea salt?

The two stewards leaned over to have a look, and they knew that this was a blueprint that only an insider could draw.

Don't underestimate this white-faced scholar, he has two brushes.

So, the two stewards immediately went outside and called the other stewards and experienced salt farmers to come in together to listen to Wang Tonger explain how to operate it.

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In order for Wang Tonger to go to study with the old Mr. Huawenge with peace of mind in the future, she first made arrangements for the overtime work of the book shop, and then she could trust Wang Shoudao and Xiaoxue to take care of it.

After she married Xu Jinshen for Xiaoxue, she could stand alone and not be underestimated.

First of all, she needs to train her to have the ability to manage. If she wants to manage the middle class of the inner house well, let her learn from managing the bookstore first.

In other words, if the book shop is well managed, isn't it easy to manage the middle school?

Therefore, after returning from the saltworks, Wang Tong'er took Xiaoxue and Nanny Xu behind her.

Start from recruiting people, to the placement of books in the bookstore and so on.

Wang Tong'er intends to open the bookstore like a library.

The first floor is dedicated to selling books, and there are all kinds of books, such as regular books, the Four Books and the Five Classics.Such as idle books and other story books, local interesting talks, ancient travel books, booklets of strange things, etc.

Before Xu Jinshen left, he not only built the book shop, but also found the printing craftsmen and signed the contract.He also helped her recruit more than a dozen uneducated scholars and poor children who could read and write.Of course, these full-time scribes also signed the contract, and promised not to break the contract and not leak the work content within two years.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of energy if Wang Tonger asked them to write novels that were pirated by other bookstores before they were published?

Wang Tong'er has already prepared the outline and the plot of each episode of "Journey to the West" and "Huaizhugege", two TV series that must be broadcast every winter and summer vacation, and distributed them to them.Then I systematically told them the main content as a story.

Then Zhang San and Li Si wrote from the first to the [-]th episode, and Xiao Zheng and Xiao Wu wrote the [-]th to [-]th episode.

The basic plot of the story remains unchanged, but the details are left to the imagination of each of them...

Once they finished writing the novel, they first took it to Liji Teahouse and asked the storyteller to tell the story first, just like advertising.

The walls on the second floor are full of rows of bookshelves, and there are a few tables and armchairs for the poor children who can't afford books to read there for free.

After all, in this dynasty, there are many children from poor families who cannot afford books.

Wang Tong'er thought of her elder brother Wang Jiahui, and remembered that almost all the books in his bookcase were discarded by others, and those brushes that were bald.

That's why she came up with the idea that doing business should not only focus on money, but also allow children from poor families who can't afford books to have books to read.

There are many people and strength is great, Wang Tong'er summoned all the people in Qingsongyuan, including the chef in the kitchen and the girl who made the fire, to help in the book shop.

It's a bad day, all the books are clearly arranged by category.

The tables and chairs on the upper floor were also arranged neatly, and the inside of the house was cleaned with clean windows.

All the windows upstairs and downstairs are made of glass, and even the corners of the house are equipped with glass lamps, so that all customers can read books on cloudy days or in the evening without being affected.

Wang Tong'er also plans to hang a billboard outside the door of the book shop, which is the same as Li Ji Teahouse, so that whenever a new book comes out, it will be widely advertised.