The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 74 Yangjinchuan Salt Factory

Anding County, the Xue family mansion.

A young man knelt in the hall and kowtowed respectfully.

Xue Xiuliang said impatiently: "Tell me quickly, what did you find out in Yangjinchuan? Are Zhu Xiu and his group hiding there to collect salt?"

The man hurriedly said: "Second Master is wise, Yangjinchuan has become a large construction site, and many salt warehouses have been built!"

"Damn it! That's true!" Xue Xiuliang slammed the table in annoyance, "There are brine salt mines in Yangjinchuan, but the brine salt is poisonous. Could it be that they have mastered the technique of detoxifying the brine salt?"

The man said cautiously: "Now, Jiedu Mansion has announced that it will dig a salt well in Yangjinchuan to draw brine to make salt."

Xue Xiuming sat still and said in a deep voice: "You have been sneaking into Yangjinchuan for ten days, but have you seen them dig wells to collect brine?"

The man shook his head: "No."

Xue Xiuming frowned: "What have you been doing inside these ten days?"

The man swallowed his saliva and said, "Move stones."

"What the hell?" Xue Xiuliang thought he heard wrongly.

The man had a grimace on his face: "How dare I lie in front of the uncle and the two masters! I went to Yangjinchuan to work for ten days, and my daily job is to move rocks."

Xue Xiuming said: "Ten days are enough for you to walk around and tell everything you see and hear."

The man tried his best to think back, but still shook his head in confusion.

"Trash! In ten days, you didn't even hear anything?" Xue Xiuliang yelled angrily.

The man looked sad, cupped his hands and said: "That damn place in Yangjinchuan is very different from other places. It is strictly guarded. Even entering the latrine must be reported. New workers like the villain can only start by moving rocks. There are several inside Different workshops, as well as excavation teams, transport teams, and boiler teams are prohibited from moving between different workshops and production teams, and talking to each other while working is strictly prohibited.
Those responsible for loading the salt packages into the warehouse were either tooth soldiers or relatives of tooth soldiers, and many were sharecroppers who were originally historians. Outsiders could not even see the shadow of the salt."

The man thought of something and hurriedly took out a thin booklet from his arms and held it above his head with both hands: "This villain brought this back from Yangjinchuan. People are searched when entering and leaving the construction site. This is the only thing inside that can be brought out. "

Xue Xiuliang snatched it away and saw a line of vigorous small characters written on the rough-printed pamphlet: Yangjinchuan Salt Factory Safety Production Management System Standards.

“What is this?”

Xue Xiuliang endured the discomfort and looked down word by word with wide eyes.

"[-]. General principles: Safety responsibility is more important than Mount Tai. All salt factory production staff must read and study this specification in detail.
[-]. Management regulations of each production team and each workshop
Brother, what do you mean by this nonsense? "

Xue Xiuliang was confused and became more and more angry. For the first time, he felt that his brain was just a decoration.

Xue Xiuming took the manual and looked through it with a gloomy face.

He read several catalogs carefully, and found that many of the words felt awkward to read, but the meanings were quite simple and straightforward, allowing people to understand the meaning after listening to them for a little while.

These ten pages of safety production manual are just the rules and regulations on the surface of Yang Jinchuan.

Xue Xiuliang angrily shouted: "In addition to moving rocks, what else did you do in Yangjinchuan for ten days?" The man pointed to the booklet in Xue Xiuming's hand tremblingly: "Memorize the safety production regulations."

Xue Xiuliang was stunned and cursed: "Trash! Why are you carrying these things?"

The man lowered his head and did not dare to speak, feeling very aggrieved.

The salt factory has regulations that anyone who fails the safety manual assessment or fails the random inspection will be fired.

On the contrary, if you can get high scores in the inspection, you can also get a small sum of money as a reward.

The man inquired about it, and found out that if he got [-] points, he would get ten cents, and if he got [-] points, he would get twenty cents.
On the one hand, he was worried that he would be fired if he failed the exam and would be scolded by the Xue family master when he came back. On the other hand, he also wanted to earn a little money to spend.

Ninety percent of the workers in the salt factory were illiterate, so Jiedu government sent people to explain the manual, and there were one in the morning, noon and evening every day.

When the time came, many workers followed their husband and read the manual loudly.

There are many illiterate old men who, relying on their closeness, memorize the entire booklet to the letter, and get thirty or forty cash rewards for high scores in the exam. The workers are extremely envious. Everyone learns about production safety. Enthusiasm for the regulations is quite high.

The man was already literate, thought he was smart, and had a good memory. He wanted to work hard to get high scores and get money, but unfortunately he was called back by the Xue family before his first test.

With his current level, he can get at least [-] points in the test and get a bonus of [-] yuan.
The man's heart ached at the thought of the small money he had given away for free.

He has worked for the Xue family for many years and only gets 150 cash a month. The most junior salt factory worker can get [-] cash per month. After working for three months, he can be transferred to a C-level junior worker and get a monthly salary. Three hundred wages
The man glanced at the two gentlemen quickly with resentment, and secretly considered that instead of staying at the Xue family, he might as well work in the salt factory.
Xue Xiuming closed the manual and said coldly: "Zhu Xiu has a lot of plans. We underestimated him before! This guy's methods are weird. Under his control, Yang Jinchuan can't be inserted with a needle or splashed with water. Enter, it’s difficult to find out the real situation!”

"Brother, why don't we just go for it and find an excuse to break in and see what that little bastard is up to!" Xue Xiuliang looked fierce.

The man kneeling in the hall trembled all over, lowered his head and pretended not to hear.

Xue Xiuming glared at Xue Xiuliang, who was speaking openly, and said calmly: "You should step back first."

After the man bowed his back and exited the house, Xue Xiuming said coldly: "There are tooth soldiers stationed in Yangjinchuan. If we force our way in, there will definitely be a conflict. The Xue family's advantage is not in the army, so how can they act recklessly?"

Xue Xiuliang retorted speechlessly and said irritably: "None of us know how much salt is hidden in Keyang Jinchuan and how it was obtained from the salt brine stone! That is salt. It is a valuable thing. If it is controlled by Jiedu Mansion In his hands, the Xue family’s financial advantage will be weakened, and it will be difficult to maintain control of Changyi Town!”

Xue Xiuming said calmly: "If Yangjinchuan can produce salt, the Xue family will not be the only ones to be harmed! The salt envoy Xu Xingsi and the Jingnan Jiedu envoy Wang Shouen have made a lot of money in the past two years by selling salt to Jingzhou. Send someone to inform them first and let Xu Xingsi think of ways to deal with the salt administration of the court, so that Shi Kuangwei cannot make money safely."

Xue Xiuliang said: "Brother, you said that Shi Kuangwei has salt in his hands. What will he do with it? Who will he sell it to? Salt is valuable, but it is not money, and it cannot be used as food. After all, it has to be sold!"

Xue Xiuming shook his head: "It's hard to say. It's not clear how much salt Yangjinchuan can produce."

Before he finished speaking, a steward of the Xue family ran into the house sweating profusely: "Uncle, it's not good, there is a commotion in the county!"

"What's the matter? Tell me slowly!" Xue Xiuming picked up the tea cup and moved the tureen.

"Jiedu Mansion has posted a notice saying that starting from this month, people in Jingyuan and Yuan prefectures can receive salt for free in their respective counties and towns with their registration accounts! Each household can receive at least one pound of good salt per month!"

"Bah~" Xue Xiuming shook his hand and dropped the bowl and smashed it to the ground.

　When I think about the national football match tonight, I have no intention of typing o(╥﹏╥)o
　　
　
(End of this chapter)