Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 72

Their Yanchang site is not big, only eighteen cauldrons, houses and warehouses, and even a dozen carts of matches. The asking price is 800 taels of silver, which is quite reasonable.Wang Hua and Zhang Xiguo came together together and were going to buy it with Jin Yang at that time. Jin Yang saw that it was not bad, so he went to see the place at that time, and after everyone was satisfied with each other, they went through the transfer procedures.The workers had already left halfway, and those who hadn’t left had negotiated wages and continued to work, and they would be able to pay the money the next day. The three of them were in high spirits, trying to change the signboard, and hold a banquet for the remaining workers to have a wedding drink.

I bought a cheap saltworks, and all the tools are complete. As long as the personnel are in place, it can be put into production soon to see benefits.

Jin Yan and the others are not optimistic about this place, because the scale of this saltworks is too small and the production capacity is low. Although the results are quick, the products produced by the cooking process have too many impurities, the taste is salty and bitter, and the original fragrance of the food is greatly reduced.Besides, such a small workshop can't catch their attention.They went back to the Salt Industry Department and asked the official surnamed Zhang to go to the place they were looking forward to to measure the land the next day.

What they are optimistic about is the land on the north side of the Xiaohe River. In fact, the land area and landform of the Xiaohe River Gate are similar to those on the north side, so they can only buy this land first and build it first.The result of the measurement of this piece of land is [-] mu of hillside land, and there are more than [-] mu in the south of the small river. The golden seedlings have also paid a deposit. After the salt fields in the north normally produce salt, they will measure the benefits and then buy them in the south of the river.

The 80 mu to the north is worth 160 taels of silver if it is [-] taels of silver per mu.Because the land was converted into salt fields, it would no longer be conducive to farming, so the Salt Industry Department doubled the money according to the regulations, and spent a total of [-] taels of silver.This is considered to be spent within the laws of the country. If the land is used to grow crops, there is no need to double it.

For such a salt field, the investment in land is only a small part. The investment in digging out the well-organized sun-drying ponds and crystallization ponds, placing the two-person music pressure water device and the underground ditch that draws seawater, and building the supporting houses is the investment. big head.

Ordinarily, such a large salt field should be managed by my family, but Liu Tao's father in my family manages the entire Jin Mansion, and Jin Yang's father suffers from stroke sequelae. People like that are even more worried.Now that the weather is warm, Dahu and Su Xiaoge don't need to go to Shuangzi Mountain to sell leather goods. Su Xiaoge and Huang Ying are in charge of the shops in the city.

Su Rui is in charge of the production of crispy rice crusts, while Liu Tao is also in charge of making shoes and leather clothes.Dahu is still looking for his father, and he is often not in the house. Erhu has a smart personality and is not a managerial talent.Liu Guangjun was in charge of guarding the mansion and the vineyard, so he couldn't move, so he had to call Xiao Shunzi and Malan here.The two sisters, Malan, are in charge of dairy products. After she leaves, her younger sister, Malhua, can take over as the top post.

Xiao Shunzi is Jin Yang's comrade-in-arms. He is 21 years old this year. He is dedicated to his duties on the battlefield. Liu Tao discussed how to repay and support the two of them, and promised them to manage the saltworks and give them 1000 taels of silver a year.Xiao Shunzi was very happy when he heard that, so he led Boss Gong's team and recruited fifty short-term laborers and construction craftsmen to go to the salt field to build houses, dig wells, dig ditches and pave the way between the sea and the crystallization pool of the evaporation pool. ceramic pipes.The bottom layer of the salt pan was leveled and compacted, and the surroundings of the salt pool were built with stones.

The culvert leading to the sea water reaches the top of the salt field, and a four-meter-deep wellhead is planned in the middle of the evaporation pool. Jin Yang plans to design an artificial water pumping device called "Errenle" artificially pressurized water well. I saw it when I was in Rakshasa.This device is to use two thick iron pipes of the same specification from Luocha, and use the principle of artificial well killing to plunge the two iron pipes of the same length into the water. The part on the wellhead is half the height of a person. For the water device, A and B cooperate and coordinate. If A presses down, B will lift up accordingly. If B presses down, A will lift up accordingly. Between lifting and pressing, the seawater is constantly Pressed up, the inflow pipe leaks into the designated evaporation pool.

Although this device is good, it has to be smuggled by Captain Venus. If there is no finished product, he has to smuggle steel pipes, and then cut the material and process it himself, which is very troublesome.

For those water pipes, Jinzhang plans to use ceramics. Ceramic pipes can withstand the corrosion of high salinity seawater. Once invested, they will not need to be replaced for many years.Such rough pottery can be ordered at the nearest pottery factory in Liangshan Port.

The two of them don't need to stare at this place after they have completed the plan, because as the temperature rises, the grape and pear trees have also reached the best time for grafting.They went to see Wang Hua, Zhang Xiguo and the others. Wang Hua had already changed the name of the salt farm to Zhongxin Salt Farm, which meant that the big guys would work together, and the money would soon become a mountain.

When he was about to return, Jin Yang told Lu Run: "Cousin, you can appoint a messenger with a better physique. Let him go back and forth to the capital every few days to deliver two kinds of information. Because some emergencies must be sent as soon as possible. Make a decision, you are alone in the port and it is not easy to make up your own mind..."

The fastest means of communication in this era is only [-] miles plus a fast horse. It is a bit exaggerated for a person to ride a horse for [-] miles a day, but if a person rides two fast horses, he can travel from the capital to Liangshan Port. Make it happen in the morning and in the evening.

Back home, as soon as I entered the door, I heard Lao Huang say: "I'm sorry, Young Master, your brother Jinsha was beaten by me..."

"Ah... Uncle Huang, what's going on?"

"From the beginning they wanted to enter this gate, but they were stopped by me and Heilong several times. Yesterday, he and his wife sneaked into the shoemaking workshop while I was not paying attention and Heilong was not there. I didn't see it in the house, nor Someone came to tell me. Your sister-in-law was wearing a pair of rabbit fur gloves when she came out, so I didn't have the nerve to stop her. Your brother didn't take anything, but a female worker said that a shuttle was missing, so I told them if I went in again Hurry up and call me. Today they sneaked in again for some reason, and a female worker came to inform me, and I called Xiao Shunzi to go with me. When I saw your brother put a machine needle in his pocket, I called I asked him to take it out, but he not only refused to take it but also abused me, so I gave him a few blows and took out not only the machine needle but also a thread pressing board from his arms..."

Liu Tao gritted her teeth angrily and said, "It's hard to guard against a house thief. Uncle Huang, you are right. If you treat such a gambler, if you don't teach him a lesson, he won't have a long memory!"

Jin Yang said: "I said long ago that they are not allowed to enter this door, and they are ignoring it..."

For this door, both family members and outsiders are extremely important. Not to mention the secrets inside are the foundation of their own family's livelihood, but they are afraid of getting a bad reputation for those young female workers.Normally, men who don't have a small family would avoid going inside, let alone my incomprehensible older brother.

(End of this chapter)