Chapter 153 The end of the project
Looking at the strange eyes of the three of them, He Bai couldn't help but smile. He decided to ask Guan Cheng for peace or he took the initiative to propose it, but it had nothing to do with them. But they didn't know that the world was going to be in chaos soon, and the court could not be so far away. He even had the industry of Beihai King, so why not be afraid of a Le'an Liu family.
Then, He Bai roughly said the method of salt drying in seawater that he had seen online in the later generations and said, "Although I know this method, I have not implemented it in detail. You need to try it yourself how to operate it. The harvest in this salt field is definitely simpler and easier than boiling sea to salt, and the amount is large."
The three of them were overjoyed and nodded repeatedly to affirm He Bai's method, because people who are often by the sea can often see a little salt dumplings dried by the sun. No one has ever thought for thousands of years that this is not the stupidity of the ancients, but the fact that they have seen too little world and rigid thinking, and cannot use their own wisdom to create well. As long as they have the same knowledge, the ancients will not be much worse than those of later generations.
Aike said happily: "This method is absolutely feasible. Thank you for telling us such a good method. With this method of salt drying, ordinary people can guarantee that the annual salt output will definitely not be less than one million stones."
Annual output of one million stones is just a conservative estimate, and it may be more in the future. He Bai also said: "This method is very low in cost, but due to geography and climate, it is impossible for all coastal tidal flats in Beihai to build salt fields, and it is impossible for all seasons to dry salt. The weather is dry, the sun is long, and the evaporation is large, so the salt yield is high. On the contrary, the output is low. In our Beihai country, it is only February to October that it is a good season to dry salt."
The three of them thanked each other again. Yu Xia was so sophisticated. After Fan Jian looked at each other, he knew that He Bai could tell the three of them plainly about this method, rather than just doing it alone. It can be seen that He Bai was thinking about the contributions of the three families and deliberately took the three families to make money together instead of suppressing them. He was really the leader of benevolence and righteousness. Then the two stared at Ai Ke again, and Ai Ke woke up suddenly.
The three of them bowed and asked again: "We are grateful to the Prime Minister who can tell us this good law. We are not a person who is ungrateful, but we don't know how much money we have to give to the Prime Minister to repay the kindness of the Prime Minister?"
When He Bai told this method, he naturally had something to ask for. Seeing that they took the initiative to ask, he asked with a smile: "What do you think?"
After the three of them whispered, they said, "We and the three of us thought that this method had not been officially successful yet, and it is still impossible to determine how much profit was given at this time. It turns out that the three of us had 40 to 50 million yuan in net profit every year. The pure profit after removal could be the real harvest of this method. At that time, 60% of the three of us were equally divided, and the prime minister would enjoy 40% without personally taking charge of it. I wonder if it could?"
This is a good way to divide it. After all, three companies still need to do the transaction of salt in person, especially the development of trade routes. The three companies always have to make some hard money. He Bai calculated silently again. Even if it only takes one million stones, 40% would be at least over 100 million yuan. If it is too much, it may reach 200 million yuan. If it is spread throughout the country in the future, it will be really profitable.
He Bai Ying said: "Shan, in the future, this matter will be handled specifically by Gongsun Ju, the housekeeper in my mansion, and you and others."
"Yes, yes." The three of them responded repeatedly. In order to repay He Bai's kindness, Fan and Jian again contributed 50 million yuan to support He Bai's Beihai National Development Plan.
At this point, the Ai and Yu and Fan families alone contributed 220 million yuan of funds to raise funds for the country's development plan, which was a great example. He Bai then ordered Gongcao and Sun Shao to issue a letter of order, spreading the entire county and state, praising the righteous acts of these three families. He also engraved inscriptions in Duxiang County, and ordered Duxiang County Magistrate to write it into the county annals.
The three families were allowed to not be subject to the ban on merchants since the Qin and Han Dynasties, and could wear luxurious clothes and ride in expensive carriages. They did not need to take the initiative to officials less than 500 stones, and they could also recommend one person to join He Bai's command as an official.
As soon as the deeds of Ai, Yu and Fan's family came out, the entire Beihai people were surprised. Ai's family was devoted to their family's wealth and morality, and Yu, Fan's family also spent half of their family's wealth. Such a virtuous and righteous merchant should indeed be respected by the world.
While envious, the other merchants could not help but be deeply afraid of He Bai's methods. The Beihai Restoration Plan, which had no response before, could make the three giants willingly give all their money to help. This method is really unpredictable.
In order to avoid He Bai taking action against himself again, 30 and 40 merchants under political status have contributed their annual income, totaling 130 million yuan to support He Bai's plan. After hearing the news about the merchants, the wealthy families in the weaker areas could no longer sit still and could only contribute money to grain, with a total of 60 million yuan and 400,000 stones of grain.
In the end, many small and medium-sized merchants also followed the trend and jointly donated 40 million yuan and 200,000 stones of food. Under the trend, even the stronger tyrants could not hold on and donated more than 30 million yuan and 200,000 stones of food. In the end, only the powerful men and women in Jiaodong, remained the only one who insisted on it.
With the 480 million yuan and 800,000 stones of grain collected by Beihai, all the officials under He Bai were overjoyed. In particular, the people who voted to use the inheritance of Beihai were relieved. With this large sum of money to make up for the number, the Beihai King's wealth could be less affected. In the future, the investigation of the court would be very convenient to make a false number to deal with it.
After the civil servants serving in various counties were summoned by Luo Pei and the county magistrates of each county, the Beihai Restoration Plan, with a population of up to 200,000, was officially launched. He Bai claimed to be the commander-in-chief of the plan, Zheng Xuan and Zhang Zhao were the deputy commanders, and Cao officials from Guan Ning, Cui Yan, Guoyuan and others were the sub-commands; Sun Shao, Bing Yuan and others were inspectors, and there were any errors in the inspection.
Sun Qian, Peng Yu, Xi Lu, Zhao Shang, Gongsun Fang and others were in charge of the money, grain and money of each county and the wages of the people. Wang Xiu was in charge of the four parties and inspected the four parties to avoid corruption and waste. There were also five generals Huang Zhong, Wu'anguo, Zong Bao, Zhao Zhi, and Kong Li, leading five major troops to divide the five parties to maintain order in various places.
The entire Xingguo project is proceeding in an orderly manner. Even if snowflakes gradually fall and the whistling cold wind blows, it cannot stop the enthusiasm of the people of the Beihai country to make money. On the construction sites everywhere, there are people working enthusiastically everywhere. The joyful horns sounded loudly, which was the special passion of the passionate years of later generations.
When the people from the neighboring counties heard this, they were shocked. They didn't know that the new Prime Minister of Beihai could drive the people like this. When the Qingzhou Governor's Office saw it, they were stunned. They didn't believe that without the court's orders, the entire Qingzhou support, He Bai, the Prime Minister of Beihai, could start such a large project.
Even the new Donglai King Liu Bian who passed by Beihai in November, the Empress Dowager He and Donglai were shocked by the movements in Beihai. After Lu Zhi talked with Zheng Xuanye once, he couldn't help but admire him, "He Tianming is a wise man in governing the country, even Guan Zhong and Xiao He are just like this. Those who can revitalize the country in the future and restore the style of a strong Han Dynasty will definitely be like this."
As the project progressed, white sails suddenly appeared on the sea surface of the North Sea, and a large number of sea ships with more than 500 materials were seen at the newly built sea port of Ai and Yu Fansan. This was the first sea wonder that he could see since the demise of Tianqi in the Warring States Period and the end of the Liao campaign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
In Xuzhou to the south, countless convoys were pouring into the Beihai Kingdom. Countless grains continued to flow in with the vehicles and ships, tens of thousands of stones and tens of thousands of stones. The people who were sent to the service ate delicious rice in big bowls and bite the oily pork. For a moment, the people of Beihai did not think that they were living in the end of the world, but in the prosperous era.
As the grain transport fleet came, Mi Zhu, the driver of Xuzhou, said privately: "I don't expect that under the order of the Prime Minister of Beihai, 200,000 people will compete for battle. Hundreds of boats competed on the sea, and millions of stones of grain will be scattered to the people. This prosperous state unexpectedly happened in a corner of the Beihai. It seems that the Han Dynasty is about to be weak, and those who pacify the world will be He." So he was looking forward to He Bai's heart.
In December, heavy snow fell. He Bai saw that the weather was extremely cold and the people couldn't sleep at night, so he thought of the Northeast kang. The invention of the Northeast kang made the Northeast a paradise for people to live in. Although Qingzhou, Shandong was cold at this time, it was not as good as the Northeast. He Bai told everyone about the method of making the kang, so that every family had a way to overcome the cold. There were weak people who died of cold at night, but no one died of frozen death this year. The people couldn't help but call the kang the National Prime Minister's kang thankfully.
Be able to eat full during the day and sleep warm at night. The people of Beihai are so grateful to He Bai that they have become more and more dedicated to their work. Although there is cold frozen soil and mud, they cannot stop the enthusiasm of the people. The frozen soil is roasted with fire, while the mud will drink and jump off. They have the ambition of "to sacrifice more for the sake of the sun and the moon to change the sky."
The straight roads were repaired at a fast speed, and rivers, canals, and ponds were quickly excavated, dredged and reinforced. Schools, clinics, and school sites were quickly transferred to the ground. The huge project, expected to be completed from early November to early February of the following year, was completed shortly after the Chinese New Year. Twenty days in advance, saving nearly 200 million yuan in spending, and all the projects were completed at a cost of 1.2 billion yuan.
Looking at the straight and flat wide gravel straight paths, clean and tidy waterways, canals bent in the farmland, beautiful and slightly artistic ponds, quiet and comfortable schools, quiet and meticulous clinics, and school grounds for people to exercise at any time, the Beihai scholars led by Zheng Xuan couldn't help but shed tears of excitement.
In just three months, Beihai had a great change. The initial recitation of He Bai was also rewarded at this time. Zheng Xuan and other scholars from poor families did not seek their own development, but only wanted to do something for the country and the people, and now they have all achieved it. They were extremely grateful to He Bai, and sincerely regarded He Bai as the lord of the county.
Chapter completed!