561: Salt making, silkworms, grain growing (middle) [seeking monthly pass]
According to the internal records of "Tiangong Kaiwu", salt production can be roughly divided into six types: sea, pond, well, earth, cliff, and sand and stone. Namely - sea salt, pond salt, well salt, earth salt, cliff salt and ore salt. Large-scale mass production is naturally based on sea salt.
It is then prepared by sun drying.
The general steps are to use tidal flats to open up salt fields, and then introduce seawater into the salt fields during natural high tides. After continuous exposure to the sun and wind, the seawater in the salt fields continues to evaporate and concentrate, reaching a saturated state and precipitating crystals, thus obtaining basic sea salt.
The biggest feature——
Production! Volume! Large!
After all, sea water is this thing...
In a sense inexhaustible.
However, Shen Tang's land is not close to the sea, not to mention the sea water. If God is in a bad mood, and she does not make drought prevention preparations in advance, she may have to drill wells everywhere to get water to survive the crisis. Where can there be sea salt? .
Most of the mineral salt consumed by the people is produced with backward production technology, resulting in coarse salt with mixed colors and a strange and bitter taste.
As for well salt?
The cost of this thing is too high. To dig a well to get salt, you often need to dig ten feet or even deeper to find brine...
The taste is poor, the output is low, and the cost is high.
but--
This is not a problem on Shen Tang's side.
The biggest shortage here is human labor.
The brave warrior is really useful.
After all, Xun Zhen had also been a parent official and had rich experience in governing. He had also dealt with the salt industry and knew more about this aspect. He said: "If we want to make salt, given the geography of Longwu County, we can only use well salt and Mineral salt is available, but—”
Even if the technology improves, it's unclear how much the output can be increased, let alone making a fortune from Shiwu.
Liao Jia asked: "Can't Chi Yan do it?"
The so-called pond salt is lake salt.
He was born in a small country at the junction of the northwest and southwest of the mainland. There were many lakes nearby, and there were several salt lakes dedicated to supplying nearby countries. At the same time, these saltwater lakes were also the trigger for small nearby countries to conquer each other, and they were a must-have for military strategists.
Whoever takes over these places will be able to strangle the salt lifeline of the nearby countries. It will be very lively to ask for high prices and sit back and pay back the money.
There are many salt mines in the northwest of mainland China.
Some lakes in the territory can also produce salt.
Xun Zhen glanced at Xu Quan who was yawning secretly.
He shook his head and said, "Not for the time being."
Because the person who secretly controls Chiyan is Wu Xian of Tianhai, and several salt fields are nominally owned by the Wu family of Tianhai. Wu Xian relied on Xu Jie's connections and business routes, and Xu Jie used Wu Xian to win the salt business in nearby counties. Although the market share Not high, but still a huge profit.
If not, why are the two families so closely related?
What Xu Jie gained from Wu Xian was not only an improvement in his status in Tianhai, but also real yellow and white profits!
Of course, Wu Xian also gained from Xu Jie a small treasury that automatically made money, spit out money, and made a lot of money every day!
The Lord cannot take food from Wu Xian's mouth for the time being.
Liao Jia stopped mentioning it.
"It doesn't matter what kind of salt it is, as long as it can make money. In fact, I have a bold idea about making salt -" Shen Tang gestured with two fingers, "Be prepared! First, as Hanzhang said, Chi Salt The idea of cannot be pursued for the time being, there is still room for manipulation of mineral salt and well salt. If the quantity is not enough, then quality will win, and the gimmick of high-quality refined salt will be sold to the senior officials of Shiwu."
Shen Tang can still purify coarse salt.
Everyone silently calculated the approximate budget, and the brave warriors headed by Gong Shuwu knew that they had to work again_(:з)∠??)_
Chu Yao asked: "What about the second one?"
Shen Tang: "Previously, Ji Shou used the Spirit of Words [Seven Flooded Armies] to fend off the enemy, and used the Spirit of Culture to turn water into water, but it only lasted for a short time and then turned into the energy of heaven and earth and dispersed. Do you think that he can also use the Spirit of Words to summon sea water? Might this seawater be introduced into salt fields to produce salt?”
Liao Jia didn't know Shen Tang's ability to transform things.
I just thought her idea was a bit whimsical.
The things summoned by the spirit of speech, whether water, fire, or wind, are essentially external physical manifestations of the air of heaven and earth, and cannot truly transform into objects. If seawater can attract real seawater, the cost of making salt... The word "non-profiteering" can describe it!
Furthermore——
If it can be done, why not just turn the spirit into salt?
He thought that the others had the same idea, but when he glanced out of the corner of his eye, he found that except for Ning Yan, Chu Yao Qi Shan and others were all frowning, as if this whimsical proposal was really feasible. Liu Jia's heart trembled, and he suddenly felt that it was inexplicably absurd. …
Chu Yao: "I'm afraid only the Lord and Ling De can use this method. Whether it will be successful or not is not yet known, but you can give it a try."
If it works, I'm afraid it can break through the price of salt.
Liao Jia silently wrote down the word "Ling De".
I don’t know what’s special about this person and my lord.
After all, using words to transform seawater into salt is just Shen Tang's personal imagination, and it is impossible to bet on it.
Well salt and mineral salt are the key points.
There are indeed several salt wells and salt mines in Longwu County that have been abandoned due to various reasons, and people still need to be sent to investigate.
Of course, if this road doesn’t work either——
"...The output is too low, so we ask Wen Zhu to buy coarse salt, then purify the coarse salt into refined salt, and resell it at a high price." The whitest salt is used to kill the fattest Shiwu. Xungui wants to be different from ordinary people, Naturally, we must use the best in every aspect.
Gu Chi said quietly: "If refined salt is easy to obtain, I imagine it will be popular not only in Shiwu, but also in various parts of the pass."
Make money without being embarrassed.
Earning whose money is not money?
Shen Tang's head was spinning rapidly.
Gu Chi’s suggestion is also very good.
Purchasing a large amount of coarse salt from Xu Jie at a low price, then purifying the coarse salt into refined salt, and selling it to Xu Jie at several times the high price is also a huge profit business. Chu Yao knew her thoughts and silently wrote this down - Longwu County We are too poor. No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. As long as there is a way to make money, we will naturally seize it. When we have made enough, we will sell the purification method to Xu Jie at a sky-high price...
Eat two pieces of meat.
As for silkworm breeding...
"Buy silkworm seeds from Wenzhu, but the only trouble is the leaf material. Although mulberry trees can be planted in Longwu County, the growth cycle is too long. By the time they grow up, the silkworms will starve to death for dozens of rounds. And I can still make them Virtue does not have three heads and six arms..."
This is very embarrassing.
Jiang Sheng: "If you want to achieve something quickly, the only way is to talk."
"really."
Shen Tang looked at Ning Yan.
Ning Yan was a little confused for a moment.
"Please make it clear, my lord."
"When Tunan comes into contact with those students, he should know that their talents vary, and not everyone has the possibility of becoming an official. Has Tunan ever thought about how they will make a living in the future?"
Ning Yan waited quietly for Shen Tang to speak.
In her opinion, even if you have no talent, you can still be a low-level official with careful training.
It just depends on the Lord's wishes, there seems to be other arrangements.
Shen Tang's words were astonishing.
"Have you ever thought about letting them farm for a living?"
Ning Yan said: "Master, how can this be possible?"
Let these students go through years of hard study and practice, and then let them go back to inherit the traditional craftsmanship of their ancestors?
"Why isn't it feasible?" Shen Tang couldn't see the joke on his face, "In my opinion, it's very feasible."
This is the first step to controlling productivity.
