Chapter 2813 Cheng Mou fled to Dengzhou to do a major event that benefits the country and the people
Chapter 2813 Cheng moved to Dengzhou to do something important that would benefit the country and the people (please subscribe and vote)
"Brother Chu Bi, I have to admit that Jiang is still very old. This ability is definitely not something you just blow off."
"Nonsense, this man is also a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. He has nothing at his disposal. How can he have the nerve to give us juniors advice and take credit for his achievements?"
Cheng Chubi complained angrily, but Li Ji had already left humming a tune with great satisfaction.
This old guy is indeed difficult to deal with, although he is not like his own father who dares to take credit openly when he encounters it.
But this person is also a top-notch person who doesn't talk about martial arts. He secretly takes credit for his achievements and is now making plans.
I will definitely find an excuse to go to Dengzhou later, and maybe do something else.
When the time comes, if we really achieve results, how dare we, the juniors, to deny the achievements of this careless elder?
After all, meritorious deeds are the most attractive treasures to attract people's hearts.
No wonder during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were such allusions as two peaches killing three men. If you have merit, who wouldn’t want to take advantage of it?
That is to say, as an outstanding leader of meritorious deeds like me, he can lead everyone to enjoy the rain and dew equally, so he won't care too much about this elder coming too.
"Brother Chu Bi, what you said just now is that you went to Dengzhou to help the local people get rid of poverty and become rich. Could it be that, brother Chu Bi, you already have a good plan?"
Li Ke looked at Cheng Sanlang with bright eyes. With Brother Chu Bi's ability, if he dared to open his mouth like this, he must be worthy.
"Well, when it was confirmed that you were going to Qingzhou to serve as the Grand Governor, my brother and I had already started planning.
It has been a while now, but we have to wait until we arrive in Dengzhou to tell what the specific results will be..."
After hearing this, Li Ke, who was already eager to get away from the restraint and control of his elders, rolled his eyes.
"Brother Chu Bi, since it is such a major event for the country and the people, how can we wait any longer?"
Cheng Chubi had just taken out a pair of bamboo cards from his arms. Hearing these words and seeing Li Ke's righteous expression, he almost twisted his mouth.
You don't have to be so hasty when it comes to your wanderlust, right?
"Brother Chu Bi, what's your expression? I really want to do something practical for the people of Qingzhou."
"As a prince of the Tang Dynasty, how can I stay in Qingzhou and not go deep into the people to understand the people's sentiments, solve their problems for the people, and share their worries for the court?"
"I understand, brother Xian, let's squeeze out the water from your words and remove those artistically processed things.
It means that you want to rush to Dengzhou as fast as possible right now."
Facing the treacherous and insightful brother Chu Bi, Li Ke smiled mischievously, and then said very confidently.
"Brother Chubi, this is just your one-sided statement. I will definitely not admit it, little brother."
Cheng Chubi rolled his eyes and was too lazy to pay attention to this bitch. He began to think about serious matters. Who should get the credit for this?
Only two days had passed, and the large army had just entered the border of Shandong. A group of noble and dandy boys, together with His Royal Highness Li Ke, the King of Qi, and their guards rushed straight towards Dengzhou.
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As for Li Ji, the chief of the Qingzhou Governor's Office in the Tang Dynasty, he could only lead the large army with a dark face and very unwillingly to advance towards the Qingzhou Governor's Office.
However, with the disappearance of those noble and dandy boys, General Li's command of this large force will naturally become much more convenient. After all, he is now the boss of Old Man Li.
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Shandong sea salt is very famous in Chinese history. The coastal area of northern Shandong can be said to be the earliest sea salt production area in my country, and it is recorded in ancient documents as "Sushashi".
They are the tribes that "boiled the sea into salt" along the coast of northern Shandong during the Yan and Huang Dynasties, and have been regarded as the ancestors of the salt production industry for generations.
Cheng Chubi remembered a piece of information he had read, which said that Shandong's salt output accounted for one-third of the country's total.
Among them, the sea salt output produced in the coastal areas of northern Shandong such as Weifang, Dongying, and Binzhou in Shandong accounted for more than 70% of the total sea salt output in the country.
Look, what a terrifying number this is, calculated based on the population of future generations. In other words, based on the sea salt production along the coast of Shandong alone.
It can completely satisfy the salt needs of the entire Tang Dynasty and even the entire Northeast Asia region.
You know, in this era, whether it was Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla in the north, or the Japanese country across the sea, they all imported large amounts of salt from the Tang Dynasty.
Well, this is definitely not nonsense, but is based on historical facts.
Don’t forget that the Japanese country is an island country surrounded by the sea. Generally, such a maritime country will not be short of salt. But the Japanese country is not.
Because the temperate climate of Wodo is relatively humid, coupled with its geographical location and other factors, it is unfavorable for the formation of sea salt.
Among the Japanese islands, only Kyushu Island produces salt, and the output is not very high. Therefore, Japan has always relied on salt imported from abroad.
Even during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, due to the ban on sea transportation in China, the Japanese even had to engage in large-scale salt smuggling.
Cheng Chubi remembered that in later generations the Japanese country was known as the largest salt importer in the world.
During the years when the Japanese invaded the Central Plains, salt was also a resource that the Japanese plundered in large quantities.
Most of the business between the Han and Tang dynasties and the Japanese countries was their own newly developed business, and did not involve the original sea trade commodities.
But this did not prevent the merchants of the Han and Tang Dynasties from understanding the bulk commodities traded with Japan and the three countries on the northern peninsula.
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As for why Cheng Sanlang focused on salt to get rid of poverty and become rich, the main reason is that the Qingzhou area was originally the main salt production area.
In the past, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the State of Qi benefited from the endless supply of salt and became a powerful prince during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Even in the Han Dynasty, and even before the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the salt production areas of the Jiaodong Peninsula were absolutely very important.
But there is a problem: the production cost of salt here is only slightly lower than that of well salt.
It is also necessary to extract brine and then boil the sea into salt. What does the word "boil" mean? It means that first there must be fuel, a stove must be prepared, and a container for boiling the brine must be prepared.
But as Cheng Sanlang is familiar with, the sea salt in Shandong is all sun salt. The so-called sun salt is not only much simpler than boiling salt.
More importantly, the cost of making salt is absolutely unbelievably lower than the cost of boiling salt.
You must know that there are many aristocratic families in Shandong. Is it just the fields that they rely on? Of course not, they also control a large number of salt fields and a large amount of labor to boil salt for them and obtain huge profits.
However, these are none of Cheng Sanlang's business. Those are the affairs of the national government departments. Cheng Chubi fled to Dengzhou.
What I want to do is to improve the method of making salt. As for the places suitable for drying salt, hehehe...