Chapter 2996 The Governor of Liaodong Prefecture and the Governor of Qingzhou jointly act
After all, Cheng Sanlang is the governor of Liaodong Prefecture, and he needs to make decisions in all aspects of military, political, economic, and people's livelihood.
What's more, he had to plan a blueprint for how the Tang Dynasty could maintain its power in this land forever.
After working so hard all day long, it's okay to forget something occasionally. However, letting these two guys steal a piece of cake made Cheng Sanlang quite unhappy.
After joining the Tang Dynasty, Li Ku Ge and Li Bian, who were greedy for the land of Liaodong, actually dared to give eye drops to the Cheng family and accuse them.
Haha... If I don't come back with revenge, wouldn't it make me look like the Cheng family is easy to bully?
But it doesn't matter, Cheng Sanlang has already changed countless thoughts after Li Jing greeted him.
And the method has been written in the letter entrusted to Li Jing to take to his father-in-law.
When Li Dejiang arrived, Fang Jun, who was too unlucky, took the initiative to step aside and walked aside, while Li Dejiang slapped the bamboo cards with Cheng Sanlang and Qin Huaidao.
"Brother Chu Bi, when I came here just now, I heard that there were more than ten people from the boat coming over. Most of them had Shandong accents. Where did those people come from?"
"Of course it's the original salt household in Qingzhou, Shandong." Cheng Sanlang threw down a card without raising his head.
"Ever since the method of drying salt was introduced, those who had vested interests were no longer happy."
"Those with vested interests..." Li Dejiang repeated this sentence, and Cheng Sanlang always felt that the smile on his face seemed a bit sinister.
"Actually, it is the aristocratic families in Shandong. The original industry of boiling the sea into salt is almost monopolized by those aristocratic families."
"Those so-called salt households are also hermits and runaways, working for their wealthy families."
“As soon as the method of drying salt was introduced, although the price of salt did not drop significantly, the cost of making salt dropped significantly.
Those salt merchants with aristocratic family backgrounds would rather sell salt than accept salt from those salt households."
"The salt farmers will not be happy because they have no income, but fortunately, our Prince Qi has been keeping an eye on those salt farmers."
It’s actually not complicated to say. Emerging industries will always bring severe pain when they replace old industries.
Others didn't know it, but Cheng Sanlang knew it very well, so after he figured out the method of drying salt, he kept an eye on the salt households controlled by the wealthy families.
Even after he left, King Li Ke of Qi, who was alone and cold in Qingzhou, stared at the brothels and pavilions and the salt households all over Qingzhou in order to perform meritorious service.
Sure enough, they didn't keep an eye on it for too long. Those salt households who lost their competitiveness because of the high cost soon fell into trouble.
Moreover, the area they live in happens to be a saline-alkali land.
It is simply impossible for them to make a living by farming on this saline-alkali land.
Therefore, Qi King Li Ke, the governor-general, appeared immediately. He endorsed it from the government, and also had the Han and Tang Dynasty trading houses with good reputation to take action.
In the name of developing Liaodong, only strong laborers are required to go there at this stage, and their families can accompany them or stay in their place of origin.
And every able-bodied laborer can get a salary of two thousand yuan every month.
Because they were paid by the merchant houses of the Han and Tang dynasties, there was no problem if the strong laborers were willing to receive their salaries in Liaodong, or to let their family members receive their salaries, or to each receive half.
As the first batch of laborers obtained real money in Liaodong, they were brought back to their hometown to speak out.
Seeing that they were already wearing sturdy white folded cloth work clothes, they were well fed, and there was meat from time to time. The merchants of Han and Tang Dynasties did not treat them as livestock, and they were able to rest for two days every ten days.
Such blessings are hard to find all over the world, so those Shandong salt farmers who had been watching before started running around to tell them.
More and more strong laborers from Yanhu embarked on the journey to develop Liaodong. They boarded the ships of Han and Tang merchants to cross the ocean. The speed was much faster than traveling by land.
The wealthy Shandong families and the salt merchants who originally wanted to see the government's joke must have rolled their eyes and thought about it at this moment, and had no other choice.
"In short, there were so many aristocratic families in Shandong in the past, but there were always frequent chaos. No one knows the reason behind this."
Having said this, Cheng Sanlang, who is from the Cheng family in Dong'a, Shandong Province, smiled calmly.
"As the saying goes, if you move a tree, you will die, but if you move a person, you will live. Since those salt households cannot survive in Shandong, why not come to Liaodong and live a moist life?"
After hearing Cheng Sanlang's words, even if Li Dejiang didn't give in, he still had to give in to Cheng Sanlang.
"So brother, you, the Governor of Liaodong Prefecture, joined forces with the Governor of Qingzhou to eliminate a disaster.
It can also help the Tang Dynasty develop Liaodong and provide a large number of people, which is amazing..."
"Speaking of which, it is also thanks to Brother Wei De who presides over the military affairs of Qingzhou. It is because of his presence that things can go so smoothly."
"If he hadn't been there, I really don't know how many constraints would have arisen."
Cheng Sanlang's words were true, and everyone present nodded. After all, this was in Shandong, and although the family members had been suppressed several times, their influence was still deeply rooted.
If there was no military and political control from the Qingzhou Governor to suppress it from above, how could the states and counties below watch this scene happen so easily?
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And letting those salt households in Shandong come to develop it is just the first step. It is really just the first step.
When they get used to it, or let them feel the vitality of Liaodong's rapid development.
Especially after they became familiar with this place, the Han and Tang dynasties would continue to lure them to stay.
Let their families move here, and these ownerless fertile lands will be set aside for them to cultivate.
Moreover, the highly reputable Han and Tang Commercial Banks will provide interest-free loans, farming tools, and even daily necessities to every salt household family that settles here.
Although the climate is still a problem that bothers everyone, as long as we wait until the autumn harvest, everyone here will be able to...
We saw the emergence of staple grains with yields of one to two thousand kilograms per mu, or even three to five thousand kilograms per mu.
When they discovered that they could eat enough by just growing some grain, the extra grain could be used to make money through collectivization and intensive breeding.
Cheng Sanlang believed that those salt households who could only make a living by hand in the past would be happy to bring their families here.
The hard-working Shandong people are not afraid of bitter cold or a long life of fatigue. They are only afraid of working hard and working hard, and in the end they will still be hungry and cold.
As for why Cheng Sanlang is still playing cards here instead of dealing with these matters, it is of course because he has someone under him.
Presumably, Wang Xuance was working extremely hard at this moment, and Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong were also busy running around.
There are also a group of young talents from Cheng University who are also busy...