Chapter 101 The initial construction of the salt field, urgent matters.
Chapter 101 The first construction of salt fields, urgent matters.
Author: Fengze Fangfei
Chapter 101 The first construction of salt fields, urgent matters.
According to Doomsday's temperament, Xia Jing wanted to take off her shoes and go down to pick up the kelp herself. However, in this era, the rules for women were almost harsh. In front of so many guards, the maids and sons around her would not let her have a chance.
Going into battle barefoot.
Xia Jing also thought that since she couldn't go down in person, she would let the guards do it for her.
He ordered them mercilessly and ordered them around in circles.
"Don't tear it in the middle, pull it all up."
"Hey, you, it's you, spread these kelp on the grass to dry, and then we can put them away when we go back in the afternoon."
The products in the intertidal zone are very rich. Before the tide is high, let the guards go to the shore to masturbate.
"Concubine, what is the use of these seaweeds? Can they be eaten?" Li Chengmu felt that these greasy seaweeds were a bit disgusting.
"Of course you can eat it." Xia Jing noticed Li Chengmu's disgusted look and smiled maliciously: "Don't think it's inconspicuous, but it's actually very delicious. You used to like it too."
"I will like to eat these things, mother-in-law, please stop joking." Li Chengmu frowned tightly, obviously disgusted.
Hearing this, Xia Jing raised her eyebrows, "Whenever you got angry, the kitchen would make kelp bone soup for you to drink. At that time, you didn't eat less, and you kept saying it was delicious. It was a pity that kelp was a medicine and you couldn't take more.
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"Kombu?!"
Li Chengmu pointed to the kelp spread on the weeds, "You said this is kelp?"
"Yes, so don't show your disgust." Xia Jing smiled unkindly and patted his shoulder.
Li Chengmu: "."
When the guard passed by him holding the kelp, a fishy smell of sea hit his face, causing him to frown and never relax.
But thinking that these are kelp, I can barely accept it.
Xia Jing found bags bulging in many places on the beach. She used a stick to pry one open and found a cat's eye snail inside.
She called a guard over and asked him to carry a basket to pick up cat's eye snails, clams, etc. In the distance, the guards were catching crabs, prawns, and fish in the puddles. They should have harvested well. The excited cheers never stopped.
Xia Jing was also tickled by their cheers and wanted to experience the fun of catching crabs and shrimps herself.
In ancient times, many undeveloped beaches were still rich in seafood. If these were left in the last days, they would be sold at sky-high prices.
It is a pity that the rich sea resources here cannot be fully utilized and sold to the end of the world.
The sun slowly rose, and the tide also rose.
Everyone caught a good harvest, including a lot of blue crabs, red crabs, orchid crabs, and prawns, as well as some squid, pomfret, some snails and clams, etc.
The undeveloped beach is really rich in seafood.
Returning to Linhai Town, he handed these to the cook brought from the palace, and the master and servant had a seafood feast together at noon.
Seafood may be boring to fishermen on the seaside, but for people living inland, it is simply delicious.
After dinner, sitting in the lobby of the inn, the guards all had chubby bellies and looked satisfied.
Ding Dazhuang rubbed his overstuffed belly and said, "Princess, this seafood is really delicious. If I could eat these seafood every day, I would be willing to live by the sea."
"Captain Ding is right. If you pick up seafood every time the tide goes out, you can basically eat delicious seafood every day."
"I also feel that living by the sea is really a blessing. This is something I never dared to think about before."
Think about how many of the villagers, old, weak, young and old, fell down and never stood up again while escaping from famine. How lucky they were to be able to make it to Lingnan alive and eat such delicious seafood.
Xia Jing glanced at the several buckets of rice placed on the table at the door of the kitchen. Now they were all consumed. Of course, the inn with a thousand guards could not accommodate them all.
What should I do if I can’t live there?
Of course, we set up a tent in the backyard.
"Do you really think seafood is delicious? Do you want to live by the sea and eat it every day?"
Everyone else hooted, "Of course!"
Xia Jing stood up, smiled and waved her hands to keep everyone quiet.
When everyone calmed down, she cleared her throat and said, "Well, since everyone is looking forward to living at the beach, I will make it happen for you."
"It just so happens that I am planning to build a salt field by the sea. Someone must be responsible for this."
Others in the hall heard this and whispered.
"Salt field? Does this mean that I understand that salt can still be grown in the field?"
"I don't know, the princess must have a reason for saying this."
"The price of salt in the world today has remained high. If the princess can grow salt, wouldn't we be rich?"
"What did we send? It should have been the princess!"
"The princess's hair is not ours. Now we and the princess are one."
"Everyone, be quiet!" Ding Dazhuang looked at the noisy hall and shouted loudly.
Such a loud voice
Xia Jing rubbed her buzzing ears.
The hall fell silent. Ding Dazhuang turned around and smiled, "Princess, please continue."
Xia Jing nodded, "As for how to build the salt fields, I will give you detailed guidance when the time comes. This matter is very important to Lingnan and to us. It can be said that this will be the pillar industry of Lingnan in the future.
I don’t need to explain the importance of this, I believe everyone can understand it.
Since everyone wants to live by the sea, and it doesn’t take more than a thousand people to build salt, then we can only adopt a shift system. Two squadrons need to be stationed in the salt field all year round. The number of people will be increased in the future depending on the scale.
The shift system changes every three months, and I, the first batch of squadrons stationed here, decided to let Fang Ji and Hong Fu lead the two squadrons to stay here temporarily and be responsible for all matters related to the construction and production of the salt fields."
All affairs after the Yantian was put into use were directly reported to her. The half share held by the palace was only dividends. They had no decision-making power over all affairs of the Yantian and did not participate in its management.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at Fang Ji and Hong Fu with envy.
Man, how happy I am to be able to eat seafood often in the days to come!
No matter how hot everyone's eyes were, Fang Ji sat there upright, with the expression on his face still cold and expressionless.
Hong Fu's temperament was completely different from his. He always smiled at everyone.
Everyone looked at him with envy, and he smiled back, polite and graceful.
Xia Jing is quite satisfied with the ten squadron leaders she has selected. It remains to be seen who she will choose as her personal guard captain.
In the afternoon, Xia Jing sent someone to the fishing village to purchase a batch of dry and seafood products. She herself recorded some precautions for building a salt field and gave them to Fang Ji.
The next day, Xia Jing left Linhai Town with the remaining eight hundred guards.
The Mou family followed them into Fucheng, and it was already a few days after the family settled down.
After Wu Yuli settled down at home, she didn't have time to rest for a few days to relieve her physical fatigue, so she asked her daughter to accompany her to visit the government office with gifts.
After handing over the greeting card, I was told that Princess Qian was not in the palace, but had gone out to do some business.
Wu Yuli wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and asked: "The princess has only been in Lingnan for a few days. She has a delicate body and a noble body. She hasn't taken good care of herself yet. Why does she go out again?"
Zeng Yan glanced at his mother and daughter and followed their team to the Mou family in Lingnan.
"My princess has her own considerations when she goes out to do business. How can I, the slaves, have any room to comment on my master?"
Zeng Yan smiled as he said this: "If you have something to do with the princess, how many days will it take for the princess to come back before you come to visit?"
Wu Yuli sighed regretfully, "That's all we can do now."
Zeng Yan always kept a smile on his face as he watched the master and servants walk back carrying the gifts.
This Mrs. Mou said that she and the princess grew up together, but along the way, he had the eyes of a bright mirror, and he had already noticed that her relationship with his princess was not as close as he said.
Mou Guangzhen has been here for a few days, but she still can't stand the climate in Lingnan, it's too hot.
She wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief and noticed the two-headed horse running towards her in the distance.
She pulled Wu Yuli, who was about to get into the carriage, and said, "Mom, do you think Wang Jia is coming ahead?"
Wu Yuli paused before getting on the carriage and stopped to watch, "It's really the prince's two-pronged carriage."
As she said that, she quickly adjusted her appearance and clothes, "Zhen'er, come with me to pay your respects to the prince."
Mou Guangzhen was a little reluctant. The prince's image was so bad that even one more look at him would make her eyes irritated.
But no matter how reluctant I am, why should someone be so dignified? In the end, I have to come forward to be polite.
When King Qian came down just now, he saw a mother and daughter greeting him. He looked at the two gentlemen behind him, who are they?
Mr. Zhang winked at him.
King Qian raised his hand: "No courtesy."
After passing the Mou family mother and daughter and entering the government office, King Qian said, "Who were the mother and daughter just now? From the accent they spoke, they shouldn't be locals from Lingnan Prefecture."
Mr. Zhang smiled helplessly: "Your Majesty, they are from the Mou clan in Jingzhou. They came to Lingnan with our team. I heard that the mother and daughter are familiar with the princess, especially the mother, who has known the princess since childhood.
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"Oh!" King Qian became interested, "I have known the princess since I was a child. Why haven't I seen her before?"
Mr. Zhang's lips twitched slightly. How could he, a minister, know about things that happened when you were young?
When the princess was mentioned, King Qian finally reacted and asked: "It seems that I haven't seen the princess for a few days. Where has she gone?"
Mr. Zhang looked at Zeng Yan who was following behind him, "Butler Yan should know this better than his subordinates."
King Qian stopped and turned to look at Zeng Yan.
Zeng Yan wiped the sweat from his face, lowered his head and replied: "The princess took the fifth master and the guards out of the city two days ago and went south. She didn't tell the old slave where she went. But, old slave, look
Based on Master Wu's excitement, I guess they are going to see the sea."
"It really doesn't stop for a moment. What's so good about the sea? It's just looking for trouble!"
King Qian snorted coldly, tossed his sleeves and walked away.
Zeng Yan and the two gentlemen looked at each other, and finally Mr. Zhang hurriedly chased after them, "The prince, the princess and the fifth master have been away for a few days. I wonder if there is any danger outside and when will they be able to come back?"
When they arrived at the study door, there was already a boy helping them open the door.
King Qian entered the study, sat in front of the desk, took the wet towel handed by the maid and wiped his face and neck.
After they felt refreshed, they said, "It's useless for you to worry. They've long been having fun and don't care about the world. How can they remember that you were worried about them."
"I heard that banditry is rampant in Lingnan, and I don't know if the princess and the fifth master will be in danger during this trip. We haven't settled all the affairs in Lingnan yet. It's really not appropriate to go out at this time. After all, the world outside has begun to become chaotic."
"The world is not as serious as you said. What exactly do you want to say?"
King Qian stared at Mr. Zhang for a moment.
Mr. Zhang looked calm and smoothed his beard, "The banditry in Lingnan is rampant, which is both a trouble and an opportunity. Now our finances are tight, and Lingnan is already your fiefdom. Your Majesty, should we do something?"
King Qian's face darkened: "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't you know that I hate your tendency to say half the words and leave the other half?"
"Yes!" Mr. Zhang chuckled: "Since we are financially strapped, why doesn't the prince send a guard battalion to visit these bandits' dens? Maybe the bandits will give us a lot of gifts in return when they are happy. If so, our difficulties can be easily solved.
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When King Qian heard this, he laughed loudly: "Sir, you are indeed a wonderful man! I think you should not be a minister, but a knight who robs the rich and gives to the poor!"
Mr. Zhang laughed and said, "It's a pity that I'm already a long time old. If I were ten years younger, I might actually be able to travel to the ends of the world with my sword and live my life as a knight-errant."
King Qian hesitated for a moment, then asked another question after thinking for a while, "Things must be prioritized. Sir, what do you think we should be most busy with right now?"
Mr. Zhang sighed in his heart, saying that the prince's talent is really mediocre.
When faced with the same situation, the princess would always think of a solution immediately, but the prince had to remind him several times before he would react.
"The most important thing at the moment is money. We must have money to maintain the daily operation of our yamen. The second is to expand the cultivated area. Now is the time to open up wasteland. When the wasteland is cleared, we can catch up with autumn planting. The third point is to expand the army. The world situation is changing rapidly.
If you want to survive the changes in the world situation, you must have enough armed forces to protect yourself."
After saying that, Mr. Zhang paused and said, "If Wei Chen's guess is correct, the princess has already taken action one step ahead of us."
King Qian was stunned and said in disbelief: "She has already taken action? Do you know what she went to do?"
"I can probably guess that according to the princess's temperament, she will not leave the city unless necessary. If she goes out of the city and does not return for a few days, Wei Chen thinks that she may have gone to provide food and fodder for her personal guards."
To provide food and fodder for a thousand people in such a short period of time, the most effective way is to suppress the bandits.
Because only the gold and silver eggs in the bandit's den can temporarily meet the needs of the princess's bodyguards.
I just don’t know how the princess will gain this time?
"How to solve it?" King Qian was curious.
"It's most likely that she's bringing her bodyguards with her."
Before Mr. Zhang could finish speaking, Zeng Yan's cheerful voice came from outside the door.
"The prince, the prince, the princess and the prince are back! They are back!"
King Qian was overjoyed, and moved his butt slightly off the chair to stand up, but when he thought of the woman taking Xiao Wu and leaving without saying goodbye, he sat back angrily.
Mr. Zhang couldn't help but be happy, "Your Majesty, the Princess is back. If you want to know how the Princess solves the problem of food and fodder for the Guards, you can ask her directly, and she will definitely tell you everything."
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