Li Min gave some random words of comfort, and then asked Qiao Qi: "Qiao Qi, can you drill wells?"
If you want to make salt, you need to drill salt wells.
Li Min now doubts Datang's drilling technology.
If you dig a large well, it will be time-consuming and labor-intensive, and getting water will also be troublesome.
As a result, after hearing Li Min's question, Qiao Qi couldn't help but ask: "Grand Governor, do you want to dig a well?"
Li Min shook his head and said: "No, I have just bought the deserted beach outside your village and plan to dig a salt well and make salt."
Hearing Li Min's words, Qiao Qi shook her head like a rattle and couldn't help but said: "Grand Governor, the wasteland outside our village is full of bitter salt, which is poisonous and cannot be eaten. You better not bother with this.
If we can retreat, we should retreat to these deserted beaches as soon as possible."
Li Min couldn't help laughing and said: "Qiao Qi, don't worry, the governor is digging salt wells to make salt, not for people to eat, he has other uses. By the way, Qiao Qi, can you dig salt wells?
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Qiao Qi couldn't help but said: "Grand Governor, you have found the right person when you find Xiao Xiao. Many people in our village have dug salt wells for others before, and now they are all still there! There is no problem in digging salt wells.
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After hearing Qiao Qi's words, Li Min suddenly remembered something.
It seems that in Shu, there is a place specializing in salt wells for making salt.
Of course, because their technology is quite crude, the salt produced is of poor quality and tastes extremely bitter.
However, since there is a place to make salt in Shu, Lin Jie actually said that since the salt from Lingnan Road cannot be transported in, there is no salt in Yizhou?
This family is really rampant!
What Li Min didn't expect was that some of the villagers in Xiaohe Village actually knew how to dig salt wells, which really surprised Li Min.
Li Min couldn't help but ask: "How thick is the mouth of the salt well you dug?"
Qiao Qi couldn't help but say: "It must be as thick as the mouth of a big ocean bowl!"
Um?
So thin?
This actually surprised Li Min.
If it is really only this fine, then the subsequent salt production will be easy to operate.
However, one thing Li Min is curious about is that the mouth of the well is only as big as a bowl of the ocean. I'm afraid they can't dig a few meters deep, right?
Li Min couldn't help but ask: "How deep can you go?"
Qiao Qi replied: "The deepest salt well we have dug is more than a hundred feet deep!"
How can it hit a depth of more than 100 feet?
That’s more than three hundred meters!
If we had a drill today, it would be easy.
But in the Tang Dynasty, it would be unbelievable to Li Min that a wellhead as thick as a bowl could be drilled to a depth of more than 300 meters.
But given Qiao Qi's character, since she dares to say this, she must be confident.
So, Li Min couldn't help but said: "That's great. Now, Qiao Qi, you can find a group of people for this governor to dig salt wells. I will give you a salary of ten cents a day and take care of three meals a day. Hmm.
, By the way, let your mother-in-law find a few women to cook for five cents a day each, what do you think?"
Hearing Li Min's words, Qiao Qi couldn't help but be shocked. She couldn't help but trembled and said: "Grand Governor, this salary, this, this..."
Um?
Do you think your salary is too low?
In fact, it is not that Li Min cannot offer higher wages, but what Li Min wants is to develop the entire Yizhou, so naturally he cannot be willful and drive up market prices.
Li Min couldn't help but ask: "This salary is too little? It doesn't matter, how much are you paid? I will never treat you badly."
At this time, I just heard Qiao Qi say: "Captain, no, no, this salary is too high! At that time, we only had two meals a day and only one penny a day. What you gave us is really too high.
, I can’t ask for so much.”
The labor force in Yizhou is really cheap.
But it's no wonder.
Look at Qiao Qi's family, they are so poor that they can't even afford to wear pants.
In Yizhou as a whole, there may not be many opportunities for work.
There are many idle people and little demand. With just one penny a day, you can find a lot of people. No wonder the wages are so cheap.
The salary of one or two cents was the market price, but Li Min really couldn't afford it.
Li Min couldn't help but said: "For wages, just do as the governor said. You just need to find good manpower. By the way, the first salt well does not need to be drilled too deep. As long as it can produce water, it is more than ten meters deep."
That's enough. Next, boiling salt will also use people from your village, and the wages will be the same as digging wells."
Hearing Li Min's words, Qiao Qi's eyes immediately brightened.
I couldn't help but ask: "Grand Governor, are you planning to cook the salt for a long time, or will it only be done in a few months?"
Hearing Qiao Qi's words, Li Min couldn't help but ask: "Is there any difference?"
Qiao Qi couldn't help but said: "Grand Governor, if you only want to cook salt for a few months, you can just fool around with it. But if you want to cook salt for a long time, you need to build a house, a salt pond, a place to dry the salt, a warehouse, etc.
, we can’t fool around like this.”
Yes, Not Bad!
As expected, the lines are as separated as mountains.
If all these stalls are taken down, it will be a big project. If they use it for the whole village, it may not be enough.
Thinking of this, Li Min couldn't help but said to Qiao Qi: "Qiao Qi, this governor is planning to make salt for a long time. You are right, I think it is too simple."
"In this way, you, first dig a salt well as quickly as possible. Then, boil the salt as quickly as possible. When the time comes, I will naturally tell you how to cook it. At the same time, let others start building the salt well.
Build houses, build warehouses, build salt ponds, etc.”
"In short, I will leave all this work to you. You don't need to do it yourself, you are only responsible for coordinating everything. I only have two requirements for you. First, as long as you are not lazy at work, you can't miss a post.
Money. Second, we need to take care of three meals a day and have meat every day! Qiao Qi, just tell me, can you do it?"
Upon hearing Li Min's words, Qiao Qi's eyes began to turn red, and her voice sounded like she was crying.
"Grand Governor, don't worry, people's hearts are made of flesh. You saved the lives of our entire village. You are looking after us to work for us. We don't know what's good or bad."
! Don’t worry, you can leave this matter to me, Qiao Qi! If I can’t do it right, you can ask me, Qiao Qi!”
Hearing Qiao Qi's words, Li Min couldn't help but laugh.
I have to say that the people of this era are really very simple.
Although there is no guarantee that there is no bad person, the vast majority of people are good.
They are all as simple and honest as Qiao Qi. As long as they can have a full meal and prevent the whole family from starving and freezing, they will be satisfied.