At the end of November, the rivers and the Bohai Sea were frozen one after another. However, the giant horse water still flowed green and flowed eastward.

The Du Ship and Du Water Second Department allocated personnel. The heating peak was staggered, the valve was opened in time, and the hot springs were injected to heat the river.

Ship merchants from all over the world rushed back to full load before the frozen river. The Ji domestic river shipping lasted for a long time. The transfer of materials from various cities and fodder to various city warehouses and military camps was the top priority. In winter construction, the skilled craftsmen in Ji State were already familiar with each other. The materials were complete and the manpower was sufficient. The large construction in the shui was just right.

The five sons of the Chen family, all of whom entered the shuizhong to become the chief of a county. They were in charge of the city under their command. Before they became officials, the five were already interns and were quite familiar with political affairs. In addition, they were Cui Wei and Liu Chong's disciples. They also had experience in governing and maintaining the people.

The offshore areas have already formed thick ice, especially Changlu and Changting counties. The carriages are equipped with sleds and pass through the ice surface. They transport gravel, large wood, bricks and tiles. As Liu Bei said, first build cities and then build dikes to prevent seawater from pouring back. When the land is dried, the northern silt can be used to make fertile fields. There is much salt in the nearshore area. If the barren land cannot make fertile fields, it will be transformed into "salt fields".

Sea salt was originally prepared by "frying". The method of "boiling" is used to fry the plate and boiling in a pot. It is known in history as "boiling the sea into salt". "Guanzi" records: "At the beginning of late spring, the people of the North Sea boiled the sea into salt." "The Book of Zhou" also records: "The fish salt is better than the fish."

The "salt drying method" is also known as the "salt field method". It is rare nowadays. This method requires large flat beaches to build salt fields in a place with mild climate and sufficient light. Changlu and Changting are both suitable.

Those who make a living by boiling salt are called "salt households". They are also editors. The method of making salt fields is the same as usual. King Ji hand-drawn drawing boards and handed them over to the great craftsmen of the Jiangzuokuan to understand them. King Ji left a book on the board: "Salt fields are like paddy fields. The sea water is directed to the dam and built dams to accumulate. When the sunlight is exposed, the 'salt crystal' comes out from the source."

In Liu Bei's view, whether it is boiled or dried, the principle is actually the same: "evaporate and crystallize".

Directly divert seawater to make brine and salt. Later Changlu Salt Area, "When spring warms, dig ditches near the sea to wait for the tide to enter the ditch, build a 'dry pool', nine or seven layers, and pass from high to high. When the tide fades, two people tie the 'llow dot' rope, and put the salty water in the ditch into the first layer of the pond, fill it with the drying, then put it in the second pond, fill it with the high ground, put it in the end, throw it into the 'stone lotus' and try it, it's salty, so when it's sunny, it's exposed to "salt in one day."

"Santan" is similar to terraced fields. It refers to salt fields built from the bottom of the beach to the beach. It takes advantage of the situation and adapts to local conditions. It sets seven or nine floors.

After getting the Ji King's turbulent trance, he would not dare to neglect the building. He immediately started to develop salt-drying skills.

He ordered a good craftsman to take the sea water and put it into the glass warm pavilion. He packed it into a square box and exposed it to the sun for days while the fruit was exposed to the sun.

Mr. Xia, Su Bo, and even the great craftsmen in the museum were all happy. The Ji Kingdom had paddy fields first and then salt fields. How could it not flourish?

The lord Liu Bei was very happy. He ordered the Bureau of Sites to go to Changlu and Changting counties to conduct on-site measurement and estimate.

Rewards soon.

Said: Three hundred miles of mudflats can be used to harbor a million mu of salt fields. A rough calculation can be used to obtain salt, 10 million stones.

In the Han Dynasty, the lowest price of salt is 400 qian per stone, and the highest price is 800 qian per stone. In normal years, the price of salt is about 800 qian per stone. Nowadays, it is only high or not. If it is 800 qian per stone, it can also be obtained 800 qian per stone.

Liu Bei finally understood what "fishing and salt benefits" mean.

The so-called "the world's tax is half the profit of salt." When the Yantian in the two counties is built, Ji State will not only be richer than the world.

The key is that removing labor, there is almost no cost to dry salt.

The plan ordered Chen Yi to speak again: I asked the fisherman in the swamp that the Bohai Bay has sufficient sunlight. I have a plan to make a million salt fields, and I can get 16 million stones of salt a year.

It is far beyond the estimate of 10 million stones for books and newspapers.

If the above plan says, it is "a profit of tens of billions of dollars".

In other words, each acre of salt field produces sixteen stones of salt annually. The salt price is higher than the grain price. The salt yield is higher than the field. Yongnushu is really the pearl of the Bohai Sea. It is very beneficial to the people.

I heard that Changlu and Changting County, a salt-stained beach with no grass growing in 300 miles can be split into millions of acres of salt fields. The yield per mu of 16 stones can be obtained by annually earning 12 billion yuan.

This is awesome.

The two prime ministers hurriedly dispatched personnel to the two counties to build land in the sea.

Who would have thought that the per mu of salt fields was nearly three times that of paddy fields, and the price of salt was three times that of grain. Such huge profits came from the beach where no grass grew. Although the two prime ministers were skeptical, they were full of expectations. A few months later, they would see the truth.

Ji country has great achievements. It has a shortage of support and accumulation, and every stroke is astronomical. Especially the Qiang people who have moved to Longyou. If the four-year period is over, they are unwilling to stay in prison and return to the old village with mediocre gold. How to cross the bank is a heavy burden that is under the hearts of the two countries.

The key is that you can’t make money by farming.

The king did not allow the price of grain to rise. The world was short of food and rare goods were available. However, it was still priced at 300 yuan. The coins also required raw materials. Whether it was the smelting and mining of copper ingots on the Dongling Mine or the new minting of old coins in the Han Dynasty, it was subject to time limit.

I suddenly heard that there is a profit of tens of billions of yuan, lying across the Bay of the Bohai Sea.

A barren land can solve the urgent problem. How can you not be ecstatic?

Liu Bei was also shocked. He only knew that Changlu Salt Field was very famous in later generations. The salt produced in Lutai Field is a good product of sea salt. It is white in color, large in grains, hard in texture, and has a raw flavor, so it is known as "Lutai Jade Sand".

I didn’t know that the yield was so high. One acre of salt fields could get 16 stones of salt a year.

As expected, God helped me too.

As expected, "Zi Salt" should follow "Zi Tea", "Zi Pi", "Zi Book", "Zi Tie", etc., becoming a new famous product on the Silk Road.

In December, Ji Si, the world was pardoned and the reign was changed to "Zhongping".

It is called the first year of Zhongping.

Although the matter of Yantian has not been made public, there are rumors all over Ji State. The Qilin family of Ji King Tian’s family, and the method of Yantian was born out of the hands of the king. It was also verified by the generals, so there would be no mistakes.

However, where do salt farmers come from in a million acres of salt fields?

In fact, it is quite hard to fry salt nowadays.

From salt making to sales, later generations said that it had "four bitterness": "When the sun is dry, the whole family will appear, scrape the mud and draw the sea, sweat like rain. When the bones are whipped in the middle of winter, it must also be done. This is the "therape of sucking the braised rice". When the boiling, it is burned and steamed, and the head is scattered, and the face is not like a human. The heat is like soup, and I dare not leave it. This is the "therape of sucking rice". There are courses in the cold and heat, and there is a day. The former is not enough, and the latter is back. This is the "therape of salt". When the merchants arrive, there is no salt to offset the price, and the whole family is worried and frustrated. This is the "therape of salt". Diseases and death are even more unbearable. If the escape occurs, the body and mouth will drift away, and if the business is restored, the family will be exhausted, and there will be no way to live..."

Farming in Ji Country is actually not hard. From farming to harvesting, there are animal power and machinery. However, salt fields are first created. At the beginning, manpower must be the main focus. If one person is one acre, one million people will need. If one person is ten acres, it may be worth ten thousand laborers.

In the Jiguo Taixue Forum, I recently discussed this topic: "About the pros and cons of the salt field."

The debaters on both sides cited the classics and were deafening. When the United Nations politics was again, the students were aware of it.

A million three knots are the source of manpower.
Chapter completed!