"Everyone, let's take a break for a quarter of an hour, and then shovel salt after eating."

Min Yuanqi was also tired and hungry. After announcing, he saw that everyone was still hesitating, and he laughed and scolded: "It will take at least half an hour to shovel salt. Are you afraid that it will fly?"

Then everyone smiled embarrassedly and put the wooden shovels, walked to the edge of the pond with barefoot one by one, then wiped their feet with their robes, put on their shoes, and walked from the edge of the pond to the outside, waiting patiently for the women to deliver food.

Min Yuanqi also put on official boots because he saw some outsiders in the women's team, looking like officials in martial robes, and several of them were riding horses... The horses were not tall, and they must be less than five feet. The horses were not short, and they looked like their feet were almost hanging to the ground, which was a bit funny.

This is why Dahewei lacks horses here. Even a serious military officer can rarely find a good horse that can be ridden. From another perspective, although Min Yuanqi, a hereditary family, has not yet been officially reborn, there is not even a single horse. Shangwei Institute City has to ride a donkey or a mule. Han Sen, the general flag, is still a seventh-rank military position, and he has to take his legs everywhere he goes. Who can I ask for advice...

The one who can ride a horse is naturally a big shot. Min Yuanqi was a little surprised and alert. Today is the day when salt was released on the first day. There were people from the flag team watching the guards. There had been strict orders long ago that he would not allow outsiders to come in. These horse riders came in at a gallant level. What did Min Yuanzhong, who was in charge of the security guards do?

With some doubts and dissatisfaction, Min Yuanqi pressed his waist knife to meet him. Han Sen, Min Yuanjin, Gao Cuncheng, Liang Shifa and others also saw it. The small flag officials did not ask the flag army to follow him, but also followed Min Yuanqi forward with long spears or waist knife to meet him.

As they got closer, everyone's expressions relaxed... Min Yuanqi also breathed a sigh of relief and quickly strode forward.

"I've seen my uncle." Min Yuanqi crossed his hands and saluted him very far away. He had misunderstandings and dissatisfaction with Min Qiande. Now he realized that it was not easy for him to support the big family of the Min family, especially under the squeeze of the Li family and other ward families, how difficult it is to maintain the current situation and make things difficult.

At the age of fifties, Min Qiande already has a lot of white hair. According to the income of thousands of households, this should not be the case. It can only be said that life is not very satisfactory, and there are a lot of unknown pressure and hard work.

"Yuan Qi Shaoli." Min Qiande, who was riding on the horse, had a gentle attitude. His body was thin and his face was a bit weak for the military officer, which was very different from Min Yuanqi's brave warrior.

Min Yuanzhi and Min Yuan Sect behind Min Qiande also got off the horse and said hello to Min Yuanqi with considerable respect.

"My brothers, please give me a gift."

Min Yuanqi had some resentment towards Min Qiande before, and also had some resentment and alienation towards Min Yuanzhi and other cousins. The two sides had not had much dealings before, and there was no deep brotherhood between them.

When the night attacked Yang Shida, Min Yuanzhi came in a small boat and sent armor. Only then did both sides want to make up for the previous alienation. The Min Yuanzhi brothers had been here several times these days, and the brothers were much more familiar with each other than before.

In addition to Min Qiande, Min Yuanzhi and others, Wang Sanyi and Li Guoding came with a group of people from their own households. Wang Mingyuan and the second sister were also in the crowd. Wang Mingyuan looked reluctant and disgusted. Seeing Min Yuanqi, he just clicked his head a little, and he said hello.

Min Yuanqi didn't care, and just said to Min Gande: "It seems that the second uncle is rushing over to see the salt?"

"Well, I knew before that you planned to produce salt this morning. I got up early today and rode out of the city on the fifth day of the day. Fortunately, I caught up."

At this time, the women carrying the bucket rushed up, but everyone was not in a hurry to put down the bucket and put the food. Even Min Gande no longer greeted Min Yuanqi because he was closer, and everyone saw the fine salt piled up like a hill on one side of the salt pond!

"Yuan Qi..." Min Gande said with some difficulty: "Is this the fine salt that you crystallized overnight?"

"Yes, Uncle Second is closer to see."

Min Yuanqi led Min Gande and others to the edge of the salt pond step by step. However, the people who came later did not have a night of hard work, suddenly appeared in front of them with more impact. However, Min Gande, the Qianhu, was still in control of the Qianhu, who was still in charge, were already stunned. Everyone was just following Min Yuanqi according to inertia. Although everyone knew what was going on before this, and had psychological preparations in advance, these psychological preparations were mostly prepared for Min Yuanqi... The method of salt drying was said to have been in Fujian for many years, but no one in the Lianghuai and in the north. The sea water, wind, sunshine, and these conditions were very different from Fujian. Although many people did not understand the specific details, they were still full of doubts... Until they saw the large pile of salt piles in front of them with their own eyes.

Each pond was covered with fine salt. Min Gande and others not only looked closer, but also smelled it carefully. Even Min Gande couldn't help but dig a small piece and put it in his mouth and lick it... Until it was completely confirmed, the Qianhu, who had always been calm and restrained, finally grinned. This situation was quite rare for Min Gande.

After laughing, Min Gande opened his big hand and slapped Min Yuanqi's shoulder more than a dozen times!

"Congratulations, congratulations." Li Guoding also lost his usual calmness. After congratulations without saying anything, he said to Min Gande: "Yuan Qi's youth was completely beyond everyone's expectations. I originally thought that he could be the general or the general in the camp and the commander, and even the ancestor of the Min family would be blessed. Unexpectedly, he is more economical now. We can't do this salt-drying thing... I think Yuan Qi's future is not small, and the Min family's revitalization is not far away."

"It's not bad, but it's still early." Min Gande actually couldn't stop smiling. As the current patriarch of the Min clan, outsiders can't understand the pressure of Min Gande. Originally, Min Ganli was also quite outstanding. Qianhu, a full-time official in his forties, was running the daily affairs of the Qianhu Office in the north, and Qianhu Office, which was in contrast to Min Ganli, Li Kecheng, who came up later, was like a clown... With a good foundation set by his ancestors, and Min Yuanqi himself stood up, whether it was training and fighting, he showed off his own strength. Needless to say, the ability and courage to come out, and the ability of economic and government affairs shown in the Yanchi management in front of you will consider it. If Min Yuanqi takes over his deceased father and shows higher talents, and keeps the safety of this military household, it can also make everyone live a good life. Not to mention that this thousand household is better than Li Kecheng, even those big figures in the Huai'an Prefecture and City Guard Office, and even the uncle Min Gande can compare with Min Yuanqi?

Wang Sanyi was also excited and grabbed a handful of salt and tasted it first. He called out so badly that the salt was no doubt high-quality fine salt. When the salt price was high, this fine salt would be sold for thirteen or fourteen cents per catty, even now it would be worth seven or eight cents. Compared with those coarse salt or even salt bricks, it was worth five cents per stone. Not to mention the Zhu family's business, even if it was replaced by any big salt shop in Huai'an Prefecture, it would have eaten as much as possible...

In the blink of an eye, Min Yuanqi looked at the absurd move and suddenly became a fact as thick as a mountain. The fine salt in front of him was piled up like a mountain. Everyone had seen, touched, smelled and tasted it. This is the fact. The salt in front of him was money, and there was no doubt silver.

Forty thousand kilograms a day, more than two hundred taels of silver were. For many nobles, eunuchs and gentry families, this was a small amount of money. Like Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Cheng, married famous prostitutes in Nanjing, and redeemed several thousand taels of silver. That night, he mobilized more than 5,000 soldiers from Nanjing Beijing camp to light up the street market. More than 100 tables were placed at home for guests and guests. The total amount of silver was tens of thousands of taels. This kind of money was just a small expense for the Duke's Mansion, and it was nothing at all.

The sea merchants in the south, the cloth merchants and silk merchants in Songjiang, Suzhou, are not uncommon for a meal of dozens or hundreds of taels. In Suzhou, any garden in Suzhou costs tens of thousands of taels to be built, and two hundred taels of silver cannot be built, even a decent rockery can't be built.

But the more than 200 taels of silver are net profits of 200 taels per day, and there must be more than 100 silk factories in Suzhou to achieve this profit target. Two hundred a day, six thousand a month, and more than 70,000 taels a year. Even if you spend 100,000 taels to buy a large seaship to prepare goods and go to sea twice a year, the net profit is about 70,000 to 100,000.

A silk factory with a scale of 100 people has a net profit of only 50,000 or 60,000 taels per year. If you want to have more raw materials, more workers and greater sales.

Even the noble families were almost satisfied with this income. Those Hou Bo forced to buy land they had obtained through his ancestors, and the money that they had robbed and opened to lend money. With the emperor's rewards from time to time, if the people in charge of the Jingying could also allow the soldiers of the Jingying to embezzle military pay and weapons, and the total income of 100,000 to 80,000 a year would be enough to be satisfied.

Yes, the top classes of the Ming Dynasty had at least hundreds of thousands or millions of families, but that was the wealth accumulated over a hundred or two hundred years. Even if they had their money removed from the land and manors, they would be considered top wealthy people with hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Xiang Chenggong, the family of the relative Tian, ​​and the queen's biological father Zhou Kui, were beaten to death after Li Chuang entered the capital, but they were tortured hundreds of thousands of taels each. These families were already top in the family of the honorary ministers and relatives. This was the wealth accumulated by the top honorary ministers and relatives of the Ming Empire after the opening of the sea in Longwan...

If the prince and the prince's wealth were probably more abundant, but it was only between one million and two million, and it was either accumulated over the years or the emperor preferred it. For example, after Li Zicheng defeated Luoyang, he received the Fu Wang family's capital, which was Wanli's additional compensation, which was favored by Concubine Zheng and Fu Wang, but did not win the position of crown prince for his beloved son. In the whole world, excluding relatives and ministers and ministers, the top civil servants, the family with a family of more than 100,000 is considered quite rich.

Only Zheng Zhilong, a Fujian pirate who monopolized the overseas power of the Ming Dynasty, had a personal trade route to Japan, and had the only maritime power of the Ming Dynasty, had accumulated tens of millions of dollars, and the current bank could probably afford 20 to 3 million. In terms of personal wealth, the inner treasury of the emperor who was rich in the world was not as rich as Zheng Zhilong. This was also the result of the lack of maritime defense and systematic tax system after the opening of the sea. It was related to Zheng Zhilong's personal ability, but it was more due to the general trend...

The military officers in front of them, such as Min Gande, earn only a few hundred taels of silver a year, which is related to the generational accumulation of the Min family, such as a large amount of land and tenant farmers, as well as additional income in military storage. The salt pond that Min Yuanqi has created now has an income of more than 200 taels a day, and more than 70,000 taels a year, and even if he gives some sweet benefits to the military households, he will have at least more than 60,000 in his hands. Not to mention military officers, this income, even if it is placed in the eyes of the noble families in Nanjing and the capital, is enough to make them jealous.

What's more, more Kan ponds need to be opened, and the number of salt drying every day increases by several times or dozens of times?
Chapter completed!