Chapter 1925

In fact, Luo Shengdong's explanation of the Haihan salt production technology, not to mention the Koreans, even the Haihan officials present could really understand it. These technical aspects are not what they usually can

They were exposed to it and felt it was fresh when they first heard it, but when Luo Shengdong talked about the deeper content, they were as confused as the North Koreans. Of course, they did not have the urgency to learn advanced technology like the North Koreans.

Even if you don't understand, you won't have any strange emotions. Seeing the dumbfounded looks of foreign dignitaries, you may even feel vaguely proud of the technological advantages of your country.

Of course Luo Shengdong also knew that Li Shu and others might not be able to understand his explanation, but this was his best attempt to explain the process of the Haihan Salt Making Method in an easy-to-understand way. If the other party really wanted to learn this skill, then

At least he would have to stay in the salt field for three to five months. However, with Li Bo's status, even if he wanted to learn, it would not be possible for him, the dignified prince of the Joseon Dynasty, to come here as an apprentice in person. According to Luo Shengdong's understanding, Li Bo

The main purpose of my inspection was to see with my own eyes the production capacity of Haihan Salt Farm. After all, I heard that North Korea is also planning to build a large-scale salt farm with technical support from Haihan. The other party must come to inspect the goods first before they can rest assured.

While explaining the technology, Luo Shengdong did not forget the instructions he had received from other officials earlier, and took the opportunity to praise the executive committee's far-sightedness in the development of the salt industry. However, this was limited to the information he knew.

In fact, we still don’t understand the important role that the salt industry plays in the development of Haihan’s industrialization, so we can only talk about the year-by-year increase in the production scale of the salt farm and the market share of Haihan salt in the South China Sea.

In fact, if you just want to show the scale of production to the North Koreans, it may be more intuitive to use a horse-drawn carriage to pull them along the Yinggehai Bay. However, Luo Shengdong has received advice from the big shots above before, and such visits and inspections

In addition to being visible, the itinerary must also include tactile aspects, so as to leave a deep enough impression on visitors.

"These are the coarse salt produced in the salt field, which will be refined later using other methods, and this is the salt we sell to the market." Luo Shengdong bent down and grabbed a handful of dried coarse salt from the salt field next to him, showing

Show it to Li Pu: "In fact, in the past, some salt farms directly took out this salt and sold it as private salt, but we only used it as feed salt for livestock."

The "some salt fields" Luo Shengdong mentioned naturally refer to other countries besides Haihan. For producers, purifying coarse salt means prolonging the process, and the production cycle and cost will be affected, so it is often

The produced coarse salt is sold directly to the market. Anyway, there will always be some people who cannot afford or are unwilling to buy the expensive and higher-quality official salt, but choose this coarse private salt that does not taste as good but is relatively cheap.

.In the past, similar operations were carried out in the salt fields on Hainan Island.

However, Haihan has now increased the production scale of the salt industry to a level far exceeding the needs of the people of the country. The substantial increase in production capacity has brought about a reduction in costs. The price of refined salt is no longer high. In addition, Haihan has transferred a large amount of coarse salt to

The amount of coarse salt that can be supplied to the market for chemical industry production is limited, and its price is almost the same as that of refined salt. As a result, not many people will choose lower-quality coarse salt for their own consumption.

When Li Ming visited the Datong River Base, he inspected a camp for foreign workers. He remembered that the salt he saw in the camp kitchen was almost this kind of coarse salt with coarse grains and a slight yellowish tint. Luo Shengdong said that this kind of salt

It can only be used as feed salt for livestock. Although he knew that the other party said it unintentionally, Li Bo still couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart after hearing this.

After watching the rough processing production process, Luo Shengdong led a group of people back on the carriage and drove to the next production location responsible for finishing.

Captain Xue and his party, who were waiting on the side of the road, finally waited until the official convoy was dispatched again. As before, they stood still and waited for the official convoy to enter the main road and walk for a while before following it from a distance. But what happened next?

It almost replicated the previous scene. The official convoy turned into a branch road again after not far, and the two carriages following it did not dare to stop in order to avoid attracting attention, so they could only continue to drive forward for a while.

After some distance, pull over to the roadside.

Looking at the armed riders guarding the intersection, Captain Xue realized that there would be no chance to take action at the moment, and he could only choose to stay calm.

"This action is too hasty!" Captain Xue could only sigh helplessly. He actually received an order from the direction of Fuguang on the same day that Li Bo arrived in Sanya, asking him to find an opportunity to deal with the people who visited Haihan.

The Crown Prince of Joseon. In order to reach Sanya as quickly as possible, the ship the messenger took had to cross the stormy sea and took great risks to catch up with Li Bo's fleet, which had taken a detour to avoid wind and rain.

Such a dangerous operation was actually intended to buy Captain Xue, who was in Sanya, more time so that he could make preparations before taking action. Unexpectedly, within a few days of Li Bo's arrival in Sanya, the official announced that he would be arranged to tour the island.

During the inspection, Captain Xue had no choice but to temporarily pull a group of people out to sea to follow him, hoping to find an opportunity to take action on the way. However, it seems that it is not easy at the moment. The security measures Haihan provided for the Koreans far exceeded his expectations.

Not to mention taking action, even tracking and monitoring must be done carefully, and we don't dare to make any mistakes at will.

Captain Xue actually didn't quite understand why the higher-ups ordered to deal with the Crown Prince of Joseon. The only reason he could think of was to damage the relationship between Joseon and Haihan. But even if he could succeed, it didn't seem to have any direct benefit to his camp.

, and North Korea should not have the guts to fall out with Haihan. But Captain Xue and others who took great risks to complete this mission would most likely lose their lives for it.

Of course, Captain Xue is not afraid of death. He originally came to Haihan to lurk as a dead soldier. As long as the right opportunity arises, he is not afraid to use his own life to attack Haihan, his mortal enemy. But if the direct target becomes

If he invades another country and affects the interests of Haihan State indirectly, then he has to examine whether his sacrifice is worth it.

As for the group of people he gathered temporarily, they actually came from several different forces. Some people participated in this operation purely to make money. These people are all desperadoes, and they have certain fighting experience. Some of them participated in this operation purely to make money.

People have even been on the battlefield, but after all, they are just temporary partners without any tacit understanding at all. Although Captain Xue can barely command these people at the moment, he is not sure what this loose organization actually is.

How long can it last? Once any one of them makes a mistake, it may lead to the annihilation of the entire army.

If the Crown Prince of Joseon's itinerary was full of this level of security, he would basically not have the opportunity to get close to him, and there would be no need to think about assassination. Although Captain Xue received a death order, he was unable to complete the mission.

It will also affect his status and trust in the organization. Therefore, even though he does not fully understand the intentions of his boss's orders, and now he has to face Haihan's strict security measures, he is still trying to find possible loopholes in the other party.

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Sitting with a bunch of people in a carriage is not a good experience. Although it is not crowded, sitting for a long time without making any noise requires a lot of discipline. Unfortunately, Xue

The ship owner's temporary subordinates did not have such characteristics, and some people started to complain while waiting.

"Since we are just following and watching, why do we need to send out so many people and make all the brothers suffer here?"

"Are you stupid? If an opportunity arises to take action, will it be better to seize it with more people or with fewer people?"

"If you're not blind, you can see that all the people on the other side are armed with guns. What's the point of having a few more and a few less on our side? As long as they pull the trigger, it's just a delusion for you to even rush to a distance of ten feet!"

"You've already received the money for your life, so what's the point? When it's time to go to war, just take out the knife and go to war, stop whining!"

"Silence!" Captain Xue turned around and stopped his arguing comrades: "The enemy is still arguing! Think carefully about what to do next!"

Captain Xue actually had no idea what to do. Although he had some experience in organizing special operations, it was the first time in history that he had to deal with someone of Li Bo's level. He didn't have a rough plan of action beforehand.

His team did not have a tacit understanding, and even if the opportunity to take action did arise, he was not sure whether his group would be able to seize the opportunity.

At this time, Li Bo and his party were visiting the local refined salt refining and production process under the leadership of Luo Shengdong. After the coarse salt is dissolved, precipitated, filtered, evaporated, and processed repeatedly, it will become refined salt sold on the market.

Luo Shengdong grabbed a handful of refined salt and put it in front of Li Hao: "For refined salt of this quality, our selling price has been kept at about two-thirds of the price of the same refined salt in Daming. If necessary, it can even be lowered to even higher."

Low. However, we have reached an agreement with Daming last year and will negotiate with Daming on the issue of salt pricing to prevent Daming from excessive losses in salt tax."

Luo Shengdong's words did not leave much favor for the Ming Dynasty. Haihan had massively shipped private salt to the Ming Dynasty in the early years, and even used low prices to drive the official salt fields in Fuguang area into bankruptcy.

The losses can be imagined. After these official salt farms cease production, the salt demand in these areas will further depend on the supply of Haihan.

Although the two countries initially reached the agreement mentioned by Luo Shengdong after negotiations last year, in fact, Ming's salt production institutions on the southeast coast, especially in Guangdong and Guangxi, have been difficult to recover due to the huge impact they suffered, and the supply of salt on the market has been difficult to recover.

Most of it still depends on Haihan, so the essence of this agreement is to let the salt produced in Haihan enter the Ming Dynasty market through the officially recognized import channels of the Ming Dynasty, and turn it into official salt for sale. In this way, Haihan sells the salt

, the people's needs were met, and the Ming Dynasty's salt tax also returned to its previous level in the process, which can be said to be a happy outcome for everyone.

As for the salt farmers who have lost their jobs in the competition in the salt industry, the government can't take care of them. As long as the salt department can steadily extract taxes from the salt trade, the salt is produced in their own salt fields.

It was still the salt field of Haihan State, and the relevant yamen were too knowledgeable not to get to the bottom of it.

In fact, in his early years, when Luo Shengdong was a private salt dealer selling salt for Haihan, he took a similar route and sold the salt directly to big salt dealers in various places, letting them use the monopoly qualifications issued by the salt class.

All these Haihan salts were turned into official salt and then sold. Officials at all levels including Tong Tiju, Deputy Tiju, Ku Ambassador and other officials of the Salt Class Tiju Department also made a lot of money from it.

In the past, the imperial court was afraid of Haihan and could only turn a blind eye to many things. But now that there is a formal agreement, it is justifiable to put these sales back under the management of the government, instead of the local salt department as before.

The officials operated at will. But this actually had little impact on the interests of these people, because the salt was still purchased from Haihan. Haihan would naturally follow the previous rules to ensure that their income was not affected, so that the entire sales channel could

It runs smoothly as always.

Li Ming is not very clear about the past interest disputes between Haihan and Ming Dynasty in the salt industry, but he can roughly think of the cause of the problem. After all, the salt industry is one of the lifeblood of a country, and the interests involved are too great for both countries.

They will certainly not give up control in this field easily. However, judging from what Luo Shengdong said, it seems that Haihan still has a slight upper hand - Daming can only resolve the conflict of interests between the two parties through negotiation, and

It is not a direct ban on the inflow of Haihan salt.

"Will your country's sea salt refining technology be introduced into the salt farms jointly operated in our country?" Li Bo actually still couldn't understand the production process explained by Luo Shengdong, so he simply asked the question he was concerned about. If

If refined salt of this quality cannot be produced, then the results of jointly opening a salt farm will obviously not be worth looking forward to.

"Of course." Luo Shengdong knew something about this, and he reassured Li Shu with a positive tone: "Our country has sent relevant technical personnel to your country. After the salt farm is completed and put into operation, something like this will happen."

Refined salt will also slowly appear in the homes of people in your country."

"That would be the best!" Li Mu said, but he had some different thoughts in his heart. Of course, the wealthy Haihan people can afford such refined salt, but the people in his country may not have the same spending power. However,

That doesn't matter. When the time comes, the production standards of the salt farm can be adjusted completely according to actual demand, and it is not necessarily necessary to mass-produce such refined salt.

At an intersection in the distance, Captain Xue was complaining bitterly: "I don't think there is any need to add salt to the cooking in this damn place. Even the breath is salty!"
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