Chapter seven hundred and forty seventh everyone has a big share
In previous lives, ancient civilizations such as ancient Egypt, ancient India, ancient Babylon, ancient Greece, and ancient China all originated from rivers and seas, that is, either rivers or seas, and they were big ones.
The reason for this is not so much that life relies on water, but rather that life relies on salt.
Only where salt can be delivered is where the lifeline can be extended.
"Zuo Zhuan", a famous book from the Spring and Autumn Period of China, says: "The major affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs."
"Si" means offering sacrifices, or praying, generally praying for a good harvest, while "rong" means war. But what was there to fight for in those days? Among the few answers, one thing stood out the most.
That's salt.
At that time and that year, it can be said that seventy-eight percent, or even eighty-nine percent, of the factors in the war were due to salt.
Just like the nuclear bomb was called the artifact of the country in later generations, before that, for thousands of years, salt has always been the foundation of a country. Any country, or power, can only be considered a country if it has mastered the salt veins.
Have the capital for survival and development.
For a long time, the so-called treasury basically consisted of grain tax plus salt tax. The importance of salt can be seen from this.
The so-called "firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea", excluding rice and salt, if the other items are added up to 10,000 times, it will not be able to compare with the proportion of the former. Any person or family, under extreme circumstances, can completely avoid eating oil.
You don’t have to eat tea if you don’t want to be jealous, but you can’t avoid eating salt.
Because it is necessary, it is important.
Even in later generations, if the country relaxes control, salt worth a few yuan per pound will instantly increase in value ten times or even dozens of times or even higher. This is a common thing. The reason is very simple, are you afraid that you won’t eat it?
If you have the ability, just give it a try!
As almost the only foundation of a country, the decline of salt’s dominant status depends on the fulfillment of several conditions:
One is the emergence of large-scale salt production methods, which makes it possible to produce salt in large quantities in batches.
Things are more valuable when they are scarce. Even necessary things will decrease in value when they become widespread. Just like sunlight, water, and air, everyone knows that they are important. But most of the time, they are worthless.
Oh, with the development of the times, water in cities has begun to charge money...
Ancient Rome also had tap water, but they didn’t charge for it. From this you can see how stupid the ancients were. They were hopelessly stupid. No wonder they were destroyed later. Damn it, you didn’t charge for it!
The second is the development of transportation and transportation, which needless to say.
In previous lives, even though online shopping such as Taobao has become extremely popular, in many remote places, things still cannot be purchased online because logistics costs usually far exceed the price of the item itself.
Third, we have to rely on the generosity of the country.
If the country is not generous, even if the first two conditions are met, the price of salt can still remain high.
In the past life, the era of Fang Tianlai. If one day, the profits from real estate and other things have been tapped, and the salt industry is put back on the profit train, it is not impossible.
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One after another, countless related knowledge rolled in Fang Tian's consciousness, from salt to other things, from other things to other things...
In the sea of consciousness, without Fang Tian's observation or knowledge, the most massive "sun" that represents food and drink blooms layer by layer like an onion or a flower.
It pulls dozens of other "suns" near and far away, which are also undergoing deformations of varying sizes.
The entire sea of consciousness, at this moment, is like the sunset sky in the real world.
The kind that is covered with fire clouds.
There is a mysterious interaction and flow between dozens of "suns".
And what is shown is the clouds and clouds.
It’s also incredibly beautiful.
If Fang Tian is immersed in the sea of consciousness at this time, facing this situation and this scene, he turns into a wet man and sighs "Sun, you are so beautiful", but there is no such thing as Fang Tian at this time has already
Focus on the few samples in front of you.
Several large piles of salt blocks and several large jars of salt water cover the five major salt lakes.
At the same time, information about the five salt lakes also flashed in Fang Tian's consciousness.
There are three small towns (big towns) in the jurisdiction of the northernmost, Heifeng City, the southernmost, Xiaoye City, and Yanhuang New City. Two of them are salt-producing. The other small town, Sanhe City, although it does not directly produce salt, is
It is surrounded by three salt-producing towns.
In other words, it can basically be said that the three cities and twenty-eight towns in Xincheng's jurisdiction, these three cities, almost all relied on salt.
Especially Black Wind City. Just by hearing the name, you can tell that it is not a good road. In fact, it is indeed the case. Black Wind City hangs alone in the wilderness at the northern end. Looking around, it is full of wilderness and rivers, and on its east side,
The strong wind blowing from the gap in the Calado Mountains continues year after year.
If salt is suddenly no longer produced here, Fang Tian has no doubt that in just a few days, this small town called Heifeng and several nearby towns that serve as staging points will be emptied of people and then "hacked"
"Wind" cleanses it and turns it into wilderness again.
In this day and age, this kind of place is indeed quite remote, so it’s no wonder that no one wanted it, and Yanhuang City got the advantage in the end.
Maybe the empire will not take these benefits that are not huge in its eyes. Of course, this is not the main reason. The main reason is that this is a world of cultivators. Not to mention the upper class of society, even the middle class, the vast majority of them
, the fundamental pursuit is not in worldly interests.
It’s not just the middle class, but also extends to the lower class. Well, just like Morrissey last year, gold and silver coins will probably not be considered in his eyes. The most likely thing is that as long as he has food to eat.
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And this is a half-"degenerated" magician who has little pursuit in magic practice.
It cannot be said that there are no other oddities and exceptions, but this is the main trend or popular custom in society, and it is impossible for all "non-mainstream" people to do so lavishly - they have neither the ability nor the courage.
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Generally speaking, the pursuit directions of the upper middle class and the lower class are different. As a result, although the low class has almost no room for improvement, it is almost completely free and unfettered.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
From Fang Tian's point of view, who has understood and continues to understand the way of yin and yang, there are of course good and bad things, so I won't talk about the specifics.
But when he came here, the situation was different. All the ownership of the major salt lakes should be taken back, hehe. If left unchecked, the only thing that would be cheap would be some local snakes. No matter how much the salt industry benefits, in fact, with real ordinary people,
It doesn't matter much either.
Rather than taking advantage of those local snakes, that is, the "small handful", it is better to truly put these benefits into the hands of local people, just like the mountain goods business in Hongshi Town, where everyone benefits and everyone has a share.
Of course, whether the portion is large or small depends on each person’s ability.
Everyone has a share, so that the elderly can be supported and the young have something to rely on. The share is large and small, so that they can be strong and useful. The greater the ability and the greater the contribution, the more income. The combination of these two is a convenient way.
The most ideal way to distribute benefits that can be thought of today.
Well, in other words, this is also "yin and yang".
Based on the nature of this society, that is, the different pursuit directions of the upper and lower classes, this distribution of interests is likely to be maintained for a long time.
Fang Tian is also confident to promote it to the entire Yanhuang City.
Of course, it’s hard to say whether he can get out of Yanhuang City. But why pursue so much in the beginning? He is just the lord of Yanhuang City, not the lord of the empire, nor the lord of the continent, the head of the earth, nor the director of the solar system.
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Just be yourself.
Doing things is like this, and practicing is like this. In other words, the two are the same thing.