In the past, Liu Haojia would have been in the mood to pay attention to them, but the matter at the salt farm was too important, so he quickly drove away from everyone.
By the time he arrived at the salt factory, everyone in the salt factory was already in motion! In the salt field, the salt workers were smiling and walking around with push boards, pushing the salt particles that had condensed from the bottom of the water.
To both sides of the salt field.
Then other salt workers collect the salt grains and put them on the drying field to dry. When the surface of the salt grains is completely dry, they are put into sacks and transported to the warehouse for storage.
When Zhang Zhi saw Liu Haojia coming, he grabbed a handful of dried salt from the drying yard and ran over. He kept grinding it with his palms along the way. When he walked to Liu Haojia, the gap between his two palms
The salt grains have been ground into a lot of fine powder.
He stretched out his hand in front of Liu Haojia and said: "Master Hou, look, this is the salt we just produced!"
Liu Haojia reached out and picked up a pinch of salt and put it into his mouth to taste it slowly. He felt that the salty taste was relatively pure. There was still a hint of sea fishy and astringent taste, but it was already much better than the salt on the market! And look at it.
The color is close to modern table salt!
However, he still called three old salt workers over for a tasting. The three old salt workers were working in the salt fields. After being called over, they did not dare to taste it directly in Zhang Zhi's hands, but grabbed a handful themselves.
The salt was ground in the palm of his hand. After tasting it repeatedly, one person said: "Master Hou, this is definitely the best sea salt! It is much better than the salt in the south!"
Then the three people carefully commented on the difference between their own salt and southern salt, allowing Liu Haojia to confirm that the salt they produced was indeed a very high-quality product. After dissolving, filtering, and recrystallizing, the salt produced was as good as green salt.
I need good table salt! This kind of salt will definitely sell for a high price among the rich and powerful!
Liu Haojia was completely relieved when he saw that the three old salt workers were sure that the salt was of the highest quality! He turned to Zhang Zhi and said: "Zhang Zhi, since the salt field has produced salt, don't stop! You have to strive to produce more this year.
Salt will do!"
Zhang Zhi said with a look of embarrassment: "But, Lord Marquis, it's not that the servants don't work hard, but it's winter soon, and I'm afraid the production of salt won't increase! And it's winter, and the salt workers are always soaking in brine.
It’s easy to go wrong!”
Liu Haojia said: "What you said makes sense. However, although the temperature is not high in winter, the brine is not easy to freeze, and salt can still form! And you are right, the salt workers must do a good job of keeping warm.
Well, for example, would it be better to provide high-heeled wooden clogs to everyone who goes to the salt fields? You can think of other ways."
Zhang Zhi thought about it and naturally nodded in agreement. At this time, Liu Haojia continued: "Also, I have told you before that the most important thing as a manager is to be aware of it! And you want to be aware of it.
To know, you need to keep records of everything! You need to know things like what is the concentration of brine in a salt field and how much salt can be produced! And if you want to know, you have to explore from the data, so you have to make good data.
record!"
In this way, Liu Haojia gave Zhang Zhi another management lesson. What Zhang Zhi said to Liu Haojia was like a treasure, and he wished he could record it all in his heart!
In ancient China, many things were summarized based on personal experience, which posed a threat to inheritance. If the master was not good at teaching his disciples, or simply died early, a craft might be lost! This is the case in history.
There are so many such things!
This was the first time Liu Haojia had come across the method of recording various data in detail and finding patterns in the data, and he thought it made sense. He also discovered the advantage of doing so: as long as there were data records, even if there was no master
Teach me, as long as craftsmen follow the data, there is a high probability of making a finished product, and the quality is pretty good!
However, what he didn't know was that this practice had long been promoted in various factories under the name of Liu Haojia! This is why other workshops were surprised that the factories under Liansheng had more output and higher quality!
After Liu Haojia inspected the salt field, he turned around and left. He wrote a lot of letters and mailed them back. Now winter is about to begin, and after winter passes, it will be the most difficult time for Jiubian! At that time, the farmers in Bian Town themselves were in a lean period.
, and the grain and grass stored in Jiubian reached the edge of the warning line again, and it happened that the Tatars were about to go south to plunder again, so at that time the price of grain in Jiubian was higher than gold!彡彡訁凊
Liu Haojia's collaborators have been farming in Jiubian for a year. Although the output has not reached its peak, they have already stocked up a batch of grain. Now they are waiting to sell it to Jiubian in exchange for salt, so that Liu Haojia can
A hole has been opened in the marketing of domestic salt!
Time flies by very quickly, and it’s the end of the year again in the blink of an eye! Looking back, the one who has benefited the most this year is Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty!
The implementation of one of his braiding methods has achieved great success. This year, the entire Ming Dynasty not only paid off all debts, but also had an unprecedented surplus! This made everyone in the court celebrate, and everyone praised the wise leader and ministers.
Extremely!
As for Emperor Wanli, he gave birth to a prince, and the whole dynasty was celebrating! The emperor had an heir, which showed that God's favor on the Ming Dynasty would last for thousands of years!
As for Liu Haojia, he was not idle! He established the military academy of the Wu'an Army, expanded the team, expanded the navy, and began to establish a systematic military industrial enterprise. He also established a salt farm and prepared to start with the salt administration! At the same time, he also hoarded the first
A batch of salt. But since it is winter, there is not much salt produced. But wait until spring to stock up a batch, which will be enough for a trip to Jiubian!
As for Liu Guangyuan, it was a year when he made a fortune! These merchants who were pirates did all kinds of evil! From the Japanese country to the indigenous tribes in Southeast Asia, they all suffered from their abuse! When there are not enough manpower, they will be honest.
When doing business, when there are enough people, log in and rob!
The scope of business they were involved in was extremely wide, ranging from cloth to population! In particular, the Japanese country became their main source of hunting population! This is not to say that they have any deep hatred for the Japanese country, but that the little monkeys in Southeast Asia are really
He is lazy, stupid, and in poor health! He will either be beaten to death by his master or die of illness soon after he is captured, and he will not be able to sell at a high price!
In short, all kinds of things happened this year, but the entire Ming Dynasty was not only calm, but also prosperous! It’s just not clear how many undercurrents there were!