There is something fishy about the matter, and it is natural that we need to investigate clearly.
Hu Sisi's idea was right, but Pei Yun disagreed.
"We can't investigate it now. If we investigate it, it will only alert the enemy."
"Only solving the problems we see is treating the symptoms but not the root cause. The correct approach is to expose the real problems so that we can follow the clues and find the real enemy."
"You should pay more attention to yourself these days. The other party has already taken action. If you don't succeed once, there will definitely be other methods."
"We need to create an illusion to make people feel that they can do things unscrupulously. The protection in the workshop is a bit too safe now and needs to be weakened so that people can take advantage of it."
"Qi'er, it's time for our people to move around. You go and make arrangements."
Regarding the confidentiality of salt production, Qi Xiangru was doing it before.
From the workers to the nursing home, everyone was arranged by Qi Xiangru.
There is nothing to say about the nursing home. They are all soldiers transferred from the private army, so there is no need to doubt their loyalty.
Workers are different.
The workers here refer to workers in the workshops.
The workshop is a place that specializes in converting brine into salt. They are familiar with the steps of making salt.
This is the core technology of salt production. It is precious and cannot be passed on to outsiders.
There are hundreds of workers in the workshop.
Qi Xiangru could select loyal nursing homes, but it was difficult to find hundreds of loyal workers.
Originally, Qi Xiangru had just settled in Min County.
Apart from the private army, there are only so many people around us, and it is impossible to send everyone around us as workers.
What Qi Xiangru did was to make these people his servants.
As a servant, if he rebels, it is not too much for his master to cut him to pieces with a thousand knives.
Not only that, these people’s families were also brought to dig for salt.
Once the salt-making workers dare to rebel, the whole family will be affected.
For those without family members, their freedom of movement will be restricted.
Of course, food, clothing, treatment, etc. will not be treated poorly.
In this way, Qi Xiangru ensured the loyalty of hundreds of workers.
This approach is considered appropriate.
But now it seems that it is still not enough.
The hot brine spilled over and almost injured Hu Sisi.
This seems to be an accident.
After all, the pot got burned, that's what happens.
But this is looking at things from an outsider's perspective.
And from Pei Yun's perspective.
The pots in the workshop are all made by Niu Lili, but if I teach Niu Lili the blacksmithing skills, these pots are not of the same grade as the pots sold on the market.
It makes sense to say that what was burned was a pot sold on the market.
What can be burned is the workshop pot.
This is questioning Niu Lili's ability and even insulting his own ability.
Something that should have been impossible happened, and if it wasn't an accident, it could only be man-made.
It's not a bad thing that problems have been exposed.
Coupled with the current salt price in Kyoto, this is an early warning.
Taking precautions before they happen is not unnecessary.
In fact, salt production is a very important matter, and you need to be vigilant if there is any trouble.
Since there is a problem in the workshop, find out the problem.
As for what means to use to find it, that depends on it.
In the workshop, after a busy day, the workers lay down to rest.
The sound of conversation started.
"Have you noticed that there seem to be a lot less soldiers outside. I just went to relieve myself, and I saw only one person guarding the gate."
"Who says it's not the case? I've inquired about it and they've all been transferred. It's said that transporting salt is a bit tight now. The road is not smooth and we need manpower."
"That's right, just tighten it up at the beginning, and then loosen it up as time goes by. They say they are afraid of outsiders coming to make moves, and they want to ensure the safety of us people. I don't know, but I thought they were guarding against some of us.
Traitor, I ask you, will you be a traitor?"
"Fart, I despise traitors the most. If I know who is a traitor, I will twist his head off. But when it comes to outsiders making moves, since there are fewer soldiers, we have to pay more attention to the salt we made.
But it’s all just free money.”
"Yes, this is the road to wealth. You have to guard it carefully. No amount of ambition is too much."
The weakened protection of the workshop was soon known to the concerned people in the workshop.
Some people start planning something, but what this person doesn't know is that his plan is just someone else's plan.
Pei Yun was talking, while Qin Qier interrupted to say a word or two.
"Obviously, what people are most concerned about in Huzhuang today is the method of making salt."
"In the eyes of others, as long as you get the salt-making method, you can make salt like Huzhuang. But is it really that easy?"
"Originally, the method of making salt was intended to be spread through the imperial court, but the imperial court did not want to do this and instead gave it special privileges. Under such circumstances, it was natural to maximize the benefits."
"It's only when I want to give it that I give it. If I don't want to give it, I don't want to come and get it."
"The secrecy of the salt-making method will face its first and hopefully last test."
"Now that I've been given a chance, I don't know how long it will take for the other party to make a move."
Qin Qi'er on the side spoke: "Master, the slave family has a problem. If someone really gets the method of making salt, what impact will it have?"
Pei Yun: "If you really want people to know how to make salt, it's impossible for others to learn everything."
"First of all, you need to know how to select a site for drilling. Not all places can dig salt underground."
"You also need tools to drill wells. I specially made the drilling tools. If others want to imitate them... I'm curious as to how much effort it would take to imitate them."
"In other people's eyes, as long as they have the method to make salt, they can make salt, but they don't know that how to dig out the salt is equally important, and digging out the salt requires not only methods, but also hardware support.
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"Of course, we don't rule out that there are really capable people who can solve the hardware problems."
"If this is really going to happen, there's nothing I can do about it. Everything won't always go as I want."
"Actually, I'm still thinking about a problem. No matter whether others can get the method of making salt or not, there will be no peace in Huzhuang."
"If we can get the method of making salt, others will definitely try their best to destroy Huzhuang so that they can monopolize the method of making salt."
"If the method of making salt cannot be obtained, others will try their best to destroy Huzhuang and will not let Huzhuang take the lead."
"Of course, the premise of all this is that the opponent is strong enough, and Min County is just a soft persimmon who can be manipulated."
"However, no matter whether the opponent is strong enough or whether Min County is a soft persimmon, in the end, you still have to rely on yourself to determine what role you can play in this and what influence you can have."
"I said, I don't think my request should be like this."