When the Jin Dynasty was founded, the famous general Ta Lan believed that there was a famous vassal town in Shandong that was rich in salt, iron, mulberry and hemp. Therefore, for the next hundred years, famous ministers and generals were appointed to sit in the country.
Among the four great benefits of salt, iron, mulberry and hemp, the one that brings in money the fastest is salt.
Since the 25th year of Dading, the seven salt departments established by the imperial court in Shandong, Cang, Baodi, Ju, Jie, Beijing, and Xijing have a combined annual income of no less than 17 million guan. Among them, the Shandong salt department has exceeded 4.3 million.
Guan, accounting for a quarter of Daikin’s salt tax revenue.
Shandong East Road governs two prefectures and eleven prefectures, and two prefectures and seven prefectures all have salt fields. For example, here in Laizhou, Jimo County has Laoshan Salt Fields, Buqishan Salt Fields, Tianshishan Salt Fields, Quli Salt Fields, etc., and Laiyang County has Hengcun Salt Fields.
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Relatively speaking, there are more salt fields on the east coast of Laizhou, while there are fewer on the west side. On the west coast, there are only two large salt fields, Haicangchang and Xiyouchang.
Among them, Haicangchang is close to the inlet of Glue. Although the harbor conditions are not as good as Taiping Bay at the foot of Sanshan Mountain in Saiyouchang, it is still acceptable on the generally shallow seaside. Therefore, it is regarded as an important coastal area and has a dedicated
In Haicang Town, there is a Muke under Shandong East Road Lugu Bila Meng'an stationed here.
There must be someone who installed Lu Gu Bi La in the imperial court. The Bo Ji Lie who installed this strong installation was King Lu Wanwan who had survived the previous coup in Zhongdu and also served as a co-contractor for Da Mu's family.
Yan Yongde.
In the first year of Mingchang, King Lu had to grant the title of "Lugu Bila Mengan", but he was a very wise king. He did not interfere in military affairs whether at the center of the court or in the local area. He only engaged in business to make money.
Since the reign of Emperor Sejong, there has been no war in Shandong East Road for nearly 50 years. The Jurchens entered Kuma and released Nanshan with swords and guns, and became accustomed to peaceful days. They also showed off their indifferent Bojilie, so this fierce peace was with all places.
The meng'an were trying to suppress their households, and gradually they made a living by farming and farming.
When it comes to farming ability, most Jurchens are not as good as Han people, so their lives are inevitably poor. Many people cannot pay the cow head tax in disaster years, so they have to sell their land to work as tenants for wealthy people.
The imperial court had been dissatisfied with this situation over the years, but blamed it on the insufficient amount of land controlled by the Jurchens, so it launched successive campaigns to seize Han'er's land and redistribute it to the Jurchens.
To be honest, the real big heads of those tens of millions of hectares of precious land that were taken away have their own places to go. The ordinary Jurchen fierce Anmou Kehu can only get some scraps and scraps missed by the big shots.
However, the local Han men were forced to sell their sons and daughters because of the expropriation of their fields. Everyone wept and cried... Who should I turn to to complain about this sorrow?
In the end, this move only intensified the conflict between the Jurchens and the local Han people again and again, causing constant bloody conflicts in the local area.
During the Mingchang period, the imperial court repeatedly issued edicts to encourage the people of Qi to marry each other, thinking that the country would have long-term peace. Why was this so?
This is because in many places, the conflicts between the Han people and the Jurchen farmers have become increasingly fierce, and it is no longer possible to maintain long-term stability at the grassroots level.
For example, here in Haicang Town, during the Dading period, many Jurchen farmers who had conquered lived together with Han people, and some even went against Emperor Sejong's will and got married. Now, at least 70 to 80% of the Jurchen farmers are
They all have Han ancestry. Many Jurchen farmers gave themselves Han names. Unless they were facing the court, they completely followed the Han customs and lived their lives.
But over the years, the people on both sides have not said they are no longer getting married, they are even wary of each other and have stopped interacting with each other.
Most of the Han people went to the Haicang Salt Fields, while most of the Jurchens gathered in the camp in the south of Haicang Town.
The fort is not a good place either. It has not been repaired for decades and is very dilapidated. The stone walls on the outside are full of collapsed gaps and weeds are growing everywhere. The two watchtowers have long since collapsed.
However, the Tunbao generally maintains its military shape, with only one door open and narrow windows. Therefore, it is hot and muggy in summer, but becomes humid and cold in autumn.
The Jurchen farmers' clothes would get moldy every year at this time, and the stored grains would also get moldy easily. If you don't pay attention, large mushrooms would grow under the straw.
The only advantage is probably that there are a lot of empty houses in Tunpu, and the farmers can live wherever they want.
That’s because during the Taihe period during the Song Dynasty and the Da’an war with Mongolia, the imperial court signed military contracts many times. After the Shandong Road Tongjun Division’s Zhenfangjia Army was demobilized, it was the turn of the Meng’an Moutou Kehu and Liangshe Army from various places.
, came down again and again, and transferred more than half of the young people in the local area.
How can the old and weak survive if those young and strong people leave without returning? The Mouke family in Haicang Town originally had 129 households during the Dading period, but now only 35 households remain.
As for the slaves and slaves, if there were really any, they would have been asked to join the army. In the huge fort, there are only a few tenant farmers in the Mouke family, and the other Jurchens are all miserable.
Farmers.
And Mou Ke also has the troubles of Mou Ke.
"Everyone is about to run out of food." Muke Aluhan sighed.
A few months ago, there was a military report saying that the Mongols had invaded again, so the military command department in Yidu continuously transferred men, horses, grain, and supplies. Those people were unreasonable. They not only took away young people, but also
The newly harvested grain stocks in the camp were swept away, even those kept for sowing were not spared.
As a result, the fighting at the front was unfavorable, and most of the dozen young men who were signed to the front line were killed by the Mongols. However, there were thirty-five households in the camp, with more than one hundred and twenty mouths, large and small, and there was nothing to eat.
, to starve to death.
Aruhan's own family has an old woman, a mother-in-law, and two children.
Half of the children were old enough to eat, but they were ignorant. Both the old woman and the old lady were sallow and thin, their eyes were dull, and they were staggering when they walked. They were saving rations for the children, and Aruhan didn't know it.
Isn't Aruhan himself the same? The belt hanging the long knife around his waist almost reached his hips, and his stomach growled from time to time.
He turned to look at his fallen companions, and continued to sigh. The inhalation and sighing themselves seemed to consume too much of his energy, making him even more hungry.
In order to distract himself, Aruhan looked to the west of Haicang Salt Fields.
The Salt Envoy is still very confident. Aluhan knows that there are at least three to five hundred stones of grain hidden in the Haicang Salt Farm. However, they are like mice burrowing, hiding all the food very tightly. The salt farm
The Han children also did not have enough to eat. They had a riot yesterday and two of them were killed.
Aruhan was interested in negotiating to borrow some food, but he kept hesitating. The Salt Envoy always had gold medals in his hands, and even when he saw the Commander-in-Chief and Meng Anbo being extremely fierce, he would not fall behind. He is such a big fart.
When Mou Ke goes to ask for help, he must not kowtow dozens of times?
You are not afraid of kowtowing, but what if you can't borrow food even if you kowtow? Hey, is it possible that we will have to fight with each other?
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly noticed that a bright red color suddenly appeared on the sea level in the distance.
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I have an emergency at home and I have to go out soon, so today is a bit short, sorry.