Chapter 363: Salt Refinery

363 Salt Refinery

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Li Zixiao said that he would do it, anyway, at this time, the reorganization of the army has generally been completed, and the rest is the training of recruits, which will take time.

Li Zixiao handed over the trivial affairs of the army to Wei Hong, who had been appointed by Li Zixiao as the deputy marshal at this time, and was responsible for the training of recruits and the handling of daily troop chores.

Among them, it does not include the transfer of troops, and the transfer of troops below one team, Wei Hong does not need to ask Li Zixiao, but anyone who transfers more than one team of soldiers must have Li Zixiao's warrant.

Li Zixiao, who has experience in later generations, knows that the army must be firmly in his own hands, and the subordinates he appoints must be loyal to him.

Even when Li Zixiao arrived in Xuzhou City, he commanded the yamen to rectify Xuzhou, and when he was so busy, he insisted on inspecting the camp outside the city every two days.

You must not let yourself be too alienated from the troops, this is what Li Zixiao has always remembered, in this troubled world, the gun in his hand is everything.

After the end of the Northern Expedition, Qi Wei, Luo, Zhou Dazhu and other generals who participated in this battle were all given official positions, and Li Zixiao gave a lot of rewards.

Meritorious service will be rewarded, this is the rule of the White Dragon Army.

And Wei Hong, the old man who followed Li Zixiao at the earliest, was also promoted to the position of deputy marshal by Li Zixiao, and Li Zixiao took a fancy to Wei Hong's balanced level and overall situation.

If it is a round of bravery, he can't compare to Li Tianba and Luo, in terms of the strategy of leading the troops to fight, he can't compare to Qi Wei and Liu Chong, but in terms of loyalty, he is definitely the highest.

This alone is actually enough, and it is impossible for Li Zixiao to hand over the troops to his subordinates who he does not trust.

Wei Hong surrendered 6 distances before, and Hong Sheng and the two almost pulled up a water military camp for the White Dragon Army, and when Li Zixiao went north to attack the Tartars, Wei Hong was also dispatched in the back and sat in the town.

It can be said that Wei Hong has merit, qualifications, loyalty, and loyalty, and he is also Li Zixiao's most trusted confidant at this time, and no one in the White Dragon Army has any objections to promoting him to deputy marshal.

At this time, there was no war, and after Li Zixiao handed over the affairs of the army to Wei Hong, he returned to the need to rectify the affairs of the yamen and prepare to make money.

As for the civil affairs of Xuzhou, Li Zixiao didn't care about it for the time being, anyway, Qiu Guangming is here, this person's ability is not bad, and Xuzhou has always been well managed by him.

And Yongcheng is Li Zixiao's lair, he did not give up, at this time there is still a battalion of the White Dragon Army in Yongcheng, after all, many workshops there need to be protected temporarily.

And Yongcheng County Ling Wang Yong, this old guy is very familiar with current affairs, and at this time he has firmly hugged Li Zixiao's thigh, and Yongcheng is also stable under his governance.

What's more, after two years of Li Zixiao's operation, Yongcheng has reclaimed a large area of wasteland, built several canals, introduced tens of thousands of displaced people, and divided villages into villages.

In addition, Li Zixiao killed most of the landlords, divided the land, and promised to pay 30% of the tax.

made the annual grain output of Yongcheng County last year almost catch up with half of the annual grain output of Xuzhou Prefecture, which really scared Li Zixiao.

For the first time, after the people paid the taxes and repaid the seeds, cattle and other things that the White Dragon Army gave them on credit, they still had surplus grain in their hands.

In the past, it was simply unimaginable that in the past, after they had paid the landlord's rent, it was estimated that there would not be much grain left for the winter.

It is precisely because of this that at this time, Yongcheng County has a population of more than 100,000 people, and every family hangs a portrait of Li Zixiao, and the people even set up an immortal monument to Li Zixiao to worship.

In Yongcheng County, if anyone dares to say a bad word about Li Zixiao, they will definitely be beaten into a dog's head by the crowd passing by.

It can be said that Yongcheng County is Li Zixiao's most solid base, and a quarter of the tens of thousands of soldiers of the White Dragon Army are from this county.

In this case, Li Zixiao will never give up Yongcheng, even if it belongs to Henan Mansion, after Li Zixiao was transferred to Xuzhou Mansion, Li Zixiao still left a battalion of soldiers and horses to garrison.

In this regard, the Henan government also adopted an attitude of turning a blind eye, pretending not to know, who made Li Zixiao in the limelight at this time, and no one wanted to offend such a powerful general.

Qian Guangyuan was found a reason by Li Zixiao at this time, stuffed into Qiu Guangming's prefect's yamen, and got a six-pin pass judgment to do.

Qiu Guangming was really embarrassed to refuse Li Zixiao's personal entry into his prefect's yamen, otherwise he would tear his face with Li Zixiao, and his position as the prefect of Xuzhou would not be stable.

And the reason why Li Zixiao stuffed Qian Guangyuan into the prefect's yamen was to prepare for the seizure of power in the near future.

But at this time, Li Zixiao's order to Qian Guangming was to watch and think more, and he didn't need to do anything, and Li Zixiao believed that Qiu Guangming would not give him important things to do.

And when Li Zixiao came up with the idea of refining refined salt, he went to the camp outside Xuzhou every few days to inspect a few laps, and then devoted himself to salt refining.

At the end of May of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the weather in Xuzhou at this time had become hotter.

At this time, Yunlong Mountain, twenty miles south of Xuzhou City, on this always lonely earth mountain, many people have come these days.

Among them were carpenters, blacksmiths, stonemasons, plasterers, and so on, from all walks of life.

They are constantly busy on the mountain, and after more than a month of construction by thousands of craftsmen, a large-scale building complex has appeared on the mountain for 6 consecutive years.

Zhao Teng was standing on the construction site at this time, as if he was urging something to a group of craftsmen.

A craftsman who looked like a small boss said with a bitter face: "Lord Zhao, the current construction period is already very tight, if you speed up the progress, the villain really can't catch up!" ”

Zhao Teng made a straight face and said: "No, I will give you another half a month to continue to complete the construction of all the buildings, and then the meeting will start immediately."

This is a death order issued by the general, and you must complete it within ten days, otherwise your official will be punished and you will not be able to escape. ”

"Lord Zhao!"

The foreman was so anxious that he almost knelt down for Zhao Teng, and he said anxiously: "It's really not good, building a workshop is a big deal, the villain doesn't dare to be sloppy, it's really not fast."

I have this craftsman on hand, if the workshop house built is not up to standard, and there will be problems in the future, how can the small one be worthy of the general! ”

"It really can't be any faster?"

When Zhao Teng saw this craftsman, he was about to cry, and he also believed it in his heart, and his face softened.

In fact, this is the task he was transferred out of the White Dragon Army by Li Zixiao and ordered to complete.

It is rare to get Li Zixiao's appreciation, of course, Zhao Teng mustered up the spirit of 120,000 points and put his mind on this task.

Zhao Teng pondered for a while, then slowly turned to the craftsman's head and asked, "What if this official adds another five hundred people to you?" ”

"Add more people to the villain?"

The craftsman's face was overjoyed, and after a moment's thought, he replied, "If you add another five hundred men to the villain, then you can give it a try." ”

"It's not about giving it a try, it's about meeting the deadline."

Zhao Teng said solemnly: "This construction period is indeed very tight, but as long as you can ensure the quality and complete it on schedule, the general has already issued an order, and he will double your reward." ”

"Is that true?"

As soon as the craftsman heard Zhao Teng's last sentence, his eyes suddenly flashed with light, and he hurriedly said: "If this is the case, the villain will also fight."

The villain works harder, and the subordinates work harder, and they must build these houses and workshops on time with quality and quantity. ”

The White Dragon Army recruited these craftsmen to work, and they all paid silver and grain, even pork and livestock, and they were particularly well paid.

Zhao Teng couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, you guys hurry up and do something, and the official will take a look around." ”

After speaking, Zhao Teng began to patrol the mountain again.

Yunlong Mountain is not big, but it is enough to accommodate two or three thousand people to do things here.

Li Zixiao put the place where the coarse salt is refined here because it is close enough to Xuzhou City, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is hidden.

For this reason, Li Zixiao also sent 500 soldiers stationed at the foot of the mountain to firmly surround Yunlong Mountain, and never allowed anyone on Yunlong Mountain to come down, let alone anyone else to go up at will.

So far, Li Zixiao has selected 800 homeless households and signed a contract with them.

The contract stipulates that they must work on Yunlong Mountain for at least ten years before they can come down, and if they violate the rules and secretly descend the mountain, the garrison under the mountain will kill them on the spot.

Although there are many homeless people who are puzzled and worried about Li Zixiao's approach, many people still sign the contract for the sake of the generous remuneration.

What's more, Li Zixiao took in the displaced people in Yongcheng before, and provided relief to the victims, so that his reputation was very good among the displaced people, and many displaced people heard about it.

Of course, it is limited to the homeless, in the eyes of those landlords, officials and businessmen, Li Zixiao is simply a greedy and fierce brutal general who eats people and does not spit out bones.

These homeless people are already living a hungry life, and at this time, Li Zixiao can give them a job, and the treatment is so good that they don't dare to think about it.

Although the conditions are also harsh, if they don't accept it, they will be frozen to death and starved to death if they can't get this winter, so it's better to give it a try.

As long as they survive the decade, when they come down the mountain ten years later, they will be a little rich.

At that time, their children had also grown up, and with this money, they could also build a house in the city and talk about a satisfactory family affair.

In mid-June, when the house workshop on Yunlong Mountain was built, Li Zixiao secretly purchased a batch of about 10,000 catties of coarse salt through the channels of the Guan family in Yangzhou.

In addition, before King De promised to give him a county salt introduction every year, at this time, Li Zixiao got a total of about 30,000 catties of coarse salt through various channels.

Li Zixiao immediately ordered the homeless people who had been prepared for a long time to settle in Yunlong Mountain, and personally explained to those homeless people in Yunlong Mountain the essentials of how to refine refined salt.

With Li Zixiao's explanation, nearly 2,000 homeless people were stunned one by one.

These homeless people have eaten coarse salt all their lives, and they could never have imagined that it would be such a simple thing to refine refined salt from coarse salt.

The 800 homeless families who went up the mountain were all husband and wife, or with their parents, children, and finally in addition to children, there were nearly 2,000 people who could be put into the production of refined salt, and the number was a bit large.

However, Li Zixiao believes that after the refined salt in his hand is sold at a lower price, it will definitely be robbed by the people, and then the output will inevitably increase, and 2,000 people may not be enough at that time.

It was only then that some of the outcasts whose brains turned quickly immediately understood why the commander had to sign such a ten-year contract with them.

This method of refining refined salt is so simple.

If any of them were to sneak down the mountain and spread this technique, causing a flood of refined salt, the damage to the commander would be immeasurable.

Looking at Li Zixiao, who personally explained to everyone at this time and refined the skills of coarse salt, some homeless people looked helplessly at the foot of the mountain.

When they saw the soldiers of the White Dragon Army who had been deployed three times at the foot of the mountain, armed with knives and guns and wearing armor, they quickly gave up their careful thinking of escaping down the mountain.

It seems that I really want to stay on this mountain for ten years, but fortunately, I still have my daughter-in-law and children with me, and ten years must have passed quickly!

After staying on Yunlong Mountain for two days, Li Zixiao's body was full of salty smell, so he went down the mountain with the first batch of refined refined salt.

handed over the refined salt to Li Yan, who had been waiting at the foot of the mountain for a long time, waiting for his eyes, and how to disappear the task of how to disappear these refined salts, Li Zixiao handed it over to Li Yan, which was also another test for him.

Last time, Li Yan led people to complete the task of trading with Tartar, and it was done very well, so that Li Zixiao also had high hopes for Li Yan, and transferred him to his side as an adjutant, ready to be reused.

When Li Yan saw those porters, carrying a load of refined salt from white flowers, this guy's eyes turned green.

He knows some inside information, but he knows that these refined salts are all refined by Li Zixiao with those coarse salts that are not worth a few dollars.

This is simply a means of turning a million profits and turning stones into gold!

"The general wants money this time!"

This is the thought that rose in Li Yan's heart, and he knew very well in his heart that Li Zixiao, who had this refined salt refining technology in hand, would become the richest person in Jiangnan in a short time as long as there was no accident.

Looking at Li Yan's somewhat sluggish expression, Li Zixiao patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Okay, don't stay, you have to remember that the task you want to go to Yangzhou this time is to open up the situation."

When the time comes, I will ask the Guan family to help you, if you can talk to the salt merchants there. Climb up the friendship. Let them act as our agent for the sale of white queen refined salt.

But you have to remember not to reveal that these refined salts are made by us, otherwise there will be big trouble. ”

Li Yan said respectfully: "The general can rest assured, the humble official knows what to do, but what makes the humble official puzzled is why the general is willing to go far and south, and first transport the refined salt to Yangzhou." Why not sell in our Xuzhou? ”

Li Zixiao shook his head and said: "I have my own plans for this, you only need to be in charge of the Yangzhou piece, don't let me down." ”

"Yes, this is the lowly position"

Li Yan is a smart person, he knows that any person in a position of authority will not put all his eggs in the same basket.

Even if Li Zixiao trusted him again, he would not hand over such a big matter as refined salt to him.

There are still three caves in the cunning rabbit, let alone Li Zixiao? It's not about trusting or not, it's just a mentality that a superior must have.

Li Yan figured this out, so he immediately prepared to rush to Yangzhou and prepare to handle this matter well.

(End of chapter)

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