Chapter 1545 Xiangshan Salt Field

Several thousand acres of land have been initially planned for this salt farm in Xiangshan County, but the ownership of part of the land is still in the process of being handed over, and the number of migrant workers that can be recruited locally is relatively limited. It is impossible to start full-scale construction from the beginning, and can only be constructed in stages.

It has been put into production in batches.

In order to seize the time for implementation, Yang Yun did not even have time to organize and formulate a relatively complete construction plan. After several foremen from the Ministry of Construction surveyed the topography and landforms on the spot, they roughly demarcated an area for the migrant workers to first

Level the foundation, and then design the overall layout of the salt field while constructing. Although it seems very hasty to do so, fortunately, Haihan already has rich experience in salt field development and construction. All he has to do is apply the construction plans that have been used in the past to the local area.

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In recent years, Haihan has popularized the use of wind and steam-powered irrigation devices in salt fields all over the country, making the seawater treatment capacity of the salt field much stronger than that of its counterparts in Daming. It has great advantages in terms of production cost and production efficiency. This is also the reason why Haihan

One of the main reasons why the refined salt produced in Han Dynasty can beat the official salt in the Ming Dynasty market. For Haihan, opening a salt farm is basically a sure-profit business. Although the initial investment will be relatively large, the subsequent profit period is long enough.

Even far longer than the average plantation operating cycle. Moreover, Haihan's industrial development also requires a large amount of salt as raw materials. Even if the output at a certain stage is greater than the sales volume, Haihan's own demand is enough to easily absorb this part of the production capacity.

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Haihan hired hundreds of migrant workers locally, and the construction of the salt farm naturally spread quickly in the county. The public's reaction to this was relatively calm. After all, Haihan has been operating at Shipu Port in the south for a period of time.

Over the years, the local people have basically adapted to the existence of Haihan, and they also know that these foreigners are here to seek wealth rather than invade the Ming Dynasty, so they are not particularly surprised by projects like the salt farm. Moreover, the Haihan people said that this

The salt from the salt field will be sold as official salt in the Ming Dynasty in the future. It is not private salt that violates the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so there will be no procedural troubles, and ordinary people will not have to worry about being liquidated by the government for participating in this matter.

Of course, the most important point is that the Xiangshan County Government has maintained a completely indifferent attitude towards the salt field construction site outside the county seat. According to Haihan, arrangements have been made for the County Magistrate King in advance, so the Yamen

There won't be any problems. I guess Wang Huan in the yamen could only knock out his teeth and swallow it after hearing such a statement.

With the start of the project, Gu Qufei and others who cooperated with Haihan finally surfaced. For these people to get the opportunity to jointly open the salt field with Haihan, the locals naturally had various emotions of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

But only the people involved knew that when they invited the Haihan people to come to Xiangshan for inspection, they never considered building a salt farm locally. If the Haihan people hadn't come up with such a bold idea and took the lead in the operation, they would have

They won't even touch the edges.

They decided to take the gamble with Yang Yun that day. These people also made great determination and even prepared for the worst. However, the situation has stabilized now, and they have transformed from risk-takers who were blocking their wealth to those who have a unique vision.

, a bold and careful investment master, has attracted many envious eyes. There are also belated people who want to cooperate with Haihan and find some coastal wasteland to build salt farms, but Haihan has stopped accepting the offer.

Okay. Zhoushan did not want to make the scale of the salt field too large, so that the Ming court could not pretend to be blind. It was just about appropriate, and it would save some face for the Ming Dynasty.

The price of the wasteland that Gu Qufei and others came up with was extremely low, and they only spent less than ten thousand taels of silver in total. Of course, this price was the level before the news of the salt farm broke out, and now they want to spend the same amount to acquire this wasteland.

It's no longer possible.

After Yang Yun negotiated with them, he finally transferred the ownership of this wasteland to the salt farm by buying shares in the salt farm at a discounted price of the land. Gu Qufei and other five people jointly held 20% of the shares in the salt farm.

.Although the proportion may seem small, this is not a one-time deal, but a long-term benefit that can be obtained continuously. As long as they and their descendants do not sell their shares, this dividend will continue to grow as long as the Xiangshan Saltworks is open.

How long will it take? The expenditure they spent on acquiring the land will definitely be repaid in the first year after the salt farm is put into operation, so this investment is worth thousands of dollars.

In addition to the production facilities of the salt farm itself, Haihan will also organize migrant workers to build a residential area that can accommodate at least two villages in this area to accommodate future salt farm workers nearby. With the creation of residential areas, there will be many supporting facilities

Industry and service facilities will also appear in this originally barren land. A prosperous scene similar to that of the Yinggehai Saltworks in Hainan Island is very likely to appear in the Xiangshan Saltworks in the future.

In addition, Haihan will also build a freight terminal on the coast adjacent to the salt field to ensure that locally produced salt can be conveniently transported to other places through sea channels. Similar terminals are found in various salt fields owned by Haihan, and construction

The standards are also relatively unified, so there is no need to spend a lot of time on design. All you need to do is make slight changes to the details of the construction plan according to local conditions. There are many docks along the coast of Zhejiang, so you need to find some knowledgeable local foremans to direct the construction.

It's not difficult to do either.

The person most dissatisfied with the saltworks project was probably the county magistrate Wang Huan. His previous contact with the Haihan people made Wang Huan feel that he had been humiliated. He refused to let go, hoping that his persistence could create some resistance for the Haihan people.

, making it difficult for them to settle down locally. But in the end, he discovered that this was just his wishful thinking. The Haihan people did not regard his persistence as an obstacle at all, but chose to bypass him directly after the bribery failed.

He went his own way in Xiangshan County and organized people to start building salt fields.

Although Wang Huan was a local official, it was difficult for him to restrain himself from such an action that was close to a demonstration. The city defense troops in the county were all members of the Changguo Guard, and Yan Guowei, the commander of the Chang Guowei, had long been wearing the same pants as the Haihan people.

Well, it is obviously unrealistic to expect the city defense army to confront the Haihan people.

In addition to the city defense army, the only armed personnel that Wang Huan can command at ordinary times are county government officials and a few police officers. But the function of this group of people is only to maintain local security, and they must go out to fight with the sea.

The Han people worked hard to survive, so Wang Huan would probably be regarded as having a mental problem by his subordinates - there were many people fighting against the Han people in Zhejiang, and there were even imperial officials among them, but now the grass on the graves may be taller than the people.

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Moreover, Wang Huan heard that the brother of the county government’s captain, Yu, was working as a foreman at the Haihan salt field construction site. Yu, the captain, had been on sick leave for the past few days. It was obvious that he was already working as a foreman for the Haihan people near the construction site.

Watchdogs maintain order.

In fact, as long as the people in the county government have connections, most of them will take the initiative to show their kindness to the Haihan people in order to get a chance to make a fortune. For such a big project as building a salt farm, as long as the Haihan people can squeeze out a little life from the gaps between their fingers, then

It's a bit of income. Taking a step back, the Haihan people have now settled in Xiangshan County. From now on, everyone will look up and not look down at each other. If we build a relationship early, we will get along easier in the future. We can't all be like the county magistrate.

I don't want the benefits of being delivered to my door, I have to fight against the Haihan people with a stiff neck.

Although no one dared to express such thoughts in front of Wang Huan, it was not difficult for Wang Huan to feel that the atmosphere in the county government was not on his side. But he did not dare to go to Haihan's construction site to cause trouble on his own.

We can only pretend to be deaf to the situation outside the county and pretend not to know that Haihan has started work in the county.

Yang Yun really didn't take Wang Huan seriously. He had a lot of things on his hands, so he had no time to care about Wang Huan's feelings. From the day Wang Huan rejected his wooing methods, Yang Yun had already put this aside.

People have been crossed out from their list of social partners. For Yang Yun, Ming officials who are unwilling to cooperate with Haihan can be treated as transparent people. If there are still people who dare to go against Haihan, then notify the security

It would not be too late for the ministry to come forward to solve the problem. For an official like Wang Huan, who is afraid of life and death and pretends to be honorable, Yang Yun plans to wait until the salt farm construction project is on track, and then see what means can be used to remove him from the position of county magistrate.

Take it away.

Haihan is not afraid of the Ming officials he is dealing with reaching out, but what he is afraid of is that the other party is unwilling to accept the benefits. As long as he is willing to accept money, the power in his hands will definitely have a price, and what Haihan is best at is winning over Ming officials to exercise power.

Money transactions. For someone like Wang Huan who refuses to accept money, the best way to deal with it is to remove him and replace him with an official who is willing to accept money.

While construction was in full swing in Xiangshan, Haihan also began to mobilize contacts in Hangzhou for this salt farm project, sending benefits to the yamen officials in charge of the salt industry in order to win an official salt status for the future production of the Xiangshan Salt Farm.

This job will obviously not be as easy as spending money to acquire land in Xiangshan County. It requires a lot of preparation work to meet with these officials and negotiate a reasonable price. Although Haihan is known for not being short of money, the details still remain the same.

As a businessman's values, he will inevitably bargain during every transaction to show how much he values ​​it.

On the tenth day of the construction, good news finally came back from Hangzhou. The people for the transfer of salt envoys and the salt class promotion department had been found. As for the position of salt inspection censor, it was currently vacant in Zhejiang, but it was for Hai

Han saved a lot of money.

After securing the government office in charge of the salt industry, the Xiangshan Salt Field under construction has successfully obtained the shell of the official salt field, and its future production will naturally become official salt. Although salt must be paid to the government office in charge for this purpose.

Tax, but there is a lot of room for maneuver.

For example, assuming that the actual output of the Xiangshan Salt Farm requires 10,000 taels of silver to be paid to the Ming Dynasty treasury as salt tax, then Haihan only needs to falsely report the output and let it shrink to only one thousand taels of silver, and then prepare another two thousand taels of silver.

Go and make some joints to shut up the officials in charge, so that you can make a lot more inside and outside. As long as Haihan gets the title of this official salt farm, he will be able to control how much he produces and how much he reports in the future, and the profits will be huge.

It is not much lower than during the smuggling period. And the large amount of freight saved by local production can be used to subsidize the cost of burning incense for various yamen.

The original list of targets for burning incense also included the Xiangshan County Government Office, but it was immediately crossed out by Yang Yun because of Wang Huan's performance. After taking care of the two administrative offices in Hangzhou, there was nothing else that could stop the Xiangshan Saltworks project.

Objective factors exist, and the existence of Xiangshan County Government has become indispensable for the implementation of the salt farm project. In addition to an army company sent from Zhoushan to maintain security here, Chang Guowei also specially sent a general.

He brought about a hundred people and stationed them beside the official road one mile away from the salt field construction site to act as bodyguards.

The reason why Chang Guowei was particularly active in this matter was that the commander Yan Guowei hoped to obtain the salt marketing rights in some areas. He wanted to use his convenient conditions in the military to squeeze into the salt merchant industry. Although the sea salt merchants

The Han side has not agreed to his application for the time being, but Yan Guowei is also an old fox and deliberately sent troops to guard the construction site. The purpose is to show to outsiders that the Haihan salt farm project is guarded by Chang Guowei, and the rest are idle

There is no need for people to come over and join in the fun.

Yang Yun couldn't see Yan Guowei's little calculation, but he didn't have the extra energy to slowly negotiate with Yan Guowei. Anyway, Chang Guowei's troops did not consume Haihan's food, nor did they disrupt the order of the construction site, so Yang Yun took office.

Played by Yan Guowei.

And Yan Guowei is not the only one who is interested in the salt farm project. The two yamen in charge of the salt industry in Hangzhou each want to obtain the sales rights of 10% of the production. At that time, businessmen arranged by them will come forward to negotiate with Haihan.

After Ningbo Magistrate Qu Yutong heard about this, he naturally would not let go of this opportunity to make money at home. He immediately sent a letter to Shi Diwen, hoping to get a piece of the pie.

As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager, not to mention that Qu Yutong still pays locally, so with a stroke of his pen, Shi Diwen allocated another 10% of the output to Qu Yutong for underwriting. Of course, the real production capacity after the salt farm is put into operation, these

Ming officials may not be able to find out what proportion of the underwriting will be allocated to them at that time. Only Haihan knows.

Time has entered August. With the smooth progress of the salt farm project, Haihan has recruited more than 500 laborers in Xiangshan County, all of which have been put into the salt farm construction site, hoping to put the salt farm into operation as soon as possible. A large amount of labor is used to build salt drying ponds.

Cement was successively shipped here from Fujian. Although the freight cost was high, it was finally delivered in time without delaying the construction schedule.
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