The princes compete for hegemony.

What does it have to do with ordinary and humble salt workers? They just bent over and hunched their backs to cook salt in exchange for a little bit of food.

High places of the salt well for the decanting pond.

A Qin army soldier was tied to the derrick with a Qin army flag. From now on, Li Yuan had ordered a team of soldiers to station in Jiechi to protect the safety of Yanchi. This soldier who was tying the flag was obviously one of them.

The north wind whistles in December.

Blowing the flags, Li Yuan raised his head and glanced at Zhongtiao Mountain under the sunset. Suddenly, there was a desolate feeling of the sunset in the desert. This feeling was very strange, because the Jiechi area was in the heart of the Central Plains, not in the vast and sparsely populated desert.

"Sima, how many young and strong people can Hedong County collect now? Among them, how many people know how to collect and boil salt?" Li Yuan asked while inspecting the damage to the salt well.

Sima Yin officially took over the burden of the Hedong County Magistrate from Su Jiao before the New Year. Compared with the rough Han Su Jiao, Sima Yin, who was born in Hedong, was obviously more competent in this position. Similarly, he knew much more about the situation in Hedong County than the foreign monk Su Jiao.

"Wuhou, several wars in Hedong were in chaos, and nine out of ten households were empty. Many refugees were stuck in Guanzhong and refused to return. As for the salt workers who picked and cooked salt, they were mostly killed by the rioters back then, and very few could survive. It was really difficult to find them at this time." Sima Yin answered honestly.

Sima Yin, who was familiar with Li Yuan's temperament, knew that Li Yuan had actually received information from the Military Information Department for such a county. If he didn't tell the truth, he would be afraid that Li Yuan would order him to be waived.

"Why might you better call some experienced craftsmen over there when you build a military camp? No matter what, set up the salt field rack first, otherwise it will be abandoned here. It won't look good." Li Yuan ordered.

"But this salt harvesting is a technical job. I am afraid that those rough people under my hands who are used to sledgehammers cannot do it..." Sima Yin said with a embarrassed look. The status of military creation is of great importance to Qin State, and every military craftsman has a complete system for his support. Especially those masters with superb skills are hidden by Sima Yin as treasures.

"Sima, if your military man is a rough man, then I, Daqin, will be no one. There is no room for negotiation. The Yanchi side must be restored. Otherwise, we will always be subject to the State of Chu. If one day fights, this salt will be a great thing." Li Yuan said seriously.

The salt needed by Qin State currently comes from two directions. The most important one is sea salt in Chu. Several large salt fields located at the junction of Qi and Chu are the places where the most sea salt is produced. Chu Yan adopts the traditional method of "Shusha's boiling sea into salt", and Susha's family is also praised by the world as the Salt Sect.

The second source is the well salt in the Basin area of ​​Bashu. This basin between mountains has accumulated salt due to its terrain and landform. The Ba people and Shu people have dug salt wells here since ancient times. Ba salt is also an extremely important material in the southern area. Its existence has also cultivated the splendid ancient Shu civilization.

Obviously, the supply channels in these two directions are far from enough for the current Qin State. Needless to say, Chu Yan is ready for the future. Chu State now has the desire for Qin and will not cut off the supply of salt. However, if the relationship between the two countries changes, with Xiang Yu and Xiang Tuo's style, there is a great possibility of cutting off salt.

As for well salt, it is mainly because the technical difficulty of mining is very high. Baren people often have to go down to drill down the well. Sometimes, when a landslide, it is possible that all the people and salt are buried below. What is more important is that the amount of well salt is not high, and the output in some places is disproportionate to the labor cost.

In addition to the cost of transporting salt from Bashu to Guanzhong, the value of a load of salt increased by more than ten times. In comparison, if Qin could restore the mining of salt in the pool, the cost of salt would be greatly reduced, at least in the transportation link, the loss would be much smaller.

As he spoke, the two people were getting closer and closer to the center of the salt pond. Through a ray of rays of rays of light, Li Yuan could see that in the dilapidated shed, several white bones were lying on the cold ground. It was very likely that a salt worker was killed by the Hedong army and left his corpse in the wilderness.

"Come, go and clean up all the bones, then find a place to bury them, then erect a stone tablet, and write them on the tomb of the Salt Workers of the Qin Dynasty. In addition, send an order to General Gan Yong, leaving a team of soldiers in the Jiechi as an exclusive force to protect this water area." Li Yuan thought for a while, and turned back to the personal soldiers who followed him.

"promise!"

The personal soldiers led the order and left.

The most important thing to restore salt production in the pond is to form a team of technical and experienced salt workers. Li Yuan invited Sima Yin to come, hoping to first produce a number of craftsmen from the military construction side to participate in the supervision of the salt well. As for how to make the salt wells be rolled up in the future, Li Yuan has not yet considered it mature. At the same time, he also wanted to listen to Sima Yin's idea of ​​the local snake.

"Mr. Wuhou, I can't even find a mouse in the Yanjinghuang. Isn't there too many soldiers from a military marquis here?" Sima Yin asked in confusion with Li Yuan.

"How? Sima, you said that if these salt wells resume production and then white salt piled up into a hill, this team of soldiers would protect this place from thieves and bandits. Can they do it?" Li Yuan glanced at Sima Yin and asked calmly.

"Bandits, in this Qin world, which bandit dares to attack our Qin army, unless they are impatient?" Sima Yinqiang said with a smile.

Li Yuan's words were somewhat clear about the hidden meaning. King Sima Mao of Yin ruled the troops and plundered them, and even the poor salt workers did not let go. During the two years he had ruled Hedong County, he was once prosperous and gave birth to the fertile land of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, and became a ruin without anyone else. The present and past of Jiechi are just a true portrayal of a place in Hedong County.

The big cities of Hedong County such as Quwo, Xintian, Jinyang, etc. have turned into dust in repeated wars. As a wealthy family in Hedong County, the Sima family has a great responsibility to indulge Sima Mao as a disaster to the place, and they cannot be shirked.

"Sima, you are not only a member of the Sima family, but also a county magistrate of Hedong County, Daqin, and a great creator of military construction. I hope that you can see the longest future of Qin and see that Qin will truly become the most powerful country in this era." Li Yuan let out a long sigh and slowly expressed his expectations for the restful sun under the setting sun.

Become a person who has a word of everything.

In fact, it is very lonely. In many cases, you can’t even find someone who says something in your heart. You are the person next to you. You can’t predict whether she will tell others about your mumbling after waking up.

Sima Yin was also a very early group of people who followed Li Yuan. Although he gradually faded out of the front line of the Qin army, Sima Yin's ability was re-emerged in terms of military construction and governance. This time he went to Hedong County to be the county magistrate, and the Sima family behind him made a lot of efforts.

Li Yuan was somewhat afraid of this aristocratic family that lasted from the end of Qin to the Later Han Dynasty, Three Kingdoms and Jin Dynasties. Not to mention the famous people of the Sima family, they were the snobbish behavior of Sima Mao and Sima Yin in the past, Li Yuan had a bad impression of this aristocratic family that had been passed down for hundreds of years.

Therefore, he had to beat Sima Yin with a side drum to urge him to put his position, and not be confused by the so-called blood relationship of aristocratic families.

"Wuhou, don't worry, I'm clear-headed. The old guys in the family want to treat me as a gun. Sima Mao is dead, and I, Sima Yin, will never be deceived. However, if Wuhou wants to restore salt production in a short period of time, the funds and manpower are short of both funds and manpower. The best way at the moment is to let the Sima family participate. Some people provide people and money is paid. As long as the salt well recovers salt, most of our difficulties will be solved." Sima Yin nodded solemnly and advised.

His words were extremely serious. Li Yuan saw his determination and trust in Sima Yin's eyes, and from what he said just now, Sima Yin's sincerity was sincere in thinking about the affairs of the Great Qin State.

"Sima, if you say this, let's work together once and let the old antiques of the Sima family take a look. The current Daqin is not the toy they imagined." Li Yuan said happily.

Salt is the lifeblood of a country.

If a person eats no salt and takes more than ten days, he will feel weak and dizzy, and then he will become ill and die of anger.

Li Yuan and Sima Yin hit it off and both made their plans to the Sima family of Hedong. The closest family to Jiechi was the Sima family. Some of them had wealth, which was the most suitable target to hit. What happened that if Li Yuan had the idea of ​​attacking the Sima family, even the excuse would be ready.

At the beginning, the Jiechi Yanjing was destroyed by Sima Mao's troops, which was an iron-like fact. Now, Sima's investment and people are invested to restore the Yanjing, which is a natural move.

In the following negotiations with Sima, Li Yuan and Sima Yin, the other one who was blushing and the other who were blushing, made the old guys of the Sima family very angry. They were willing to ignore it, but they were also worried about Qin's revenge. What's more, once the Yanjing resumed production, the huge benefits it would bring made them very moved.

Of course, Li Yuan could never hand over such an important salt-producing place to Sima. His bottom line was to give Sima a certain share, so that the Sima family could gain some benefits in the development of salt wells. This was also to better introduce merchant capital in the future and contribute to the Qin State's infrastructure.

Removal of salt wells.

It was the first step in Qin's recovery of its economy and investing in basic industries. Li Yuan hoped that under the cooperation and development model of Sima's family and Qin, other big merchants could also quickly follow up and set off a climax of building a major and special work in various counties.
Chapter completed!