In addition to their protective functions, the two security guards also act as intermediaries. The salt workers are not real employees and are mobile. This will create a special inequality in this project. In the early stage, the salt workers have to contribute to the construction of the salt field, and in the later stage, the salt workers have to contribute to the construction of the salt field. Sit back and enjoy the results.
If there seems to be no problem from the perspective of the business owner, but this project is paid according to salt, and there is no salt to sell for the early construction, then there is a big problem. Moreover, this is a direct commission from the government, and officials will keep an eye on it. If a fight between the salt workers is recorded by the government, the future business of the two security companies will be in doubt.
In order to avoid fights or even bloodshed among the salt workers due to unequal interests, the two companies decided to subsidize the salt workers to repair the salt fields themselves during the bidding process.
If wages are paid before salt is produced, intermediary matters will be easier to handle, and subsequent psychological imbalances will be avoided. Even if there are still some conflicts, the scale will not become large.
Regarding the salt farm construction plan, the two companies obtained similar plans through their respective channels.
The security company's network of contacts is quite good, because most of the people who need security are businessmen who need to travel all over the country. They are very knowledgeable and know a thing or two about all kinds of things. Among them, Kingfisher himself is also a labor intermediary, and can even come into contact with people who live in the kingdom from the seaside of Fatel.
Everyone's country has a king, but the gap between kings is sometimes greater than the gap between humans and monsters. The salt workers in Fatel have no claim to making their own money, and even secretly brought out a purse of salt from the salt field. Their limbs may be broken.
In addition, Fatel was in the process of promoting paper money, and transactions everywhere were very chaotic. It was not surprising that the Salt Guild came to the Phoenix Kingdom.
The method given by salt workers and businessmen is very simple. If the geology is loose and contains a lot of water, then artificial intervention can be used to make it hardened.
The specific method is to dig out the hard surface of the soil with high fluidity in the lower layer, and use the rising and falling tides to wash away the salt. Repeat this operation for a period of time, and its water retention will be enhanced.
No one knows that this is because exposure to the sun will kill many microorganisms, reduce gas production, destroy the protein chains in biological mucus, and be washed away by salt precipitation, but it is enough to know how to do it effectively.
The biggest advantage of this method is that there is no need to dig out several meters of silt layer. The output of the hardened earth pond is not as high as that of the stone salt pond, and the finished salt will have certain impurities. However, the lagoon of Salt Island is a natural salt production field. There are fewer parts that require manual operation than ordinary seaside salt farms, so each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
As for the quality of the salt, that is not their task.
Official dispatch personnel are also aware of this situation and said they will arrange refinement within the country.
It is still a bit difficult for them to complete the dissolution and precipitation of sea salt on the salt island and ensure sufficient potassium chloride removal rate. After all, the salt workers are mostly ordinary citizens who want to make some money, and they will not understand these technologies for a while. Work.
But there is a price to pay for not having good salt, and you get a dime less per kilogram of salt.
Although it feels a little bad, we can only wait until later to discuss this issue. For now, we should prioritize solving output before talking about quality improvement and other situations.
The first batch of 1,000 people is based on 3 yuan per person per day. The salt workers need to pay for food themselves. The total burden of the two security companies is only 90,000 yuan a month. Even if they work for two months, it only accounts for two The income from the total project is less than one-tenth. If the income from the second phase is added, this amount of money is really nothing.
As a result, the salt farm was already making money before it was completed.
These are all the result of simple distillers. In order to meet the needs of drinking and bathing, a large amount of water must be distilled every day with these devices. Based on the consumption of ten tons of water per day, part of the drinking water needs to be distilled again, which is almost fifty tons. From the above water, you will get about two tons of salt.
Because the salt workers didn't do much with this thing, they just fetched water and dug it out after the salt crystallized under the water. The salt workers also used the water purification, so I'm sorry to share 60% of it.
After many negotiations, the two thousand yuan was still paid at 40-60 cents, with an average of 1.2 yuan for 1,000 salt workers, deducting 0.5 yuan from their wages.
For salt workers, their wages increased by 70 cents during the construction of the salt field. The two security companies paid 50 cents less in wages and received 80 cents in income. They can also save a lot of salt field construction fees by entering and exiting.
With more money, the enthusiasm for work becomes slightly higher, and the security company also dispatches a few more mages to help precipitate salt from the soil in the salt field.
With the financial pressure reduced, the two security companies simply began to coordinate more salt workers on the island and speed up the construction of the salt field.
It was made very clear at the bidding briefing that the problem with Salt Island is that it will one day be disconnected from the sea water, so these salt fields will not last a lifetime.
The existing salt field construction area is near the low tide line, which is about 1.5 meters away from the highest level of high tide. The mouth of the lagoon has been investigated by magic personnel and the maximum remaining depth at low tide is 3 meters.
The overall height difference is 4.5 meters. The salt field needs to constantly follow the low tide line. The time may only be three months to half a year. If you are lucky, it may be two months.
If we take into account the replenishment of water after the flow is cut off due to the height of the wave, and the artificial construction of the lagoon mouth, it can only last another two months.
In these months, we must produce as much as possible, otherwise when the lagoon is completely disconnected from the sea surface, the naturally dried salt will directly adhere to the untreated silt, making it more troublesome to collect. The upper limit of the daily production of the salt field for salt industry is how much One hundred kilograms, by that time, if you can "sweep" dozens of kilograms a day, it will be considered a high yield. The sales end may even have to reduce the price due to further increase in impurities.
In about a month, the number of salt workers on Salt Island increased to nearly 3,000, a certain usable area was formed, and sea salt production began.
At this time, the people from the security company and the salt workers also had a certain degree of familiarity, and they tried to change the way the salt field was constructed.
This step is mainly to chase the tide and ensure that the front end of the salt field can catch up with the ebb tide line.
At this time, it has entered a period of high income. The per capita daily income of salt workers can reach tens of yuan. With the expansion of the salt field, it is still growing, and the enthusiasm for building the salt field continues to decrease. In order to let everyone earn more together, the two security companies are also Heartbroken.
The new salt farm construction method is to use part of the security company's employees to build the salt farm. For example, if you earn 40 cents, you will use 1 dime to invest in the salt farm and pay according to the development area.
During the work, the security company, which had never been exposed to the salt industry before, also discovered that the production of salt fields near the high tide surface is actually greater.
This is mainly because during high tides, the surface water is shallow enough to be heated above the air temperature. When the tide goes out, they are immediately disconnected from the sea water and evaporate water quickly, crystallizing faster.
The salt fields at the low tide line are poor fields. The water temperature is low and the usable time is short. It requires more manpower to operate, and the final output is not as good as the above.
Fortunately, arrangements have been made by many parties, and the distribution will be based on the total handover amount on that day. Otherwise, even if the security company is willing to let Li build the salt field, not many people will be willing to do it.
Salt field production was on track, and only half a month later, we were notified of entering the second phase!
"Ah! Don't you want it from the official treasury?"
"No!"
"Did we tan that much?"
The salt workers looked puzzled and couldn't believe that the official treasury was full so quickly.
"The official treasury only requires 6,000 tons. You have 3,000 people. Do the math for yourself!" The people in the security company were also a little confused and felt that time passed too fast.
"What will happen next?"
“From now on, everyone’s money will be deducted from the shipping fee.”
"How much does that cost?"
"……A bit expensive."
