In the past, Liu Haojia would have been in the mood to pay attention to them, but the matter at the salt farm was too important, so he quickly drove away from everyone.
By the time he arrived at the salt factory, everyone in the salt factory was already in motion! In the salt field, the salt workers were walking around the salt field with push boards and pushing the salt particles condensed from the bottom of the water to both sides of the salt field.
Then other salt workers collect these salt particles and put them on the drying field to dry. When the surface of the salt particles is completely dried, it will be put into sacks and transported to the warehouse for storage.
When Zhang Zhi saw Liu Haojia coming, he grabbed a handful of dried salt from the drying yard and ran over. Along the way, I kept grinding it with the palm of my hand. By the time he walked in front of Liu Haojia, the salt grains between his palms had already ground into fine powder.
He stretched out his hand in front of Liu Haojia and said, "Master Hou, look, this is the salt we just produced!"
Liu Haojia reached out and picked up a handful of salt and put it in his mouth to taste it slowly. He felt that the salty taste was relatively pure, with a hint of sea fishy and astringent taste, but it was already much better than the salt on the market! And the color is close to modern table salt!
However, he still called three old salt workers over to taste it. Three old salt workers were working in the salt fields. After being called over, they did not dare to taste it directly in Zhang Zhi's hand. Instead, they grabbed a handful of salt and ground it in their hands. After tasting it repeatedly, one of them said: "Master Marquis, this is definitely the best sea salt! It's much better than the salt in the south!"
Then the three people carefully commented on the differences between their own salt and southern salt, allowing Liu Haojia to confirm that the salt they produced was indeed very high-quality. These salts are dissolved, filtered, and recrystallized to produce table salt that is as good as green salt! This kind of salt will definitely fetch a high price among the rich and powerful!
Liu Haojia was completely relieved when he saw that the three old salt workers were sure that the salt was of the highest quality! He turned to Zhang Zhi and said, "Zhang Zhi, since the salt field has already produced salt, don't stop! You have to strive to produce more salt this year!"
Zhang Zhi said with an expression of embarrassment: "But, Lord Marquis, it's not that the servants don't work hard, but it's winter soon, and I'm afraid the production of salt won't increase! Moreover, it's winter, and the salt workers are always soaking in brine. It’s easy to go wrong!”
Liu Haojia said: "What you said makes sense. However, although the temperature is not high in winter, the brine is not easy to freeze, and salt can still form! And you are right, the salt workers must do a good job of keeping warm. Well, for example, would it be better if everyone who goes to the salt fields is equipped with high-heeled wooden clogs? You can think of other ways."
Zhang Zhi thought about it and naturally nodded in agreement. At this time, Liu Haojia continued: "Also, I have told you before that the most important thing as a manager is to be aware of everything! And if you want to be aware of everything, you must keep records of everything! Things like what is the concentration of brine in which salt field and how much salt can be produced need to be understood! And if you want to understand, you have to explore from the data, so you have to record the data!"
In this way, Liu Haojia gave Zhang Zhi another management lesson. And what Zhang Zhi said to Liu Haojia was like a treasure, and I wished I could record it all in my heart!
In ancient China, many things were summarized based on personal experience, which posed a threat to inheritance. If the master is not good at teaching his disciples, or simply dies early, a craft may be lost! There are many such things in history!
As for Liu Haojia's method of recording various data in detail and finding patterns in the data, this was his first experience, and he found it very reasonable. He also discovered the advantage of doing this: as long as there are data records, even if there is no master to teach, as long as the craftsmen follow the data, there is a high probability of making a finished product, and the quality is not bad!
However, what he didn't know was that this practice had long been promoted in various military factories under Liu Haojia's name! This is why other workshops are surprised that the factory under Liansheng has a large output and high quality!
After Liu Haojia inspected the salt field, he turned around and left. He wrote many letters and sent them back. Winter is coming now, and after winter passes, it will be the most difficult time for Jiubian! At that time, the farmers in Bian Town themselves were in a period of drought, and the grain and grass stored in Jiubian reached the edge of the warning line, but that
It was time for *** to go south to plunder again, so at that time food was worth more than gold on all sides!
Liu Haojia's collaborators have been farming in Jiubian for a year. Although the output has not reached its peak, they have already stocked up a batch of grain. Now I'm waiting to sell it to Jiubian in the spring to exchange for salt, so that Liu Haojia can open up a hole in the domestic salt marketing!
Time flies by quickly, and it’s the end of the year again in a blink of an eye! Taking stock of the biggest benefits this year, it is Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty!
The implementation of one of his knitting methods has achieved great success. This year, the entire Ming Dynasty not only paid off all debts, but also had an unprecedented surplus! This made everyone in the imperial court celebrate, and everyone praised the chief minister for being extremely wise!
As for Emperor Wanli, he gave birth to a prince, and the whole court was celebrating! The emperor has an heir, which means that God's favor on the Ming Dynasty will definitely last for thousands of years!
As for Liu Haojia, he is not idle! He established the Wu'an Army's military academy, expanded its ranks, expanded its navy, and began to establish a systematic military-industrial enterprise. A salt farm has also been established and we are ready to start with the salt administration! At the same time, the first batch of salt was also hoarded. But since it is winter, there is not much salt produced. But wait until spring and stock up a batch, it will be enough for a trip to Jiubian!
As for Liu Guangyuan, it was a great year for him to make a fortune! It can be said that these pirate-turned-sea merchants do all kinds of evil! From the Japanese country to the indigenous tribes in Southeast Asia, they all suffered from their abuse! When there are not enough people, they will do business honestly; when there are enough people, they will log in and rob!
The business scope they are involved in is extremely wide, ranging from cloth to population! In particular, the Japanese country has become their main source of hunting population! This is not to say that they have any deep hatred for the Japanese country, but that those little monkeys in Southeast Asia are really lazy, stupid, and in poor health! It won't take long for him to be either beaten to death by his master or die of illness, so he won't be able to sell it at a high price!
In short, all kinds of things happened this year, but the entire Ming Dynasty was not only calm, but also prosperous! It’s just not clear how much undercurrent there is!
