"shipbuilding?"
Peng Yue thought for a moment and shook his head.
Xu Tianhua, on the other hand, thought for a moment and said, "There is one in the capital."
"But if you want people to leave the capital and come to a place like Linhai County, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do so."
"What about a high salary?"
Zhao Ping asked again.
"That's difficult too."
Xu Tianhua said: "But I heard that the shipbuilding technology in the capital is not the best. The best shipbuilders are in the southern coastal areas."
"The Dawei Dynasty has implemented sea bans for hundreds of years. No one can guarantee whether those techniques can be passed down."
"its not right."
Zhao Ping wondered: "How can we transport it by water if there are no ships?"
The tax revenue of the Dawei Dynasty was not only silver, but also grain.
Food in the north can be transported by land, but in the south it needs to be transported by water.
In this way, the speed can be increased and the losses caused by the bumps of the carriage and horses can be reduced.
"That boat is a river boat."
Xu Tianhua explained: "River boats and sea boats should not be the same thing."
"I don't know the specifics. I need to consult someone who knows about ships."
"Why."
Zhao Ping sighed.
Once again, I felt the sadness of not working hard in my previous life and traveling through time in vain.
In addition to making achievements in the field of medical skills, it is also difficult to fully display due to limited conditions and restrictions.
As for other things, let alone that.
It seems that we can only place our hope on this talent recruitment.
Without staying too long in Linhai Village, Zhao Ping followed Peng Yue and Xu Tianhua to the county government.
The people who follow him are Gao Meng and his trapped camp.
There are also officers and soldiers from the county and city led by Yi Zhengbo.
As for Qi Liang, Zhao Ping asked him to escort Takeshi Yamamoto back to Xiping Village.
Let Ruan Wendi arrange things for them according to his instructions to avoid wasting labor.
In the county government, the former county magistrate Zhu Quanxi sat in the position of county magistrate.
At this time, I am still in a state of confusion.
Although he is the county magistrate, his status in Linhai County is very low.
The Wen area was suppressed by the county magistrate Xu Kai, and the Wu area was suppressed by the county officials.
He is completely useless.
All the government orders submitted were rejected.
Every day's work consists of handling some trivial paperwork.
For example, when the county magistrate is deciding a case, he is there to record the facts of the case, and he must also write according to the county magistrate's requirements.
If you make the slightest mistake, you will be beaten severely.
To put it bluntly, there is not much difference from a hard worker.
The only two advantages are that he has an official status and can enjoy the salary issued by the court.
He always obeys the requirements of the county magistrate and county officials. When they eat meat, they can also give him some soup and water to drink.
The life was very comfortable.
It's much better than being a commoner with a flat head.
I planned to spend the rest of my life like this.
As a result, things took a turn for the worse, and both the county magistrate and the county officials were beheaded, and he became the county magistrate.
And there are many ordinary people outside, delivering rice, noodles, eggs, and meat.
One by one, they knelt outside the county government office and shouted, "Master Qingtian."
For a moment, Zhu Quanxi felt that these people were praising him.
Let him swear secretly to be a good official who is considerate of the sufferings of the people.
For nothing else, just sing this song.
At the very least, he can change his previous vicious reputation, and maybe even leave his name in history.
At this time, Zhao Ping and the others arrived.
Zhu Quanxi did not dare to sit on the chief seat anymore and hurried down to salute everyone.
"This is Mr. Zhao Pingzhao."
Peng Yue introduced.
"It turns out that this is the famous Mr. Zhao. On behalf of the people of Linhai County, I would like to thank him for his life-saving grace."
Zhu Quanxi knelt down and thanked him with a very low posture.
"I don't want to be so vain."
Zhao Ping waved his hand and said, "Can you tell me about the business situation in Linhai County?"
"Business?"
Zhu Quanxi was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and hurriedly said: "Linhai County has been guarded by the county magistrate and county officials. They have a lot of money piled up in their house..."
"I've sent people to copy it."
Zhao Ping interrupted him and said: "What I want you to talk about now is the management of Linhai County."
"For example, business, taxes, etc."
Unexpectedly, Zhu Quanxi shook his head and said: "There is no business in Linhai County."
Um?
Zhao Ping was stunned, "No business?"
"Then how do you people in Linhai County live?"
"Where can I buy rice, flour, oil, salt, etc.?"
"These are provided by merchants."
Zhu Quanxi said: "Linhai County is too small and the number of people is very small. There are only 20,000 people in total."
"There are thousands of people living in the county government alone, and the rest are ordinary people."
“Making a living by farming.”
"Some daily necessities such as food, clothing, housing, and transportation are often purchased by merchants in other villages or Yun'an County, and then sold in Linhai County at high prices."
Forehead!
Zhao Ping was speechless for a while.
Yun'an County is already backward enough, but I didn't expect Linhai County to be even more backward.
There isn't even a decent cloth shop or wine shop.
"Then where do your county magistrates and officials get the money?"
Zhao Ping asked strangely.
"Why not?"
Zhu Quanxi said: "They colluded with the bandits to increase an extra layer of tax revenue in the name of civilian welfare expenses, and then divided the accounts. Almost all of it fell into the pockets of the county magistrate and county officials."
"Moreover, the two groups of bandits in Linhai County are controlled by the county magistrate and county officials, and each is responsible for some of the villagers."
"Every village where a rich man appears will be harassed, violated and robbed by another wave of bandits."
"It can be said that the people in Linhai County are all laborers kept captive by the county magistrate and county officials, and they are all making money for them."
"Damn it!"
Zhao Ping clenched his fists and said bitterly: "I actually had an affair with the bandits. I killed them with one knife. It was really easy for them."
"how about you?"
Zhao Ping asked again, "As the county magistrate, didn't you collude with them?"
"I would like to, but people don't like me at all."
Zhu Quanxi said bitterly: "The literary ones are not as good as the county magistrate, and the military skills are not as good as the county officials. I can only follow them and help with some paperwork and correspondence."
"I have never had any share in dividing the money."
Zhao Ping nodded, not completely believing what he said.
It must be verified afterwards.
As Zhu Quanxi said, it is never too late to reuse it.
Zhao Ping asked some other things. He found that Linhai County was like a blank sheet of paper. Except for some working people, it was completely blank.
There are no economics, commerce, schools, or medicine schools.
Not even a medical officer could be found.
The potential is huge.
It is even said to have greater potential than Yun'an County.
You know, the area of Yun'an County is almost the same as that of Linhai County, but the number of people is several times that of Linhai County.
Each person was allocated only two acres of fertile land.
But what about Linhai County?
Each person can be allocated five or six acres of fertile land.
Moreover, there are only a few short hills extending from Dongyi Mountain here. From other places, everything is plain.
There is even more land that can be cultivated by itself.
In time, it will definitely be more prosperous than Yun'an County.
Of course, the prerequisite is that there is no such variable as oneself.
Now that Zhao Ping has taken Yun'an County as his base, it will naturally become the most prosperous center.
It's just that Zhao Ping is a little curious. It's so close to the sea. Why don't you go to the sea to find food?
For example, make some sea salt, catch some sea fish, get some kelp and so on.
Shipped to the mainland, it will definitely sell well.
After all, kelp and marine fish are unique to coastal cities, and it’s hard to overstate how special they are.
The emphasis is on salt.
This thing pours seawater into the pool, and after drying it, it becomes coarse salt.
It can be sold directly without any purification.
It's no different than picking up money.
It is definitely much better than farming.
The people in Linhai County are saying that they are guarding this precious land and treating it as scrap, and they don't pay attention to it at all.
So Zhao Ping asked, "Why don't you dry the salt?"
"Sun salt?"
Zhu Quanxi was a little confused, "Salt will turn into water if it is exposed to the sun, is it gone?"
"Who would want to waste something so valuable?"
"Forehead!"
Zhao Ping was stunned for a long time without reacting.
Can salt turn into water?
Who taught you this?
So ignorant.
Zhao Ping explained patiently, "The sun-salted salt I'm talking about means sun-drying seawater into salt and then using it for consumption."
"Can sea water be turned into salt?"
The person asking the question was Xu Tianhua.
He even stepped forward and touched Zhao Ping's head, and said in confusion: "Your head is not hot, isn't it? It doesn't look like you are sick, so why are you talking nonsense?"
"Seawater is water, how can it be turned into salt by drying it?"
"If seawater can be dried into salt, eating salt will not be a problem for ordinary people in the Wei Dynasty."
Forehead!
Zhao Ping was speechless again and asked: "Where did our Dawei Dynasty get the salt?"
"I don't know the specifics."
Xu Tianhua shook his head.
After all, he is a Beijing official and a wine taster. He only needs to taste good wine every day.
I only know that salt is very profitable, but I really don’t know where it comes from.
"Then why do you say seawater cannot turn into salt?"
Zhao Ping asked rhetorically.
"I……"
Xu Tianhua couldn't answer, but still frowned and said, "I just know."
"If seawater can be dried into salt, wouldn't it be like picking up money?"
"The salt we eat in the Wei Dynasty is mined from wells."
Peng Yue explained: "It is salt made from brine taken from the ground and boiled."
“No sea salt?”
"No."
Peng Yue said: "I haven't even heard of it."
"Can seawater really turn into salt?"
Xu Tianhua asked again.
"Haven't you ever tasted it? Sea water is salty."
Zhao Ping said.
Everyone shook their heads.
"I……"
Zhao Ping was choked and speechless.
But that's just fine.
If he can build a salt mine and continuously extract salt from sea water, he will be rich soon.
It is impossible to explain to these "ignorant" ancient people, so you can only convince them by showing your true skills.
