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Chapter 319, Changlu Salt Field

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    On the wide beach in Tanggu, Tianjin, Liu Jin rode a tall horse, followed by Tong Yuan and several stewards of the Changlu Saltworks, inspecting the saltworks under construction here.

    At this time, on the vast tidal flats along the coast, a large number of people were working tirelessly in the severe cold. These people were thinly dressed and emaciated. At a glance, they could be identified as poor people from nearby coastal areas.

    In later generations, areas close to the sea meant developed areas and high-income areas, but in this era, areas close to the sea were just the opposite. Being close to the sea meant there was no fertile land, no green mountains and clear waters, and it meant poverty.

    Liu Jin has a deep understanding of this. Xiahetun, where he was born, is very poor. It has always been the case that only girls are married out, but no girls are married in. It is a notoriously poor village in all parts of the country.

    "When working in the water in winter, we must prepare hot water for everyone to soak their feet, as well as hot tea and ginger soup. In addition, everyone must have a guaranteed daily meal, including meat for three meals."

    Liu Jin looked at the people working in the severe cold, thought about it and gave instructions to the manager of the Changlu Salt Farm beside him.

    "Yes, we have prepared hot water and ginger soup. As for food, if meat is required for three meals, it can only be cheap fish. There is not that much pork in the market."

    Next to Liu Jin, Li Jiye, the general manager of Changlu Salt Field, who was also an old man from Xishan Coal Industry, nodded and said.

    "Just fish, Tong Yuan. You can ask Tianjin Port to deliver it every day."

    Liu Jin nodded. The nutritional value of fish is actually no worse than other meats. It¡¯s just that this fish doesn¡¯t taste that satisfying.

    Eating fish is now a commonplace thing for the people in the Beijing-Tianjin area. The fishing industry here in Tianjin Port has gradually begun to flourish. The sea fish caught every day pile up in piles, which not only meets the huge demand in the Beijing-Tianjin area, but also even  Yu has now started selling to regions such as Shandong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

    The marine fishing industry in these areas has not yet started. The market demand for meat is very huge, the price can be higher, and the market is always moving to areas with higher profits.

    "Okay, mentor~"

    Tong Yuan took out a charcoal pen and notebook and wrote down what Liu Jin ordered.

    "Well, give us another ten cents a day's wages. The water work in the winter, if not handled well, will leave the root of the disease. We can't treat them badly."

    "Our salt farm occupies their coastal area, which will affect their livelihood. When recruiting employees for this salt farm, we must take care of the people around us as much as possible, so that everyone can enjoy certain benefits from our salt farm."

    After thinking for a while, Liu Jin ordered Li Jiye again.

    "Sir, the most difficult thing for our salt farm right now is recruiting workers. We need to pay them to build the salt farm. If the wages are higher, a lot of people are willing to come, even if it is winter."

    ¡°However, the recruitment of long-term employees in our salt farm has not been going smoothly, and no one is willing to work in our salt farm.¡±

    When Li Jiye heard this, he couldn't help but complain.

    Since this time, he has been recruiting workers in the Tanggu area. It is easy to recruit people to build salt fields, but it is even more difficult to recruit regular workers in the salt fields. No one is willing to come.

    "Why is this?"

    When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately asked, Li Jiye is an old man from Xishan, and he is already familiar with the management of Xishan. When recruiting workers in the salt farm, the salary must be very good, but there is no way to recruit people.

    "The salary for the workers at the salt farm is based on the salary at Xishan Coal. As long as you work hard, you will definitely have no problem earning two or three taels of silver a month."

    ¡°But one thing that everyone is worried about is that they are afraid of changing their household registration after entering the salt farm, and are afraid that changing their household registration to a kitchen household will affect their descendants. Therefore, although the wages are high, no one is willing to come.¡±

    Li Jiye told the reason.

    "Change to kitchen household?"

    "We are just recruiting workers, what does it have to do with household registration? What's more, we are not the imperial court, how can we change people's household registration at will?"

    Liu Jin was confused when he heard it. It was just a simple recruitment. You work for me and I give you wages and food. There is no household registration involved.

    "I also told the people around me, but they didn't believe it, because they think salt has always been mined by the imperial court. Even though we are doing a good job now, maybe we took it back that day and worked on the salt factory.  Isn¡¯t it true that people??, after the water evaporates to a certain extent, it is introduced into the crystallization pool and continues to be exposed to wind and sun, and the seawater will slowly evaporate, thus obtaining salt.

    There is of course no difference between the salt obtained in this way and the salt obtained by boiling salt. The only difference is that which one is more efficient and produces a greater amount of salt.

    Similarly, the salt obtained is also coarse salt. There are a lot of impurities in it, the taste is very bad, and the crystals are also yellow, so it must go through some chemical treatment steps to remove the impurities in order to obtain snow-white,  Snow white refined salt.

    "I forgot to pass on the most important step to you. This step is very important. We need to add some things to the crystallization tank to make high-quality salt"

    Hearing Li Jiye¡¯s words, Liu Jin patted his head and actually forgot to explain the removal, so he quickly explained it.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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