Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1122 Township Covenant Village Society ([-])

"Another one. Brother, it's not like you don't know what kind of land is here."

"There are places where you can plant."

"In some places, all the wormwood grows. In fact, there is no food at all."

Speaking of this, this is Zhao Liben's old profession.

When hiring salt workers before, almost all the saltworks in Huainan used the method of spreading ash and pouring brine.

It is to dig pits in the tidal flats, and then burn plants such as Artemisia salina into ashes and sprinkle them in.After the saline-alkali water has gradually moistened the plant ash, pour water into it to dissolve the plant ash, boil it again, and crystallize the salt.

Where other plants can grow, Artemisia salina can certainly grow.

But where Artemisia can grow, not to mention food, sometimes even reeds can't grow.

Zhao Liben's second brother took another sip of wine, heyed and said: "Brother, you don't know. The scholars on our side are divided into two groups. There is a wave on the side of the holy hall reunion meeting, and the school is full of farmers. It’s another wave. It’s like the people in Xiang Xue Nong Zheng’s group, whose patriarch’s surname is Yan.”

"Mr. Yan, who is surnamed after the end, is knowledgeable. He thought about it at the time and said that according to the "Zhou Li", it is possible to set up some industrial and commercial official operations to benefit from it, while raising widows and widows and being lonely, and taking the burden of learning in the countryside. Capital."

"Brother, in the year when you ran away, it seemed that the glass factory was going to be expanded in the south. Glass, you know? Just the thing on the window of the rural school, it's so shiny..."

Zhao Liben smiled, Xindao Glass has been set all the way from Yingkou to Huanglong Mansion and Sanjiangkou, how could he have never seen it?

But since the younger brother said that, it was obvious that he was a bit superior, so he replied: "Yes, I have seen it."

Zhao Liben's second brother waved his arms and said, "At that time, there was a gentleman from Mr. Yan's faction, who said that there was a glass factory there and needed alkali noodles."

"After that, I will say that it is good to engage in rural studies, whether it is widowed or widowed in the church, and to follow the "Zhou Rituals" to get some benefits from the mountains and rivers, so that we don't need to collect money for rural studies from us."

"The benefits of the mountains and rivers, how do you get them? Isn't there a glass factory over there? So you have to use soda flour. After it is finished, it is said to be salt wormwood. After burning the ashes, add seaweed or something, it can be caustic soda noodles."

"You also know that most of the people here know how to make salt. It's just cooking salt. What they want is salt or ashes. It's a simple matter."

"Actually, someone said that at the time. They said that if you boiled grass ash and alkali, you can get some salt by the way, and the big guys don't need to buy salt. Although salt has become cheaper in recent years, it still costs money, doesn't it?"

"Then at that time, some people on Mr. Yan's side and those on the other side of the church started to argue."

"Let's say that the 'salt class' is cheap. If we do this, is it taking advantage of the court? It is said that the salt tax collected by the court also has to build rivers, fight wars, and raise soldiers. Some people say that we should not take advantage of this, no It is appropriate and unreasonable; on the other hand, it is unreasonable to say that the imperial court collects salt profits."

Zhao Liben patted his thigh and said: "Aren't these people stupid? If you don't make money if you get cheap, aren't they bastards?"

Zhao Liben's second brother also said: "Shouldn't you just say it? People in Mr. Yan's group may have some brain problems, so they must say that they can't take advantage of this. If you say that this is a sacred study, you must be upright. And it is natural for the court to ask for classes. Category."

"He also said that if we want to do this, we will be caught and humiliated again. He said that Duke Xing has humiliated them a lot, so he doesn't want to be humiliated."

"In the end, let's just say that as long as the grass ash alkali is sold for money, the salt must be cast back into the sea according to conscience. This... you say... oops!"

At the same time, he sighed and shook his head.Obviously, he is quite puzzled that this kind of inspection is not illegal.

If it was someone else, maybe they would also feel that there is a little bit of truth.

But what Zhao Liben did before was to work for others and cook private salt, so he didn't feel anything about this fact.

Although I was working for others at the beginning, what I was doing was also the business of frying private salt.

I couldn't help cursing: "Why don't people say that a scholar can't do anything? You said that you don't sell it, you don't need to spend money to eat some salt, anyway, you have to boil water to boil grass ash and soda."

Zhao Liben's second younger brother also said: "That's what you said! After all, that land is surrounded by others, so we can't say anything. They want to listen to the court and abide by the law, so what can we say? Those people in the temple, people can say it." Well, we just want us to have a public discussion, and the public discussion says that we can cook salt instead of buying salt, and not pay salt tax, and that’s fine.”

"If you want to talk about the township agreement, we must be cooking salt."

"But Mr. Yan's head is like elm wood, so it's not allowed."

"If you don't allow it, don't allow it. Let's say it's like "Zhou Li", get some public land. Salt Artemisia can't be planted, so everyone will go out to work, say to pick seaweed, salt Artemisia, burn ashes, boil alkali .”

"That year...it was the winter of the second year you left. Everyone worked for half a month. The gentleman over there, Mr. Yan, is knowledgeable. He went to learn how to boil alkali and led us to work for half a month. .”

"As a result, the alkali has just been boiled out here, and the price has been reduced over there."

"It is said that several large alkali factories have been set up. They say that the alkali factory does not use salt wormwood or seaweed. We don't know what kind of magic is used. Anyway, the big guys have been busy for more than half a month. Finally Counting the money..."

"Hey, don't mention the money used by the children of Xiangxue... there is not much money left."

"Brother, do you know? Not long after you left, all the big salt plates here were smashed. Just to prevent private frying. Our salt plate for boiling alkali is also from Mr. Yan's side. The noodles are made with half a lifetime of knowledge, and they will never be cooked for private use, so I made a big salt plate."

"In the end, I couldn't make any money at all. After it was over, the salt wormwood and so on were boiled soda noodles, and it was just a matter for everyone to make a fire. After doing this for a year, I quit the next year."

"Salt Artemisia...Brother, come here from Songjiang and watch them plant cotton. But in summer, they have to mow grass and cover it in furrows. If the sun shines, they will turn against salt."

"In the second year, the Artemisia sativa grew, and we wanted to learn it too. Let's grow whatever other people planted. It was also the gentlemen who came forward to guarantee that we would grow cotton here and never mix it with it again." Old cottonseed peaches."

"The people in the church have told us a lot of truths, so we can't get involved."

"After that, he gave us some new cotton seeds. Mr. Yan's side also went to learn how to grow cotton, how to cover grass, and how to prevent anti-salt."

"But after we plant it, it's completely different. This thing is very powerful. It's all composted with bean cakes over there. How can we afford it here?"

"Just follow their method and learn how to plant. They produce thirty to forty catties over there, and we produce eleven or twelve catties here."

"It's okay to say, but the big guy has to cook and burn the fire. The salt wormwood in the salt wormwood field is used to cover the land to prevent salt inversion, and the big guy has to make a fire."

"Old cotton seeds, they are planted densely. There are not many cotton peaches, but there are many cotton stalks."

"In this place, you also know that there are no trees? But if there are any trees, they were cut down long ago when the salt was boiled. They all depended on burning grass. Now the land is granted to the fields, and the remaining salt and Artemisia land must be harvested. Cover the soil to prevent salt. In the end, even if it is for the fire, who will plant the new cotton seed?"

"The distance between the new cotton plants can be planted with five or six old cotton plants. Besides, if no fertilizer is used, the land area per acre is about the same as the original old cotton."

"Besides, it's not that there are no new kinds of cotton, but you plant new ones, I plant old ones, and the tubes don't work. When the cotton is ginned, the seeds are mixed together. In two or three years, those new cottons Yes, all have degenerated into old cotton."

"Over there, one acre of land needs one stone bean cake, as well as sheep dung, pig dung, cow dung and so on."

"In our Baojia, there are five households with one cow. If you don't have money, where can you buy cows?"

"Buying bean cakes... it's like doing business. You have to invest your capital, how can we have the capital to invest?"

"It's not that I haven't thought about borrowing usury, but people don't borrow it at all."

"It is said that the land is not ours, so what should we do if it is still not available? But there is one thing to say, if I lend usury, I will not take the loan, so what should I do? The land is not ours. "

Speaking of this, Zhao Liben's second brother is very mysterious... Even though there is no outsider in the family, he still said mysteriously: "Brother, I heard that [-] mu of land will be sold this year. Sell some money to make capital , improve plowing to grow cotton, and buy new looms.”

"You know, the poop that the township communes are now piling up at home and not on the ground. After selling [-] mu of land, it must be re-granted this year. Who knows that when the re-grant is done, they will draw lots by themselves. Which piece did you grab?"

"If you put your dung on the ground now, doesn't that mean you are supporting someone else's wife and children? Wait until this matter is settled, and then put the dung on the ground."

Maybe, Zhao Liben's second brother drank a little too much, and said in front of Zhao Liben: "Brother, after this news got out, everyone will not be happy."

"It is said that there are some widows and children in the village. They don't work, they don't work, and they also have tax deductions. There are 25 children's fields. Children can farm?"

"If you really want to sell the land, take back the land of the widow, the old man, the old lady, and the children. Sell their land."

"To be honest, the big guys are quite unhappy. Why do you plant the land yourself and give others a wife and children? Yes, the land is not yours, but this land is not placed to grow food by itself, right? "

"Yes, during church gatherings, it was said that 'the human heart is inherently happy, and selfish desires are bound by itself. When selfish desires sprout, conscience is still conscious. Once awakened, it disappears, and human hearts are still happy'."

"But we are not saints after all. After sleeping, we didn't feel that our selfish desires were eliminated in one sleep."

"The Shengtang Covenant also said that we should 'love everyone and treat everyone kindly. Respect the elders and respect the elders, cross our hands and give way to the side of the road. Be kind to neighbors and strangers, answer questions and smile at each other. Be charitable, help widows, widows and lonely. Donate money and give relief Floods, droughts and famines'."

"Brother, I'm not talking about my sister-in-law and my nephew and niece. After all, my sister-in-law is here, and I definitely don't support letting them withdraw their fields. I'm just saying this, the church said, or I would say that after a nap, my conscience will come to me. Come, or talk about being charitable, helping the widows and the lonely... But it also depends on the situation."

"In the past, everyone was supportive. Widows with children had 25 mu of land granted. This 25 mu of land does not need the money of the village school, nor does it pay for the communal grain. Everyone is profitable Figure, the big guy is helping."

"But now we have to sell [-] mu of land as capital. Whose land is it to sell? This is different from before, isn't it?"

"In the past, the church said that we should be charitable, and everyone believed it. But when it comes to selling the land, it's the turn to sell the land and re-grant the land. This is different."

(End of this chapter)