Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 69 Little son-in-law?Little lucky star.

With the departure of Pei Weisheng, the Governor of Water Transport and others, the rumors that Lin Ruhai, the inspector of salt in Yangzhou, was seriously ill became more and more intense, and spread throughout the entire Yangzhou city in just one night.

I don't know how many people from big and small salt merchants are secretly praying, hoping that the disease will overcome Lin Ruhai as soon as possible, so that they can go back to a few years ago and continue to oppress the group of untouchables.

In contrast, ordinary people in Yangzhou City spontaneously prayed for Lin Ruhaixiang. Since Lin Yushi took office, he has smashed the conspiracy of salt merchants to hoard salt and drive up salt prices many times.

Although the price of salt is still a bit high, at least the common people can taste the salty taste.To live is the only luxury the common people desire.And salt is an indispensable part of survival.

"People don't eat salt, and they are weak. What do ordinary people want? Not delicacies from mountains and seas, but a mouthful of salt!"

Lin Ruhai in the study was teaching his future son-in-law earnestly, instilling in Jia Cong the experience he had gained from being an official for more than ten years.

He found that his nephew was extremely intelligent, but he was a little naughty, and he couldn't sit still.

So Lin Ruhai asked Daiyu to teach Jia Cong the basis of the Four Books and Five Classics first, and then went to battle in person in his spare time, weaving his experience during his official career into stories to transmit his experience as an official.

Lin Ruhai not only has experience as an official in the capital, but also has experience in the localities. He has extremely rich experience as an official close to the people. Jia Cong's small stories that incorporate Lin Ruhai's political style made Jia Cong very addicted.

Sometimes applauding, sometimes indignant, sometimes deep in thought...

Looking at the nephew whose expression changed, Lin Ruhai stroked his beard and smiled.This child has a pure heart and is a rare gem in the rough. If he puts away his temperament, he will definitely become the most suitable successor for him.

Jia Cong recalled the memories of his past life that were about to become blurred, hesitantly asked in a low voice: "Uncle, Daddy, what is the reason for the high price of salt? Why can't the imperial court lower the price of salt so that the people don't have to be overburdened by salt?"

Lin Ruhai sighed, got up and took a booklet from the bookshelf, and handed it to Jia Cong.

"Look first, can you understand?"

Jia Cong took it and took a look. This is the income and expenditure account book of the major saltworks in Yangzhou.After reading a few pages, he understood the reason why the price of salt could not be kept down.

At present, salt production basically adopts the method of boiling salt, and the consumption of firewood alone is astronomical, not to mention the time consumed for making table salt.Coupled with the cost of transportation, the imperial court had no way to lower the price of salt.

Of course, behind these reasons, there is another reason that cannot be ignored, that is, there are a large number of officials in the DPRK and China, who are reluctant to part with the huge benefits brought by the salt tax.

The salt and iron government has operated for thousands of years. With the solidification of the tax structure, the salt tax has become an important way to supplement the deficit of the imperial court.

When Jia Cong turned to the salt tax records sent to the capital every year by the Yangzhou Salt Inspection and Yushifu, he muttered to himself: "That is to propose the salt drying law. It is estimated that the imperial court will hardly give up the salt tax of millions of taels a year... ..."

Ok?
Lin Ruhai asked suspiciously, "What method of drying salt?"

To be honest, Jia Cong only remembered a rough idea of ​​the specific process of the sun-dried salt method. He scratched the back of his head, organized his words and said: "This requires choosing a large flat beach in an area with a mild climate and sufficient sunlight to build a salt pan. The seawater is introduced into the evaporation pond, and when the water is evaporated to a certain extent by the sun, it is poured into the crystallization pond and continues to be exposed to the sun... almost like this, edible salt can be obtained from the seawater.”

Lin Ruhai was a little confused when he heard it. Jia Cong said a lot, and there were many words in his words that he hadn't heard before, but he still got the general idea because of his rich experience in Yantian.

He seems to have seen this salt-making method somewhere, and it seems to have some tricks, so you can try it!
Lin Ruhai rubbed Jia Cong's head with his big hands, and tapped lightly with his fingers from time to time.

bang bang...

When Daiyu pushed the door in with the medicine bowl in hand, Lin Ruhai was still in deep thought, and answered with bang bang.

Looking at the helpless Jia Cong, Daiyu laughed out loud, "Daddy, the melon is ripe!"

Jia Cong looked at Daiyu in horror, and quickly said, "Uncle, Daddy, my brain is not cold melon, so I can't eat it!"

"Ha ha……"

Lin Ruhai smiled and patted Jia Cong's head lightly, retracted his big hand, took the soup from Daiyu's hand and drank it down.

After rinsing his mouth, he said to Jia Cong: "Brother Cong, maybe you can try this method of drying salt, but this matter needs to be kept secret, and you must not talk about it in front of others."

"why?"

Lin Ruhai's face became serious, and he warned: "The benefits of the salt class are so great that they can kill people! If the method of drying the salt you proposed is successful, those who rely on the salt of Shanxi, Sichuan, and Jianghuai to make their fortunes will definitely go crazy. Stop you and my son-in-law Weng. Brother Cong, remember not to spread the word!"

hiss!
He almost forgot the words of the former Mr. Ma: If there is a 20.00% profit, it will be used everywhere; if there is a 50.00% profit, it will be active; if there is a [-]% profit, it will take risks; For a [-]% profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; with a [-]% profit, it dares to commit any crime, even risking hanging its head.

The benefit of the salt lesson has been multiplied by dozens of times. Those people may not have dug and buried the entire Lin family and Jia family, and even stepped on the land.

"I've made a note, my son, please rest assured, Uncle and Daddy!"

Although the sound of Weng and son-in-law made Daiyu blush with shame, and the method of drying the salt baffled her, but the solemn look in her father's eyes still made Daiyu alert.

She looked at her father worriedly, and Lin Ruhai gave Daiyu a reassuring look, and asked Jia Cong again about how to dry salt.

After he wrote down the method of drying salt with a pen, he told the young couple in front of him again, and waved them to go out to play.

After watching the children who kept whispering in their ears go out, Lin Ruhai hesitated for a long time, spread out a blank memorial, gritted his teeth and made up his mind to write.

"Your servant Lin Hai, inspector of salt in Yangzhou, please play. In our dynasty, the main method of making salt was boiling, which cost a huge amount of money. People from all over the world cannot bear the high price of salt. Today, I have a new method, which is to take water from the sea and dry it in the sun. Got the salt..."

"This method was proposed by Jia Cong, the son of the first-class general Jia She of the Rongguo Mansion, and Qianhu Jia Cong of the Dragon Guard. According to my opinion, the method of making it is a little rough. You can try it many times, and you are [-]% sure..."

"I want to try it out at the nearest opportunity. If this method is successful, it can solve the difficulties of the people. The government-run tax can replace the salt tax, and it can alleviate the lack of court taxes..."

Thousands of words were eloquently written, from the disadvantages of the boiling method to the advantages of the sun-dried method, Lin Ruhai wrote everything on the memorial.

After drying the ink, he sealed the memorial into a wooden box.

"He is really a lucky star. No matter whether it succeeds or not, this method of drying salt is a rare opportunity. Whether the Lin family can be completely extracted from the vortex in the south of the Yangtze River depends on this memorial!"

Monthly ticket recommendation ticket

　Thank you Galen for the reward of falling in love with Lux!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)