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Chapter 691 Salt Works Reform

After inspecting the shipbuilding workshop at Imali Bay Harbor, Masara boarded several naval ships and then arrived at Fukushima and Takashima in Imali Bay.

Large salt fields were established on these two offshore islands. Standing in the salt fields, a gust of sea breeze mixed with the smell of spring came to the face. In the salt fields, the salt drying seemed to be completed at this time, and now there are sparse figures, leaving only a large piece of dark white salt particles left in the salt fields.

"Heiji, I think the salt farm can be opened for management for the leaders." Looking at the workers who were building a filter embankment next to the salt farm, Masara said to Heiji Togo who was accompanying him.

"Lord, are you?" Heiji Dongxiang was a little confused. Currently, there are five salt fields in the territory of the Luo family, including three salt fields in the state of Heiqian, and one salt field in the state of Heihou and Heihouguo. Under the management of the Inner Political Department, these salt fields are well managed, so why did the Lord Zhengliang suddenly transfer them to the people who manage them themselves?

Of course, Heiji Togo did not understand Masayoshi's intention. The purpose of Masayoshi's doing this is to reduce the number of personnel in various institutions of the Luo family, ensure the streamlining of personnel in these institutions, and avoid the flow of time. The personnel of these institutions will become official, thus becoming borers that consume internal resources.

The reason why the salt farm was completely controlled by the Luo family was to avoid being used by hostile forces against the Luo family, which led to the lack of salt in the Luo family territory. However, with the continuous expansion of the Luo family's power and the improvement of various supervision agencies, internal affairs institutions, and business systems in the territory, the Luo family no longer had to worry about this situation. Even if it happened, it had enough ability to deal with it.

If that is the case, it is better to release this resource to the people and then let the wealth of the people promote the redevelopment of these resources? With the promotion of the laws on promoting commercial development by the Luo family, a large number of territorial corpses engaged in internal territorial commerce have emerged in the territory. Compared with the salt farm operating officials of the internal government cabinet who are gradually losing their anger, these people will be more proactive in operating these salt farms. After all, the income of the salt farm is related to their vital interests. This method can not only avoid internal adverse consumption, but also promote the development of the territory. Why not do it?

So facing Dongxiang Heiji's confusion, Masayoro said: "The Inner Government Pavilion only retains the snow salt production workshop, and the scale of the snow salt workshop will be doubled."

"Yes." Compared to coarse salt and salt fields, snow salt is actually the big part of income. While meeting the needs of the territory itself, it is also exported to the Luo family territory, and even sold to the Ming Dynasty through smuggling merchants.

"As for the coarse salt yard, the Inner Government Pavilion will first draw up a list of places where salt yards can be built based on the situation of the three places before, after, and after, and after. After reviewing it, then send the territory the news that you can come to buy salt yard construction permits." Zhengliang's method is already a bit similar to the "salt turmoil" implemented by the Ming Dynasty.

"The construction of the salt farm and the employment of workers are all subject to the responsibility of the leaders who have purchased the license certificate?" Dongxiang Heiji already understood Masayoshi's intention at this time.

"Yes, the Interior Government Office can provide them with guidance on the production of coarse salt, but the leaders are responsible for the construction costs of the salt farm," Zhengliang said affirmatively. "In addition, when selling these licenses for building salt farms, they will be auctioned."

"auction?"

"It is to gather them together. Then, based on the geographical environment of each salt field, the internal affairs cabinet first determines the lowest price for these salt fields, and then publicly lets the leaders who intend to purchase the certificate to bid for the bid." Zhengliang said.

"Lord is brilliant." Donggo Heiji's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Also, that is, we require that we can only buy food this time and we do not accept coins or other property."

"Yes!" Dongxiang Heiji suddenly realized when he heard this. He took this opportunity to raise another batch of food. "But, lord, a family may not have enough food to buy it."

"All they are allowed to jointly purchase and operate together. The income of the salt farm will be distributed according to their investment in the salt farm. This internal government cabinet must follow up and record the entire process and make a fair judgment. By the way, in addition, let Luoshi House and Shenwu also participate in the participation of each salt farm." Luoshi House and Shenwu are actually the official commercial institutions of the Luoshi family. With their participation, on the one hand, they can give everyone in the territory a safe message to alleviate their concerns about whether operating these salt farms can make profits. On the other hand, they are also indirectly monitoring these salt farms. What Zhengliang wants is to form a healthy competition between these salt farms to ensure the daily needs of coarse salt for the people at a lower price, rather than letting them unite to monopolize and increase the price of coarse salt in disguise.

"Since that's the case, why did the lord not implement this law before and after the throne?" Heiji Togo had already thought of the impact of the implementation of this law on the people's lives and the development of the territory in the future, so he did not understand why Masayoshi only implemented this law before and after the throne, but instead did not implement this law before and after the throne.

"Let's talk about it after these three trial areas are effective." The Chuanqian Kingdom and the Fenghou Kingdom are still war areas at this time, and it is still a bit unsafe for building salt fields on the coast. In addition, the internal affairs cabinets of these two places have just entered the local area, and the basic internal affairs work is gradually being rolled out at this time. There is no manpower and material resources to carry out this work, so the implementation of the salt field rules can only be temporarily suspended.

"Okay, let's get here today. Let's go back to the shore first, and then find a place to have a meal nearby." After seeing Togo Heiji personally record what Masayoro had just said, Masayoro finally said.

So the group began to take the original ship and began to return to Imali Bay Harbor.

Imali Bay Port, this time Masarara remembered the local area. When the Luo family was still a small wealthy family in Matsuura County, he responded to the call of the Hodo family, the most powerful family in Matsuura County at that time, and fought with the Masarara family, which was also a powerful family in Matsuura County. He even experienced a thrilling night battle here, and finally fled to the beach in a mess and fled back to the territory of the man's territory on a long-arranged naval ship. Soon after the Luo family defeated the Hodo family and the Masarara, he divided all the territories near the Imali Bay Port to his important minister Kakuma Ishisong and some other small wealthy families.

In a blink of an eye, seven or eight years have passed. This place has been operated by the Kakuma family and other wealthy families, and since the Roh family's direct shipbuilding workshop is at the port near this place, at the junction of the Kakuma family's territory and the port, the workshop workers and their families, and even local lords, gradually formed a Komako.

After entering this little town, people were flooding inside, which made Masayora feel like he was going shopping in the future. There was a large market in this town. Many leaders and shipbuilding workshop workers and their families were trading here.

In the crowd, Masayoshi actually saw two troops patrolling Komachiko. One team of troops was a middle-aged man who had broken his left hand but was still wearing the Roche family's standard clothes. This type of clothes was specially made by the Luo family's Interior Pavilion for the official staff of the Luo family. The most obvious mark on the clothes was that there was a black eagle on its chest. Only personnel from the official staff of the Luo family's official agency were qualified to wear this kind of clothes. If non-official personnel were dressed in a counterfeit manner, it would be considered as a violation of the territory's laws and would be punished.

Behind the middle-aged man was a team of children walking in neat steps with bamboo guns in their hands. These children were eight to thirteen and four years old, both men and women, and there was a black eagle flag printed on the shoulders of the tallest man. This was a team flag designed by Masayoshi specifically for the Boy Scouts of the territory. Almost every town, even every village in the Luo family's territory, has such a team flag.

It is obvious that the middle-aged man who had broken his left hand was a regular staff member who retired from the Luo family's army. He should be the head of the head who was responsible for the military training of the boy scouts in this town.

On the surface, it seems that a middle-aged man with a broken left hand led a team of children through the crowd in the market, which is definitely a bit funny. However, since the entire team is moving forward at an orderly pace, it seems quite majestic, which makes many leaders beside them applaud. Some leaders even proudly introduced some children in the team to the people around them. It is estimated that the children are the children or relatives of these people.

In comparison, the marching pace of a group of ten people who were also patrolling the market seemed a bit distracted. Masayora saw the Kakuma family's family pattern from the wear of this military force. This town belongs to a town in the territory of Kakuma Ishisect. The Kokuma family is indeed obliged to ensure stability here. Obviously, this team of military force is a retainer of Kakuma Ishisect.

According to the laws of the Luo family, a wealthy or retainer who works for the Luo family can only have at most fifteen retainers (these retainers can carry weapons). Of course, the number of servants is not limited (but weapons are not allowed. The Luo family explicitly stipulates that the sword hunting order is implemented in the laws. Generally, the subordinates are not allowed to carry weapons privately, and violators will be severely punished). Under such restrictions, generally, retainers who are good at martial arts will tend to choose retainers who are good at management, which will help him manage government affairs and territory; while retainers who are good at government affairs or strategies tend to choose retainers who are good at martial arts, which can provide him with protection.

Now Kakuma Ishisou is in charge of work in Toyokoku, and there are enough Luo family around him to protect him. Naturally, he only needs to leave a few retainers by his side. Those idle retainers were probably sent back to maintain territorial security, so there were two military forces in one town.

For all wealthy families or retainers, the lords implement management of their own territory on the premise of abiding by the laws of the Luo family. Each town and village in their territory also obeys the management of the lords under the premise of abiding by the laws of the Luo family. The lords have a role in supervising the lords, while the head and village play a role in supervising the lords. If any party violates the laws of the territory, they will be reported by the other party.

Moreover, both the lord and the local head and the village head have only the internal management power of the territory, but no military power. In other words, without the approval of the local interior cabinet and the military cabinet, if the lord arbitrarily mobilizes the local boy scouts and the head or village head responsible for military training to carry out matters that are not related to the responsibilities stipulated in the territory laws, it will be considered a rebellion. Similarly, the same is true for the head and the village head.

Today, Masara, Togo Heiji and others were both disguised by Black Hawk before they came out to inspect, so the two teams did not recognize Masara and others when they passed by Masara and others. So Masara and others simply wandered around the market.

After several years of development, the lives of the people in Feiqian Kingdom have been greatly improved. Many people in their families have gradually become richer and have gradually accumulated some extra items in their hands. With this basic condition, the market came into being in various parts of the territory with the joint efforts of the Interior Cabinet and the local lords.
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