Chapter 285 Notice posted in the city!
Yuhang City.
This is a clean and peaceful city.
At this moment, the city suddenly became lively. Several notices were posted at the city gate, as well as at the most crowded market in the city.
Many people stood on tiptoes and watched.
"What is written on this? Does anyone know how to read it? Can you read it aloud?" someone in the crowd shouted loudly.
After a commotion, a relatively skinny young man squeezed in. He pushed the people around him hard, looked at them carefully, and read loudly: "There is nothing written on it. Mainly talking about the salt factories."
"It is said that the imperial court is planning to abolish the kitchen household system"
"It also plans to merge the salt factories in various places into one large factory."
“It is also said that the government is planning to properly resettle the kitchen households that have been replaced by machines.”
"But from what I see, the most important thing is that a meeting of kitchen households will be held in a few days. I hope Deng Muzi and other troubled kitchen households can go there and discuss with the government how to properly resettle the kitchen households."< br>
The young man’s voice spread.
But it didn’t cause much response. Although there are many kitchen households, most of them are not.
They only care about one thing.
An older man asked uneasily: "Have you said anything about the price of salt? If the factory is moved, won't the price of salt go up?"
"That's right."
"Salt prices can't go up."
"The government can't do this. It finally dropped a little bit, but now it goes back up. What's the deal?"
“.”
There was a lot of noise all around.
The young man scratched his head in embarrassment and read the notice again.
It is true that there is no mention of the price of salt, but according to the treacherous nature of the government, salt factories are ordinary, so the freight will definitely increase, and it will eventually be borne by them. After all this, the result is all fat. To the government.
The people below were a little unhappy.
With all the fuss, I wanted to go to the government to ask for an explanation, but they just talked about it, and not many people really dared to go.
After all, Zaodu, who was the leader of the trouble before, died not long ago.
Just as a group of people kept complaining and accusing, another skinny young man squeezed in. He glared dissatisfied at the young man who had just spoken, and said loudly: "Don't listen to that kid's nonsense, that kid knows better. What?"
"The government has already said it."
"The price will not change even if the factory is moved."
"Xia Qin was prepared this time. He came here to really solve the problem."
"He also brought many engineers. What do the engineers do? They are here to help move the salt factory and improve the salt-making machines. Yes, let me tell you this, the improved salt-making machine will produce salt more efficiently and at a lower cost than before.”
"And there's something you don't understand."
"Salt-making machines are different from ordinary human power."
"The heavier the work, the more tired people will be, but this machine Well, what we eat is coal, and it just can’t stop. The more salt we produce, the lower the cost will be. So, even if we move the salt factory, the cost of making salt from a large factory, as well as shipping costs, have all been taken into account. "
"There will be no change in the price of salt."
"Don't worry."
Lu Cang shouted loudly to calm down the disputes among the people around him.
It's just that his words didn't attract many people's attention. People only want to believe what they want to believe, and after so many years, they have long understood the government's tricks, and everything goes well when they do it. Well, when it comes time to actually cash it in, I will give you various reasons and excuses, and end up being completely different.
Seeing that his words were ignored, Lu Cang was also a little annoyed.
Tell the truth, how come no one believes it?
He stood on tiptoe, but the controversy around him was still loud. Finally, after Lu Cang hesitated for a moment, he went to the young man just now and said: "Build a bridge for me, and I will step on your thigh. ”
The skinny young man's eyes widened and he took two steps back as if he had seen a ghost.
There were just too many people around, so I was squeezed back again.
Lu Cang said: "What's the point of running away? I won't step on you in vain. No matter what, I'll let you step back later."
"Hurry up."
Lu Cang glared dissatisfiedly for a few times, and then, reluctantly, he set up an artificial ladder for him. Lu Cang stepped on it quickly, and suddenly he was a head higher than the surrounding people. Lu Cang said loudly: " I came here with Commissioner Xia Qin.”
"He is considered a follower."
"You can believe what I say."
"What I said before is true. For this reason, the court officials also contacted local officials and salt merchants We argued twice and it was just settled yesterday. All this is absolutely true. You can check it out in the future. The price of salt in the south will not be affected too much. "
"Now the imperial court has convinced the local government. The government and the kitchen households "The next step is to persuade the kitchen households."
"Envoy Xia Qin has a saying that has always been on his lips."
"If you let people talk, the sky will not fall."
"Envoy Xia Qin also said that many local people are very interested in steam engines. Resistance or even rejection, thinking that this thing is unlucky and competing for profits from the people, and Commissioner Xia Qin also said that as soon as some things appear, they are destined to change the status quo of the world."
" In a few days, Envoy Xia Qin will hold a machine demonstration in the city to show the real wonders of steam engines to Yuhang County and fellow villagers from outside. Envoy Xia Qin believes that as long as the truth is explained clearly, the people in the city will The people will be willing to accept it.”
“They can accept it.”
"It's just that Xia Qin's visit this time is mainly to solve the problem of chaos in the kitchen households."
"But now we can't contact the kitchen households in many places, so if you have connections or contacts, you can give us They said that the court was willing to communicate with them and would not blame them for some policy issues."
"It would also find another way out for them."
"I hope the folks around me can help spread the word."
"Their personal safety will be protected by the court. If someone really dares to attack them, the court will definitely not let them go. This Also accompanying us this time were Duke Xin, who had conquered Zhejiang, and his Majesty’s most trusted Jin Yiwei.”
"You can't trust the imperial envoy, but you should trust the current majesty, right?!"
The effect of Lu Cang's tall shout was immediate, and people listened immediately.
The originally disturbed surroundings also became quiet.
"What you said is true. Are you really an imperial envoy sent by His Majesty?" someone in the crowd questioned.
Lu Cang looked around and said with a smile: "Can this be false?"
"Jinyiwei is in Zhejiang. Who dares to pretend to be an imperial envoy?"
"I am absolutely sure."
"Then the price of salt really won't rise?" someone asked again.
Lv Cang nodded affirmatively and said: "Absolutely not. There is no room for increase. When steam-driven salt came out, who dared to believe that the price of salt would drop so much? But now? Who still wants to Don’t believe it.”
“Xia Qinchen is dedicated to the people.”
"He is really thinking about the people."
"If not, why did the court send him down?"
"Isn't it because he knows that Mr. Xia has a good heart and doesn't want to see the people suffer, so he wants to The matter in the south can be properly resolved, which will not cause fluctuations in salt prices, calm down the kitchen households, and get the salt policy in the south back on track."
"But only Xia Qinchen can do this. Do it.”
“Is there really a way for the imperial court to solve the livelihood of so many Zao households?” A Zao household asked nervously.
Lu Cang nodded, shook his head and said: "This is something that has not yet been determined, and I can't say for sure, but the court will indeed try its best. Didn't I say before that the court just wants to talk to the consul of Zaohu? , how to solve it properly."
"I believe that after the two sides talk, we will be able to give the world a satisfactory answer."
As soon as he finished speaking, the young man below couldn't hold it anymore and withdrew. He opened his legs and let Lu Cang fall down, while he pressed his thigh in pain.
Lv Cang smiled apologetically at the young man.
Under Lu Cang’s words, the people around him completely calmed down.
They don't care much.
As long as the price of salt does not rise, whether the salt factory can be moved or not, it has nothing to do with the kitchen households. They do not buy salt from the kitchen households. In the past, private salt was quite common, but now With the advent of machine-made salt production, the government's crackdown on private individuals was extremely severe.
Nowadays, even if you want to buy private salt, you can’t buy it.
And they also know that machine-made salt not only tastes good, but also has no other effects on the body. Those private salts are said to damage the body if eaten, so now they have no choice but to be really poor. Otherwise, few people would buy private salt.
The people around him did not join in the booing, but the Zao household on the side had a lot of thoughts.
Does the imperial court really want to solve the problem of kitchen households?
Can you really let things go?
Is it just that the imperial court really has a solution?
The number of kitchen households in the south is not a small number. There are hundreds of thousands, or even more. After all, apart from Shandong, which produces more salt, the only places in the world that produce more salt are the south and Bashu, and the population of the south is Therefore, the number of kitchen households is also surprisingly large.
At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, in order to meet the world's salt supply, many ordinary people were transferred directly to Zaohu with a wave of their hands. But who would have thought that in just more than ten years, Zaohu would be transferred to Zaohu There is no use for it.
Hundreds of thousands of kitchen households lost their livelihoods.
Lv Cang looked around, he had finished what he wanted to say.
Then they started to squeeze outside.
When he squeezed out, there was a crowd around the notice. Lu Cang glanced at it with lingering fear, and was about to lift his legs to leave, but he found that the skinny young man had been following him, his eyes even brighter. He was staring straight at him, as if he wanted to eat Lu Cangsheng.
Lu Cang was also startled by his eyes.
(End of this chapter)