Chapter 288 A grain of sand in the times!
Deep at the market entrance.
Xia Zhibai, Hua Lun and others are also watching.
Looking at the bustling scene in front, Hua Lun shook his head and said: "Brother Xia, the effect of this lecture you gave is average. The local people are not interested in the principle of steam engines. What they are interested in is Will the price of salt continue to drop? Let’s join in the fun.”
Xia Zhibai said with a smile: “Don’t rush, take your time.”
"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry."
"You have to give some time to adapt. If the people want to watch the excitement, then let them see enough first. The incident in Zaohu was so fierce before, how can the people Don’t you want to know why the Zao households got up and started making trouble?”
“Only by breaking down some of the actual situation and explaining it clearly to the people will they understand what is going on. "
"The most important thing for the people is to be patient."
"The people are different from us in many things. They are completely unaware of it, and they still listen to the rationale given to them. Those who don’t understand will only have this awareness if they can truly see, feel, and recognize it.”
"That's what Zhou Ning is doing now."
"Demonstrating steam-driven salt production is indeed thankless."
"But it is also very necessary."
< br>"In fact, there are very few Zao households in the south who have real access to steam-powered salt. Many Zao households have no idea what is going on. They only know that their activities have been robbed, and their livelihood has been stolen. Therefore, there is resentment in my heart, and I want to smash the person who took their job."
"Let everything be restored as before."
“Everyone with a clear eye in the world can see it.”
“It is a general trend to use machines to make salt.”
“We will not change according to the ideas of kitchen households, so now we have to Yes, just tell Zaohu the truth clearly and let them see clearly why Zaohu suddenly stopped being direct and no one wanted him."
"There is a reason for all this."
"The kitchen owner may be a little impatient, but he is by no means ignorant."
"When they understand it, most of the anger and resentment in their hearts will naturally dissipate. When the workers' meeting is held, they will be able to understand the current situation more clearly and make more appropriate and rational choices. "
Listening to Xia Zhibai's words, Hua Lun and others were thoughtful.
In their eyes, Xia Zhibai has always been a bit eager to do things, but when facing the people, he can be so calm and willing to spend time and move with emotion. Reasonably, this was something they didn't expect.
In their opinion.
None of this is actually necessary.
As an official of the Ming Dynasty, you only need to give orders.
How dare Zaohu An disobey?
Besides, they are just thinking about the kitchen households, so why do they need to explain so much to the kitchen households? When the kitchen households come back to their senses in the future, they will naturally know what is right and what is wrong, and there is no need to bother with so many things. But this way The benefits are also obvious.
The problem of kitchen households will be solved smoothly without too many twists and turns.
Because facts speak louder than words.
They can't compete with machines, that's an ironclad fact.
No one can argue.
The facts are indeed as Xia Zhibai said.
Deng Muzi and other kitchen households saw Zhou Ning and other engineers demonstrating on the stage how to make salt. Although the salt was not actually made, the billowing black smoke kept coming out, which made them feel... The heart palpitated, and after Zhou Ning and others poured a bucket of brine, the scene of the brine evaporating rapidly made Deng Muzi and others fall into a long silence.
They had not had the opportunity to enter the salt factory before.
Therefore, we are very skeptical about this so-called steam engine.
I think the government is deliberately suppressing it.
But now.
Although I didn’t see the whole process, just heating the brine and the machine running were enough to silence them. The machine can extract it continuously for twelve hours. What about them, the kitchen households? Is it really possible to work non-stop for 12 hours?
This is impossible.
And I heard from the engineer that this brine can be directly extracted from hundreds of meters deep. If there is seawater, it is more convenient. Almost most of them can be heated and placed on the evaporated brine, which is more effective than their own steaming and drying. I don’t know how much.
What’s more important is the large quantity!
Zhou Ning said in a deep voice: "You have all seen the use process of the steam engine." "This is just a small, truly complete one. The efficiency is much higher than this. Some have even been made. When it comes to recycling the steamed water, you only need to consume a certain amount of coal, but you can get a mountain of salt. I believe that anyone will know what to choose. ”
"You will not be an exception!"
"Some of you are kitchen households, so you should be able to see clearly how convenient and fast it is to make salt by machine."
"This is far better than ordinary artificial salt making."
"So this time we I was ordered to come to quell the chaos in the kitchen households in the south. I didn't think about shutting down the machines because it was unrealistic and impossible. Even if I relied on the government's order to temporarily shut down these machines, driven by profit, , there will still be smugglers, and your salt will still not be sold."
"And the people around you can testify."
"The quality of machine-made salt is indeed better. The salt produced by Zaohu is better.”
"At least the quality that people can buy has improved."
"It's not bitter or astringent, and it tastes salty!"
Zhou Ning's words caused many people around to nod.
“That’s true.”
“The salt used to be bitter.”
"There are mud, sand and the like, but the salt produced by the machine is better."
"Since we have eaten the salt produced by the machine, who will eat the salt produced by Zaohu? The salt is not delicious." , the price is still expensive.”
“.”
Listening to the ridicule from the surrounding market, Deng Muzi’s face turned red, and his fists were clenched, wishing to punish those who scolded him. A good beating, but too many people around him echoed this statement, as if it had become a generally accepted thing.
Zhou Ning added: "There is actually a lot of room for improvement in the salt in the south."
“In Yingtianfu, salt is actually classified into categories.”
“Some have other things added to them that can prevent big neck disease, and some have special gold and stones added to them to strengthen teeth, etc., and these The price of salt is not much higher than that of ordinary salt, but if it is placed on artificial salt, the price will probably be more than doubled.”
“So this lecture is mainly to tell everyone.”
"Machines can benefit the Ming Dynasty."
"It's not that scary, nor that scary. If used well, tens of millions of people around the world can benefit. Such a great contribution How could the imperial court stop this incident?”
"But as the manufacturer of the steam engine, Xia Qinchen also said the same thing."
"A grain of sand of the times falling on an individual may be an unbearable burden. The emergence of the steam engine has a great impact on kitchen households." The blow is devastating, and the work that many people have done for generations suddenly becomes irrelevant.”
“But there is nothing we can do about it.”
“ The times are about to develop, and people want to pursue a better life.”
“What’s wrong with this?”
"The only thing the imperial court can do is to give the kitchen households a proper resettlement so that they are no longer bound by salt production and can start engaging in other industries. At the same time, they will try their best to provide other means of livelihood for the kitchen households."< br>
“These imperial courts have always considered it.”
“His Majesty is from a poor peasant background and is well aware of the sufferings of the people. How could he not understand the hardships of the people’s lives? How could he really turn a blind eye? "
"So you can rest assured that the emperor of Ming Dynasty is concerned about the people."
"He will understand the sufferings of the people."
"Every decision made by the imperial court is carefully considered. It is never made with a slap on the forehead or a hot head. You should not have so much resistance and opposition to some matters of the imperial court. You must always believe that the imperial court is I hope that the world will be peaceful."
"I also hope that the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe."
"And the imperial court will also find ways to provide appropriate arrangements for those who may be affected. ”
“However, it is not always possible to get what you want. Many times, things like what Zaohu did recently will happen. But I can only say one thing, you cannot harm the interests of the collective public because of personal interests. ."
"The country is the most important thing!"
"Only when the country is strong and prosperous can the family prosper!"
(End of this chapter)