The next day, Song Yingsheng took the detailed strategy given by Song Yingxing out. This kind of thing was to go to the patent office of the Military Order Department, where he would review some technical innovations and innovations. Of course, this was the result of Wang Debang and others being highly rewarded. Including Han Laoliu's double-chamber iron speculation method, these technological innovations were rewarded by Zhang Han! The rewards were so heavy that even the Song brothers were very moved. It is conceivable how attractive it is to ordinary people.

Over the years, it has been considered as a combination of mud and sand. Some practical ideas have been used, most of which are civilian. Some craftsmen from the Firearms Bureau have been recognized for their innovation in gun manufacturing, and the rewards are very heavy.

Because they are attracted by the bonus, people come to the military department to talk about technological innovation almost every day, including many fantasies, and many even have delusions at all.

In order to deal with these people, a special technical patent institute was established. As long as you have real skills, you will definitely give money. It’s a pity that over the years, only a few people who can really take away a lot of money here.

Song Yingsheng himself is a research institute and is also on the job in the patent office. He goes to the job once every once in a while. After seeing a lot of ridiculous people and absurd statements, he felt a little uneasy, afraid that the method given by his brothers was not as successful as he thought. If he saw himself smiling when he often saw absurd people, it would be too embarrassing.

Their place was a dormitory area for middle-level personnel to live in. When they went out, they were paved with blue brick paths. There were large flower pots on both sides of the road and flowers, plants and trees. Some snow on the roadside had not been completely melted. In the middle, the mailmen arranged by the military department had been swept clean. After coming out of the alley and going to the avenue, there were more people walking, and some snow on the avenue were swept by someone. There were some places where the snow was thick and frozen. The mailmen used big baskets to carry coarse salt to dry them on their heads.

Despite seeing such a scene many times, Song Yingsheng still felt quite emotional... These salts are rare and expensive items in the homes of poor people in Jiangxi. The salt of ordinary people is difficult to eat. Even such coarse and bad salt is a high-priced item that many people's homes cannot consume. However, here they are used to melt snow!

He Yusheng discovered several large salt ponds on the grassland. Qinghai and other places were originally places where green salt was produced, which was several times more expensive than the salt produced by ordinary salt ponds. Unfortunately, most of these salt ponds could only produce coarse salt, and even if it was fine salt, Zhang Han did not intend to challenge the traditional interests of the generals and gentry in various places.

In the Ming Dynasty, salt tea was sold exclusively and was strictly controlled. Salt merchants from all over the country had a great relationship. In the Northwest Military Town, salt profit was also a very important source of interests. It had long been divided up by major generals, gentry and relatives. Even if Zhang Han had a salt pond to produce salt, he tried not to consider this aspect. His current development was to create new profits to give his partners more ways to make money, rather than snatch food from the tiger's mouth.

Even if the merchant army can sweep across the northwest towns now, it is better not to offend these original collaborators before rebelling.

A large amount of salt is extracted and fine salt is given to the military and civilians in the core control area. The price is very low, and it is half sold and half given away. Coarse salt is not very useful. Snow melting on snow is a good use.

People gradually walked to the road, and at this time they were middle-level officials from various military departments. Only at this time did people realize that they had developed to the present level. Middle-level officials alone were already in a constant stream and could not see the numbers clearly at a glance.

There are a large number of manned carriages waiting at intersections, of course, it is impossible for each person to have one carriage. The carriage is also an important pawn for generating income from Yusheng. The military department has relaxed its indicators and no longer engages in hunger marketing as before to push up the price of carriages, reduce some decoration expenses, and reduce price sales. At the same time, it launches a miniaturized four-wheeled carriage to make as much profit as possible.

Even if the carriage in front of you is a standard reduced version, it actually reduces a lot of luxurious accessories and some internal utensils. Even so, the cost is reduced by at least 30%.

When they reached the intersection, the officials had already walked on their way, and the carriages of each military division were parked at different locations.

There were carriages and horses everywhere on the road, and a large number of carriages were not crowded on the road. In the core area of ​​Lizhuang, there were at least more than 500 permanent carriages, including the military department’s own use and the military’s transport convoy, as well as the company’s commercial department’s transportation vehicles. It can be said that this was the first place where the Ming Dynasty implemented traffic control. The role of traffic police was implemented by the military court’s policing officer. At first, these policing officers were confused. Zhang Han personally trained, left and right branches, and crossings were released in batches, etc., and everyone learned and sold them as soon as possible. After more than a year of traffic control, the carriages that left and right are now consciously driving to the right. In other places, the carriages and sedans were all walking high in the center of the road.

When Song Yingsheng got on the bus, he used to greeting a few colleagues.

After all, they are middle-level people. Of course, they will not be crowded with more than a dozen or twenty people in the same car as the little official's carriage. Each car has a maximum of five or six people. Moreover, there is still charcoal fire under the seats in the car. Because the fire is ignited and warm, the carriage is very warm.

Although the sun shines outside and it is a sunny day, the north wind is shaking and the temperature is very low. You can see how low the temperature is from the icy crevices on the haystacks on the side of the road.

The canals on both sides of the road were frozen, and the north and south canals under the magnificent embankment not far away were also frozen. Many children who had been on the winter vacation ran around the ice and burst into cheerful laughter.

An official from a fat carriage office smiled and said, "That is, here in Lizhuang, under the rule of Yusheng, the children either study or play. If they change to other places, it has not snowed that day. Why don't they go to the road to pick up manure or just roll weeds? How can they be idle?"

"Not."

"The key is hunger and cold." Another official with a square temperament is from a juren, who came from northern Shaanxi. He is a middle-level official in the Business Department under construction. With this person's temperament and experience, he was not suitable for managing many matters in the Business Department. However, this person is good at math and originally wanted him, but the Finance Bureau also wanted him, but the Business Department was first established and needed talents, so he asked him over. The juren from the Business Department said with pain: "I just returned to my hometown a while ago. It was miserable, miserable, so miserable.

What we see is really shocking. In northern Shanxi, other places are much better in Heyusheng, and the harvest is not low. They can also do some random work to supplement their household income. However, in northern Shaanxi, many places reduced their income by 70% last year, but the imperial court increased Liao tuition, and the local government even imposed heavy taxes. The people have been displaced and many people have become beggars. And I will say bluntly that in this case, there will be another three or five years, and the people may have to change their children and eat. By then, it will be not far from rising up."

Everyone was very careful to listen to the officials of the Business Department, and Song Yingsheng was also very concerned, but he could not imagine how the northern Shaanxi area would be as far as this person said.

Moreover, according to this person, not only the lower class people are difficult to survive, but small landlords and ordinary gentry are also very difficult to make a living. The life of the border army and postmen, such as the court, has also become a big problem, because the court has tilted its main financial resources to Liaodong. In military towns such as northern Shaanxi to northern Shanxi and Gansu, military pay is either late or not once every few months and six months. How many soldiers can continue? They can only survive by borrowing loans. If they can't even borrow money, they can only sell their wives and children.

The military officer from northern Shaanxi finally said: "Many border soldiers in Yulin Town have done a 'half-closed door' business, and there are many people who sell their sons to exchange for a bag of miscellaneous grains!"

A sigh came from the carriage, and finally someone wondered: "Is the court ignoring this?"

"Liaobao is important." Someone said in a sarcastic voice: "Additional taxes was a matter during the Wanli period. Now it is said that it is Zhongzhengying, the chief assistant, the second assistant, the six ministries, most of them are from the Donglin Party. Who would have proposed to collect Liaobao? During the Wanli period, Emperor Shenzong collected mining taxes everywhere. How did the people in Donglin compete with Emperor Wanli? Now?"

"It is better to be useful if the Liao levy is collected. I am afraid that as we said, the more we conscript, the easier it is to conquer the vassal states."

"I see, Daming!"

"It's not so." Song Yingsheng said disapprovingly: "We have been in good weather in Jiangxi these years. Our family wrote to me that the city was full of traffic, the restaurant was crowded, and carriages were parked at the door of the gold and silver shops... The disasters in northern Shaanxi have been a bit miserable in recent years, but you should know that most of the places are still very rich."

"Rich?" Someone retorted: "Beizhi, Henan, Shandong, there is no serious disaster. I have heard people say about the situation in Henan. It's really sad and tragic."

"And it's not just the poverty among the people, but the court's expenses are becoming increasingly insufficient. The military towns cannot even pay the military pay for the border troops. If this continues, the court will definitely be in a state of military preparation. If the military towns do not pay the military equipment, the military town will gradually become independent and tenacious. I'm afraid it's true."

Song Yingsheng felt uncomfortable when he heard this. He came from Jiangxi and belonged to the Jiangnan lineage in the Ming Dynasty. His literary style and the various folk customs were similar to those in Jiangnan. Of course, the income of the people is far from that of Jiangnan, but the advantage is that it is also a land of fishing and rice, and the lives of the people are still passed.

Not only Jiangxi, but also Huguang, which is the highest-yield grain-producing area in the late Ming Dynasty. Even if the people's lives are not that rich, they can still have a meal.

Guangdong and Guangxi are poorer, and Guangzhou is also quite rich.

The Jiangnan area is even richer. The people can support the family by using a spinning machine at the door. Not only can they live a life, but they can also live a very good life.

Some later literati notes about the Wanli period are all very recalling the life at that time. The people are rich, the literary style is prosperous, and the high pressure of ideological control disappears. It can be said that the people of Jiangnan during the Longwan period lived in a country with very rich and civilized nature. For them, the past is the best memory, and wars and famines are just rumors that they are far away from their own.
Chapter completed!