Methodology

Is there any benefit? Indeed, there is no shortage of military expenses in Bianzhou. Jiezhou only produces salt and does not transport it. Naturally, there will be a large group of merchants dragging them out. The imperial court ensures that the tax revenue will not be lost or withheld.

In more than a dozen states along the way, everyone has cheap salt to eat.

It's just a hard work for those businessmen, and this is what it should be for the sake of profit.

Later, salt notes turned into salt notes.

There is no longer a war, there is no need for food and grass, the Song Dynasty is made by the ancestors, and the world's money is transferred to the capital. Then the goods are transported to the capital for delivery, exchanged for salt banknotes in Bianjing, and then picked up at the place of origin.

When the people of the Song Dynasty invented salt banknotes, they never thought of a problem.

Salt plays a very important role in this business cycle.

This thing is actually there, and the paper value corresponding to the salt banknote is directly linked to the salt production! At this time, the salt becomes a very trustworthy and hard-bang reserve!

With this, the nature of the salt banknote began to change. What did it transform into? Currency! This nature is far more than ten thousand times more important than the bill of lading!

In the late Song Dynasty, the credibility of salt banknotes was far higher than that of Jiaozi and Huizi in the same period.

Until Cai Jing corrupted the salt policy.

This boy knew nothing about the economy, so he turned salt banknotes into futures certificates, and then when a large number of old banknotes could no longer be redeemed, he issued new banknotes at a discount to the old banknotes. The salt banknotes became a tool for the imperial court to exploit merchants.

It can be said that Cai Jing was arranged by God to come to this world specifically to accelerate the collapse of the Song Dynasty.

In addition, the Song Dynasty did not kill scholar-officials, but the scholar-officials were very arrogant. Local government officials spent a lot of money on various projects, which greatly hindered the circulation of goods and economy.

The senior officials of the Song Dynasty, the royal family, and many knowledgeable people have noticed this problem, but there is nothing they can do about it.

The resistance from local interest groups was too great, and various methods could not be implemented at all. The salt banknotes had already made great progress under the pressure of the war.

If we continue to impose pressure, local officials will dare to make trouble. Who will support the many subordinate staff outside the official establishment? The local government should not maintain its operation. In theory, there are only so many people in a state or county who receive imperial salary. Who is the big boss in the court who is not experienced?

Come out? You don’t really think that you can rule a place with just a salary, do you? Where do these people get their salary? Don’t we all have to figure it out ourselves?!

Su You and Shi Dongxiu were chatting and thinking, and the eyes of the accompanying children were all bright.

For example, Zhang Qi had never thought that there was such a set of rules operating in this world.

Are there any disadvantages to salt banknotes? Yes.

First of all, because it is linked to salt, not all businessmen are willing to sell salt honestly, and more of them would rather sell salt locally in Bianzhou or Bianliang.

This gave rise to the business of redeeming salt banknotes. The rich men in Bianjing suppressed the value of salt banknotes and controlled a large number of salt banknotes. At the same time, they controlled the market supply and drove up the price of salt.

In short, how to make money comes from the country, the court, and the daily life of ordinary people, let’s go on one side!

The Song Dynasty was a gentle court. If this happened in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with just a piece of paper, countless people would confiscate their homes and kill them. There are ten thousand ways to force these man-eating tigers to vomit out.

The Song Dynasty had no other options. The slightest move would cause chaos in the court, so it had to set up a salt warehouse in Bianliang, send a warehouse ambassador, and introduce a national control mechanism. When the salt price was less than 35 cents per pound

, that doesn’t matter, once it exceeds forty coins, the country will join the team of salt sellers and compete with wealthy merchants for pricing power.

The more Su You thought about it, the colder he got, and he nodded secretly in his heart. One day, when I get the chance, I must deal with these worms!

Then he listened to Shi Dongxiu and said with a smile: "When it comes to business access, our Sichuanxia Fourth Road is the best. Although we use iron money, Jiaozi, we benefit from the open taxation, so we have always been prosperous."

"I heard that the adults are discussing the tax law. There is no control outside the four roads. Within the four roads, the local tax is only collected once and the tax is collected once. No more harsh taxes are allowed on the way. My dear nephew, watch it. We in Xichuan, especially Kui,

The waterway from Lu, Jia and Mei to Chengdu is still prosperous."

Su You smiled and said: "Once the tax system changes, the state governments will pay more attention to production, the business tax will drop significantly, and the local tax will be paid more attention to. Once Shibo's jade porcelain comes out, in the eyes of the prefects and county magistrates, it will

A rising tide lifts all boats.”

Shi Dongxiu laughed loudly: "What about my jade porcelain, don't you also have a share?!"

Su You touched his smooth chin: "If there is such a change, there are still many questions: For example, which commodities will be piloted for this tax law? Another example is that Chengdu Prefecture is the end point of various commodities, and the tax industry is the only one, and this

The repair and maintenance of commercial roads must rely on the local area, so it cannot be monopolized. How will the profits be divided? There are also warehousing in various places. How to deploy, control, and supervise? Another long article. I really want to transfer to Yizhou Road.

Si Yi wants to know the secret..."

Shi Dongxiu said: "My dear nephew, your mind is far-reaching, but you are still young. Now you should lay a solid foundation and wait for the time when you will become a blockbuster."

This sentence has the meaning of cultivating the Jiangqing family spokesperson for the next few decades.

I also talked with Shi Dongxiu about the process and broke down the difficulties in manufacturing ball mills into several research directions, among which high-precision bearing balls are one.

But fortunately, the material of this thing is cheap and can be tested on a large scale. The large bearings can withstand large work differences and are easier to handle. As for the small bearing balls used in the Shijia folding knife, let's win by quantity and burn tens of thousands of them.

If you pick them out, you can always pick out the ones that fit together.

After discussing this, Shi Dongxiu still refused to let him go and called Shi Da over: "Don't you still have something to ask Mingrun?"

Shi Dahan smiled and cupped his hands: "Young Master, this glaze matter..."

Su You smiled and said: "As for the glaze, I don't know much about the formula, but I think we can work on the purity."

"The most convenient way is to first crush the mineral materials into small particles, and then remove the debris through rough selection, leaving the concentrate."

"Then use a small ball mill to grind out a fine slurry, and use the water flying method to obtain extremely fine powder."

"What we need to pay attention to here is the mixing of impurities, so the inner surface of the ball mill is best made of jade porcelain, so that even if it peels off, there will be no pollution."

"As far as I know, the metal component in the glaze has a great influence on the color of the glaze. Therefore, during the glaze grinding process, you should try to avoid contact with metal."

"Similarly, we also need to study the glaze colors corresponding to various metals, as well as the mixing ratio, use porcelain tiles to fire, and keep experimental records."

"After these things are done, the color is fired. The kiln temperature change is one aspect, and the air intake volume is another aspect."

"In recent research, Brother Zhang and I have discovered a gas in the air that helps fuel combustion, called oxygen. In Brother Zhang's latest letter, it was mentioned that the reaction between oxygen and carbon will occur when the oxygen supply is sufficient or insufficient.

In this case, two gases are produced."

"So you can control the amount of air intake during the firing process, change the ratio of the two gases, and experiment with changes in glaze color under various burning conditions. You should gain something."

Shi Dalian even held up his hand: "The little Celestial Master and the young master are really knowledgeable about heaven and man, and they must not be wrong."

Su You waved his hands repeatedly: "Everything depends on the results. I will design an experiment table for you later. You fill in all the parameters related to production. In this way, the good glaze color can be well documented and can be copied.

maybe."

"No matter what Ci Fang does in the future, as long as he masters this methodology, he will be able to avoid many detours."

Shi Dongxiu was so happy that he entertained everyone with the sacrificial pigs, goats, and chickens and had a big meal. He also asked Zhang Qi to make a big bag and take it to the children of the Earth Temple.

The porcelain rooster got rich today and suddenly became very generous.

Back at Tutu Temple, Su You sent the internal affairs team and business team to the city to buy large vats and soybean meal.

Zhang Sheng said happily: "Young Master, do we want to raise chickens?"

Su You smiled and said: "Do you think we have food stored up? We have dozens of stomachs waiting to be filled, and we even raise chickens!"

Zhang Zao smiled and said: "Young master is a capable man. Now we sell fish and pan for iron sand every day, and we can earn about six or seven guans. The average person is more than 100 ren, which is enough for expenses."

Su You took the bamboo strips on the table and slapped him lightly: "If you don't worry about the future, you will have immediate worries. Why do you only look at the income and not the expenses?"
Chapter completed!