Turbulent Times Chapter 923: Salt field master

For example, at this time, the Great Sui Dynasty had already started to perish, and it was not the powerful northern nomads such as Turks and Khitans, let alone the small Goguryeo, but the Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty and the Manchu civil and military.

"My lord, Lu Youwei left. Two large carts, a total of 200,000 taels of silver, and the land deed for a thousand acres of fertile land outside the county town." Zhang Tiangang came in and reported in a low voice.

Wang Junlin's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "If you keep it, you can keep it! Anyway, these things will be left for me sooner or later."

What he was thinking at this moment was that Lu Youwei did not keep the agreement of 100% of the shares. Does this mean that Lu Youwei wanted to give him the entire salt company?

Of course, no matter what Lu Youwei's real thoughts are, before he takes any substantive actions, what Wang Junlin should do or what he wants to do will follow his own plan.

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Fanyang County Salt Field Transit Department is actually a very special yamen in Fanyang County, which is mainly reflected in its particularity. There are too many internal temptations, no matter what level of officials from outside, in the end, they will be assimilated by this huge and attractive golden nest. The military attache in charge of the security work of the saltworks is better, but the officials inside the saltworks are already enjoying the richness. For many years, no one is willing to make any changes in the salt field, which will affect their vested interests.

Even if the new **** is Wang Junlin with a reputation for being vicious, but because of Lu's existence, they are not so afraid of Wang Junlin's arrival. They thought to themselves that as long as Mrs. Lu didn't fall down, and they did a good job on the surface, presumably the prefect would not dare to touch everyone's cake.

Lu's right to speak in the salt field is so strong. In addition to Lu's power as the emperor of Fanyang County, there is another reason, and that is that Lu holds the foundation of the salt field.

The salt field is not a lot of officials at all, nor are the salt workers and salt slaves who work hard, and they are not the salt workers and county soldiers who are in charge of security, but the masters and craftsmen who control the process and technology of drying and boiling salt . Unfortunately, all these master craftsmen are members of the Lu family. Many years ago, when the salt farm was not an official operation, the salt farm was originally owned by the Lu family, and later it was taken over as an official operation. For this reason, these craftsmen have been Lu's most loyal servants for generations. Lu Shi also gave them great favors, money, land, women and status can all meet their needs.

Because these master craftsmen play a very important role in the production of the saltworks, and they are backed by Mrs. Lu, over the years, under the combination of various factors, the master craftsmen have become the most special type of saltworks people.

The salt workers and salt slaves at the bottom of the salt field are just earning food to survive starvation. Although the officials in the salt field are greedy for money, they all get money through the salt industry. In addition, he also enjoys various abnormal treatment and bonuses. But they are still not satisfied. Although they are not very arrogant on the surface, they eat money in secret, bully salt workers and salt slaves in the salt field, and bully men and women.

The older master craftsmen in charge also pay attention to face, those young masters trained by the Lu family and only sent in recent years are unscrupulous and shameless. According to Xu Xiaohu, there is a master master whose family It turned out that they kept nine concubines, all of whom were daughters of the salt workers and slaves below. As for how they came here, it can be said that behind every concubine there is a story full of blood and tears. There were also salt workers who tried to sue, but what could happen? In Fanyang County, no one could be bigger than the Lu family. Those who tried to sue were directly **** by the officials who received the pleadings and sent to the defendant's master.

Therefore, there was a consensus in the minds of the salt slaves and salt workers in the salt field. Offending the salt official would at most receive a few lashes, but offending the master craftsman might result in family ruin.

So, even if the new prefect Wang Junlin came to inspect the salt field in person, he didn't even think about complaining to those salt workers and salt slaves who had a deep hatred for the master craftsmen, but looked at everything with indifference.

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Wang Junlin said he was going to inspect the saltworks, so naturally it was impossible to stay for one night, and he returned home the next day. Accompanied by Qian Zhengkuo, Dong Kang and other saltworks officials as well as the five highest-ranking chief master craftsmen, they began to inspect the saltworks early the next morning.

Turning around, when it was time for lunch, Dong Kang and the others had arranged in advance an extremely sumptuous meal and fine wine, and even accompanied by singing and dancing, accompanied by beauties. Wang Junlin ordered to retreat.

After dinner, Wang Junlin came to the living room to sit down and drink tea. All the officials of the saltworks were talking carefully beside him. There were not enough seats in this hall, so some officials who were not of the highest rank stood at the back. Looking at the gentle smile on the face of the prefect, and knowing that the second master of the Lu family came to chat with the prefect in person for nearly an hour last night, the prefect is said to have accepted two full carts of money and a thousand mu of fertile land. , I heard that there is still 10% of the shares of the underground salt industry.

So, at this time, everyone was relieved, and the prefect didn't say anything during his inspection today.

Except for the three officials of the saltworks and Qian Zhengkuo, there are only five other people who have seats in the saltworks, and these five people are wearing ordinary clothes, and they are not officials. It is said that they were quite respectful to Wang Junlin on the surface.

It's just that Wang Junlin's eyes are like a torch, but he can see from the depths of the five people's eyes that they don't care and sarcasm. It seems that these five people don't care because they think they have Lu's backing. Regarding the matters of Lu's money and fertile land, it is estimated that Wang Junlin has already been settled by Lu's in their view.

After chatting casually for a few words, Wang Junlin suddenly coughed lightly, and the audience fell silent, knowing that the prefect had something to say, which might be the last speech of today's inspection.

"Master Dong, are you short of money in the saltworks?" Wang Junlin asked with a smile, in a casual tone.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, Dong Kang quickly said: "My lord, the county government has always been sympathetic to the saltworks, officials' salaries have never been withheld, the saltworks houses, sites, and facilities are considered intact, and there is no shortage of money right now."

When Dong Kang said these words, he thought that the prefect just wanted to express his support and condolences for the work of the saltworks. Naturally, he would not really ask the prefect for money.

Wang Junlin nodded and said: "The officials are not short of money, but what about the master craftsmen who are in charge! Are you short of money?"

PS: There are four more updates tonight, and I will post them after one revision———