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Of course, this wage standard,
They were the top-notch salt workers.
Ordinary salt workers earn much less.
Zhao Yuan nodded in satisfaction.
They started by asking about the salt-making techniques used here.
After a series of questions and answers,
Zhao Yuan returned to Haizhou City.
Salt supervisor Wu Juji's vest was soaked with sweat.
In Haizhou City,
Zhao Yuan stayed for four full days.
Several guards of various attire appeared one after another.
I'm returning to the Haizhou Hotel to report.
The first guard to return,
He reported to Zhao Yuan:
"Your Majesty, I questioned more than twenty salt workers,"
"They say they only give half the money and rice."
"Salt farmers' households are not allowed to have their salt workers work in private salt fields,"
"If discovered, they will be beaten by thugs."
"Even worse, some were falsely accused of stealing salt and thrown into jail."
"How dare you! Deduct half the money and rice directly," Zhao Yuan sneered.
Fu Zhirou said, "Salt field officials have always been like this."
Zhao Yuan said, "Write a memorial to the imperial court."
"Please summon the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Court of Judicial Review,"
"Let's send someone over to investigate this thoroughly."
"After inspecting the Haizhou Saltworks,"
"Inspect the remaining salt fields one by one!"
Fu Zhirou happily helped with the writing.
The note was written very quickly.
After it was handed over to Zhao Yuan for review, he signed and affixed his seal.
If we were to investigate all the salt fields in the country...
It is estimated that there were at least several hundred officials.
They were to be exiled to the Northwest to reclaim wasteland and cultivate the land.
It could even implicate many local officials.
Zhao Yuan then asked, "Aren't the ships ready yet?"
Bai Sheng said, "Local officials said that seagoing vessels are not easy to find."
"I think they just don't want to do it."
Fu Zhirou said, "Officials are afraid that something might happen to the emperor."
"They advised against it a couple of days ago,"
"But His Majesty insists on traveling by sea,"
"They can only keep stalling for time."
"Forget it, let's take the inland waterway."
Zhao Yuan did not want to make things difficult for the local officials.
In fact, Zhao Yuan did not act rashly.
He only wanted to travel north by sea.
It's just from Haizhou (Lianyungang) to Banqiao Town (Jiaozhou).
The entire sea route is less than 400 li.
And it has always been moving along the coastline.
Chapter 1936 Northern Song Dynasty Gains Diplomacy
But local officials fear encountering a storm.
Not only did they not help collect the ships,
They even deliberately dispersed the sea vessels.
Left with no other choice, Zhao Yuan had to head north along the north.
Upon learning of the emperor's departure,
The saltworks officials all breathed a sigh of relief.
I thought I had managed to smooth things over.
Little did they know that the imperial court would soon send someone to investigate.
Zhao Yuan's trip to Jiaodong this time,
Firstly, to inspect the gold and iron fields.
Secondly, to inspect the maritime trade port.
The third visit was to inspect naval warships.
In the early Northern Song Dynasty,
Korea and Japan,
All of these were trades between Dengzhou and China.
To guard against a naval attack by the Liao Dynasty
They then abandoned Dengzhou Port.
Local officials, in order to increase fiscal revenue,
They also requested that the port be opened in Banqiao Town (Jiaozhou) in Mizhou.
Banqiao Port has experienced periods of prosperity and decline.
It was completely abandoned by the time of Emperor Huizong of Song.
Surprisingly, there were no trading seaports north of the Yangtze River.
How does this work?
Last autumn,
Zhao Yuan then ordered the opening of the sea in Shandong.
The cabinet discussed it for more than a month.
They believed that Dengzhou was too dangerous.
Jiaozhou Port is still safer.
This result was vetoed by Zhao Yuan!
The Jin Dynasty did indeed have a navy.
But they were all inland waterway naval forces.
Its naval vessels,
There were only about twenty or thirty of them.
They were all small boats from the nearshore.
Moreover, there were no professional sailors.
Both were army-led naval operations.
When there was no war, these ships were doing business with Goryeo.
What's there to be afraid of?
Even if Zhao Yuan didn't know the exact intelligence,
I also understand that the Ming Dynasty's ships must be even more powerful.
It should be that the Jin Dynasty was afraid of the Ming Dynasty attacking from the sea.
After Li Bao recovered the southeast last year
Old Song Dynasty naval ships from Zhejiang and Fujian
All the relatively sturdy and durable ones were transferred to Shandong.
Moreover, the sailors were transferred there as well.
The first Ming Dynasty navy was established directly in Dengzhou.
However, Zhao Yuan had not yet left Haizhou,
A fleet of ships then sailed in from the east.
The fleet consisted of only six ships.
But they are all large ships.
Just approaching Dengzhou Port,
They were then targeted by the Ming Dynasty navy.
More than thirty coastal warships swarmed around it.
"My own people, my own people!"
On the deck of the lead ship,
A large number of soldiers shouted wildly.
Then they hung up a crooked "Ming" character flag.
Xue Daoguang plopped down on the deck.
Looking at the Chinese coastline so close at hand,
My Dao Heart shattered, and I felt an urge to cry.
Seeking immortals overseas...
Anyone who wants to go can go.
He no longer wanted to go to sea.
Six large ships were "escorted" into the port.
Xue Daoguang was surrounded as soon as he disembarked.
A naval officer asked, "Where are you from...?"
Suddenly an officer shouted, "This is Master Xue!"
"The tyrannical ruler sent them out to sea to search for immortals,"
“I’ve met him in Hangzhou before,”
"I almost got sent there too!"
"They're remnants of the tyrannical Song dynasty! Capture them all!"