People are in the Tang Dynasty, creating a mythical dynasty

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This is undoubtedly of great value to the entire Datang.

Not only can fishermen start fishing in the sea, but it can also improve the lives of the people along the coast.

It's time to start drying the salt.

The problem of salt in the Tang Dynasty can undoubtedly be completely solved.

How could such a result not surprise him.

In this surprise, Li Ming quickly took action.

First of all, it is natural to choose a place to dry salt.

Naturally, it is not possible here in the Demon City. A large amount of sewage has been discharged, and it is impossible to directly hold the sun salt. Although the impact is not great, there is also some anxiety in my heart, so I can only choose other places.

And not only this problem, but also some other problems.

The method of extracting table salt from seawater is mainly the "salt pan method", which is an ancient method that is still widely used today.Use this method.It is necessary to choose a large flat seaside tidal flat in an area with a mild climate and sufficient sunlight to build a salt pan.

It's not suitable for the magic city either.

But fortunately.

Now the Kyushu enchantment spread not only in this area, but in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Soon, Li Ming found an area far from the mouth of the Yellow River.

This is the boundary of the East China Sea, and further up is the Yellow Sea. Although it also belongs to the East China Sea in name, it is not the same sea area.

After selection.

Construction started quickly.

Compared with other buildings, Yantian is undoubtedly much simpler.

Salt pans are generally divided into two parts: evaporation ponds and crystallization ponds.First introduce seawater into the evaporation pool, and when the water is evaporated to a certain extent by the sun, it is then poured into the crystallization pool and continued to be exposed to the sun, the seawater will become a saturated solution of table salt, and the table salt will gradually be precipitated after being exposed to the sun.The crystals obtained at this time are common coarse salt.

What needs to be built is the evaporation pool and the crystallization pool.

These are just blocks of terraced fields.

With the addition of cement, the construction is naturally smooth.

In just one month, the construction has been gradually completed.

The entire surrounding scene gradually changed.

Pieces of salt fields spread all around, almost reaching thousands of acres.

Under the huge area, it is enough to represent that the salt production here can reach an incredible level.

Perhaps the salt produced here alone is enough to meet the needs of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Salt shortage can be completely resolved.

And because Yantian uses the same technology he used to sign in, there is almost no difference from later generations. Almost all the salt it produces is snow salt, or white salt.

Seawater—evaporation and crystallization—precipitation of bittern (containing magnesium ions, bromide ions, iodide ions, etc.) and coarse salt (containing sodium ions, chloride ions, magnesium ions, sulfate ions, etc.)—add barium chloride, hydrogen Sodium Oxide, Sodium Carbonate.Remove impurities - filter - get precipitate and filtrate - add dilute hydrochloric acid solution - evaporate and crystallize - get pure salt.

This kind of top-level technology almost came from later generations, and the effect it can produce in this era is naturally extremely huge.

After one month.

The snow-white refined salt in the salt fields is flat on the ground, and all the workers in the Shaofu can't help but shine.

Although sea salt has been around for a long time, due to the barrier of Kyushu, everyone has not seen sea salt for hundreds of years, let alone such delicate snow salt.

In the bright eyes, many people breathed heavily, with excitement and excitement.

As for Li Ming, a smile could not help showing at the corner of his mouth.

The importance of salt is beyond doubt.

People may not have any big problems if they don’t eat sugar. After all, there are too many sugars in nature, but if they don’t eat salt for a long time, it will lead to low sodium, fatigue, poor appetite, weakness of limbs, dizziness, etc. Symptoms; in severe cases, symptoms such as anorexia, nausea, vomiting, accelerated heart rate, weak pulse, muscle spasms, blurred vision, and weakened reflexes may also occur, and even death.

Now, with the emergence of salt fields, Datang's salt has been completely solved.

Moreover, because the salt and iron are packaged and sold, mastering large-scale salt production also means mastering a key to continuous wealth.

The entire Datang's finances will not have too many problems.

Maybe even he could do something he hadn't considered.

Such as currency.

Or more precisely, the monetary system.

Today's Datang currency system is not much different from any previous dynasty.

But such a currency system will have big problems.

Because currency is not that the meaning of currency is valuable, but that currency itself is worth so much money.

He is worth money because the currency itself represents copper.

In this way, any one person is enough to use copper as currency.

It's okay now, but if there are more and more copper coins, or even a large-scale shortage for a while, will the entire Datang currency system collapse directly.

The answer is beyond doubt.

As for whether it will happen.

This is Journey to the West, where anything can happen.

Li Ming had to think about it.

In fact, these days, while preparing the factory, he is also thinking about how to solve this problem.

Now that several months have passed, he already has an idea in his mind.

And it became more and more clear.

As for what the idea is, of course it is to reshape Datang's currency system.

Starting from scratch, as long as the Datang currency system can be rebuilt, then these problems will not be a problem.

As for how to re-establish the Datang currency system.

Now with the papermaking technology and salt, it can be done.

After all, Li Ming knew that in his previous life, all currency systems were converting to paper money.

Paper currency is a mandatory symbol of value issued by the state that replaces metal currency as a means of circulation. Compared with the original metal currency, the advantages of paper currency are undoubtedly extremely huge.

First, printing paper money is cheaper and more efficient than minting metal money;

Second, it avoids the wear and tear of coins in circulation and prevents the invisible loss of precious metals;

Third, it can avoid the phenomenon of poor circulation caused by unscrupulous people cutting or melting metal;

Fourth, paper money is easier to keep, carry and transport than metal currency, which greatly improves the circulation between currencies.

During the check-in, there is a complete paper money manufacturing process. In later generations, he will be able to make counterfeit money. Naturally, it is not a big problem to produce paper money that cannot be imitated in this era.

And because this era has not yet experienced the impact of paper money in the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, and the scourge of grain and grass in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, people's resistance to paper money is not so strong.

Once it is completed, the finances of the entire Datang will undoubtedly be quickly integrated.

Some of the original problems will completely disappear.

Naturally, Li Ming would not ignore such a huge advantage.

In fact, action has already begun.

These days, although he has not returned to Guanzhong, he has already started printing paper money.

With the richness of the previous life, this step is not that complicated.

As long as enough good materials are arranged, it can be carried out.

Soon, Li Ming's first banknotes were printed.

Looking at the existence that appeared on it, he couldn't help showing a look of joy on his face.

"Hahaha, yes!"

He opened his mouth with a loud laugh, and there was unavoidable joy spreading in his expression.

The banknotes that appeared in front of him, although not as exquisite as the later generations, already have a somewhat delicate appearance, and at the same time, watermarks and anti-counterfeiting codes are all available.

It can be said that it is already a qualified banknote.

Even as long as it is cut open, it can be used as a shooting star banknote.

Of course, he still held back at this time.

After all, the system of banknotes has not been completely perfected, and it is definitely not suitable now.

The voice spoke.

Soon, he commanded again.

This time it was perfected.

In his setting, paper money is similar to that of later generations.

But there are some differences.

Nowadays, the banknotes here are only divided into ten Wen, Bai Wen, and Qian Wen.

Needless to say, ten wen is ten wen money, a hundred wen is a hundred wen, and a thousand wen represents consistency.

Due to the need for circulation, Li Ming did not let the price of the currency be too high, but kept it at a stable price.

Ten coins, one hundred coins, one thousand coins, if not for one penny, the cost of banknotes would be difficult to support the cost, and he wanted to get one penny directly.

Now it's the limit.

And a few days later.

A new edition appeared again.

Compared with before, the whole system has become more and more perfect.

It's not just that the system is formed.

The pattern is also more beautiful.

Even some of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors mentioned occasionally were added to it.

It even appeared directly, boards of ten, one hundred, and one thousand. I believe that it will not take long for these boards to produce a lot of money.

By this point it has basically taken shape.

The only thing left is to go to Chang'an to build it.

After all, currency cannot be perfected until it reaches Chang'an.

Building with Southeast is of great harm to the stability of the entire Datang, and there is no doubt about how to do it.

Therefore, in the winter of the fifth year of Zhenguan.

Li Ming was riding in a carriage, and the coachman was driving.

And on the carriages are full of salt and fish.

At this time, the southeast is not only sun-dried salt, but also fishing.

With the extension of the Kyushu barrier, these people will undoubtedly be able to go to sea again.

Although it is impossible to go out of the range of 1000 meters.

But for fishermen, the harvest is still extremely huge.

And for the Shaofu, naturally the same is true.