In the past half a month, Arthur''s mood is as good as the weather in the territory. Without the cold in winter, the sunshine in spring is warm and bright.
The fact that the slaves went north was smooth and unexpected.
Davidson and the Green family not only did not stop, but sent knights to escort them along the way, as if they were afraid of the slaves staying.
The day before yesterday, looking at the slaves flowing into the town from the avenue like a black river, Arthur could not help but regret slapping milt in the face - he knew that Taylor''s death would bring such a harvest. He would not mind letting the woman die in the battlefield!
The town is busy.
Gustav led his officials to classify the slaves and quickly distribute them. Sir Hobbes led the garrison to maintain law and order. Even the students in the school were evacuated and kept off the ground with the officials.
According to the letter from businessman elif, these slaves totaled more than 50000 people, mainly civilians and farmers in averier County - the wild people despised these people, disliked them for wasting food, and only wanted to leave the serfs in the farm.
Originally, the wild people wanted to sell all the surplus slaves to Shanghe collar. The number was said to be more than 100000, but Arthur reluctantly refused.
First of all, such a huge influx of people will make cities and towns chaotic and can not be properly resettled at all.
Secondly, he didn''t have enough iron to buy those slaves, even if he bought one and got ten free. And even if there is, it will certainly not work. The opposition of the aristocrats in the East has been very strong.
Finally, the most important reason is that even if he can afford so many slaves, he can''t reach Shanghe collar at all.
Davidson and the Green family want it. After he got these slaves, he fought with the Barrett family, not let him develop his territory!
Therefore, he had to be full of eyes, endure greed, and write to tell elif that he must choose the best, as long as those slaves who take the family as the unit.
The day before yesterday, he went to have a look. The quality of slaves was very good. Most of the family were four. While happy, Arthur will not forget elif who made great contributions. As early as a few months ago, he promised each other that he would not only take good care of his family, but also grant him a noble title!
In addition to averier''s slaves, good news came from York town!
Six days ago, Bray Toury sent a team and brought him a truck of snow salt, two trucks of refined salt and a pile of glass products.
It is no exaggeration to say that the story around salt is the history of this kingdom!
There are two places in the whole danze kingdom where sea salt can be made in large quantities, namely imibis County in the South and gular Bay in the West. The owner of the former is the olivido family, and the owner of the latter is the Nolan family, one of the seven sons of the West.
The dispute over salt and interest is one of the important reasons for the discord between the West and the king!
In addition, most of the other sea areas of the kingdom are limited by terrain and climate, which are not suitable for salt making, or only a small amount of self-sufficiency. For example, the northern princes adjacent to the storm inland sea, because of the towering mountains around the sea, the cost of salt making is very high.
But Shanghe collar is an exception!
The ibiles mountains around the sea and the Tungus mountains across the territory form a gap in the west of the territory, because this gap not only creates a warm climate in the inland of the Shanghe River, but also brings conditions for salt drying.
In the past, limited by conditions, the salt made by Shanghe collar could only maintain self-sufficiency, and some of it was sold to the Green family.
Moreover, with the rupture of the alliance between the three, the population in the territory has decreased sharply, and the salt production is getting lower and lower, almost reaching the point of being unable to be self-sufficient.
Arthur worked hard to make people. There can be no other things. Food and salt are absolutely indispensable.
Therefore, when he collected the land of the vassals and relocated the population of the territory, he deliberately retained the population of York Town, and later moved hundreds of farmers and slaves. Among them, the most important reason is to make salt.
In this world, the salt people eat is mainly coarse salt, that is, the salt crystal obtained by exposing the sea water to the sun.
This kind of salt is completely different from the one piece and two bags of salt eaten by Arthur I. It is not only yellow in color and bitter in taste, but also fucking poisonous!
According to the nine-year compulsory education, Arthur knows that this is because crude salt contains many impurities, such as magnesium chloride brine used to point brine when making tofu.
Arthur vaguely remembered that Yang Bailao, Xi''er''s father in the last white haired girl, seemed to have committed suicide by drinking brine.
However, although crude salt is harmful, it is easier to make, the price is relatively low, and salt is necessary for people. Therefore, it has become the first choice for the vast majority of civilians.
As for serfs, many lords reduced the supply of salt in order to save gold coins and control the farm.
The serf riots caused by the lack of salt are not rare in the history of the kingdom.
Compared with the crude salt eaten by civilians and serfs, the salt eaten by rich businessmen and nobles is naturally much better.
The salt eaten by nobles is salt flower or salt block obtained after dissolving and cooking on the basis of crude salt. Because of the different solubility, the salt prepared in this way can filter out most magnesium chloride impurities.
But even after such a process, the salt obtained still can not be regarded as qualified edible salt. Just because of the limitation of technology, people can only get such salt, and the price is extremely expensive. The farther away from the coast, the higher the price of salt.
Salt is the most important commodity, so in trade, salt can only be sold to local lords, and then sold by lords in their own territory. Long before iron, salt was an important means for lords to control their territory.
In the history of the Kingdom, it is not uncommon for small nobles to go bankrupt because of eating salt; Aristocratic conflicts broke out because neighbors exploited too hard and salt prices were too high; More aristocrats, who raised the price of salt in their territory due to lack of money, were directly beheaded by angry civilians.
Salt, which Arthur was used to in the last life, was so fucking important. Apart from other things, Arthur could not afford more than 50000 new slaves if he did not expand the production of salt.
Fortunately, due to the emergence of steam engine, the problem of salt production has been well solved.
This time, a carriage of snow salt sent by burry Toury is better than the refined salt eaten by the nobles. It is almost no different from the salt of a piece and a bag in the previous world.
The preparation is also very simple, but a process of "pouring brine" is added on the basis of the * * salt by the nobility.
Of course, the price of snow salt is still not affordable to civilians, but it doesn''t matter. This is not prepared for civilians.
There are only four steam engines in York town. The main production is ordinary refined salt for the civilians in the territory. As for snowflake salt, it can only be supplied to the castle and the first army.
The output of salt is not high and cannot be sold for the time being, otherwise it will be a huge wealth.
However, glass products will definitely be loved by the nobles of the kingdom!
Sitting in the chair, Arthur smiled while waiting for Mr. Boye - spring is a good season!
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