Lin Xiaoman, who transformed into an agricultural expert, was concentrating on studying yield, and also took the time to give Yang Hanmo some strategic guidance.
After completely controlling Tongzhou, Yang Hanmo took drastic measures to confiscate a group of corrupt officials including Sun Tongmao, as well as those evil landlords in Taiyi Prefecture who were rich but unkind. In total, he seized over one million taels of silver and became extremely rich.
More importantly, the entire Tongzhou now has a population of only a few hundred thousand, and the stock in the government warehouse is enough to last for a year.
With money and food, the natural thing is to expand the territory.
After learning about the current situation in detail as Yang Hanmo knew it and inquiring about every detail, Lin Xiaoman chose Huaizhou between Youzhou and Huaizhou.
First secretly annex Huaizhou.
As for why?
Salt!
Salt is definitely a top priority.
The salt produced in Dagan is all inland mine salt, mainly from the two major salt-producing areas of Chuzhou and Xinzhou. Now that Chuzhou has been occupied by northern Jiangsu, the salt production has dropped by half. Although the court controls the price of official salt, within a few months, in the second half of the year, there will definitely be a huge gap in the supply of salt.
Without salt, there will definitely be big problems.
In the southernmost part of Huaizhou, there is a small area close to the sea. With her "Encyclopedia", it is no problem to produce sea salt.
So, Huaizhou!
Lin Xiaoman analyzed in an orderly manner, "Brother, you secretly occupied Huaizhou, and then we made our own salt. Believe me, it's no problem! In a short period of time, Chuzhou will definitely not be taken. By the second half of the year, this salt will probably be more precious than gold."
In response, Yang Hanmo could only say, "Xiao Xi, your analysis is very reasonable, but can seawater produce salt? Are you sure it really works?"
Lin Xiaoman patted his chest and promised solemnly, "If I say yes, then it will definitely work!"
"Oh my God! Brother, what good things must I have done in my previous life? God sent you, a beautiful and intelligent fairy, to save me. My little sister, you are so smart, beautiful, and intelligent..." Yang Hanmo was so surprised that he could only flatter.
What kind of fairy sister is this? She can do anything!
That old eunuch master is actually a deity who has descended to earth, right? And his sister, a deity who has learned the skills of a deity, is here to help him unify the world, right?
Or is it that he is actually a deity from heaven who came down to earth to accomplish the great cause of unifying the world, and his sister also came down to earth to help him?
Yang Hanmo was really amazed by the extraordinary abilities displayed by Lin Xiaoman.
"Brother, stop bragging. It's too much. Get me a map of Huaizhou and we'll discuss where to start."
"Okay!" Yang Hanmo was full of energy.
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After deciding on Huaizhou, Yang Hanmo immediately took a group of confidants to Huaizhou, while Lin Xiaoman stayed behind to farm.
Yang Hanmo carelessly took food and went to Huaizhou to win over people's hearts. While the main force went to provide disaster relief, the small team went directly to the provincial capital to investigate the situation of the officials, and then chose targets to win over. He began to gradually place his confidants in various provincial capitals and county towns, striving to secretly control Huaizhou.
Tongzhou is his fiefdom. No matter how much trouble he makes, he will suffer at most. But it is different in Huaizhou. After all, their father is still on the throne, and Yang Hanmo dare not act openly.
Yang Hanmo adopted a conservative policy of acting in secret. He first placed his confidants in positions of power and controlled most of the officials in Huaizhou. If there was a chaos in the world one day, he could just raise a flag and take over Huaizhou without any effort. If there was no chaos in the world, he would pretend that he had done nothing.
Regarding Yang Hanmo's steady and conservative strategy, Lin Xiaoman could only say that he was indeed worthy of being the person she chose. This wretched-looking guy had exactly the same style as hers.
Yang Hanmo is not in Tongzhou. Lin Xiaoman is the biggest in Tongzhou, so he is very busy. Well, those who are capable should do more work.
In July, Lin Xiaoman received a letter from Yang Hanmo, who handed over the task of cultivating mother seedlings to his agricultural apprentice who graduated from his crash course.
Lin Xiaoman took a few people with him, traveled lightly, and set off for Nan County in Huaizhou.
Nan County is the southernmost county in Huaizhou, close to the sea.
At this moment, the entire county is basically Yang Hanmo's people.
After arriving in Nan County and conducting on-site inspections, Lin Xiaoman confirmed that salt could be produced using the "salt field method". He immediately began drawing various blueprints.
Once the drawings are completed and we make sure the supervisors understand them, we begin the on-site construction.
During the construction, Lin Xiaoman does not need to monitor the whole process, but she cannot just leave. After all, if there are any problems, they have to find her.
Lin Xiaoman started to enforce the law and suppress bandits by fishing to pass the time.
When the world is in chaos, bandits are rampant. Some are forced to join the Liangshan bandits, some take advantage of the situation to rob, and some are already extremely vicious criminals...
No matter what the reason, when there are too many bandits, public security is poor, so beating them can also make some extra money.
By the end of July, the salt fields were dug and the simple sea salt processing plant had begun to take shape.
Start working and make salt.
In July and August, the temperature was high and the sun was particularly strong, so the coarse salt came out very successfully.
The crude salt was obtained, but due to limited conditions, impurities could only be removed through simple filtration and saturation methods.
Although it is a little worse than mine salt, it is still edible.
Large-scale salt production was successful.
Because all the salt was official salt and private transactions were not allowed, Yang Hanmo chose the nearest official road from Nanxian to Tongzhou and transported it back in batches.
If you are not allowed to sell it, just eat it yourself and store it.
Buying salt every year is a big expense. If we save money, we can do more things.
Just when the salt fields were operating normally, Lin Xiaoman received a piece of news that they had discovered a mine in Tongzhou! It was suspected to be an iron ore!
To develop, we must adapt to local conditions, so Lin Xiaoman quickly formed a geological exploration class, and a group of geological teams explored everywhere in the vast land of Tongzhou.
Lin Xiaoman always believes that there is no barren land, only exploration teams that don’t work hard!
Look, the results are out.
Iron ore!
Iron ore is definitely a good thing.
Because of this big news, brother and sister Yang Hanmo and Lin Xiaoman traveled overnight and arrived at the scene as quickly as possible.
After checking, Lin Xiaoman confirmed that it was indeed an iron ore, and it was an iron mine.
"Brother, should we report it?"
Iron ore is mined by the imperial court, and once reported, it belongs to the imperial court.
If you don't report it, then it's yours, but it's a very serious rebellion.
"Xiao Xi, can you mine and smelt?"
Regarding iron ore, Yang Hanmo was first ecstatic, then distressed.
It’s useless to have a treasure mountain but not know how to use it!
"Should be fine."
In Lin Xiaoman's view, mining is not a problem; the problem is lack of manpower.
"Then don't report it. I'll block the news."
Seeing Lin Xiaoman nod, Yang Hanmo was overjoyed and made the decision without hesitation. As long as he did a good job of keeping it secret, no one would know that he was mining.
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