frightfiction Chapter 546
Chapter 546
Chapter 546
Qin Yu said.
Then, he took Yu Yixian with him to meet the official in charge of sea salt affairs.
When they saw Qin Yu, the officials all bowed respectfully.
"Your Highness, are you here today to inspect? Look! These people are mining sea salt. However, the number of people mining sea salt has been decreasing recently, so we are trying our best to recruit them!"
The officials said in a deep voice.
They transferred 90% of the people who mined sea salt away, leaving only 10% here, and they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, so the speed of sea salt mining was very slow.
Qin Yu said in a deep voice: "I remember there were thousands of people before, why are there only dozens of people here? Have the others left?"
"Your Highness! They all think this work is too tiring and the pay is too low, so they all went back to fishing! Daliang treats its people very well, and we dare not force them!"
"Yes! Your Highness, if you give the order, we will immediately capture those untouchables. If they dare not mine the sea salt properly, we will not tolerate it!"
The officials said one after another.
At this time, Qin Mang and Shangguan Wan'er also came over.
"Haha! Sixth brother! Why do you only have so few workers at your salt works? The speed of extracting sea salt is too slow. How about transferring some people from Nanli City?"
Qin Mang said with a sneer.
Sea salt is extremely irritating to the skin. Unless you are someone who has lived by the sea all year round and is used to sea salt, the people of Nanli City will suffer from skin ulcers just from the irritation of the sea salt when they come here, not to mention whether they can endure the hardship!
Therefore, it is extremely difficult to transfer workers from Nanli City!
Qin Yu looked at Qin Mang and sneered, "Second brother! You really are always causing trouble for me!"
"Sixth brother! What are you talking about? When have I ever caused you any trouble? I'm not the one helping you with the sea salt mining!"
Qin Mang said in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, the Second Prince! We've really tried our best to mine the sea salt, but we can't find any workers. There's nothing we can do!"
The officials hurriedly said.
"Haha! Is that really the case? Come on! Find some sea salt mining workers."
Qin Yu said with a sneer.
Huang Qiuhu immediately sent someone to find a few workers.
"Where have all the other workers gone besides you?"
Qin Yu asked in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, all the workers have quit!"
These people responded hurriedly, and then smiled foolishly at the officials.
Obviously, these people had been arranged in advance, and the officials all gave Qin Yu a smirk!
They had already given these workers clear instructions that anyone who dared to say that those people had gone to other places to mine sea salt would be beaten to death immediately, so they naturally did not dare to say anything.
"Your Highness, you've heard it too. We're helpless against these people!"
The officials hurriedly said.
Qin Yu smiled slightly and asked, "How much do you get paid every month, and what do you eat every day?"
"Our monthly wages are fifty cents, and we eat fish scraps every day! But the amount of fish scraps is abundant. These are all gifts from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and we are extremely grateful!"
The people replied hurriedly.
The officials' expressions changed completely. They only explained the workers' affairs and forgot to explain their wages and meals.