Once the idle chatter was over, Yang Zhengshan turned the topic to proper business. "By the way, there is something I would like to ask Brother Liu for guidance on!"
"Brother Yang, please speak!"
"If I want to build a salt field in Tenglong Guard, I wonder whether the imperial court would allow it?"
"Build a salt field!" Liu Zhe's expression turned serious. "The number of the court's salt fields hasn't changed in over thirty years!"
"Mm!" Yang Zhengshan calmly picked up his tea.
After pondering for a moment, Liu Zhe said, "It's not impossible, but it would require the Central Military Governor's Office's approval! And if Brother Yang wants to make money from the salt field, then you'd best go build some connections at the Liaodong Salt Transport Commission."
Da Rong's salt fields were all local, but they were not governed by the local authorities. Instead, they were under the Ministry of Revenue's Salt Transport and Distribution Commission. Each salt field had a commander and an assistant commander responsible for management.
But there were exceptions among salt fields as well—military-administered salt fields, or rather, salt fields belonging to the Five Military Commissions.
The salt fields of the Five Military Commissions were mainly established for the Imperial Guard and certain battalion troops. The army had many soldiers, and they were relatively concentrated; their daily salt needs were great. If conditions allowed, naturally, building a salt field was more convenient.
For example, the Imperial Guard in the Capital had a salt field at Haijin Town east of the Capital.
In addition, some coastal guards and naval forces also had salt fields.
It was just that the salt fields under the Five Military Commissions were all relatively small in scale, and the output of the salt fields could not be sold to