Shandong Salt Industry Research In The Ming Dynasty

Salt is the most important condiment, the daily lives of our indispensable thing must, in addition to supply the majority of the people living outside the daily consumption, but also for the feudal rulers provide a steady stream of revenue. Therefore, in China, the salt industry has been dominated by an important position. Salt Production in Shandong has a long history, from the beginning to the cooking salt sand Su Ming Dynasty, salt either have a considerable development in the technology and scale of production system or in Salt, salt technology from reliance on firewood frying Salt increasing development for the use of daylight solar salt method to achieve a leap in technology; Shandong sea salt has been the bulk of the tax court, the Ming court to develop a set of management of salt production and circulation system, the cases and statutes, accompanying salt administration agency also will be developed. Shandong set up two sub-divisions and nineteen saltworks, they charge local salt production, salt production acquisition, the salt tax administration, the dominant local salt production resources. In short Ming Dynasty Salt system also improving.