宋元时期宁波盐业考述

Textual Research of Salt Industry in Ningbo during the Song and Yuan Dynasties

宋代,宁波的盐业生产进入快速发展的时期,明州盐业生产组织主要分为国家官有制和盐民私有制,食盐行官卖法。及至元代,宁波基本稳定了宋代的盐业生产规模和范围,沿袭了宋代的钞盐法,实行官督民制、官与商兼运兼销的专卖制度。宋元宁波盐区海水制卤大致有刮泥淋卤和摊灰淋卤两种方法。

In Song Dynasty,salt production in Ningbo had a rapid growth.While salt production organization in Mingzhou consisted of state-ownership and private ownership,salt selling was completely controlled by the government.In Yuan Dynasty,salt production generally remained unchanged in scale and producing areas.Following the previous note-salt practice in Song Dynasty,salt monopoly policy was carried out.Under the system,civilian could produce salt under government supervision and both government and merchants could do business on salt transportation and marketing.Additionally,there were then two main ways to make brine in Ningbo,brine dripping from saline mud scraped from the sea salt field and brine dripping from saline rice husk ash collected from the sea salt field.