我国的盐业有悠久的历史。《太平御览》引《世本》曰:“宿沙作煮盐”。宿沙,相传为黄帝臣,以煎煮海盐而资民食,可谓制盐的一位先驱者。《周礼·职方氏》载:“东北曰幽州,其利鱼盐”;《管子·轻重甲》:“齐有渠展之盐,燕有辽东之煮”;《史记·齐太公世家》载:“太公封于营丘,以齐地饵卤,便鱼盐之利,而人民多归齐”。河北沿海地区,古代属燕,又是幽州所在地,山东是古代齐地,可见河北、山东等地的盐业生产在周代已有发展。春秋时期,齐国名相管仲,实行的“官山海”、“正盐荚”等发展盐业生产的政策,为齐桓公的霸业打下了雄厚的物质基础。西汉武帝时,为了巩固中央集权,发展封建经济,实行盐铁专卖,在盐产丰富的 Salt industry in our country has a long history. “Taiping Yu Lan” cited “the world” reads: “Su Shi for cooking salt.” Sediment, according to legend, the Yellow Emperor Chen, to sea salt and boiling public food, salt can be described as a pioneer. “Zhou Lifang Fang’s” contains: “Northeast Youyou, its lettuce salt”; “Pipe A light and heavy”: “Qi have drainage of the canal, Yan Liaodong cook”; “ ”Contains:“ Too public confined to the camp mound, Qi to bait halogen, then the benefits of fish salt, and the people more than Qi. ” Hebei coastal areas, the ancient Yan, is located in Youzhou, Shandong is ancient Qi, shows that Hebei, Shandong and other places of salt production has been developed in the Zhou Dynasty. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the policy of developing salt production such as “Guan Shan Hai” and “Zheng Salt Pod” implemented by Qi State with the name Guan Guan Zhong laid a solid material foundation for Qi Huan’s tyranny. Western Han Dynasty Wudi, in order to consolidate the centralization of power, the development of feudal economy, the implementation of salt iron monopoly, rich in salt production