Twenty-seventh: salt preparation
Zhang Wangsheng glanced at Zhang Luo.
Then he smiled and said:
"It's not completely hopeless."
"Is there any other way?"
Zhang Luo's hope was ignited again.
"Unless Brother Zhang Luo can find that delicious refined salt."
“There is very little refined salt produced in our county.”
"All the wealthy businessmen in the county like to eat this salt."
"The refined salt in the salt field is distributed by the government."
"Things that can be taken out alone sell very little."
Zhang Luo was silent for a while.
Before going to bed, he would look up the knowledge in the "Ancient History" skill.
Throughout the Ming Dynasty, the gap between the rich and the poor began to widen dramatically after the promulgation of De De.
During the Zhengde and Jiajing years.
It's already the stage where bones are showing up.
In this era, Zhang Luo felt the cruelty in the history books.
The people of Zhenhaiwei were struggling for more than thirty taels of silver.
The wealthy businessmen and grandfathers in the county.
But he is eating a brick of refined salt worth hundreds of coins.
"It's not impossible to get refined salt."
Zhang Luo chuckled.
Before traveling through time, Zhang Luo's teacher at the university did a salt-making experiment.
Zhang Luo knows how to make salt.
"It's just refined salt, it's not a big problem."
Zhang Luo patted his chest.
He took Zhang Wangsheng back to Zhenhaiwei.
Zhang Luo also felt a little sleepy at this moment.
In my mind, I was planning to start making refined salt.
Zhang Wangsheng returned to Baihu Mansion, yawning nonstop.
The little fool was unlucky and happened to bump into Zhang Liansheng who had just walked out.
"You brat, where did you go last night?"
Zhang Liansheng raised his handsome eyebrows and looked at Zhang Wangsheng with an imposing aura.
"Cousin, cousin, I had something serious to do last night."
"You listen to me lying to you, oh no, I mean!"
A little idiot oppressed by aura.
He immediately told his cousin what happened to the ghost market with Zhang Luo last night.
"You want him to make refined salt?"
There are certain rules in Fujian's public health facilities.
It is the businessman who delivers food to the poor health center.
"Salt guide" can be obtained from the guard station.
Then the businessman took the salt guide and went to the salt field to buy salt.
You can sell salt as an official salt seller.
Zhenhaiwei has also issued salt guides before.
When Zhang Liansheng was a child, he and his father went to the salt field in the county.
I have seen how difficult it is to make salt.
Put the sea water in the water and stir it repeatedly.
It takes several hours of stirring to get the crystal salt out.
The crystal salt that comes out should be rinsed with water.
Pour the marinade over again.
Only in this way can we produce excellent refined salt without bitter taste.
Fujian is a coastal province.
However, the annual production of refined salt is still insufficient.
Gentry officials from Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou.
You can eat 70% of the refined salt produced by all the salt farms in Fujian.
The remaining 30% still has to be sent to the capital as tribute.
Moreover, life in the salt farm is poor.
Since the Tianshun period, workers have been running away.
A few years ago, there was a riot in the salt field in Fuzhou.
Therefore, the price of refined salt keeps rising.
If Zhang Luo could really make refined salt.
It is indeed a good thing for the health center to benefit the people.
Zhang Luo in the side room did not start making salt immediately.
First I slept all morning.
In the afternoon, I went to the farmland to cultivate crops.
Then go back to the kitchen and have dinner.
The only difference from before.
It was the last three days of every month that Grandpa Zhang invited Zhang Luo.
Pull up the men on the Zhenhai Guard and continue practicing the Yuanyang Formation.
It was naturally difficult for Zhang Luo to refuse Grandpa Zhang’s request.
During this time, Zhang Luo asked Zhang Wangsheng to go to the mason's house.
I borrowed a set of slate tools.
Zhang Wangsheng was anxious.
Don't dare to rush Zhang Luo too much.
It's one day in the middle of the month.
After Zhang Luo finished speaking about today's Three Character Sutra.
He said to several of his students:
"Say hello to your family today."
"Go do something fun with me in the evening."
The little creatures’ eyes lit up every moment.
Looking at Zhang Luo expectantly.
Zhang Luo smiled and said:
"Little darlings, can you go call some more friends?"
Zhang Wangsheng stood up and said:
"Brother Zhang Luo, how many people do you want?"
"The more, the better."
"Okay, I'll gather the troops for Brother Zhang Luo right now."
Zhang Luo nodded in agreement, Zhang Wangsheng was the little overlord of Zhenhaiwei.
If he gathers the troops, the people in Wei will definitely give him face.
Before leaving, Zhang Luo reminded again:
"Remember to be bigger and not too noisy."
"Okay, Fang Xin!"
Throughout the afternoon, Zhang Wangsheng was running around the guardhouse quickly.
People in Wei heard that Zhang Luo needed help.
Naturally, I can feel free to let my children go out.
He also told them to listen to Zhang Luo.
Before the sun goes down.
Zhang Wangsheng brought over a dozen larger children.
Zhang Luo also wants to have dinner.
Let the little fool take the children to the side room to rest first.
Wait until after early morning.
Zhang Luocai asked the little fool to wake them up.
Leading a group of people towards the seaside.
"Brother Zhang Luo, the tide is very strong tonight, what are we going to the beach for now?"
Today is the 15th, and it is also high tide time.
Many children in Wei know that tonight is when the tide is at its worst.
Normally, the family would never let them come to the beach at this time.
Zhang Luo saw the raging waves.
He said to the children behind him:
"Today is a strong tide, please be careful."
"When we get to the beach later, you will have to obey my orders in everything, do you understand?"
"Understood!"
These kids deserve to be from Wei.
The response was pretty quick.
Zhang Luo pulled Zhang Wangsheng forward again.
He handed him a torch in his hand.
Let him lead the children behind him.
Wait until there are still a few hundred meters away from the seaside.
Zhang Luo stopped.
Feel the sound of waves hitting the scorched rocks.
Appreciate the charm of nature.
Zhang Luo couldn't help but read out a magnificent poem.
“The sea and the sky are one color and the waves are the same, and the tide is rising due to the storm.”
What a masterpiece of nature!
When Zhang Luo felt entranced.
The sea water has gradually risen.
Wait until the cold sea water has reached Zhang Luo's feet.
Zhang Luo twitched.
He said to the children:
"Let's play a little game today."
"We dug a trench on the tidal flat."
"When the water comes in, we will block it."
"Let me demonstrate it to everyone first."
Zhang Luo used the farm tools he brought to dig a horizontal trench in the sticky tidal flats.
When the seawater floods in, block it with sand.
Immediately afterwards, another horizontal trench was dug.
The new children all grew up by the sea.
Many of them have played this game.
After hearing Zhang Luo's explanation.
It didn't take long to understand.
They all imitated Zhang Luo and started digging trenches.
A group of people worked on the beach all night.
Wait until it gets brighter and the tide begins to recede.
There are horizontal grooves containing sea water left on the tidal flats.
A group of little guys yawned and looked at Zhang Luo.
Waiting for the leader's next order.
Zhang Luo waved his hand.
Said softly:
"Thank you for your hard work, kids. We'll come back tomorrow!"
Zhang Wangsheng looked puzzled.
Can salt be produced by digging horizontal trenches on the tidal flats?
However, Zhang Wangsheng also understood that the secret recipe for making salt should not be revealed easily.
I could only hold back my doubts and leave.
This chapter has been completed!