Even though Chu Nan tried his best to save time, it was already afternoon when he returned to the military camp.
"Sir, according to the drawings you gave, the soldiers have dug a group of reservoirs." The general who was responsible for leading the soldiers to dig the salt ponds came to Chu Nan and saluted Chu Nan.
"Take me there!" Chu Nan led the people to the beach, and dug out independent pools about one mile away from the coast. According to Chu Nan's requirements, the depths were gradually increased.
Chu Nan checked it over and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, just do this!"
"Sir, this group is not enough?" Cao Xing looked at Chu Nan doubtfully. He couldn't see the purpose of this pool.
"Of course it's not enough." Chu Nan pointed to both sides and said: "First dig ten groups, which is barely enough. After success, several counties along the coast will need to open up salt ponds, but that will be a matter for the future. First, we will dig out salt ponds.
These ten groups of salt ponds have been excavated and construction will begin when people arrive tomorrow."
"This... can really produce salt?" Cao Xing still couldn't hold back and asked his doubts.
"Of course it can." Chu Nan pointed to the sky and said: "But we have to rely on the sky to enjoy our food. I hope it will be sunny for at least half a month in the future."
In fact, summer is the best time to build a salt field. With the current temperature and sunshine, there is not enough sunshine, and if there is a big tide, the salt field may be destroyed, and all the hard work will be wasted.
It's a pity that Lu Bu doesn't have much time left. This salt pond is just a good start. Next, we will see how much profit this salt pond can bring.
Cao Xing was somewhat suspicious, and although these three thousand soldiers were not the most elite under Lu Bu's command, they were also veterans on the battlefield. Now they did not use weapons to fight, but came to dig holes. There was some resentment in the army.
Cao Xing tactfully told Chu Nan this idea, and Chu Nan was a little helpless: "Temporary recruitment of civilians will not only easily leak secrets, but also easily lead to civil uprisings. It is not appropriate to cause trouble at the moment. We can only wrong the soldiers first."
Chu Nan's salt-making method only changed the final salt-making method based on the old one. The principle is actually very simple. Those who know something about it may learn it at a glance. There are no technical barriers.
Although Chu Nan does not expect this method of making salt to last forever, and his trump card is refined salt, in the early stages, it still needs to be kept secret. When playing chess or fighting, it is very important to be the first mover.
"Start making salt here tomorrow and seal off the surrounding area. No one except our soldiers is allowed to approach." After seeing the salt pond, Chu Nan brought Cao Xing back and gave Cao Xing an order.
"Here!" Cao Xing nodded. Seeing that Chu Nan had no other instructions, he excused himself and left to rest.
Chu Nan took a look at his luck. He saw that his luck had begun to accumulate slowly. If there were no other emergencies, he would be able to accumulate around 60,000 yuan of luck in one month.
Of course, we still have to see if calling these fishermen and dispatching soldiers to continue digging salt ponds tomorrow will consume a lot of luck as before. If not, then I will get a considerable amount of luck, enough to upgrade my talents a few levels.
There was nothing to say all night, but early the next morning, Zhang Yuan indeed recruited a group of people for Chu Nan, and there were more than five hundred people. Most of them were men and women from several nearby fishing villages. Although they didn't count them, they were probably at least a thousand people.
"Chu Liecao, are these people enough?" Zhang Yuan found Chu Nan and smiled at Chu Nan.
"That's enough. Brother Zhang, I will keep this friendship in my heart." Chu Nan accepted all these people with a smile. Naturally, he would not mind that there were too many people.
"I'm serious, I'm serious. I still have some secular affairs, so I won't bother you any more." Zhang Yuan didn't stay long, and after making a guarantee to recruit people, he said goodbye to Chu Nan.
"I'm really pressed for time. I'll have a drink with Brother Zhang after this matter is over." Chu Nan cupped his fists at Zhang Yuan.
"Okay, let's have some fun!" Zhang Yuan nodded, bowed again, and then left.
"Call the leaders of each village!" After sending Zhang Yuan away, Chu Nan immediately asked someone to call in the fishermen.
Soon, several young men from the fishing village came over with fishermen from their respective villages, and they all looked distinct.
"We are here today to make salt. I don't know if Mr. Zhang has made an agreement with you. I would like to reiterate that as long as your work satisfies me, the wages I will pay you here will be 10% higher than the market price. In addition,
I will prepare the salt for you when it comes to the outside, so there is no need to worry." Chu Nan looked at the group of people and felt as if he had returned to modern times and became the boss.
Although a group of fishermen had received Zhang Yuan's promise, they were still a little nervous. Now that Chu Nan had spoken in person, they were relieved of their slightly nervous mood.
Someone boldly looked at Chu Nan and said: "General, we in the fishing village are all good at making salt. We will do it how you tell us. We will listen to you."
"Of course, but with so many people making salt, it will be different from making salt in the past. They can't make it separately, and there aren't that many equipment, so everyone divides the work and cooperates." Chu Nan looked at the crowd and said.
"Division of labor and cooperation?" Everyone looked at Chu Nan in confusion.
"Division of labor and cooperation means everyone does what they are best at, for example..." Chu Nan introduced to everyone in detail how to divide labor.
During this period, the first step in making salt at the seaside was to scrape the salty soil from the seaside, then use plant ash to absorb the seawater to make the raw material for brine, then rinse it with water to make brine, and then boil it.
The first few steps of Chu Nan's method are the same, but the last step is different. Decoction requires a lot of manpower. His method is to directly mix the prepared brine with sea water to achieve the maximum saturation of salt, and then pass it through a
After scouring the layers of salt ponds, when reaching the last salt pond, the concentration of salt is increased to the maximum and the salt can be obtained after drying in the sun.
In order to delay the spread of this method as much as possible, Chu Nan separated these people according to steps, which can not only increase efficiency but also improve confidentiality.
I have already had the experience of dispatching the army, and now it is easy to dispatch these more than a thousand fishermen, even without the marching order flag. After all, the requirements for fishermen are not as high as those of the army, and there are no requirements for formations or anything else, as long as they are managed well.
Just feed, drink, and defecate and let them work without any worries. It's much easier than the army.
In three days, Chu Nan placed a large amount of brine, and then ordered people to introduce seawater into the salt ponds and flush them over and over again. When the last salt pond was filled, he ordered people to block the water, and started to pour water into the second group of salt ponds the next day.
Diversion of water from salt ponds.
"This can produce salt? Don't you care?" Cao Xing looked at the pool full of sea water and looked at Chu Nan in confusion.
"The general will know when the seawater dries up." Chu Nan did not explain. The soldiers could probably dig a group of salt ponds every day. By the time he filled the fifth group of salt ponds with seawater, the seawater in the first group of salt ponds had dried up, although it had not yet completely dried up.
It's dry, but you can already see a thick layer of salt crystals in the salt pond...