Zhou Buyan stretched out his hand and poked Lingzhou in the face. It was quite painful, and Lingzhou woke up instantly.
He looked at Zhou Buyan in confusion, who felt a little dangerous for some reason, "What's wrong?"
He was alert to sit up, thinking there was some danger, and then listened to Zhou Buyan's expressionless expression.
"You snore."
Ling Zhou was confused and scratched his head, "I know, I will try not to hit him."
He fell asleep again, feeling a little regretful. He was dreaming. He dreamed that he was taking Chu Xingchen to ride a horse, and Chu Xingchen was sitting behind him, hugging his waist tightly.
He was so happy that he called "Your Highness" and was woken up by Zhou Buyan.
Lingzhou glanced at Zhou Buyan, touched his face and lay down. It still hurt from his poke.
He turned over to look at Chu Xingchen, but he could only see Zhou Buyan. When he turned around, Zhou Buyan turned his head silently.
Looking at Zhou Buyan's expressionless face, Lingzhou's mouth twitched and he turned over, hoping that he could continue to dream.
It got a little cold in the second half of the night, and Chu Xingchen's feet were cold, so he unconsciously started looking for a warm place.
After Zhou Buyan finished swatting away the mosquitoes, he had just fainted when he felt something crawling into the bed and pressing against his feet.
When he woke up, he saw Chu Xingchen's feet reaching into his bed.
Zhou Buyan's Adam's apple rolled up and he didn't dare to move. His mind was a little confused and his body was stiffened unconsciously.
His expression suddenly changed, and he endured it until Chu Xingchen's feet were warm and it was getting brighter. He covered Chu Xingchen with the quilt, blew out the lamp and went out silently.
Chu Xingchen had a refreshing sleep, but Shen Cangzhu and the others seemed to have not slept well.
"Get over it and go back tomorrow at the latest."
Chu Xingchen said something and quickly went to the salt field. The salt field was already busy, but the busy work was not cooking salt, but building fortifications.
The materials and materials that Chu Xingchen ordered last night have basically arrived.
Zhou Buyan reported that the area had been investigated and cleared, and there were no suspicious spies or civilians. Chu Xingchen nodded.
She looked at the villagers who were worried about losing their jobs and said loudly, "Don't be nervous, everyone. We are just doing this to make salt better, and your jobs will not change much."
Chu Xingchen personally supervised the work and spent two days surrounding the salt field and building a small salt pond.
After the salt pond was built, under the scorching sun, the original salt boilers, under the instructions of Chu Xingchen, kept pulling the lake water up the slope.
Although they were very obedient, they were all puzzled until they discovered that under the continuous washing of the lake water, white salt came out.
"It's out, it's out, the salt is out!"
The whole salt field was boiling. They never knew that salt could come out like this?
"Quick, pinch me quickly, why did you come out?"
Everyone thought it was a dream, and Yan Guan was completely dumbfounded.
Not to mention them, even Shen Cangzhu and the others were a little dumbfounded. They could guess that Chu Xingchen might impress them again, but when they really saw it, they were deeply shocked again.
Shen Cangzhu was in a daze, "If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who could believe that all of this is true..."
Just when Chu Xingchen was about to speak, Yan Guan finally reacted and knelt down suddenly, "The villain has eyes but cannot see Mount Tai..."
As soon as he knelt down, the villagers also knelt down, and their eyes when they looked at Chu Xingchen completely changed.
What they saw today refreshed their knowledge and outlook. This method is too labor-saving.
Chu Xingchen was ashamed. Sun-salting was an ancient practice in modern times, but it didn't exist here yet. She had no shame in accepting praise, so she simply ran away.
The salt officer hurriedly followed, "Sir, what if it's cloudy and we can't dry and wash the salt? Although it rarely rains here, it sometimes gets cloudy."
"It's okay if it's cloudy, as long as there's wind, it'll just be slower."
"It's not slow anymore, it's not slow anymore, it's much faster than cooking."
Yan Guan left with satisfaction. Shen Cangzhu and Xiao Wang looked at Chu Xingchen and thought of a question at the same time.
"Your Highness, is the method of drying salt suitable for other salt ponds and salt lakes? And sea water..."
"It's suitable. This method is also suitable for Haiyan." Chu Xingchen knew what they were going to ask and nodded.
The eyes of Shen Cangzhu and Xiao Wang suddenly changed, "Seawater is inexhaustible, doesn't that mean we will have inexhaustible sea salt?" How many salt merchants will we be afraid of then?
"Yes." Chu Xingchen nodded affirmatively, "But the salt obtained in this way is only coarse salt. It contains harmful substances and needs to be processed and purified before it can be eaten."
Chu Xingchen looked at them, "So, I want to build a salt processing plant."
"In order to speed up the production of salt and ensure confidentiality, in the future, whether it is salt ponds, salt lakes or sea salt, we only need to refine the coarse salt and send the coarse salt to the processing plant, which will continuously produce table salt."
"I want to make enough salt so that all people in Chu can afford salt."
No one in modern society would say that they can't afford salt, and she wants to know that the same goes for common people.
Shen Cangzhu and Xiao Wang all raised their hands, "Yes, Your Highness."
Shen Cangzhu, Xiao Wang Lingzhou, and even Zhou Buyan were all filled with pride at this moment.
This is their highness, their highness of Da Chu, and their wife.
Great Chu is so lucky to have such a prince.
How to build a salt factory later still needs to be discussed, but the salt of Dachu, or the salt of the world, started to change from this day on.
High-quality and low-priced sun-dried high-quality table salt, both in color and taste, is better. The most important thing is that it is cheap.
It didn't take long for it to replace boiled salt and occupy the market among the people of Chu.
Xie Ziqing and others threatened Chu Xingchen, and Chu Xingchen used the market to solve the problem.
I wanted to extort a fortune, but my life was completely ruined.
The salt produced by the salt factory was as white as snowflakes, so it was named Snowflake Salt. But the people knew that this was the salt made for them by Her Highness, and also knew what Her Highness said, so they would automatically call it Tainu Salt because they were grateful in their hearts.
Just like the star paper on the queen's kang, people spontaneously express their gratitude in this way.
The influence of snowflake salt on Dachu, and even the impact on Wu and Qi are all matters for later.
Chu Xingchen finished solving the problem and was about to go back.
After staying at Grandma Yang's house for two days, when Chu Xingchen and the others were leaving, the family was very reluctant to leave.
Chu Xingchen is now very popular in the village. When she goes out, children peek at her and secretly give her wild fruits and even eggs.
When she leaves, the adults can't bear to leave, and neither can these lovely children.
When Chu Xingchen was dividing the eggs with them before leaving, a boy named Mao Dan who was about ten years old asked, "Sir, can I be your husband?"
Chu Xingchen almost choked, and Shen Cangzhu and the others looked over suddenly.
"Maodan, what are you talking about?"
She remembered that the child was called Mao Dan because he always peeked at them, thinking it was just a child who was curious, but he ended up making a big move when he opened his mouth.
Mao Dan opened his eyes with a dark face, "I'm not talking nonsense, I'm serious. I'll grow up after a few years of waiting for me. They all say that I am the most handsome in the village, so please let me be your husband." I will also get along well with my brothers."
He wants to find himself a capable wife!
Mao Dan smiled brightly at Chu Xingchen, then grinned at Shen Cangzhu and the four of them.