Zhou Bin felt that the thing in front of him was a little familiar, so he reached out and grabbed a handful of soil and observed it carefully in his hand.

I found that the white powder in the soil was like flour, but it felt a bit rough.

Zhou Bin put the soil in front of his nose and smelled it, then coughed a few times.

He thought to himself, what the hell is this? It looks familiar.

At this time, the sun was scorching the earth and sweat was already appearing on Zhou Bin's forehead.

He hurried to the water to wash his hands and face.

Just as he squatted down, an old man came over.

I saw an old man carrying a hoe and wearing a straw hat, as if he had just returned from the fields.

As soon as he saw Zhou Bin, he immediately said, "Young man, you can't drink this water. Don't drink it!"

Zhou Bin turned his head and found it was an old man.

He asked curiously: "Uncle, this water looks so clear, why can't I drink it?"

The old man staggered over to him, put down his hoe, took off his straw hat, and said with a smile while fanning himself: "You still don't believe it? Let me tell you, this water is bitter and astringent, you can't drink it!"

Zhou Bin was stunned: "Oh? Such clear water, I don't believe it."

The old man smiled and said, "If you don't believe me, you can try it."

Zhou Bin stretched out his hand and scooped up a handful of water, then brought it to his lips and tasted it. It was so bitter that he grimaced. The water was indeed bitter and salty and was undrinkable.

The old man saw Zhou Bin's expression and couldn't help laughing: "I'm right, this water can't be drunk!"

Zhou Bin asked in surprise, "Uncle, why is this water so hard to drink? I almost choked to death just now!"

The old man shook his head: "Don't you know? I've lived in this area since I can remember, and adults have told me since I was a child that the water in this river is not drinkable."

Zhou Bin immediately asked: "What's wrong with this water? Why does it taste so strange?"

The old man still said he didn’t know. He said if Zhou Bin wanted to drink water, he could go home with him, as he had sweet well water at home.

Zhou Bin waved his hand and thanked him: "Forget it, sir, I'm not thirsty yet, I just want to wash my hands."

When the old man heard this, he smiled and said, "You can wash your hands, as you like."

Zhou Bin then asked: "Uncle, why is this river called Baijiang?"

The old man immediately laughed and said, "Young man, you have asked the right person. Most people probably don't know."

When Zhou Bin saw it, he hurriedly asked the old man to sit down.

The two talked about this incident by the river. The old man looked at the vast river and smiled, "I grew up by this river. At that time, I was also curious why people called this river the White River."

"Yeah, I think this river is not white!" Zhou Bin said with a smile.

The old man also laughed: "Yes, I thought so too, until one year, I remember there was a severe drought, everywhere was like on fire, people were so hot that they had nowhere to go. Guess what, one day I saw a layer of white stuff floating on the water by the river, white and just like snow, I looked and realized, this is the Baijiang River!"

As he said this, the old man grinned, revealing his toothless gums.

Zhou Bin also laughed, and suddenly something popped into his mind. Could that white thing be salt?

He has been worried about the salt issue recently. If there is salt in the water, wouldn't they become rich?

Zhou Bin instantly became interested. He immediately stood up and walked to the riverside. He scooped up a handful of water, put it in his mouth to taste it, and immediately spit it out.

It was so bitter and astringent that it almost made him jump up.

But if you taste it carefully, there seems to be a very strong salty taste in your mouth.

Oh my! Zhou Bin was shocked. There is really salt in the water!

Seeing Zhou Bin's excited expression, the old man was puzzled: "Young man, what's wrong with you?"

Zhou Bin smiled and said, "Uncle, I found a treasure!"

When the old man heard this, he was also shocked and asked hurriedly: "Where is the baby?"

Zhou Bin smiled and said, "It's in the water!"

The old man became even more curious and looked around anxiously, but he couldn't find it after looking for a long time.

He asked hurriedly: "What treasure? Why can't I see it?"

Zhou Bin smiled and said, "It's salt!"

"What did you say?" The old man widened his eyes.

Zhou Bin still smiled and said, "There is salt in this water. We will have salt to eat in the future."

The old man was so shocked that he was stunned: "What did you say? Why didn't I see any salt in the water?"

Zhou Bin did not explain: "I said yes, I'm leaving now, see you later!"

After saying that, Zhou Bin left quickly, leaving the old man sitting there in a daze, not knowing what was wrong with this young man.

He was actually curious before, wondering if those white things were salt.

But when he tasted it, he almost jumped up because of the bitterness. That thing was not salt at all.

But this young man said there is salt in the water. Isn't that nonsense?

And how could this clean water be salt? That's pure nonsense.

He thought about it, then left humming a little tune.

Zhou Bin traveled quickly all the way and soon returned to the City Lord's Mansion.

At this time, Zhang Hengkun was leading his men and waiting in the yard.

Seeing Zhou Bin coming back, Zhang Hengkun hurried forward and saluted: "City Lord, according to your instructions, we have sold all the salt to everyone. In just half a day, we have sold out all the salt."

Then he called several salt shop owners over and personally reported the salt selling process to Zhou Bin.

Zhou Bin was very satisfied after hearing this and let them go back first.

Zhang Hengkun then reported: "City Lord, I have to tell you some bad news. We have run out of salt reserves. But we won't get the salt from Yulu City for a while. If we wait too long, something bad might happen."

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