Chapter 72: Drying Salt
Ever since Chen Yunniang came to the border town, she has been like a frightened deer, trembling with fear when she can’t see Cheng Yu.
But this time, she saw with her own eyes that the Zheng family came to ask for her, and the soldiers in the border town waited all night to protect her.
And from the beginning to the end, no one planned to send her away to keep her safe.
Chen Yunniang was moved and also gained courage. She also wanted to do something. It was useless to just hide and cry.
So after hearing Han Xing's plan, she immediately said, "Brother Cheng, Yunniang is willing to go with Miss Yan."
"Yunniang will pray to the Bodhisattva to protect the soldiers in the border town and keep them safe."
Please also bless me and Brother Cheng, so that we can survive this disaster and achieve good results.
Yan Shier Niang dressed her up as her maid and had her follow Baozhu around. Fearing that she would attract the attention of the Zheng family, she did not bring too many guards and only selected thirty elite soldiers to escort her.
While it was still dark and the Zheng family had relaxed their vigilance, the group quietly rushed along the river bank towards the seaside.
After dawn, the Zheng family became impatient and decided not to worry about the Yan family anymore. As long as Yan Twelve Mother was not hurt, Yan Jiu had no reason to blame the Zheng family.
The Zheng family was preparing to attack the border town. Cheng Yu and Han Xing naturally noticed their intentions and immediately led their troops to fight.
What Cheng Yu and Han Xing didn't expect was that the Zheng family had left a group of people guarding halfway, mainly to prevent the Yan family or Chenzhou Mu from intervening.
Then they saw Yan Shierniang rushing towards the East China Sea, and also recognized the maid with her face wrapped in a veil, as Chen Yunniang.
This group of people never thought that they would encounter such a good thing! They caught Chen Yunniang, which was a great achievement!
Without saying a word, he spurred his horse to chase after him.
Yan Shier Niang and her group did not expect that they would encounter the enemy not far from the border town.
The two sides immediately started fighting. In order to protect Chen Yuniang, Yan Shier Niang was hit on the arm by Zheng's thugs and almost fell off her horse.
Chen Yunniang couldn't help but shout: "Don't hurt Miss Yan, I'll go with you!"
Yan Shier Niang said anxiously: "What nonsense are you talking about? Even if I am beaten to death, I will never let you be captured by them!"
She had already told the prince that she would take care of Chen Yunniang's affairs.
He also made a promise to Han Xing and Cheng Yu that he would protect Chen Yunniang and never let her fall into the hands of the Zheng family.
The girl was a man of her word. She was afraid of being looked down upon, of bringing shame to the Yan family, and even more afraid of King Li blaming her.
I didn't think about anything else at the moment, I just wanted to fight these people.
Just at this moment, the five soldiers who were looking for cochineal rushed back. When they saw this situation, they immediately joined the battle without asking any questions.
With their participation, the three girls escaped successfully and were escorted by several guards as they continued to rush towards the beach.
Chen Yunniang felt extremely guilty as she looked at Yan Shierniang, who was sweating profusely and had a seriously injured arm.
At this time, on the edge of the East China Sea, Jin Sui and Wei Zhubo were wearing hats woven from tree branches, looking at the salt drying field under the scorching sun.
After a night of precipitation, the sun was scorching hot early in the morning and the temperature was high, so a lot of the shallow sea water on the salt field evaporated.
The crystals below could be seen with the naked eye, and Wei Zhubo's eyes lit up, as if a miser saw a mountain of gold or a flower thief saw a beautiful woman.
I didn't care about the toothache anymore. I lay down beside the salt pool, touched the crystals with my hands, and felt the concentrated salt water sliding through my fingers.
He was very surprised and said: "Your Majesty, this is salt!"
Jin Sui smiled proudly: "What else? Do you really think that I took you to play in the mud last night?"
All the soldiers leaned over to take a look and tasted the sea water directly. They were immediately pleasantly surprised. Cooking with salt water was much more delicious than cooking with salt mud.
Someone suggested: "Your Highness, if we boil this salt water, we will definitely be able to make a big pot of salt!"
Jin Sui sneered, "You still want to use the salt boiling method to make salt? Then why would I bring you to dig salt fields in the middle of the night?"
"Just wait and see. With the temperature, it will be ready tonight. Then you will know what a miracle is!"
"Wei Zhubo, you participated in the whole process, write it down, write it down as a tutorial, and lead the soldiers to dig out a hundred acres of salt drying field."
Wei Zhubo understood, and his small eyes widened: "Your Majesty, are you saying that salt can be produced by drying it in the sun alone?"
Jinsui pointed to the filtration pool and brine pool: "We still have to step on the seawater and filter it."
Wei Zhubo burst into tears of joy: "Your Highness is indeed a descendant of the royal family. Even the heavens are helping you! Our border town will no longer be short of salt."
Jin Sui didn't want to give the credit to God, so he put his hands behind his back and said:
"This is called the salt drying method, which was invented by me. If God really helps me, I would not be exiled to the border."
"Don't talk about these useless things. Just tell me which point you don't understand and I will teach you again."
All the soldiers came to ask, what is the point of stepping on the sea water? Do we have to lay grass? Can we lay something else? What is the purpose of throwing that branch? How to determine the salt content of the brine?
Only Hei Hu asked a special question: "If we use this water to pickle vegetables, will it be salted vegetables?"
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Jin Sui was not impatient at all. She half gave popular science education and half gave instructions. She planned to keep Wei Zhubo and the soldiers here to dry the salt.
Only Heihu is brought back to the city, so we must stock up some salt before the cold autumn comes.
Wei Zhubo also agreed with this, knowing that the prince had such "supernatural powers".
Well, in his opinion, being able to come up with such a method to turn seawater into salt is a magical power! Otherwise, why for thousands of years, everyone only knew how to boil salt, and no one else thought of drying salt? "In this way, not only will we have enough salt to eat, but we can also do business. But, Your Majesty, to do salt business, you need salt permits."
Jin Sui was amused: "Is Wei Zhubo afraid that I will become a private salt dealer? Haha, I have done things like forcing the emperor to rebel and besieging the city to demand money, but you are only worried that I don't have salt and selling salt is illegal?"
Wei Zhubo was obviously frightened and wanted to rush over to cover her mouth. He said anxiously: "Oh, Your Majesty, don't say such nonsense! I understand. Even if there is no salt permit, it is legal for Your Majesty to sell some salt in the fiefdom."
He then carefully suggested: "But Your Majesty, if we present this salt drying method to the court, maybe..."
"Perhaps the Emperor will remember my merits and summon me back to Chang'an?"
"You're overthinking! This salt drying method must not be revealed to outsiders. Otherwise, I will punish you by military law!"
Humph, present it to the court to please the emperor? Do you think I'm a masochist? Or do you think I'm a people-pleaser?
When Wei Zhubo saw that the prince was angry, he and all the soldiers promised in unison that they would never reveal it.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance. Hei Hu ran over first to take a look, then hurriedly ran back and shouted, "My Lord, something bad has happened! The Zheng family is calling!"
Wei Zhubo was shocked: "How could the Zheng family find this place? Quick, protect the prince!"
Hei Hu was startled, scratched his head and said: "The fight didn't come here, it came to the city."
Jin Sui said angrily, "Master Wei, you take half of the soldiers to dry the salt here, and the rest of you can go back with me."
"Damn it, if the Zheng family dares to hurt anyone in my border town, I will definitely kill Zheng Pengpeng!"
(End of this chapter)
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