Ancient salt was different from modern salt. It was huge, like marble blocks, covered with mottled impurities.
While no one else was looking, a farmer quickly knocked off a block of salt with a small shovel and hid it in his chest. Then he gritted his teeth, lifted the huge block of salt, put it on his back, and walked out with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
The salt blocks are rough and very harsh.
Xie Ling took a casual look and found that the shoulders of every farmer carrying salt were covered with deep red and purple bloodstains.
There was a thin farmer who seemed to be sick or something, and he was staggering and suddenly fell forward. If the huge block of salt hit him, he would probably lose half his life!
The farmer stared with his eyes wide open, filled with fear.
Xie Ling walked quickly and lifted the salt block with her slender wrist, relieving most of the impact.
The farmer stared with his eyes wide open, watching the salt block that was about to hit him slowly fall down. He quickly caught it with his hands and put it on the open space beside him.
A man who seemed to be in charge hurried over and said sternly, "How do you do the work? If it breaks, can you afford the compensation? If you can't do it, get out of here."
The farmer touched his chest with lingering fear and ran away quickly, thinking that it was the appearance of the sea god. He ran to the beach and kowtowed several times.
Xie Ling came to the pit where the salt blocks were piled, picked up a smaller piece and put it into the space before leaving.
When Xie Ling returned, Ru Jieer had already woken up, but she was still a little dizzy, with a pale face, and she lay in Pei's arms without saying a word.
Gu Wei pulled Xie Ling aside and said, "Someone put something in Ru Jie'er's food. I asked Xu Xingzhi to check and it turned out to be someone from the Si family."
Xie Ling narrowed her eyes. "It is indeed them. I have followed Jiang Shaoqing all the way today. He should not have found the original ore of Wushisan yet. We still have a chance."
Gu Wei nodded, "Okay, but the most urgent thing is to sort out the matter of Jinling Lane first."
Xie Ling's eyes were cold, "Just catch the Feng family and the Si family in one fell swoop, and then interrogate the Si family, so that they won't jump up and down and cause trouble for the family again."
"good."
After Gu Wei finished speaking, he immediately turned around and looked for Xu Xingzhi, Wu Daqiang and others to come over and discuss with them.
Wu Daqiang: "I will lead the troops to surround the Si and Feng families tomorrow."
Xu Xingzhi: "My spies will stir up conflict between the two families tomorrow. When both sides are hurt, Brother Wu will send out troops."
Gu Wei slapped the table and said, "Okay, then I will be responsible for compiling the crimes of these two families and their backers, and handing them over to Governor Yang, and have him help report them to the capital."
At this time, Governor Yang did not know that another great achievement had fallen upon his lips.
After some more discussion, it was already completely dark, so several people said goodbye.
Xie Ling entered the space to study what the white powder picked up from Jiang Shaoqing was.
Under the cold incandescent light of the medicine warehouse, Xie Ling discovered that the powder was not pure white, but mixed with a hint of gray. It was not clear and more like pot ash.
After studying and analyzing it for a while, Xie Ling finally figured out its composition.
It is pot ash, which contains wood ash, some unknown chemicals, and phenolphthalein.
Phenolphthalein is not natural and can only be artificially refined.
Xie Ling was puzzled: "People in this dynasty already know how to refine chemical substances?"
0188 continued, "Master, I feel that it is more like the wall ash from the alchemy furnace. People in this dynasty are superstitious. Some people would make elixirs to imitate the gods. Maybe it was made by chance when they were making the elixir."
This explanation is much more credible.
Jiang Shaoqing sprinkled this powder on the ground probably to find the raw ore of Wu Shi San, but Xie Ling didn't understand why.
Xie Ling praised 0188, "You are so smart."
0188's display screen immediately blushed with embarrassment, and she said in a soft and cute voice, "Master, Master praises me! I'm so happy!"
Xie Ling found it funny and said, "Just keep an eye on the rolling hills. I'm leaving now."
Everyone has been busy these days, so if Gu Li and the others were to take GunGun out for a walk, Xie Ling was afraid of scaring passers-by, so she directly put GunGun into the space.
There is a lot of space in the room, so he can run anywhere he wants.
Then, Xie Ling put the remaining powder into a bottle, went to the warehouse to get a large iron pot, filled it with the salt blocks she had picked up today, and left the space.
Gu Wei saw Xie Ling holding a piece of salt in an iron pot and was a little confused, "What is this for?"
Xie Ling kept it a secret, "Just wait and see."
The salt block was too hard, and Xie Ling couldn't find a suitable tool, so she simply raised her hand and took out the Emei spike from her hair bun. She poked it a few times and the salt block broke into tiny pieces.
Gu Wei looked at it with some heartache, "This is the Emei Thorn made of thousand-year-old black iron..."
Xie Ling said without even looking up: "Go wash it, I'm going to the kitchen now."
Gu Wei obediently picked up the Emei Thorn on the ground, washed it clean in a basin of water, and quickly ran to find Xie Ling.
Gao Wanhua and Wu Zhengqing were playing at Gu's house. When they saw Xie Ling's actions, they hurried over to watch the fun.
Xie Ling placed the iron pot on the stove, added clean water into the pot and stirred it constantly.
After all the salt was dissolved in the water, I found a piece of gauze and cotton, filtered the salt water, and removed all the foam and impurities in the salt water.
After filtering it clean and making sure there is no impurity, put it into a large iron pot, light the fire and stir it.
This process was very strenuous, and Gu Wei, Gao Wanhua and Wu Zhengqing took turns to do it.
As the fire grew stronger and the salt water continued to boil, snow-white crystals began to appear on the wall of the iron pot. Under the candlelight, the crystal clear white crystals seemed to glow.
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