Chapter 296 I am your brother
"good."
"I can't make a peace amulet like Mrs. Shao, so I'll give you a peace kiss."
Sang Ning tiptoed and moved closer.
Huo Changan instantly raised his cloak to cover the two of them.
Pei Ming'an waved his hand, and all the soldiers lowered their heads.
As for those generals who were staring at him, what could he do?
After all, even the master's sister was grinning.
"Sister Jingya, here, I just baked it, it's hot."
A handful of black, cracked roasted peanuts was handed over.
"Feng Dali, it's already this late, and you're still eating! I'm so impressed!"
As he spoke, he grabbed the peanuts.
"Crunch" and ate one.
So delicious!
"Are you asking my fourth sister-in-law for it again?"
"Yes, the time it takes for the master to kiss you is enough for you to eat three. The rest you can put away and eat later."
"What kiss? Shut up! You're talking nonsense! I'll slap you!"
Feng Dali counted, "One, two, three, over."
Huo Changan put down his cloak and said, "Let's go!"
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Sang Ning didn't have many worries about this expedition.
Because the Western Liao had a fire in its backyard and was in a hurry to go back to put out the fire, they could only watch the fire from the other side of the river. If necessary, they would attack from the front and back together with Taraz to completely defeat the Western Liao.
By the way, drive back the cattle, sheep and horses that the lord of the West Sea grassland provides for the royal family.
The risk factor is very low.
Huo Changan took the new generals to gain experience, leaving Shao Qing and Wu Gaoda to guard the city.
As soon as they left, the people sent to look for the salt lake returned.
There was indeed a huge lake hidden in the basin of the mountains in the uninhabited area, and the water in the lake was salty!
The surroundings are covered in snow, the snow-capped mountains are continuous, and the salt lake is sleeping quietly in the center. It is a quiet holy land that no one has ever set foot on. It is so beautiful!
They also brought back several large crystal blocks.
"It's salt indeed! Madam, you are truly amazing! I admire you!"
Wu Gundam licked the white crystal block and shouted.
"The mistress is right. Who would have thought that the so-called barren northwest could actually produce such abundant salt?" Shao Qing also said.
White salt is white silver!
They have salt lakes, sulfur mines, and coal mines, and with the help of thunder bombs, there is no need to worry about not accomplishing their great cause!
Sang Ning thought, there is more than just these, there are still many iron mines here!
But this is also underground, so she needs to determine the location, go around and let the space explore it.
If coal mines can be mined, iron mines can naturally be mined as well.
"Madam, are the drying methods for lake salt and sea salt the same?"
"Same! But it's winter now, not the season for drying salt, so we can cook it over fire now.
Let's first take people and build the salt works. If the imperial court blocks our access, we can be self-sufficient."
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when the sun was shining brightly, Sang Ning took people to build a salt field.
There are actually two types of salt lakes.
One is the remains of the ancient ocean, which is sea water itself.
The other type is stagnant water with only water flowing in but no outflow. Salt continues to accumulate in the lake, turning the water into salt water. This type of water can only form in arid areas with little rainfall.
This salt lake located in an uninhabited area is the second type.
Judging from the degree of crystallization, the salinity is not low.
The best time to make salt by sun-drying is summer. In this season, you can use the fire-boiling method, which is more labor-intensive and requires more firewood.
Salt fields can be built while cooking.
A salt field requires at least two parts: an evaporation pond and a crystallization pond.
The first step is to introduce the lake water into a shallow evaporation pool. After being exposed to the sun and slowly evaporated, it is concentrated to a certain degree and then poured into the crystallization pool. After drying, white coarse salt crystals are precipitated.
Coarse salt is filtered and impurities are removed to become refined salt.
Sang Ning and Wu Gaoda set up felt tents with their soldiers and stayed by the lake for more than ten days, cooking more than a hundred kilograms of coarse salt.
She didn't leave until everything was going smoothly.
After using the miraculous elixir prepared by Lu Shishen, the flesh on her wrist gradually healed and the scar became very shallow.
During this period, she also learned horse riding.
When I have nothing to do, I ride a pony out for a walk.
Sure enough, she found the Jingtieshan Iron Mine.
She didn't tell anyone, thinking of waiting for Huo Changan to come back.
It’s time for Huo Changan to come back.
I've been dreaming about him these days.
Weird idea.
As the weather gradually warmed up, people began to plow the fields. She took out the seeds that had been prepared in the space and asked Shao Qing to arrange people to distribute them.
But there are still too few people.
So she formulated a series of policies and wrote a gorgeous article about it and spread it out.
In the northwest region, the people were exempted from taxes for ten years. Anyone who settled here was provided housing, coal, food, land, and jobs by the government.
As the news spread, more and more people crossed the border and ran here.
There is no way. I can’t survive in the area under the jurisdiction of the imperial court!
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In the vast desert, a group of people are walking hard against the wind and sand.
They had just experienced a fight with a pack of wolves.
There were more than 500 people when they left, but only about 200 were left when they returned.
"Hold on a little longer. Once you cross this desert, you'll see Shajiao Mountain."
"Yes, hold on. We will definitely be able to go home."
A thin man with a mustache licked his cracked lips and said.
Along the way, there are snow-capped mountains and deserts. You will freeze to death at night and be sunburned at noon. What a terrible climate.
"Xu Wude, no one will recognize you when you go back, but you are much more handsome now than before."
I don't believe you at all. I think you know what kind of person you are.
Xu Wude looked at Bai Yi, who was dark and rough. The skin on his face was frozen, with blue and purple spots, and now it was starting to crack, just like the beggar.
Old Lu was even more miserable. He brought a beautiful woman back and took good care of her along the way, giving her all the food and drink, for fear that the beauty would suffer and he would become a nobody.
Another strong wind blew, and they lay down on the sand skillfully.
When the wind passed, some dark shadows appeared in front.
"What?"
"It's a human, not a wolf."
"Fuck! How could they be from Xiliao? How could they be here?"
Bai Yi and Xu Wude were shocked.
“Run, run!”
In the chaos and disorder, people and horses were rolling around, and the cargo on their backs rolled all over the ground.
Old Lu still protects his beauty.
Screams came from behind.
Xu Wude cried.
"County Magistrate Bai, are we destined to die here? I heard that dying in the desert will turn you into a mummy."
He lay on the ground, digging up the sand with his hands, trying to bury himself.
Bai Yi heard something wrong in the voice and looked back.
Those who were killed were not the guards they brought with them, but those Western Liao people.
"Xu Wude! It's the Huo family army, it's the Huo family army, we are saved!" He kicked Xu Wude's exposed butt hard.
"It's General Yan! General Yan—" the guards cheered.
Xu Wude got up, his head and face covered with sand.
The sun was scorching, and a tall figure came against the light.
Like a god emerging from the sun.
"Who's ahead?"
Xu Wude cried again with excitement.
"It's me! Brother Yan, I'm your brother Xu Wude!!!"
"I am your brother Bai Yi!"
Lao Lu: Who am I? I don’t know him well.
"I'm Lu Minghao, your biological brother whom you've never met!"
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