A month after the food street and restaurants opened, merchants from other prefectures of the Great Zhou Dynasty gradually began to appear more frequently in Kuncheng.
The Gu family had foreseen all of this, so there were no problems despite the large number of people.
Someone was interested in the public latrines in Kuncheng, but upon asking, they learned that it was government revenue. They were told to wait for their local government to issue a notice, then simply go to the government office with the money to buy them, and someone would build them for them.
The merchants wrote back home to inform their families to keep a close watch and make sure to grab the goods as soon as possible.
They didn't know that this thing would probably be launched some time later. After all, Kuncheng has a small population, unlike the places where these wealthy merchants live, which are much more populated and difficult to build!
Unless you want to buy a piece of land to rebuild your house yourself, or specifically reserve a latrine, they won't build it for you.
Soon, it was April. The Gu sisters had been busy all day. On this day, Gu Hui and Princess Jinghe took a day off, and everyone got together for a rare occasion. They decided to go out of the city for a stroll.
Previously, we mostly went to places south of the city to play, but this time, the sisters plan to travel north.
The north side is covered with dense forests and has Peng Family Army camps.
Kuncheng only has the West Camp and the North Camp, which naturally cannot accommodate 100,000 Peng Family Army soldiers. Some of them are stationed outside the city.
The further north you go, the cooler it gets.
Gu Xin carried a small bamboo basket on her back and asked Bai Er and the others to carry it too, so she could also gather herbs. Grandma Xiao had gone to the nameless river to gather herbs these past two months, and new herbs had probably grown in the forest here.
The older ones were strolling around leisurely, just out for a casual stroll and to relax.
With Bai Er and the others following along, they didn't need to worry about the safety of Gu Xin, Gu Si, and Huo Yanyu.
As they walked, the three older girls and the three younger girls got separated.
A moment later, the three young women suddenly heard Gu Xin's exclamation: "Sister, sister, come and see! There's a lake over there! Wow, the scenery is so beautiful!"
The three followed.
Only after walking away did I realize, wow, the little ones had really gone far.
After we met up, we discovered that there really was a lake in the distance, and it really was quite far; it would probably take more than half an hour to walk there.
Since we're out here to have fun anyway, we might as well go and take a look.
After walking for more than half an hour, we arrived at the lake, which was quite large.
The emerald green lake stretches to the horizon, with weeds growing along its shores and numerous sharp stones scattered on the sandy ground.
Bai Er took a water bag and wanted to go to the lake to fill it with water.
He walked up to it, took a sip, and then spat it out.
Gu Nian's eyes lit up, and she walked over: "Bai Er, is it very salty?"
Bai Er nodded: "Yes! It's quite salty. What kind of lake is this? It's salty."
Gu Nian laughed a few times: "Quickly, let's pick up all these stones and carry them back."
Princess Jinghe patted Gu Nian on the shoulder: "Have you gone mad from being locked up in the lab? You still want to study these stones?"
Huo Yanyu's eyes darted around: "Is this water salty, like seawater? If so, will it be able to be used to make salt?"
Gu Nian snapped her fingers: "That's right! We can boil salt out of these stones when we get back. Besides, the salt lake is inexhaustible. Our Great Zhou will have another place to mine salt, and the price of salt will drop a lot!"
Upon hearing this, everyone quickly followed the instructions and began collecting salt stones.
Gu Nian looked at the beautiful lake with a smile. Xin Xin and Si Si's status as princesses was secure. The discovery of the salt lake was no less valuable than the cement!
Moreover, she had just checked and found that this place was somewhat hidden. Ordinary people wouldn't come here, and they probably wouldn't even pass by. It was said that Gu Xin saw a medicinal herb and cut down a lot of weeds, which revealed this lake.
After carrying enough stones, the group didn't linger and headed back.
Back home, everyone gathered in Gu Nian's lab, eager to see how she would boil salt.
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