Chapter 201 Sea Salt

He Zhaoyi lay on the ** of Ruohan's house and looked at everything familiar to Ruohan's house. This was the third time she came to Ruohan's house. For the first time, she played near the salt farm with her sister Han and ate those miscellaneous steamed buns and vegetable porridge that she had never eaten before. She had a very breath of life.

The second time, Sister Han disappeared, but she was greeted by Shicheng's mother, Cao, and her maid Xiaoai also came. In this room, when she was taking a shower, she was hit by the reckless guy.

The third time, there are only himself and Xiaoai, and there are two soldiers guarding at the door. Is Brother Shicheng afraid that he will run away? This brother Shicheng can't understand it more and more.

In fact, it was He Zhaoyi who wronged Zhang Yang. Baiju Salt Farm is his birthplace. Shiyi was stationed here and sent sent sententinels in all directions to prevent the Taters from touching in. The people here stand the most firmly behind Zhang Yang, so we must ensure their safety.

He Zhaoyi came. She was the partner of the eldest brother's business. Of course, Shi Yi paid more attention to it and sent two people to protect her in case something unexpected happened.

It's winter, and the weather is chilly. He Zhaoyi is lying down, but she doesn't feel sleepy. She has been thinking about the words of Brother Shicheng. Now there is chaos everywhere, and the court keeps besieging and suppressing. However, the rebels are surrounded more and more. Is all this really God's will?

Brother Shicheng and his family have made enough money to do business together. It can be seen that making money is not the pursuit of Brother Shicheng. He launched an uprising here. Is it really to exorcise the tars and restore the Han people?

If I don't have the bravery in the downtown, and I don't have my own bidding salt, I'm afraid that at this time, I'm still the innocent young lady of the He family. Why are there so many worries?

She is like this, tossing and turning, and always can't sleep.

In the government of the salt farm, the oil lamp was still shining. Zhang Yang stood in front of the table and explained it carefully to several people.

Since more than 100 people have been recruited, it is natural to restore the functions of the salt farm as soon as possible. Those iron plates used to boil salt are already backward and can no longer be used. Zhang Yang called some of them who are more clever, have better brains, and have been salt workers to introduce their new method: drying salt.

Shide hasn't come yet. When they come, they first draw a place for them to settle the assembly line in Dingxi, so that they can digest the inventory of the salt farm first. Therefore, Zhang Yang first asked these people to bring out the salt field of the Baiju Farm for production.

It's winter now. Compared with the wet weather in summer, it is more suitable for the evaporation of seawater. Therefore, it is urgent. Zhang Yang asked Li Shanchang to find someone to explain it to them. Tomorrow, they can start work. And I have to rush to Dingxi to arrange things there.

"There are large beaches near the salt field. Now everyone's main task is to transform these beaches into salt fields." Zhang Yang began to say.

"What is a salt field?" An old salt worker asked that he had been working in the salt farm for decades, and he was also an experienced person. However, he was old and had no opportunity to join the team. He heard that Zhang Yang was recruiting people, and the pay was quite high, so he came happily. Anyway, he was a salt worker. Besides, the household registration restriction had been lifted, and he had no worries. .

"Farmerg farmers farm, sow seeds, and harvest grain. Our beach is a saline land and we can't grow grain, but it can be transformed into the same structure as the field, pouring seawater in, sowing seawater, and harvesting sea salt. Zhang Yang explained.

What? If you pour seawater into this salt field, can you grow sea salt? These people were all surprised. How is this possible? The sea salt was burned on the iron plate for a few days.

Of course, they know that if it is true, sea salt can grow in this way, which will greatly increase the yield. It turns out that many people are used to guard a large iron plate, burn and boil, boil the water, and boil out the salt. Now, you only need to pour seawater into the field to wait for salt to grow?

"Don't make noise, don't make noise." Zhang Yang really wants to find a whip to come out. These students are really undisciplined.

"The main work these days is to build salt fields, like the fields planted by those farmers, to build up the turfs, and there should be a diversion canal to lead the sea water." Zhang Yang said while drawing with his hand.

"The salt field is divided into two parts. 60% of the field is used to introduce seawater, which is called an evaporation pool. The seawater introduced from the seaside is directly poured into it, waiting for it to evaporate to a certain extent, and then pour the brine that is close to saturation into the crystal pool. If you continue to blow in the wind, you can precipitate the salt." Zhang Yang then explained.

"This, what is evaporation? Crystallization?"

"Sea salt is originally in the sea water, turning water into water vapor. When it runs into the air, it is called evaporation. Burning with fire is evaporation. With the sun, it is also evaporation." Zhang Yang explained.

"Well, what is water vapor?" Another person asked.

Zhang Yang feels that his head is getting bigger. These people don't have any scientific common sense. They explain it all to them clearly. I'm afraid they have to tell them for a few months.

"Anyway, just do what I tell you." Zhang Yang decided that he didn't need to tell them why at all. He just needed to tell them how to do it. As long as he followed his own way, he would definitely make sea salt faster and simpler. For the rest, there was no need to tell them at all.

This is like quality education for future generations. What is quality education? Do exercises, do exercises, do exercises, do mistakes, copy five times, recite questions, recite answers, until you are admitted to college, teach a group of qualified socialist builders and successors who do not have any creativity, but only know step by step.

"I think I still need one more thing." A farmer said that he was originally a farmer, but the fields were occupied by the local tyrants. He had to wander around and became a drifter. He came to Xinghua just in time for Zhang Yang to recruit people. As long as he had food to eat, he followed him to report. Because people were clever, he was also taught by Li Shan and accepted Zhang Yang's teachings. Here we go.

"Oh? What is it?" Zhang Yang asked.

"This salt field is built on the beach, but it has to be far away from the sea, because the sea is high and low. If it is close, the salt field is filled by the sea, I'm afraid it will be in vain. If it is far away, the terrain will become higher. Therefore, the sea will not flow into the salt field by itself. We need a water truck."

"Yes, that makes sense." The person next to him also nodded in agreement.

"And this pool is divided into evaporation pool and what kind of pool. The seawater of these two pools has to be changed. With so many salt fields, it is impossible to change it manually, and you have to use a water cart." He continued.

Zhang Yang heard that it was true. He only copied the seawater and salt according to the practices of later generations. When it comes to all aspects, there are obviously some considerations. For example, this waterwheel really needs to be used.

The water truck is a primitive thing compared to the water pump, but compared with this era, especially in the south where the water network is everywhere, it has greatly promoted productivity.

Zhang Yang couldn't help but think of such a picture in his mind: a round wood product with small wooden buckets hanging one by one. A person stood on it, held the armrest, stepped down hard, filled the buckets one by one from the river below, turned over, poured it to the shore, and then filled it into the water.

The wisdom of the working people is endless.

"What's your name?" Zhang Yang asked.

"The little one's name is Zhao De." The farmer said.

"Okay, you are responsible for introducing seawater into the field and introducing brine from the evaporation pool to the crystallization pool." Zhang Yang said.

"Thank you!" Zhao De was very happy.

"Old Uncle Li." Zhang Yang continued, "It's up for you to take everyone to open hundreds of mu of salt fields on the beach outside Baijuchang."

Uncle Li is an old salt worker. He used to work in the salt farm. Zhang Yang is more familiar with him. He is a real man. He asked him to lead these people to reclaim the salt field first.

"Yes." Uncle Li agreed: "Since Shicheng looks up to me, Mr. Li, I will risk this old bone and take everyone out of the salt field."

In the past, it was pure manual labor to boil salt with seawater. Now, it can finally adopt the advanced method of drying salt. Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief. It is foreseeable that the salt production of the salt farm will be a few times higher than the original. The salt of this white flower is all silver of white flowers.

The next day, in addition to the soldiers in the salt farm, there were more people with shovels. They began to work on the beach next to the salt farm.

The salt farm is next to the Chuanchang River. When transporting salt, with the help of the water conservancy conditions of the Chuanchang River, it is shipped directly from the salt farm, along the river, and transported everywhere. To the east of the Chuanchang River, there are flat and endless beaches, which are suitable for transforming into salt fields.

"Everyone, work harder, let's make the field hus first." Uncle Li began to call people to work.

The beach has been first drawn with thin lines with shovels. According to the thin lines, the huricade has been built up, which is a piece of salt field.

Although it is winter, it is not like the winter in the north. It has frozen three feet and is as hard as stone. There is still very soft soil here. When the spade stretches down, a shovel is dug up.

Countless shovels waved, a long field raft, first saw the prototype, and then the field raft was built next to it, gradually forming a piece of salt field.

Zhang Yang stood on the salt field and looked at the working people. A sense of self-confidence came. It was the king's way to dry salt in the sea. Here, it will be his own treasure basin in the future!

He turned around, and the team of Shiyi began to practice again. The news that Shenghu defeated the tars again had spread. Now the morale was high, and everyone was full of energy, waiting to fight more tars.

Li Shanchang has gone to the countryside to preside over the work of land division. As long as he succeeds here, his own move is bound to set off a wave in the whole of the south of the Yangtze River, which is a big killer.

Zhang Yang also has a lot of affairs. Although his home is next to the Baiju Salt Farm. Although his mother is still at home alone, he has no time to go back to have a look. He has to watch the salt field here, and he has to go back to Dingxi Farm to let people divide a piece of open space in the salt farm for Shide. He also has to do a good job of confidentiality and send a team of reliable Soldiers guarded to prevent the secret of coarse salt purification from leaking.

The team of more than 100 people who came yesterday had gathered and waited for Zhang Yang's order to return to Dingxi Salt Farm together.

"Brother, should we go?" Shi Xin ran over and asked.

"Well, let's go." The salt field here takes a few days to build. Let's meet Dingxi Field first. In a few days, we will also see how Li Shanchang's business is going.

Zhang Yang turned back and followed Shi Xin to the salt field. The horse was ready. The soldiers were carrying the sky and waiting for Zhang Yang heroically. Last night, he stayed here and envied the soldiers of the first battalion here. In the lake, hundreds of tars were slaughtered, and only one of them was injured, which was simply a miracle.

"Why are you in such a hurry to go back?" A shadow in front of him asked intentionally or unintentionally.

It's still the maid's dress, but the beautiful face can't be concealed. At this moment, those eyes are looking at the crowd working in the distance, not looking at Zhang Yang's face at all, but such a sentence popped out of her mouth.

Xiao Ai also followed and looked at Zhang Yang with vigilance.

"Oh, it's Miss He. When did you come here?" When Shi Xin saw He Zhaoyi coming, he came forward and asked, "Why do you wear the maid's clothes?" Did you sneak out?"

"Don't worry about it. I didn't talk to you." He Zhaoyi's tone was very domineering, and yesterday's anger had not subsided.

"Shixin, you disband the team first and rest in place. I'll be there in a minute." Zhang Yang said.

"Yes, big brother." Shi Xin took the order, took a look at He Zhaoyi, waved his fist majestically, and then gave up and walked back.

"Thaoyi, are you used to living here?" Zhang Yang asked.

"How can I get used to it? What can I do if I'm not used to it?" He Zhaoyi said, "There are always two people standing outside like pillars. I have never been treated like this."

"This is to protect your safety. I don't know when the tar will touch it for fear that you will be hurt." Zhang Yang said.

"You always make sense. By the way, what are these people doing?" He Zhaoyi pointed to the people working in the distance.

"Since the salt farm is in my hands, it has to play a greater role. They are in the salt field. In the future, the salt farm under my jurisdiction will no longer use the method of boiling salt, but all use the salt field to produce salt." Zhang Yang said.

"Salt field?" He Zhaoyi opened her eyes wide. For anyone, this is definitely a new matter.

"Salt is extracted from seawater, but the original method of boiling salt in the salt farm is too backward, with low yield and high labor intensity. I transformed the beach here and introduced the seawater into the sun and the sea breeze, and it turned into salt." Zhang Yang explained.

He Zhaoyi was very puzzled: "Is this all right? My family sells sea salt and has been to many salt farms. Why doesn't any salt farm use this method?

"That's because they can't innovate." Zhang Yang said, "In the future, this method of salt field will gradually be popularized, and the method of boiling salt should be eliminated."

He Zhaoyi is full of suspicion: You said that this way is advanced, why aren't you afraid of revealing secrets? How did the refined salt come out? It's still a mystery. Why is this way of drying salt not afraid of leakage?

Zhang Yang smiled secretly and knew what you were thinking. Such a large area of salt field could not be hidden. This salt drying process will definitely be leaked, and there is no high technical content. Therefore, from the beginning, Zhang Yang did not intend to keep this secret.

However, if you know, you may not use it, because the ancient Chinese tradition is to follow the old ways and not want to innovate. This way of drying salt can only be carried out here. In other salt farms controlled by the imperial court, which salt farm commander will learn to dry salt when he has nothing to do? He doesn't have that much power, and he doesn't have that. And all the salt merchants, who just buy and sell salt, will not go to the seaside to dry salt at all, which is a death penalty. Only myself occupies the right time and place. Here, for the pilot, I will promote the technology of salt drying on my own territory to bring greater profits to myself.

And the process of making refined salt with coarse salt must be kept confidential. When Zhang Yang thought of this, he had to meet Dingxi Farm as soon as possible.

"Zhaoyi, you can walk around here casually. Although this is already a military place, you are my guests, and they will not be unfavorable to you." Zhang Yang said.

"What, are you busy?" He Zhaoyi asked.

Isn't this nonsense? I'm very busy. I don't have time to be here with you, young lady. Zhang Yang was dissatisfied, but he did not show it: "Your two boats of salt can be used at any time. I will send someone to transport it to you at any time."

He Zhaoyi turned her head and walked back. "Actually, I'm not in a hurry to go back. I'm very curious to see what big waves you can make here."

Women, it's really hard to think about!

Zhang Yang returned to the salt field, took over the horse led by Shi Xin, and rushed to Dingxi field with the soldiers of the first team of the base camp.

Along the Chuanchang River, looking at the scenery on both sides, looking at the sea in the distance, Zhang Yang's heart is surging. This is his first base!

Passing by the Arctic Hall, it seems that I once again remember the lofty ambition of the teacher here. The Lord, with me, Zhang Shicheng, is here, and your end is coming!

Dingxi Salt Farm. Inside the salt farm and in the open space outside, there are soldiers who are training. The sound of killing is shocking. There is the third battalion, the fourth battalion and its own base camp, and the training of 1,600 people, which is quite spectacular.

Under the command of a hundred households, they raised the spear together and stabbed it forward. Each stab was a test of blood and fire. When they really went to the battlefield, whether they could achieve the same order and behavior was the key to defeating the enemy. Now it seems that the training in the past few days has had a good effect, and Zhang Yang nodded with satisfaction.

There is also a special shooting range in the distance for the training of soldiers who have been equipped with Tianque. The sound of fire seems to inspire everyone. With combat achievements, you can have advanced weapons and Tianque in hand, which is a real killer against the tartar.

"Shixin, ask Lv Zhen and Yuan Heng to come to the government." Zhang Yang walked into the salt field while talking to Shi Xin behind him.

"Yes, big brother." Shixin went to look for two thousand households.

(to be continued)