Five hundred and thirty seventh chapter Japanese pirates are coming
Salt, what a precious thing.
Now it is being fished out of water by the people, just like fishing sand out of water. Not only the people, but also several magistrates have fallen into a crazy situation after seeing it.
"Sir, this is how salt is produced? It's too easy." The key is that there are too many. At a glance, the endless salt fields are filled with a layer of snow-white salt.
It is indeed too easy to obtain salt by drying the salt in this way. Except for the trouble of digging the salt field, the process of drying the salt is not difficult at all. The key is that it is very fast, and the salt is produced in just a few days.
"In the past, some people used seawater to boil salt, but it was time-consuming and labor-intensive. The key was that the firewood burned was expensive. After all, it was not much cheaper. But as soon as Uncle's salt-drying method came out, all salt methods were replaced.
It's beyond comparison." Zou Xing kept sighing. Sun-drying salt is so convenient, nothing is needed. You just need to put seawater into the salt field and wait a few days to fish out the salt.
No matter in terms of output or consumption, it is much better than previous methods.
Soon, baskets of salt were scooped up.
Han Du looked at the salt, which was as white as snow, with a looming crystal, and a satisfied smile on his face.
A magistrate couldn't help but reach out and dip a little, put it in his mouth, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"It's so salty, so salty. This salt is no worse than the salt solution, and the color is even better."
"What kind of salt is Jieyan?" Han Du suddenly asked.
The magistrate smiled and said, "Uncle, I don't know. This salt solution is also called tribute salt."
Tribute salt!
Han Du was speechless for a while, even the salt needed to be paid as tribute. It seemed that the various things Lao Zhu ate were really better than himself.
"Well, then after the salt dries, we will also send some of it to the palace. Let's see if ours is better than the salt solution." Han Du said casually.
After saying this, the eyes of several magistrates suddenly lit up. If the emperor eats this salt, he will surely remember their achievements in digging salt fields.
"Your Majesty, what you say is very reasonable. With such good salt, we should indeed show filial piety to the Emperor."
Several people echoed Han Du and joked a bit.
Suddenly someone sighed: "It's a pity that such good salt can only be used to pickle fish and cannot be sold."
"If you can't, then you can't." Han Du said nonchalantly.
Looking at the expressions of pity on the faces of several people, he comforted: "Times have changed, and now we can only use pickled fish, but maybe we can sell it that day. Besides, the current output of the salt field is so small
, which is enough for Uncle Ben to pickle fish. If one day, the salt here can be sold all over the world, then this salt field will not be enough."
"You have to eat the meal one bite at a time, and the road has to be walked step by step. Now that we can take the first step here, even if we can't sell it, it's a good start, isn't it?"
Han Du's words made several county magistrates look better. Indeed, at least the salt has gone somewhere and is not completely wasted.
With salt, the matter of pickling fish was immediately put on Han Du's agenda.
In the past, the fish caught by the navy every day could only be simply processed and sent to the capital overnight, without even a day or two being delayed. But now it's better. All you need to do is pickle the fish and dry it on the spot.
It is much more convenient. Even if it is stored for several years, there will still be no problem.
In just a few days, densely packed wooden piles were erected on the seashore, with rows of fish hanging on them. The way they were swaying in the wind, at first glance, looked like crops in the fields.
The most favorite thing for the people doing corvee work here now is to go to the fish drying place several times a day, and every time they smile like an old farmer.
Seeing the densely packed fish as far as the eye can see will indeed make people who have spent their whole lives running around for food feel extremely satisfied.
On this day, Han Du, accompanied by Jiang Ming and others, traveled through this vast fish forest together.
Zou Xing suddenly saw a black spot appear on the sea surface, so he smiled and said to Han Du: "Uncle, it seems that we are lucky today. They just went to sea not long ago and came back. The harvest must be good."
The time when the fleet goes out to fish is not certain. It is the peak fishing season now, so as long as you are lucky enough, you will encounter a school of fish when you go out to sea, and you can catch a full net in an instant. Therefore, the warship comes back early.
, is also common.
Han Du glanced into the distance and saw a black spot on the sea. He smiled and said, "Yes, it looks like the harvest should be good. Come on, let's go up and have a look."
Although Han Du had seen too many warships returning from fishing, he suddenly became interested and wanted to go up and have a look.
Han Du and others stood at the beach and waited for a while. As the ship approached, everyone felt that something was wrong.
"Uncle, uncle. This, this doesn't seem to be our fishing boat." Zou Xing pointed to the outline of the ship on the sea with a confused look, turned to Han Du and stammered.
Zhang Chao's eyes narrowed, and he turned to Han Du and said, "Uncle, retreat quickly, this seems to be a Japanese pirate."
Japanese pirates!
After hearing this, Han Du couldn't help but look straight over. Han Du had heard about the Japanese pirates many times, but he had never seen them with his own eyes. Even when Lao Zhu talked about the Japanese pirates, he said they were a group of desperadoes.
Not only did it make Han Du more curious about the Japanese pirates, but also what kind of people they were, so that even Lao Zhu couldn't do anything about them.
Seeing Jing Haibo standing there without moving, Zhang Chao felt anxious and quickly took Han Du's arm. He whispered: "Uncle, we are weak now and this is not the time to fight head-on. Get back quickly.
The general and others will definitely protect my uncle and leave."
There are only about a dozen soldiers beside Han Du except General Zhang Chao. With this small number of men, it is still possible to protect Han Du and leave, but if he continues to stay, it will be more serious than bad.
Although Zhang Chao lowered his voice as much as possible, the people around him could still hear clearly. Because they were right next to Han Du, and they had always focused their attention on Han Du.
Japanese pirates! This is a nightmare for coastal counties. When these magistrates were told to come to the coast to be county magistrates, none of them were worried about this, fearing that they would encounter Japanese pirates. And even after they became county magistrates, their midnight dreams
When returning home, there were many times when I was awakened by the word "Japanese pirates".
Therefore, when they heard the word "Japanese pirates", except for Zou Xing, no one in the other counties wanted to run away. But before they could take two steps, they saw Jing Haibo not taking a step back, so he stopped again with an embarrassed look on his face.
Come down. Standing where you are, I don’t know whether it’s better to return it or keep it.