A group of people walked through the sparse woods and saw the huge salt-alkali flat in front of them. When Xu Chen said that it was all salt, the witches of the Yugong clan and a group of clan leaders all burst into tears with excitement, and they all fell to the ground and prostrated themselves.
, holding the salty sand in his hands and raising it high, singing a song that Xu Chen couldn't understand.
These are ancient witchcraft languages.
All clan leaders know some.
The hunters who followed also started crying and howling in excitement, and some directly grabbed the sand that covered the soil and grass blades and licked it violently.
After more than ten minutes of commotion, when everyone calmed down, Xu Chen led Yu Gongwu and a group of clan leaders to the middle of the salt-alkali land. At the same time, he also picked up some rock salt crystals from the place where sampling was to be excavated for them to watch and taste.
, finally came to the edge of the salt lake, pointed to the white salt piled up on the shore and at the bottom of the lake, and said:
"Please see, this salt lake is full of the best snow salt. The Mongolian salt mine is very small and there is no salt lake. We can only make snow salt by washing the sediment with water, but we can produce this best snow salt all year round.
salt, all tribes will be able to eat this salt from now on!”
"Wow, can you eat good salt?" The crowd suddenly exclaimed.
"Yes, there is a salt lake here, which can continuously grow good salt. All you have to do is salvage it, dry it, and then transport it out. But you should also know on the way here that although there is a lot of salt here and it is very convenient to collect, it needs to be collected.
It’s not easy to transport it out…”
"Your Majesty the Witch King, we will arrange for someone to transport him!" the Yugong clan chief interrupted Xu Chen excitedly.
Other clan leaders also nodded in agreement, saying that transporting it was very simple. Some said it would be carried in a rattan basket, and some said it would be transported by horse. Anyway, as long as there was salt, they would definitely get it out.
Xu Chen said dumbfounded: "This salt mine belongs to all tribes in Pakistan. It will supply dozens of tribes across the country in the future. I have calculated that if we want to meet the needs of all tribes, at least six thousand kilograms of salt must be transported every month.
There have been no roads since the Sheng clan. It takes at least eight days to walk back and forth. If each person carries thirty kilograms of salt, then at least two hundred people must be arranged to transport it every month to barely have enough. Can you provide it all year round?
Let two hundred strong men and women gather here for eight days or even half a month to transport salt?"
A group of clan leaders and leaders who were having a heated discussion were all stunned for a moment, their mouths wide open and they didn't know how to answer.
"Your Majesty the Witch King, are you saying that you want to build a road?" Witch Yu asked after hesitation.
"Yes, if we want to reduce manpower and save time, we must build a road that connects to the outside world and can pass horse-drawn carriages." Xu Chen nodded.
The witches of the Yugong clan and a group of clan leaders were silent. After a long time, someone whispered: "It's difficult to build the road!"
"Yes, it's very far!"
"Too many trees!"
Xu Chen nodded and said: "It seems that you all suffered a lot when you came here. You all know that this road is not easy to repair. But if we don't build this road, then the salt here will not be able to be transported out on a large scale. All tribes will
There is not enough salt to eat. Although this salt mine is not within the territory of your Yugong clan, it was discovered by you and you have made great contributions. Therefore, I plan to hand over the management and production of this salt mine to you. Naturally, you will also need to transport it.
The solution, at least like the Mongolian people, is to send the salt to the Yugong clan, so that I can transport it to the royal city by ship, and then distribute it to other tribes, otherwise I can only leave this matter to other tribes."
"Moga!" A group of clan leaders exclaimed almost at the same time and started making a commotion.
Seeing the Yugong clan witch hesitate to speak, Xu Chen smiled and waved his hands and said: "Don't worry, even if you don't do it, this salt mine will still allocate you part of the profit share, but I hope you can solve this difficulty.
, and the mining and transportation of salt requires more than just building roads. Okay, now I will take you to see this salt mine and understand the production and collection process. In the future, you can mine according to the method I mentioned.
We will discuss other matters in detail later!"
So the witch of the Yugong clan and a group of clan leaders did not dare to ask any more questions, and followed Xu Chen nervously to officially visit the salt mine.
The great shaman of the Yugong clan and a group of clan leaders came here for the salt mine.
Now that we have discovered that there is so much salt here that we can't eat it all, we are naturally very excited. The visitors can't help but ask about the subsequent development arrangements of the salt mine.
Although this salt mine is relatively close to the Yu Gong clan and they have huge advantages, this salt mine does not belong to them. How to mine, transport and profit distribution all need to follow Xu Chen's arrangements, but their innate advantages are more obvious.
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Just like the Mongolian salt mines did not belong to the Mongolian people at the beginning, but after they were occupied, they were mined and managed by the Mongolian people. The Mongolian people have also made a lot of money in recent years. Not only has the population increased a lot, but their houses have also been filled with wealth.
Naturally, Xu Chen understood the mentality of the Yu Gong clan very well, so after a brief visit, he held a temporary salt mine development meeting on the salt-alkali flats.
"Everyone has seen that mining this salt mine is very simple. You only need to prepare simple equipment and personnel. The labor force is mainly from the nearby barbarians. You, the Yugong clan, are mainly responsible for daily management and transportation. First of all, you must build roads.
However, since the road from Shengzu to here is too long and complicated, I plan to temporarily build a road from here to the Mongolian salt mine, so that the workload will be much smaller..."
"Build a road to my house?" A group of clan leaders were extremely surprised, especially the Mongolian clan leader who exclaimed.
"That's right, bring me the map!"
Xu Chen stretched out his hand, and the personal tool Ren Pu who was following him quickly took out a roll of linen map from his backpack, and held hands with A and A.
Xu Chen pointed at the current location on the map and the location of the Mongolian salt mine, and briefly stated his plan. After hearing this, Master Yu and a group of clan leaders became excited, saying that this plan was indeed much easier.
Although it would be much farther to go around the Mongolian people, there is already a thoroughfare from the Mongolian people to the Yugong people. Even if the roads in some places are rugged and narrow, horses can pass quickly. One horse can carry at least three hundred kilograms of salt, and the trip takes up to four days.
It is much easier and faster than walking in the virgin forest.
"This section of the road should be less than forty miles. I have arranged for people to explore the road first. The results will be available tomorrow. For convenience, the road from the Mongols to the small salt mine also needs to be built together. At least horses and wheelbarrows must be ensured.
For fast passage, the amount of this project is at least half less than here, so you have to complete it this winter. Do you have confidence?" Xu Chen asked.
Yu Gongwu quickly said: "We have people to build the road, but the tools are not enough. We need more copper axes, saws and hoes!"
Xu Chen nodded and said: "I will try my best to help you solve this problem. This time I have collected hundreds of axes and hoes from the vicinity of the Royal City. I will leave them all for you to use when I leave. If there are still some shortages, I will let them to the foundry after I return to the Royal City.
Process another batch, but not too much!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Witch King, with so many tools, we will definitely be able to build this road in winter!" Yu Gongwu and a group of clan leaders expressed gratitude.
Xu Chen waved his hand and said seriously: "Now that we have the tools and manpower, there won't be much problem in road construction. What I want to talk about now is the long-term development in the future. This place is far away from any tribe, the environment is very complex, and salt mining is
A long-term job will require people to look after and maintain it for decades or even centuries to come. Therefore, a permanent team must be stationed here to manage it. You have also seen that Deputy Commander Lei is building a camp to prepare for the future development of the salt mine.
Yes, but the main task of so many people, including the barbarians, is to collect salt, and food must be provided. It is definitely not possible to rely on gathering and hunting alone. It is even more difficult to transport everything in from outside. Therefore, I decided to open up farmland around the camp lake to grow food, raise livestock and chickens.
Duck, there are still a lot of fish in the lake. As long as it is developed, it will be richer and more convenient than near the royal city. In the future, it will not only be self-sufficient, but also have a large amount of salt and wax food left over to supply other tribes..."
When Xu Chen said this, he briefly told about the spicy fruits, citrus and many novel plants and herbs he found on the way here. He said that this primeval forest is a big treasure house, and good things are endless. As long as you can take root here and survive, you can borrow it.
The population and opportunities brought by the development of salt mines can turn this place into a bustling and large-scale tribal gathering place. In the future, there will not only be salt, but also various fruits, spices, leather goods, medicinal materials, etc.
Xu Chen's description of how to draw a big cake immediately made the Yu Gong Clan's great shaman and a group of clan leaders dance with excitement. Many people immediately started dancing at the salt-alkali stall, as happy as a group of gray-haired children.
Their happiness and joy are indeed too simple.
Xu Chen felt a little guilty while feeling emotional. These things are simple to say, but to put them all into practice requires great efforts.
Not to mention building roads, even cultivating hundreds or thousands of acres of paddy and dry fields around the lake is an extremely arduous project.
Reclaiming farmland here is more than ten times more difficult than in the Gonghuo Basin. Just clearing those huge tree roots and a large number of shrubs and thorns will consume a lot of manpower and material resources. In addition, the methods of lake water irrigation and stream irrigation are completely different.
If you want to truly successfully build this place into a self-sufficient land of plenty, it will be difficult to do so in less than five or six years.
Therefore, gathering, hunting and external food input will still be necessary for a long time.
But he has already laid out this pie for the Yugong clan. In the face of the huge profits from the salt mine in the future, they will definitely find a way to solve this difficulty.