Chapter 32 I’m lonely after knowing the secret code
Bai Zhancheng looked at Lin Xiao and then at Luo Ping with a confused look on his face. What was this guy mumbling about?
Luo Ping, who was also confused, shook his head blankly and quickly checked Lin Xiao's identity with the village chief again:
"Village Chief, is this young man really Lin Xiao, the scholar in your village who knows how to make salt?"
"Yes, that's right, it's him!"
Seeing that Bai Zhancheng didn't finish the sentence, Lin Xiao continued without giving up:
"Palace Yuye Liquor?"
"Odd changes to even and doesn't change?"
"How are you?"
"Walking alone in a dark alley for you, for you..."
"The boss!"
Li Yuyan, who came in a hurry, pulled Lin Xiao behind him, who was trapped in the code and unable to extricate himself.
"Madam, is he your boss?"
Luo Ping asked Li Yuyan in disbelief.
He really couldn't believe that this nervous little man could be the strange man who made salt.
Li Yuyan bowed to Bai Zhancheng and Luo Pingping: "Exactly."
Hearing this, Luo Ping spread his hands towards Bai Zhancheng and helplessly indicated with his eyes that this slightly nervous little man was exactly the salt-making genius they were looking for.
Lin Xiao also realized that Bai Zhancheng was the general Li Yuyan mentioned to her last time.
He just looks similar to her boyfriend, not a time traveler like her.
A sense of loss filled his entire chest.
She said to Bai Zhancheng dejectedly:
"If the general is here to buy salt, please come with me. I still have dozens of kilograms of freshly made table salt at home."
Bai Zhancheng got off his horse, and everyone else followed.
He approached Lin Xiao and glanced emotionlessly at Li Yuyan, who was guarding Lin Xiao. Li Yuyan immediately lowered his head with a guilty conscience.
He sneered, and the doubts in his heart seemed to be answered.
"Brother Lin is quite courageous and dares to take up arms to fight against the bandits."
Bai Zhancheng glanced at the crossbow in Lin Xiao's hand and joked.
These days, once they hear that bandits are coming, everyone will basically hide in the mountains and forests with their families.
Those who can't escape will use farm tools such as hoes and wood knives to fight.
But people like Lin Xiao who directly use a crossbow are rare.
Lin Xiao was a little embarrassed and hid the crossbow behind her:
"I'm really sorry. I really thought you were bandits, so I was determined to die..."
"I admire you for having such courage. If everyone could be as determined to die as Brother Lin, I don't think the bandits would dare to act recklessly."
Lin Xiao smiled bitterly and shook her head. She did not deny Bai Zhancheng's point of view, but she was a little disgusted with his idea of not eating minced meat.
They are all farmers with their backs to the sky and their faces to the loess. Even if they are armed with weapons, they are not necessarily opponents of the bandits who lick blood from their swords.
It’s not that they didn’t want to resist, nor did they resist with the determination to die, but what was the result?
The entire village was wiped out, leaving no one alive!
The villagers were completely scared!
Bai Zhancheng seemed to feel that something was wrong with what he just said. He cleared his throat and said to Lin Xiao:
"Brother Lin, can you show me the salt you make?"
"Please come with me."
A group of people rushed to Lin Xiao's house.
Lin Xiao, Bai Zhancheng, and Li Yuyan walked in the front, followed by the others.
Along the way, the village chief kept bragging about Lin Xiao's abilities to Luo Ping, wishing that she could only be praised in heaven and not in the world.
This shows how high Lin Xiao's status is in the eyes of the village chief.
Lan Lian, who was anxiously waiting for Lin Xiao at home, saw so many people and thought that Lin Xiao and Li Yuyan were being held hostage by them. She was so frightened that she picked up the woodcutter in the corner and chopped at Bai Zhancheng.
Since killing two people in a row last time, her courage has gradually grown.
Bai Zhancheng was worthy of being the God of War of the Great Xia Dynasty. Before anyone could react, he had easily subdued Lan Lian.
"Oh, I'm sorry, general. My concubine also loves her husband very much. Please forgive me."
Only then did Lan Lian realize that she had offended a very important person, and she knelt on the ground trembling.
Bai Zhancheng said coldly: "You can't tell, Brother Lin is weak, but the two ladies are very strong!"
Lin Xiao smiled and said: "No, no, the general is joking."
"Where's the salt?"
Bai Zhancheng asked.
Upon seeing this, Li Yuyan quickly took out the bamboo tube containing salt, and then took Lan Lian into the back room.
"Why put salt in a bamboo tube?"
Bai Zhancheng asked puzzledly.
"Put the salt in a bamboo tube. Firstly, the bamboo tube has strong sealing properties, so it can be used to preserve salt and it will not get damp. Secondly, one pound of salt can be stored in a bamboo tube, which is more convenient for buying food."
Listening to Lin Xiao's explanation, Bai Zhancheng nodded thoughtfully and opened the plug of the bamboo tube. The salt inside was as white as snow and exuded a faint fragrance of bamboo.
He tasted some and it was fine salt!
"I want all this salt!"
Bai Zhancheng waved his hand, and Luo Ping immediately handed a bag of silver to Lin Xiao's hand.
Lin Xiao weighed it up and found that there were at least a hundred taels of silver!
"General, my salt is not worth so much money, I..."
Before Lin Xiao could finish her words, Bai Zhancheng interrupted her: "You deserve this money."
"What do I deserve? How can I say this?"
This time it was Lin Xiao's turn to be confused.
Bai Zhancheng's iceberg face showed a smile that was so light that it could be ignored: "You will know later."
What kind of medicine is this guy selling in his gourd?
Before Lin Xiao could figure it out, he saw Luo Ping leading a few soldiers to quickly set up a tent in the open space in front of Lin Xiao's house.
The scene was then cleared, leaving only Lin Xiao's family of three and Bai Zhancheng and others.
"I appreciate Brother Lin's courage and knowledge. I wonder if Brother Lin can make sugar besides making table salt?"
After Bai Zhancheng called Lin Xiao and Li Yuyan into the tent, he asked straight to the point.
"As long as I have the raw materials, I can make it."
Don't be kidding, she is the section chief of the agricultural research team. How could such a simple thing as sugar production be so difficult for her?
"really?"
Bai Zhancheng's eyes shone brightly, and his Bingshan face softened a lot.
"Um."
Seeing Lin Xiao's serious look, Bai Zhancheng seemed to see hope.
The reason why he became the God of War of the Great Xia Dynasty was mainly because he had a secret weapon in hand.
That is an invincible explosive pack.
It's just that the black powder bags used before were made of saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal.
Although the power is okay, the range is not wide enough, so he has been secretly experimenting with how to upgrade the power.
Until not long ago, he accidentally added sugar to the ingredients of the black powder bag. The power of this really shocked him.
However, sugar was in short supply in the Great Xia Dynasty, and even the emperor was reluctant to eat it, let alone use it to upgrade black powder packs.
Now, he has found a strange person who can make both salt and sugar. What an eye-opener!
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