Chapter two hundred and ninety six down the mountain
The linen cloth he found was folded in two layers and placed on an empty bucket. Xiao Han personally pressed the linen cloth to prevent it from falling into the bucket, and then shouted to Xiaodong: "Okay, don't mess with it! Put that bucket away
Things are pouring in!"
Xiaodong had been stirring for a long time, and he already felt that his arms were about to break! Hearing Xiao Han say that there was no need to stir anymore, tears almost came down, and he hurriedly carried the bucket of unknown liquid with a general.
Get up and carefully pour it into the empty bucket in front of Xiao Han.
The turbid water was initially filtered by the linen cloth, and many things were blocked by the linen cloth. Open the cloth and take a look at the liquid in the bucket. Yes, it is a little clearer than before.
"Not yet, come again!" Xiao Han hesitated for a moment, then took a new piece of linen cloth and continued to cover a new bucket.
Now Xiao Lizi no longer stood alone, but also came over to help Xiao Han hold the filter cloth.
The water in the bucket was filtered three times in total. Only when impurities were no longer visible on the surface of the linen did Xiao Han stop.
I took the charcoal that Uncle Lunzi had found, and found a slightly smaller bucket. Let the Lunzi tree poke out the bottom of the bucket, then spread a layer of linen cloth, and fill it with charcoal.
Finally, he rinsed it back and forth with clean water several times until all the water came out from the bottom of the bucket. Then Xiao Han poured the water that he had just poured several times into the charcoal bucket bit by bit.
Because the charcoal was pressed very hard, the water filtered out of the small bucket was very slow. Xiao Han patiently poured water into it little by little, and it took him a stick of incense to completely filter the bucket of water.
At this time, the water in the bucket is completely clear!
"Well, it tastes right now!" After dipping it in some water and tasting it, Xiao Han sighed secretly. It's not bad, very pure salt water! You can't taste the messy flavors in it anymore!
After the filtration process was completed, the next step was crystallization. In order to make it faster, Xiao Han decided to boil it directly! Anyway, there is a ready-made big pot, so it is useless if you don’t use it!
He ordered his family to light a fire in the big pot for making tea, and it was filled with firewood.
When a bucket of water is poured into the pot, it starts to boil within a moment, and the steam is so high that no one can be seen.
Xiao Lizi squatted aside and watched Xiao Han boil water without asking any questions, just watching.
Anyone who has used this kind of open-air stove pot knows that it cooks things very quickly! In addition, Uncle Fool and the others kept passing wood into it, and the half bucket of water poured in disappeared almost at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Cease fire!" When he saw that there was only a small amount of water left in the pot, Xiao Han, who had been paying attention to the fire, immediately shouted stop!
"Pull out the wood quickly!" Uncle Lengzi and the others did not dare to hesitate. As soon as they heard Xiao Han's order, they took out the wood from under the stove! At this time, the little water left in the pot was still sizzling.
ring!
Xiao Han held a ladle of water and looked nervously into the pot! Although salt is cooked quickly, if the heat is not controlled well, the salt will burn out!
Fortunately, Xiao Han's tea-frying skills have not been in vain these days, and he has mastered the heat of this big pot just right!
While the white smoke is billowing, the remaining heat of the iron pot dries the last trace of water inside. When the smoke dissipates, there is only a layer of white salt blocks left at the bottom of the pot!
"Is this...salt?" Xiao Lizi came around and looked into the pot, his eyes couldn't move anymore!
After he came here, he just saw Xiao Han fidgeting with a bucket of water back and forth, and somehow the bucket of water turned into salt inexplicably in the end. Could it be that Xiao Han had some ability to turn water into salt?!
"Can you tell if it's salt or not?" Xiao Han evilly encouraged Xiao Lizi from the side, wanting him to be the first guinea pig to eat salt.
“Just try it!”
What Xiao Han didn't expect was that Xiao Lizi didn't even refuse! He took out his dagger and knocked hard on the salt block at the bottom of the pot a few times.
"Bang bang..." The salt cubes at the bottom of the pot shattered with the sound, breaking into countless small pieces like cracked ice cubes.
Xiao Lizi reached out and picked up a soybean-sized piece from inside. He looked at Xiao Han hesitantly, closed his eyes, and threw it into his mouth.
Then, Li Shimin's face wrinkled up...
"Well, it's salt! It's really salt! It's still the best green salt!" Xiao Lizi covered his mouth and shouted vaguely! Looking at Xiao Han again, his eyes looked like he had seen a ghost in broad daylight!
You must know that he is no better than Xiao Han! During the past few days in Xiazhou, Xiao Han secretly opened a small stove and ate all the refined salt he brought at home!
But these days, Xiao Lizi actually eats vinegar cloth with the soldiers! The intestines that he has been eating are almost mixed together. Now when he eats salt, he feels like he is in another world!
"Salt, really salt! Better than official salt!"
And after Xiao Lizi called out Qingyan's name, Uncle Lunzi and the others immediately went crazy! They rushed over to grab a big pot, each holding a piece of salt and stupidly extending their tongues to lick it! It was like a group of mobs.
Beijing with a rice bowl...
Crazy, all crazy!
Xiao Han really didn't expect that after he actually made salt, the entire Xiazhou City went crazy!
With red eyes, Xiao Lizi arrogantly moved away all Xiao Han's salt-making equipment! And he didn't even pay an IOU!
Changsun Shunde, who later learned the news, wanted to personally escort the guide to find the refugees in the mountains! If it hadn't been for the remonstrances of other people in the city, they would all have gone to Xiaoyang Mountain by now!
He couldn't go, and several soldiers were holding his legs tightly! Changsun Shunde could only viciously assign more than a dozen people to the guide. These people were all the best people in martial arts under him! One of them would kill ten.
No problem! He originally planned to go straight to the hard one if the soft one didn't work! No matter what, it would be a great achievement to find the salt mine!
He personally sent a few people out of the city and watched as these people followed the guide on horseback and ran to the mountain pass. There was no need to worry about the guide running away. There were several large gold ingots in the hands of his old mother. If he came back successfully, all of this would be
It's his! Dare to run! Humph, don't say I'm unjust!
Intimidation and inducement are always the most effective method! Not to mention that he has a solicitation letter written by Xiao Lizi in his arms! What it says is true, as long as they tell the location of the salt mine, they will give them whatever they want! Even if
They don’t plan to go down the mountain, so that’s okay! You can pick whatever food, cloth, and fabrics you like! Xiazhou City will do its best to provide it to them!
A group of people entered the mountain in the afternoon, but did not come out at night. Xiao Lizi and Changsun Shunde did not sleep all night!
Before dawn the next day, the two of them ran to the city gate tower with panda eyes and looked at the mountain from a distance.
The sun has risen, but no one has come back...
The sun is at its peak, and there is no one around...
Just when Changsun Shunde and Xiao Lizi were filled with disappointment, suddenly a soldier pointed in the distance and shouted: "We're back! We're back!"
"Where? Where?" Just one word! The two people who were downcast just now were instantly resurrected with full health, and jumped to the top of the city wall with a bang!
"That's right there!" The soldier tried his best to stretch his arm and point forward, almost falling off the city wall!
"Oh! I saw it!" Li Shimin widened his eyes and looked forward until he felt dizzy. Then he saw a large group of figures walking towards Xiazhou City in the far distance!
"Woooo..."
There was a horn sounding nearby. This was the warning sound given by the spies when they discovered that unknown people were approaching!
"Stop blowing! Stop fucking blowing!" Changsun Shunde on the city wall roared loudly! Blowing with wool? If you scare people back again, go find a salt mine in this hundred thousand mountain!
The crowd in the distance also heard the sound of the horn, and there was a commotion for a while. But it soon returned to normal, and under the leadership of the first few people, they slowly moved towards Xiazhou City.
