I don't want to be king

Chapter 75

Sanhe is hot, and the fresh-keeping technology is not good enough. No matter how fresh the food is, even if it is only left for a while, it will attract a lot of flies.

Therefore, even if it is only sixty or seventy miles away from the sea, you can't eat fresh seafood!

Every time the fishermen arrive here by sampan boat for two days and two nights, the fish will have a faint stench.

Sometimes to satisfy his craving, he would eat dried fish marinated in sea salt, but because of the poor quality of sea salt, he could eat a mouthful of unknown particles.

I'm afraid that a stone will come out if I don't eat it, and I don't have a laser to break the stone. If I get this thing, I will suffer.

The big boat sailed for about ten miles, Zixia and some people were actually seasick, and almost vomited bile.

Lin Yi looked at the pale Zixia, and ordered the boat to be put down, and let them go back on their own.

Zixia naturally disagreed. Where did Lin Yi give her a chance to speak, he couldn't help but push her off the big boat.

Zixia had no choice but to board the boat with eight men and women and go back the same way.

The big boat went down the river, but because it was a sailboat, the speed was still very slow, and it took a day and night before it sailed out of the Xijiang River.

The sediment carried by the Xijiang River meets the seawater, and the seawater and the river are clearly separated.

Lin Yi stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the sea water glistening in the sun, stretching out his arms, wanting to embrace the sea to his heart's content.

The seabirds flying along with the big ship chased the pigeons brought by Fang Bin to heaven and earth. Fang Bin had no choice but to put the pigeons in the cage and never let them out again.

Walking along the coast, you can see some fishermen's settlements from time to time, and there are many fishing boats parked on the shore.

Tian Shiyou said, "Your Majesty, this side is silted and shallow, so we can't park a big ship. We have to go south for fifty miles to Fangniao Island. The water is deep enough to moor, and there are bays on both sides. It's the most suitable place."

Lin Yi nodded, pointing to the silvery beach on the coast, "Is that drying salt?"

Tian Shiyou smiled and said, "From the northernmost Shangjing Road to Qizhou, Wuzhou, and then to Yong'an and Nanzhou, there are official salts, all of which use the method of decocting salt. Only my junior and I use the method of sun-dried salt!"

With a proud face!

Lin Yi said, "Because there is no winter in Sanhe, so there is a lot of sunshine?"

Tian Shiyou shook his head with a smile and said, "My lord, Sanhe is too poor to support so many stove households. If we want to light a fire, we don't know how much firewood we will need that day.

Although there are many mountains and forests, it takes a lot of time and effort to collect firewood. We Sanhe people don't do that.

Besides, we are private salt, and the cost is too high to sell. "

"Then you are so proud!"

Lin Yi kicked it up angrily!

Tian Shiyou accepted the kick honestly.

If you really want to hide, that dead eunuch will definitely make trouble for you when you turn around, and you will be beaten even worse.

Although it's not long in the palace, but I've had experience with this kind of thing for a long time!

"Lord"

After being kicked, he still had to pretend to be in pain, but the prince was indeed mighty!

"When you talk in the future, it's best not to be so slapped."

After Lin Yi finished venting his anger, he continued to ask, "Then how many catties of sun-dried salt can be sun-dried in a day?"

Tian Shiyou said proudly again, "One person can get more than two hundred catties a day!"

"so much?"

Lin Yi's eyes widened.

"My lord, not much.

There are still a lot of preparations ahead, such as building ridges, preparing brine, and attracting tides. It’s not that simple.”

Tian Shiyou said with a sneer, "Small households sell to big households, and large households sell salt out. The trade route is blocked, which is a bit troublesome."

"Too."

Lin Yi thought about it, it made sense, otherwise the Sanhe wouldn't be so poor!

After walking for another two days, I finally saw a bay where more than 20 small boats and a large ship were moored.

On the shore is a shop, with two rows of wooden sheds in a mess. On the street, there are a bunch of people gathered in twos and threes. They all look haggard and skinny, but many of them have big bellies.

Lin Yi knew it was schistosomiasis at a glance.

They looked at Lin Yi's group of dozens of people expressionlessly, and their eyes suddenly brightened only when they fell on Wen Zhaoyi and Mingyue.

Occasionally, someone would greet Tian Shiyou enthusiastically, and Tian Shiyou would snort coldly as a response.

"Are all these people fishermen?"

Even if Mingyue is a seventh-rank expert, she still feels uncomfortable being stared at by so many pairs of eyes.

Tian Shiyou laughed and said, "A small part of the time is a fisherman, and a small part of the time is a pirate."

Mingyue asked curiously, "What about the rest of the time?"

Tian Shiyou said, "Then what else can we do? Dry salt, boil sugar, and grow tobacco leaves."

Turning his head to Lin Yi again, he said, "My lord, if you go further ahead, there will be my people. Let's ride horses and mules."

"Go to your home?"

Lin Yi looked at both sides of the road while talking, the more he looked the more chilling he was!

poverty!

so poor!

In comparison, Baiyun City is simply heaven!

A group of dark-skinned, withered-haired children ran wildly around, laughing and laughing, bringing up a cloud of dust.

The more heartless and carefree they were, the more uncomfortable Lin Yi felt.

All their emotions are probably related to food.

"It's enough to walk ten miles ahead. I'll put my house there. It's too remote and the inn is dilapidated. It's better for the prince to live in my house."

The closer he was to home, the more excited Tian Shiyou was.

When he came to a shack, Liu San, who was among the second generals of Tian Shiyou hum, walked over and opened the door, and the six people inside who were playing dice looked out the door together, the surprise on their faces was beyond words.

A tall and thin man ran out from inside and said, "Master, if you don't come back, we will go to Baiyun City to look for you."

Tian Shiyou said, "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and prepare mules and horses, if you don't have enough, you can borrow them from other houses, and then let's go home."

"Yes, the head of the family."

With a wave of his hand, the tall man ran to the back of the house with the others and brought out seven horses and two mules.

After a while, someone borrowed thirteen horses, mules, and donkeys from other places.

There is no doubt that Lin Yi chose the donkey, and Hong Ying led it.

Out of the store, you can see stretches of sugarcane fields and lychee forests.

Lin Yi rode on the donkey, holding the sugarcane in both hands and gnawing it. Every time he spit out a mouthful of bagasse, the donkey would step back and pick it up and continue chewing.

In the end, he couldn't do anything, so he put all the bagasse into his cuffs, and when he met the river, he threw it in when the donkey was not paying attention.

The mountain road has eighteen bends, and after going around one hill after another, it finally enters an open river valley.

The rumbling sound in his ears became clearer. Lin Yi looked up, and saw that the waterfall hanging from the mountain stream fell from the sky, and all fell into the huge lake in front of him.

"My lord, just go ahead and you will be there."

Seeing Lin Yi like this, Tian Shiyou became more and more proud.

After walking for another two miles, there were shacks everywhere, and gradually there was a smell of people. Tian Shiyou bowed his hand to thank everyone who greeted Tian Shiyou.

Surrounded by a bunch of shacks is a large house, and the wooden door sign is impressively written: Tianfu.

"A local tyrant."

Lin Yi sighed.

The gate opened, and five women came out surrounded by more than 20 servants and maidservants. Tian Shiyou greeted them with a big smile, and after hugging left and right, he said a few words to them.

Then, a large group of people knelt down in front of Lin Yi.

The dinner was sumptuous, and Lin Yi only ate a little hastily, and slept until the next day.

After washing up and having breakfast, he followed Tian Shiyou to see the so-called saltworks.

Riding a donkey, bypassing a mountain, standing on the hill, everything is suddenly clear, white sandy beaches, blue sea, and islands one after another.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a fairyland on earth.

(End of this chapter)