Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 44 Salt Making
Even though Chu Nan tried his best to save time, when he returned to the barracks, it was already afternoon.

"Sir, according to the drawings you gave, the soldiers have already dug a set of water reservoirs." The general who was in charge of leading the soldiers to dig the salt ponds came to Chu Nan and saluted Chu Nan.

"Take me there!" Chu Nan led his people to the beach, and dug out individual pools about one mile away from the coast. According to Chu Nan's request, the depths increased in turn.

Chu Nan checked it once and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, just do it like this!"

"Sir, this group is not enough?" Cao Xing looked at Chu Nan suspiciously. He couldn't see what the pool was for.

"Of course it's not enough." Chu Nan pointed to the two sides and said, "Dig ten groups first, which is barely enough. These ten groups of salt ponds have been excavated, and construction will begin when people arrive tomorrow.”

"This... can really produce salt?" Cao Xing still couldn't hold back, and asked the doubts in his heart.

"Of course it can." Chu Nan pointed to the sky and said, "However, it depends on the sky to reward the food. I hope that the next half month will be sunny."

In fact, summer is the best time to build a salt field. Now the temperature and sunshine are not enough, and once there is a high tide, the salt field may be destroyed, and all the hard work will be wasted.

It's a pity that there is not much time left for Lu Bu. This salt pond is just a good start, and the next step is to see how much profit this salt pond can exchange for.

Cao Xing was somewhat skeptical, and although these three thousand soldiers were not the most elite under Lu Bu's command, they were veterans of the battlefield.

Cao Xing euphemistically told Chu Nan about this idea, and Chu Nan felt a little helpless: "Temporarily recruiting civilian husbands, not only is it easy to leak secrets, but it is also easy to cause civil uprisings. Right now, it's not appropriate to cause extra troubles. We can only wrong the soldiers first."

Chu Nan's salt-making method only changed the final salt-making method on the old basis. The principle is actually very simple. Those who understand this may learn it at a glance, and there are no technical barriers.

Although Chu Nan didn't expect this method of making salt to last forever, his hole card was refined salt, but in the early days, he still had to keep it secret. When playing chess and fighting, it is very important to move first.

"Salt production will start here tomorrow, and the surrounding area will be sealed off. No one can approach it except our soldiers." After seeing the salt pond, Chu Nan brought Cao Xing back and gave Cao Xing an order.

"Here!" Cao Xing nodded, seeing that Chu Nan had no other orders, he resigned and left to rest.

Chu Nan took a look at his luck, and his luck had already started to accumulate slowly. If there were no other emergencies, he could accumulate about [-] luck in one month.

Of course, we still have to see if using these fishermen and dispatching soldiers to continue digging the salt pond tomorrow will consume a lot of luck as before. If not, then I will get a considerable amount of luck, enough to upgrade my talent a few levels.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Zhang Yuan indeed recruited a group of people for Chu Nan, not only five hundred, but more than half of the men and women from the nearby fishing villages.

"Chu Lie Cao, are these people enough?" Zhang Yuan found Chu Nan and smiled at him.

"Enough, brother Zhang's friendship, I will keep it in my heart." Chu Nan accepted all these people with a smile, he naturally didn't think there were too many people.

"Heavy words, serious words, I still have some mundane affairs, so I won't bother you." Zhang Yuan didn't stay long, and after making a guarantee to recruit people, he said goodbye to Chu Nan.

"I'm really short on time, after this matter is over, I'll have a drink with Brother Zhang." Chu Nan clasped his fists at Zhang Yuan.

"Okay, have a good time!" Zhang Yuan nodded, and after another salute, he took his leave and left.

"Bring the leaders of the villages!" After sending Zhang Yuan away, Chu Nan immediately asked the fishermen to be recruited.

Soon, several young and strong men from the fishing village brought the fishermen from their respective villages over, and each of them was clearly distinguished from each other.

"The purpose of recruiting everyone today is to make salt. I don't know if Mr. Zhang has agreed with you. Let me reiterate that as long as everyone's work satisfies me, I will pay you [-]% higher than the market price. In addition, Waiting for the salt outside, I will prepare it for you, don’t worry.” Looking at the group of people, Chu Nan felt as if he had returned to modern times and became a boss.

Although a group of fishermen had already obtained Zhang Yuan's promise, they were still somewhat uneasy. Now that Chu Nan had spoken in person, his slightly nervous heart was relieved.

You looked at Chu Nan boldly and said: "This general, people like us in Yuzhuang can make salt, so we can do what you say, and I will listen to you."

"Of course, but so many people make salt, it will be different from salt making in the past. They can't be made separately, and there are not so many equipment, so everyone divides the work and cooperates." Chu Nan looked at the crowd and said.

"Division and cooperation?" Everyone looked at Chu Nan in confusion.

"Division of labor and cooperation means that we all do what we are best at, for example..." Chu Nan explained to everyone how to divide labor in detail.

In this period, seaside salt production, the first step is to scrape the seaside salty soil, then absorb seawater with plant ash to make the raw material of brine, then rinse with water to make brine, and then decoct.

The first few steps of Chu Nan's method are the same as this one, but the last step is different. The decoction requires a lot of manpower. His method is to directly mix the prepared brine with seawater to reach the maximum saturation of salt, and then through a The layers of salt pools are scoured, and when the last salt pool is reached, the salt concentration can be increased to the maximum and the salt can be obtained after drying in the sun.

In order to delay the spread of this method as much as possible, Chu Nan separated these people according to the steps, which can not only increase the efficiency, but also improve the confidentiality.

I have already had the experience of dispatching the army, and now dispatching these thousands of fishermen, even without the marching order flag, the dispatching is handy. After all, the requirements for fishermen are not as high as those of the army, and there is no requirement for formation or anything, as long as they are well managed Just let them work with peace of mind. It is much simpler than the army.

In three days, a large amount of brine was put away by Chu Nan, and then he ordered people to introduce seawater into the salt pool and wash it over and over again. Diversion of water in salt ponds.

"This will produce salt? Do you care?" Cao Xing looked at a pool full of seawater, and looked at Chu Nan in puzzlement.

"After the seawater dries up, the general will know." Chu Nan didn't explain. The soldiers could probably dig one set of salt ponds every day. Dry, but you can already see a thick layer of salt crystals in the salt pool...

(End of this chapter)