shock!She can travel through time

Chapter 67 Family strength is not enough

After listening to Lin Mengbo's words, Lin Wanwan smiled and said, "This is because you didn't extract the impurities in it. It's actually very simple. I'll tell you carefully after class in the afternoon, how to get salt from seawater."

Lin Mengbo hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't, don't, don't say, this kind of secret recipe is not something that a rural fisherman like me can listen to."

After a pause, he couldn't help but ask: "Wan Niang, can you really boil sea water into salt?"

Lin Wanwan said, "Why did I lie to you? It's not cooking, it's drying."

Hearing that, Lin Mengbo said nothing, turned around and ran out, saying as he ran, "I'll go to the patriarch's uncle."

By the time Patriarch Lin was panted by Lin Mengbo to Lin Wanwan's house, she had already gone to the front yard and started teaching the children this afternoon's lessons.

Clan Chief Lin's face was full of excitement. He wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say. After walking around the kitchen door of Lin Wanwan's house for a while, he gradually calmed down.

"No, this is not something that our little Lin family village can grasp." Clan Chief Lin thought of the turbulent period of the previous years, and suddenly became timid again.

This thing, salt, involves too many interests, and it is definitely not something they can touch.If they are coveted by the big clan, I am afraid that their Hou Taolin clan will be eaten to the bone and scum.

Hou Taolin's direct branch was destroyed because of too much wealth and insufficient strength. Now there are only 42 families left in their branch. How dare they get involved in such a thing?
Patriarch Lin, who had calmed down, stood for a while in a daze, patted Lin Mengbo's arm with a palm, and said with a heavy heart, "Go, just pretend you didn't hear anything today."

Lin Mengbo blushed with anxiety: "Why, patriarch? It's salt, it's fine salt! Wanniang is also a member of our Lin family."

Patriarch Lin shook his head: "You don't understand, without power, we can't touch this thing, and there will be disaster."

This sentence is like pouring a basin of ice water on Lin Mengbo, and his heart is cold. He lowered his head and said dejectedly: "I understand, Uncle Patriarch."

When the two walked out of the west door, their backs seemed to be bent a lot.

Yun Chang, who was doing embroidery under the porch, glanced at the two of them curiously, but said nothing. Instead, Hua Nong whispered to her: "Patriarch Lin is happy for a while and depressed for a while, what is he doing?"

Yunshang said: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't read what you shouldn't see, just do our own work."

Hua Nong said, "Oh."

When Lin Wanwan finished class and went to look for Lin Mengbo next door, the other party had already left the field, and only Qin was left at home weaving cloth.

After the beginning of winter, some cold-resistant cabbage (that is, modern cabbage) can still be planted in the fields, but the yield is extremely low.In addition to following Lin Wanwan to plant some new dishes that the Lin family has never heard of or seen before, they are also indispensable. After harvesting, they can get some money in the town in winter.

Lin Wanwan thought she said the secret recipe for drying salt, which would make Lin Mengbo so excited that he didn't want to work!I didn't expect it to go to the field so calmly.

When Lin Wanwan found the patriarch Lin, she was about to mention the matter of salt, but was interrupted by the patriarch Lin: "Wanniang, the benefits of salt are too great, this is not something that our destitute Hou Taolin clan can touch."

Lin Wanwan did not expect that Patriarch Lin would say so, so cautiously. If she talked about making soap, glass, etc., it would scare people to death.

However, after thinking about it, I felt that there was some truth in what Clan Chief Lin said.

After all, Lin Wanwan is a modern person. She has never experienced real wars and robbery, no way to ask for help, and officials protect each other. She has no fear of the powerful.

And Patriarch Lin led his family down from the turbulent times, and naturally he had his wisdom in life - even he himself participated in the war.

In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it is not enough to fight the poor, at least you have to prepare your own weapons.That is to say, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, even the Lin clan branch was not as poor as it is now.But a war made Hou Taolin's family even more impoverished.

Lin Wanwan suddenly thought of something else. Perhaps, the reason why the Lin clan split up was to avoid putting eggs in one basket.Otherwise, how could the direct branch give up the ancestral home?Most of them understand that as the rich and noble, it is more difficult for them to escape the war.

She laughed and said, "Uncle patriarch, I understand. After making salt, our clan can enjoy it by ourselves, so what if we don't sell it privately?"

"No, Wan Niang, you either never take this thing out. If you want to take it out, you have to be robbed. There is no wall that is impermeable to the wind. We, the Hou Taolin family, don't have the confidence."

Lin Wanwan was silent, wondering whether she should develop some powers. Modern weapons cannot be bought, but the ratio of black powder is easy to find.

"Uncle Patriarch, don't worry, I will think of a solution."

Looking at Lin Wanwan's expression, the patriarch Lin pondered: "You are different. You read a lot and know a lot, but you need to know that people's hearts are sinister."

After leaving Patriarch Lin, Lin Wanwan already had an idea in her heart.Since Hou Taolin can't touch this thing, then find something that can be suppressed.

On the public side, Xiao Chong's house in Lanling's Xiao family's Qiliang house can be regarded as "fairly virtuous, rising and falling with Tang", and it is a big thick leg; on private side, Lin Wanwan has saved Xiao Chong's life, and Xiao Chong is also generous She gave the guqin and jade, and now there is still a painting, and she repaid it with the method of making salt, which is definitely enough.

Although they are distant cousins ​​who can't be farther away, as long as the benefits are enough, are they afraid that they will be alienated?
Lin Wanwan drew a picture with a pencil, and then took the drawing and asked her uncle to order a few rectangular wooden boards with sealed edges.

The third uncle's family is very grateful to Lin Wanwan for taking her in on the typhoon day and for her assistance in setting up a house afterward.This time, when Lin Wanwan came to ask him to do something, he naturally complied and took it as the first priority.

The father-in-law of the third uncle used to be an old carpenter who ate the family meal and belonged to the craftsman household.

And because the old carpenter had only one daughter, he also instructed his son-in-law to do some carpentry work.The poor people in the neighborhood are going to buy furniture, so they basically ask the third uncle for help, not to mention the wages, most of them are for food.

When the third uncle was young, he mainly went to the sea to fish. Now that he is old and unable to fight the big fish and the sea, he stayed at home and worked as a carpenter to subsidize the family.

Of course, in order to prevent himself from becoming a lowly craftsman, he never expanded his business territory, nor did he pay too much attention to carpentry work, that is, making small troubles in Shili Baxiang.

In fact, in Lin Wanwan's opinion, if the third uncle let go of his courage and became a carpenter, he could eat the national meal, then the family could have built a oyster shell stone house long ago.

But in this evil feudal society, the status of craftsmen is too low, ranking behind farmers.If the third uncle really chose this, it is estimated that he would have been eliminated long ago.

Whoever believes that he is a branch of the Hou Taolin clan of the poor family, how can he put down his stature and tolerate the clan as a craftsman?
You must know that once you become a craftsman, you will be crucified from generation to generation, and your children and grandchildren must be craftsmen. The class is solidified, it is so cruel!Unless there is no more sons, there will be no future, just like the old husband of the third uncle.

(End of this chapter)