I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 181 The water is not for us, let's go for the water!
Saline-alkali land in Nanping Town.

Guo Yi led people to grind some salty sand and stone, and after filtering layer by layer, boil it with water.

Finally, according to the proportion of salt produced, the salt content of these dunes was roughly calculated.

The ratio is high and it is worth mining.

But if it is artificially milled, it is not worth it.It requires a lot of labor, which is not a small expense.

We can only find a way to use mechanical milling, it is best to use water quilt and water mill.After all, water flow costs nothing.

But according to the locals, the nearest river is twenty miles away.

Some distant water can't quench the near thirst.

After all, if the gravel was transported to the river by a mule cart, the man would have to pay for the horse's chew.

It's just desperate for money!

Thinking of this, he stared blankly into the distance with blank eyes, and a landscape map appeared in his mind.

Taking Jiangling City as the coordinate origin, determine the current position bit by bit.Then, with the current position as the center, the search was spread out in all directions, and all directions were turned in a circle.

Even the whole picture of the sand dune in front of me came to my mind.

Sure enough, as the locals said, there is no river nearby.

No wonder there is a severe drought here in Nanping Town.

The nearest and largest river is Bashui.

Just about ten miles west of Nanping Town, before reaching Nanping Town, turn south and bypass Nanping Town.

After bypassing Nanping Town, it turned to the east again and never returned.

It's not that the river doesn't flow into Nanping Town, it must be the river that existed first, and Nanping Town later.People chose sites to build cities where the river turned.

and many more…

The old river channel of Bashui is just ahead, about ten miles away.From the point of view of shape, it came from west to east, hit the hard sand dunes straight, and was forced to divert to the south.

From the west of the sand dunes, rush to the south along the sand dunes.

Then, without knowing when or why, he suddenly changed his course and passed through the south of the city.Then the old river course in the north of the city was abandoned.

It seems, it seems that Ye Huaiwu's recruitment of short-term workers to connect to the old river is referring to this old river, right?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but patted his thigh, stood up immediately, and greeted: "Go! Go and have a look!"

"Where are you going?" Seeing him leaving as soon as he said it, Jiang Xu couldn't help but bewildered.

Where does this follow?Why do you leave without saying anything?
"Pillar, harness, let's go!"

Uh...Zhu Zi caressed his stomach, and said with some reluctance: "Second young master, where are you going? It's getting dark now, and it's time for dinner! Can we go after dinner?"

When Guo Yi heard this, he couldn't help but look up at the horizon, and it was indeed sunset.The orange-yellow sun is struggling for the last time and does not want to fall.

Come on, I can't go, let's talk about it tomorrow.

When I get busy, I forget the time.Then he waved helplessly and said: "Eat, eat! Eat, eat, eat, you will know how to eat!"

"This person doesn't eat, what does he eat? Does he have to eat shit?" Zhu Zi muttered in a low voice.

After muttering, he immediately shouted loudly: "Old Uncle Jiang, where is this place to eat? The emperor is still hungry and sent soldiers!"

Jiang Yan liked this big guy with solid eyes very much, and the two chatted very well. Along the way, they were actually talking about the script.

Hearing that he wanted to eat, he hurriedly greeted him enthusiastically: "This way, this way. Erlang, come too, let's chat while eating!"

The pot and stove are on the open space in front of the house. When cooking, cook and boil salt when not cooking.

Dinner is very simple, chestnut rice cakes, chestnut rice porridge, and chestnut rice dumplings with wild vegetables.

Not only is there a lack of food, but there are not many tables, chairs and benches. Everyone can only stand or stand...

Zhu Zi is never a picky eater, as long as he can fit in his mouth, it doesn't matter whether it is meat or vegetarian, it doesn't matter whether it is delicious or bad.

"Well, this wild vegetable dumpling is quite delicious, Second Young Master, try it!"

Guo Yi is not picky eaters, of course, there is no room for picky eaters.

I think back when I was a social animal in Jiujiu Liu, lunch was either noodles, noodles, or noodles.

There is no other reason, just one word, cheap!
Poor people don't have the choice of picky eaters.

If so, it must be the wrong answer.

Chen Guangming also had a wild vegetable dumpling in one hand. He squatted opposite him, eating very vigorously. While eating, he asked indistinctly, "Erlang, in your opinion, what should we do with this salt farm?"

He was dispatched to be in charge, and the construction of the salt field was naturally his job.

Moreover, in this regard, he refused to accept anyone except Guo Yi.

When Jiang Xu, who was next to him, heard this topic, he couldn't help but move a few steps to this side, and listened with pricked ears.

Guo Yi swallowed the vegetable dumpling in his mouth, scanned the crowd, and then responded: "You have all seen that there is a lot of salt in these sandstones.

In this way, we have an additional option, not only to mine the underground brine, but also to grind the sand into powder, and after diluting it with water, mix the salt into the water.

Then, after layers of filtration, the harmful substances in it are removed, and then the salt can be produced by boiling! "

"Erlang is right!" Upon hearing this, Chen Guangming immediately nodded his head in agreement: "In this way, they can greatly increase the amount of salt produced."

"But the immediate question is, how to grind these salty sands into powder?"

Chen Guangming replied without thinking: "Of course it was smashed with a hammer, and it is being crushed into powder with a roller!"

It's no wonder he said that, because the stone mill is a must-have item in the village, and every household uses a stone mill to grind anything.

Without him, habit dictates.

Jiang Yan had a different answer: "I feel that it needs to be milled with water!"

"Where does the water come from?"

Everyone suddenly realized: "Oh! No wonder you asked about the river!"

Water mill, water mill, there is water to have mill.

That's right, the fellow just said that even the nearest river is twenty miles away.

Chen Guangming suddenly felt that the vegetable dumpling in his hand was no longer fragrant. He frowned and looked at him, rubbed his bald head, and asked with some distress: "Erlang, what do you think should be done?"

Hearing this question, the others also stopped their chopsticks and turned to look at him.

"Water is not for us, let's go for water!"

Everyone was taken aback, what do you mean by this?
Can you stop being so literal?What text are you pulling?

Guo Yi wasn't sure whether it would work, so he didn't reveal it in advance, and said a little annoyed: "Eat, eat first, I'll go and have a look tomorrow! You burn bricks first, and prepare to build a house."

This matter is very complicated.

Not sure what's going on in the old river?I don't know if it can pass through the water?

But even if the water can pass through, according to his and Ye Huaiwu's previous ideas, it is only necessary to dig a canal in the middle of the river to irrigate the farmland on both sides.

In this way, this small canal is no problem for watering, but it must not be able to carry the water mill.

Ugh!
Don't think about it yet, I'll go and have a look tomorrow.

At this time, Jiang Xu leaned over, squatted beside him, and asked in a low voice, "Do you have any plans to go somewhere tomorrow? Take me with you!"

　Thanks to Patriarch Jiuyuan, Brother Meng Xia and Mo Jiyi,

　　Thanks to the three bosses for the monthly ticket rewards!

　　Boss atmosphere!May all your wishes come true!All the best!

　　
　
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