Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 51 The Unexpected Love of Salt
Luoyun Lake,

Appreciating the beautiful scenery and eating the grilled fish in your hands, it is a special taste.

The two of them ate big pieces, facing the delicious food, regardless of gender, until they were full, Zhang Jinyu took out salt and spices from the cloth bag on his horse, and sprinkled it on the grilled fish, which was even more fragrant.

But Wu Yayu frowned when she saw the salt in Zhang Jinyu's hand.

Where did this little action escape Zhang Jinyu's eyes, so she asked;

"What's the matter, why are you frowning?"

Wu Yayu didn't speak, reached out to take the salt bag, and grabbed a handful of yellow particles from it. This is the table salt that every household in the Hou Mansion or Luoyun Plain must eat, although the taste is extremely bad and the taste is astringent.

But it is essential, even the Hou Mansion can only be said to be relatively good, but the taste made Zhang Jinyu almost vomit when he tasted local salt for the first time.

Wu Yayu stood up and walked to her mount and took out a cloth bag from it.

Zhang Jinyu knew that grassland people used to keep spices on their bodies or horses, that is, salt. Because they had been nomadic for a long time, fishing and hunting were all eaten on the spot, and there were no people in the pass to farm and settle down.

Wu Yayu handed over the cloth bag and motioned for herself to look at it, but Zhang Jinyu took it and was still a little suspicious.

Could there be better spices, so I opened the cloth bag, reached in and touched it, and when I touched the salt, I felt that it was more delicate than the one I brought.

I took it out and saw that it was snow-white table salt. I put it on the tip of my tongue and licked it. It was very salty and had no bitter taste.

Only then did Zhang Jinyu understand what Wu Yayu meant. This is a wealth and treasure of heavenly magnitude. Its taste is as good as that of Blue Star.

"Where did you get it from?"

Wu Yayu smiled,
"Why, I want it. I didn't expect that there are things you can't do, Lord Hou."

Seeing the little girl being so provocative, Zhang Jinyu was a little amused, you have never seen sun-dried sea salt, it is white money when it comes out.

Uh, it's over, I know it's called sun salt, but how to do it, I don't know how to do it, I don't have any idea.

Zhang Jinyu was a little bit blind when I thought about how to post it. It was an elective class at the time, and I was playing games or sleeping, damn it.

"Hey, people have limited energy after all, how can they be proficient in everything."

"That's right, I can give it to you. I will share 3% of the income. I want to develop the tribe. There are still so many Jurchen people in the east, and they have better friendship with me. There are many people who have defected to me these days. I want to accept more people. .”

Zhang Jinyu didn't speak for a while, but thought about it in her heart, calculating how many Jurchens there are now.

Looking at Huang Jitai's appearance, the Jurchens in this parallel time and space are even bigger, and the population must be large, and their customs and culture are similar. Maybe they can eat or assimilate them, and there is more room for maneuver.

"You go on,"

"I've been wondering why the Wuya tribe can't develop into a big tribe. Every time the population reaches [-], and the tribe's cavalry exceeds [-], they will be sent away to fight. The tragic death of my father and brother is a depression in my heart."

Wu Yayu kept pawing at the grass in front of her angrily, like a sworn enemy, Zhang Jinyu reached out and touched Wu Yayu's head, comfortingly said;
"I don't blame you, and I don't blame your father and brother. It's the way of the world. How many people are there in your tribe now?"

Zhang Jinyu herself was not at ease. When she went there, she also saw a large area of ​​tents, and she was in a hurry without looking carefully.

Only Duan Shouyuan was sent to lead [-] soldiers to monitor the Wuya tribe while watching the horses, and reported that there was nothing abnormal, which obviously was not the case.

"I, I sent people to bring all the surrounding tribes here, as well as a small tribe in the southwest. The population has just exceeded 10, and it can recruit 2 young and strong cavalry."

"Did you bring all the people from the border area to the west of Jurchen and me?"

"Yes."

Cattle fork!Zhang Jinyu praised Wu Yayu in her heart.

Awesome, what is this called, the charm point is full, especially the effect is doubled for the family, but it can't be ignored.

Duan Shouyuan is not to be blamed for the large Jurchen tribe of 10 people. The young men of this tribe serve as soldiers in wartime, but they are usually civilians.

"It can be given to you, but your tribe's cavalry must be dominated by me. I will give you 1 people, led by Duan Shouyuan, and you will guard your safety with 1000 people. If there are too many others, you can go to Pingliao City to live. If you don't want to go, you can stay. Excuse me, that Little Cloud Lake is not too small, so you should stay there."

Hearing this Wu Yayu smiled happily, and finally let go of the big stone in her heart.

"I found this salt in a dry riverbed in the north of Pingliao City. Behind a bare mountain, I sent people to collect salt there. At the beginning, there were too many impurities, so I tried to dissolve it with water, and then filtered it with your Dawu brocade cloth. , and finally re-boiled it to get such clean salt, thank you for the blessing of Changshengtian."

Hearing this, Zhang Jinyu was stunned. Isn't this the method of making well salt, like sea salt? Thinking of this picture, Jinyu couldn't sit still.

"Yayu, in fact, you only need to prepare the salt and send it out. There is no need to fight the tribe's grazing. Do you know how expensive salt is?"

"You mean, large-scale salt production."

"Yes, except for that piece of land, you can go to the seaside to try to dry salt, use seawater to dry salt, and then you cook it like this, and see if it works. The most important thing is to dig a salt field on a flat beach, and you can dry it on a large scale. If not, try another method.”

"it is good."

Wu Yayu was skeptical that the salt could still be dried out, so she went back and asked her clansmen to try it.

"By the way, Yayu, how about my old Ying brothers as cavalry?"

Zhang Jinyu's words interrupted Wu Yayu who was still thinking about how the tribe made salt, rolled her eyes in dissatisfaction, and looked up into the distance.

There is a large group of cavalry, and the formation is still maintained. The uniform uniforms and standard armor seem to be much stronger than the stragglers on the grassland.

But if you take a closer look, you can see that everyone's movements are stiff and rigid, and some people are holding on to the reins so tightly that they dare not move. They just follow the person in front of them rigidly. If it weren't for the saddle and stirrup, they might have fallen directly go down.

Looking forward, soldiers with long knives are cautious when taking out their weapons, for fear of cutting down on the people in front, long knives are not suitable for cavalry, and it is easy to bring themselves down when chopping.

Wu Yayu looked at it and shook her head. Besides being unnatural, the cavalry in front of her couldn't move when turning.

Upon closer inspection, everyone was actually wearing the heavy armor of the infantry. Isn't this nonsense.

The heavy armor of the cavalry is completely different from the heavy armor of the infantry, mainly because the armor of the legs and crotch is completely different, and flexibility must be ensured, especially the cavalry pays more attention to practicality and convenience.

Wu Yayu, who really couldn't stand it anymore, shook her head and said;
"You let them rest for a while, they can't practice even if they are exhausted, the method is wrong."

Seeing what Wu Yayu said, Zhang Jinyu knew that she had found a problem, and immediately shouted to Ning Bian;
"Ningbian, send someone to tell the brothers to get off their horses and come to rest, and catch and grill fish by themselves. I will listen to orders later."

"It's Lord Hou."

Ning Bian personally took people to deliver the message.

"Tell me what's inappropriate. I don't see a big problem, but I'm not good at riding a horse, right?"

Wu Yayu looked at Zhang Jinyu's uncertain question, which was a little funny,

"This is a big problem. You are an infantry on horseback. To be a cavalry, you must first learn how to ride a horse. You don't need to wear armor at the beginning. Your armor is heavy infantry, and you don't have cavalry armor. Weapons can be lengthened, but a scimitar is the best, and it is not easy to take yourself down when charging! If there is no saddle and stirrup, believe it or not, they can fall off."

Zhang Jinyu suddenly realized after hearing this, no wonder he looked uncomfortable, everything was wrong, it was embarrassing,

"Yayu, can you help me out, at least be more elite."

"No problem, about a month."

"How is it possible, in such a short time."

Zhang Jinyu obviously didn't believe it, the cavalry didn't just leave the army for a year.

"You just solve the external conditions. They are very elite, but their riding skills are not good enough. They just practice horse riding within a month, and finally put on their armor and weapons. Let me show you our You know how to ride a Horde cavalry."

"can."

Wu Yayu called all her personal guards, and Zhang Jinyu looked at the Jurchen in front of her. She was tall and burly, obviously a head taller than the Dawuren.

Well, there are indeed some with braids on their heads, and colorful cloth strips together, which is absolutely aesthetic, just wearing a layer of leather armor, which is tattered, but they look good and their spirits are good.

Zhang Jinyu nodded and led them to the Laoying brothers, and signaled Wu Yayu to start without saying a word.

The soldiers who sat down to rest couldn't help looking this way.

(End of this chapter)