Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 819 Shuzhong

"Ma'am, I'm back!"

"Well..." The crunching voice stopped.

"Madam, are you crazy again?" Zhu Xiuyuan approached, then frowned and said, "Childish!"

"Husband, come and play!"

Dong Shuzhen suddenly jumped up and grabbed Zhu Xiuyuan's shoulder. With a gentle pull, Zhu Xiuyuan rushed over...

A quarter of an hour later.

The two of them were playing again with messy clothes, messy hair, and sweat on their foreheads.

Still panting.

They lay side by side.

"Are you having fun, husband?"

"Fun!"

"Then...can we play every day from now on?"

"not good."

"Why?"

"childish!"

"But my husband just said it was fun..."

"..."

The next day.

Sunny weather.

Zhu Xiuyuan and his fleet set off from Wanzhou, passed through Zhongzhou, Fuzhou, Yuzhou, and finally arrived at Luzhou.

Starting from Wanzhou, the scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River suddenly becomes interesting.

The peak of the huge mountain is shrouded in white mist all year round. The smoke and mist are rolling and steaming. Looking from the bottom up, it feels like a fairyland on earth.

In addition, Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen were in awe of the countless sights such as strange peaks, rocks, and cliffs along the way.

All day long they stayed on deck admiring the spectacle.

In fact, a long time ago, Zhu Xiuyuan told Dong Shuzhen that he wanted to take her to see the mountains and rivers. However, due to the complicated affairs on weekdays, his wish to see the mountains and rivers has never been realized.

Unexpectedly, this trip to Shuzhong unexpectedly achieved a little bit.

The reason why I say a little bit is because they were in a hurry, and the ship was sailing very fast. Many of the magnificent scenery were glimpsed briefly, and then they were left behind...

But even so, Dong Shuzhen was very satisfied.

She had been immersed in the majestic scenery all day, and it was rare for her to be quiet for a whole day.

When the fleet arrived in Luzhou, it was still very early.

"Brother Zhu, this is already Luzhou. Going north from here, more than a hundred miles away, is the county seat of Fuyi County. We came from Runzhou and stayed on the boat for three full days. Brother Zhu must have been exhausted. .”

"How about we stay here in Luzhou City for one night and then leave for Fuyi County tomorrow?"

Li Jiye said.

Li Qingnu also came out to help, saying that senior brother and sister Zhen'er were tired after three days of catching the boat, so it wouldn't hurt to rest here for one night.

However, Zhu Xiuyuan declined.

I just say that it is important to resolve the salt well matter as soon as possible.

So everyone got off the boat at Luzhou Pier, rested for a while, saluted and other items, also moved them down, and then immediately moved them onto another smaller boat.

There is also a waterway from Luzhou to Fuyi County called "Zhongjiang Water", which is regarded as a tributary of the Yangtze River.

The Zhongjiang River is naturally no better than the Yangtze River and cannot be used by large ships.

So they changed the ceremony to a small boat.

Soon, the ceremony was ready.

After resting on the pier for a while, everyone was already full of energy, so they immediately boarded the boat and set off without stopping.

Just at dusk, they arrived in Fuyi County and settled in the city.

Salt Well Workshop is still some distance away from Fuyi County.

Since it was getting late, everyone decided to rest in the city for one night and set off to the salt well workshop early tomorrow morning.

……

The next day came in a blink of an eye.After an hour of bumpy carriage rides, everyone finally arrived at their destination.

The largest salt well workshop in Sichuan——

Fukugi Well! [Note: This is a fabrication]

Fuyi Well has a history of thousands of years.

According to legend, the current building of the workshop and the facilities for drawing brine from the ground were rebuilt a hundred years ago.

A hundred years ago, due to war, the original monuments were burned to the ground.

But even so, when Zhu Xiuyuan walked in the Fuyijing workshop, he still felt a heavy historical vicissitudes.

Vicissitudes of life, and on a huge scale!

"It is indeed worthy of being the number one salt well workshop in Sichuan. It is indeed big enough!" Zhu Xiuyuan praised.

"Brother Zhu, I don't know, there are more than ten salt wells in Fuyi Well, all of which are more than a hundred feet deep..." Li Jiye knew the situation of the salt well workshop well, and now he acted as a guide for Zhu Xiuyuan.

The two girls, Li Qingnu and Dong Shuzhen, couldn't get a word in, so they followed behind and looked around. Everything they saw was strange.

After visiting the entire salt well workshop, Zhu Xiuyuan and Li Jiye met with the old guys in the workshop.

The fact that Shen Leihou learned the refined salt formula from overseas has already spread all over the world, and these old guys have naturally heard about it.

Now that they saw a living person, they were so excited that they became incoherent...

After walking around for half an hour, everyone felt a little tired, so they went to the workshop's living room to take a break and drink tea.

Zhu Xiuyuan and Li Jiye chatted about the history of the salt well workshop.

Li Qingnu and Dong Shuzhen remained quiet, neither of them spoke.

After drinking a cup of tea.

"Brother Li, without further ado, let's get started now. If this matter is settled as soon as possible, we can breathe a sigh of relief soon." Zhu Xiuyuan stood up.

"So I'd like to thank you, brother!" Li Jiye also stood up and gave a long salute.

"Brother Li, you're welcome..."

After helping Li Jiye up, Zhu Xiuyuan thought for a while and said, "Although I have a general method, at the beginning, I want to see the process of boiling salt with my own eyes."

"Okay, brother Zhu, please wait a moment, I will make arrangements right away..."

Ancient salt can be roughly divided into three categories.

sea ​​salt.

well salt
And mineral salt.

Zhu Xiuyuan is naturally familiar with the series of processes for purifying sea salt.

As for the extraction process of well salt, Zhu Xiuyuan also knew a little bit about it, but he had only a partial understanding of it.

However, Zhu Xiuyuan knew the most important step -

Add soy milk.

It has not been invented yet.

The brine in salt wells is special. Unlike brine made from seawater, it requires the addition of soy milk to remove impurities. This is one of the most important steps in the history of the development of well salt.

Zhu Xiuyuan came all the way here just to teach them this skill.

After pretending to watch the process of boiling brine, Zhu Xiuyuan frowned and pondered for a while, and soon explained the method of "adding soy milk to remove impurities".

"Soymilk?!"

Everyone was stunned.

Soy milk and brine are two completely unrelated things. Why did Zhu Xiuyuan associate them together?
"Brother Zhu, is it really possible to add soy milk to the brine?" Li Jiye asked everyone's doubts.

"This is a secret recipe I heard from overseas. I have never tried it, and I can't guarantee that it will work. So I need to try it and slowly figure out a set of specific regulations."

At the moment, Li Jiye made arrangements personally, preparing the brine and grinding the soy milk...

The entire Fuyijing workshop was busy.

……

……

The capital of Chen State.

Jinling Palace.

A full month has passed since King Jinling caused trouble on the grand occasion of the Shenleihou Mansion a month ago and was punished by Emperor Chen with a one-year ban.

(End of this chapter)