I Don’t Want To Be the Emperor

Chapter 75 Sun Salt

  Sanhe is hot and the preservation technology is not up to standard. No matter how fresh the food is, even if it is only left out for a while, it will attract a lot of flies.

 So, even though it is only sixty or seventy miles away from the seaside, there is no way to eat fresh seafood!

Every time the fishermen arrive here by sampan boat for two days and two nights, the fish will have a faint fishy smell.

Sometimes, to satisfy his craving, he eats dried fish marinated in sea salt. However, because of the poor quality of sea salt, he can eat a mouthful of unknown particulate matter.

I am afraid that if I accidentally eat a stone, I don’t have laser lithotripsy, so I will suffer a lot if I get this thing.

The ship had traveled about ten miles when Zixia and some of the others became seasick and almost vomited bile.

Lin Yi looked at Zixia, whose face turned pale, and ordered people to put down the boat and let them return on their own.

Zixia naturally disagreed. Lin Yi didn't give her a chance to speak, so he pushed her off the ship without any explanation.

Zixia had no choice but to get on the boat with eight men and women and go back the same way.

 The big ship sailed down the river. Because it was a sailboat, its speed was still very slow. It took a day and night before it sailed out of the Xijiang River.

 The place where the sediment carried by the Xijiang River meets the sea water. There is a clear distinction between sea water and river water.

Lin Yi stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the sea water sparkling in the sun, stretching out his arms, wanting to embrace the sea to his heart's content.

The seabirds following the big ship chased the pigeons brought by Fang Bin into the sky and into the sky. Fang Bin had no choice but to put the pigeons in the cage and never let them out.

Walking along the coast, you can see some fishermen settlements from time to time, with many fishing boats parked on the shore.

Tian Shiyou said, "Your Majesty, it's shallow here and you can't park a big ship. You have to go fifty miles south to Fangniao Island. The water there is deep enough for berthing and there are bays on both sides. It's the most suitable place."

Lin Yi nodded, pointing to the beach on the coast that was glowing silver in the sun, "Is that a salt bath?"

Tian Shiyou said with a smile, "From the northernmost Shangjing Road to Qizhou, Wuzhou, and then to Yong'an and Nanzhou, there are official salts. They all use the method of frying salt. Only I, the third generation, use the method of drying salt!"

 With a proud look on his face!

Lin Yidao, "Because there is no winter in Sanhe and there is a lot of sunshine?"

Tian Shiyou smiled and shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, Sanhe is too poor to support so many kitchen households. If we light a fire, we don't know how much firewood we will need in a day."

Although there are many mountains and forests, collecting wood requires an ax and a lot of work. We Sanhe people don’t do that.

 Besides, we are a private company, and the cost is too high to sell at a high price. "

 “Then you are so proud!”

Lin Yi kicked him up angrily!

Tian Shiyou accepted the kick honestly.

 If you really hide, that dead **** will definitely cause trouble for you and get beaten even more severely.

Although I haven't been in Prince He's Mansion for a long time, I have experience in this kind of thing!

　　After being kicked, I had to pretend to be in pain. The prince was indeed extremely powerful!

 “Whenever you speak in the future, it’s best not to be so unworthy of a beating.”

After Lin Yi finished venting his anger, he then asked, "How many kilograms of sun-dried salt can be dried in a day?"

Tian Shiyou said proudly again, "One person can gain more than two hundred catties a day!"

"so much?"

Lin Yi’s eyes widened.

 “My lord, not much.

There are a lot of preparations ahead, such as building the Chengkan, preparing brine, and guiding tides. There are so many things involved. It’s not that simple.”

Tian Shiyou laughed and said, "Small households sell to big households, and big households sell salt. The trade routes are blocked, which is a bit troublesome."

"Too."

Lin Yi thought about it, it makes sense, otherwise Sanhe wouldn’t be so poor!

 After walking for two more days, we finally saw a bay with more than 20 small boats and one large ship moored.

There is a market on the shore, with two rows of wooden sheds set up in a mess. There are a bunch of people gathered in the street in twos and threes. They all look haggard and skinny, and many of them have big bellies.

Lin Yi knew it was schistosomiasis at a glance.

They looked at Lin Yi and his group of more than a dozen people with expressionless faces. Their eyes only suddenly lit up when they fell on Wen Zhaoyi and Mingyue.

Occasionally, someone would greet Tian Shiyou enthusiastically, and Tian Shiyou would snort coldly in response.

 “Are these people fishermen?”

Even though Mingyue is a seventh-grade expert, she feels uncomfortable being stared at by so many pairs of eyes.

Tian Shiyou chuckled and said, "A small part of the time I am a fisherman, and a small part of the time I am a pirate."

Ming Yue asked curiously, "What about most of the remaining time?"

Tian Shiyou said, "What else can we do? Dry salt, boil cane sugar, and grow tobacco leaves."

He turned to Lin Yi and said, "Your Majesty, if you go further ahead, there will be my people. Let's ride horses and mules."

"Go to your home?"

Lin Yi looked at both sides of the road while talking. The more he looked, the more chilled he became!

poverty!

 So poor!

 In comparison, Baiyun City is simply paradise!

A group of children with dark skin and yellow hair ran around wildly, laughing and joking, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The more heartless and carefree they are, the more uncomfortable Lin Yi feels.

 All their joys, sorrows and joys are probably related to food.

"We're just ten miles ahead. I'll stay there. This place is too remote and the inn is dilapidated. It's better for the prince to stay at my house."

 The closer he got to home, the more excited Tian Shiyou became.

When they reached a shack, Liu San, one of Tian Shiyou's two generals, walked over and opened the door. The six people who were playing dice inside all looked out the door, the surprise on their faces was beyond words.

A tall and thin man ran out from inside and said, "Master, if you don't come back, we will go to Baiyun City to look for you."

Tian Shiyou said, "Stop talking nonsense and prepare mules and horses quickly. If you don't have enough, borrow them from others, and then we go home."

 “Yes, the boss.”

The tall man waved his hand, and he and the others ran to the back of the house and brought out seven horses and two mules.

 After a while, someone borrowed thirteen more horses, mules, and donkeys from elsewhere.

 There is no doubt that Lin Yi chose the donkey and Hong Ying took the lead.

 After leaving the market, you can see acres of sugar cane fields and lychee forests.

Lin Yi was riding on a donkey, holding sugar cane in his hands while chewing it. Every time he spit out a mouthful of bagasse, the donkey would step back, pick it up and continue chewing.

In the end, he had no choice but to put all the bagasse into his sleeves. When he met the river, he threw it in while the donkey wasn't paying attention.

The mountain road has eighteen bends, and after going around one mountain top after another, it finally entered an open river valley.

The rumbling sound in his ears became clearer and clearer. Lin Yi looked up and saw that the waterfall hanging in the mountain stream fell from the sky and fell into the huge lake in front of him.

“Your Majesty, just go ahead and we’ll be there.”

Looking at Lin Yi like this, Tian Shiyou became even more proud.

After walking for another two miles, there were shacks everywhere, and gradually the atmosphere of people began to appear. Anyone who greeted Tian Shiyou, Tian Shiyou thanked them all.

Surrounded by a group of shacks is a large house, with a wooden door sign clearly reading: Tian Mansion.

  “A local tycoon.”

Lin Yi sighed.

The door opened, and more than twenty servants and maids came out, surrounded by five women. Tian Shiyou laughed and greeted them. After hugging them, he said a few words to them.

 Then, a large group of people knelt in front of Lin Yi.

The dinner was sumptuous, and Lin Yi only ate a little and slept until midnight the next day.

 After washing up and having breakfast, we followed Tian Shiyou to see the so-called salt field.

Riding a donkey, we walked around a mountain. Standing on the hill, everything suddenly became clear to us: the white sand beach, the blue sea, and one island after another.

 It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a paradise on earth.

 (End of this chapter)