Original War

Chapter 458: The Secret of the Salt Mine

Why do people in the tribe value salt so much?

When there is no salt, you can actually live on, but after having salt, that kind of intense sex is completely aroused.

Both the people here and the tribes on the other side of the sea believe that salt can strengthen their physique and improve people’s minds. It is a gift from heaven. Only with it can life have passion.

Tribal people fight for territory and prey, and salt is also one of the factors that provoke the war.

Wacha said that the salt mine occupied by the tribe was discovered hundreds of years ago. The person who first discovered the salt mine failed to defend the salt mine, and even the tribe was suffering. I heard that the entire tribe moved to the city. I went, no way, I couldn’t fight other tribes, and to prevent a bigger blow, I ran away.

After that, the salt mine dispute became fierce, and the Yanjiao tribe did not give up this piece of fat. In the end, they squeezed other people away and grabbed a position, but they had to monopolize it. Their ability at the time would not work. There are few people, less than a thousand people. They can grab a place. In addition to their own strength, the Taihe tribe plays a very important role in it. This person from the Yanjiao Horn has always remembered that they have been with the Taihe for the past few years. People cooperate.

For hundreds of years, the battle for the salt mines has never stopped, but the five tribes have never been changed. It seems that the front has been unified and no one is allowed to get involved. So unanimously and unanimously, it seems that they have an agreement and the five tribes are cooperating, but in fact, there are secrets in it.

The five tribes occupying the salt mine can have fewer people, but definitely not more people!

“That salt mine is a treasure!” Wacha sighed. This is one of the reasons why he has always emphasized the need to take back the salt mine.

“Elder, do you know how to scold Lu people?” Wacha asked.

Reprimand? Shao Xuan thought for a while and nodded, “I’ve heard it, but I didn’t know much about it when I heard others mention it when I entered the city to trade.”

The Chulu tribe is a tribe that believes in salt. Their tribe has many legends about salt. It is said that the earliest salt was discovered by them. It is said that a certain ancestor of the Chulu tribe saw a strange animal, and the animal took him. Went to a lake, and then he saw a miracle. The miracle mentioned is a salt lake.

And the totem of the Lu tribe is the strange-looking animal, called the “salt beast”. No one has ever seen that animal. Some people say that it is a fictional creature of the Lu people, but the Lu people have always Believe in the existence of salt beasts.

No one can tell what is true or false, but the rise of the six tribes to build cities and become slave owners of the nobles also led to changes in other tribes.

The salt lake of the rebuke tribe was seized, and the salt lake occupied by the six tribes was unable to snatch it back. In the negative, the whole tribe was dispersed. Scattered Lu people entered the six cities and sometimes helped the nobles to make salt to make a living. However, a few years ago, I heard that the nobles discovered a new salt spring and gathered some of the Lu tribesmen. The city was built there, and it was named Rebulu Yancheng. There were quite a few people who went to Rebulu Yancheng.

Of course, Wacha didn’t mention the rebuke of Lu people, not to let Shao Xuan understand the history of the rebuke of Lu people.”The skill of rebuking the Lu people for making salt is like the forging and forging skills of the Gongjia family. This is well-known among the tribes. Even if it is the slave owners, if they ask someone to make salt, they are mostly looking for rebuke. Lu people. The salt made by the Lu people is very expensive, and most of them are enjoyed by the nobles. If other people want to buy it, they need to spend several times the property.” Wacha said.

Shao Xuanneng understood this. Just like the Jingu produced in the Jingu Country Estate in Jiju, they are all famous everywhere, from towns to mountain tribes.

“However, apart from the five tribes that we occupy the salt mine, no one knows that the salt from our salt mine does not require sophisticated extraction processes at all, and the salt obtained is much better than theirs!! “Speaking of this, Wacha has a sense of pride on his face. Of course his tribe is proud to seize such good resources.

No wonder the salt mines are rarely mentioned. This is to deliberately dilute the existence of salt mines so that fewer people are aware of this matter. Even if they are tribesmen, more than half of them don’t know the true appearance of the salt mine. People in the tribe were only told that they should not trade the salt they use. If they want to trade, they should find someone who specializes in this trade. They will naturally arrange it. The people of the tribe have always followed this instruction and never made an exception.

Not only the Yanjiao tribe, but the other four tribes, Liehu, Sen, Shanfeng, and Taihe, they all did the same thing.

High-quality salt can indeed be sold at a higher price, and it can even step on the famous scoundrel and buy more things from Liubuzhucheng, but the danger is equally great.

If it is sold, such things will definitely attract the coveting of the six cities. With their style of behavior, they will definitely intervene in the salt mines. Reprimanding the Lu people is a lesson! Therefore, the five tribes will not leak the news at all! !

Because of this, after discovering the quality of the salt mines, the five tribes will follow the same rule by agreement, and they will never let new tribes intervene, nor will they release the news.

As for the salt traded to other tribes… even in such an excellent salt mine, there is a difference between salt and salt.

“We collect salt in the salt cave. The top of the salt cave will be set aside after it is collected. Those are all good salt. They are reserved for the people of our tribe. They will be secretly transported back to the tribe and will not be used by others. People find the difference here.”

“The salt on the roof of the cave you mentioned is what we usually eat?” Shao Xuan asked.

“Yes, that’s it. When you look at it, are those salt blocks a little red in color?” Wacha asked Shao Xuan.

“Indeed.” At that time, Shao Xuan found that the salt cubes he had distributed were different in color from the ones he had seen before, but the taste was very good. Everyone distributed this kind of salt. Shao Xuan didn’t think much about it at the time. Material, there is a mystery hidden in it.

“The salt from our salt mines is stronger than the salt from the lake that denounces the Lu people and the salt produced in the new salt springs of the slave owners. It has a strong and powerful feeling. What else is used in the barbecue? Don’t add it, just add the salt. It tastes great and feels good. After eating it, let the soldiers eat barbecue without salt, it may not have such a big appetite. We used to go from the city of Anba I have tried some salt in exchange, and the taste is not as good as the salt of our salt mine! Sometimes the trading team who goes out will exchange some salt back, but the replacement is of lower quality, and it is just a cover.” Wacha felt the tribe This approach is very clever, unobtrusive, and can provide cover.

For the tribe people, it is not meat, but power! Salt plays an important role in it.

“If the salt on the top of the salt cave is collected for your own use, then the salt from other places can be traded?” Shao Xuan asked.

“Yes, the salt we traded is from other locations in the cave. Although the quality of the salt is not bad, it’s not as good as the top salt. In some places, the salt mined is inferior, everyone. You don’t need it, and the salt you make will be sold to others.”

The tribesmen don’t save money and save the inferior things for themselves, but use better things to sell. This behavior is extremely stupid to them, so they leave the most for their own people. Yes, the ones that are sold are of worse quality.

The Yanjiao people are like this, and so are the other four tribes. Especially in the salt cave they dug out, a piece of salt mined close to the ground of the salt cave will not be kept by itself. The five tribes of this secret hold the same mind.

Therefore, except for the five tribes guarding here, the people of other tribes don’t know how good the quality of the salt in this salt mine is. , Others will not have too many ideas, even if they have ideas, they will not be strong. After all, more and more salt springs and salt ponds have been discovered. Although most of them are occupied by the six nobles, there are still Some of the things in the hands of the tribesmen will not go all the way to the mountains and forests just because of a salt mine.

There was an accident in the salt mine, and the Liehu and the Sen tribe used salt to help some people, and the salt they used was the lower salt, and the core secrets would not be revealed at all.

“Oh, Elder, you must have never seen the original appearance of the salt mines we just mined.” Wacha said, reaching his side waist, and took out a bag of animal skins with a wide mouth inside. A small pot, the pot is made of the bones of a fierce beast, the size of a fist, and it is blocked with a wooden stopper.

Wattsa pulled out the cork and buckled the open palm of the pot with the mouth facing down.

When the jar was uncovered, Shao Xuan’s first glance at the salt block in Wacha’s hand thought it was a piece of fresh meat! The distribution of red and white, I don’t know if it is because of the melting, it even has a delicate feeling when it looks, like a piece of meat that has just been chopped out and washed with water!

“This is…salt?!” Shao Xuan took a closer look. Upon closer inspection, there is indeed a solid texture of crystal blocks. The crystal feel must be clearer when it was first mined, but it was carried by Wacha. A slight change.

Wacha looked at the salt stone in his hand, his eyes seemed to be hot, “This is what we picked at the top of the salt cave, and when we boil it again, the color of the salt will be lighter, just like the one you got in Elder. Kind. But our mine guards usually use it directly, without boiling it. Two days before the accident at the salt mine, I put a small piece of salt stone in the jar with me. I wanted to talk to my brothers. Put it in when you cook the broth.” When Wattza said here, the scorching eyes staring at the salt cubes cooled, as if thinking of the day.

Most of the soldiers who went out would grind the salt block with them, but some were more accustomed to carrying the whole block, just like Wacha and the others who were stationed in the mine, they all carried a block of salt. In addition to brewing tea with some Medicinal herbs, the fighters sometimes consume a lot of physical strength and put a little salt in the kettle and rush to drink. It’s not that they know what theoretical knowledge, but based on intuition and the desire of the body, what the body needs, they do it according to this intuition.

In addition to the usual salt, the hunted prey will also be salted and cured, because the meat will not rot easily if the salt is applied, and it can be kept longer if it is air-dried.

I heard that some tribes who are good at weaving and dyeing cloth will also purchase salt of lower quality. Their dyeing method involves salt, so the dyed cloth can be directly carried to the royal city and sold to the slave owners at high prices. .

For tribesmen, salt is distributed in various affairs in Life, and the battle for salt land has always existed. Even if there are no fire crystals, salt mines, the Yanjiao tribe will grab it back.

“Elder, when you go to the salt mine, let’s take the salt mine back, you can see more salt. When we sleep in the salt cave, we dream of these pieces of salt rock.” Wacha carefully put the salt in his hand back into the jar, and licked his palm, thinking of something, and suddenly said, “I dreamed of fire crystals in my dream yesterday, but when I woke up, I forgot all of them. I thought, if we If you continue to dig down along the salt cave, you may see fire crystals.”

They usually dig holes along the horizontal line, and then continue to dig down after the mining is finished. However, the mining method on the Liehu side is different. Maybe they dig down before the first floor is finished.

Shao Xuan thinks this idea is also possible. The fire crystals he found in the Batshan Tiankeng, except those in the Tiankeng, are many in the depths of the mountain.

Perhaps, the salt in the salt mines is different, and it is related to the fire crystal. With so many salt mines, how many fire crystals are there in or under the mountains?”The action decided by the leader is three days later, right?” Wacha asked.

Because of the injury, Zhengluo didn’t want to let Wacha follow this time, and he didn’t call him during the meeting, but the weapon allocated to Wacha was kept, and Zhengluo wanted to wait until he recovered.

“Well, three days later, we separated from the people in Taihe and headed over there. We split into three paths.” Shao Xuan said.

Wacha scratched his head. He didn’t want to miss this action. “I went up the mountain to find the leader. Now I have almost recovered. I will definitely be able to go out with the team in three days!”

Seeing Wacha going up the mountain, Shao Xuan did not follow, but walked towards the duck shed.

The green fat duck just poked its head out of the duck shed. He probably wanted to go for a walk. When he saw Shao Xuan coming, he quickly retracted his head.

Pushing the door open, Shao Xuan saw the fat duck squatting in the duck’s nest with its big wings covering the duck eggs. The hardness of those duck eggs must be good, otherwise they would have been cracked by the fat duck.

Shao Xuan walked over, regardless of the duck’s blown hair, “Raise your wings, let me see how many eggs you grabbed.”

The fat duck didn’t move, hesitated a little.

“If you don’t grab you, I’ll see how many there are.” Shao Xuan said again.

The fat duck slowly retracted its wings.

“Get up and stand on the edge. You are squatting here on such a large area. I can’t see clearly.” Shao Xuan waved his hand to the side.

The fat duck was reluctant to move away.

Shao Xuan counted, thirty-one eggs, with different colors and sizes. They were not grabbed from the same nest, but they were all equally resistant to hatching. If they were the same as the little ducks before, they had hatched early.

“Keep working hard and hatch early.”

When he came out of the duck shed, Shao Xuan found that the sky was beginning to snow.

This year’s snow came earlier, and I hope that there will be no Blizzard in the battle for salt mines.