Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 8, Snow Salt

"Bah~"

"It still doesn't work. Although the salt has become thinner and no longer clumped into lumps, the taste is still very bad. This shows that there are still many impurities. How to get rid of the remaining insoluble impurities."

A few days later, Liu Jin spat out a mouthful of bitter water. The taste of the freshly boiled salt was still not good. Liu Jin knew that the insoluble impurities in it still existed and had not been removed.

But in the past few days, Liu Jin didn't do anything, and stayed at home all the time, researching and experimenting with many methods.

"Lime water contains alkalinity, so it should be able to react with some impurities in it and remove some of them. Is it because both sides are very stable and no chemical reaction has occurred?"

Liu Jin rubbed his chin, feeling a little crazy. He really regretted that he didn't study hard at the beginning. The chemical effect is very powerful. If he had studied chemistry a little more seriously and purified coarse salt, Zhang Fei would not have eaten beans. , a piece of cake.

"It seems that we can only try the last method, and I don't know if the China on the tip of the tongue is a lie."

Soon, Liu Jin started experimenting again.

The reason why he is confident that he can purify the coarse salt is because he watched A Bite of China while watching TV. One of the episodes talked about the extraction of salt from Zigong well in Sichuan. Cook it in the brine, and use this method to remove the impurities in the brine, so as to obtain extremely high-purity salt.

This method is a method summed up by the working people who have mined well salt in the Zigong area for a full 2000 years, and the quality of the well salt in Zigong has always been very high, especially after the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the well salt here has been processed in various ways Purification, the purity has almost reached more than 99%, which is no different from the salt eaten by later generations.

However, Zigong well salt uses brine collected from the ground, and the sea brine I use from the sea may contain different impurities. Liu Jin is also very worried about whether this method will work for sea salt.

"Never mind, try it first."

Liu Jin is a man of action. He took the soybeans bought by Zhao Erhu to the stone mill beside him and began to grind the soybean milk.

"There should still be calcium in the soy milk. After the soy milk is ground, it will undergo a chemical reaction with the brine in a boiling state."

While grinding soy milk, Liu Jin also carefully recalled the episode of the documentary he had watched in his mind. Although the well salt in Zigong is well salt, in the end, the salt was boiled out through a process such as cooking. There are many things in it They are all worth learning.

"Brother Jin, what's going on with you these days? Why have you been tossing around at home without reading a book? Is there something wrong with you?"

While Liu Jin was grinding soymilk, Mrs. Wang walked in, and seeing Liu Jin started messing around again, she couldn't help asking.

She is very worried now. Doctor Zhang said last time that although Liu Jin is recovering, but because of his head injury, he is very likely to have some sequelae, so there may be some abnormal behavior.

"Mom, I'm fine."

"Didn't I tell you, I'm researching cooking salt."

Liu Jin said with a smile.

"What do you need to study for cooking salt? You can go to the seaside to see if it's enough. You have boiled it in the past few days and poured it into the water, and you have added some random things to it. I don't know what you are messing with. Well, if you have the time, it’s better to read a few more books and try to go to high school next autumn."

Wang shook her head while talking. Although her son's behavior was a bit weird, she loved Liu Jin very much, so she let Liu Jin mess around here.

"The salt I cook is different from other people's salt. You will know when the time comes. Our family will rely on this to make a fortune in the future."

"As for Qiu Wei, it's still early, and there's still time to read the book slowly."

Liu Jin didn't take it seriously, and asked himself to read ancient books, the Four Books and Five Classics.

But Liu Jin didn't dare to tell Wang Shi directly like this, otherwise Wang Shi would definitely pick up a broom and beat Liu Jin severely if she hurt Liu Jin again. When he was studying, he didn't expect Liu Jin to be able to surpass the dragon's gate and become a leader by reading.

On the matter of studying, she will never have the slightest room for compromise.

"It's up to you, you arrange it yourself, I'm going to work in the field."

Wang looked at Liu Jin, shook his head, and didn't care too much.

"Whoo~"

"Without the labor force of Erhu, it's really tiring to do this physical work."

Soon, Liu Jin couldn't help the pain in his waist and back. He missed Zhao Erhu. He didn't have a lot of time to squander like Liu Jin. .

After resting for a few minutes, Liu Jin continued to grind the soy milk. After half an hour, Liu Jin finally finished grinding a small bucket of soy milk, and his hands were sore.

"In the future, when I have money, I must buy a cow, otherwise I will die from exhaustion."

After grinding the soy milk, Liu Jin remembered the most important labor force in ancient times. Unfortunately, the whole Xiahetun was full of bitterness, and no one could afford cattle.

"The time is just right, and the brine here is already boiling, just add it in."

Soon, Liu Jin regained his energy, looked at the re-boiled brine, and started to work non-stop, slowly adding spoonfuls of soy milk, and then began to watch intently.

There was no reaction at the beginning, but soon, some white-yellow floating powder began to appear on the boiling brine, and then more and more of these floating powders formed a piece on the surface soon.

"Haha, it really works."

Seeing this scene, Liu Jin couldn't help jumping up happily.

"Quickly skim off the floating powder, it's all impurities."

Liu Jin happily took out a spoon and slowly skimmed out the floating powder.

After skimming for a few minutes, there was no more floating powder in the pot. Even if Liu Jin added some soy milk, there was still no floating powder, which meant that the impurities inside had been removed.

At the same time, the originally turbid brine gradually became clear and translucent, which greatly boosted Liu Jin's confidence, and he was very much looking forward to what would happen to the boiled salt.

The pot Liu Jin uses is a small pot, and there is not much brine in it, so it cooks quickly.

Slowly, as the water inside became less and less, Liu Jin also turned the fire to a low fire, and the brine stopped tumbling, indicating that a layer of white grains had also begun to slowly condense.

When only the middle part of the brine was left, layers of snow-white grains formed around the entire pot, and there was no doubt that this was salt.

"Haha, yes, yes, the taste of salt is full, and it is no different from the salt eaten by later generations."

Liu Jin didn't care that it was still very hot, so he shoveled a little salt into his mouth with a shovel and tasted it, and immediately laughed happily.

"The color is snow-white, the crystals are small, and they are fine and granular. The taste is pure, without the slightest bitterness. This is a fortune."

Li Jin shoveled out a shovelful of freshly boiled salt, observed carefully, and compared it with the salt of later generations, there was no difference at all.

"Brother Jin, I'm here."

At this time, Zhao Erhu's voice sounded outside the door.

"Huzi, hurry up and take a look at the salt I just boiled."

Liu Jin immediately called Zhao Erhu to come over and let him see the snow-white, snow-white new salt in the pot.

"It's so white and fine. This salt tastes really good."

"Brother Jin, have you succeeded?"

Zhao Erhu carefully looked at the salt in the pot, took a little off and tasted it, and suddenly his eyes were as big as a bull's, and he asked in disbelief.

"Well, Huzi, we're going to get rich."

Liu Jin nodded, and said excitedly: "How many pennies per catty do you think is more appropriate for this kind of salt?"

"Brother Jin's boiled salt must be about the same price as green salt."

Zhao Erhu patted his head, thought for a while and said.

"Green salt, well salt, pond salt, it seems that we need to give our own salt a name first, and this sign must be resounding."

Speaking of Qingyan, Liu Jin couldn't help touching his chin and began to think.

Coming from later generations, it is natural to be very aware of this brand. Once the brand is famous, there are many benefits. Things without a brand will not work after all.

"What should I call salt?"

Liu Jin looked at the salt in the pot, it was snow white, and he took a pinch of it with his hand, it was very delicate, like fine sand.

"With it, it's called Snow Salt."

"Huzi, what do you think of the name Xueyan?"

Liu Jin's eyes lit up, and he quickly thought of a good name. He turned his head and said to Zhao Erhu who was beside him.

"Xueyan, this name is fine. A scholar is a scholar, and the name he chooses is nice."

Zhao Erhu looked at the salt in the pot, and said foolishly.

"Huzi, this snow salt is related to the future fortune of the two of us. Without my permission, you can't tell anyone."

Liu Jin nodded, then thought about it and told Zhao Erhu.

Although the snow salt was boiled, Li Jin also knew that the benefits were touching, and he had no roots and power, so if he wanted to make a fortune, he had to keep this secret.

Of course, only Liu Jin knows how to purify coarse salt into refined salt. Even the tiger next to him can't figure out the process.

"Expansion of production capacity in the future will definitely require more manpower and trustworthy people, and this step must be separated, each of which is only responsible for one step, and it is best to add some useless links to increase others. The difficulty of spying on secrets."

Soon, Liu Jin began to think of some things to do later in his mind. There was no way, Liu Jin now relied on this method of purifying coarse salt to make a fortune. Of course, he had to be careful about his way of making a fortune. keep.

　I don't know if soy milk is useful for removing impurities from sea salt~~ it will be useful here.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)