I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 145 What an amazing talent!
Seeing that the two of them didn't believe it, Sun Yanming told the whole story about it.

He wouldn't believe it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.Who would have thought that in such a barren place where even weeds are sparse, there are countless salt water hidden underneath!
And Guo Yi not only knew it, but also used a peculiar method to draw up the salt brine from the ground, and through sunlight and boiling, he made white salt...

How amazing is this!
But he is not as weak as the crown... Do you think he is irritating or not?

This made him feel that he has lived on dogs for more than 40 years...

Thinking of this, Sun Yanming felt very helpless, so he shook his head and said, "Don't mention him, it's so annoying! Let's go, Mr. Pei came all the way from the capital, let me do my best as a landlord!"

While talking, lead the way in front and walk to the rest area.

Pei Xidao and the young man in lanshan looked around curiously.After turning around the screen wall, you can see bamboo tube bridges coming from all directions to the center.

The gathering place is a large brine pool made up of half-bamboo tubes.

This is an extremely shocking scene.

These long bamboo tubes are carved from the middle, densely arranged together, almost endless!
Thousands to say the least...and more!
This shocking scene was like seeing the countless bobbins on both sides of the river in Zhangshuikou for the first time...

These two are the wonders of man-made creations!
"This is the brine pool! The brine wells are scattered around, and the brine from the ground is pumped up by a pressurized water machine, and then flows into the brine pool through a bamboo tube bridge.

The brine pool, as the name suggests, is exposed to the sun to evaporate part of the water and concentrate the salinity.

And, once there is heavy rain, you can raise one end of the brine pond to let the brine flow into the water tank in the house! "

This design is truly brilliant!
When Sun Yanming said this, he couldn't help thinking of Guo Yi.This kid is very demonic, it seems that he can be found everywhere.

Pei Xidao was also moved by it, nodded deeply and said: "This salt field is really an integrator of great wisdom! This Guo Yi is indeed a great talent!"

And what he said was a little early...

Sun Yanming led them to continue walking. To the north were seven cave dwellings and houses, and to the east and south were the endless saline-alkali land.

The saline-alkali land is not the kind of bare barren where no hair grows, but sporadically covered with some sparse and yellowing weeds.

Even the vigorous weeds are like this, which shows the prestige of this saline-alkali land.

"This is the salt cooking workshop. Not only can we burn weeds and dried reeds, but we can also cook them with coal." Hearing this, the two turned their heads to look north.

But there are only a hundred and ten pots and stoves arranged in two rows.The fire in the stove was raging, and the water vapor on the stove was churning.

"This is the Fried Salt Workshop. After the brine is dried in the brine pool for a period of time, it can be boiled in a pot."

Pei Xidao and the young man in Lanshan were so curious that they hurried up to watch.In fact, there is nothing to see, just a fire to boil water.

"There is a scale in the pot. When the brine in the pot drops to that mark, you need to replenish the brine. After three or two times, until white flowers appear on the edge of the pot, you can boil the pot dry and start salting."

The reason is very simple.

When Pei Xidao heard this, he couldn't help but nodded: "From the great to the simple, everything is like this!"

The young man in Lanshan couldn't wait to ask: "Uncle Sun, we have heard that the Liuhe Village Salt Factory has recruited more than 3000 people and is building it vigorously!
But as far as I can see, there are not so many manpower? "

"Hahaha!" Sun Yanming couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, stretched out his hands proudly to stroke his beard, and said triumphantly: "There are not more than 3000 people, but it's not too much! Let's show you something!"

After speaking, he took the lead towards his resting place.

On the wall more than two meters high and three meters wide, a huge set of construction drawings was clearly in sight.

This is what he copied bit by bit according to Guo Yi's drawing.Moreover, he also enriched the details, indicating the specific functions of each position one by one.

And the original drawing is on the table next to the wall.

Pei Xidao and the young man in lanclothes stood there blankly, staring at the huge construction plan without moving or taking their eyes off it.

It is so detailed and rich that it is almost unobstructed.

It's like a huge spider web!
If it can be realized, it will be another magnificent man-made landscape, just like the endless bobbins by the river!
At a glance, there are brine pools made of densely packed bamboo tubes everywhere.One end of these brine pools is connected to thousands of brine wells.

On the other end, hundreds or even thousands of pots and stoves are connected.These pots and stoves form a large circle of thousands of meters.After the salt is fried, it will gather in the center of the circle, where it will be loaded and transported out.

This construction drawing is chaotic but very orderly, and the positions are simple and clear, without disturbing each other at all.

What a masterpiece!

And in the lower right corner of this construction drawing, there is a name, Guo Yi.

Guo Yi again...

There is no doubt that this construction plan was created by Guo Yi again.This Sun Yanming has always been aloof and lofty, and he doesn't bother to impersonate others.

Pei Xidao stood with his hands behind his back, muttered a few words to himself with a slight frown, and then asked, "Old man Sun, this construction has already started? Let's go and have a look!"

After speaking, he couldn't wait to go out.

"Yeah!" Sun Yanming hurriedly walked a few steps, stepped forward to lead the way, and nodded in agreement as he walked: "It has already started half a month ago, and a total of more than 2000 people have been recruited from several surrounding villages."

After finishing speaking, he laughed: "This is fifty Wen per person per day, and the daily wages alone cost tens of thousands of Yuan! If His Highness the King of Chu hadn't paid off their spring tax with fierce fire oil, such a huge expenditure would have Even if we sell the salt farm, we can’t afford it!”

Use fierce fire oil to offset the spring tax?
When Pei Xidao heard this, he couldn't help being taken aback again. What's the meaning of this?

Then he took two steps to keep up with him, and asked curiously, "What is paying the spring tax with fire oil?"

"Hey!" Sun Yanming smiled, and told the whole story from the beginning to the end.

Pei Xidao and the young man in lanclothes are already dumbfounded...

And this kind of operation?

Hand over the fire oil to the imperial court to offset the spring tax of these villages, and then hire others to work on the grounds of reducing or exempting the spring tax...

Gein, fire oil is a military item and cannot be bought or sold privately.

This operation is simply taking advantage of loopholes.However, it also makes sense.After all, even if fierce oil cannot be traded, it also has its own value, and your court cannot ask for it for nothing.

If you ask for it for nothing, who will hand it in in the future?

Pei Xianggong was speechless. Who came up with this kind of operation?
(End of this chapter)