Warring States Eagle

Zhengliang felt a little dissatisfied after seeing the quality of the coarse salt, and he planned to purify fine salt from the coarse salt.

Coarse salt purification is mainly divided into three steps: dissolution, filtration and evaporation.The first step is to dissolve, and the utensils can be directly used in daily wooden barrels. As for the distilled water, the stream water is directly used. There is no environmental pollution at this time, and the stream water is clear and pure enough.Zhengliang kept putting coarse salt into the bucket until the brine was saturated.

After the first step is completed, it is time to start the second step of filtering.The filtered filter paper Zhengliang thought of a way, which is to mix the washed river sand and hay rags together, sew them up with the rags, and then use this filter material to seal the wooden barrel filled with saturated brine (actually it is Use a straw rope to tie the filter material to the mouth of the barrel), and finally turn the barrel upside down so that the salt water seeping out of it flows into another empty barrel below.Repeat this three to four times until the brine becomes clear.The most troublesome part of this step is not the work of repeated filtration, but the work of cleaning the filter material.Of course, after several times of use, there is no need to clean these substances, and we can only give up and replace them with new ones.

The final step is evaporation.Pour the filtered salt water into a large pot, cover it with cloth or hay, then heat it up and boil it vigorously. During the cooking process, pay attention to constant stirring. After the water evaporates, the purification of coarse salt is declared over.

After pouring out the white powdery fine salt in the pot, several craftsmen who had been assisting by the side immediately exclaimed, "Snow salt, this is snow salt!"

Shinsuke tremblingly sticks a bit of fine salt with his right hand and puts something sweet in his mouth. Looking at that expression, Masara recalls the scenes of those famous people who tasted the world's gourmet food on TV in later generations.

"Ah! Your Highness, it's really snow salt, this is the best snow salt I've ever seen," Shinsuke closed his eyes and tasted it, and immediately shouted.

"In the future, half of the crude salt produced by the sun will be used for cooking to make snow salt. Before finding a suitable person, you will be in charge of this matter for the time being. Togo Heiji will provide assistance in this matter. The cooking workshop Just in Cangshan City, find some trustworthy citizens to help, give a certain salary every month, and their families will also move here to live," Zheng Liang ordered.Due to the production process involved, Zheng Liang had to take measures to keep it secret.

With the current productivity and the supply of utensils in the collar, at most half of the coarse salt produced by the sun can be boiled into fine salt.If these fine salt and coarse salt are sold to other places by commercial routes, they can basically guarantee a monthly income of 600 to 700 guan. Excluding labor and tolls on commercial routes, it is estimated that there will be at least 6000 guan of income a year. , This is already very good, you must know that there are only about 3000 coins in the warehouse of Luo's family.

The question is how to find a safe trade route?Now, except for one outlet to the sea, the rest of the Luo family's territory is bordered by other tycoons, so their safety cannot be guaranteed.And the only sea route, not only has to pass through the waters of the Huzijia navy forces that have turned against each other, but also faces many pirates, so it cannot be guaranteed.Just when Zhengliang was having a headache with the problem of the trade route, a guest brought by Muzo Shigetada provided Zhengliang with a solution.

Cangshan City, in the meeting hall of the lord's mansion.

"Since you are here to seek an alliance, you must always tell me, what benefits can it bring to my family?" Zheng Liang sat on the main seat, pretending to be serious.I really didn't expect that the Sazhi family, which was once on par with the Huzi family in strength, would now take the initiative to seek an alliance after being defeated in the last war.

"Your Highness, by forming an alliance with the main family, the Luo family has already obtained the greatest benefits." Nobusuke, a veteran who served the Sashi family for three generations, bowed and said.

"What do you mean by that?" Zheng Liang asked pretending to be puzzled.Hmph, since it's delivered to your door, the Luo family will never easily agree to the alliance request without getting enough benefits.

"Hehe, with His Highness's wisdom, it is impossible not to know?" Shinsuke stroked the gray beard on his chin and smiled slightly, "The Luo family has now turned against the Huzi family, and the Ishida family in the north is also active everywhere in an attempt to rob the old lady. The territory of the Jiu family, and the tyrants in the east are basically the allies of the Huzi family, and the Luo family is now waiting for the enemy from all sides."

"After the last war, the strength of the Sashi family was also greatly weakened? Besides, the east and west of the Sashi family are also in crisis besides the main family?" Togo Heiji immediately sneered.

"Hmph, a small local tyrant, there is no need to humbly beg for an alliance, Mr. Shinsuke, we'd better go," the Sashi family Ashgaru General Noda Kazuhei who was in charge of escorting Shinsuke said sharply.

"Little local tyrant? The Sashi family is not much better than the main family now," Onishi Kuniji retorted immediately.

"My lord, I demand a death sentence," Noda Kazuhei immediately stood up and shouted.

"Enough, Noda, this is not a place for you to be presumptuous, why don't you hurry up and apologize to His Highness Masara?" Nobusuke cursed angrily.Unconvinced, Noda Kazuo bowed to Zhengliang.

"Your Highness, please forgive Noda's rudeness." Nobusuke bowed and saluted, "As Mr. Onishi said, after the last World War, the strength of our family has declined greatly, but it is precisely because of this that we should form an alliance. .Once the two alliances are formed, your side can calmly face threats from the east and north, and our family can also have enough troops to defend against land invasion from the east and disputes on the sea to the south.”

"Why did you choose my family? It seems that my family doesn't have enough strength to become your ally? My family is one of the most powerful people who besieged Sashi's family last time. Don't you have any grudges against this?" Zheng Liang said.In the latter sentence, Zheng Liang intended to provoke the other party on purpose.

"Hehe, Your Highness is humble. At such a young age, His Royal Highness has established a territory that is comparable to the current Sazhi family in just a few months. It is really admirable. His majesty's heroic appearance has now spread throughout the entire East and West. Matsuura, the title of 'Eagle of Higashimatsuura' has become a nightmare for every tyrant." Shinsuke seemed to know the situation of the Luo family long ago, and flattered him, "As for the siege of the family, the Luo family did not directly Participate in the cage city battle? Besides, according to my original plan, if the Huzi family does not invade, then my family intends to develop into your territory." He still doesn't know that the real murderer who attacked the Zuozhi family's harbor is right in front of him. The poor Huzi's family was completely blamed.

"Hahaha, Shinsuke-sama is really honest enough. Then, please tell me, what is your alliance condition?" Since the other party was so frank, Zhengliang didn't intend to beat around the bush, so he asked directly.

"After the alliance between the two, the Zuozhi family will reduce the garrison at the border with the Luo family's territory in the north, and at the same time ask the Luo family to reduce the garrison accordingly. If necessary, the two families can even support each other and jointly deal with the Huzi family and its lackeys. I know what your Highness thinks?" Shinsuke immediately said the covenant.

Zheng Liang thought about it silently. It is impossible to reduce the garrison. Things like covenants are too unreliable, especially this kind of equal covenant that does not send hostages. After retreating for a certain distance, they will be stationed, and they can provide immediate support in case of special circumstances at the checkpoint.Thinking of this, Zheng Liang immediately said, "Yes, the Luo family can agree to this covenant, but you must open the trade route, allowing merchants to freely enter the Luo family through your territory. The Zuozhi family must not disturb the supplies of the Luo family passing through your territory , of course the Luo family will not send a large number of troops into the territory of the Sashi family."Even when they were dozing off, some people would give them pillows. An alliance with the Sashi family just solved the problem of trade routes.After going south through part of the territory of the Sashi family, you can reach Karatsu Bay, from where you can take the Shanghai Commercial Road.But doing so is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger. Once the Zuozhi family repents and robs the Luo family of supplies, the Luo family will lose at least a batch of supplies.In this regard, Zheng Liang decided to take a gamble. Anyway, no matter how big the loss was, it was nothing more than a batch of supplies, and before fully recovering, the Zuozhi family really needed an ally of the Luo family, just as the Luo family needed each other.

"Your Highness is wise," Shinsuke immediately prostrated himself on the ground, agreeing to Masaragi's conditions.Before he set off, he had obtained the full authorization of the Patriarch, and he could fully grasp such conditions by himself.Besides, opening up the trade routes will help the Zuozhi family collect more tolls, and they can also take the opportunity to send people to sneak into the impenetrable territory of the Luo family, so why not do it?Of course, if he knew that Luo's family only allowed specific merchants to enter the checkpoint, he would definitely not think so.

In this way, after some bargaining, the Luo family and the Sashi family, who share a common enemy, formally formed an alliance.

While the two were discussing cooperation, in a secret room in Hetada City in Tangjin Bay, Boduo was paying attention to the confrontation between Huzi's family and Luo's family, "Rigao, what do you think?"

"Hehe, is your lord planning to win over this small wealthy family? Let the Zuozhi family and this small wealthy family become powerful tools to suppress the Huzi family?" The important minister Ri Gao Zongyi stated the purpose of Boduan in one word.

"No, it's not just these two families, there will be more small wealthy families joining in. These two are just examples for other small wealthy families to see. We want other small wealthy families there to see that they are closely following our family. Benefits," said Bodou, shaking his head.

"My lord is wise. I have also heard about this small wealthy family. It is said that it is a newly-emerged small local tyrant. The owner is only about 17 years old, but he is very brave. He once won more than a dozen heads in the First World War. For 'Eagle of Higashimatsuura', if we cooperate with the Sashi family, we should be able to temporarily restrain the expansion of the Huko family," Ri Takamune said.

"Ahem... If this is the case, then you should go there yourself, urge them to form an alliance, and at the same time help them with some supplies. What the family needs most now is time. As long as there is enough time to complete the strategy of Hirado Matsuura, the big things will be settled Alright," Bodoto coughed a few times, and then continued.

"Yes, my lord."

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